Greene County health services committee sets public hearings on youth-hunting local law and Columbia-Greene budget

The Greene County Health Services committee voted June 30 to set public hearings on two items: a proposed local-law amendment affecting supervised youth hunting and the 2025–2026 operating budget for Columbia-Greene Community College.

The committee scheduled a public hearing on a proposed local-law amendment described in the meeting as “Local Law No. 2 of 02/2025,” which would amend Local Law No. 4 of 02/2023. According to committee remarks, the amendment would remove the law’s expiration and allow licensed 12- and 13-year-old hunters to take deer with a firearm during the applicable season while under the supervision of an adult, so long as state conservation law continues to permit that practice. The committee said the change is intended to avoid repeatedly returning to the Legislature to renew the local authorization.

The committee also set a public hearing on the 2025–2026 operating budget for Columbia-Greene Community College. Committee members voted in favor of setting the hearing; the motion carried.

Both items were moved and approved during the short Health Services meeting; no detailed vote tallies were read into the record. The transcript records the motions and that each motion “carried.” No further policy details, ordinance citations, or budget amounts were provided at the meeting.

The committee opened and closed the Health Services meeting in quick succession; no other substantive items were discussed in that session. Notices for the public hearings, including dates, times and supporting documents, were not specified during the meeting and were not included in the transcript.