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Votes at a glance: Sullivan County Legislature approves range of routine resolutions and agreements
Summary
At the meeting the Legislature approved multiple resolutions and contracts ranging from a local-law amendment to software and subscription agreements, budget adoption for Sullivan County Community College, and agreements with vendors including Westlaw and Schneider Geospatial.
The Sullivan County Legislature approved a package of routine resolutions, contracts and budget items during the session. Several items were moved, seconded and approved by voice vote.
Key approvals included:
- A proposed local law to amend Local Law 4 of 2021 and Local Law 4 of 2024 (introduced, moved and approved by voice vote). - An amendment to Resolution 316-25 deleting line-numbering language; staff explained the county’s current meeting-management software does not support integrated line numbering, that a statement of work would take roughly 30 days to draft, vendor presentations 60 days, and implementation 6–9 months (staff estimated the full effort could cost six figures and that visible line numbering on agendas would likely not be available for about a year). The motion to amend the resolution was approved. - A negative declaration and inclusion of parcels into existing certified agricultural districts (motions approved). - Abolishment of prior resolutions concerning the county HIPAA policy and designations (motions approved). - Extension of the current sales and use tax rate, adoption of the 2025–2026 Sullivan County Community College budget, and updates to an employee reimbursement policy incorporating federal per diem guidance (motions approved). - Authorization for staff to execute permitting documents for Calicoon Riverside Park (see separate article for details). - Reappointments to the Office for the Aging Advisory Committee and authorization for the county manager to apply for a FY 25–26 recruitment and retention grant from the New York State Division of Homeland Security (motions approved). - Permitting former owners to repurchase parcels, and contracts or agreements with vendors including Traffic and Parking Control Company LLC, Swift Pocket LLC (Maple), a new three-year Thompson Reuters Westlaw agreement and CLEAR research product access, an on-premises non-cloud shared-file instance, and a five-year agreement with Schneider Geospatial (motions approved). - Authorization to apportion the cost of a 26-county self-insurance plan and an interim agreement with the New York State Nurses Association (motions approved). - An amendment to accept and amend a grant total to $2,228,272 (motion approved).
Most motions were approved by voice vote during the meeting. Specific recorded motions included named movers and seconders in some cases; where the meeting transcript recorded an explicit numeric voice tally, the Legislature reported nine "aye" votes on several items. No contested roll-call vote outcomes were recorded in the transcript for the listed items.
