MAYVILLE – A county legislator from the north county has issues with having the county government provide funding for the care of Chautauqua Lake.
The Jamestown Post-Journal is reporting this morning that Legislator Bob Duff (R-Sheridan) took issue Wednesday night with the Chautauqua County Legislature providing a total of $90,000 in funding for the Chautauqua Lake Association, who’s primary duty is to help in the removal of lake weeds on an annual basis.
After the legislature unanimously approved the funding amount, Duff questioned why it should be the county’s responsibility to care for the lake when it doesn’t even own it. Instead, the Sheridan Republican said that since the lake is the property of New York State, it should be the state that funds the clean up and treatment of the lake, not the county government.
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