MAYVILLE - Chautauqua County Legislator Lori Cornell (D-Jamestown) says she will be bringing her proposal to invest in the future of Chautauqua Lake to the full legislature later this week. This after members of the county legislature's planning and … [Read more...]
Legislature Committee Cuts Funding for Chautauqua Lake Investment Act
MAYVILLE - Things got heated during a Chautauqua County Legislature committee meeting yesterday in Mayville, but it had nothing to do with the hot temperatures outside. The Jamestown Post-Journal is reporting today that a resolution to provide … [Read more...]
Chautauqua Lake Focus of Discussion During County Legislature Committee Meeting
MAYVILLE - The Chautauqua County Legislature will be holding three committee meetings today. Highlighting the meeting schedule is the Planning and Economic Development committee, which meets in Mayville at 7 p.m. on the third floor of the Gerace … [Read more...]
Lawmakers Call for Additional Funding to Help Preserve Chautauqua Lake
MAYVILLE - Chautauqua County legislators Tom Erlandson (D-Frewsburg) and Lori Cornell (D-Jamestown) want provide better help for Chautauqua Lake. In a media release sent out Thursday, the two say they are currently working with area lake … [Read more...]
County Executive, Lawmakers to Meet with Firm Hired to Market County Home
MAYVILLE - Chautauqua County Lawmakers will be meeting later this month with members of a marketing firm hired to find prospective buyers for the County Home. During the County Legislature’s May voting session, County Executive Greg Edwards announced … [Read more...]
County Lawmakers Call on IDA to Provide Jobs Report
MAYVILLE - A group of lawmakers in the Chautauqua County legislature wants to hold the county Industrial development Agency more accountable for bringing new business – and jobs – into the area. Legislators Tom DeJoe (D-Brocton), Paula DeJoy … [Read more...]
Cornell Announces Support for Shinagawa in Congressional Election
JAMESTOWN - Chautauqua County Legislator and minority leader Lori Cornell of Jamestown has endorsed congressional candidate Nate Shinagawa (D - Ithaca) in his bid for Congress in New York's new 23rd Congressional District. Shinagawa is a hospital … [Read more...]
County Committee to Review Funding Resolution for County Home
MAYVILLE - A group of county lawmakers will discuss a resolution that could provide additional funding for the Chautauqua County Home in 2013. The resolution will be reviewed when the county legislature's Human Services Committee meets at 6 p.m. The … [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...]
Edwards Pushes for Sales Tax Hike
MAYVILLE - Chautauqua County Executive Greg Edwards made his pitch for increasing the county sales tax rate on Monday during the legislature’s Administrative Services Committee meeting. Edwards said an increase from 7.25 percent to 8.5 percent is … [Read more...]
