Seneca County supervisors will take up plans for senior services, preschool special education billing software and a proposed $345,000 tourism commitment during meetings Tuesday night in Ovid.
The county's Oct. 13 meeting notice and agendas place the three public meetings at the Three Bears Complex's “Papa Bear” building, 7175 Main Street in Ovid.
The Health and Human Services Committee meets at 5 p.m., the Economic Development, Tourism and Housing Committee at 5:30 p.m., and the regular Board of Supervisors meeting at 6 p.m. The county says they will not be livestreamed.
The current special committee agendas identify three proposals for review. The material attached to the regular meeting listing, however, is labeled as an Aug. 25 committee agenda rather than a current October board agenda. That limits what can be confirmed about the full board's planned business Tuesday.
Aging plan includes meals, transportation and in-home help
The Health and Human Services Committee will consider authorization for the Office for the Aging's annual update to its four-year plan. The update covers funding applications, vendor agreements and service plans for April 1, 2027, through March 31, 2028.
Seven proposed vendor agreements total $489,976. They would support home-delivered meals, emergency monitoring, recreation, transportation, in-home aide services and legal assistance.
Hunting Living Center would receive $178,000 to prepare home-delivered meals, while Volney Multiplex would receive $16,500 for emergency response monitoring. Those two agreements would run from Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2027.
The remaining agreements would run from April 1, 2027, through March 31, 2028. Seneca Senior Center would receive $44,258 for recreation and health promotion and $81,218 for transportation.
In-home aide services would be supported through a $110,000 agreement with Senior At Home and a $45,000 agreement with Rochester Regional Health. Legal Assistance Western NY would receive $15,000 for legal assistance.
The plan's tentative state and federal funding schedule lists allocations totaling $868,271 for the 2027-28 program year. That funding schedule is separate from the vendor agreement list; the packet does not describe the two totals as interchangeable.
Some funding lines include matching requirements. The three principal Title III lines list a 25% administrative match and a 10% service match, while other listed programs require a 25% service match or show no match requirement. The allocations remain tentative rather than guaranteed final awards.
Under the proposed resolution, the contracts would depend on county attorney review and approval of the 2027 county budget. The board chairman would be authorized to execute the agreements and, following budget approval, review and approve the annual plan update.
The resolution references an earlier Health and Human Services Committee review Sept. 22. Its inclusion in Tuesday's special committee packet is not evidence that the final board action has already occurred.
Preschool software contract would include monthly fees
The other Health and Human Services item would amend a software purchase authorized in May for the state-mandated preschool special education program.
The Public Health Department wants the contract to include monthly service fees from September 2026 through October 2028. The proposed amendment would set the total contract's maximum amount at $81,992, including the software and those fees.
That figure is the proposed contract ceiling, not an additional $81,992 on top of the earlier authorization. The current packet does not give the original contract amount or identify the software vendor.
The resolution says funding for the monthly fees is available through the department's Public Health Infrastructure Grant. County attorney review would still be required, and the county manager would be authorized to execute the necessary documents if the resolution is adopted.
Tourism proposal would use room-tax revenue
At 5:30 p.m., the Economic Development, Tourism and Housing Committee will consider a proposal to designate the Seneca County Chamber of Commerce as the county's tourism promotion agency for 2027 and support participation in the state's matching funds program.
The proposed county commitment is up to $345,000 from room-tax revenue. It would provide the county's share of the 2027 program rather than establish a verified state award in that amount.
The resolution would request that the New York State Department of Economic Development designate the chamber as the county's tourism promotion agency. It describes tourism marketing as support for attractions, conventions, trade shows, special events and other tourism assets.
The current agenda does not specify a final state contribution, detailed marketing projects or a project-by-project spending schedule. The county commitment and designation request remain proposals for consideration.
Regular meeting listing contains older material
The 6 p.m. regular meeting is confirmed in the county's notice, but the linked supporting agenda is explicitly titled “August Committee Agenda.” The supplied combined packet contains that same older material.
It includes proposals involving water and sewer rates, recycling, paving, building permit fees and health-services building planning. Their presence in an August packet does not establish that those proposals are new decisions scheduled for Tuesday night, so they should not be treated as the current October board agenda without an updated listing.
An older resolution in the packet describes the county's practice of holding a board meeting in Ovid in recognition of its dual county seat and names Oct. 13 as the date for the meeting at Papa Bear. The current notice independently confirms that location and time.
Residents planning to attend can arrive for the 5 p.m. health committee discussion, the 5:30 p.m. tourism committee discussion or the 6 p.m. regular board meeting. Because the county says there will be no livestream, the posted notice provides no live remote viewing option for these sessions.
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