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Warren County committee approves multiple grant acceptances, contracts and housekeeping budget moves
Summary
The Warren County Economic Growth & Development Committee approved a slate of motions by voice vote, including acceptance of a $600,000 housing fund, application authorizations for home rehabilitation grants, contract authorizations for MS4 mapping and BOCES GED services, and several routine fund transfers.
The Warren County Economic Growth & Development Committee approved a series of motions by voice vote at its July meeting, moving forward on housing, infrastructure and workforce-related contracts and routine fund transfers.
Most measures drew little debate and passed on unanimous voice votes. The actions included authorization to accept $600,000 from FireHUD Companies for backlog housing applications; authorization to accept a technical-assistance grant and establish a capital project for a housing communities digital-recording and permitting interface; a contract authorization to invoice the Warren County Soil and Water Conservation District for GIS support on an MS4 mapping grant; a date update to a New York State water-quality grant contract; authorization to apply for two home-rehabilitation grants (about $300,000 each) targeting owner-occupied, low- and moderate-income households; pre-authorization to select an installer for a CDBG septic replacement project to meet a January 2027 deadline; and the annual GED contract with BOCES (a roughly $2,000 increase for instructor salary).
Ethan, planning staff, introduced the housing and CDBG items and emphasized that the grants require no local match and aim to serve owner-occupied households with accessibility and basic infrastructure repairs. A Warren County Soil and Water Conservation District representative said the county will provide GIS technical support and be reimbursed for time invoiced to the district. Liza, departmental staff, presented the GED contract and small fund transfers to extend intern support.
All motions reported in the meeting were carried by voice vote; no roll-call tallies were recorded in the transcript.
Next steps: several items (including the ConnectAll broadband overlay and certain reimbursable contracts) were flagged for separate, future resolutions when detailed contract language and reimbursement flows are available.
