Washington County Public Safety Committee schedules March 31 meeting to consider grants, staffing and a solar-farm local law

The Washington County Public Safety Committee will meet at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 31, 2026, in the 2nd Floor Classroom, Room B214, Building B, 383 Broadway, Fort Edward, the county’s agenda memo says. The meeting was scheduled by Chair Evera Sue Clary and the public may view a livestream of the meeting via the county’s posted YouTube link.

The posted agenda lists routine business — call to order and acceptance of the March 3, 2026 minutes — followed by department reports and requests from the Public Defender, District Attorney, Alternative Sentencing/Youth Bureau, Coroners, Public Safety, Code Enforcement, and the Sheriff’s Office. The memo does not include staff reports, proposed ordinance text, fiscal amounts, or recommended motions; those materials will need to be supplied at the meeting or in supplementary packet materials.

Public Defender items listed in the memo include attorney mileage reimbursement claims, attorney staffing, indigent legal services (ILS) contracts, and a DCJS spending plan. The District Attorney is scheduled to present a Crime Victims Week proclamation. The Alternative Sentencing/Youth Bureau entry lists a DCJS grant award for the CHANGE Project and a staffing pattern change request to add an intern; grant award amounts and the intern’s job description or compensation are not specified in the agenda.

Under Public Safety, the agenda identifies a budget amendment request for grant carryovers, specifically naming a Domestic Terrorism Prevention Grant and a Hazard Mitigation Grant; it also lists grant updates, PSAP staffing, and EMS updates. The memo does not state amendment amounts, fiscal impacts, or whether the board will be asked to adopt a formal amendment at the meeting.

Code Enforcement will present proposed changes to fire inspection fees and a local law or resolution related to solar farms; the agenda lists the item but does not include the draft local law language or the proposed fee schedule. The Sheriff’s Office will deliver an annual report and present a memorandum of understanding concerning a Workday change for the Assistant Correction Administrator; the MOU’s terms are not included in the memo.

Committee members were asked to notify the Clerk of the Board if they cannot attend. The memo is dated March 25, 2026, and signed by Clerk of the Board Debra R. Prehoda. The agenda lists committee members as Supervisors Clary, O’Brien, Rozell, Baker, Hahn, Ferguson, and Herrick.

Because the document is a posted agenda and not minutes of a meeting, it does not record any votes or decisions. Where the agenda lists grant awards, budget amendments, or proposed laws, amounts, motions, and recommended outcomes are labeled in this article as “not specified” to reflect the absence of that information in the public agenda memo. Any formal motions, vote tallies, or adopted local laws will need to be verified from the meeting record or subsequent board papers.