The Cayuga County Legislature will meet Tuesday evening at the Ward O’Hara Agricultural Museum to address a range of issues, including funding repairs at Emerson Park Pavilion, filling key county positions, and discussing resolutions on state policies affecting corrections officers.
The meeting, scheduled for 6 p.m., will open with a public hearing regarding the use of funds from the Emerson Park Pavilion Repair Reserve to complete necessary improvements at the facility. Legislators will then move on to a series of proclamations recognizing Larry E. Dygert Day, Lisa Cooper Day, and National Nutrition Month.
Key presentations include an update from Office for the Aging Director Brenda Wiemann on Medicare policy, a report from Tim Carpenter of MRB Group on the Cayuga Lake Protection Plan, and a discussion led by Dan Welch on the 4-H program.
Among the resolutions up for consideration is one authorizing the county to enter into an escrow agreement to fund consultants for the Agricola Wind Project in the towns of Venice and Scipio. Another resolution seeks approval to appropriate funds for the Emerson Park Pavilion repairs following the public hearing.
The Legislature will also vote on staffing changes, including the creation of an Index and Recording Clerk position in the County Clerk’s Office, the addition of a Deputy County Clerk III position, and various hiring and reorganization measures in the Department of Social Services and Health Department.
Additionally, lawmakers will debate resolutions opposing New York State policies affecting the local correctional workforce. One resolution calls for the repeal of the Humane Alternatives to Long-Term Solitary Confinement Act, citing an increase in inmate assaults since its implementation. Another resolution opposes Executive Order 47.3, which restricts county hiring of former state corrections officers who participated in labor strikes earlier this year.
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