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Legislature approves school-district food-waste diversion pilot despite 8 no votes
Summary
Resolution 25-0032 authorizes intermunicipal agreements with public school districts and BOCES for a Food Waste Diversion Grant Pilot Program; it passed 20-8 with eight legislators recorded voting against the measure.
The Monroe County Legislature on March 11 approved Resolution 25-0032, "Authorizing Intermunicipal Agreements with Monroe County Public School Districts and Board of Cooperative Education Services for Food Waste Diversion Grant Pilot Program," on a 20-8 recorded vote.
The legislative record identifies the sponsors as Blankley and Hughes-Smith. The minutes record that "Legislators Brew, Colby, DiFlorio, Keller, McCabe, Morris, Sinclair and Smith voted in the negative." The resolution had previously cleared committee review (Intergovernmental Relations Committee: February 24, 2025; Environment and Public Works Committee: February 24, 2025; Ways and Means Committee: February 25, 2025).
Supporters said the pilot would create intermunicipal agreements with local school districts and BOCES to divert food waste; the transcript lists committee approvals but does not specify program dollar amounts or implementation timelines in the floor minutes. The measure was taken separately from the omnibus package and recorded with a roll-call tally of 20 yes and 8 no.
