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Chautauqua County committee debates charter changes and how the county will handle long-term capital budgeting
Summary
At its February 2026 meeting the Chautauqua County Planning and Economic Development Committee discussed a proposed charter amendment and spent most of the time on how multi-year capital projects would be reviewed, ranked and funded under current county practice.
The Chautauqua County Planning and Economic Development Committee spent the bulk of its February session discussing a proposed amendment to the county charter that members said could affect how the county approves and oversees long-term capital projects.
Committee members pressed for clarity on whether the amendment would change the county’s existing capital-review process. “How is capital budgeting, which is by its nature a long term thing, going to be done now after this?” asked Speaker 4 during the discussion. Speaker 3 responded…
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