GOSHEN – Orange County legislators have approved a resolution authorizing the discontinuation of certain land in the Village of Montgomery as parkland so that it could be used to construct and operate a solar farm.
The resolution of support, which carries no legal weight passed, but not before debate.
“The resolution was not on the agenda,” said Democratic Minority Leader Matthew Turnbull. “It was brought on consent, which means that we had no time to study it in statutory committee.” He went on to say that the county has a history of making some “pretty serious mistakes,” like Camp LaGuardia, so he’s an advocate of the Legislature being able to take their time to make sure they dot every ‘i’ and cross every ‘t’ to “get it right.”
The last minute agenda item ended up passing the county legislature after some discussion, which included New York being a “home rule state.” The matter undertaken was largely a ‘pro forma’ one, since the bill has already passed the state Senate and Assembly, and will now come before Governor Cuomo.
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