Finance Committee: 6-25-2012 RESOLUTION NO. 181-2012 RETAINING THE FIRM WHITTEMORE, DOWEN & RICCIARDELLI TO PREPARE THE ANNUAL SINGLE AUDIT FOR ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2012 By Mr. Morrill, Chair, Finance Committee WHEREAS, a Request for Proposals (RFP) was issued in 2010 to retain services for the preparation of the St. Lawrence County Annual Single Audit for three years, with an optional three year extender, and WHEREAS, the Contract was awarded to Whittemore, Dowen & Ricciardelli (WD&R) and has successfully completed the audit for fiscal years 2009, 2010, and 2011, and WHEREAS, WD&R has agreed to complete the 2012 Single Audit for the same price as the 2011 contracted price of $59,760, and WHEREAS, the County Treasurer recommends retaining WD&R for an additional year as it would be beneficial to St. Lawrence County with the upcoming transition in financial systems from GEMS to MUNIS, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Legislators authorizes the Chair to sign a contract with Whittemore, Dowen and Ricciardelli to prepare the Annual Single Audit for fiscal year 2012 for $59,760 (01-BL-1010-430-07-0), upon approval of the County Attorney. *** Mr. Morrill moved to adopt Resolution No. 181-2012, seconded by Mr. Paquin and Mr. Putney. Mr. Morrill said he does not have anything against this firm, but he feels we need a full audit and not a single audit. Resolution No. 181-2012 was adopted by a voice vote with one (1) no vote (Morrill). Finance Committee: 6-25-2012 RESOLUTION NO. 182-2012 AUTHORIZATION TO FILL THREE LABORER POSITIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS By Mr. Morrill, Chair, Finance Committee WHEREAS, on August 4, 2008, the Board of Legislators adopted Resolution No. which implemented a non-essential services hiring freeze, and WHEREAS, Resolution No. 198-2011 implemented emergency measures including a freeze on all new hiring with an exclusion of positions that are funded 100% by an outside
*** Mr. Morrill moved to adopt Resolution No. 183-2012, seconded by Mr. Lightfoot and Mr. Arquiett and carried unanimously by a voice vote. Finance Committee: 6-25-2012 RESOLUTION NO. 184-2012 URGING THE GOVERNOR TO APPOINT A FULL BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO THE NORTH COUNTRY POWER AUTHORITY By Mr. Morrill, Chair, Finance Committee Whereas, many Towns and Villages within St. Lawrence County are members of the Alliance for Municipal Power (AMP), and Whereas, St. Lawrence County is very interested in seeing the North Country Power Authority begin its work to create a municipal electrical utility within the AMP Communities, and Whereas, the first step in doing that is to have a Full Board of Directors appointed as directed in legislation governing the North Country Power Authority, Now, therefore be it resolved that the Board of Legislators authorizes the Chair to sign a letter urging the Governor to appoint a Full Board of Directors to the North Country Power Authority, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copies of the letter and this resolution be forwarded to Senator Joseph Griffo, Senator Patty Ritchie, Assemblywoman Addie Russell, and Assemblyman Ken Blankenbush. *** Mr. Morrill moved to adopt Resolution No. 184-2012, seconded by Mr. Putney and Mr. Burns and carried unanimously by a voice vote. Finance Committee: 6-25-2012 (TABLED) RESOLUTION NO. 185-2012 AUTHORIZATION TO FILL VACANT POSITIONS AND ABOLISH AND CREATE AND FILL IN THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES By Mr. Bunstone, Chair, Services Committee WHEREAS, on August 4, 2008, the St. Lawrence County Board of Legislators adopted Resolution No. 281-2008, which implemented a non-essential services hiring freeze, and WHEREAS, there are two positions with expected vacancies at the end of June 2012, Position No. 1003-001, Principal Account Clerk, and Position No. 7031-003, Senior