Emergency services building plans underway

WAMPSVILLE, N.Y. » The first step in constructing a classroomand training building for county-wide emergency services was approved by the Madison County Board of Supervisors Tuesday.

The county will contract with King + King Architects for architect and engineering services for a classroom, training area and garage at the county’s emergency services training facility on Tuttle Road. The facility will be next to the county’s already-constructed live-fire training facility.

The contract will pay the firm up to $57,800 for its work. County Administrator Mark Scimone said that not only will the facility expand the training resources available to emergencies service agencies, it will also house a backup site for the county’s disaster recovery IT system. The county currently contracts out for that service.

The board also gave its approval to get rid of a position in the office of emergency management. Previously, 911 addressing and mapping was being performed by employees in the office of emergency management and the treasurer’s office. A resolution Tuesday directed all the work to be completed by the treasurer’s office, by a Geographic Information Systems technician. As a result, the database specialist position in emergencymanagementwill be abolished.

The county will now sell E-Z Pass tags for theNYS Thruway. The county clerk’s office will recoup $4 for each tag sold; tags will be sold for $25 each.

Clear Path for Veterans has been added to the list of not-for-profit groups the county subsidizes. The board approved $17,300 in funding this year for the Chittenango-based organization.

Two change orders were submitted and approved by the board for the courthouse capital project. An additional $202,000 will be spent to install Terrazzo flooring and another $169,000 for additional asbestos abatement and plaster removal.

The board signed off on a shared services agreement with the town of Lincoln. The town will now store an estimated 2,400 tons of winter salt mixture in the county highway salt dome in Wampsville. The town will be responsible for the purchase and delivery of any products it uses and the countywillmake employees available to load trucks for the town.