The Albany County Legislature met Dec. 22 and carried a slate of routine and consequential actions, including adoption of the county budget for fiscal year 2026 and a change to the legislature’s rules of order.

Clerk read Resolution 544 rescinding Resolution 537 and adopting the Albany County budget for fiscal year 2026. The item was decided by a long roll call; after all votes were recorded the chair announced the result as "Unanimous," indicating the budget was adopted without recorded opposition.

Earlier in the meeting the legislature approved Resolution 501, authorizing an agreement with the Altima program to provide emergency and transitional shelter services at the Schuyler Inn, and passed Resolution 542 appointing a director to the Albany County Land Bank; the clerk recorded one opposed vote on the land-bank appointment.

Throughout the meeting the body passed a sequence of routine levy, tax and assessment resolutions addressing unpaid water and sewer charges, fire and ambulance district levies, adoption of the table of equalization, and related county tax matters. The clerk read each resolution and the chair called for voice or roll-call votes, which were recorded as passed.

Toward the end of the agenda the legislature amended its rules of order to change the start time for meetings: "We will start our meetings, at 07:00 instead of 07:30," the chair said after the rules amendment was read; the amendment passed. The meeting concluded after a motion to adjourn (moved by Miss Gillespie and seconded by Mr. Dimalowitz).

The meeting record shows adoption of the FY2026 budget and many routine revenue and levy actions; specific dollar amounts for the budget or the individual levies were not read into the public record during the roll calls presented in the transcript.