Oswego County Legislature Chairman Announces Standing Committee Assignments

by Contributor | January 31, 2025 4:56 pm

OSWEGO COUNTY – Oswego County Legislature Chairman James Weatherup (District 9, Hastings) announced appointments to the Legislature’s standing committees for 2025. The seven committees oversee departments of county government and make budgetary and policy recommendations to the full Legislature.

The 2025 standing committees are:

• Government, Courts and Consumer Affairs: David M. Holst (District 4, Amboy) chairman; Michael Yerdon (District 1, Redfield) vice chairman; Charles Burger (District 17, Oswego), Edward Gilson (District 3, Pulaski), Noelle Beckwith-Salmonsen (District 21, Hannibal) James Scanlon (District 16, Oswego) and Robert Wilmott (District 18, Oswego).
  • The committee oversees the Board of Elections, Clerk of the Legislature, County Attorney’s Office, County Clerk’s Office, County Legislature, Office of the Chairman, Real Property Tax Service, Weights and Measures Office, Assigned Council, Strategic Initiatives Office and the Public Defender’s Office. It meets at 9 a.m. on Monday one week before the full Legislature meeting.
• Public Safety: Marc Greco (District 24, Fulton), chairman; Paul Connolly (District 20, Oswego), vice chairman; Frank Bombardo (District 7, Mexico), Burger, Frank Castiglia, Jr. (District 25, Fulton), Mary Ellen Chesbro (District 10, Pennellville), and Herbert Yerdon (District 2, Pulaski).
  • The committee oversees the District Attorney’s Office, E-911 Office, Emergency Management Office, Fire Coordinator’s Office, Probation Department and Sheriff’s Office. Meetings are held at 11 a.m. on Monday one week before the full Legislature meeting.
• Human Services: James Scanlon, chairman; Kevin Hill (District 15, Oswego), vice chairman; Bombardo, James Karasek (District 22, Granby), Richard Kline (District 12, Pennellville), Michael Solowy (District 23, Granby) and H. Yerdon.
  • The committee oversees the Office for the Aging, Department of Social Services, Veterans’ Services Agency and Oswego County Youth Bureau. It meets at 12:30 p.m. on Monday one week prior to the full Legislature meeting.
• Economic Development and Planning: Mary Ellen Chesbro, chairwoman; Noelle Beckwith-Salmonsen, vice chairwoman; Gilson, Hill, Paul House (District 8, Hastings), Roy E. Reehil (District 5, Constantia) and Marie C. Schadt (District 19, Oswego).
  • The committee oversees the Department of Community Development, Tourism and Planning, Workforce Development Office and several authorized agencies. It meets at 9 a.m. on Tuesday one week before the Legislature’s full meeting.
• Health: Paul House, chairman; Marc Greco, vice chairman; Castiglia, Karasek, Kline, Reehil and Solowy.
  • The committee oversees the Health Department and meets at 11 a.m. on Tuesday one week before the full Legislature meeting.
• Infrastructure, Facilities and Technology: Stephen M. Walpole (District 14, Oswego), chairman; Patrick Twiss (District 13, New Haven), vice chairman; Holst, Linda Lockwood (District 11, Volney), John J. Martino (District 6, West Monroe), Schadt and M. Yerdon.
  • The committee oversees the County Airport, Energy Recovery Facility, Highway Department, Central Services Department and Solid Waste Department. The committee meets at 3 p.m. on Tuesday one week before the full Legislature meeting.

Finance and Personnel: John J. Martino, chairman; Stephen M. Walpole, vice chairman; Connolly, Holst, Lockwood, Twiss and Wilmott.

• The committee oversees the Audit Department, County Administrator’s Office, County Treasurer’s Office, Human Resources Department and Purchasing Department. It meets at 3 p.m. on Thursday one week before the full Legislature meeting.

This year the Oswego County Legislature is scheduled to meet at 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13; 2 p.m. Thursday, March 13; 7 p.m. Thursday, April 10; 2 p.m. Thursday, May 15; 7 p.m. Thursday, June 12; 2 p.m. Thursday, July 10; 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 14 (at the H. Douglas Barclay Courthouse, Pulaski); 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11; 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9; 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13; and at 2 and 7 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 11.

Committee meetings and Legislature meetings are open to the public and held in the Legislative Office Building at 46 E. Bridge St., Oswego unless otherwise indicated. Meeting agendas are posted on the county’s government website here: https://www.oswegocounty.com/government/county_legislature/meeting_agendas.php[1].

For more information, contact the Office of the Chairman of the County Legislature at 315-349–8230.

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