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Votes at a glance: Seneca County supervisors approve staffing, grants, budget amendments and local law introduction
Summary
At committee sessions June 24, the Seneca County Board of Supervisors approved multiple routine and substantive items by voice vote, including contract renewals, grant acceptances, board appointments, budget amendments and introduction of a local hunting law.
The Seneca County Board of Supervisors voted on multiple committee items Tuesday, June 24, approving contract renewals, grant acceptances, appointments and a proposed local law that will go to public hearing.
The following actions were taken by voice vote during committee meetings. Where the transcript records only a voice vote, vote tally and individual vote names were not provided.
• Public Safety and Criminal Justice — Authorized renewal of a contract providing a deputy sheriff to South Seneca Central School District to cover extended school days and violence-prevention programming. Outcome: approved by voice vote.
• Health & Human Services — Approved appointments to the Finger Lakes Workforce Investment Board: Brzee, Clevenson, D'Antonio and Nye; separately approved appointment of Lucinda Trapp (to complete an unexpired term through June 30 next year) and Ryan Davis (term to 2027). Outcome: approved by voice vote.
• Health & Human Services — Approved the 2025–2026 Supervision and Treatment Services for Juveniles program plan (SJP) and authorized electronic submission of SJP grant data, with an amended submission deadline changed in the resolution from Aug. 1, 2025 to Aug. 18, 2025. Outcome: approved as amended.
• Health & Human Services — Authorized acceptance of $215,009 in contract funds from Wayne Finger Lakes BOCES to support school-based substance-abuse prevention and clinic services for the 2025–26 school year. Outcome: approved by voice vote.
• Economic Development, Tourism and Housing — Declared a surplus fuel tank located at the county airport and authorized auction of the tank. Outcome: approved by voice vote.
• Economic Development, Tourism and Housing — Approved a tourism promotion/development grant for Seneca Lake Resorts; the committee amended the requested amount from $10,000 to $2,500 before approving the award. Outcome: approved by voice vote.
• Economic Development, Tourism and Housing — Approved a tourism promotion grant for “It’s a Wonderful Light.” The original request had been substantially larger; the resolution in committee was amended (prior to the committee vote) to a $2,000 award and committee members removed language about fireworks before final approval. Outcome: approved by voice vote (amended).
• Ways & Means — Authorized several 2025 budget amendments, including a salary-line transfer to fund a previously authorized contract, a CHIPS (Consolidated Local Street and Highway Improvement Program) budget adjustment after state allocation updates, and a transfer within Department of Social Services to cover increased emergency domestic-violence expenditures. Outcome: approved by voice vote.
• Water & Sewer Committee — Approved contract amendments that had been carried over from the prior committee meeting; committee members noted the contract language had been presented previously. Outcome: approved by voice vote. Separately, committee members announced a $5,600,000 WQIP award to Keuka Lake Sewer District (award notice was announced, not a committee vote).
• Agriculture & Environmental Affairs — Introduced proposed local law C of 2025 (amending Local Law 2 of 2024) to allow supervised youth ages 12 and 13 to hunt deer with a firearm or crossbow during hunting season; committee scheduled a public hearing in August. Outcome: proposed local law introduced and scheduled for public hearing.
• Human Resources & Government Operations — Approved a slate of personnel actions including vacancy refills, authorization of pay above start rate for a correctional officer, creation of two part-time special patrol officer positions, a reclassification (senior mental health clinic therapist to substance-abuse counselor), creation/filling of a part-time assistant public defender position, creation/filling of a director role combining temporary assistance, eligibility services and workforce development duties, and creation/filling of intensive case manager positions tied to state grant funding. Outcome: approved by voice vote (many items were handled in blocks per committee practice).
Notes: Most votes recorded in the transcript were voice votes with “aye” calls and seconding motions. Individual roll-call tallies were not listed in the meeting transcript provided.
