MAYVILLE - The Chautauqua County Home will deplete its fund balance and run out of cash by the end of 2013 without financial assistance. That’s according to a report in today’s Jamestown Post-Journal and based on projections released by the Dunkirk … [Read more...]
Labor Department Pulls Controversial Child Labor Proposal
WASHINGTON - The federal Department of Labor has withdrawn a controversial proposal for regulating child labor, a proposal that Farm Bureau leaders feared would alter family farming and deter youths from careers in agriculture. The DOL issued a … [Read more...]
County Legislature Approves New Contract for Part Time Sheriff Deputies
MAYVILLE - The part time deputies in the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Department will be getting a boost in pay. That after county lawmakers Wednesday Night approved a resolution to increase the rate of pay for entry-level part timers from $13.41 an … [Read more...]
County Legislature Tables Funding Resolution for County Home
MAYVILLE - Chautauqua County Lawmakers will wait another month before acting on a resolution to increase funding for the Chautauqua County Home in Dunkirk. During the county legislature’s monthly voting session Wednesday night in Mayville, the … [Read more...]
County Lawmakers Pass Oversight Legislation for Welfare-to-Work Program
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...]
