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Charter review commission recommends moving budget procedures into local law, clarifying executive oversight
Summary
The Charter and Code Review Commission recommended that post‑tentative‑budget procedures be placed in a local law (not the executive's administrative code), that the county executive's oversight authority be clarified for countywide offices, and that adoption of legislative goals be optional and subject to veto/override rules.
Steve Abdallah, a retired county attorney and member of the Chautauqua County Charter and Code Review Commission, presented the commission's executive summary and draft amendments to the county charter and administrative code during the Dec. 17 legislature meeting.
Abdallah highlighted three principal recommendations: first, that all budget procedures after the issuance of the tentative budget be set in a local law adopted by the legislature rather than by an administrative code promulgated solely by the county executive; second, that the charter be amended…
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