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Legislators flag Trinity funding cut and sewer-rate disparities as county committees approve resolutions
Summary
During committee votes, legislators questioned a roughly $200,000–$300,000 reduction in funding for the Council on Alcohol and Substance Abuse (Trinity) and pressed staff on why sewer-district rates differ sharply; staff outlined revenue sources and a multi-year consolidation plan.
A legislator on the Chemung County Health and Human Services Committee said the county’s contract funding for the local substance-use provider Council on Alcohol and Substance Abuse (doing business as Trinity) was down by roughly $300,000 and asked whether the drop reflected reduced demand or budget cuts.
A county staff member replied the county had reduced the line somewhat because an adolescent drug- and alcohol-counselor position was eliminated; the staff member also said the county received a recent state-aid communication that indicated a cut in the range of $200,000 to $300,000 and that the state suggested the county could revert those funds to opioid-treatment-specific funding or accept another state payment stream. The staff member said the notice arrived about three weeks earlier.
Nut graf: The exchange took place while the committee approved a package of…
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