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[a. 2024-1151 – COUNTY EXECUTIVE RE: APPROVAL OF AN INTERMUNICIPAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY AND THE VILLAGE OF VERNON ]
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ORDER THE MEETING OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM. OUR FIRST DOCKET, 1151, APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT FOR THE VILLAGE OF VERNON. FOR AN INTER-MUNICIPAL GRANT FOR ITS LIGHT THE WAY FOR SAFE VILLAGE STREETS PROGRAM. QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE ON THIS. YES. ASK AWAY. OH! HI.IT'S ONLY ME. OKAY. I THINK I'M LOOKING AT ABOUT HERE. RIGHT. AND THIS IS 8020 .641. I COULDN'T FIND IT IN THE BUDGET BOOK. THAT'S ON ME. THIS PARTICULAR EXPENDITURE I BELIEVE THAT IS COUNTY EXECUTIVE IS HERE. OKAY. IT'S I BELIEVE THAT'S THE ONE THAT WAS OUT OF ARPA FUNDING. THAT ARPA VILLAGE OF VERNON. ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE LIGHTING PROJECT? YES. YEAH.
NO, THAT'S THAT IS NOT ARPA FUNDS. WE GOT THAT GOT SWITCHED. OKAY. YEAH. WE DID RECEIVE A REQUEST MORE THAN A YEAR AGO TO HELP SUPPORT THIS PROJECT. YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WAS CLOSE TO 20 YEARS AGO. THE VILLAGE REPLACED ITS STREET LIGHTS WITH THEN THE STATE OF THE ART LIGHTS. BUT THEY'RE REACHING THEIR END OF LIFE EXPECTANCY. SO THEY ASKED FOR OUR SUPPORT IN REPLACING THOSE LIGHTS AS PART OF THEIR VILLAGE LIGHTING PROJECTS. SO THIS WOULD ACTUALLY BE A INTER-MUNICIPAL AGREEMENT. AND I THINK THE FUNDING IS COMING THROUGH THE PLANNING K FUND, WHATEVER THAT ACCOUNT NUMBER IS, I DON'T HAVE IT MEMORIZED. YEAH, WE'VE GOT ANDY SAID, WHATEVER THAT IS, THAT'S NOT GREAT. YEAH. NO IT'S COMING WHATEVER NUMBER THAT IS. YEP. SO OC SUPPORT REGIONAL ASSISTANCE IS WHERE THAT I THINK IT WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED AS ARPA, BUT IT DIDN'T WORK OUT THAT WAY. YEP. WELL IN THAT CASE I SAY NO. I DON'T SEE IT IN THE CAVE FUND EXPENSE ACCOUNT. MAYBE IT'S MY FAULT. I'M LOOKING AT THE PRESENT BUDGET THAT WAS ADOPTED. IT WON'T BE THERE. EXPENDITURE ON THE OC REGIONAL ASSISTANCE, WHICH IS YOU GOT TO BE LOOKING AT THE RIGHT. SO IT'S NOT IT'S NOT FUN. IT MIGHT BE. WELL THAT'S WHAT IT IS. BUT IT WAS DONE AFTER THAT WAS DONE AFTER AFTER THE. YES. BECAUSE IT WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED UNDER ARPA FUNDING. WE'RE TRYING TO BALANCE ALL THE REQUESTS. DECISION WAS FINALLY MADE. IT WASN'T GOING TO COME OUT OF ARPA. THE BUDGET WAS ALREADY DONE. SO THE PROPOSAL CAME OUT OF K. YOU'RE NOT PULLING A FAST ONE ON ME, ARE YOU? NO, I'M NOT OKAY. I'M GOOD. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED PASSES. MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT DOCKET TODAY. DOCKET NUMBER
[b. 2025-1155 – PLANNING RE: APPROVAL OF A FLOOD MITIGATION GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY, THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING, AND THE VILLAGE OF WATERVILLE ]
1155, APPROVAL FOR A CONTRACT FOR THE VILLAGE OF WATERVILLE THROUGH THE ONEIDA COUNTY FLOOD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM. QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE FOR JAMES TODAY. IT'S LIKE A WE'VE GOT A LOCAL SHARE OF 60,000. SO THAT'S GOOD. AND LOOKS LIKE IT'S A TWO PART PROJECT. YEP. IT IS A TWO PART PROJECT TO RESTORE FLOOD PLAIN IN A SECTION OF THE CREEK ON THE VILLAGE THAT THE PROPERTY OWNS. AND THEN THERE'S THE SECOND PROJECT IS REMOVAL OF ABANDONED STRUCTURE ON BUELL AVE. THIS EXPANDS ON A NEW YORK STATE D.O.T. PROJECT FROM 2024. SO THIS IS ABOUT FIXING THE WHISKEY CREEK WATERSHED AND BIG CREEK, WHERE THEY'VE HAD A LOT OF FLOODING PROBLEMS. SO IT COMES THROUGH FLOOD MITIGATION. SO QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE. JAMES, I KNOW A WHILE AGO YOU TALKED ABOUT THE FLOOD MITIGATION, AND EARLY ON YOU DID A LOT OF PROJECTS. BUT IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO YOU'VE DONE OTHER PROJECTS. SURE. BUT WE HAD A LOT MORE MONEY THAN THE REQUESTS THAT HAD COME IN. CAN YOU GIVE US AN UPDATE? YEAH. WE HAVEN'T A LOT OF THE MONEY IN A COUPLE OF YEARS. THE IN FACT, WE DID A LOT OF WE DID A LOT 2 MILLION DURING THE COVID YEAR, OBVIOUSLY DON'T BELIEVE WE DID IT IN 2021. WE CERTAINLY DIDN'T DO IT THIS YEAR OR LAST YEAR. SO WE MIGHT HAVE DONE IT SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN THERE. BUT THERE'S JUST AFTER YOU AFTER THIS GOES IF THIS GOES THROUGH WILL BE JUST UNDER JUST UNDER 2 MILLION. JUST YEAH, I GOT TO DO THE MATH.BUT THERE'S 2,074,000. THAT'S NOT OBLIGATED CONTRACTUALLY. YEAH. REQUEST FROM ANYBODY ELSE.
OH YEAH. BUT WE JUST DID ONE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AND WE'VE GOT IT AND WE'VE YOU KNOW, WE GET INQUIRIES NOW AND YOU KNOW, BUT NO, I DON'T HAVE ANOTHER ONE IN THE HOPPER AT THE MOMENT. BUT IT'S WINTER SO USUALLY YOU WON'T GET THEM NOW. YEAH EXACTLY. BUT WE'VE, WE'VE DONE WE'VE DONE THEM EVERY YEAR. I DON'T THINK WE'VE GONE A YEAR WITHOUT DOING THEM EVER. SO SINCE WE STARTED IT. CHAIRMAN. I'M GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? LET'S CALL THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED. ADJOURN.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.