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Chemung County committees approve packages of contracts, grants and staffing changes; sewer rate differences and Trinity funding discussed
Summary
Committees of the Chemung County Legislature met in a sequence of standing-committee sessions and approved a package of resolutions covering airport contracts, building and grounds procurement, public-safety grant acceptances, health- and social-services contracts, public-works contracts and multiple central-services and sewer-district items.
Committees of the Chemung County Legislature met in a sequence of standing-committee sessions and approved a package of resolutions covering airport contracts, building and grounds procurement, public-safety grant acceptances, health- and social-services contracts, public-works contracts and multiple central-services and sewer-district items.
The votes, taken across several committee hearings, approved acceptance of state grants, purchase agreements for information-technology equipment and services, multiple change orders on sewer projects, procurement awards for county public works and contracts for social-service providers. Committee chairs called for the grouped roll-call approvals and the motions carried by voice vote each time the items were presented.
Why it matters: The grouped approvals move forward county contracting, capital projects and staffing changes that touch multiple departments — from the Elmira/Corning Regional Airport and the Department of Public Works to the Department of Health and the Chemung County Sewer Districts. Several discussions accompanying those approvals flagged budget shifts, revenue sources and a multi-year plan to consolidate sewer districts that will affect rates in coming years.
What passed (selected items reported and approved by committee)
- Aviation Committee: a resolution to extend a short-term agreement related to the Elmira/Corning Regional Airport; a resolution rejecting all bids received for RFB 26-39 and authorizing re-advertisement for those bids. Both motions were approved by voice vote.
- Buildings and Grounds Committee: a resolution declaring certain county-owned property surplus; a resolution extending agreements with multiple vendors for lumber, HVAC supplies and building materials for the Department of Buildings and Grounds. Both motions passed by voice vote.
- Law Enforcement / Public Safety: a package of resolutions accepting grant funding from…
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