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Legislature confirms appointments to planning, railroad authority and land bank; one land-bank vote recorded as opposed
Summary
Chautauqua County legislators on June 18 confirmed a slate of board appointments, voting to approve a planning board appointment, amended appointments to the Southern Tier Extension Railroad Authority board and reappointments to the county land bank.
Chautauqua County legislators on June 18 confirmed a slate of board appointments, voting to approve a planning board appointment, amended appointments to the Southern Tier Extension Railroad Authority (STERA) board and reappointments to the Chautauqua County Land Bank.
The planning and economic development committee confirmed an appointment to the county Planning Board after planning staff described the nominee as a good fit and said the county executive made the nomination. Planning coordinator Rebecca Wurster told the committee the appointment filled an open seat; committee members asked for the nominee’s resume to be supplied to the record. The committee voted “Aye” to confirm the appointment.
The committee also approved appointments to the Southern Tier Extension Railroad Authority after an amendment by substitution. Mark Geiss, deputy county executive for economic development and chief executive officer of the Industrial Development Agency (IDA), described the recommended nominees, including Rose Strandberg, a project manager at the IDA who Geiss said is working on a grant involving the railroad. A founding STERA board member spoke at length about the authority’s history, the importance of maintaining the line west of Cummins, and concerns that lack of maintenance has reduced rail traffic. After a motion to amend by substitution was seconded and approved, the committee voted to carry the amended resolution.
The committee reconfirmed members of the county land bank board. One legislator registered a formal “nay,” arguing that Jamestown — the county’s largest municipality and the area the speaker said has “horrendous housing problems” — lacked direct representation on the land bank board. County officials and the land bank chair responded that the land bank has focused a majority of its demolitions and rehabs in Jamestown and that the board coordinates countywide work despite membership geography. The reappointments carried with one recorded no vote.
No further formal actions were recorded on those items at the meeting.
Ending: Committee chair Harmon closed those agenda items and the meeting moved on to other business.
