April 28, 2023

Legislature and County Executive Term Limits

The Term Limit Advisory Committee of the legislature recommends term limits for County Executive and Legislature. The Final Report of the Term Limit Advisory Committee:   Local Law #3 Term Limits for County Executive:   Local Law #4 Term Limits for County Legislators:

March 15, 2023

Legislature Passes Property Tax Exemption for Volunteer Firefighters and EMT’s

At the March 13 regular meeting of the County Legislature, Local Law #1 for the year 2023 was passed that allows volunteer firefighters and EMT’s to get a 10% property tax exemption on their county tax bills. Local Law #1 is below:

January 28, 2023

2023 Legislature Meeting Schedule

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November 13, 2022

County Executive Proposes 2023 Budget

Chemung County Executive Chris Moss released the 2023 county budget on Thursday, Nov. 10th. The spending plans is approximately $230 million and calls for a 0% tax increase for the new fiscal year. The County Legislature now will review the proposal over the next few weeks and hopes to approve a new budget by early December. Highlights of the budget …

January 25, 2022

County Legislature Increases Income Limits For Senior Tax Exemption

For the second time in four years, the county’s Senior Citizen Tax Exemption was changed to allow more low income seniors to receive a percentage off their county property taxes. The first increase in the income amount a senior property owner could make and still qualify for an exemption came in 2019, the first in over 20 years. Seniors in …

January 14, 2022

Chemung County Sewer District Waste Water Treatment Plant Consolidation Plan 2025

The Chemung County Sewer District began a consolidation plan in 2019. They presented the proposed plan to the county legislature in February 2021 and in January 2022 they updated the legislature on the progress of the project. Below are the power point presentations that were presented to the legislature. The first one will give you the reasoning and overview of …

January 6, 2022

First Arena Lease Agreement With Mammoth Sports and Entertainment, LLC.

Below is the Lease agreement between the Chemung County Industrial Development Agency and Mammoth Sports and Entertainment, LLC. Rodney J. Strange is a member of the Board of Directors of the Chemung County IDA and voted for this lease agreement saying it was the most consequential vote he has made as a public servant. He believes that what Mammoth Sports …

December 14, 2021

Legislature Passes Resolution Opposing The Closing of Southport Correctional Facility

The Chemung County Legislature passed a resolution opposing the closing of the Southport Correctional Facility which is slated to close in March 2022. You can read the resolution below: