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Resolutions: Legislature blocks four nominations, approves reappointments and multiple county financial, lease and grant actions
Summary
The Chautauqua County Legislature carried a package of appointments, leases, grant acceptances and financial policy resolutions on June 20; most passed by voice vote while one coroner stipend was adopted by roll call (19 yes).
The Chautauqua County Legislature handled multiple resolutions by voice vote on June 20. Several were grouped or carried with little floor debate; this roundup lists each action and its recorded outcome on the legislative floor.
Votes at a glance
- Resolutions 167-25 through 170-25: Initially moved as a block by Legislator Bankoskie and seconded by Legislator Gustafson; the block was carried by voice vote. These items confirmed appointments and reappointments to several boards: Jamestown Community College Board of Trustees (167-25), Traffic Safety Board appointment (168-25), appointment to the Chautauqua County Planning Board (169-25), and appointments to the Southern Tier Extension Railroad Authority board (170-25). The clerk recorded the block as carried.
- Resolution 171-25: Confirm reappointments, Chautauqua County Land Bank Board of Directors — discussed on the floor regarding Jamestown representation; confirmed by voice vote.
- Resolution 172-25: Authorize renewal of lease agreement with Town of Chautauqua — carried by voice vote.
- Resolution 173-25: Authorize FedEx parking lot lease at Jamestown Airport — carried by voice vote (see separate article for details).
- Resolution 174-25: Authorize ground lease with Erie 8 JHW LLC at Jamestown Airport — carried by voice vote (see separate article for details).
- Resolution 175-25: Authorize acceptance of CARES/ARP-related revenue program funds — carried by voice vote.
- Resolution 176-25: Authorize acceptance of the statewide targeted reductions to intimate partner violence STRIVE grant funds for 2025–2026 — carried; legislators noted the grant’s funds will be allocated to multiple entities (district attorney, public defender, county deputies and the City of Jamestown) and can be reallocated in later years within the five-year grant structure.
- Resolution 177-25 and 178-25: Authorize agreements for the Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs program and its community accessibility and inclusion component — carried by voice vote; staff on the floor described the program as mandated and funded by New York state, with any overages typically pulled from preschool or transportation lines.
- Resolution 179-25: Transfer ARPA spending plan budgets from 2024 to 2025 and interfund transfers to capital projects — carried by voice vote.
- Resolution 180-25: Amend Department of Finance 2025 budget for equipment purchases — carried by voice vote.
- Resolutions 181-25 and 182-25: Adopt investment policy and financial management policy for Chautauqua County — carried; Legislator Larson referenced Section 2.05 of the Chautauqua County Charter requiring annual adoption of these policies prior to the tentative budget.
- Resolution 183-25: Setting transportation stipend for Chautauqua County coroners — the clerk called a roll call after a floor comment, resulting in 19 yes votes and adoption of the resolution.
Most of these actions were adopted by voice vote and recorded on the floor as carried; Resolution 183-25 was the only item recorded with a roll-call tally in the transcript, showing 19 yes votes. Several resolutions were discussed more fully (Land Bank, planning/financial policies, the STRIVE grant); others were passed with little or no debate.
