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Jefferson County General Services Committee approves airport leases, contracts and budget amendments; staff reports hazardous-waste collection
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Summary
The Jefferson County General Services Committee approved multiple resolutions authorizing leases and professional-service agreements for Watertown International Airport, adopted several budget amendments, and heard a report on the county hazardous-waste collection event.
The Jefferson County General Services Committee on an October meeting approved a series of resolutions authorizing airport leases and professional services, amended the 2025 county budget for multiple programs and heard a report on the county's recent hazardous-waste collection event.
The committee approved an authorization to lease space at Watertown International Airport to Air Methods Corporation for use as an air-ambulance facility. Legislator Reid moved the motion and Legislator Ferris seconded; the motion carried. The committee next approved a right-of-entry agreement with Charter Communications Operating LLC for right-of-way access to property at Watertown International Airport; Legislator Potter moved, and Legislator Grant seconded, and the motion carried.
Other airport-related approvals included an agreement with McFarland Johnson, Inc., to update the airport's stormwater pollution prevention plan and the spill prevention, control and countermeasures plan, and an authorization for the chairman to execute the municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) operator certification form. The committee also approved reappointments and appointments to several advisory panels and boards that serve county operations, including the Jefferson County Fire Advisory Board, the North Country Home Consortium administrative board and the Jefferson County Planning Board. All of those resolutions were moved and seconded on the record and carried by voice vote.
The committee amended the 2025 county budget for recycling and waste management accounts and for the Sheriff's Office Accident Reconstruction Crash Data Management System. Both budget amendments were approved after motions and seconds; minutes show voice votes that carried.
The committee also authorized an agreement with Titan Roofing Inc. for a roof-replacement project at a county workplace and an agreement with Barton & Lejudice DPC for professional engineering services related to County Route 123; both measures were approved.
Kyle, a county staff member reporting to the committee, said the county's fall hazardous-waste collection event drew about 270 vehicles and that, across the spring and fall events, about 544 vehicles participated this year. "We had about 270 vehicles come through," Kyle said. He said residents turned in "about 24 tons" of materials including aerosols, corrosives and fluorescent tubes, and that the county plans to hold similar events twice next year. Kyle thanked the Highway Department for hosting the indoor facility used to sort materials in inclement weather and said the county is exploring dates with the development authority and a possible free "Green Sheen Paint Day" for residents, schools, municipalities and farms.
Committee members also noted a pending ribbon-cutting for airport improvements; the committee said a date has not been set and that staff is awaiting state scheduling. With no further business, the committee adjourned.
