Delaware County supervisors elect officers, approve committee appointments and carry six resolutions

The Delaware County Board of Supervisors elected board officers, approved a slate of committee and advisory-board appointments and carried six resolutions during its February 2024 meeting.

The board moved through routine organizational business and roll-call voice votes. Nominations and voice votes chose Jim Ellis for vice chairman and confirmed other officer positions; a budget officer nomination for "Meryl" was also approved, the board recorded. The supervisors approved dozens of appointments and reappointments to county advisory bodies, including the Farmland Protection Board, Community Services Board, Cooperative Extension, Industrial Development Agency, Local Development Corporation, Planning Board, Health Services Advisory Board, Soil and Water Conservation District Board and the Tourism Advisory Board, with terms and end dates announced during the meeting.

Board Chair remarks and committee reports preceded the votes and appointments. Brad Stone presented the public safety committee report and noted the county’s ongoing contract with AMR for emergency medical services. The board also waived Rule 10 to consider one not-pre-filed resolution. All six resolutions taken up during the session were carried by voice vote; no roll-call tallies were recorded in the transcript.

Votes at a glance: Resolution number 1, 2024 — carried (voice vote); Resolution number 2, 2024 — carried (voice vote); Resolution number 3, 2024 — carried (voice vote); Resolution number 4, 2024 (reappointment of youth bureau director) — carried (voice vote); Resolution number 5, 2024 — carried (voice vote); Resolution number 6, 2024 — carried (voice vote). The transcript records the outcomes as "so carried" or unanimous voice votes; specific yea/nay counts were not provided.

Appointments and terms announced on the record included (term end dates as stated at the meeting): Farmland Protection Board — Carlos Valerie Jr. (East Meredith), Jeff Haggart (Franklin) and Supervisor Rebecca Waller, 4-year terms ending 12/31/2027; Community Services Board — reappointments for Sarah Nagy Fleshman, Joanne Sampson and Jane Merrill, 4-year terms ending 12/31/2027; Cooperative Extension — reappointment of Supervisor Bob Gladstone, 1-year term ending 12/31/2024; Delaware County Industrial Development Agency — reappoint James Johnson, 1-year term ending 12/31/2024; Delaware County Local Development Corporation — appointment of Noel (last name not specified in the transcript) with a 3-year term ending 12/31/2026 and reappointment of Clarita Santana; Planning Board — reappointments of Dale Downen, James Irwin, Mark Lee, Travis Odell and Diane Monroe, 3-year terms ending 12/31/2026; Health Services Advisory Board — reappointments including Supervisor Betty Scott, Amanda Walls (director of public health), Edward Bartos (New York State Department of Health district office), Heather Warner and Kyra Schubert, 2-year terms ending 12/31/2025; Soil and Water Conservation District Board — appointment of Supervisor George Haines, reappointment of Supervisor James Ellis for 1-year term ending 12/31/2024, appointment of Jeff Taggart (Franklin) and reappointment of Andrew Corrali for 3-year terms ending 12/31/2026; Tourism Advisory Board — appointment of Supervisor John Posier for a 3-year term ending 12/31/2026; Youth Bureau Board — reappointment of Diane Toles for a 3-year term ending 12/31/2026. Several appointment names in the transcript were abbreviated or unclear; where the transcript did not supply a last name, the article notes that the last name was not specified.

The board cited "county law section 2 14 1" when discussing one administrative selection; the transcript records that law as the authority governing the selection process but does not provide the statutory text in the record. No roll-call vote tallies or recorded dissent on the appointed items and resolutions appear in the meeting transcript provided.

The session also included a procedural motion to waive Rule 10 to consider a not-pre-filed resolution; the board approved the waiver by voice vote. The meeting minutes from the board’s December meeting were accepted "as submitted" with no additions or corrections recorded on the transcript.

Looking ahead, the chair said the board would announce the reappointment of the youth bureau director at the end of the meeting and closed organizational business without further recorded debate on the resolutions or appointments.