Budget &  
Appropriations  
Meeting Agenda  
800 Michaelian Office Bldg.  
148 Martine Avenue, 8th Floor  
White Plains, NY 10601  
WestchesterLegislatorsNY.gov  
Committee Chair: Tyrae Woodson-Samuels  
CALL TO ORDER  
Please note: Meetings of the Board of Legislators and its committees are held at the  
Michaelian Office Building, 148 Martine Avenue, 8th Floor, White Plains, New York, 10601,  
and livestreamed via the WebEx video conferencing system. Legislators may participate in  
person or via Webex. Members of the public may attend meetings in person at any of its  
locations, or view the meeting and its video recording online on the Westchester County  
Legislature’s website: https://westchestercountyny.legistar.com/. This website also provides  
the links to documents to be discussed at a given meeting.  
MINUTES APPROVAL  
Monday, May 18, 2026 at 10 AM  
Tuesday, May 26, 2026 at 10 AM  
I. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION  
2026-264  
BOND ACT-RB250-Various County Roads Rehabilitation  
Program-2026  
A BOND ACT authorizing the issuance of ELEVEN MILLION, EIGHT HUNDRED FIVE  
THOUSAND ($11,805,000) DOLLARS in bonds of Westchester County to finance Capital  
Project RB250 - Various County Roads Rehabilitation Program (2026).  
COMMITTEE REFERRAL: COMMITTEES ON BUDGET & APPROPRIATIONS AND  
INFRASTRUCTURE & HOUSING  
Guest: Department of Public Works & Transportation: Deputy Commissioner Hernane  
DeAlmeida, Director of Operations for the Capital Planning Program Robert Abbamont  
2026-266  
ACT-Sexual Risk Avoidance Education Program  
AN ACT authorizing the County of Westchester to enter into (i) a grant agreement with the  
New York State Office of Children and Family Services to accept grant funds to continue a  
Sexual Risk Avoidance Education Program and (ii) to enter into municipal agreements with  
the Cities and/or Villages of Mount Vernon , New Rochelle, Ossining, Peekskill, Port Chester,  
White Plains and Yonkers for services to be funded with the grant funds.  
COMMITTEE REFERRAL: COMMITTEES ON BUDGET & APPROPRIATIONS, SENIORS  
& YOUTH AND HEALTH  
Guest: Youth Bureau: Executive Director: Ernest McFadden  
2026-271  
BOND ACT-BDA03-Information Technology '25-'29  
A BOND ACT authorizing the issuance of ONE MILLION, TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE  
THOUSAND ($1,235,000) DOLLARS in bonds of Westchester County to finance Capital  
Project BDA03 - Information Technology 2025-2029.  
COMMITTEE REFERRAL: COMMITTEES ON BUDGET & APPROPRIATIONS,  
INFRASTRUCTURE & HOUSING AND PUBLIC SAFETY & VETERANS  
Guests: Office of the District Attorney: Chief Administrator Charles Forzano, Manager of  
Network Operations Jason Carrow.  
2026-272  
ACT-Regional Partnership Agreement-Putnam County  
AN ACT authorizing the County of Westchester to enter into a Regional Partnership  
Agreement with Putnam County in order to receive funding from the New York State Division  
of Homeland Security and Emergency Services under the FY 2023 Technical Rescue/Urban  
Search and Rescue Assets Grant Program.  
COMMITTEE REFERRAL: COMMITTEES ON BUDGET & APPROPRIATIONS AND  
PUBLIC SAFETY & VETERANS  
Guests: Dept of Emergency Services.: Commissioner Susan Spear; Deputy Chief, Fire  
Services and Special Operations Chris Johnson.  
2026-273  
BOND ACT-BLR2F-Labs & Research Equipment Acquisition '26-'30  
A BOND ACT authorizing the issuance of FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND ($550,000)  
DOLLARS to finance Capital Project BLR2F - Labs and Research Equipment Acquisition  
(2026-2030).  
COMMITTEE REFERRAL: COMMITTEES ON BUDGET & APPROPRIATIONS,  
INFRASTRUCTURE & HOUSING AND HEALTH  
Guests: Labs and Research: Chief Administrator Keith Hoffman  
2026-263  
ACT - Sheppard Mullin Retainer for NGM Ins. Co. Surety Dispute  
AN ACT authorizing the County of Westchester to retain, at County expense, the law firm  
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP to provide outside counsel and legal services to  
the County in connection with a surety dispute concerning Department of Public Works &  
Transportation Contract No. 18-503.  
COMMITTEE REFERRAL: COMMITTEES BUDGET & APPROPRIATIONS AND  
LITIGATION  
Guests: Law Dept.: Senior Assistant County Attorney Mark Gardner; Sheppard Mullin: Ira  
Schulman, Esq.  
2026-269  
CLERK OF THE BOARD - Westchester County First Quarter Update  
for Fiscal Year 2026  
Forwarding the Westchester County First Quarter Update for Fiscal Year 2026.  
COMMITTEE REFERRAL: COMMITTEE ON BUDGET & APPROPRIATIONS  
Guest: Budget Department: Budget Director Larry Soule  
II. OTHER BUSINESS  
III. RECEIVE & FILE  
ADJOURNMENT