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The measure would have diverted 20% of the county's occupancy-tax (hotel and short-term rental) receipts from the county's designated tourism entity to county purposes, including capital projects. Supporters of the tourism office and dozens of local business representatives urged the legislature to keep funding levels unchanged.

Noah Howard, public relations manager for the Cayuga County Office of Tourism, told the legislature: \"Tourism in Cayuga County is not just a promotional effort. It's an engine of economic growth, job creation, and community pride.\" Howard said visitors spent nearly $160 million in the county in 2024 and that tourism produced about $9.9 million in local sales-tax revenue that year.

Erin Katzker, managing director of Rev Theater Company and chair of the Tour Cayuga board, said the county's work to market lakes, farms and history \"is not just an expense. It is a smart investment in our economy and our future.\" Springside Inn owner Sean Landmore and several chamber and downtown business representatives told the legislature cuts to the tourism office would directly reduce visitor marketing and harm lodging, restaurants and small retailers.

During debate, a legislator moved to cut the proposed county draw from 20% to 10%; that amendment failed. Lawmakers did approve an amendment changing where any county share would be used: rather than a broad list of county purposes, the amendment would require that the county portion be deposited into a Parks capital reserve and used for park capital projects. After further discussion and a roll-call, the overall local-law change (as amended) failed.

Legislators who spoke in favor of redirecting a portion of the occupancy-tax revenue said the county faces fiscal pressures and that modest county reinvestment in parks and infrastructure could leverage outside tourism dollars. Opponents said even a small reduction would undercut a self-sustaining tourism program that local businesses depend on.

The public comment portion of the meeting featured more than a dozen speakers representing the county tourism office, local chambers of commerce, wineries, inns and performing-arts organizations. Many cited the tourism office's roughly $1 million annual budget and the Office's reported return-on-investment figures.

The local law under consideration was introduced as a change to the county's occupancy-tax ordinance, described at the hearing as being \"pursuant to chapter 5 33 of the laws of 1994 of the state of New York.\" The legislature will retain its current budgetary authority to revisit allocations but took no change to the law this session.

The measure drew sustained public opposition and failed on the floor; proponents said they will continue to press for county capital funding options that do not reduce the tourism office's operating allocation.

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Androsco said public health and mental-health departments are the county's \"covered departments\" under the plan and that county compliance officers include department directors and the county attorney. She reviewed definitions of fraud and abuse, examples of each, potential sanctions and the whistleblower protections available to staff who report concerns in good faith.

\"The corporate compliance plan provides a program to ensure that quality services are provided, and then they fully conform to all of the applicable state and federal laws,\" Androsco said. She told legislators that the county maintains an anonymous compliance hotline and works with the New York State Office of the Medicaid Inspector General to address issues.

Androsco reported that the county had identified and corrected billing or payment errors internally in 2025 and that, to date, there were no open compliance investigations to report to the legislature for the year. She said the county holds quarterly compliance meetings and documents corrective-action plans when issues are found.

The presentation named the county's compliance officers, including Kathleen Cuddy (public health director), Lauren Walsh (mental-health director), Deanna Ryan (deputy public-health director) and County Attorney Richard Grama. Legislators were given handouts summarizing reporting options and were reminded of penalties for knowingly submitting false claims.

County leaders said the training and the compliance program are ongoing: officials will continue quarterly reviews, staff training and coordination with state regulatory agencies.

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The move follows a recent power failure that knocked key systems offline in the county's current backup facility, testimony on the floor said. Legislators said the county faces the risk of losing critical public-safety infrastructure if the equipment remains in the county office building basement.

\"The backup system that we designed, built, and hopefully never had to use...needed it, and it didn't work. It's unacceptable,\" Legislator Straub said during the meeting, describing a recent outage that affected Internet and access to records at the 9-1-1 center.

Supporters of the relocation argued that the expense is necessary to protect equipment they estimated is worth \"$7 or $8 million\" and to ensure continuous operation of public-safety dispatch services. Those lawmakers said the cost could not be funded from operating budgets and that a transfer from fund balance was required to act quickly.

County staff described estimates from vendors and previously produced cost projections from the county's IT team and Motorola Solutions. The resolution authorizes the chair of the legislature to enter agreements and directs the finance director to transfer $1,200,000 from fund balance into the building account for this purpose. The measure passed on a roll-call vote.

Legislators said the relocation could take several months; officials asked that vendors and county staff prioritize the work because equipment outages have already affected operations.

","Cayuga County lawmakers authorized a $1.2 million transfer from fund balance to relocate backup 9-1-1 equipment to a City of Auburn facility after recent power and generator failures left the county's backup system inoperable.","actionData","errors"]

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Cayuga County proposal to reallocate occupancy-tax revenue fails after hours of public comment

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Legislature approves $1.2 million to move backup 9-1-1 equipment after outages