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Last week, that changed with the unexpected announcement that the IDA was seeking a new board member.
âI do not feel I could give the time needed with all thatâs going on with the store and having recently joined the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce,â Cirencione said after the IDA announced it was seeking another member. She declined to go into any greater detail about the decision.
An announcement from IDA leadership, which is headed by Executive Director Sarah Davis, stated that they were seeking a board member with business leadership and management skills, including executive management decision making, finance, accounting, agriculture marketing and sales in an industrial manufacturing or service industry environment.
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Sharing sales tax is once again up for debate in Seneca County.
A special committee has been re-identified to study the matter, which has been debated several times over the last 4-5 years.
Chairman Bob Hayssen appointed supervisors Kyle Barnhart, Cindy Lorenzetti, Paul Kronenwetter, Michael Reynolds and Don Trout to the committee.
In the past, the supervisors have considered sharing a percentage of sales tax with towns.
The topic came up at the February 23 meeting by Barnhart, who said that while a committee was authorized- no final recommendation had been made in years.
It’s unclear how soon this might come to fruition. But the committee is expected to begin meeting effective immediately.
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What does Seneca County’s COVID Committee do?
That question will be answered in an updated mission, which will be authored by County Attorney David Ettman. That decision came out of last week’s meeting of the Board of Supervisors.
At issue was the mission and scope of responsibility that the COVID Committee carries. “The committee has been dealing with not only compliance with COVID regulations by local businesses, but with school testing and vaccine issues,” Enslow said. “What do we want the committee to handle and not handle?”
A number of supervisors noted that vaccine availability, mask requirements, and business complaints have all been brought up, and the COVID Committee has become the standard target for those questions. “We need to have open communication on all these issues,” Supervisor Cindy Lorenzetti said.
It has been a busy few weeks for the Seneca County Board of Supervisors, even though their regularly scheduled session for Jan. 12 was cancelled.Â
Last week at a special session, Varick Town Supervisor Robert Hayssen, a Republican, was re-elected chair of the board. The final vote was 471-272 in favor of Hayssen, who was challenged for the second year in a row by Waterloo Town Supervisor Don Trout, another Republican. Temporary Chair Mike Ferrara, the Town Supervisor from Seneca Falls, led the reorganizational meeting.Â
Supervisors Mike Enslow, Ernie Brownell, Ron McGreevy, Mike Cleere, Joe Borst, as well as Trout voted against the Hayssen appointment. âI want to get a lot of things done but one more year is enough for me,â the newly-selected chair said at the meeting. He noted water and sewer issues in the southern end of Seneca County, as well as ongoing issues related to the Cayuga Nation as drivers for the legislative year.