# Washington County Board of Supervisors' Public Works & Public Safety

The Washington County Board of Supervisors’ Public Works & Public Safety meeting on October 28, 2026, included a presentation on a possible countywide floodplain administration service provided by a third party. The proposal would offer technical review, permit support, resident guidance, and consistent records and FEMA coordination across participating municipalities; local legal authority would remain with municipalities. No contract or price was approved. The presenter cited existing charges of about $30 for a basic flood determination and roughly $350 for a site visit, but did not provide a proposed countywide program price. The committee approved the county’s hazard mitigation plan after a motion and second. It also approved a one-year extension, through October 2027, of a master service agreement with a technology company available to county departments. The Town of Lake George offered retired ambulances at no cost; the county said accepting them could avoid an estimated $350,000 purchase of a new ambulance.

The committee also considered public-safety spending and services. A motion to refer assigned-counsel invoice funding to Finance was approved; the discussion cited two DCJS grants of $109,000 and $100,000 for defense-related services. A homicide-case forensic expert was estimated to cost about $15,000; the district attorney raised the purchasing policy’s exigent-circumstances provisions and the need to retain the expert promptly, but said they would discuss it further and update the committee, so no final authorization is evident in the transcript. Officials discussed continuing the county’s home fire-safety effort after the Red Cross ended its program, with the Red Cross still providing smoke detectors at no cost. No procurement decision on the floodplain service or expert witness is recorded.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Public Safety, Construction & Infrastructure
**Topics:** Physical Infrastructure, Grants & Funding
**Published:** October 28, 2026

### Sources
- [Washington County Board of Supervisors' Public Works & Public Safety](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbVLMdDCGSY) - Washington County New York