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Albany County committee advances county funds for two land purchases to preserve about 330 acres
Summary
A county committee reviewed using $150,000 to a local land conservancy and $210,000 to the town of Bethlehem to acquire two parcels — together described by staff as preserving roughly 330 acres — and moved to approve the funding; the transcript does not record the final vote tally.
Albany County committee members heard a staff presentation on a plan to use county land-preservation funds to help acquire two parcels, with $150,000 proposed for a local land conservancy to buy a Guilderland parcel and $210,000 proposed for the town of Bethlehem to acquire a Bethlehem parcel.
The presenter (Speaker 2) told the committee the two contributions would draw on funds placed in the county budget last year and this year. "So it's a $150,000 going to the [land conservancy] for a piece of property, in the town of Guilderland, and then, 210,000 going to the town of Bethlehem for, a piece of…
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