Wilber, the former and current supervisor,
noted that a 2007 audit by the state
comptroller's office awarded the
Town Hall solar installation, which Horner had overseen, an «A-plus» rating.
Offering a history of broadband initiatives in Ulster County this past week, county
Comptroller Elliott Auerbach
noted a 2012 resolution supporting applications to the Connect NY Broadband Grant for broadband service to the
towns of Denning, Wawarsing, Hardenburgh, and Rochester; a 2014 State of the County address request from County Executive Mike Hein to the Ulster County Legislature to set policy on «some important issues still facing Ulster County including Broadband expansion and improving internet access for county residents»; a request from the legislature later that same year «that the county executive develop a plan... and the plan should include a one year, two year and five year plus proposal for broadband expansion»; and resolutions and letters directed to the state Public Service Commission this year directing Verizon to provide high speed fiber optic internet across Ulster County.