MAYVILLE - The Chautauqua County Legislature has approved a budget for 2014. After an hour-and-a-half of deliberation on Wednesday night, lawmakers approved the estimated $229 million spending plan by a vote of 16 to 7. The amended budget slashed … [Read more...]
Lake Shorth Health Care Center to Close in January
IRVING - A hospital in northern Chautauqua County has announced that it will be closing its doors due to a lack of revenue. YNN News is reporting that the board of directors of Lake Shore Health Care Center in Irving voted Tuesday to close the … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Local Labor Law Among Items on Legislature’s Agenda
MAYVILLE - Tonight’s Chautauqua County Legislature meeting will include a tabled resolution that deals with the hiring of local labor and supply groups for any development project that is benefited by the Chautauqua County Industrial Development … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: County Lawmakers Will Discuss Proposed Local Labor Resolution This Month
MAYVILLE - Chautauqua County lawmakers this month plan to discuss a proposed county resolution that calls for local labor and suppliers to be used when a development project receives assistance from the Chautauqua County Industrial Development … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: County GOP Finalizes List of Endorsements for 2013 Election
It may be five months away, but the two political parties in Chautauqua County are already preparing for Election Day 2013. Last weekend the Chautauqua County’s Republican Party nominating committee finalized its endorsements for county offices and … [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: County Legislature’s Audit and Control Committee Approves County Home Resolution
MAYVILLE - Another committee of the Chautauqua County Legislature has given it’s approval for the sale of the Chautauqua County Home to a Chicago based company. According to an article in today’s Jamestown Post-Journal, the legislator’s financial … [Read more...]
AUDIO: County Lawmakers Comment, React to Ad Hoc Meeting
MAYVILLE – The 22 member ad-hoc committee charged with reviewing a recent financial viability study of the Chautauqua County Home has come forward with its cost-saving recommendations. After nearly two hours of discussions Wednesday night in … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Public Hearing for First-Time Homebuyer Tax Exemption law is Sept. 26
During Wednesday night’s Chautauqua County Legislature meeting, county lawmakers approved a resolution setting a date for a public hearing on a proposed local law that would offer a tax exemption program for first-time homebuyers who purchase newly … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: County Legislature to Hold Voting Session Wednesday Evening
MAYVILLE - The Chautauqua County Legislature will have its regular voting session tonight in Mayville, with several items on the agenda. Among the items is setting a public hearing date on a proposed local law that would benefit low-income, … [Read more...]
