Allegany County Board of Legislators: the Dwyer Appropriations and the Veterans Year

The board. The 15-member Board of Legislators meets twice monthly in the Legislative Chambers, County Office Building, 7 Court Street, Belmont (Clerk of the Board Sarah M. Decker, 585-268-9222); Chairman W. Brooke Harris's 2026 press releases carry the county's veteran announcements. The meeting-minutes page posts each meeting's agenda, packet and minutes PDFs whole. The Dwyer money, in order. The June 24, 2026 board packet carries, offered by the Personnel and Ways & Means Committees, "ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF DONATION FUNDS RECEIVED BY THE COUNTY OF ALLEGANY, THROUGH ITS VETERANS' SERVICE AGENCY, FROM JONES MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND THE LEGION RIDERS": "the County of Allegany, through its Veterans' Service Agency, received a donation of $2,000 from Jones Memorial Hospital and the Legion Riders ... these funds shall be used to support the Veterans' Service Joseph P. Dwyer Peer-to-Peer Program", appropriated A6510.201 Office Equipment $2,000 against A6510.2705.00 Gifts & Donations $2,000. The request form beneath it, dated June 3, 2026 and signed Michael F. Middaugh, Director, Allegany County Veterans Service Agency, 585-268-9388: "Requesting a resolution and authorization to accept and appropriate a donation from Jones Memorial Hospital and the Legion Riders for monies raised during their 13th Annual Field of Flags in the amount of $2,000 ... Funds donated will be used by end of the County's fiscal year 2026 ... will be used to purchase technology equipment for the new Veterans office space." Resolution 331-26, adopted at the August 26, 2026 regular session (moved Legislator Bessette, seconded by Legislator Ricci, 14 Ayes, 0 Noes, 1 Absent): "the County of Allegany, through its Veterans Service Agency, received a donation/micro-grant from Veterans One-Stop Center and NY Health Foundation in the amount of $3,000; and ... these funds totaling $3,000 shall be used to support the Allegany County Veterans Services Dwyer Peer-to-Peer Program", appropriated A6511.201 Office Equipment $3,000 against A6511.2705.00 Gifts & Donations $3,000. The lighting and the clinic. The agency's Salute to Allegany County Veterans page, October 27, 2026: "As part of [Operation Green Light] for Veterans, Allegany County is illuminating our County Courthouse green beginning on November 1, 2026, and we encourage county offices, individuals, organizations, and businesses to join! ... Green light bulbs are available from the Allegany County Veterans Service Agency while supplies last, we will be giving out light bulbs from now until the end of November every day at our office from 2-2:30pm." October 19, 2026: "The Allegany County Veterans Service Agency is partnering with Cornell Law's Veterans Law Practicum to host a fall legal advice clinic. This clinic will take place at 7 Court Street in Belmont, NY from 2-4PM on November 19, 2026. Veterans will need to contact Mike Middaugh at 585-268-9388 to register." No veteran benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed; the donations fund the Dwyer programme and the agency's equipment.