2019 News Archives
County Legislators, acting as an Expanded Budget Committee, wrap up the presentation phase of 2020 budget review this week, examining County Administrator Jason Molino’s 2020 Recommended Budget. So far, Legislators have heard from the following departments and agencies: September 5: …
Cornell Announces One-Time Additional Contribution to Benefit Affordable Housing Community partners gathered Friday, September 20th to celebrate a successful decade-long collaboration, the Community Housing Development Fund, through which Tompkins County, the City of Ithaca, and Cornell University…
Meeting just before the full Legislature, the Public Safety Committee recommended for Legislature consideration the long-debated measure that would seek state legislation to amend State environmental conservation law to add Tompkins County to the list of those counties where use of rifles is…
With the recent increase in e-cigarette-related illnesses reported in New York State and the announcement of the ban on flavored e-cigarettes, the Tompkins County Health Department supports the Governor and the New York State Department of Health in their effort to protect the public, especially…
The Legislature, by unanimous vote (Legislator Henry Granison and Leslyn McBean-Clairborne were excused), approved a five-year performance-based contract awarded to the Tompkins County Assigned Counsel Department by the New York State Office of Indigent Legal Services. Over the five-year period,…
The Legislature, by unanimous vote (Legislator Henry Granison and Leslyn McBean-Clairborne were excused), awarded Nelson & Streeter Construction Co., Inc. of Pine City, New York the contract for paving of parking lots at two County facilities at its northeast campus, the Health Department and…
In their initial session this week, Legislators acting as an Expanded Budget Committee heard their first budget presentations, as they began review of County Administrator Jason Molino’s 2020 Recommended Budget. The following presentations were heard on September 5: Administrator Molino on…
As a resident of Tompkins County, you shape the community in which you live. You can do even more by serving on a County government advisory board. Advisory boards and commissions provide recommendations to the County Legislature on matters ranging from climate adaptation to arts and culture…
The Tompkins County Legislature, by unanimous vote, passed a resolution urging the New York State Public Service Commission “to condition any rate increases by New York State Electric and Gas on the provision of more reliable, affordable, and sustainable service to its customers to facilitate…
Late on Friday, August 30, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed S.6340/A.8225 into law, allowing Tompkins County to use local resources on the "development, maintenance or management of affordable housing." “We’ve been working on this for almost two years, since we learned that state law was unclear about…