Last week the public got its first look at a plan to house migrant workers at the former Hillside Childrenâs Center campus in the town of Varick.
It came as a surprise because Seneca County Industrial Development Agency Executive Director Sarah Davis was reading a letter to the Board of Supervisors requesting that they move the vacancy filling process along. Two seats on the IDAâs board of directors are empty.
Before the subject of migrant housing came up Lodi Supervisor Kyle Barnhart said he hoped to have the process moving by early December. The IDA has proposed two potential members, and the Board of Supervisors have come up with their own prospects. However, the identities of those being considered were not unveiled.Â
How many COVID-19 complaints have stores like Walmart, Lowes, and Dollar General received in Seneca County?
This week the Seneca County Board of Supervisors looked at its process for fielding complaints about COVID-19 mandates issued by the state, as well as the way small businesses are dealt with compared to corporations like Walmart.
It started with Tom Murray, who leads the County’s COVID-19 response committee alongside elected and working officials in Seneca discussing a potential change to the process for dealing with businesses that violate pandemic mandates from the state.
The rule-change had apparently been agreed to in principle at Monday’s meeting of the group. However, some supervisors expressed reservation connected to the inconsistency of complaints.