In what may be a record time, Chautauqua County lawmakers have approved a new, amended budget with little discussion. The legislature last night approved a $228.5 million spending plan unanimously...in about 10 minutes. Lawmakers approved 10 amendments that had earlier sailed through the Audit and Control Committee, then unanimously approved the budget. County Executive Vince Horrigan says he's "very pleased" to have the spending plan in place.
Horrigan-Please to have budget in place
The changes to Horrigan's proposal total nearly $771,000, leaving a tax levy increase of about a quarter-of-a-million dollars. The final budget includes a two-cents-per-thousand reduction in the county's full value tax. Once his budget teams looks over the final budget, Horrigan expects to sign the spending plan.
