Orleans County Legislature
Orleans County Funds Albion Police Radio Upgrade, Advances Its Largest Bridge Package
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▶ Key Actions & Decisions
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• Res. 69-224: four-year agreement with Doherty Communications for 911 dispatch technician services, $55,825.00 (Feb-Dec 2024) rising to $73,740.00 by 2027. Adopted 7-0.
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• Res. 70-224 through 72-224: Sheriff's Office SWAT and equipment purchases — reflex sights/mounts and Motorola radios ($7,519.08 and $6,957.16); four GETAC tablets ($20,635.00); Verizon SIM cards. All 7-0.
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• Res. 73-224: Treasurer set up remaining balances from seven 2023 Homeland Security grants in the Sheriff's budget, ranging from $2,553.92 to $158,474.71. Adopted 7-0.
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• Res. 74-224: authorized filling Sheriff's Corrections Lieutenant and Road Patrol Sergeant vacancies and resulting backfills, effective Feb. 28, 2024. Adopted 7-0.
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• Res. 75-224 through 78-224: continued the NY-ALERT emergency messaging agreement through 2028; authorized Emergency Management to apply for a Volunteer Fire Infrastructure grant; created a countywide Technical Rescue Team after a public hearing held the same day; authorized $6,700.00 in State Homeland Security Program grant funds for radio equipment. All 7-0.
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• Res. 80-224 through 82-224: appointed voting and non-voting members to the Emergency Medical Services Council, Fire Advisory Board and Radio System Advisory Board, including Albion Fire Department and Albion Police Department representatives. All 7-0.
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• Res. 83-224: authorized filling a Probation Officer vacancy effective March 1, 2024. Adopted 7-0.
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• Res. 84-224 and 85-224: authorized new Spectrum trunk-overflow, Ethernet and cable-TV services (including two Albion locations) and IT purchases — cameras ($13,043.81), on-site support ($6,738.91), firewall licensing ($24,595.00) and management software ($13,279.00), with a $44,612.91 budget transfer to cover them. Both 7-0.
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• Res. 86-224 and 87-224: created a temporary Systems Engineer III position pending two IT hires, and authorized the Chairman to appoint a new Director of Computer Services following Ed Moss's planned April 26, 2024 retirement, abolishing the Deputy Director position once filled. Both 7-0.
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• Res. 88-224 through 91-224: renewed a Real Property Tax Services web-hosting agreement ($3,500.00/year through Feb. 2029); approved a Personnel Department background-check contract with Allied Universal (up to $350/report); approved a merchant payment-processing agreement for the Clerk/Treasurer; signed a two-year, $4,000.00/month grant-writing contract with Upper Edge Consulting. All 7-0.
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• Res. 92-224 and 93-224: authorized $35,496.00 in tourism matching funds to the Greater Niagara Region and out-of-state travel for the Tourism Director. Both 7-0.
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• Res. 94-224 and 95-224: renewed the county's $5,000.00 Mercy Flight air-ambulance agreement (unchanged since 2019) and funded $5,850.00 in Leadership Orleans tuition for three county employees. Both 7-0.
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• Res. 96-224 and 97-224: appointed H. Dale Banker to the County Board of Ethics (2024-2026) and William Eick and Fred Miller to the Local Development Corporation Board (through Dec. 2025). Both 7-0.
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• Res. 98-224: authorized broadband capital-project payments of $100,424.59 for a Carlton radio tower and $1,950.00 for equipment installs in Medina and Albion. Adopted 7-0.
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• Res. 99-224 and 100-224: approved a not-to-exceed $7,500.00 HVAC ductwork contract and a renewed $2,243.00/year sprinkler-inspection contract, both at the Public Safety Building. Both 7-0.
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• Res. 102-224 through 104-224: awarded a $250,355.00 road widener (fully reimbursed through SAM and CHIPS grants), a not-to-exceed $260,000.00 dump truck, and a not-to-exceed $65,000.00 generator to replace one that failed at Courthouse Square. All 7-0.
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• Res. 105-224 and 106-224: approved a not-to-exceed $900,000.00 contract to demolish and rebuild the county's fuel farm, and a $6,500.00 transmission repair for a DPW pickup truck. Both 7-0.
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• Res. 107-224: shifted a Public Works personal-services line ($3,840.00) plus associated benefit accounts into a Job Development budget to support a BOCES diesel-mechanic internship. Adopted 7-0.
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• Res. 109-224: authorized filling a Custodian vacancy and a Motor Equipment Operator vacancy in the Department of Public Works. Adopted 7-0.
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• Res. 110-224 and 111-224: contracted with Tenex Software Solutions for iPad support ($6,075.00) and restructured several Board of Elections clerk positions. Both 7-0.
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• Res. 112-224 and 113-224: approved Mental Health Department agreements including $218,899.00 for Living Opportunities of DePaul housing services, plus a minor Chromebook budget transfer. Both 7-0.
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• Res. 114-224 and 115-224: authorized out-of-state travel for a Mental Health employee and filling a Supportive Case Manager vacancy. Both 7-0.
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• Res. 116-224 through 120-224: approved Public Health Department agreements and grant acceptances (including a $12,100.00 MRC-STTRONG grant and a $5,000.00 NEHA-FDA grant, both no county cost), out-of-state conference travel, and reappointed two members to the Genesee-Orleans County Board of Health. All 7-0.
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• Res. 121-224: approved Department of Social Services agreements including $74,675.00 for DPW messenger/custodial services (county cost $26,136.00) and separate County Attorney contracts of $24,651.00 (county cost $10,119.00) for Temporary Assistance work and $95,932.00 (county cost $32,775.00) for Child and Family Services work. Adopted 7-0.
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• Res. 122-224 and 123-224: added Saturday hours (9 a.m.-1 p.m.) at Social Services and authorized filling a Senior Account Clerk vacancy. Both 7-0.
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• Res. 124-224 and 125-224: renewed an Office for the Aging technical-support contract and adopted a resolution urging state and federal officials to increase funding for the county's 8,698 residents over age 60. Both 7-0.
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• Res. 126-224 (filling an Office for the Aging Housekeeper Aide vacancy) was withdrawn by Legislator Miller before a vote.
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• Res. 127-224 through 129-224: nominated Christina Lyons to the GLOW Workforce Development Board, authorized payment of March county claims, and approved a $6,652.00 emergency HVAC repair at the Courthouse. All 7-0.
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• Legislator Draper presented a retirement recognition to Lt. Mike Christopher after 30 years with the Orleans County Jail; Legislator Allport presented a Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month proclamation to ARC GLOW representatives; Treasurer Kimberly DeFrank reported the county had roughly $1.6 million loaned out to other funds, mostly for broadband; the Legislature also approved use of Courthouse Square for an Easter egg hunt and for an Albion Merchants Association banner promoting the Albion Sip N' Stroll event.
The Orleans County Legislature's Feb. 20, 2024 meeting sent money directly into Albion's police department, funding a radio upgrade the county had already lined up before the vote. In Resolution 79-224, legislators authorized the purchase of radios and accessories for the police departments of Albion, Holley and Medina from L3 Harris Technologies, Inc. at a cost of $174,565.00, paid for with New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services (DHSES) grant funds. Merle Draper, legislator, told colleagues before the vote that the money draws on funds Emergency Management had already received and that the county had settled on Holley, Medina and Albion for the upgrade so their radios would match the Sheriff's Office system, putting the cost at around $175,000.00. The resolution passed 7 ayes to 0 nays.
The purchase is described in the resolution as the second phase of a multi-year radio project: Resolution 254-522 funded portable radios for the county's fire departments as phase one, and this vote extends the upgrade to county and village law enforcement. According to the resolution, using the DHSES grant this way reduces the tax levy for both the county and the villages while improving communications for public safety responders across all of the county's towns and villages.
That vote was one of 60 resolutions the seven-member Legislature adopted that day — Legislators Allport, Draper, Eick, Fitzak, Johnson, Miller and Morgan were all present — and all but one passed without a single no vote. Most of the day's business was routine: sheriff's equipment purchases, department staffing changes, service contracts and grant paperwork. But one item carried the single largest dollar figure of the meeting.
In Resolution 108-224, legislators authorized the county treasurer to set up $2,613,290.52 in the 2024 Road Fund bridge budget, covering five projects — the Angling Road Bridge, Lakeshore Bridge, County Line Road Bridge and two rounds of preventive maintenance on county bridges — after what the resolution describes as unfinished professional services and construction delays carried over from contracts the county entered in 2023. The single largest piece, the Angling Road Bridge project, accounts for $1,991,298.47 of that total. Separately, legislators moved $137,541.61 from the Road Fund's Infrastructure Reserve, which the resolution describes as the county's 5 percent cost of the same five projects.
The lone dissenting vote of the meeting came on a project sited in Albion. Resolution 101-224 authorized Lynne Johnson, chairman, to sign interconnection and property-owner documents with National Grid for a county solar farm at 14074 West County House Road in Albion, where GreenSpark is the developer handling permitting and utility filings under the county's existing energy performance contract with Wendel, LLC. Every other legislator present voted yes; Allport, legislator, voted no. According to the minutes, Allport argued that solar power is inefficient because it can't provide the constant output the electrical grid needs the way conventional generation can, and that the project doesn't pay for itself financially — putting the investment's payback period at 15 years, and noting the panels degrade every year, which he said could push the return on investment as high as 20 years. The resolution passed 6 ayes to 1 nay, with Allport recorded as the dissent.
None of the three actions has a further hearing or vote scheduled in the record. The radio purchase and the bridge funding move forward under contracts and reserve transfers the Legislature has already authorized; the solar farm's interconnection paperwork proceeds with Johnson's signature now authorized, pending GreenSpark's continued work with National Grid on the utility side. The Legislature's next order of business, per the minutes, was payment of March claims against the county.
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▶ Key Actions & Decisions
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• Res. 19-124: one-year Tek84 body-scanner service contract for the Sheriff's Jail, $8,995.00. Adopted 7-0.
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• Res. 20-124: 32 portable radios from Licciardi Radio Services, $10,218.69; treasurer to set up $32,233.00 in Building and Equipment Reserve from 2023 grants ($18,995.00 Bi2 Technology, $13,238.00 IC Solutions). Adopted 7-0.
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• Res. 21-124: accepted $70.00 in community donations to the Sheriff's Office ($20.00 Other Contractual, $50.00 K9). Adopted 7-0.
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• Res. 22-124: authorized filling Correction Officer and part-time Dispatcher ($20.82/hour) vacancies in the Sheriff's Office, effective Jan. 31. Adopted 7-0.
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• Res. 23-124: set a Feb. 20, 4:25 p.m. public hearing on creating a county Technical Rescue Team. Adopted 7-0.
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• Res. 24-124: authorized $133,334.00 in state homeland-security grant funds for payment to Radio Technologies. The minutes record only "Moved, Draper; second," with no seconder named and no adoption vote, unlike every other item that day.
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• Res. 25-124 through 27-124: approved a Public Defender's agreement with the state Office of Indigent Legal Services (2024-2026); a Federal Equitable Sharing Agreement between the District Attorney's Office and the U.S. Department of Justice; and a $74,116.00 pretrial-services award to Probation. All 7-0.
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• Res. 28-124 and 29-124: authorized $54,583.76 in network switches and $86,011.20 in software licensing (plus matching 2025-26 subscription payments) for IT Services, and added 13 desktops and 64 laptops to the county's Dell Master Lease (four payments not to exceed $44,573.63). Both 7-0.
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• Res. 30-124: approved the 2024 Employee Assistance Program budget, $8,030.00 in revenue and expenditures. Adopted 7-0.
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• Res. 31-124: set part-time Sheriff's Crew Leader pay at $21.00/hour and Election Inspector pay at $130.00-$260.00 per election day plus $65.00 training, billed to the towns. Adopted 7-0.
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• Res. 32-124: set the County Clerk's mortgage-tax collection allowance at $113,540 per annum. Adopted 7-0.
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• Res. 33-124: authorized a new Motor Vehicle Application Examiner position in the DMV, effective Feb. 2. Adopted 7-0.
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• Res. 34-124 and 35-124: approved a $10,405.50 Treasurer's-office software agreement with Edmunds GovTech, and moved $45,000.00 from the Reserve for Debt to cover an Energy Performance lease payment. Both 7-0.
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• Res. 36-124: authorized filling a Principal Clerk vacancy in the Treasurer's Office. Adopted 7-0.
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• Res. 37-124: approved a $500,000.00 fidelity bond and the county's $7,691.25 share of 2024 funding for the Genesee/Finger Lakes Regional Planning Council, naming Richard Sutherland, director, to receive payments. Adopted 7-0.
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• Res. 38-124: set a Feb. 20, 4:20 p.m. hearing on extending the pilot youth deer-hunting law. Adopted 7-0.
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• Res. 39-124 and 40-124: appointed Edward F. Morgan and William H. Eick (alternate) to the Fish and Wildlife Management Act Board, and six members/alternates to the County Planning Board. Both 7-0.
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• Res. 41-124 and 42-124: approved a $97,500.00 2024 agreement with the Soil and Water Conservation District in Albion, and granted the annual county tax exemption on village sewer and water systems in Holley, Albion, Medina and Lyndonville. Both 7-0.
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• Res. 43-124 and 44-124: reappointed Renee Rowley to the County Board of Ethics (2024-2026), and authorized three legislators' out-of-state travel to the NACo conference in Washington. Both 7-0.
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• Res. 45-124: authorized a Town of Carlton ground lease for a communications-facility site, five years plus four five-year extensions, at no county cost. Adopted 7-0.
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• Res. 46-124: authorized a $533,000.00 change order with RTO Wireless, funded by a modified CARES Act grant, to build broadband "micro towers" in the Village of Albion, Village of Medina and Town of Gaines. Adopted 7-0.
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• Res. 47-124: called a March 26, 4:25 p.m. public hearing in Albion on the CDBG-funded broadband program's implementation and progress. Adopted 7-0.
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• Res. 48-124: authorized broadband payments of $760.36 and $2,605.25 to Barre Stone (Carlton tower foundation) and $6,500.00 and $254,752.00 to RTO Wireless (Medina equipment install, Gaines tower activation). Adopted 7-0.
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• Res. 49-124: approved a $240,000.00 2024 agreement with Cornell Cooperative Extension. Adopted 7-0.
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• Res. 50-124 through 52-124: approved a $508.00 fire-alarm communicator install and $498.00 annual monitoring at the County Office Building, an $11,000.00 rooftop heater rental at the Public Safety Building, and a $7,000.00 emergency furnace repair at Central Hall. All 7-0.
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• Res. 53-124: committed the county to 100% first-instance funding of the $1,942,303.00 Angling Road over Johnson Creek Bridge project in the Town of Yates, including a $388,461.00 non-federal share. Adopted 7-0.
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• Res. 54-124: awarded a $678,013.96 bid to J. Bognar Construction LLC for the County Line Bridge over Jeddo Creek replacement in the Town of Ridgeway. Adopted 7-0.
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• Res. 55-124: authorized $13,335.34 and $8,749.12 in engineering payments to Erdman Anthony for the South Holley Road culvert. Adopted 7-0.
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• Res. 56-124: appointed Lynne Johnson and John Papponetti (alternate) to the Genesee Transportation Council. Adopted 7-0.
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• Res. 57-124: authorized filling a Custodial Worker vacancy in the Department of Public Works. Adopted 7-0.
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• Res. 58-124: approved 2024 Mental Health Department agreements with EFPR Group ($6,750.00, county cost $473.00), the Mental Health Association of Genesee and Orleans Counties ($96,721.00), Hillside Children's Center ($92,640.00 and $17,000.00) and Spectrum Health & Human Services ($70,153.00), the latter three at no county cost. Adopted 7-0.
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• Res. 59-124 and 60-124: accepted $6,296.21 in 2023 OASAS opioid-settlement funds for Public Health, and set up $11,358.50 as a Mental Health pass-through to Veterans Services for the Dwyer Peer to Peer Program. Both 7-0.
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• Res. 61-124: authorized filling a Mental Health Clinic Therapist vacancy. Adopted 7-0.
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• Res. 62-124: authorized out-of-state travel for Public Health employees to conferences in Washington, D.C., and Atlanta, at no county cost. Adopted 7-0.
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• Res. 63-124: approved Social Services agreements including three foster-care providers (Gustavus Adolphus C&FS, Gateway-Longview, William George Agency) each not to exceed $802,000.00, LabCorp paternity testing, a $2,500.00 SSI-assistance contract with the Job Development Agency, and $40.00/hour armed security from Allied Universal at an $18.40/hour county cost. Adopted 7-0.
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• Res. 64-124: authorized filling a Social Welfare Examiner vacancy in the Department of Social Services. Adopted 7-0.
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• Res. 65-124 and 66-124: authorized a no-cost pilot digital-platform program with Blooming Health Inc. for the Office for the Aging, and filling a Housekeeper Aide vacancy there. Both 7-0.
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• Res. 67-124: approved a $16,000.00 2024 Leadership Orleans agreement with Community Action of Orleans & Genesee. Adopted 7-0.
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• Res. 68-124: authorized payment of February county claims; no dollar figures were listed in the minutes. Adopted 7-0.
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• Other business: approved the Rotary Club of Albion's request to use Courthouse Square for the June 7 and 8 Strawberry Festival; Kimberly DeFrank, treasurer, reported 2023 cash flow ended in good shape with the county transitioning to a new payroll and tax-collection system; the meeting opened with an invocation from Nancy Traxler, veterans services director, and adjourned at 4:51 p.m.
Orleans County's State of the County Warns of Fiscal Strain as Legislature Renews Albion School Tax Deal
▶ Key Actions & Decisions
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• Chairman Lynne Johnson's State of the County address: $55 million estimate to replace the Public Safety Building avoided by acquiring the former Genesee Community College property; Treasurer's Office relocating from Central Hall to a former Bank of America building, opening this summer.
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• Res. 141-324: intermunicipal agreement makes the County Treasurer sole collector of Albion Central School District taxes for 2024/2025 and 2025/2026. Adopted 7-0.
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• Res. 142-324 and 143-324: new contract with Absolute Auctions and Realty, Inc. through Dec. 31, 2028 (no county cost); county tax-foreclosure auction set for July 30, 2024, 10 a.m., at the Albion Elks Lodge, 428 West State St. Both adopted 7-0.
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• Village of Albion sent the county Resolution 2024-09, proposing a potential PILOT arrangement on county-purchased property in the village; received as a communication with no recorded discussion or vote.
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• Treasurer Kimberly DeFrank reported over 5% investment returns and said the county would soon send schools and villages a little over $3 million to make them whole on last year's unpaid taxes.
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• Johnson said the Legislature approved $174,000 last month for portable radios for law enforcement in Albion, Holley and Medina (Phase II of a multi-year upgrade); Phase I equipped all 11 county fire departments for $229,528 in 2022.
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• Johnson described the county's broadband build-out as a $4.9 million project ($1.8 million from Community Development Block Grant funds, plus a new Carlton radio tower) nearing completion, and cited a 273% rise in homeless placements since July 2022 (900% for out-of-county placements) behind last year's state of emergency declaration.
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• Johnson said Governor Hochul's budget proposes a $100 million cut to county/town road funding and that the state withheld designated Medicaid funds from counties last year.
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• A county District Court Committee report on converting to a district court model is complete and posted on the county website; voters decide the question by referendum in November 2024.
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• Res. 131-324: Sheriff's Office authorized to apply for a 2024 Canal Patrol grant (75/25 reimbursement) from the NYS Canal Corporation for Erie Canal patrols, April 2024-March 2025.
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• Res. 132-324: lease-purchase of Tasers and accessories from Axon Enterprises, $228,222 total, paid through Sheriff's budget, March 2024-February 2028.
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• Res. 133-324: SWAT purchases — 15 helmet kits ($5,916.15) and 20 stinger spike systems plus one training unit ($11,480.95).
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• Res. 149-324: authorizing payments from the Capital Project Broadband fund.
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• Res. 150-324/Local Law: extending the county's Pilot Youth Deer Hunting Program under Local Law No. 3 of 2021.
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• Res. 151-324: DMV capital renovation project office furniture purchases from multiple vendors via Prentice Office Environments, not to exceed $102,250.
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• Res. 157-160-324: County Treasurer authorized to set up funds from Infrastructure, Building and Budgeted Projects, and Fuel Farm reserves, and to authorize payments from Capital Project Infrastructure Projects.
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• Res. 161-324, 163-164-324, 167-324, 172-324, 181-324, 184-324: various position creation/filling/abolishing actions in DPW, Board of Elections, Mental Health, Public Health, DSS and Office for the Aging.
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• Res. 165-324, 168-324, 173-324, 182-324: service agreements between Mental Health, Public Health, DSS and Office for the Aging departments and outside providers, including a renewal with RTS Orleans for bus passes for older adults.
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• Res. 166-324: resolution on reforms for determining a defendant's capacity to stand trial.
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• Res. 169-324 and 171-324: grant award acceptance and out-of-state travel authorization in Public Health.
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• Res. 170-324: resolution on administrative responsibility for preschool special education.
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• Res. 174-324 through 178-324, 186-324: resolutions urging state action on enhanced federal Medicaid matching (eFMAP) reconciliations, preschool/family-services cost mandates, homelessness rent-allowance and housing policy, Medicaid cost-reduction discussions, state-mandated program costs, and SUNY community college funding.
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• Res. 179-324 and 180-324: DSS reserve funds for Child and Family Services and modified cellular phone use agreements.
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• Res. 183-324: appointment to the Aging Advisory Council.
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• Res. 185-324: payment of April claims against the county.
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• Legislator Draper presented retirement recognitions to Becky Bush (35+ years, DPW) and Jan Standish (33 years, DPW).
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• Proclamations: April as Donate Life Month (received by County Clerk Nadine Hanlon; Orleans County has 18,973 residents, 58% of those 18+, enrolled in the state donor registry) and April 1-7 as National Public Health Week (received by Public Health Director Paul Pettit).
Orleans County Legislature Re-Elects Its Leadership, Fixes 2024 Pay — And Casts One Dissenting Vote
▶ Key Actions & Decisions
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• Legislators re-elected Lynne M. Johnson, Chairman, and William Eick, Vice Chairman, by 7-0 roll-call votes; Nadine P. Hanlon, Orleans County Clerk, then administered the oath of office to all seven legislators.
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• The Legislature reappointed Lisa Stenshorn, Clerk of the Legislature, and Katherine Bogan, County Attorney, for a two-year term (7-0).
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• 2024 legislator compensation was set at $20,021.00 for the Chairman, $15,138.00 for the Vice Chairman, and $13,347.00 for each other member, plus mileage and per diem for county travel (7-0).
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• The Daily News was designated the county's official newspaper for 2024 and 2025 (7-0), and the Legislature set its 2024 meeting schedule, generally the fourth Tuesday of the month (7-0).
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• Donald Allport was designated Majority Leader and Fred Miller, Minority Leader (7-0).
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• Kimberly DeFrank, County Treasurer, was authorized to approve property-tax refunds of two thousand five hundred dollars or less without full Legislature review, reporting processed refunds monthly (7-0).
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• Reaffirming appointments to the Orleans County Industrial Development Agency was the meeting's only non-unanimous vote: 6 ayes, with Allport casting the lone no.
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• The Legislature authorized a 2024 agreement with the County of Orleans Industrial Development Agency (COIDA) for economic-development services at $200,000.00 annually, paid in quarterly installments of $50,000.00 (7-0).
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• A new Assigned Counsel Administrator agreement was authorized with Benjamin J. Bonarigo, PLLC (Kristie L. DeFreze, Esq.), replacing James P. Punch, Esq., ACP Administrator, and Virginia Nicholson, ACP Administrative Assistant, at $35,000.00 annually plus $6,000.00 for an administrative assistant, subject to state grant funding (7-0).
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• Legislators approved a $7,367.00 payment to NYSAC for 2024 government-consultation services (7-0).
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• Appointments were approved to the Soil and Water District Board, the Oak Orchard Watershed Board, the Genesee Finger Lakes Regional Planning Council, the Open Space Regional Advisory Committee, the InterCounty Association of Western New York, and the Orleans County Jury Board (7-0 each).
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• Chairman Johnson said the next regular meeting will be held January 23, 2024; the meeting adjourned at 4:48 p.m.
Orleans County Adds $130,000 to Cover Renovation Costs Already Run Up at Its Albion Main Street Building
▶ Key Actions & Decisions
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• Resolution 210-424: approved an agreement with Houseman Refrigeration Heating and Cooling to repair and replace HVAC ductwork at the Treasurer's Building, 156 South Main Street, Albion, at a cost not to exceed $11,500.00, paid from the Buildings and Grounds Division's Maintenance Projects Treasurer line. Adopted 6 ayes, 0 nays, Chairman Johnson absent.
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• Resolution 211-424: approved an agreement with All American Fence to furnish and install a privacy fence at the same Treasurer's Building, not to exceed $34,000.00, from the same budget line, effective once the county gives notice to proceed. Adopted 6-0, Johnson absent.
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• Resolution 215-424: authorized the County Treasurer to move $130,000.00 from the Infrastructure Reserve into the Buildings and Grounds budget for the Treasurer's Office renovations, and specifically to "make the necessary adjustments to the Public Works budget accounts for project costs that have already been incurred." Adopted 6-0, Johnson absent.
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• Resolution 214-424: separately drew $85,000.00 from the same Infrastructure Reserve for a Wendel Companies contract covering "Immersion and Concept Level Design" of the county's Existing Public Safety Building and site. Adopted 6-0, Johnson absent.
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• Resolution 205-424: authorized a Payment in Lieu of Taxes agreement with NY USLE Albion Long Bridge B LLC for a solar energy system at 12795 Route 31 West in Albion, pending approval from the Town of Albion and Medina Central School District. Adopted 6-0, Johnson absent.
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• Resolution 201-424: set two public hearings — May 7 and June 4, 2024, both at 7 p.m. at the Legislature Chambers, 14016 Route 31 W., Albion — on a proposed local law to establish a district court system in Orleans County under Article 6, Section 16 of the state constitution. Adopted 6-0, Johnson absent.
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• Resolution 197-424: endorsed a New York State Association of Counties legislative package addressing the statewide EMS funding and staffing crisis, citing the county's lack of "resources, flexibility, or statutory authority to develop county-wide or publicly funded EMS programs." Adopted 6-0, Johnson absent.
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• Resolution 235-424: opposed state Senate Bill S4545 and Assembly Bill A3069, which would consolidate the state's 109 industrial development agencies, including Orleans County's, into ten regional agencies. Adopted 6-0, Johnson absent.
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• Resolution 217-424: approved a $964,714.00 federal-aid project for replacement of the County Line Road Bridge over Jeddo Creek in the Town of Ridge, with the county's share set at $48,236.00. Adopted 6-0, Johnson absent.
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