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County Legislative Committees Adopt Goals for 2023
Session
Published: January 19, 2023
at 08:30 a.m.
By: Provided by Lewis County Board of Legislators
Lowville, NY- The
three standing committees of the Lewis County Board of Legislators each met
for the first time in the new year on Tuesday, with each committee adopting
the following goals for the 2023 session:
2023 Proposed
Committee Goals
General Services
1. Monitor building
renovation project
2. Complete EMS Ad
Hoc Committee and execute results
3. Discuss and
implement Central Lewis Water Study recommendations
4. Continue ATV
lobbying effort, including trip to Albany
5. Discuss and
implement Ag Sustainability study recommendations
6. Advance Rails to
Trails initiative
7. Discuss solutions
for recreation patrol
8. Create plan for
vacated courthouse space, including relocation of dispatch
9. Research a plan
for a countywide District Court
Health and Human Services Committee:
1. LCHS $30 million
Renovation and Addition project
2. Execute results
of homeless housing options study in partnership with Snowbelt Housing and
Transitional Living Services
3. Continue
childcare expansion initiatives
4. Mental Health
Training for Law Enforcement
5. Execute Community
Health Improvement Plan
6. Execute
additional employee wellness initiatives
7. Implement Jail
MAT program
8. LCHS Strategic
Planning
9. Work towards
reopening maternity services at LCHS
Finance and Rules Committee
1. American Rescue
Plan Roll Out (Facade, Broadband, Vacant Property, Post Graduate
Fellowship, etc.)
2. New Website Roll
Out
3. Regular updates
for Audit, Budget, and Health Insurance
4. Establish new
long-term financial sustainability goals
5. Establish
tri-county land bank
6. BOL Chamber renovation
7. Facilitate
Glenfield school reuse
8. Enhance policies
for solar development
9. Fill vacant
positions across county functions (including LCHS)
The three
standing committees of the legislature meet on the third Tuesday of each
month in the legislative chambers at the court house in Lowville, starting
at 1 p.m. with the General Services committee and immediately followed by
the Health and Human Services committee and ending with the Finance and
Rules committee. Most all legislative action by the board begins in one of
the three committees before moving on to a vote by the full board.
Committee meetings are open to the public and are also streamed live on the
County’s YouTube channel. Agendas for each meeting are posted
here on linkinglewiscounty.com a few days before each
meeting.
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