Two Jefferson County committees approved multiple resolutions during the meeting series, including budget reappropriations, program funding allocations, contract authorizations and local-law introductions. Committee members typically moved and seconded motions with no extended debate; all listed items were carried at the meeting.
Votes recorded at the Health & Human Services committee (selected items):
- "A resolution amending the 2025 county budget to reappropriate Alzheimer's disease and related disorders association incorporated grant." Mover: Legislator Bolio; Second: Legislator Bear Up. Outcome: Approved (vote called: "Aye. Opposed? Carried.").
- "Appointing members to the community services board." Mover: Legislator Clarko; Second: Legislator Grant. Outcome: Approved.
- "Amending the 2024 county budget relative to community services preschool program." Mover: Legislator Bolio; Second: Legislator Barra. Outcome: Approved.
- "Amending the 2025 county budget to allocate additional state aid for community services mental health programs." Mover: Legislator Bolio; Second: Legislator Clerco. Outcome: Approved.
- "Amending the 2025 county budget to reappropriate by-county mobile crisis program funding." Mover: Legislator Clarko; Second: Legislator Bear Up. Outcome: Approved.
- "Authorizing an agreement related to climate and health funding and amending the 2025 county budget in relation thereto." Mover: Legislator Grama; Second: Legislator Bolio. Outcome: Approved.
- "Authorizing an agreement with Home Care Home Base LLC relative to Home Health Care Clinical Financial Software." Mover: Legislator Clarko; Second: Legislator Bara. Outcome: Approved.
- "Accepting donation on behalf of the Jefferson County Public Health Service and amending the 2025 county budget." Mover: Legislator Barra; Second: Legislator Clarko. Outcome: Approved.
- "Authorizing an agreement for provision of speech therapy services to the public health service." Mover: Legislator Barret; Second: Legislator Bolio. Outcome: Approved.
- "Authorizing an agreement relative to public health service participation in the New York State Department of Health Statewide Health Information Network for New York State Common Participation Agreement." Mover: Legislator Barrow; Second: Legislator Bolio. Outcome: Approved.
- "Amending the 2025 county budget to reappropriate funding from the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance for New York State Code Blue." Mover: Legislator Clarko; Second: Legislator Grama. Outcome: Approved.
(Several additional informational items were distributed to committee members.)
Votes recorded at the Finance & Rules committee (selected items):
- "A resolution requesting introduction of legislation extending the authorization of a 1% increase in the county sales and compensating use tax in Jefferson County." Mover: Legislator Ferris; Second: Legislator Calarco. Outcome: Approved (motion carried).
- "Amending the 2025 county budget in relation to real property tax services department relative to general ledger coding review." Mover: Legislator Ferris; Second: Legislator McBride. Outcome: Approved.
- "Local law introduction number 1 of 2025: a local law to amend local law number 2 of 2022, setting the salary of the director of aviation in the airport department." Mover: Legislator Bridal; Second: Legislator Ferris. Outcome: Approved (introduction).
- "Authorizing an amended agreement with Adirondack Operations LLC in relation to professional services associated with the Abbess Foods Project." Mover: Legislator Ferris; Second: Legislator Reid. Outcome: Approved.
- "Authorizing an amended agreement with the Development Authority of the North Country in relation to professional services associated with the Abbess Foods Project." Mover: Legislator Ferris; Second: Legislator Calargo. Outcome: Approved.
- "Authorizing an amended agreement with the Development Authority of the North Country in relation to professional services associated with the Defariate Paper Mill Project." Mover: Legislator Bridal; Second: Legislator Ferris. Outcome: Approved.
- "Amending the 2025 county budget to reappropriate funds related to the Northern Border Regional Commission Broadband Project." Mover: Legislator Ferris; Second: Legislator Reid. Outcome: Approved.
- A block vote: Four general-services resolutions were read and approved together, including K-9 and training fund allocations using federal forfeiture funds; a district attorney digital-evidence management system server appropriation; an amendment to the 2024 county budget and capital plan relative to a bridge project; and an agreement with Infrastructure Repair Service for capital work. Mover: Legislator Reid; Second: Legislator McBride. Outcome: Approved.
- A block vote: Health & Human Services sponsored resolutions (reiterated) were read and approved together in the Finance & Rules committee, covering the same public-health and community-services budget amendments and agreements recorded earlier. Mover: Legislator Farris; Second: Legislator McBride. Outcome: Approved.
Across both committees, recorded votes were unanimous as read in the meeting transcript (the chair called for "Aye. Opposed? Carried." or equivalent for each motion). The meeting minutes show motions, names of movers and seconders, and that the motions carried; the transcript does not include a roll-call tally for each vote.
What to watch next: Several items presented at the Finance & Rules meeting (the consolidated purchasing and credit-card policies and the Commerce Bank contract) were presented for discussion and are expected to return to committee with draft policy language for formal vote. Some contract-authority changes may require local-law amendments before taking effect.
Provenance: Actions and motion texts taken from committee meeting transcript entries beginning with the Health & Human Services motions at 00:16:24 and continuing through the Finance & Rules minutes ending at 00:54:35.