WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE
** NOT APPROVED
Committee Members Present: T.
Hopkins, D. Fanton, D. Burdick, D. Pullen, F. Sinclair (Absent: M. Healy, K. LaForge, T. O’Grady, C.
Crandall)
Others Present: M. Alger, L.
Ballengee, R. Christman, P. Curran, L. Edwards, L. Gridley, T. Miner, B. Riehle, T. Ross, E.
Ruckle, K. Toot, N. Ungermann
Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 1:00 p.m.
by Ways & Means Committee Chairman Theodore Hopkins
Approval
of Minutes
A
motion was made by Legislator Fanton, seconded by Legislator Sinclair and
carried to approve the Ways & Means Committee minutes of January 18, 2012.
Request
to Fill Secretary to Clerk of the Board
Clerk of the Board Brenda Rigby Riehle requested approval to
fill the newly created position of Secretary to Clerk of the Board (Non-Unit,
Grade 2) contingent on the passage of Resolution Intro. No.17-12. The employee
would attend all committee meetings, and take, transcribe, distribute, and file
all committee minutes. Filling this
position will better enable the County to comply with the Board Rules, Open
Meetings Law, and Public Officers Law regarding how our minutes are taken,
distributed and retained. The funds to
finance the cost of this position are in the Clerk of the Board’s 2012
Budget. The request was approved on a
motion by Legislator Fanton, seconded by Legislator Pullen and carried. Prepare Resolution
Committee members briefly discussed A72-B and S3255-B which
were signed into law on January 3, 2012, amending the Public Officers Law in
relation to requiring certain records which are the subject of a discussion
conducted at an open meeting to be made available to the public. It was noted that the new employee will be
instrumental in complying with these new requirements.
Audit
Committee
members reviewed the January 23, 2012, audit of claims in the amount of $2,509,292.09
(including prepaid bills). A motion was made by Legislator Sinclair,
seconded by Legislator Pullen, and carried to forward the audit to the full
Board for approval of payment.
Adjournment:
There being no
further business to come before the committee, the meeting was adjourned at approximately
1:05 p.m. following a motion made by Legislator Fanton, seconded by Legislator
Sinclair and carried.
Department
of Motor Vehicles
Respectfully submitted,
Brenda Rigby Riehle, Clerk of the Board
Allegany