County committees report funding acceptances, DA subscription and IT upgrade; tax apportionment items moved to the floor
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Schenectady County committees reported multiple routine measures to the full legislature: $103,078 in supportive-housing funds, a roughly $200,000 senior-services supplement, a multiyear Thomson Reuters subscription for the DA, an IT storage array reallocation, and several tax-apportionment actions. All were reported or approved in committee.
Schenectady County’s committee meetings on Nov. 26 covered a series of routine funding and administrative items that committees voted to report to the legislature or approve for committee action.
Health, Housing and Human Services opened with HHHS 27, a resolution to accept $103,078 from the New York State Office of Mental Health designated for supportive housing. Keith Brown, the county’s director of public health, described the money as pass-through funding to local providers including RSS, the YMCA and Mohawk Opportunities and said supportive housing is "incredibly important for our service array." The committee moved and reported the resolution to the full legislature.
The committee also considered HHHS 28, a supplement from the New York State Office for the Aging to cover unmet needs for seniors. A county planner and a senior long-term care services manager described using the funds for environmental modifications, medical care, transportation and meals; presenters said the county originally received just over $400,000 and is seeking an additional supplemental allocation of approximately $200,000 that must be used by March. The committee reported the item to the floor.
In Public Safety, the committee considered PS 22, authorizing a multiyear agreement for online investigative services for the District Attorney’s office. The packet included a justification from District Attorney Robert Carney; presenters said contracting multi-year can reduce monthly costs to $463.40. The committee moved and reported the item.
The Technology and Communications Committee approved TC 1, an amendment to the capital improvement program to reallocate stranded funds for purchase of a storage area network that will hold county file servers; CIO Gabriel Benitez described the request as revenue-neutral and aimed at replacing existing equipment.
Ways and Means considered several tax-related items. Commissioner of Finance Jackie Falotico said a revision to the packet reduced the amount for uncollected school taxes being charged back to school districts after some postmarked taxes were submitted. The committee also moved Ways and Means 19 to return village taxes for Delanson and Scotia to the applicable town rolls, and Ways and Means 20 adopted assessed values for county tax apportionment and levy purposes (presenters cited apportionment assessed values of $10,600,000 and levy assessed values just under $10,000,000). Committee members then moved to report the remainder of the agenda and closed business.
Most committee votes were voice votes; the items will be considered by the full legislature in upcoming sessions.