MAYVILLE - Chautauqua County lawmakers are hoping that some mid-year cuts can be made on government operations to help offset two recently revealed shortfalls in the $256 million 2016 budget. The Post-Journal is reporting Friday that the county’s … [Read more...]
Legislature Approves $256 Million Budget that Includes 6.6 Percent Property Tax Cut
MAYVILLE - The Chautauqua County Legislature has approved a $256 million budget that cuts the property tax rate by 6.6 percent. On Wednesday night the legislature met to discuss and vote on the budget, with two amendments being added to the … [Read more...]
County Legislature to Act on $256 million Budget Wednesday Night
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...]
Audit and Control Committee Split on Using Fund Balance to Further Reduce 2016 Tax Rate
MAYVILLE - The effort to finalize the 2016 Chautauqua County Budget is continuing in Mayville. On Thursday the county’s audit and control committee met to discuss and finalize a spending plan that can be voted on next week by the full legislature. … [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...]
[LISTEN] Community Matters – 2016 County Budget Presentation
Originally airing Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015. Chautauqua County executive Vince Horrigan presents his 2016 executive budget, which not only cuts property taxes by more than four percent, but also reduces spending by $3 million. MOBILE APP USERS: … [Read more...]
Nazzaro: County Property Tax Cut Could be Higher than 4.6 Percent
MAYVILLE - Chautauqua Executive Vince Horrigan wants to see property taxes reduced by 4.6 percent in 2016, but one member of the Chautauqua County Legislature says the tax cut could be higher. Jamestown legislator Charles Nazzaro (D-District 9), … [Read more...]
Rising Cost of Criminal Justice System Addressed in County Budget
MAYVILLE - One of the cost cutting measures Chautauqua County Executive Vince Horrigan has called for in his 2016 executive budget is in regard to the amount the county spends on housing inmates at the Chautauqua County jail. In recent years, the … [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...]
