[Call to Order]
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OKAY, LET'S CALL THE MEETING OF GOVERNMENT APPS TO ORDER, AND WE WILL GO TO THE FIRST DOCKET,
[a. 2024-0681 – BOARD OF ELECTIONS RE: APPROVAL OF AN EARLY VOTING POLL SITE AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY AND MOHAWK VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE]
WHICH IS DOCKET NUMBER 681, WHICH IS A POLE SITE AGREEMENT. AND THESE THIS JACKET IS RELATED TO THE EARLY VOTING POLE SITES, OF WHICH THERE ARE FOUR IN ONEIDA COUNTY. AND THIS IS A TEMPLATE. AND THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS REQUEST APPROVAL OF THE TEMPLATE AGREEMENT FOR EARLY VOTING FOR TWO, 20, 25 AND 26. AND THIS IS FOR THE. THIS ONE INDICATES MVCC WHICH WE DO NOT GET RENT FROM OR DO NOT PAY RENT TO. BUT THE OTHER THREE WE PAY $100 PER ELECTION DAY USED ON THE TEMPLATE DERIVATIVE DERIVATIVE AGREEMENTS. ANY QUESTIONS ON SARAH AND NICOLE ARE HERE. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM RELATIVE TO THIS DOCKET? MIKE, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? YEAH. WHAT'S THE TYPICAL TIME FRAME THAT WE GET? PLACES. POLLING SITES UNDER CONTRACT. WELL, WE SENT THE STUFF OVER TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN JUNE.RIGHT? SO, SO. BUT SO WHAT'S LIKE THE TIME FRAME? SO THIS IS FOR THE LAST SET OF CONTRACTS.
WE WEREN'T HERE WHEN THEY WERE SENT. WE HADN'T STARTED AT THAT POINT. SO THIS IS THE FIRST SET THAT WE'VE SENT OVER. OKAY. BUT I THINK THAT THEY WERE IN PLACE BY JUNE AT THAT POINT. RIGHT.
BECAUSE THERE'S I MEAN, ESPECIALLY MY DISTRICT, THERE'S BEEN A FEW CHANGES. IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY YEAR THERE'S BEEN A FEW CHANGES. SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S BEEN KIND OF A CONSTANT OF VOTERS JUST NOT UNDERSTANDING WHERE THEY'RE GOING, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S BEEN LIKE A NEW CHANGE. SO THE EARLIER THIS HAPPENS AND WE CAN GET THE EDUCATION OUT THERE IS IMPORTANT, RIGHT? YES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. THERE BEING NONE ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? OKAY, GIRLS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO DOCKET NUMBER
[b. 2024-0731 – COUNTY ATTORNEY RE: TRANSFER OF $131,000.00 TO VARIOUS 1420 – COUNTY ATTORNEY ACCOUNTS]
731, WHICH IS THE COUNTY ATTORNEY. AMANDA IS HERE. COUNTY ATTORNEY SEEKS CONSIDERATION OF TWO BUDGET TRANSFERS TO PAY FOR HIRING OUTSIDE LABOR COUNCIL AND UNEXPECTED LEGAL PUBLICATION COSTS, LIKE THE EMERGENCY ORDERS FOR MIGRANTS AND THE JULY TORNADO FROM THE CONTINGENCY BUDGET. 131,000 TO COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. ANY QUESTIONS RELATIVE TO THIS DOCKET? OKAY, THERE BEING NONE, LET'S TAKE THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY, WE'LL GO TO OUR[c. 2024-0780 – PERSONNEL RE: APPROVAL TO SET THE SALARY FOR THE POSITION TITLE OF EMPLOYEE BENEFITS ADMINISTRATOR, GRADE 33M, STEP 1, $61,729]
LAST DOCKET. NUMBER 780 IS SETTING SALARY FOR A POSITION, TITLE AND PERSONNEL. I TALKED TO CHUCK TODAY THIS MORNING AT LENGTH RELATIVE TO THIS. AND THIS IS NOT A NEW POSITION. IT IS A POSITION CHANGE FROM PROGRAM COORDINATED COORDINATOR TO THE TITLE OF EMPLOYEE BENEFITS ADMINISTRATOR. AND HE IS RESETTING. HE'S ASKED FOR A SALARY INCREASE TO $61,729. WHAT HE WOULD DO RIGHT NOW IS TRANSFER THE PROGRAM COORDINATOR INTO THIS EMPLOYEE BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION TO NIGHTMARE. I DID THAT IN MY OTHER LIFE. I MANAGED IT IN MY OTHER LIFE AS PART OF MY DUTIES, AND THE CURRENT PROGRAM COORDINATOR IS AT A SALARY OF 57,630, AND THE NEW SALARY WOULD BE 61 729. THIS WILL ALSO ASSIST IN RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT. ET CETERA, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. AND IT'S A IT'S ABOUT A $4,100 INCREASE. AND HE WOULD LIKE TO IMPLEMENT THIS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. AND CHUCK IS HERE. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WITH CHUCK. GO AHEAD CHAD. CHUCK, THIS IS THIS THIS IS NOT A ELIMINATION OF THE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS ADMINISTRATOR POSITION WILL NOW BE THE NEW PROGRAM COORDINATOR. THE PROGRAM COORDINATOR WILL BE THE NEW. OH, RATHER. YEAH. VICE. YEAH. SO IT'S NOT LIKE ADDING A POSITION. IT'S JUST A CHANGE OF TITLE AND A TITLE. SALARY CHANGE. AND I'LL RECLASSIFY AND THEN HAVE HER APPLY FOR THAT ROLE. I APPRECIATE WHAT MARY SAID. AND YOU'RE BOTH LIVING THE DIFFICULTY OR YOU LIVED IT.YOU'RE LIVING IT NOW. BUT WHAT ABOUT THE IDEA OF PROGRAMS? FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE LABOR DEPARTMENT HAS A QUESTION OR IF AFLAC HAS A QUESTION ABOUT ALL THEIR PROGRAMS, OR YOU KNOW, BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD, YOU WOULD THINK THAT IF AN EMPLOYEE OR SOMEONE HAS A QUESTION ABOUT WHERE THEY FIT IN ON A BENEFIT THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD PUT IN THAT POSITION AND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT, AND A LOT OF INFORMATION WOULD COME UP ON A COMPUTER PROGRAM WHEREBY YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF COORDINATING IT, YOU WOULD I TRUST YOU HAVE THIS INFORMATION IS AT THEIR FINGERTIPS ON A COMPUTER PROGRAM. IS THAT CORRECT? IT IS. YES. YEAH. SO THEN NAVIGATING IT CAN BE A CHALLENGE WITH UNIX. YEAH. AND I MEAN YOU'RE LOOKING AT AND ASSESSING QUALIFYING
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EVENTS FOR ANY SORT OF, YOU KNO, CHANGES IN BENEFITS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S MORE TO IT THAN JUST LOOKING UP THINGS ON THE INTERNET, TOO, THOUGH. YEAH.YEAH. BUT I MEAN, THE STATE MANAGES 17 PLUS MILLION PEOPLE OR, YOU KNOW, THOSE THAT ARE IN THE WORKFORCE. ANYWAY, ON VARIOUS QUESTIONS AND, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY STAFF IS LESS THAN 1900. RIGHT. SO IT'S JUST IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S A FINITE NUMBER AND THERE'S AN ARRAY OF CATEGORIES AND ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT COULD KICK IN. BUT I DON'T SEE HOW THAT JOB COULD BE EVEN UNDERTAKEN WITHOUT THE BENEFITS OF, YOU KNOW, CUEING INFORMATION ON A COMPUTER. AND I TRUST THAT'S DONE. THAT'S MY QUESTION. YEAH. SO IT IS IT BECOMES. YEAH. AND WE HAVE I MEAN, WE ALSO HAVE THIRD PARTY, YOU KNOW, RESOURCES THAT WE REACH OUT TO. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO CONTACT NEW YORK STATE RETIREMENT. I MEAN, THERE'S WE GET FOOT TRAFFIC. YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY. SO THE ROLE, YOU KNOW, IN THE EVER CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF BENEFITS IS ALWAYS CHANGING TO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. SO IT IS COMPLEX. YEAH. AND THE CURRENT TITLE DOESN'T REALLY REPRESENT WHAT THE ROLE IS DOING. YEAH. WELL THAT'S THAT'S THE HARD PART IS THE FACT THAT IT CHANGES ALL THE TIME. YEAH. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. ANYBODY ELSE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CHUCK. OKAY. THERE BEING NONE LET'S TAKE THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED. SECOND. THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.