Chairman Harrington called the meeting to order at 10:08 am and led the salute to the flag. The Clerk called the roll and all members were recorded present, except Mrs. Brown recorded excused.

On the motion of Mr. Teeter, seconded by Mr. Cornell and adopted, all members present voting aye, the minutes from the previous session were approved.

REPORTS

On the motion of Mrs. Price, seconded by Mr. Cornell and adopted, all members present voting aye, the Treasurer’s Monthly Report was ordered received and filed. Mr. VanDonsel thanked Mr. Ferris for the report in its current understandable form. Mrs. Price asked about possible cash flow problems and Mr. Guido commented that our investment revenue was down and that it would never be recouped.

Mrs. Price reported on the Constituency Information Committee and shared samples of the literature with the legislators. She asked for input and suggestions for the committee.

On the motion of Mr. Dwyer, seconded by Mrs. Price and adopted, all members present voting aye, the 2001 Annual Report from the Highway Department was ordered received and filed.

On the motion of Mrs. Price, seconded by Mr. VanDee and adopted, all members present voting aye, the Cortland County Tax Sale report from the Treasurer’s Office was ordered received and filed.

PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR

Dr. Charles Capanzano, Director of the Cortland County Mental Health Department, shared the good news about the Cortland County Mental Health Clinic. The clinic ranked 1^st in delivering cost effective services in a five county study. Mrs. Richards offered her congratulations to everyone for their hard work and dedicated service to their clients and to Cortland County.

RESOLUTIONS

On the motion of Mr. VanDee, seconded by Mr. Teeter and adopted, all members present voting aye, Agenda No. 06 became RESOLUTION NO. 374-02: APPROVAL TO FILL, TREASURER’S OFFICE, SENIOR ACCOUNT CLERK.

On the motion of Mrs. Richards, seconded by Mr. Ross and adopted, all members present voting aye, except Mr. VanDonsel, Mr. VanDee, Mr. Dafoe, Mr. Mudge, Mr. Allen and Mr. Guido voting nay, Agenda No. 07 became RESOLUTION NO. 375-02: AUTHORIZE AGREEMENTS, HEALTH DEPARTMENT/SPECIAL PROGRAMS (HEALTH PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE TO BIO-TERRORISM). The discussion centered on this being another under-funded/un-funded mandate from Albany.

On the motion of Mrs. Richards, seconded by Mrs. Price and adopted, all members present voting aye, except Mr. VanDee voting nay, Agenda No. 08 became RESOLUTION NO. 376-02: AUTHORIZE AGREEMENT, CORTLAND COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC (APS HEALTHCARE, INC.), MENTAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

On the motion of Mr. Teeter, seconded by Mr. Ross and adopted, all members present voting aye, Agenda No. 09 became RESOLUTION NO. 377-02: AUTHORIZE FIRE ALARM INSPECTION AGREEMENT, HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.

On the motion of Mr. Mudge, seconded by Mr. Teeter and adopted, all members present voting aye, Agenda No. 10 became RESOLUTION NO. 378-02: AMEND BUDGET, AREA AGENCY ON AGING (TITLE VII – LONG TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM).

On the motion of Mr. Mudge, seconded by Mrs. Richards and adopted, all members present voting aye, Agenda No. 11 became RESOLUTION NO. 379-02: AMEND BUDGET, AREA AGENCY ON AGING (STATE LONG TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM).

On the motion of Mr. Mudge, seconded by Mr. Dwyer and adopted, all members present voting aye, Agenda No. 12 became RESOLUTION NO. 380-02: AMEND BUDGET, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES (TRANSFER).

On the motion of Mr. Mudge, seconded by Mr. Cornell and adopted, all members present voting aye, Agenda No. 13 became RESOLUTION NO. 381-02: AMEND BUDGET, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, CHILD CARE BLOCK GRANT (DAY CARE), NYS DIVISION OF TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE.

On the motion of Mr. Mudge, seconded by Mr. Dwyer and adopted, all members present voting aye, Agenda No. 14 became RESOLUTION NO. 382-02: AUTHORIZE AGREEMENT, EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING DEPARTMENT, CAYUGA-CORTLAND WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD (WIB) AND THE CHIEF ELECTED OFFICIALS OF CAYUGA AND CORTLAND COUNTIES.

On the motion of Mr. Mudge, seconded by Mrs. Price and adopted, all members present voting aye, Agenda No. 15 became RESOLUTION NO. 383-02: AUTHORIZE ONE-STOP OPERATOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CAYUGA-CORTLAND WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD AND THE CAYUGA-CORTLAND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ONE-STOP OPERATOR CONSORTIUM COMPRISED OF THE CORTLAND COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING AND THE NYS DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AT CORTLAND AND EXPERIENCE WORKS OF CENTRAL NY. Mrs. Judy Davison, Director of the Office of Employment and Training, stressed that the agreement was in place previously, required some changes and that there were no local tax dollars involved.

On the motion of Mr. Mudge, seconded by Mrs. Price and adopted, all members present voting aye, Agenda No. 16 became RESOLUTION NO. 384-02: APPROVAL TO FILL, EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING DEPARTMENT, ACCOUNT CLERK.

On the motion of Mr. Wern, seconded by Mr. Teeter and adopted, all members present voting aye, except Mr. Harrington voting nay, Agenda No. 17 became RESOLUTION NO. 385-02: SALARY ADJUSTMENT CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARY/ABOLISH ACCOUNT CLERK/TYPIST/CREATE/APPROVAL TO FILL COUNTY POLICE SERGEANT, SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT, CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARY/ACCOUNT CLERK/TYPIST/COUNTY POLICE SERGEANT.

On the motion of Mr. Wern, seconded by Mr. Dwyer and adopted, all members present voting aye, except Mr. Ross voting nay, Agenda No. 18 became RESOLUTION NO. 386-02: AUTHORIZE AGREEMENT, DESIGNATE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESPONSE TEAM (FIRE & EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT). Mr. Tanner, Director of Fire & Emergency Management, estimated a cost of $500 for the first year maintenance and approximately $2,000 each additional year.

On the motion of Mr. Dwyer, seconded by Mrs. Price and adopted, all members present voting aye, Agenda No. 19 became RESOLUTION NO. 387-02: SET POLICY, APPROVAL OF CONTRACTS, ALL DEPARTMENTS.

On the motion of Mr. Dwyer, seconded by Mrs. Price and adopted as amended, all members present voting aye, Agenda No. 20 became RESOLUTION NO. 388-02: CREATE/FILL TEMPORARY POSITION, AMEND BUDGET/TRANSFER FUNDS, PERSONNEL/CIVIL SERVICE DEPARTMENT. Prior to the vote, Mrs. Price offered a friendly amendment to change the first "Whereas" to read "during" instead of "due to". Mr. Wern commented that $5,000 would not go very far and Mr. Dwyer said they would deal with that problem later.

On the motion of Mr. Teeter, seconded by Mr. Wern and adopted, all members present voting aye, the meeting was adjourned at 11:12 am.

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