# Otsego County Board Meeting 10/7/2026

The October 7, 2026 Otsego County Board of Representatives meeting included several procurement and budget actions. The board approved a $109,732 transfer from Community Services to Veterans Services for grant-funded activities and approved an amendment increasing the authorization for Vercom Modus Cloud Email Security from $34,000 to $38,000 to add employee email licenses. It also approved a 2026 funds-transfer resolution, accepted $307,000 in Code Blue funding, and approved updates to the county purchasing and credit-card policies. Committee reports described approvals for building-maintenance contracts with an oil-and-gas boiler contractor ($16,759), refrigeration/HVAC services ($19,999), and plumbing services with Jefferson’s ($19,999); an award of the Butternut tower site-development RFP to Patriot Towers; and a contract extension with SMSA. Other reported actions included a grant-funded case-management system contract, a vehicle lease takeover, a plotter budget modification, and selection of Dresser and Maleki for county audit services; amounts for these items were not stated. The county also held a public hearing on progress of a $750,000 CDBG housing-rehabilitation project, with reported home repairs including roofing and septic-system work.

The board received an informational planning report on data centers, covering potential energy, water, land-use, noise, and community impacts, and options such as updated local review procedures and community-benefit agreements; no data-center project or related procurement was approved. Public comments also raised concerns about festival programming, homelessness planning, and an ethics complaint. The board approved Jensen Wiltsie’s appointment as Democratic Election Commissioner and named the Butternut communications tower for former Representative Jerry Madsen. Committee reports additionally noted that a forestry survey was being rebid and that a fire-training-center contract extension had no new monetary commitment at that time.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Information Technology, Construction & Infrastructure
**Topics:** Digital Infrastructure, Physical Infrastructure
**Published:** October 07, 2026

### Sources
- [Otsego County Board Meeting 10/7/2026](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdsPE0O3gbE) - Otsego County New York