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County Legislature Passes 2024 Budget With 21-Cent Tax Rate Decrease

October 24, 2024 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

The Chautauqua County Legislature has passed along party lines a budget for 2025 that reduces the tax rate by 21-cents. The budget passed reflects a Real Property Tax Levy of $73,256,471 which is $164,976 less than what County Executive PJ Wendel … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: 2025 County Budget, Chautauqua County Charter, Chautauqua County Legislature, County Code, Fred Johnson, Fred Larson, PJ Wendel, Robert Bankowski

County Legislators Concerned Over Conditions of Jamestown Municipal Building

December 21, 2023 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

Concerns over the condition of the Jamestown Municipal Building are being raised by County Legislators. Legislator Dan Pavlock said he couldn’t support a one-year lease renewal with the City of Jamestown for office space for the Department of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: American Rescue Plan, Billy Torres, bond, Chautauqua County Department of Mental Hygiene, Chautauqua County Industrial Development Agency, Chautauqua County Legislature, City of Jamestown, Dan Pavlock, David Wilfong, Eddie Sundquist, Greenman-Peterson Inc., Jamestown City Council, Jamestown Municipal Building, Robert Bankowski, Terry Neibel

County Legislature Adopts 19-Member Reapportionment Plan, Approves Creation of Landfill Commission

July 28, 2022 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

The Chautauqua County Legislature has approved a 19-district reapportionment map, but voted down sending it to referendum in November. A local law establishing a 17-district map failed in a vote of 3 to 14 with Legislators John Penhollow and Paul … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Aaron Gustafson, Billy Torres, Chautauqua County Landfill, Chautauqua County Landfill Commission, Chautauqua County League of Women Voters, Chautauqua County Legislature, County Reapportionment, County Reapportionment Commission, Elisabeth Rankin, Jamie Gustafson, John Penhollow, Ken Lawton, Larry Wilcox, Mary Croxton, Paul Whitford, Robert Bankowski, Susan Parker

County Reapportionment Plan Public Hearings Will Be Set in July

June 15, 2022 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

The County Legislature's Administrative Services Committee has approved a resolution to set public hearings on two proposed reapportionment plans. The County Reapportionment Commission recommended two plans that include a 17 Legislative district … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Administrative Services Committee, Chautauqua County Legislature, County Reapportionment Commission, Robert Bankowski, Stephen Abdella, Thomas Harmon

County Legislature Approves Local Law on How Worker’s Compensation Costs Allocated to Municipalities

May 26, 2022 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

After voting down a proposed change that would have phased in payments for Jamestown, Dunkirk, and Westfield, the Chautauqua County Legislature approved a local law amending the County's Worker's Compensation Plan. The local law changes the county … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Billy Torres, Chautauqua County Legislature, City of Dunkirk, City of Jamestown, David Wilfong, Eddie Sundquist, Elisabeth Rankin, Kitty Crow, Paul Whitford, Robert Bankowski, Susan Parker, Village of Westfield, Worker's Compensation Plan

County Legislature Approves Gas Sales Tax Reduction

April 28, 2022 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

The Chautauqua County Legislature approved a gas sales tax reduction by a vote of 12 to 6 Wednesday night. The resolution sets a fixed rate per gallon at 12-cents. Legislators had expressed concerns over how the sales tax reduction would affect … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Chautauqua County Legislature, COVID-19 vaccine, Gas Tax, Jay Gould, Kitty Crow, Lisa Vanstrom, Robert Bankowski

Chautauqua County Legislature’s Democrats to File Resolution on Gas Sales Tax

April 22, 2022 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

Democratic Chautauqua County Legislators are expected to pre-file a resolution Friday morning to alleviate the sales tax on gas in the county. County Attorney Stephen Abdella informed the Legislature's Audit and Control Committee that he had been … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Audit & Control Committee, Billy Torres, Chautauqua County Legislature, Gas Tax, Kitty Crow, Paul Whitford, PJ Wendel, Robert Bankowski, Stephen Abdella, Susan Parker

County Legislature Approves $24.6 Million in American Rescue Plan Funding

September 23, 2021 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

Despite an effort to table it, the Chautauqua County Legislature unanimously passed the resolution that outlined 43 projects to be funded using $24.6 million in American Rescue Plan monies. Democratic Legislator Bob Bankowski motioned to table the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: American Rescue Plan, Chautauqua County Legislature, Chuck Nazzaro, Elisabeth Rankin, Robert Bankowski

County Legislature Unanimously Approves Deputy Sheriff’s Contract

August 26, 2021 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

The Chautauqua County Legislature approved new contract with the Deputy Sheriff's Association last night. The agreement is for January 1st, 2022 through December 31st, 2025. It includes a 3% wage increase in 2022 and 2023. A 2.5%wage increase in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Chautauqua County Legislature, Deputy Sheriff's Association, James Krzyanowicz, Jim Quattrone, Jonathan Penhollow, Kitty Crow, Mark Odell, Pierre Chagnon, PJ Wendel, Robert Bankowski, Terry Niebel

County Legislature Approves Raising CARTS Driver Wages, Transferring Properties to Land Bank

June 24, 2021 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

The Chautauqua County Legislature has passed a resolution to raise CARTS drivers wages. Legislator Chuck Nazzaro thanked CARTS drivers for the work they do. He said many places are offering $15 dollars an hour for employees including fast food … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: CARTS, Chautauqua County Land Bank, Chautauqua County Legislature, Chuck Nazzaro, Elisabeth Rankin, Greater Chautauqua-Jamestown Airport, Robert Bankowski

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