Albany County has updated their website with a list of local laws and resolutions passed during the December 21 legislative meeting.

The majority of the items concern appropriating money or tax levies for 2011. There is also a resolution that amends the 2011 budget. The legislature also discussed and passed a resolution authorizing the hiring of certain critical positions necessary for departmental reorganizations under the early retirement incentive.

To see the full list of laws, visit the county's website here.

The Albany County Legislature will be holding a public hearing on Tuesday, January 25.

The meeting will focus on proposed modifications to agricultural district number 3 and updating a local law requiring item pricing in retail stores. The hearing will take place at 7:15 p.m. in the Cahill Room of the Albany County Office Building.

A public hearing schedule will be updated each month, after the legislative meetings when the Legislature approves resolutions setting the dates of upcoming public hearings. The legislature holds public hearings on proposed local laws, the County’s capital plan and other specific issues before adoption of legislation.

Colonie residents living within several fire districts will be voting to elect a new commissioner at their annual election on December 14 from 5 to 9 p.m.

The Stanford Heights, Schuyler Heights, Midway, and West Albany Fire Districts will all be holding an election that day. Any resident of these fire districts registered by November 22 will be eligible to vote.

Those elected to the position will be serving as the commissioner for a five-year term beginning on January 1.