Legislator, District 18· 2024-01-01–2027-12-01 (month-level start: January 2024 per Albany County BOE November 7 2023 general election results with terms beginning the following January; month-level end: December 2027 per Albany County Legistar office records and the Albany County BOE 2026 elected officials list; start shown is the current-term start, earlier service is not sourced)
Gilbert F. Ethier
Albany County
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 3
- Total speaking time
- 0:44
- Avg per meeting
- 0:15
- Segments
- 13
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Top issues during term (4)(Infrastructure)
Capital Program and Bond Authorizations
About $52,000 more from existing bond money, not new taxes.
Fleet replacement: seven Freightliner trucks
Costs not stated in the meeting; purchases are 100% county-funded through the capital plan.
New Coeymans salt shed
$951,181 for construction, awarded to the low bidder.
New Westerlo highway garage
Lamont's bid came in about $200,000 below the next proposer, per committee discussion.
Decisions during term (5)
Recorded while Ethier was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Bond Resolution No. 181 (Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure)
AUTHORIZING A UTILITY EASEMENT AGREEMENT WITH NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORPORATION FOR 304 MADISON AVENUE REGARDING REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF THE UNDERGROUND GAS DISTRIBUTION INFRASTRUCTURE
Bond resolution — new facilities IT infrastructure, $1.5 million
Easement to Niagara Mohawk for 304 Madison Avenue (gas infrastructure)
AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH ECC TECHNOLOGIES, INC. REGARDING TECHNICAL CONSULTATION FOR THE BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
Voting record (0)(Infrastructure)
No votes found matching Infrastructure.