Livingston County Board approves package of proclamations, contracts and appointments; welcomes new HR director

The Livingston County Board of Supervisors approved a package of resolutions and appointments during its regular meeting, adopting proclamations, contract awards and grant applications by unanimous consent and hearing administrative updates.

Board members moved and approved proclamations that included May 2026 as Mental Health Month, May 6–12, 2026 as National Nurses Week, May 2026 as Foster Care Month, and May 4–8, 2026 as Economic Development Week, Small Business Week and National Travel and Tourism Week in Livingston County. The clerk read the items on the consent slate, and supervisors adopted the slate without recorded opposition (the transcript records adoption by unanimous consent; an exact numeric roll-call tally is not specified in the record).

The board authorized a series of contract actions and grant steps. Among them: awarding a courthouse drainage bid (bid no. 202610) for the Central Services Department; authorizing an amendment to a contract with the Livingston County Development Corporation tied to resolution 2025506; and approving a professional services agreement with Ravi Engineering and Land Surveying PC for design and construction support for a clover replacement project on County Road 26 (Rochester Street) in the town of Avon (PIN 4LB007). The board also authorized the chair to sign a planning‑department contract with Armstrong Telecom Communications, Inc., and approved a tower lease with Mark T. Kalen for the Lacy Road Tower in the town of Caledonia. Several of these items were presented and adopted under unanimous‑consent motions.

On settlements and grants, the board authorized the county administrator to submit required documentation to the New York State Attorney General and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation for the use of Axon Noble settlement funds for the 2026–2027 state fiscal year. The board also approved submission of a grant application to the Northern Border Regional Commission Catalyst Program and amended a grant award contract with the New York State Office of Victim Services for the sheriff’s office.

A settlement resolution related to the opioid crisis — described in the agenda as covering six remnant defendant settlements — was approved by the board. The transcript indicates the resolution was adopted by the board; the record does not list detailed vote counts in the provided text.

Personnel and administrative items included amendments and a rescission to portions of the 2026 salary schedule affecting the Department of Health and related offices; those changes were moved and approved where recorded. The board also established an account‑planning item and recorded a motion authorizing a transfer of funds for the Department of Health.

Appointments to the Finger Lakes Regional Planning Council were announced by the chair: Megan Crow as chair designee, Gregory Horror as a member, Bonnie Taylor Davis as a member and William Bacon as the ex‑officio representative.

An official welcomed Emily Stevenson as the county’s new HR director, saying, "Just want to extend a warm welcome to Emily Stevenson, our new HR director. She started with us on Monday. She's acclimating nicely." The same official announced that the compliance training scheduled for after the meeting had been canceled and will be converted to a written, folder‑style format with attestations of completion.

Officials also reported a sales tax advance as the last revenue receipt for the first quarter and said revenues are "trending downward," roughly $229,000 below this time last year, according to the remarks presented to the board. The board noted plans to recognize National County Government Month and to involve supervisors in staff recognition events later in April.

During the public‑meeting portion of the agenda a supervisor thanked Jason Wolfhanger and his team for creek work that helped prevent potential spring flooding and thanked Megan Crow and her team for a broadband initiative presentation that drew resident interest at a town board meeting.

The meeting proceeded through the remainder of the agenda with motions and seconding recorded; the provided transcript ends after a call for opposition following a motion to move business forward.

What comes next: the transcript shows adoption of routine and project resolutions and several administrative directions (training conversion, grant submissions); individual project implementation and grant outcomes will proceed according to contract and state‑agency timelines.