Schuyler County Offers Free Emergency Preparedness Training

Schuyler County officials are inviting county residents to sign up for a free class to learn about preparing for emergencies. The New York Citizen Preparedness Training Program will be held at the Schuyler County Human Services

Complex, Room 120, in Montour Falls, NY, on Tuesday, December 2, at 5:00 p.m.

This program is designed for county residents who may benefit from learning more about preparing for extreme weather and other emergencies. It is offered by Schuyler County in conjunction with the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services Citizens Preparedness Corps.

With severe weather events becoming more frequent and more extreme, it is more important than ever that New Yorkers are prepared for disasters. The NY Citizen Preparedness Training Program teaches residents to have the tools and resources to prepare for any type of disaster, respond accordingly, and recover as quickly as possible to normal conditions.

The training course will provide an introduction to responding to a natural or man-made disaster. Participants will be advised on how to properly prepare for any disaster, including developing a family emergency plan and stocking up on emergency supplies. Each family that attends will receive one preparedness kit.

Registration is required to attend. Residents can sign up here.

New York State Legislature End-of-Session Update

During the week of June 15, the New York State Legislature completed its regular session, having given final two-house passage to a total of 856 bills.

The New York State Conference of Mayors has prepared a comprehensive municipal law summary, which includes bills that passed both houses and have an impact on local governments, as well as an update on the final status of several other bills of interest to municipalities that did not receive final passage.

For a complete copy of the summary, click here.

Town of Ovid reviews ambulance service contract

Ithaca Times:

(Town Board Member John) Hubbard reported on EMS. A letter was written by the town attorney, Steven Getman, to explain the position of the Town of Ovid Board regarding South Seneca Ambulance Corps.

It included information such as what the town requires of them in order to continue on with them with the EMS contract. They would come to the August Town of Ovid meeting with their budget in hand and go over the budget with Ovid line item by line item.

Also, the town would be allowed to make twice-a-year payments.

Following a discussion, the board felt that a quarterly payment would work out well for both the Ambulance Corps and the Town of Ovid.