MAYVILLE - For the third time this year, the effort to privatize the Chautauqua County Home has been defeated. Wednesday Night the Chautauqua County Legislature voted to sell the county home to VestraCare at a cost of $16.5 million. The final vote … [Read more...]
2013 Election to Feature Several Contested Races
MAYVILLE - Election Day is one week away, and there are several contested races scheduled taking place in Chautauqua County besides the race for County Executive. For the county clerk’s race, businessman and county legislator Larry Barmore (R-Gerry) … [Read more...]
Questions Answered During County Legislature Meeting with Prospective Home Buyer
MAYVILLE - It was a long and at times confrontational special meeting of the Chautauqua County Legislature last night in Mayville as lawmakers met with the latest prospective buyers of the Chautauqua County Home. Four representatives of VestraCare … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Legislature Refuses to Act on Labor Law, Approves Two Local Law Ammendments
MAYVILLE - The legislature last night made quick work of the other items on its agenda, including the approval of two local law amendments. One dealt with the county occupancy tax, extending its implementation through November 2015. The other … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Local Labor Law Among Items on Legislature’s Agenda
MAYVILLE - Tonight’s Chautauqua County Legislature meeting will include a tabled resolution that deals with the hiring of local labor and supply groups for any development project that is benefited by the Chautauqua County Industrial Development … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: County Lawmakers Will Discuss Proposed Local Labor Resolution This Month
MAYVILLE - Chautauqua County lawmakers this month plan to discuss a proposed county resolution that calls for local labor and suppliers to be used when a development project receives assistance from the Chautauqua County Industrial Development … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Tobacco Ban, Local Labor Resolution on the Agenda Tonight in Mavyille
MAYVILLE - The Chautauqua County Legislature will be holding its monthly meeting tonight in Mayville and among the items on the agenda is a local law dealing with a ban on tobacco products on county-owned property. The law was first introduced and … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: County Lawmakers Reject Call to Remove Prayer from Meetings
MAYVILLE - Despite an effort by a Jamestown-based lawmaker, the Chautauqua County Legislature will continue to recite the pledge of allegiance and have someone say prayer prior to the start of each legislative session. On Wednesday night the … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: County Legislature Holds Reorganization Meeting
The Chautauqua County Legislature held its first meeting of the new year yesterday in Mayville to dealing with reorganization items. During the meeting legislator Jay Gould (R-Ashville) was once again gain selected to serve as chairman of the … [Read more...]
County Legislators Praise Total Elimination of Sales Tax on Clothing
MAYVILLE - Minority leaders in the Chautauqua County Legislature are praising the recent news that the State of New York has dropped its portion of the clothing tax as of April 1, 2012. Chautauqua County is now the only county in Western New York, … [Read more...]
