Legislature approves personnel budget amendments and ratifies Puma collective bargaining agreement

The Putnam County Legislature on June 15, 2025, approved personnel-related budgetary amendments including the removal of a vacancy control factor and a reclassification within Social Services, and ratified modifications to the Puma collective bargaining agreement.

Chairman of the personnel committee, Legislator Yonk, moved item 6A to approve a finance vacancy-control adjustment that the committee described as removing $300,000 from the vacancy control factor; the committee reported that the amendment had no new fiscal impact for 2025. The Legislature also approved a reclassification in Social Services that moves a senior computer operational assistant specialist to coordinator of information technology, with a stated fiscal impact of $1,119 in 2025 and $2,308 in 2026.

Members also ratified changes to the Puma collective bargaining agreement and approved the related budget transfers to fund the ratification. Those motions were adopted by voice vote in the provided transcript excerpts.