Public Works committee approves nine resolutions; discusses landfill plan, airport terminal and road projects

The Sullivan County Public Works Committee approved nine resolutions in two blocks at the end of its meeting and heard detailed staff reports on paving, guide rails, airport work and landfill operations, including earlier receipt of 7 pages of comments from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation on the county's draft solid waste management plan.

Committee members approved resolutions 1–4 in a block, moved by Matt McPhillips and seconded by Nick Salimone, and then approved resolutions 5–9 in a block, moved by Terry Blaser Bernardo and seconded by Louie Alvarez. Committee members voiced routine questions during reports but did not ask for separate roll-call votes on the individual resolutions; the chair recorded each block as approved by voice vote ("Aye," 6 yes).

Why it matters: the items approved and discussed include projects and spending that shape the county's roads and airport access, routine landfill maintenance and operations, and policy direction for municipal cleanup and solid waste planning. Several agenda items also include federal or state grant shares, making the projects contingent on outside funding.

Staff report highlights

Ed, a public works staff member, presented the municipal separate storm sewer system annual report for 1.5 miles of county roads in the Mamakating area and said the county has applied for a DEC waiver because the area was removed from the urbanized designation in recent census data. "We have also submitted for a waiver," he said, adding the DEC had not yet responded and that the county would post the…