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Chemung County legislators approve four budget resolutions; request printed budget and employee roster for review
Summary
During a budget meeting, the Chemung County Legislature approved four resolutions including transfers/appropriations, a renewal of a ClearGov purchase agreement, allocation of room tax collections, and continuation of an additional 1% sales tax; legislators requested a printed full budget and the employee roster for review.
Chemung County legislators approved four budget-related resolutions at a budget meeting. Members voted to authorize county-executive transfers and appropriations, renew a purchase agreement with ClearGov for the county Department of Information Technology, approve allocations of a “2,024 room tax collection” as recommended by the county executive, and request continuation of an additional 1% sales tax.
The first resolution authorized transfers and appropriations by the county executive; meeting remarks show a motion was made and the motion carried after a voice vote.
The second resolution renewed the county’s purchase agreement with ClearGov, the electronic budget presentation platform used by county staff. During that item a legislator said they were “not a big fan” of the electronic presentation and requested that the full adopted budget be provided in printed form for the legislative body when it is finalized. Legislators also requested the traditional annual employee roster (names and positions) be supplied at budget time; a staff member said positions were included in the materials but that individual names were not provided and that staff would follow up.
The third resolution authorized allocations of the “2,024 room tax collection” as recommended by the county executive and carried on a voice vote.
The fourth resolution requested continuation of the additional 1% county sales tax; meeting discussion included a reminder that the state requires periodic renewal (one speaker said it is voted every two years) and a statement that without county action the rate would revert to a lower level. The motion carried on a voice vote.
All four items passed by voice vote without recorded roll-call tallies in the meeting minutes. No amendments or conditions were recorded in the meeting discussion. A member asked staff to provide additional detail on sales tax revenue sources (including utility and fuel taxes) and to model the revenue impact of removing the county portion of the utility tax (electric and, at the request of other members, an analysis that included gas where applicable).
