NEW SCOTLAND — The Albany County Legislature this week unanimously approved $8.33 million in construction contracts to turn the former Clarksville Elementary School into the county’s Emergency 9-1-1 Communications Center.
Sheriff Craig Apple told members of the legislature’s public works committee on Aug. 24 that, barring the full legislature voting down the project, “we anticipate putting a shovel in the ground in about 25 [to] 30 days.”
A year ago, citing coronavirus concerns and major savings to taxpayers, Apple requested and received permission to move the 9-1-1 center from its planned location at the Shaker Place Nursing Home in Colonie to the sheriff’s public-safety building in Clarksville… READ MORE
