ALBANY - Chautauqua County lawmakers may find out if the state legislature will approve their request for a sales tax increase within the next couple weeks. A request to increase the county sales tax by .5 percent is currently being considered in … [Read more...]
County Legislature Votes 14-4 in Favor of Sales Tax Increase Request
MAYVILLE - The effort to raise the county’s sales tax by .5 percent now rests in the hands of the New York State legislature. On Wednesday night the Chautauqua County Legislature voted 14 to 4 on a resolution requesting the state give permission … [Read more...]
County Legislature to Act on Sales Tax Increase Request During Wednesday Voting Session
MAYVILLE – The Chautauqua County Legislature will meet Wednesday night and on its agenda is a resolution requesting the state to allow the county to increase its local share of sales tax by .5 percent. According to county executive Vince Horrigan, … [Read more...]
County Executive Pushes for Sales Tax Increase in State of the County Address
MAYVILLE - Chautauqua County executive Vince Horrigan says a sales tax increase is the best way to provide property tax relief for residents while also closing a $5.7 million budget gap in 2016. Horrigan made his comments while delivering his 2015 … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: County Sales Tax Sees Slow Growth for Second Quarter
MAYVILLE - Chautauqua County Executive Greg Edwards says that after six months, the sales tax revenue for Chautauqua County is staying on pace with annual projection. Last week, WRFA asked Edwards about the sales tax revenue and the county executive … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Lawmakers Approve Resolution Maintaining Current Sales Tax Level
MAYVILLE - The Sales tax in Chautauqua County remain at 7.5 percent. That after the Chautauqua County Legislature last night voted in favor of a resolution that authorizes the county retain it's local sales tax of 3.5 percent. Currently under state … [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 Legislature Tables Sales Tax Increase Request
MAYVILLE – The Chautauqua County Legislature will wait until next month before asking the state to allow a sales tax increase. During last night’s voting session in Mayville, County Executive Greg Edwards asked lawmakers to table a resolution that … [Read more...]
Jamestown City Councilman Takes Issue with Sales Tax Resolution
MAYVILLE - Prior to the legislature’s vote to table a measure requesting a sales tax increase, a member of the Jamestown City Council spoke out against the measure during the public comment portion of the meeting. Jamestown city councilman Vince … [Read more...]
County Legislature to Meet Tonight in Mayville
MAYVILLE - The Chautauqua County Legislature will be holding its monthly voting session tonight with several items on the agenda. Among the issues is a resolution that would ask the state legislature to increase the sales tax rate in Chautauqua … [Read more...]
