County committees advance SUNY Adirondack budget and set July public hearing

Two county committees voted to move the SUNY Adirondack 2026–27 budget forward and to set a public hearing.

Warren County’s higher-education committee chair (speaker 5) presented a resolution ‘‘to prepare for and open a public hearing on the July 17 in regards to approval of the SUNY Adirondack budget.’’ The committee chair called the question and the motion carried by voice vote.

Washington County’s Community College Committee chair (speaker 4) then moved to bring the SUNY Adirondack budget to the next board meeting and to approve the resolution; the motion’s mover and seconder were recorded as ‘‘Sam’’ and ‘‘Sue,’’ and the chair called the question. Committees used voice votes and the chairs announced the motions carried.

The committees considered the budget after a multi-part presentation that described a previously recurring $1.4 million structural deficit, subsequent savings from attrition and internal reassignments (about $1.1 million in salary savings plus roughly $400,000 in benefits), a proposed 1.25% tuition increase, and an operating budget figure the presenter cited as $32.8 million with roughly $3 million in grant revenues. Committee members were given a printed budget deck with line-item detail and were invited to the July 17 public hearing for final comment.

Next steps: Warren County will hold the July 17 public hearing as advertised; the budget will be taken to the next board meeting for formal adoption following that hearing.