Tompkins County broadcasts meetings of the Legislature on the Tompkins County YouTube channel and local Government Cable Access channel 15. Standing and Special Committee meetings are streamed only on the YouTube channel. You can find meeting agendas, minutes, and recordings (for Legislature meetings only) on the Tompkins County Meeting Portal at https://tompkinscountyny.iqm2.com/Citizens/Default.aspx.
If you experience technical issues with the meeting broadcast, please contact the Public Information Office at: https://tompkinscountyny.gov/pubinfo/email
Chat features on this channel are not official public comments, and no chat records will be relayed to the Legislature. For more information on providing your public comment, visit https://www.tompkinscountyny.gov/Government-Resources/County-Legislature/Public-Comment-Privilege-of-the-Floor. As always, feel free to reach out directly to your local representatives with questions or concerns.
Any YouTube comments and live chat will be moderated in accordance with Tompkins County’s Social Media policy. Comments that are found to be inappropriate may be subject to removal, and commenters that publish such posts may also be subject to removal.
The Tompkins County Health and Human Services committee meets regularly to consider policy and make legislative recommendations to the Tompkins County Legislature. The committee considers social services, public and mental health, human services agencies, office of the aging, and youth services. A full list of responsibilities of the committee can be found below.
Meeting agendas can be found here: http://tompkinscountyny.iqm2.com/Citizens/Default.aspx
If you would like to submit a public comment please do so here: https://tompkinscountyny.gov/legislature/publiccomment
Health and Human Services - Black (Chair), Brooks (Vice Chair), Brown, Champion, Currie
Department of Social Services
Mental Health Department/Agencies
Public Health Department/Agencies
Office of Human Rights
Health Planning Council
Human Services Coalition
Relevant Human Services Coalition agencies
Office for the Aging
Youth Services
Tompkins Community Action
Animal Health and Control
Veterans Services Department