MAYVILLE - Chautauqua County Lawmakers last night passed several resolutions, including one that would require the county Department of Social Services to create an action plan that would help to increase participation in the so-called … [Read more...]
Legislature Monthly Voting Session is Tonight
MAYVILLE - The Chautauqua County Legislature will hold its regular meeting tonight in Mayville, with several key items on the agenda. Among them is a bill that would call on the county to provide $500,000 to match a federal grant that would be … [Read more...]
County Lawmakers Look to Improve Local Welfare-to-Work Initiative
MAYVILLE - The Chautauqua County legislature will be meeting this Wednesday night in Mayville, and lawmakers plan to address several issues, including a resolution to authorize the county Department of Social Services to develop an action plan to … [Read more...]
County Home Funding Grant Fails in Committee
MAYVILLE - A matching grant to provide a $1 million revenue stream for the Chautauqua County Home was voted down in committee earlier this week in Mayville, and another committee tabled the resolution. That’s according to a report in Friday’s … [Read more...]
Contract for Part-Time Sheriff Deputies Fails in Committee
MAYVILLE - A resolution to approve a labor contract between Chautauqua County and part-time sheriff's deputies failed to pass Wednesday's Public Safety Committee meeting. That’s according to a report in this morning’s Jamestown Post-Journal, which … [Read more...]
County Committee to Review Funding Resolution for County Home
MAYVILLE - A group of county lawmakers will discuss a resolution that could provide additional funding for the Chautauqua County Home in 2013. The resolution will be reviewed when the county legislature's Human Services Committee meets at 6 p.m. The … [Read more...]
County Legislature Committees Meet this Week
MAYVILLE - The Chautauqua County Legislature will be in committee meetings all this week, starting later today. At 5:30 p.m. the County Administrative Services Committee will meet and discuss several resolutions, including a tabled resolution … [Read more...]
Redistricting Commission Meets Tonight in Mayville
MAYVILLE – An independent commission charged with redrawing the county legislature’s district lines will continue the process tonight in Mayville. The commission, which includes Legislators Larry Barmore (R-Gerry) and Tom DeJoe (D-Brocton), held its … [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...]
County Reapportionment Commission Begins Process of Redistricting
MAYVILLE - An independent commission charged with redrawing the county legislature’s district lines will continue the process next week in Mayville. The commission, which includes Legislators Larry Barmore (R-Gerry) and Tom DeJoe (D-Brocton), held … [Read more...]
