Decker elected to 11th term as board chairman
NORWICH – The Chenango County Board of Supervisors unanimously re-elected North Norwich Supervisor Richard B. Decker (R) as the board’s chairman at its re-organizational meeting Wednesday.
This will be Decker’s 11th year as county leader.
“It always seems difficult to find the right words to express my thanks to everyone for your support and confidence shown in me as your chairman,” Decker told the board. “Please accept a simple thank you.”
The board also re-appointed Richard W. Breslin as county attorney, William E. Evans as budget officer, Alan Gordon as public defender and R.C. Woodford as clerk of the board.
In his address, Decker requested that the board’s Finance Committee take a close look at the county’s Office of Real Property Tax Services.
“Everyone of us realizes we have to do something to improve the county’s tax services to our local assessors,” Decker said.
The committee will examine the tax department’s structure and staffing, possibly with the help of a consultant, and offer recommendations to improve the operation later this year.
The county’s 911 communications towers project is also on track, Decker said, and the county will be seeking bidders to equip towers in Coventry, Norwich, Sherburne, Sidney and South Otselic in the near future.
“This project will provide Chenango County with a modern, state-of-the-art communications system,” he said, adding that the construction of the towers came in under the expected cost of $3.5 million by $600,000.
Two tower sites in New Berlin and Pharsalia are also planned.
The chairman also pointed out that the demolition of the old county jail on Court Street in Norwich has been moving along slowly.
“This whole project needs to move along as it affects several departments and I believe will give us more efficient use of our government office buildings,” said Decker.
Once the jail area is gone, the old Sheriff’s Office will be renovated and it’s expected that the Department of Social Services will be expanding more offices into the site upon completion.
New McDonough Supervisor Art Canor (R), who beat out Homer Smith in the November election, and Journal Clerk Lisa Kerr, who replaced a now retired Barb Elliot, were both welcomed.
The board also authorized its agreements with Cornell Cooperative Extension, the Chenango County Council of the Arts and the county Historical Society and released county funding for their budgets.
“Those were all standard resolutions,” said Woodford.
This will be Decker’s 11th year as county leader.
“It always seems difficult to find the right words to express my thanks to everyone for your support and confidence shown in me as your chairman,” Decker told the board. “Please accept a simple thank you.”
The board also re-appointed Richard W. Breslin as county attorney, William E. Evans as budget officer, Alan Gordon as public defender and R.C. Woodford as clerk of the board.
In his address, Decker requested that the board’s Finance Committee take a close look at the county’s Office of Real Property Tax Services.
“Everyone of us realizes we have to do something to improve the county’s tax services to our local assessors,” Decker said.
The committee will examine the tax department’s structure and staffing, possibly with the help of a consultant, and offer recommendations to improve the operation later this year.
The county’s 911 communications towers project is also on track, Decker said, and the county will be seeking bidders to equip towers in Coventry, Norwich, Sherburne, Sidney and South Otselic in the near future.
“This project will provide Chenango County with a modern, state-of-the-art communications system,” he said, adding that the construction of the towers came in under the expected cost of $3.5 million by $600,000.
Two tower sites in New Berlin and Pharsalia are also planned.
The chairman also pointed out that the demolition of the old county jail on Court Street in Norwich has been moving along slowly.
“This whole project needs to move along as it affects several departments and I believe will give us more efficient use of our government office buildings,” said Decker.
Once the jail area is gone, the old Sheriff’s Office will be renovated and it’s expected that the Department of Social Services will be expanding more offices into the site upon completion.
New McDonough Supervisor Art Canor (R), who beat out Homer Smith in the November election, and Journal Clerk Lisa Kerr, who replaced a now retired Barb Elliot, were both welcomed.
The board also authorized its agreements with Cornell Cooperative Extension, the Chenango County Council of the Arts and the county Historical Society and released county funding for their budgets.
“Those were all standard resolutions,” said Woodford.
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