EAST GREENBUSH — Top leaders in Rensselaer County government intend to bury the hatchet with a new deal.
Rensselaer County Executive Steve McLaughlin has conditionally agreed to lift his three-month-old ban on administration officials fielding questions about legislation at county Legislature committee meetings.
Under the terms of an agreement forged with Chairwoman Kelly Hoffman, McLaughlin’s department heads wouldn’t be required to attend Rules Committee and Budget & Finance Committee meetings. Additionally, department heads won’t be expected to attend meetings where questions aren’t asked — circumstances the eight-year executive has previously cited for instituting the ban…