Chemung County Legislature approves broad slate of resolutions, creates coordinator position and requests continuation of 1% sales tax

The Chemung County Legislature voted to approve a large package of resolutions at its meeting, combining several grouped items and passing them by roll call.

The combined packets included routine departmental service agreements, vendor purchases and grant applications for the Department of Aging and Long Term Care, Department of Social Services, Department of Public Works, Elmira Corning Regional Airport, Information Technology and county sewer districts. The Legislature also approved contract renewals, supplemental agreements with engineering firms, and purchase agreements drawn from Suffolk County and other bids.

Among notable actions recorded in the meeting:

- The Legislature approved grouped resolutions authorizing agreements and grants for Aging and Long Term Care, Social Services and Mental Hygiene, including memoranda of understanding with independent living centers and multiple provider agreements.

- The Legislature approved supplemental agreements and change orders for public works projects, awarded bids for road and airport purchases, and authorized engineering agreements and Water Quality Improvement Grant applications for the county sewer districts.

- The Legislature authorized bond-funded capital projects and equipment purchases. Resolutions described authorizations for airport improvements, reconstruction of roads and safety improvements, culvert and bridge replacement, purchase of road machinery and a front-end loader, a camera and security system at the Chemung County Jail, and equipment for the Chemung County Nursing Facility. Several resolutions listed estimated maximum costs; some figures in the spoken record were not fully clear and are noted below.

- The Legislature approved an extension of staffing vendor agreements for the Chemung County Nursing Facility and awarded agreements for transit and central services technology and equipment purchases.

- The Legislature approved a resolution creating a full-time coordinator of services position in the Department of Aging and Long Term Care.

- The Legislature approved a resolution requesting continuation of the additional 1% county sales tax.

Clerk roll calls taken on grouped packets were recorded as passing with members voting “Aye” by name. The meeting record shows unanimous aye votes on the combined resolution groups as called. The clerk recorded roll-call affirmations for individual items as the packets were considered.

Several resolutions were announced and passed as combined ranges rather than discussed individually; the chair asked if there was any discussion before the roll-call votes and members recorded aye votes for the listed measures.

Financial amounts mentioned orally during the agenda review include figures for culvert and bridge work ($1,363,843 maximum; $683,843 in bonds), the camera and security system at the county jail ($1,095,340), and equipment purchases for the nursing facility ($335,000). Other quoted amounts in the oral reading of the resolutions were unclear in the spoken record and should be confirmed against the official resolution text in county minutes and the clerk's file for precise appropriation and bond amounts.

No roll-call dissenting votes were recorded on the packets presented during the session.