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Delaware County board adopts series of 2026 budget amendments and a local law raising DA salary
Summary
At its regular meeting, the Delaware County board held two public hearings with no public comment, approved multiple 2026 budget amendments and program appropriations, and adopted Local Law 15 to increase the district attorney's salary (noted by board members as state‑mandated).
The Delaware County board met and approved a slate of budget amendments and program appropriations for 2026, and adopted a local law raising the district attorney’s salary after two unattended public hearings.
A public hearing on the eight‑year review of Agriculture District No. 14 (covering the towns of Sidney, Franklin and Meredith) opened and closed with no public comment. A second hearing on Local Law 15, which would increase the district attorney’s salary, also drew no public speakers.
The board then moved through routine business and a series of resolutions. Among the items approved were Resolution 91 (appropriation of open settlement funds for 2026), Resolution 92 (appropriation of opioid settlement funds), and resolutions funding summer youth employment programs through the Department of Social Services and the Delaware County Youth Bureau. A board member noted that Middletown Mark Twain Hospital was awarded about $300,000 in a prior related award during discussion of Resolution 91; the figure was described in the meeting as approximate.
The board also approved awards for Department of Public Works projects that cover two bridge sites (one on Turk Road/Conklin Road area and another on Harper Road near Peterson’s sawmill). Resolution 101 included a State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQR) negative declaration related to the purchase of property at 9878 State Highway 23 in Davenport for Public Works purposes.
Local Law 15 was brought to the floor and adopted after board members characterized the pay increase as mandated by the state, with the county receiving some returned funding to offset the change. Several other administrative items — including increases to petty cash for senior dining sites (Office for the Aging), apportionment of mortgage tax checks, and standard work day and reporting for the New York State and Local Employees’ Retirement System — were carried either by voice vote or roll call.
Reverend John Grenier delivered the invocation before the meeting, asking for wisdom for the county’s representatives: "do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly before him." The meeting adjourned after routine announcements about upcoming meetings.
Several resolutions were moved and adopted without extensive debate; the meeting record shows each item was put to either a roll‑call or voice vote and recorded as carried or approved.
