MAYVILLE - The Chautauqua County Legislature will be meeting tonight in Mayville for its monthly voting session. Tonight’s meeting has a fairly light agenda. Highlighting the voting tonight will be the legislature acting on allocating funding from … [Read more...]
Eight Contested Races Highlight 2015 County Legislature Elections
MAYVILLE - 2015 is a local election year in Chautauqua County with several races shaping up for the 19-member Chautauqua County Legislature. Currently, the Republicans hold a super-majority in Mayville, with 14 of the 19 seats held by the GOP. … [Read more...]
County Legislature Committee Passes on Funding National Bigfoot Center Project
MAYVILLE - The Chautauqua County Legislature’s Audit and Control Committee has balked at a resolution that would provide tax-payer funding to the establishment of a facility dedicated to all things Bigfoot. According to an article in the … [Read more...]
Chautauqua Center Lease, Complete Streets Highlight Legislature’s June Voting Session
MAYVILLE – The Chautauqua County Legislature meets Wednesday night in Mayville and a number of items appear on the monthly voting session agenda. VIEW COMPLETE AGENDA Among the resolutions is a lease agreement for a federally funded health … [Read more...]
Legislature Will Consider Complete Streets Policy During June Voting Session
MAYVILLE - The Chautauqua County Legislature's Public Facilities Committee has once again reviewed and approved a policy resolution aimed at improving the safety of local roadways for non-motor vehicle traffic, such as bicycles and … [Read more...]
County Legislature to Consider 2-Year, $6,000/Month Lease for Chautauqua Center
MAYVILLE - A federally funded health center providing services for the under-served members of the Chautauqua County could soon be opening in Chautauqua County’s South County Office Building in downtown Jamestown. The Chautauqua County … [Read more...]
State Lawmakers Approve Home Rule Legislation for Sales Tax Increase
UPDATED: 10 a.m., June 20 ALBANY - Chautauqua County will have to wait until next week before learning if it will have the ability to raise its sales tax by half a percent. That after both houses of the New York State legislature on On … [Read more...]
Local Candidates for 2015 Election Now Circulating Petitions, Deadline to File is July 6
MAYVILLE - The effort to find candidates to run for local offices in Chautauqua County for the November 2015 is underway. Chautauqua County Democratic Elections Commissioner Norman Green - who also serves as chairman of the Chautauqua County … [Read more...]
Teresi Offers Update on Effort to Develop Police Consolidation Plan
JAMESTOWN - The effort to create a viable plan for the consolidation of the Jamestown Police Department and the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s office is close to completion. That’s according to Jamestown Mayor Sam Teresi, who told WRFA this week that … [Read more...]
Chautauqua County Legislature to Consider Establishing Sewer Agency
MAYVILLE - The Chautauqua County Legislature will be meeting Wednesday in Mayville for its monthly voting session and among the items to be considered is the establishment of a Chautauqua County Sewer Agency. State law gives the counties the … [Read more...]
