Chemung County Legislature approves package of routine resolutions and schedules public hearing on 2026 tentative budget

The Chemung County Legislature approved a package of routine resolutions on Nov. 10, authorizing contracts, purchase orders and grant applications for county departments and scheduling a public hearing on the 2026 tentative county budget.

Lawmakers voted unanimously by roll call on a block of measures that included extending an agreement with ASM North America for the Elmira-Corning Regional Airport, maintenance and service agreements for the county jail and nursing facility, applications for state grants and several purchase agreements and change orders for the Chemung County sewer districts and public works departments. The clerk read each resolution and sponsors were noted during the session; no "No" or abstention votes were recorded in the transcript of the meeting.

Why it matters: The resolutions authorize routine operating contracts and procurement that keep county services running — from jail maintenance and nursing-facility contracts to sewer-district work and transit bus purchases — and they set the process for public review of next year's county budget.

Notable items in the package included adding Modern Bank, N.A. to the county's authorized financial institutions list and a resolution calling for a public hearing on the 2026 tentative Chemung County budget, capital program and related Elmira sewer district budgets. Resolution numbers read into the record included 25-467 through 25-496 (with 25-497 to stand alone for the budget hearing), 25-487 and 25-488 and 25-497.

Several legislators were listed as sponsors during the reading: Mr. Sweet, Mr. Margeison, Mr. Drake, Mr. Donovan, Mr. Smith and Mr. Strange. The clerk called the roll for each group of resolutions and the presiding officer declared them passed after 'Aye' responses were recorded.

What happens next: Resolution 25-497 schedules a public hearing on the 2026 tentative county budget; the resolution text as read calls for the hearing but the transcript does not specify the date, time or location of the hearing beyond the record taken during the meeting. The county executive and finance staff were invited to present the executive budget; legislators were told to submit written questions for follow-up.

Votes at a glance: The clerk recorded 'Aye' roll-call responses for the resolutions as presented in the transcript; the meeting record shows the measures carried with no opposing votes recorded in the transcript. The transcript does not provide a numeric tally for each resolution beyond the roll-call responses recorded as 'Aye.'

The meeting adjourned after new-business discussion.