Livingston County Board approves broad package of contracts, grants, vehicle purchases and budget amendments

The Livingston County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 14 approved a wide-ranging package of resolutions authorizing contracts, grant applications, budget amendments and purchases for multiple county departments.

The measures adopted included contracts for Department of Social Services, agreements with county departments (Attorney, Health, Information Technology, Sheriff, Veterans Services and Workforce Development), an awarded bid for janitorial supplies, and Sheriff’s Office contracts with Motorola Solutions Inc. and Total Response. The board also authorized the purchase of eight 2026 Chevrolet Tahoes and one 2023 Dodge Charger for the sheriff’s fleet and approved subrecipient agreements with the Livingston County Land Bank Corporation for a mobile/manufactured-home replacement program and a vacant-rental program.

Several grant- and program-related items were adopted: the board approved grant award contracts with the Housing Trust Fund Corporation for planning department projects and authorized submission of a Local Government Efficiency grant application to the New York State Department of State. The board also adopted a State Environmental Quality Review Act determination related to proposed water-infrastructure funding for the towns of York, Lester and the village of Genesee.

The meeting included routine financial actions: an abstract of claims was adopted, petty cash amounts for county departments were established, and the county amended portions of the 2026 budget for Health, Highway, Office for the Aging, Planning and the Sheriff’s Office. The board approved an increase in the mileage reimbursement rate to 72.5 cents per mile, effective Jan. 1, 2026.

Shannon summarized the statutory framework for one agenda item, noting: "Pursuant to county law section 201, public officers who are appointed or elected for a specified term can only have their salaries increased during their term by adoption of a local law." That public-hearing item was later acted on and is reported separately.

Roll-call results were recorded repeatedly throughout the meeting; the transcript records the common roll-call summary as "Ayes 4918, Absent 136" for many of the adopted items.

What’s next: several of the measures authorize staff to execute contracts and file grant applications; the board did not set public dates for all program implementations during the meeting.