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Votes at a glance: Ways and Means Committee approves grants, appropriations and sales-tax update
Summary
The committee approved multiple supplemental appropriations and grant acceptances, including opioid-settlement funds for a peer-support coordinator, a New York State AIDS Institute grant, TB prevention funding, capital-project appropriations for garages and the medical examiner facility, deed-sale decisions, and a $70,000 Greenwood Lake investment; sales-tax receipts were reported slightly above plan.
The Orange County Ways and Means Committee on Dec. 17 approved a bundle of grants, supplemental appropriations and procedural items. Key actions approved during the 3:30 p.m. session included the following:
- Opioid-settlement funds: The committee approved appropriating $137,135 from opioid-settlement funds to create a peer-support coordinator position in the Department of Emergency Services to oversee countywide peer support for first responders and their families. Staff said the position covers salary and fringe and will support training, volunteer coordination and post-incident outreach.
- Medical examiner — NYS AIDS Institute: The committee accepted $225,000 from the New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute to fund disease-intervention specialist salaries for work in Orange County during 2025.
- Tuberculosis prevention…
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