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Public commenters urge action on DSS staffing, tree removals and watershed protections
Summary
Public comment speakers raised concerns about Department of Social Services staffing shortages and resignations, a homeowner’s complaint about tree removal for a road project, and calls for county support for Owasco Lake watershed rule revisions and opposition to Seneca Meadows expansion.
Several members of the public used the comment period at the Cayuga County legislative meeting to raise separate concerns about social services staffing levels, a local road/tree work affecting a homeowner’s privacy and daylighting calls for county support on watershed protections.
A commenter reading on behalf of senior caseworkers and supervisors at the county Department of Social Services described high caseloads in child-protective services (one claim that some workers have more than 50 CPS…
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