ALBANY – Chautauqua County will not be the recipient of a $20 million New York State government efficiency grant.
Late last week Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County was the winner of the Municipal Consolidation and Efficiency Competition.
According to the Governor, the winning plan is expected to produce savings of more than $120 million for Suffolk County taxpayers over the next 10 years.
Chautauqua County’s proposal included 23 municipalities and potential consolidations and was crafted in 2016 and 17 by the county’s Joint Task Force on Efficiency and Cost Reduction, which was led by the then-county legislator George Borrello, who is now county executive.
Among the items on the list was the proposed shared services agreement between the city of Jamestown police department and the county sheriff’s office, the unification of police operations between the town of Busti and Town of Ellicott, along with consolidation of services among several rural towns in the county.
Borrello said he was disappointed that the county didn’t win, but added there are other funding programs available and many of the consolidation efforts will be moving forward.
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