Town of Ovid seeks removal of Flock-style camera

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Ovid Town Supervisor Joseph Borst is asking Seneca County and state transportation officials to remove an automated license plate reader camera near the community’s Four Corners intersection. He says the equipment was installed without notice to or consultation with town officials.

In a Sept. 11 letter written on behalf of the Town Board, Borst described the device as a Flock camera or a similar license plate reader near 2186 NY-96A, in the Town and Village of Ovid. He said it was placed in a New York State Department of Transportation right-of-way. The letter does not establish who installed or operates it.

Borst sent the letter to Seneca County Undersheriff Melinda Marquart, county Board of Supervisors Chair Michael Enslow and Elizabeth Parmley of the state Department of Transportation’s Region 3 office. He wrote that the Sheriff’s Office may not have received advance notice either; he did not state that as a confirmed fact.

The Town Board objects to the installation taking place without the town’s knowledge or input, Borst wrote. He said local governments have an interest in decisions affecting their rights-of-way, residents’ privacy and community trust.

Schuyler County Legislature to vote on tax foreclosure bids, Constitution Day resolution

The Schuyler County Legislature is expected to vote Monday (September 14) on accepting or rejecting bids from a real property tax foreclosure auction and to pass a resolution recognizing Sept. 17 as Constitution and Citizenship Day.

The meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. in the Legislative Chambers of the Schuyler County Courthouse Complex. Items on the agenda were reviewed by the county's Legislative Resolution Review Committee on Wednesday (September 9).

Among the resolutions is one authorizing the county to accept or reject tax auction bids under Schuyler County Index No. e2023-0180, handled by the Treasurer’s Department. Another item seeks approval of a settlement agreement and stipulation in the case of Woodcock v. County of Schuyler, Town of Reading, et al., from the Real Property Tax Agency.

Lawmakers are also expected to recognize Sept. 17, 2026, as Constitution and Citizenship Day, proposed by Schuyler County Attorney Steven Getman.

Other business includes adopting a Schuyler County Artificial Intelligence Guidance Policy from the Information Technology Department; authorizing use of opioid settlement funds, not to exceed $2,250, to send three road patrol officers to overdose death investigations training; and accepting a three-year, $319,758 Public Safety Answering Point grant from the New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services with no local share, to offset dispatch staff salaries and expenses.

Additional items cover budget amendments, including $200,000 for shared fuel costs amid rising prices; a renewed intermunicipal agreement with Tompkins County for assigned counsel program administrative services through 2030; appointment and salary setting for a purchasing director; various contracts and intermunicipal agreements; Youth Bureau resource allocations; Office for the Aging funding and agreements; lake treatment proposals for Lamoka and Waneta lakes; and proclamations designating periods in late October as Red Ribbon Week and Lead Poisoning Prevention Week.

The eight-member Legislature, the county’s policy-making and appropriating body, holds regular meetings on the second Monday of each month. The public is invited and encouraged to attend.

Second Amendment Legal Update, September 2026

A monthly update, prepared for the Schuyler County Chapter of S.C.O.P.E. NY, a statewide 501(c)4 organization dedicated to preserving the 2nd Amendment rights for the residents of New York State. For a complete copy of this month’s report, click here.