Votes at a glance: key Sullivan County Legislature actions and outcomes

This summary lists key motions and recorded outcomes from the Sullivan County Legislature meeting on March 26, 2025. Where the transcript did not record a roll-call for an item, the vote tally is noted as "not specified."

- Resolution 1: Authorize a stipend to volunteers for administration of ICAP. Motion moved by Nick and Matt; recorded outcome: passed, recorded as "9 zip" (9 in favor, 0 opposed).

- Resolution 2: Adopt the Tourism Sector Enhancement Grant Program (Amended). Motion moved by Matt McPhillips; seconded by Brian McPhillips. Amendment added a fourth legislator to the review committee and allowed non-reimbursable/grant disbursements. Final recorded vote: 8 in favor, 1 opposed (Kat). Outcome: adopted as amended.

- Proclamation: Proclaim April as Donate Life Month. Outcome: passed, recorded as "9 zip."

- Appointment: Pam Moran (appointment motion): Outcome: passed, recorded as "9 zip."

- Set public hearing for 04/24/2025 (proposed code amendment): Outcome: passed, recorded as "9 zip."

- Block vote: Items 6, 7 and 8 moved in a block (electronic poll book/related items). Outcome: passed; transcript records unanimous voice vote at that time.

- Resolution urging the PSC to scrutinize delivery-rate proposals and to consider future filings from NYSEG, Central Hudson and Orange and Rockland: Amended on the floor and passed with a recorded tally of 8 in favor, 0 opposed, 1 abstention (Matt McPhillips, abstaining because he is employed by NYSEG). Outcome: adopted.

- Property acquisition: Expedite acquisition and opening of the former Carolan property in the town of Neversink (resolution): Outcome: passed, recorded as "9 zip."

- Various board appointments, intermunicipal agreements, contracts for services, and personnel reclassifications were also moved and approved during the meeting. Several items recorded outcomes such as "9 zip," and some items recorded abstentions (for example, where appointees were also legislators). When tallies were not given in the transcript, the entry below records vote tallies as "not specified."

Items with vote tallies reported in the record are listed above. Other agenda items moved and approved in the meeting included contracts with Soil and Water, scribe maintenance agreements, municipal cleanup tonnage increases, and appointments to an Ag and Farmland Protection Board and a Land Bank; those motions were recorded as approved in the transcript but the meeting transcript did not always include a numerical roll call for each motion in the distributed excerpt.

If you need a complete, item-by-item roll-call tally, please request the official minutes or clerk’s record; the transcript excerpt provided to this report did not include a numbered roll call for every agenda item.