NYSAC Programs and Services
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Partnerships formed for the benefit of counties and their employees
After conducting a due diligence process, the New York State Association of Counties (NYSAC) has chosen to partner with the following companies as preferred service providers because NYSAC believes that these products provide comprehensive and superior service public employers need. Counties and their employees are free to choose these services or any other provider for their service needs.
Some of these partnerships provide fees to NYSAC in exchange for the endorsement, marketing support and program oversight and for the right to be the exclusive provider of products under the program, which is a common practice in the public sector market. These fees help to stabilize dues for our member counties and benefit member counties through our ability to improve and expand the services, education and training that we provide.
Dennis A. Pelletier County Government Institute
The Dennis A. Pelletier County Government Institute is a comprehensive educational program sponsored by the New York State Association of Counties. The Pelletier County Government Institute provides county officials with a structured training program designed to assist them to more effectively serve the public. The purpose of the institute is to enhance the knowledge, leadership and decision making skills of county officials. Pelletier credit courses are offered during NYSAC Conferences and at regional sessions held throughout the year.
Pelletier County Government Institute
New York Municipal Insurance Reciprocal
The New York Municipal Insurance Reciprocal (NYMIR) is a non-profit, licensed insurance company owned and operated by its subscribers - counties, towns, villages and cities located throughout New York State. NYMIR exists solely for the benefit of its members, providing them access to suitable, dependable and affordable coverage. By combining and administering the financial resources of its local government subscribers, NYMIR helps them meet their long-term needs while managing their overall costs.
New York Municipal Insurance Reciprocal
County Deferred Compensation Retirement Program
NYSAC, in partnership with the National Association of Counties (NACo) and Nationwide Retirement Solutions (NRS) provides county employees with a Section 457 Deferred Compensation Program. Since its inception in 1980, this Deferred Compensation Program has grown to become the largest supplemental retirement income program available to county employees.
The NACo Deferred Compensation Program provides county employees the opportunity to voluntarily contribute a portion of their wages to a special account and to direct these contributions to one or more investment options.
Nationwide Retirement Solutions
Municipal Electric & Gas Alliance (MEGA)
MEGA is a county-based organization designed to to help local governments control their energy costs and meet public bidding requirements, which are now a priority in the state’s competitive energy supply marketplace. MEGA’s approach is to periodically issue bid requests for energy supplies in each utility territory.
MEGA is governed by its 12 participating counties, and an elected Board of Directors. It serves well over 100 municipalities of all types: towns, villages, school districts, BOCES consortia, water and sewer districts and others. Partnership flyer.
Municipal Electric & Gas Alliance
Cost Control Associates
Cost Control Associates provides energy, cellular, and telecom cost containment services under a no-risk contingency fee-based program, in partnership with NYSAC and the National Association of Counties. The program focuses on reducing ever-increasing telecom and energy costs such as cellular, local and long distance, electricity and natural gas. Fees or these services are contingency based and tied directly to the refunds and savings produced. If refunds or costs savings are not found for your county, you pay nothing. There is absolutely no risk. This program has produced millions of dollars in refunds and costs savings for counties and other clients.
Salient Corporation
Salient's Muni-Minder™ software program is a high performance system for managing public sector business processes. It can be used to manage activities such as human services programs, including Medicare and welfare; emergency services; public works; and revenue collections to name a few. The end result is a comprehensive view of government operations that gives users a powerful, interactive tool to investigate, monitor and optimize the efficiency of public sector programs.
Classified Advertising Network of New York
To help counties attract well-qualified new employees, NYSAC provides two avenues for posting open positions. The first is on our NYSAC Web site. The second is in partnership with the New York Newspaper Publishers Association, and enables counties to place highly detailed, attention-getting ads at a very affordable price with ease and accountability.