JAMESTOWN - The Chautauqua County Legislature will hold its monthly voting session Wednesday, and while the 2016 budget is expected to take center stage, several other items are also on today's agenda. Lawmakers will meet Wednesday night to … [Read more...]
County Property Tax Rate Cut Could be Higher than Executive’s Proposal
MAYVILLE - Chautauqua County Executive Vince Horrigan is calling for a 4.6 percent property tax cut in his 2016 executive budget, but members of the county legislature think it can be even more. Last week, members of the legislature’s audit and … [Read more...]
Governor Signs Off on Sales Tax Hike, Will Increase to 8 Percent on Dec. 1
MAYVILLE - Governor Andrew Cuomo has given his approval for Chautauqua County to increase its sales tax to 8 percent. County Executive Vince Horrigan said in his weekly Monday Morning Memo that the governor signed the home-rule legislation on … [Read more...]
2016 County Budget Includes 4.6 Percent Property Tax Cut
MAYVILLE - Chautauqua County executive Vince Horrigan has presented a budget for 2016 that not only cuts property taxes by more than four percent, but also reduces spending by $3 million. On Wednesday night Horrigan laid out his tentative $256 … [Read more...]
County Sales Tax Up by 1.3 Percent Compared to First Half of 2014
JAMESTOWN - Sales tax collections in Chautauqua County is on the rise. That’s according to a report in Monday’s Post-Journal, which says local sales tax collections during the first half of the year is up by 1.3 percent compared to the first half … [Read more...]
State Lawmakers Reach Last-Minute Agreement on Legislative Package
ALBANY - The State Legislature was supposed to have wrapped up its 2015 session last week, but lawmakers have decided to extend the session in order to take care of some last-minute, key issues. On Tuesday, Governor Cuomo joined legislative … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] Community Matters – Chautauqua County Executive Vince Horrigan, June 2015 Interview
Airing Thursday, June 18, 2015. WRFA Public Affairs Director Jason Sample sits down and talks with new Chautauqua County Executive Vince Horrigan to get an update on county government at the midway point of 2015. The two discuss the county's request … [Read more...]
State Lawmakers Approve Home Rule Legislation for Sales Tax Increase
UPDATED: 10 a.m., June 20 ALBANY - Chautauqua County will have to wait until next week before learning if it will have the ability to raise its sales tax by half a percent. That after both houses of the New York State legislature on On … [Read more...]
Horrigan Explains Sales Tax Increase as State Legislature Prepares to Act on Local Request
ALBANY - Wednesday is the final day of the 2015 legislative session in Albany and lawmakers are expected to rush through a series of legislation throughout the day and into the evening. Among the items expected to be acted on by both the Senate and … [Read more...]
State Lawmakers Expected to Act on County Sales Tax Hike This Week
ALBANY - The State legislature’s session will wrap up this week with plenty of items still left to be acted on. Among those is a request by Chautauqua County to increase its sales tax by .5 percent. According to county executive Vince Horrigan, the … [Read more...]
