PERSONNEL
COMMITTEE
May 5, 2010
** NOT APPROVED
**
Members
Present: D. Burdick, G. Benson, D. Cady, D. Fanton, D.
Pullen, N. Ungermann, C. Crandall
Absent: T. O’Grady
Others
Present: J. Margeson, M. Alger, T.
Hopkins, P. Curran, M. Healy, B. Rigby Riehle, E. Ruckle, R. Christman, J.
Luckey
Call to Order: The meeting was called to order
by Vice Chairman D. Burdick at 1:30 p.m.
A motion was made by Legislator Fanton,
seconded by Legislator Pullen and carried the minutes of April 7, 2010 were
approved.
Robert Christman – County
Clerk:
Mr. Christman request the
committee to sponsor a resolution in support of Assembly Bill A-9919 and Senate
Bill S-7338, allowing County
Clerks who operate DMV
offices to retain a share of fees collected from county residents for motor
vehicle transactions completed through the New York State DMV website and its
mail-based service. Mr. Christman went
on to explain that the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles has advised the New York
State Association of County Clerks that 35 online transactions are currently
available for customers via the NYS DMV website, with more virtual transactions
expected in the near future, leaving the County with fewer revenue sharing
opportunities. The New York State
Vehicle and Traffic Law places the responsibility of operating Department of
Motor Vehicle (DMV) offices to 51 counties across New
York State through
respective County
Clerks. Currently the share of certain transaction
fees is 12.7% available only when the transaction is processed through a local County DMV
office. If a resident mails in their
renewals directly to the State the county does not receive any revenue from
that transaction. That is why individual
counties encourage residents to do their transactions in their local DMV
offices. The New York State Association
of County Clerks supports this resolution and has encouraged the counties in
the state to support it as well. Mr.
Christmas stated it is a huge loss to the counties. Mr. Christman also stated the county does not
receive any revenue for certain transactions that do take place at the county
level, such as reinstatements of licenses.
They are very time consuming for the county.
There was discussion on how the
revenue is determined. Mr. Christman
stated it is determined through zip codes on every transaction for sales tax or
DMV fee’s.
A motion was made by Legislator
Fanton, seconded by Legislator Cady and carried to support said request and to
refer it to the County
Attorney for his approval. To prepare a resolution for Legislative Board
approval on May 10, 2010. REFERRED TO COUNTY ATTORNEY PREPARE A RESOLUTION
Legislator Pullen stated the
registration renewals now do not have the County address on them. He stated the residents of the county need to
be made aware that they can be renewed at Allegany County Department of Motor
Vehicles and the County will receive revenue from their transaction.
New Business:
The committee received a referral
from the Public Safety Committee requesting the committee’s support to create
and fill a position of Forensic Clinical Coordinator within the Sheriff’s
Office. This position has been a grant
funded position for the past two years.
John Margeson – County
Administrator request the
committee not to act on this referral at this time due to Sheriff’s Department
negotiating terms and conditions of a contractual agreement. The committee agreed to take no action on
this issue at this time.
A motion was made by Legislator
Fanton, seconded by Legislator Pullen and carried to adjourn the meeting at
1:46.
Respectfully Submitted:
Alice Alsworth