MEETING NOTICE: Board of Supervisors Committee Meetings 6pm

Seneca County Board of Supervisors committee meetings and special board meeting, October 28, 2026. Procurement actions included approval of 2027 mental health and substance-abuse service agreements, an amendment adding hours to Brianna N.’s contract, and a two-year extension of the CaseLoad Explorer software license with Catalyst Courts and Land Records. The committee also approved a weatherization funding application requesting $492,944 for work on about 36 homes over 18 months; the award was still pending. Other approved items included floodplain-management support for the Village of Waterloo, a 2027 Ford F-150 for the Highway Department, and carpet replacement in the Probation Department with Proc Carpet. The board approved hiring actions for several vacant or above-start-rate positions. Surplus equipment was authorized for auction, with a 2007 Challenger boom mower to be transferred to the Town of Ovid.

The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee supported resolutions urging New York State to permit broader cooperative purchasing and best-value procurement, raise competitive-bidding thresholds (including proposed increases from $20,000 to $75,000 and from $35,000 to $150,000 for public works), and increase the Wicks Law threshold. These were advocacy resolutions, not enacted state changes. The Ways and Means Committee approved a $24,000 ARPA reallocation related to a highway feasibility study; roughly $257,000 in remaining funds was discussed for possible airport, water/sewer, and housing uses, with no allocation decision reported. The board also approved a resolution changing the county’s fuel-tax method, subject to state review. A $9,354.58 election grant and other election and tourism-related grant items were considered; the transcript does not clearly state all amounts or outcomes.