MAYVILLE - The Chautauqua County Legislature will continue its committee meetings today with three committees meeting in Mayville. At 4 p.m. the public safety committee will meet and while it has a light agenda, there is one item on the table that … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: County Officials Discuss Falconer DPF Shop Upgrade
MAYVILLE - The preliminary price tag on the cost of updating the County’s Public Facilities Shop in Falconer is about $4,000,000. That’s according to an article in today’s Jamestown Post-Journal, which says county DPF Director George Spanos … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: County Legislature Committee to Discuss Upgrades to DPF’s Falconer Shop
MAYVILLE - The Chautauqua County Legislature will be holding its monthly committee meetings this week in Mayville with the first taking place this afternoon. The county’s public facilities committee will b meeting at 4 p.m. in the Gerace Office … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: County Legislature Okays Funding or Chautauqua Lake
MAYVILLE - A county legislator from the north county has issues with having the county government provide funding for the care of Chautauqua Lake. The Jamestown Post-Journal is reporting this morning that Legislator Bob Duff (R-Sheridan) took issue … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: County Legislature to Consider Abandoned Vehicle Law Tonight
MAYILLE - Some lawmakers in Mayville want to crackdown on abandoned vehicles and vacant properties in Chautauqua County. When the Chautauqua County Legislature meets tonight in Mayville, it will consider a local law that would give the sheriff’s … [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: Sale of County Home, Local Law both Voted Down by Legislature
MAYVILLE - The Chautauqua County Home in Dunkirk remains in the possession of Chautauqua County and if it is eventually going to be sold, it will still take a super majority to do it. Last night the Chautauqua County Legislature voted 14 to 10 … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Edwards Lays Out Ambitious Agenda for 2013 in State of the County
MAYVILLE - Last night’s Chautauqua County Legislature meeting also featured the annual state of the county address delivered by Chautauqua County Executive Greg Edwards. It was Edwards’ eighth state of the county address since first entering the … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Busy Night on Tap for County Lawmakers in Mayville
MAYVILLE - It’s promising to be a very busy night for the Chautauqua County Legislature when it convenes this evening in Mayville. Several key items are on tonight’s legislative agenda, including a controversial local law that would change the way … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: State Gun Law Sees Backlash from Upstate Counties
ALBANY - Lawmakers in Albany will be hearing from a lot of county governments in the coming weeks. More than two dozen county legislatures across New York State – including Erie and Cattaraugus Counties – have formally condemned New York’s new … [Read more...]
