Karen B. Andrews

The agenda for the regular session includes various administrative items such as announcements from the Chair and presentations from the County Executive, including an appointment for the Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget. Key discussion topics involve numerous resolutions presented by standing committees, focusing heavily on financial matters, grant renewals, and agreements related to transportation studies, economic development funding via the Hotel Motel Program, health and human services grants (including immunization, lead registry, and various services for the elderly), tax bill corrections, funding agreements for the District Attorney's Traffic Diversion Program, and confirming various board and council appointments. The agenda also features a public hearing and review of previous minutes.

This document provides the Charter and Code of Broome County, State of New York, outlining the form of government and codifying its legislation. It details the separation of County legislative and executive functions and responsibilities, aims to secure local home rule, and promote increased efficiency, economy, and responsibility in County Government. The publication is organized into three major divisions: the County Charter, the Administrative Code, and general legislation.

The document outlines the schedule for standing committee meetings and the subsequent Regular Legislative Session in February 2026. Committee discussions include finalizing short lists for DPW Engineering Division projects such as the CR48 Over Susquehanna River Bridge Paint and Rehabilitation Project and the D041856 Airport Road / CR 69 Resurfacing Project. Other agenda items cover resolutions concerning funding agreements for the District Attorney's Traffic Diversion Program, renewals of various program grants for the Office for Aging (including CSI, EISEP, WIN, Community Services for the Elderly, Unmet Needs, Caregiver Resource Center, Transportation Program, NY Connects E&E), the Immunization Action Plan Grant, and the Lead Rental Registry Program Grant. Further resolutions address personnel change requests for the IT Department, an agreement with Visit Binghamton for economic development funding, amendments for the Comprehensive Safety Action Plan, lease agreements for the Veterans Resource Center, write-offs for Willow Point Rehabilitation and Nursing Center uncollectible accounts, corrections to school and county tax bills, confirmation of appointments to various boards and councils (Traffic Safety Board, Fire Advisory Board, Youth Bureau Advisory Board, Community Services Board, Nursing Home Advisory Board, Family Violence Prevention Council), approval of Local Law Intro. No. 1 of 2026 amending the Charter, software maintenance renewal for Real Property Tax Service, an agreement for PERS units with Rural Health Network of South Central NY, approval of sale of county-owned property to the Land Bank, and an agreement with McFarland Johnson, Inc. for Department of Aviation professional services. The Health & Human Services Committee agenda also includes an update on Willow Point's operations for 2025.

This document details a comprehensive set of approved strategies and programs designed to abate the opioid epidemic. Key priorities include expanding treatment access for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) and co-occurring conditions, supporting individuals in recovery, and enhancing connections to care. The plan also addresses the specific needs of criminal-justice-involved persons and pregnant or parenting women. Furthermore, it outlines prevention efforts against over-prescribing and misuse, harm reduction initiatives, first responder support, leadership, training, research, and post-mortem investigation strategies.

The agenda for the Regular Session of the Broome County Legislature included several procedural items, announcements from the Chair, and presentations from the County Executive and Legislature. Key discussion points involved resolutions concerning appointments to the Broome County Youth Bureau Advisory Board and the Greater Binghamton Airport Advisory Board. Numerous resolutions focused on financial matters, including the approval of the 2026 Adopted Budget and the 2026-2031 Capital Improvement Program. Other resolutions authorized contract renewals and amendments for services related to sports memorabilia display, professional engineering services, home delivered meals, inmate STD testing, and the purchase of a county-wide license plate reader system. Further resolutions addressed the sale of County-owned properties, prisoner housing agreements with Delaware County, adoption of the Title VI Program for Public Transportation, and the cancellation of 2025 school taxes on exempt parcels.