Audit & Control committee approves series of budget amendments, bond authorizations and property transfers

The Chautauqua County Audit & Control Committee approved a series of resolutions on budget amendments, bond issuances, lease changes and property transfers during its public meeting. Most measures, including multiple 2025 budget amendments, authorizations to issue serial bonds and transfers of foreclosed parcels to local redevelopment entities, were carried by voice vote; one transfer to the City of Dunkirk was tabled for later action.

The package included smaller departmental budget adjustments (public facilities engineering, landfill household hazardous waste program, environmental health, medical examiner/coroner), lease amendments and renewals (Jamestown City Hall space for Public Health, Taylor Training Center and related Jamestown Board of Public Utilities arrangements), bond resolutions to fund equipment and facility construction, and several property transfers tied to tax-foreclosure auctions and the county land bank. The Board of Elections accepted state grant offers to offset vote-by-mail and election security costs and approved a budget-neutral equipment transfer for an envelope sealer.

Why it matters: the approvals release funding for ongoing county operations and capital projects and move tax-foreclosed properties into local redevelopment channels. Separately, the committee approved a $500,000 amendment to the county’s government reduction/consolidation incentive fund and accepted a $651,045 “unmet needs” supplemental grant for the Office for Aging, both discussed in separate agenda items.

Votes at a glance

- Resolution 1 — Renew and amend Resolution 139-25 to amend the 2025 budget to implement waterway…