2022 News Archives
Tompkins County Office for the Aging presents a local screening of All the Lonely People, a social-impact film examining the epidemic of loneliness. The in-person screening is free and open to the public on Tuesday, November 1, 2022, at 2:00pm at Ithaca College, Textor Hall 102. It will include a…
Tompkins Cortland Community College (TC3) Bill Talbot, TC3’s Chief Financial Officer presented the college’s “Strategic Funding Requests.” The objectives of the requests are to establish a multi-year operating and capital funding model while the college rebuilds its core enrollments. The…
Legislature Approves Resolution to Renew Transportation Agreement Regarding TCAT A resolution to renew the transportation agreement with the City of Ithaca, Cornell University, and Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit (TCAT) passed unanimously (13-0, Legislator Dan Klein (D-Danby) excused).…
The Tompkins County Legislature is inviting the community to participate in a forum on the 2023 recommended county budget. The forum will begin at 7pm on Tuesday, September 27 and will include a brief overview on the recommended budget and an opportunity for Tompkins County residents to provide…
Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit (TCAT) Scot Vanderpool, General Manager for TCAT and Julie Ellis-Grove, Comptroller, presented the recommended 2023 agency budget. Vanderpool relayed information on the adaptation that TCAT and other transit agencies have had to go through over the past…
To improve broadband internet access in Tompkins County residents and businesses are asked to participate in a survey to determine the needs and opportunities for broadband in the county. The Tompkins County Department of Planning and Sustainability (DPS), in partnership with ECC Technologies of…
The Tompkins County Veterans Services Department is extending a community invitation to the annual public watchfire event honoring prisoners of war and those missing in action. The event also will provide an opportunity to dispose of unserviceable American flags respectfully and properly. The…
Tompkins County Expanded Budget Committee Meetings Begin The Tompkins County Legislature gathered as an Expanded Budget Committee to hear the first group of departmental budget presentations. Legislator Deborah Dawson (D-Lansing), who chairs the Budget, Capital, and Personnel Committee stated…
Funding will support projects focused on COVID-19 recovery and community resiliency. The Tompkins County Legislature is announcing the launch of the Tompkins Community Recovery Fund (“TCRF”), which will provide over $6.5 million in grant funding to a variety of eligible organizations, government…
Highlights of the September 6, 2022 meeting of the Tompkins County Legislature Legislature Hears 2023 Recommended Budget Presentation Tompkins County Administrator Lisa Holmes presented her recommended 2023 County Budget and Capital Budget to the Legislature. The recommended 2023 Tompkins…