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Cooperative extension area and statewide program specialist

ยง 224-b. Cooperative extension area and statewide program specialist.
1. Agreements to employ and manage area program specialists.
Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision eight of section two
hundred twenty-four of this article, two or more county cooperative
extension associations may enter into a separate agreement with Cornell
university to employ area program specialists. Examples of program areas
which could be funded and delivered through the Cornell cooperative
extension system could include but not be limited to water quality,
solid waste management, commercial and alternative agricultural
technologies integrated pest management, nutrition, diet and health,
adult and childhood obesity, asthma and chronic respiratory illness
prevention, community and rural development, housing availability and
affordability, family and economic well being, and the complex problems
of youth at risk. Such annual agreements shall identify the titles of
the positions to be supported and the program areas for which they will
provide leadership. Standards for the employment of area program
specialists, including salaries, shall be established by Cornell
university, through the director of extension in consultation with
county cooperative extension associations, apart from standards for the
employment of professional staff under section two hundred twenty-four
of this article. Area program specialists shall, for administrative
purposes, receive salary payments through the Cornell university payroll
and for such purposes shall be deemed employees of Cornell university;
provided, however, that their program activities shall be directed and
managed jointly by the participating associations and Cornell university
under the terms of the annual memorandum of agreement. Area program
specialists shall be eligible to receive the same state or federal
fringe benefits as professional staff employed by the cooperative
extension associations under the terms of section two hundred
twenty-four of this article.

2. Funding for area program specialists. The salaries and program
expenses of area program specialists shall be supported jointly by state
appropriations and/or other sources and by contributions from
participating cooperative extension associations. The state may
appropriate from funds available in the aid to localities account of the
general fund monies to support the programs and work of area specialists
under agreements with two or more cooperative extension associations.
Such funds shall be appropriated separately from funds appropriated
under section two hundred twenty-four of this article and administered
by the director of extension. State appropriations expended to support
area program specialists must be matched by funds provided from
non-state sources under the annual agreement by the participating
cooperative extension associations.

3. A cooperative extension association participating in an area
program specialist agreement shall continue to be a subordinate
governmental agency and neither the county nor Cornell university nor
any member, officer or director of the association shall be liable in
damages for any injury to person or property in connection with the
activities of the association the proximate cause of which was not
directly their or his fault or negligence.

4. Funding for statewide program specialists. The state may
appropriate monies from the aid to localities account in the general
fund for programs of statewide extension specialists, those funds are to
be administered by the director of extension. Such specialists shall be
employees of Cornell university, which shall establish standards for
their employment. Statewide specialists shall work under the direction
and supervision of Cornell university.

CNT 224-B 2014-09-22

Sections:

Article 5 GENERAL POWERS OF BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Section 200 Compensation of supervisors
Section 201 Compensation of officers
Section 202 Publication of compensation and expenses of supervisors in certain counties
Section 203 Expenses incurred in the performance of official duty
Section 204 Positions of employment
Section 205 Compensation of employees
Section 205-A Certain pilot projects
Section 206 Hours of work and office hours
Section 206-A Business in county offices on holidays and Saturdays
Section 207 Vacations; sick leaves; leaves of absence
Section 208 Books and records
Section 209 Investigations
Section 210 Examination and post audit
Section 211 Printed and electronically recorded proceedings of the board
Section 212 Designation of depositaries
Section 214 Designation of newspapers; official publications
Section 215 County property; general provisions
Section 216 Location of county offices
Section 217 County jail
Section 217-A Qualification for employment as a county correction officer
Section 218 Courthouses and judicial expenditures
Section 218-A County detention facilities for juvenile delinquents and persons in need of supervision
Section 218-B Prisoner furlough program in county jails and penitentiaries
Section 219 Reforested lands
Section 220 County planning board
Section 220-A Water quality management agency
Section 221 County park commission
Section 222 Cemeteries
Section 223 Flood control and soil conservation
Section 223-A The board of supervisors of any county may appropriate such sums as it may deem proper,...
Section 223-B EMS training and mutual aid programs
Section 224 Optional appropriations and contracts for public benefit services
Section 224-A Elimination of noxious weeds
Section 224-B Cooperative extension area and statewide program specialist
Section 225 Optional appropriations for public benefit services administered by the board
Section 225-A Fire training and mutual aid programs
Section 225-B Contracts for visiting nursing services
Section 226 Monuments and memorials
Section 226-A Patriotic observances
Section 226-B Solid waste management; resource recovery
Section 227 Legalizing acts
Section 228 Disputed town boundaries
Section 229 Erection and dissolution of towns
Section 231 Expenses of police officer or peace officer injured in line of duty
Section 232 County officers' and county executives' associations
Section 233 Procedure on tax limit increase
Section 233-A Amounts to be included or excluded in computing constitutional taxing power
Section 234 Additional powers granted under other laws
Section 234-A Service of notice in relation to constitutionality of local law, ordinance, rule or regulation of a county
Section 235 The board of supervisors by resolution may appoint a committee of citizens of the county to act in an advisory capacity to any committee, department or office on any subject relating to county government
Section 236 County plumbing licensing
Section 236-A County master electrician licensing
Section 236-B County electrical inspector licensing
Section 237 Alcoholic beverage control

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