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Chautauqua County Legislature adopts 2026 planning goals after debate over job-growth metric
Summary
The Chautauqua County Legislature on July 23 approved the Department of Planning and Development's 2026 goals, objectives and performance measures after rejecting an amendment that would have named job growth the top economic priority and tied the measure to BLS'reported employed-persons counts.
The Chautauqua County Legislature voted July 23 to adopt the Department of Planning and Development's proposed goals, objectives and performance measures for 2026 after rejecting an amendment to make job growth the county's top economic-development goal.
Legislator Larson proposed the amendment, which he said would add a single goal reading, "Job growth is the legislature's number 1 economic development goal in 2026," and an objective directing the county to "use all the resources of the county government to facilitate new and existing businesses to add jobs." Larson cited Bureau of Labor Statistics data reported through FRED, saying,…
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