MAYVILLE - The Chautauqua County Legislature will be holding its monthly committee meetings starting next week,with the Administrative Services Committee having several noteworthy items on its agenda. In addition to resolutions involving the … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: County Legislature Special Meeting Canceled
MAYVILLE - A special meeting of the Chautauqua County Legislature that was to take place tonight in Mayville has been cancelled. Legislature Chairman Jay Gould made the announcement yesterday afternoon, citing a lack of need and the possibility of a … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: County Lawmakers to Address Legislature District Lines
MAYVILLE - - Lawmakers in Mayville tonight will take up the issue of amending the legislature’s district boundary lines. That after board of elections commissioner Norman Green announced earlier month that he would not approve of the plan approved … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Barmore Announces Bid for County Clerk
GERRY - Just two days after the current Chautauqua County clerk announced she would not be seeking reelection, another member of the GOP has come forward to announce he will be running for the post. Current Chautauqua County Legislator and … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: City Lawmakers to Discuss Extending Funding for Police Consolidation Study
JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown City Council Monday night will discuss the continuation of the effort to study the possible consolidation between the Jamestown Police Department and the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office. That after a steering committee of … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Police Consolidation Study Complete, Officials to Recomend Moving Forward with Next Phase
JAMESTOWN - The effort to look into a possible consolidation between the Jamestown Police Department and the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office will continue to move forward. That after a steering committee of various elected officials, law … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: County Legislature Calls on State to Restrict Public Access to Gun Registration Information
MAYVILLE - The Chautauqua County Legislature is calling on state lawmakers to protect the identity of residents who own a registered pistol and also a concealed carry permit. The Jamestown Post-Journal is reporting that During last night’s county … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Lawmakers Approve Resolution Maintaining Current Sales Tax Level
MAYVILLE - The Sales tax in Chautauqua County remain at 7.5 percent. That after the Chautauqua County Legislature last night voted in favor of a resolution that authorizes the county retain it's local sales tax of 3.5 percent. Currently under state … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: County Legislature’s Monthly Meeting is Tonight
MAYVILLE - The Chautauqua County Legislature’s monthly voting session is taking place tonight in Mayville. Among the items expected to be discussed is a request to state lawmakers in Albany to amend the state law so that the public will no longer … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: County Legislature to Act on Gun Registration Motion Next Week
MAYVILLE - The Chautauqua County Legislature will be voting next week on a motion that would call on Albany to pass allow disallowing the public from knowing who has registered firearms in their communities. On Wednesday the county’s public safety … [Read more...]
