Greene County legislature completes organizational appointments, designates official newspapers for 2026

The Greene County legislature convened its 2026 organizational meeting and approved a series of appointments and procedural designations, adopting them by voice vote.

Chair (name not specified) announced the appointment of Greg Davis as parliamentarian of the Greene County legislature and made other board and committee appointments, including placements on the Alconoff Fair Board, the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Columbia and Greene County (Sherry and Matthew Rivera as alternate), and the Greene County Economic Development Corporation (Daryl E. Legg). The legislature also approved designations of official newspapers to publish election notices and official school notices for 2026; members listed the Republican and Democratic papers and signed the concurrent resolutions.

Most appointments and designations were approved by unanimous voice votes after short procedural motions. The chair said the appointments keep existing committee structures in place for the coming year and that members will review any outstanding committee business at subsequent meetings.

The meeting record shows members named in the designation resolutions included Michael Hewlett, Patty Hanel, Matt Hobart, Matt Rivera, David Connell and others. No contested nominations were recorded in the transcript; the votes on these items were recorded as carried.

The organizational actions concluded with the closing of committee sessions and scheduling of standing committee work through the year.