Recently the Ulster
County legislature voted to ban Memorializing Resolutions.
Earlier this year,
the county legislature voted 13 to 2 to approve $ 1.7 million for a pier at Lakeview Amphitheater and a boat launch at Onondaga Lake Park.
Earlier this year
the county legislature voted to convey historic status on the circa - 1870 main building.
The Nassau
County legislature voted unanimously Monday to confirm Democrat County Executive Laura Curran's appointment of Jared Kasschau as county attorney after the Rockville Centre lawyer pledged to run his office with integrity and transparency.
But Tuesday,
the county legislature voted 10 - 6 to give Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney a raise of more than $ 30,000.
The county legislature voted in July 2011 to transfer Murphy's Island to the Onondaga Nation, after the polluted piece of property was cleaned up.
The Nassau
County legislature voted unanimously to confirm Curran's appointment of Jared Kasschau as county attorney after the Rockville Centre lawyer pledged to run his office with integrity and transparency.
«This [state] legislature is not for sale or even for rent,» he declared, probably tongue in cheek, after
the county legislature voted 13 - 8 to offer the state legislature $ 75,000.
It came the day before Cuomo was re-elected and hours before the Onondaga
County legislature voted to borrow tens of millions of dollars to build an amphitheater proposed by Cuomo and County Executive Joanie Mahoney.
The county legislature voted recently to express opposition to the urban boulevard plan and say the function of 81 should remain the same.
That is, unless
a county legislature votes to prohibit ride - sharing, it would be legal.
Not exact matches
Former Erie
County Democratic Chairman Len Lenhian believes the way the
legislature does business lends itself to missed
votes.
The
county legislature is scheduled to
vote on his appointment Monday.
DiNapoli says so far, around one fifth of
counties have taken preliminary steps to override the cap, as they are permitted to do under the law as long as they can muster a 60 % majority
vote from their
county legislature or board of supervisors.
If after the reconsideration such local law intro is repassed by a
vote of at least two - thirds of the total
voting power of the
county legislature, it shall be deemed adopted, not withstanding the objections of the
county executive.
Ulster's
county legislature, which a majority of voters don't seem to much care about (check out dismal
voting in almost all 23 legislative districts last month), had an unusually high turnover this year.
The chairman of the
legislature, John Mills, urged his colleagues to overturn the veto and allow the public to
vote on the amendments in November, adding «I'm not surprised by the
County Executive's veto, he's telegraphed it for months through behind the scenes maneuvering.
A proven
vote - getter in Buffalo, Grant's served on the
county legislature for a decade.
Dale Borchert is Dutchess
County legislature chairman and lays out what happens if the
legislature votes no.
The
county legislature's Democratic majority then
votes to make the final approval.
Charles Falciglia won a seat on Rockland
County legislature with 43 percent of the
vote cast for the Reform Party.
It would not preclude the
legislature or
County Executive Steve Bellone, who has voluntarily frozen his salary since taking office, from proposing raises as part of the budget, on which lawmakers would have to
vote.
On the Consensus plan for a merged government between Onondaga
County and the city of Syracuse, McMahon said there will be no
vote on it from the
legislature this year.
The Greenport Village Board
voted Thursday to send a letter to
County Legislator Al Krupski (D - Cutchogue) asking that the
legislature allow a «landing fee» for cars entering Greenport from the North Ferry the next time the ferry company goes before the
legislature to seek a fare increase.
Sarah Anker (D - Mount Sinai) speaks about red light camera safety before the
legislature voted on the bill she sponsored to begin a six - month study of the camera program at the Suffolk
County legislators meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2017.
But Republicans had one condition: All eight Democrats on the
county legislature also had to
vote in favor of the borrowing, according to Republican and some Democratic officials.
Opponents who sued, who included residents and employees of the facility, challenged the
legislature's decision claiming lawmakers violated the provisions of the
county charter, which says a two - thirds
vote is needed.
The
county legislature finally
voted Tuesday 14 - 2 to move forward with a plan to layoff 102 workers and get rid of 45 vacant -LSB-...]
At the
legislature's Rules Committee in Mineola on Monday, Minority Leader Kevan Abrahams (D - Freeport) told legislators it would be «reckless» for the
county to continue
voting on contracts, given the Skelos case.
The
county legislature's Republican - led Rules Committee
voted 4 - 3, along party lines, to amend the contract with VIP Splash Waterways Recovery Group Inc..
Democratic
county legislature challenger Michael MacIsaac finished only six
votes behind incumbent Republican Mary Wawro.
In a 13 - 6
vote, the
legislature also approved new processing fees for the
county's Traffic and Parking Violations Agency, including $ 15 for scofflaws who fail to respond to tickets and $ 75 for motorists who don't appear for hearings.
Cahill has never seen a budget he couldn't
vote for, other than the few years he spent in the
county legislature where Republicans made budgets and tax increases he couldn't support.
Currently, many departments don't include this information in contracts filed with the
county legislature, which
votes on all agreements of $ 1,000 or above.
Late last year, the
legislature voted to increase the salaries of all 19
county legislators from $ 39,500 to $ 75,000.
In order to get that referendum on the ballot, the
county legislature would need to
vote on the law at a special session or or before Sept. 1.
Committee Chairman Dan Klein, D - Danby, said he hopes the committee
votes to send the resolution to the
county legislature during the meeting.
Your Democratic State Central Committee has worked with
county party organizations to build their individual capacity, increased our advocacy for the right to
vote both in the
legislature and leading up to election cycles, worked with volunteers to strengthen the Emerging Leaders Project, upgraded and invested in the Party's technology infrastructure, increased training and simply believe that being a «responsive resource» is the best way to build an organization.
The
legislature also
voted to increase the salary for several
county administrators.
On June 24th, the Montgomery
County legislature will take a turn
voting on the proposal.
Jim Noble, the longtime alderman - at - large and Steve Noble's uncle, fended off Provenzano, who's stepping away from the
county legislature after 22 years, by a
vote of 1,609 - 748.
The
legislature voted 10 to seven to table a deal in which the
county would pay $ 2.35 million buy a space in The Galleries that used to house part of the Central Library.
She has
voted on one
county budget since her election to the
legislature.
The bill to create the red light camera study will be
voted on at the next
county legislature meeting next Tuesday.
The
county legislature will meet next week to
vote on a personnel resolution regarding the salary changes and a separate resolution approving the $ 2.05 million from the general fund.
After the
legislature voted raises for themselves and the
county executive, Bob Antonacci, the
county comptroller, made it known that he believed the
county charter and
county laws say that raises can only happen during the budget process or through a local referendum.
Officials from St. Joe's and the
county executive's office declined to comment until after the
legislature's
vote Tuesday.
Nassau
County Legislative Presiding Officer Norma Gonsalves, seen on March 21, 2016, called the
legislature's
vote Monday to create an inspector general position a compromise.
The
legislature voted 21 to 2 to accept the recommendations of Ellenville Million Committee, appointed by
County Executive Michael Hein.
A public
vote by the
county legislature is necessary for any contract of more than $ 25,000, or any two totaling $ 50,000 to the same company within the same year.