Chautauqua County Audit & Control Committee approves 18 resolutions including Bridge NY design, public‑health budget moves and JCC–YMCA design funding

Jamestown — The Chautauqua County Audit & Control Committee voted on Nov. 13 to approve 18 resolutions that together covered routine budget corrections, intergovernmental agreements and several larger capital and public‑safety measures.

Among the highest‑profile items, county public‑facilities staff received authorization to enter the engineering phase of a Bridge NY project (PIN 576530) to replace the superstructure on County Bridge 920. Drew Rogers, deputy director of public facilities, said the design phase is budgeted at $350,000 and is part of an overall project estimated around $2.5 million; the program is about 95 percent federally funded with a five percent local match. Rogers said the design work will include environmental studies and preliminary and final engineering, and that any costs beyond the awarded $2.5 million would require a later funding decision by the county.

The committee also approved a public‑health budget amendment to shift $540,000 in appropriations within the 2025 public‑health budget to cover program overruns. Mike Falk, the county’s chief medical officer, told…