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Board reads notice for proposed Local Law No. 5 to create county administrator post; hearing closed with no comments
Summary
Clerk read notice of proposed Local Law No. 5 (2026) to establish a county administrator and repeal two earlier local laws; the board opened and closed the public hearing with no public comments and later moved to executive session on personnel/financial matters.
The Warren County Board of Supervisors read and closed a public hearing on proposed Local Law No. 5 for 2026, which would establish the position of county administrator and repeal Local Law No. 3 of 2010 and Local Law No. 2 of 2017.
The clerk read the notice, including an announcement that the public hearing would be held by the board at the Warren County Municipal Center and that a copy of the proposed local law was available for inspection at the clerk's office and on the Warren County website. The notice specified a hearing date and time (05/12/2026 at 10 a.m.) and the municipal-center address.
Chair (S1) opened the hearing and invited comments; no board members or members of the public spoke on the proposed local law, and the chair declared the hearing closed. The meeting then moved on to a request for an executive session; the county attorney (S11) cited statutory reasons related to personnel and medical/financial matters, and a motion to enter executive session was made and approved by voice vote.
At the start of the meeting the board also approved the minutes of the April 17 meeting "subject to correction" on a motion reported as by Supervisor Drysko with Supervisor Ronye noted; the board approved by voice vote.
Next steps: The record shows the hearing was held and closed with no public testimony; any further action on the proposed local law (such as formal adoption or amendment) would depend on subsequent agenda items or committee recommendations.
