Committee of the Whole starts a full day of meetings
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2022 – 2025 Board of Legislators: front row (left to right): Janice Burdick, Philip Stockin, Brooke Harris, Kevin “Fred” Demick, Debra Root; back row (left to right): Philip Curran, Steven Havey, Adam Cyr, John Ricci, Dwight Fanton, James Rumfelt, Dwight “Mike” Healy, Gretchen Hanchett, Gary Barnes, Jennifer Ricketts-Swales
By Andrew Harris
The full board of county legislators will be in session this Wednesday at 10am as a full board, with five committee meetings to follow until mid-afternoon. Starting the day out with a “COW” meeting, the Clerk of the Board released this outline of an agenda:
- ARPA Update
- Community Service Recognition
- Employee Recognition Nomination Form
- Chambers Improvements
- February Calendar
- Conflict Defender’s Office (Executive Session)
- Clerk of the Board’s Office Vacancy (Executive Session)
- Good of the Order
- Adjourn
The legislators will be meeting in committees for the better part of Wednesday. Read a brief overview of each meeting with a link to the full agenda:
Resource Management: This committee will hear from the county Historian, the Youth Bureau, Cornell Cooperative Extension, and Soil & Water Conservations. Clerk of the Board Brenda Ribgy Riehle will present the committee with several key appointments that need approval.
https://www.alleganyco.gov/wp-content/uploads/01.18.23-Resource-Management-Agenda.pdf
Budget: The dollars and cents committee will recieve the latest sales tax report for Treasurer Terri Ross. How the county has spent the American Rescue Plan Funds will also be a focal point of this meeting
https://www.alleganyco.gov/wp-content/uploads/01.18.23-Budget-Agenda.pdf
A special meeting of the Human Services Committee is planned but no agenda was provided.
Planning and Economic Development:
https://www.alleganyco.gov/wp-content/uploads/01.18.23-Planning-and-Econ-Dev-Agenda.pdf
The Ways and Means: The powerful committee will end the day of deliberations
https://www.alleganyco.gov/wp-content/uploads/01.18.23-Ways-Means-Agenda.pdf
