The Schenectady County Legislature on Nov. 11 approved a slate of routine but consequential resolutions covering capital projects, grant acceptances and real-property actions. Lawmakers voted to amend the capital budget to purchase network hardware for the new county office building and to accept state-contracted pricing for equipment purchases. Recorded roll calls on these consent items showed broad support (13 ayes, 2 absent).
Other adopted measures included acceptance of $480,946 from the SUNY Schenectady College Foundation toward the Begley Learning Commons and Taylor Auditorium completion; the presenter said matching funds from SUNY and DASNY will bring approximately $961,000 to the project. The legislature also approved acceptance of New York State Department of Health funding for a Glendale Nursing Home Advanced Training Initiative and state Office of Mental Health funds for county programs.
Members approved property-related actions: the sale of county-owned property in the town of Niskayuna, authorization to accept auction bids and execute quitclaim deeds, and a transfer of county-owned real property to the Land Bank of the Capital Region aimed at addressing blight and redevelopment. The legislature also authorized a mortgage-tax distribution of $2,053,679.25 to municipalities for the April–Sept. 2025 period.
Public-safety and infrastructure measures that passed included a resolution to accept Next Generation 9-1-1 grant funds from the NYS Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services and an agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration for equipment at Schenectady County Airport. The resolutions were presented largely as committee reports and carried on roll-call votes; the transcript does not record substantive debate on most items.