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Committee authorizes up to $20,000 for SWAT intermunicipal agreement attorney fees after Corning agrees to sign
Summary
A Steuben County committee approved authorizing up to $20,000 to cover attorney fees tied to a proposed intermunicipal SWAT agreement after the city of Corning indicated by email it will sign the agreement and take it to its board in April.
A committee member said the county had "communicated with the city of Corning" and that Corning had agreed by email to sign an intermunicipal agreement establishing SWAT cooperation and would bring the matter to its board in April. The member told the committee the attorney-fee payment had been "contingent upon your last discussion" and recommended a temporary increase in the authorization to avoid returning to the committee for each new bill.
The member proposed authorizing up to $20,000 for attorney fees, noting the current authorization was $12,000: "every time, I would suggest if the committee is open to authorize up to $20,000 because right now we're at 12." The member moved the proposal; another attendee said, "I can 2nd." The transcript does not identify the second or other voters by name. The committee conducted a voice vote; the transcript records two attendees saying "Aye," no one voiced opposition, and the member announced, "Motion carries." The motion therefore passed as recorded in the transcript.
The committee member said staff would continue to report costs and suggested the buffer should carry the payments for at least a few months. The transcript contains no reference to additional funding sources or a specific budget line; those details were "not specified" in the record. The committee did not attach a sunset date to the increased authorization in the recorded exchange.
