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KEEP THE MICROPHONES ON. I'M. I'M GOING. CAN'T HEAR ANYBODY. OH, OKAY. HE JUST TOLD ME. OKAY,
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WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE MEETING OF GOVERNMENT UPS TO ORDER. WILL EVERYBODY PLEASE KEEP YOUR MICROPHONES ON AND SPEAK INTO THEM? BECAUSE PEOPLE CANNOT ARE NOT HEARING. AND OUR BUDDY NORM, WHO'S UNABLE TO BE WITH US TODAY, HE'S HAVING A TOUGH, TOUGH TIME HEARING AS WELL. HI NORM, CAN YOU HEAR US? YES I CAN MARY OKAY, GOOD. NORM, GOOD TO SEE YOU. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE[d. 2025-1325 – BOARD OF ELECTIONS RE: APPROVAL OF A THIRD EXTENSION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE ONEIDA COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND FORT ORANGE PRESS, INC. ]
THIS A LITTLE BIT OUT OF ORDER. I TALKED TO CHUCK EARLIER TODAY. WE'RE GOING TO DO HIM LAST BECAUSE HE HAS A FEW DOCKETS TODAY. SO WE ARE GOING TO GO ON DOCKET NUMBER 1335, WHICH IS AN IT CONTRACT HAS BEEN PULLED. SO WE'RE NOT. SO THAT'S WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE GOING THERE. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO DOCKET 1325 WHICH IS ELECTION BALLOTS PRINTING. AND NIKKI AND NIKKI AND SARAH ARE IN THE ARE HERE TODAY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS REQUESTS AN EXTENSION TO AN AGREEMENT WITH FORT ORANGE PRESS FOR THE PRINTING OF BALLOTS AND RELATED ITEMS AND SERVICES. THE TERM IS FIVE 3125 TO 5 3026, AT A COST OF $452,899, WHICH IS THE THIRD OF FOUR POSSIBLE EXTENSIONS. DO YOU WANT TO STEP UP? I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS AND THERE MAY BE OTHER QUESTIONS AS WELL. DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY? I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THERE WAS LEAD IN THIS? NO. WELL, I GUESS WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF TECHNOLOGY, I WROTE DOWN A FEW THINGS LIKE ELECTRONIC POLL PAD IS THE NUMBER OF PRINTED BALLOTS NEEDED FOR ELECTIONS, IS THAT GONE DOWN OR IS IT REMAIN THE SAME OR. YES, WE ONLY ORDER LIKE THE BARE MINIMUMS. YEAH. THAT'S ALL WE DO. IS THE BACKUP BALLOTS ON DEMAND INSTEAD. BUT BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE BELT AND SUSPENDERS AND ELECTIONS. ARE ANY OF THE CHARGES THAT THEY CHARGE US. ARE THEY REIMBURSABLE BY STATE OR FEDERAL STATES ARE FED. NO, NOTHING. NOTHING. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? GO AHEAD. MIKE, ARE THEY PREPARED FOR THE BALLOTS TO BE THREE FEET LONGER? THEY AREN'T. WE CAN'T DO THREE FEET LONGER. SO WHAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO IS LIKE PROBABLY A TWO PAGE BALLOT IF IT WENT THAT WAY, BECAUSE THE MACHINES CAN'T TAKE A LARGER BALLOT. 22IN IS OUR MAX. YEAH. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? I THANKS, NIKKI. THANKS, SARAH.[e. 2025-1378 – FINANCE RE: APPROVAL OF FIVE (5) REFUNDS AND ONE (1) CORRECTION TO VARIOUS ERRONEOUS TAX ASSESSMENTS ]
OKAY, NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO ON TO DOCKET NUMBER 1378. AND I SEE THAT KATHY, I THINK IS WITH US TONIGHT. WHAT'D YOU DO, GIVE TONY THE DAY OFF? KATH. IT'S PROPERTY REFUNDS AND CORRECTION FINANCE REQUESTS, CONSIDERATION OF SEVERAL PROPERTY TAX REFUNDS AND CORRECTIONS. FIVE REFUNDS TOTALING 1972 19 AND A CORRECTION OF 2636 83. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR KATHY RELATIVE TO THIS DOCKET? OKAY, THERE BEING NONE, LET'S TAKE THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. ANY[f. 2025-1431 – FINANCE RE: APPROVAL OF A CORRECTIVE DEED FOR A PARCEL IDENTIFIED BY TAX ID # 52.000-2-46 IN THE TOWN OF FORESTPORT ]
OPPOSED? THANK YOU. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO GO ON. KATHY'S GOING TO STAY UP THERE. DOCKET NUMBER 11436 IS A DEED CORRECTION. FINANCE SEEKS APPROVAL OF THE CORRECTION OF THE CORPORATE NAME ON A DEED. THE ERROR OCCURRED AFTER A 1998 TAX SALE WHEN THE WRONG NAME WAS PUT ON THE DEED.CONTRARY TO STATE REQUIREMENT, THE NAME ON THE DEED DID NOT EXACTLY MATCH. THE NAME OF THE OWNER IS SHOWN IN THEIR CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION. THE COUNTY WAS INITIALLY CONTACTED BY AN ATTORNEY FOR THE CORPORATION, AND THE FINANCE COMMISSIONER SUPPORTS THE CHANGE. ANY QUESTIONS FOR KATHY RELATIVE TO THIS? OKAY, THERE BEING NONE, LET'S TAKE THE VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. THANK YOU KATHY. THANK YOU. AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO ON TO
[a. 2025-1350 – PERSONNEL RE: APPROVAL TO SET THE SALARY OF THE POSITION TITLE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISOR AT GRADE 26W, STEP 1, $50,096 ]
CHUCK. CHUCK'S GOT A FEW DOCKETS HERE WHICH ARE RELATED TO RETENTION AND RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT. AND THE FIRST ONE IS DOCKET NUMBER 1350 WHICH IS A JOB CLASSIFICATION TITLE ADDITION PERSONNEL REQUESTING THE ADOPTION OF A NEW TITLE OF ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORTIVE SUPERVISOR WITHIN THE COUNTY JOB CLASSIFICATION PLAN. THIS TITLE WAS REQUESTED BY A COUPLE OF DEPARTMENTS, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICE SERVICES AND THE MVCC HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT IN HOPES OF ENHANCING RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, AND JOB PATH OPPORTUNITIES. IT'S RECOMMENDED THE SALARY BE SET 26. STEP ONE 50,096. I TALKED TO CHUCK AND I HAD QUITE A CONVERSATION EARLIER. THERE ARE TWO DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE REQUESTED THIS CHANGE RIGHT NOW, BUT IT COULD APPLY IN THE FUTURE. YOU KNOW, FOR OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS WELL. AND BASICALLY IT GOES BACK TO THE SAME OLD PROBLEM OF RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION, YOU KNOW, WHICH[00:05:01]
WE'RE SEEING QUITE FREQUENTLY NOW. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHUCK. GO AHEAD.CHUCK. IF YOU COULD STAND UP AND TALK INTO THE MIC PLEASE. CHUCK. FIRST OFF, IS THIS A CREATION OF A NEW POSITION? NO, NO, JUST A TITLE. TITLE. AND WHAT DID DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY, COMMUNITY SERVICES AND RESOURCES SAY ABOUT THIS AND WHY IT WAS SO NEEDED? THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE. AND COLIN CAN SPEAK TO A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT THEY HAVE A COUPLE OF EMPLOYEES CURRENTLY THAT ARE IN CERTAIN TITLES AND THEY'VE KIND OF JUST REALLY HAVE A I GUESS THEY TOPPED OUT. SO THERE'S NO THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL ROOM FOR ADVANCEMENT. SO THIS THEY BOTH CAME TO ME WITH THE SAME TYPE OF ISSUE, SAYING THAT THEY WANTED TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND THE CAREER PATH FOR INDIVIDUALS. I GUESS I WAS CONFUSED BECAUSE WHEN I READ THIS, I THOUGHT THAT THIS POSITION WAS GOING TO BE NEW, WHEREBY THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE OVERSIGHT OF ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, AND THAT DIDN'T SEEM POSSIBLE. NO, THERE'S VARIOUS LEVELS OF CLERICAL STAFF WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, AND THEY WOULD HAVE OVERSIGHT OVER THAT, OVER THOSE, THOSE PEOPLE INDIVIDUALLY. SO OKAY. VERY GOOD. NOT OVER ALL THE DEPARTMENTS. WELL THAT WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE. THANK YOU.
APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CHUCK RELATIVE TO THIS DOCKET. OKAY. THEN WE WILL
[b. 2025-1439 – PERSONNEL RE: REQUEST FOR ADOPTION OF JOB TITLES AND SALARY ALLOCATIONS ]
GO ON TO THE NEXT DOCKET, WHICH IS DOCKET NUMBER 1439. PARDON ME. OH I'M SORRY. ALL IN FAVOR I A. YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING TO GO TO 1439 PERSONNEL REQUEST THE ADOPTION OF FIVE JOB TITLES INTO THE COUNTY'S JOB CLASSIFICATION PLAN. AND THEY ARE PHYSICAL FISCAL ANALYST, SENIOR FISCAL ANALYST, PRINCIPAL FISCAL ANALYST, CHIEF PARALEGAL, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PROGRAM OPERATIONS. AND THE GOAL ONCE AGAIN IS TO ENHANCE ATTRACTING AND RETAINING EMPLOYEES WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND CAREER ADVANCEMENT. AND CHUCK AND I TALKED EARLIER, THE ANALYSTS ARE BASICALLY IN DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES. THE CHIEF PARALEGAL, ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY, PUBLIC DEFENDER DA AND THE DIRECTOR OF PROGRAM OPERATIONS IS PRIMARILY, AGAIN, DIRECTOR OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES, BUT COULD AT SOME POINT BE RELATED TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS WELL. AND ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHUCK, RELATIVE TO THIS DOCKET? GO AHEAD, DAVE, WHERE'S ALL THE MONEY COMING FROM? THESE AREN'T NEW POSITIONS. THEY'RE JUST MONEY COMING TO FUND THEM. IF WE'RE INCREASING THE WAGES. OF THAT FOR OUR DEPARTMENT. YEAH, SURE. WELL, COLLEEN, IT'S FOR YOU. IT'S OKAY. GOOD. WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE NOW. WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE NOW. THESE ARE, LIKE FOR US IN OUR FOR SOME OF OUR ACCOUNTING SERIES. WE'VE USED LIKE A VARIETY OF BASICALLY DIFFERENT TYPE OF CLERICAL ACCOUNT CLERK TYPE TITLES TO DO A LOT OF THE, YOU KNOW, ACCOUNTING FUNCTIONS, BOOKKEEPING FUNCTIONS. AND IT GETS VERY, VERY CONFUSING. SO FOR US WE WANT TO STREAMLINE THEM. SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY IN THOSE POSITIONS, IF WE CAN TEST IF THEY IF THEY PASS OR THEY CAN MEET THE REQUIREMENTS, WE WOULD CHANGE THAT POSITION TO, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD. WHAT'S IT CALLED? RECLASS. RECLASS THAT POSITION INTO THIS ONE, IT WOULD BE A PERSON'S CHOICE. BUT WE'RE HOPING MOVING FORWARD IT WILL BE MORE CONSISTENT, LIKE WE'LL HAVE TITLES THAT FLOW EVEN FOR SUPERVISION AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THE GRADES ARE ALL DIFFERENT. I MEAN, IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN A CHALLENGE TO MANAGE. SO THAT'S WHERE FOR ME, THEY'RE AND A LOT OF THEM ARE MINE. CHUCK'S BEING NICE. A LOT OF MORE MINE. YEAH. SATISFIED? NO.OKAY OKAY. ANY OTHER. WHERE'S THE MONEY COMING FROM. IT'S GOING TO COME FROM THE DEPARTMENT. SALARY LINES THROUGH VACANCIES AND THINGS OF THAT. IT'S JUST A SHUFFLE OF THE MONEY TO LIKE COLLEEN SAID WITH THE RECLASSIFICATION. YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CHUCK? I'M GOOD NOW. OKAY, GOOD. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. CHAD, THE CHIEF PARALEGAL ASSISTANT. IS THAT JUST ONE POSITION OR IS THERE GOING TO BE MULTIPLE? I GUESS THAT'S A QUESTION FOR AMANDA.
WELL. THE PLAN THAT I HAVE IS I HAVE TWO. PARALEGAL ASSISTANT TWOS, WHICH IS CURRENTLY THE SUPERVISING PARALEGAL TITLE IN MY DEPARTMENT. THEY MANAGE AND OVERSEE SEPARATE FUNCTIONS. SO WITHIN THE LAW DEPARTMENT I HAVE ONE SUPERVISING PARALEGAL WHO
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MANAGES ALL CLAIMS AGAINST THE COUNTY. SHE ACTS AS OUR INTERNAL CLAIMS ADMINISTRATOR AND ASSIST IN THAT LITIGATION. AND I HAVE A SECOND SUPERVISING PARALEGAL WHO OVERSEES THE ENTIRE CONTRACT PROCESS. SO THE PLAN FOR ME WOULD BE TO ELEVATE THOSE TWO PARALEGALS ESSENTIALLY OVER TO THEY'RE NOT REALLY OVER DIVISIONS, BUT KIND OF THE TWO SILOED TYPE OF WORK TO THIS TITLE. AND THEN WITHIN THE LAW DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ESSENTIALLY THE PLAN. I SEE THE NEED FOR THAT OVER MANAGING THOSE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF WORK. SO THE PLAN FOR ME IS NOT THAT IT JUST BECOMES, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER TITLE IN THE SERIES. IT IS REALLY TO SEPARATE THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS FROM, YOU KNOW, THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK BECAUSE OF THE TYPE OF WORK THAT THEY DO AND THE LEVEL OF, OF, OF ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTION AND OVERSIGHT THAT THEY PROVIDE.OKAY. AND THEN FOR CHUCK, I HAVE A QUESTION SINCE THIS POSITION HERE FOR THE CHIEF PARALEGAL ASSISTANT IS REALLY TWOFOLD. ARE THERE OTHER JOB DESCRIPTIONS HERE THAT INVOLVE MULTIPLE LEVELS OR MAYBE ALL OF THEM DO FOR VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS? WHAT DO YOU MEAN I'M NOT? WELL, THERE'S A TOTAL OF FIVE DIFFERENT POSITIONS HERE. YEAH. SO THE FISCAL THE FISCAL SERIES, THE ANALYST SENIOR AND PRINCIPAL IS A LINEAGE OF JOB GROWTH. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING. OKAY. AND THEN THE DIRECTOR OF PROGRAM OPERATIONS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT SHE WANTED AND THAT COLLEEN WANTED IN HER HIERARCHY PLAN. AND THERE MAY BE A VARIETY OF POSITIONS WITH THAT TITLE. IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, I SUPPOSE I CAN'T IMAGINE, LIKE THE FISCAL SERIES GOING OUTSIDE OF BUSINESS ACCOUNTING. THERE MAY BE, YOU KNOW, A, A ONESIE TWOSIE DEPARTMENT THAT MAY WANT TO ADOPT THAT, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO GO COUNTYWIDE LIKE SOME OF THESE LIKE SOME OF THESE ARE. AND OBVIOUSLY PARALEGAL WILL STAY IN IN SOME SORT OF LEGAL ASPECT OF THE DEPARTMENTS. YEAH. WELL MY, MY OWN OPINION IS THAT THE COUNTY NEEDS TO RETAIN AND PROGRESS.
AND WITH THE PRICES OF HOUSING AND FOOD AND EVERYTHING THAT'S GONE UP, THE COUNTY NEEDS TO STAY COMPETITIVE. AND SO I'M IN FAVOR OF THESE RAISES. YEAH. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. LET'S TAKE THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE AYE. OPPOSED OKAY. WE'LL PASS THAT
[c. 2025-1394 – PERSONNEL RE: APPROVAL OF THE REVISED ONEIDA DRESS CODE POLICY ]
DOCKET AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE LAST DOCKET, WHICH I THINK THIS IS AN EASY ONE.CHUCK. WE HOPE THE DRESS CODE UPDATE DOCKET NUMBER 1394 PERSONNEL RECOMMENDS CONSIDERATION OF AN UPDATED VERSION OF THE UNITED COUNTY DRESS CODE AND ITS GUIDELINES FOR APPROPRIATE ATTIRE ON CASUAL FRIDAYS ARE ALSO ADDED TO THIS REVISED. I'M ASSUMING IT'S A REVISED DOCKET. ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHUCK RELATIVE TO THE DRESS CODE? OKAY, LET'S TAKE THE VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. THANK YOU. CHUCK. THANK YOU. THANKS VERY MUCH. OKAY. CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED. SECOND.
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