Orleans County Legislature Meeting Agenda: 9/24/08

Tomorrow is a regular meeting for the Orleans County Legislature. The meetings take place at 4:30 p.m. at the Legislature Chambers in Albion’s Courthouse Square. This is the agenda for tomorrow’s meeting:

AGENDA

LEGISLATURE MEETING

September 24, 2008

4:30 p.m.

1. Call to Order

2. Pledge to the Flag

3. Roll Call

4. Presentation of Communications

5. Treasurer’s Report

6. Open Discussion

7. Presentation of Resolutions:

354 Authorizing Payment of Claims Against the County (Kent)

355 Approving Agreements between Social Services and School Districts regarding Preventive Services (Kent)

356 Setting Date of Second Public Hearing on Local Law No. 4-Intro of 2008 Regarding Real Property Real Property Tax Exemption for Cold War Veterans (Callard)

357 Setting Date of Public Hearing on Local Law No. 5-Intro of 2008 Regarding Real Property Tax Exemption for Capital Improvements to Residential Buildings (Callard)

358 Setting Date of Public Hearing on Local Law No. 6-Intro of 2008 Regarding Real Property Tax Exemption for Historic Property (Callard)

359 Approving Agreement between Mental Health and Accumedic Computer Systems, Inc. (Bower)

360 Approving Agreement between Real Property and Center for Governmental Research Inc. (Callard)

361 Approving Agreement between Office of the Aging and Community Health Foundation (Kent)

362 Authorizing Setting Up New Money in Highway Department Budget (Eick)

363 Calling On the New York State Congressional Delegation to Support an Increase in the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) to Provide New York Counties with Property Tax Relief (Callard)

364 Authorizing Filling of Vacancy at the Villages of Orleans (Bower)

365 Authorizing Out-of-State Travel for Health Department Employee (Bower)

366 Amending Agreement between Buildings and Grounds and Unified Court System (Eick)

367 Approving Agreement between Buildings and Grounds and West Fire Systems, Inc. (Eick)

368 Authorizing Setting Up New Money in Buildings and Grounds Budget (Eick)

8. Old Business

9. Adjournment

Questions for Assemblyman Steve Hawley?

I am in the process of setting up an interview with Assemblyman Steve Hawley, who represents the 139th Assembly District that includes all of Orleans County. If you have any questions for Assemblyman Hawley, feel free to leave a comment or e-mail your questions to robert.harding22@gmail.com.

Open To The Public Is Back

After a few months since I stopped writing my column that appeared every Friday in The Journal-Register, Open To The Public is back. Only this time, OTTP is back in blog form.

For those of you who are saying, “Who is this Robert Harding fellow?” here is a brief introduction for you.

I have lived in Orleans County all 22 years of my life. I lived in Albion before moving to Medina prior to starting kindergarten. I have called Medina home ever since.

I am a 2004 graduate from Medina High School and this fall I will be officially completed with my bachelor’s degree from SUNY Fredonia. My degree will be in political science and being that one of my “loves” is politics, that is what we will be talking about here.

Right now, I am still hunting for a permanent job. But that hasn’t stopped me from a few different projects. I am the administrator and lead editor for New York NewsLadder, a site that allows users to post top news items from newspapers and websites and allows consumers to see the top news from New York all on one website. Blogging isn’t new to me. Currently, I’m a blogger at The Albany Project – a political blog with a focus on New York State.

So what will we be talking about here? Politics, politics, politics. I will try to talk about Orleans County politics as much as I can, but we will also talk about the big presidential race between Democratic nominee Barack Obama and Republican nominee John McCain. This year, we also have an open congressional seat here for most of Orleans County and statewide there is a battle brewing for the New York State Senate.

I look forward to talking politics with you and hope we can have smart and sensible debate. I make no bones about the fact that I am a Democrat. That said, I will be reaching out to Republican candidates like Chris Lee to introduce you to all candidates and give you a taste of what you will be looking at in November.

If you ever have any questions or comments that you want to send to me directly, feel free to e-mail me at robert.harding22@gmail.com.

This is a great opportunity and I hope we can make the most of it.

My best to all of you,

Robert