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County staff report $400,000 added to Bridge 830 project; legislators seek wording change on county obligation
Summary
Public facilities staff told the committee New York State DOT added $400,000 to the funding for County Bridge 830, raising the project to $2.4 million; a legislator asked to amend contract language to make any county appropriation a later legislative decision rather than an automatic commitment.
The committee discussed a renew-and-amend resolution to update state contract funding for County Bridge 830 in Harmony on April 16.
Drew Rogers, deputy director of public facilities engineering, told the committee that New York State DOT added $400,000 to cover bids that exceeded the project's original construction estimate. "The overall funding ... will change from $2 million to $2.4 million," Rogers said, with the federal, state and local percentages remaining 80/15/5.
During questions, a committee member said the contract language appears to commit the county to appropriate any excess non-federal share and proposed changing the text from an automatic appropriation to language stating the legislature "will consider" appropriating any deficit. Rogers said that language is standard in state agreements and he would have to check whether the state would accept edits.
Chair Shagnan noted the renew-and-amend matter was before the committee for discussion only and any final action must occur at the full legislature; members asked Rogers to bring a formal answer about contract wording to the legislature meeting.
The committee did not take a final appropriation vote at the committee level; the matter will be scheduled for a legislature session for formal action.
