MAYVILLE – The Chautauqua County Legislature will hold its monthly voting session tonight in Mayville with the Chautauqua County Home again taking the spotlight.
Lawmakers will consider a tabled resolution that was amended last week in the Audit and Control Committee to provide more funding for the county home through an intergovernmental transfer (IGT) program with support from a local appropriation. The original resolution that was tabled last month called for a $500,000 local appropriation. The amended version now calls for a $1.4 million local-share payment toward the matching grant. If approved by the full legislature, the County Home would receive a $3.6 million IGT payment.
Legislators will also vote today on a motion to urge state lawmakers to fulfill the state’s commitment by completing the Interstate 86 conversion project. The motion, discussed during a Public Facilities Committee meeting last week, is being sponsored by a half-dozen county legislators and refers to previous I-86 revitalization efforts. In the late 1990s, then-governor George Pataki commissioned a 10- to 12-year construction program to convert Route 17 to I-86; the project officially began in December 1999. If approved, legislators are hoping the motion will help to urge state lawmakers to expedite funding and resources to finish the conversion project through Broome, Delaware, Sullivan and Orange counties. County lawmakers say such funding would provide “vast economic benefits” and an immediate boost to the Southern Tier region. If approved, the motion will be sent to the governor’s office as well as various local and state lawmakers and the I-86 corridor counties.
Tonight’s voting session begins at 6:30 p.m. in the Gerace Office building. It is open to the public.
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