Chenango County Board of Supervisors: the Green Light Years, the Coe Retirement and the Ferrara Appointment
The Chenango County Board of Supervisors (Jeffrey Blanchard, Chairman, 23 town and city supervisors, second Mondays 10:30 a.m., Supervisors' Chambers, 5 Court Street, Norwich; Clerk of the Board Sheri Howe) resolved Operation Green Light support in 2025 and 2026 - the Office Building lit green November 4-11 of each year - recognized Joseph Coe at his retirement (Resolution 144-26, with his 1,100 veterans and 8,000,000 dollars of benefits remarks), appointed his successor (Resolution 145-26), and funds veterans' programming through the Clear Path for Veterans contract; no benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed.
Also called: Board of Supervisors, Jeffrey Blanchard, Sheri Howe, Zachary Wentworth, Operation Green Light, Resolution 239-25, Resolution 250-26, Resolution 144-26, Resolution 145-26, Joseph Coe, Megan Rosado, Clear Path for Veterans, Health & Human Services Committee, November 4, 607-337-1430, Norwich, Norwich, Greene, Bainbridge, Oxford, Sherburne, New Berlin, Afton, Smithville Flats, McDonough, North Norwich.
The board. The Board of Supervisors "consists of 23 Town/City elected officials"; Chairman Jeffrey B. Blanchard, County Attorney Zachary Wentworth and Clerk of the Board Sheri Howe; the Board meets the second Monday of each month at 10:30 a.m. in the Supervisors' Chambers, Chenango County Office Building, 5 Court Street, Norwich (607-337-1430); the Health & Human Services Committee offers the veterans items.
The veteran items, in order:
- 2025: Resolution 239-25, "Supporting Operation Green Light for Activie [sic] Military Service Members in Transition to Civilian Life, Veteran Status" (the Health and Human Services Committee; adopted) - "RESOLVED, That the Board of Supervisors recognizes Operation Green Light by illuminating the Chenango County Office Building from November 4TH through November 11th, 2025 to honor the service and sacrifice of our men and women in uniform", reciting the 2021 launch by NYSAC, the NYS Council of Educational Associations and the county Veteran Service Officers' Association since spread through NACo; the same meeting's resolutions carried the Veterans' Services office expansion transfers (November 17, 2025: 101-91190-304 Architects 23,042.22 dollars "to pay additional architect fees for the design of the Veterans' Services office expansion project").
- 2026: the "2025 Annual Report - Chenango County Veterans Services Agency" filed with the Board; Resolution 144-26, "Offering Recognition to Joseph Coe Upon His Retirement" (see the Agency's entry for the remarks); Resolution 145-26, "Appointment of Megan Rosado as Veterans Services Officer - Veterans Service Agency", effective June 8, 2026 at 50,000 dollars; Resolution 250-26, "Supporting Operation Green Light for Veterans" - "RESOLVED, That the Chenango County Board of Supervisors recognizes Operation Green Light by illuminating the Chenango County Office Building from November 4th through November 11th, 2026", reciting that county Veterans Service Officers "in 29 states... help fellow former service members access more than $52 billion in federal health, disability and compensation benefits each year"; and the Behavioral Health Services budget's contract with Clear Path for Veterans, Inc. of Chittenango "for Veterans' programming", paid from A4310.59 - Veterans' Services (the "Veteran's Services (Clear Path)" line).
No benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed; the record is the annual recognition, the office's expansion and the succession. The county's own records spell the appointee's surname three ways (the Agency's entry).
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