Veronica Pillar

2025 Audit Results

Costs $41,250 from the 2026 budget, funded partly through vacancy savings.

Highway Department Fuel Cost Shortfall

$100,000 from the county's contingency fund now, with more likely coming later this year.

Hazard mitigation plan update funding

A potential $160,000 federal award to fund the plan update.

2027 County Budget Process and Online Budget Book

The 2027 budget and five-year capital program will set county spending and property tax levels.

Proposed 12% County Tax Levy Increase

The administrator's recommended budget proposes roughly a 12% levy increase, equal to about $14 a month for the average county taxpayer.

Child care affordability advocacy

The two revenue bills are projected to raise over $25 billion annually in state revenue.

Budget Adjustment — Office for the Aging Unmet Needs Increase (ID #14438)

Budget Adjustment — Office for the Aging Wellness In Nutrition Increase (ID #14437)

Budget Adjustment — AOT and Complex Care Coordination (ID #14441)

Budget Adjustment — Safer Communities Act and Block Grant Funding (ID #14439)

Budget Adjustment — Multiple Budget Units, Whole Health (ID #14436)

Budget Adjustment - Airport Day & Emergency Preparedness Expo (ID #14398)

Budget Adjustment — Children's Single Point of Access, Franziska Racker Centers (ID #14326)

Scheduling Public Hearing on 2027 Budget and 2027-2031 Capital Program (ID #14312)

Resolution — Support for Planning Department to Use Budgeted Funds for Housing Target Market (ID #14306)

Resolution 2026-183 – Budget Adjustment, Ithaca Alpha House / Cayuga Addiction Recovery Services

Budget Adjustment – Rural Health Institute (ID #14253)

Budget Adjustment – Cayuga Addiction Recovery Services (ID #14254)

Budget Adjustment - DOER Radio Tower Lease Revenue (ID #14224)

Res. No. _q_ - Adoption of the 2026-2027 TC3 Operating Budget

Res. No. _t_ - Highway Department CHIPS Funding Budget Adjustment

CHIPS Funding Budget Adjustment (ID #14156)

Adjustment to 2026 Budget – City/County Sales Tax Distribution Agreement (Res. 2026-126)

Resolution: Adjustment to the 2026 Budget – City/County Sales Tax Distribution Agreement (ID #14091)

Resolution: Authorization for Public Hearing – TC3 Operating Budget 2026-2027 (ID #13983)

Resolution: Adoption of the 2026-2027 Operating Budget – Tompkins Cortland Community College (ID #13984)

Resolution No. - Contingent Fund Appropriation - Tompkins County Whole Health Department - Budget for Biologicals for Rabies Post-Exposure Treatment

Resolution No. - Budget Adjustment - Whole Health Department - Children's Single Point of Access - Franziska Racker Centers

Resolution No. 2026-188: Support for the Department of Planning and Sustainability to use Budgeted Funds for Housing Target Market

Resolution No. 2026-183: Budget Adjustment - Whole Health Department - Ithaca Alpha House, Doing Business as (DBA) Cayuga Addiction Recovery Services

Budget Adjustment – Whole Health Department - Cortland Area Communities that Care Coalition, Inc., d/b/a Rural Health Institute (ID #14253)

Budget Adjustment - Whole Health Department - Ithaca Alpha House, Doing Business as (DBA) Cayuga Addiction Recovery Services (ID #14254)

Budget Adjustment – Rural Health Institute (ID #14253)

Budget Adjustment – Cayuga Addiction Recovery Services (ID #14254)

Budget Adjustment - DOER Radio Tower Lease Revenue (ID #14224)

Resolution No. 2026-126: Adjustment to the 2026 Budget – City/County Sales Tax Distribution Agreement

Authorization for Public Hearing - Tompkins Cortland Community College Operating Budget – 2026-2027

Adoption of the 2026-2027 Operating Budget - Tompkins Cortland Community College

Adjustment to the 2026 Budget – City/County Sales Tax Distribution Agreement

Resolution Calling on New York State Assembly and Senate to Put Forward Companion Bills Fully Covering Cancer Treatment in the 2027 New York State Budget

Resolution No. 2026-102: Budget Adjustment - Department of Social Services (DSS) and Department of Emergency Response (DoER) - Transition of Security Officers

Res. 2026-102: Budget Adjustment — DSS/DoER Security Officer Transition

Resolution No. - Budget Adjustment - Department of Social Services (DSS) and Department of Emergency Response (DoER) - Transition of Security Officers (ID #14076)

adopt Resolution No. 2026-54: Authorization to Accept Funds, Create Position, and Complete a Budget Adjustment – Crisis Alternative Response and Engagement (CARE) Licensed Clinical Therapist – Whole H

Authorization to Accept JUUL Settlement Funding and Budget Adjustment - Whole Health Department

Authorization to Accept Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN) Funding and Budget Adjustment

Budget Adjustment - Re-Appropriation of Park Foundation Grant for the Benefit of the Drug Courts of Tompkins County - Department of Probation and Community Justice

Office for the Aging 2026 EISEP Budget Increase (ID #13859)

Office for the Aging 2026 Unmet Needs Budget Increase (ID #13860)

Budget Adjustment - DSS and Youth Services, Safe Harbour Grant (ID #13810)

Authorizing a Budget Adjustment to Recognize New York State Assistance Program Funding for Aquatics Program Support in the City of Ithaca

Budget Adjustment - Department of Social Services and Youth Services

Budget Adjustment: NYS SWIMS Aquatics Program Funding for City of Ithaca (ID #13783)

Budget Adjustment: DSS and Youth Services Safe Harbour Grant (ID #13810)

Recommend Resolution - Budget Adjustment - Planning and Sustainability Department - Community Housing Development Fund (CHDF) Round 24 and Round 25 Awards

Recommend Resolution - Budget Adjustment - Planning and Sustainability - Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Award Healthy Homes VI

Recommend Resolution - Budget Adjustment - Planning and Sustainability Department - Acceptance of New York State Homes and Community Renewal's Office of Community Renewal Community Development Block G