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Chautauqua County adopts additional 0.25% mortgage tax after split vote
Summary
The legislature voted to continue a county 0.25% mortgage tax for general purposes. Debate centered on the tax's history as a revenue source for prior court and jail projects and on whether the levy is an appropriate ongoing revenue tool.
The Chautauqua County Legislature voted May 28 to adopt Local Law Introductory No. 3‑25, continuing an additional 0.25% county mortgage recording tax. The measure passed after debate and a roll call that the clerk recorded as 15 yes votes, 2 no votes and 2 members absent.
Proponents framed the levy as a historically targeted tool used to help pay county obligations tied to state‑mandated court and jail projects.…
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