Syracuse New York City Meeting - August 27, 2026: Resolution 18 Payment Authorization
Syracuse New York City Meeting - August 27, 2026
This meeting focused on the approval of Resolution 18, authorizing monthly payments for July bills (covering August payments). The board discussed compliance reporting and the independent compliance officer process. The resolution was approved unanimously.
Discussion Items
- Resolution 18 (2026): Authorizes monthly payments for the month of July, paying August bills. A board member inquired about compliance progress among the contracted companies. Staff responded that the first diversity report was presented at the June meeting and that a quarterly report is planned for next month due to current low construction volume. The independent compliance officer (ICO) appointment was delayed after a prior RFP received insufficient responses; the position is being fine-tuned.
Key Outcomes
- Resolution 18 was approved unanimously with no abstentions or objections.
- The board will receive a quarterly compliance report from staff next month.
- The independent compliance officer selection process will be refined and reissued.
Meeting Transcript
Um not willing to go there yet. Okay, okay. All right, awesome. Any questions? No questions. Thank you. Thank you. Uh item four. So uh we have one resolution today, resolution number eighteen would authorize our monthly payments for the month of um July. Or paying August for July bills. Any questions from our board members about those payments? How are these companies uh I know it's still very early doing with compliance so far? That is a great question. Can I ask that um uh so we we had our first div diversity report, I believe at the end in the June meeting. And did you mean and be because of um the current volume, which you know with a few companies, uh Sherell was planning to make another report next month that would be a quarterly report uh until we get into construction. So she's on top of those numbers and and monitoring them. And and what do we anticipate as the process for the ICO? We delayed that. That's a good question. I'm glad you mentioned that. Um that had been on the staff's kind of independent compliance officer. Okay. I see. We we did have some pickups with the last RFP process in terms of responses, so we we were gonna fine-tune that. Uh Sherrell has been. Sherell has been. Yes. Okay. All right. Okay. Okay. All right. With regard to resolution number eighteen twenty twenty-six. Any abstentions, any objections? All in favor? That item is approved. Thank you. That concludes our business. Any other further questions, comments? All right. All right. We are adjourned. Thank you.
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