LOCAL LAW NO. “I” FOR 2025
A LOCAL LAW OF THE COUNTY OF ALBANY, NEW YORK, AMENDING THE ALBANY COUNTY CHARTER AND LOCAL LAW NO. 8 FOR 1993 AS AMENDED TO ADJUST COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION
Introduced: 9/8/25
By Grimm
PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 10 AND 33 OF THE MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, COUNTY LAW SECTION 400 AND SECTION 2702 OF THE ALBANY COUNTY CHARTER:
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the County of Albany as follows:
SECTION I. Article 13 of the Albany County Charter is hereby amended as follows:
Section 1301: Board of Contract Administration; powers and duties.
For the purpose of simplifying, clarifying and centralizing the approval process for contracts, there is hereby established a Board of Contract Administration. The Board shall be composed of the County Executive, the Chairperson of the County Legislature, the Majority Leader of the County Legislature, and the Minority Leader of the County Legislature and the County Comptroller[Clerk]. The Board of Contract Administration is empowered to approve contracts for execution by the County Executive in amounts of not less than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), and, not more than two hundred fifteen thousand dollars ($215,000), or such higher amount as may be established by local law. The Board shall report quarterly to the County Legislature, detailing the contracts approved by it.
SECTION II. SEQRA Compliance
This County Legislature determines that this local law constitutes a “Type II action” pursuant to the provisions of the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA), and that no further action under SEQRA is required
SECTION III. Effective Date.
This Local Law is adopted subject to permissive referendum pursuant to Section 24 of the New York State Municipal Home Rule Law.