Chemung County Legislature approves bundled resolutions, authorizes sewer-district bonds

The Chemung County Legislature approved a package of combined resolutions and routine business at its meeting, voting on contracts, grant acceptances, bid awards and bond authorizations for county sewer-district improvements.

The combined vote included resolutions to extend short-term agreements and vendor contracts (including agreements for airport services, landscaping, information-technology purchases and emergency-management services), to accept state grant funding for criminal-justice and indigent-legal services, and to award several public-works and sewer-district bids. The legislature also approved two authorizations for bond financing to pay for sewer-district facility improvements — one at a maximum estimated cost of $280,000 and another at $295,000 — and amendments to county staffing plans for the Department of Health and the Department of Social Services.

The package vote was called after a motion to combine multiple resolution numbers into grouped votes. The clerk conducted roll-call votes on the grouped packages; the transcript records the roll calls with “aye” responses from the listed legislators and no recorded “no” or abstention votes for the bundled items. One resolution (25‑266), to adopt revised bylaws for the Chemung County Property Development Corporation, was withdrawn after a legislator said counsel advised that state nonprofit law permits the corporation to revise its own bylaws without legislative approval.

Among the procurement actions noted in the agenda, the legislature rejected all bids received for RFB‑2639 for the regional airport and authorized re-advertisement; it awarded a bid to Dalrymple Bridal and Contracting for a public-works contract and awarded a landscaping contract to Wenzel Landscaping LLC for sewer-district work. The legislature also approved several change orders for existing sewer‑district construction agreements and authorized applications for state environmental and parks grants on behalf of county planning and sewer offices.

Clerk roll calls recorded “aye” for the motions to approve the combined agenda and subsequent grouped resolutions. For the bond authorizations, the transcript records the clerk calling the roll with “aye” votes recorded and the resolutions passing on roll-call vote. The transcript does not record any roll‑call “no” votes or abstentions for the items approved in the recorded group votes.

The legislature set a public hearing on inclusion of real property in an existing agricultural district as requested by the planning office. During the meeting a legislator asked the Real Property Tax Office to report back on how many properties have left agricultural districts and whether tax rollbacks were applied when properties exited the program.

The meeting closed after a short new-business update from a legislator who attended an intercounty meeting about state budget items, elections timing and Medicaid; no formal motions arose from that report.

Votes at a glance - Motion to combine a set of resolutions (25‑214 through 25‑224; 25‑225 through 25‑244; 25‑245 through 25‑247; 25‑248 through 25‑255; 25‑256 through 25‑259; 25‑260 and 25‑261 combined as specified): motion carried on roll call; recorded ayes and no recorded nos/abstentions. - Approval of combined preferred agenda (resolutions 25‑214 through 25‑244 as included on the preferred agenda): approved on roll call (recorded ayes). - Procurement / vendor agreements and grant acceptances (multiple resolutions listed in agenda text): approved on roll-call votes (recorded ayes). - Rejection and re-advertisement of RFB‑2639 (Amara/Corning Regional Airport): rejected; authorization to re-advertise approved (recorded ayes). - Bid award to Dalrymple Bridal & Contracting (public works): approved (recorded ayes). - Landscaping award to Wenzel Landscaping LLC (sewer districts): approved (recorded ayes). - Bond authorization for Amara Sewer District improvements: authorizing bonds up to $280,000; approved on roll call (recorded ayes). - Bond authorization for Chemung County Sewer District No. 1 improvements: authorizing bonds up to $295,000; approved on roll call (recorded ayes). - Staffing-plan amendments for the Department of Health and Department of Social Services: approved on roll call (recorded ayes). - Resolution calling for public hearing on 2024 agricultural-district open enrollment: approved on roll call (recorded ayes). - Resolution 25‑266 (revising Property Development Corporation bylaws): withdrawn following counsel’s advice that the corporation may revise bylaws under New York nonprofit law without legislative approval.

The clerk recorded roll-call “aye” responses by name for the votes in the transcript; no “no” or abstention votes are recorded for the grouped items shown in the meeting record.