Putnam County Legislature: the Peer-to-Peer Grant, the Memorial Park and the Row of Honor’s Codification

The legislature. Nine members; the April 14, 2026 agenda's header names Nancy Montgomery (Dist. 1), William Gouldman (2), Toni E. Addonizio (3), Laura E. Russo (4), Jake D'Angelo (5), Thomas Regan Jr. (6), Daniel G. Birmingham (7), Amy E. Sayegh (8) and Erin L. Crowley (9), with "Daniel G. Birmingham Chairman, William Gouldman Deputy Chair, Diane Trabulsy Clerk". The Legislature sits at 40 Gleneida Avenue, Carmel (845) 808-1020, [email protected]; the County Executive is Kevin Byrne with Deputy County Executive Jim Burpoe. The county's site posts the 2026 agendas and backup as PDFs; the 2025 papers are not posted. The veteran items, in order: - April 14, 2026 (Rules, Enactments & Intergovernmental Relations, Chairwoman Sayegh with Legislators Birmingham & Gouldman): item 3, "Approval - Budgetary Amendment 26A021 - Veterans Peer to Peer State Funding"; item 7, "Discussion - Real Property Tax Exemption for Veterans with a 100% Service Connected Disability". - May 5, 2026 (full meeting): item 6g, "Approval - Budgetary Amendment (26A021) - Veterans Service Agency - Peer to Peer Program", the resolution recording that "Putnam County has been notified by the NYS Office of Mental Health that funding for the Putnam County Veterans Peer to Peer Support Pilot Program has been awarded to the Putnam County Veterans Service Agency for Fiscal Year 2026 in the amount of $203,008", the funds "to assist Veterans suffering from posttraumatic stress syndrome or other related combat stress disorders using individual and small group peer-to-peer counseling methods", administered by the Agency and the NYS OMH for January 1 through December 31, 2026 (Revenues 10651000 437895 10105 and Appropriations 10651000 54646 10105 each $203,008); the "Proclamation - Support of the 2026 Sale of Buddy Poppies" (VFW, "Honor the Dead by Helping the Living", poppies "assembled by disabled veterans"); item 6aa, "Approval/ Putnam County Veterans Memorial Park - Amend Fee Schedule By Repealing Permit And Day Pass Fees" (reciting Resolution #27 of 2009, #143 of 2017 and #363 of 2024, and "there has been a decline in public use and enjoyment of these parklands since the imposition of the revised fee schedule"); and item 6cc, "Approval - A Local Law to Amend Chapter 25 Entitled 'Article IV. Veterans Memorial Park Advisory Board'". - May 19, 2026 (Physical Services): Item #10, the same local law pre-filed - Legislator Crowley: "she learned the flags used for the Row of Honor were not disposed of properly until two (2) former service members and current Sheriff's Department employees properly laid them to rest... she believes it is time to codify this program to ensure its continuity and consistent administration... this does not expand the program, it simply puts it into law" (motion by Chairman Gouldman, seconded by Legislator Regan, "All in favor"); and the "Request to Apply for NY PLAYS funding for County Veterans Memorial Park Playground Retrofit", "to offset costs of retrofitting the existing playground at the County's Veterans Memorial Park into an ADA sensory playground", "previously awarded $100,000 in CREST funding", applications due June 15, 2026. - August 13, 2026 (Physical Services): the PART transit study (see the Agency's entry). The exemption discussion. The April 14 Rules item is the county's only 458-a(11) trace in the window; no adoption is posted, so no exemption-adoption entry is written (the State entry carries the statute and the notification list). No veteran benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed; the appropriation funds the Agency's existing peer programme and the park items are the county's own facilities.