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Albany County to accept winter-maintenance reimbursement from New York State Department of Transportation
Summary
The county accepted funds from NYS DOT to cover state-maintained lane miles plowed, sanded and salted during an unusually severe winter; Department of Public Works staff said the state owes roughly $152,000 but the meeting transcript did not provide a precise final figure.
Albany County legislators authorized acceptance of funds from the New York State Department of Transportation to reimburse the county for winter maintenance on state-owned roads.
Rosa Maria Torino, director of operations for the county Department of Public Works, told the body that the county plows, sands and salts 233 lane miles of state roads under contract and that the state underpaid for the most recent winter season. "The Department of Public Works, has 233 lane miles of New York State that we plow, sand, and salt," Torino said. She told the Legislature the state owes money to the county for the 2024–25 winter season; the transcript records the figure as "$152,000, $2 and $3.05 cents," which staff characterized as the reimbursement owed but did not provide a single clear line-item total during the committee presentation.
Torino asked the Legislature to accept the funds by signing the agreement with NYS DOT; the body approved the request by voice vote. The presentation did not include a detailed line-item breakdown in the committee meeting record; staff indicated the figure is based on a three-year average and the actual winter costs for the most recent season.
The accepted agreement will allow the county to receive the state reimbursement; staff did not provide further detail on how the funds will be allocated within the Department of Public Works operating budget at the meeting.
