Chemung County Executive Chris Moss signed an executive order to create an independent audit committee. According to Executive Moss, the 2018 Chemung County Financial Audit, which was completed by the EFPR Group LLP, recommended the creation of an independent audit committee for the county. This committee would be responsible for a variety of tasks, including: Providing an independent review of …
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Chemung County’s two sewer districts each has a wastewater treatment plant. Combined, the plants serve about 80 percent of county residents and over 90 percent of businesses. Both plants are aging and will require upgrades to meet increasingly stringent federal and state discharge standards. Meeting new regulations, including limits on the amount of phosphorus and nitrogen released into the Chesapeake …
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At it’s meeting on Monday. September 10th, the Chemung County Legislature approved the hiring of four additional part-time Special Patrol Officers. The additional officers will join eight previously hired officer to work in the Elmira City School District, BOCES on Philo Road and Finn Academy. This addition means that ALL schools in the Elmira City School District will have School …
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The next phase of cleanup of the former Sperry Remington ground contamination is set to begin soon. Residents along Coldbrook Creek, which is classified as contaminated by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, have received letters asking for permission to have their properties sampled. The letter from Geosyntec Consultants, an environmental firm from Minnesota, has been sent to …
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Moody’s Investors Service released an “issuer comment” on the recent City/County committee’s shared services proposals that were showcased at a public forum on August 6, 2019. The report substantiates the County Executives call to proceed cautiously as we review each and every recommendation outlined in the committee’s work. The County and the City have tentative plans to meet next week …
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Chemung County Executive Chris Moss has released a statement cautioning the recommendation of increasing and the redistributing of sales tax dollars as recommended in the City/County Cost Saving Report. The committee recommended in the report to increase the county sales tax by 1/2 a percent or 3/4 of a percent and redistributing the increase based on need rather than population. …
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The committee, formed by County Executive Christopher Moss in February of 2019 to “identify ways the county and city can work together to study potential cost-saving measures that could improve the city’s financial viability to the benefit,” has returned a report identifying ways that services might be shared and sales taxes distributed to try and pull Elmira out of a …
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County Executive Chris Moss has unveiled a new way of administering “Shared Services” in Chemung County. On June 27th, Vincent Azzarelli, the Chemung County Public Information Coordinator, held two public hearings for county legislators and members of the public to announce and roll out the proposed “Shared Service Opportunities” that the Moss Administration is offering to municipalities in Chemung County. …
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The purpose of this communication is to update the community about the status of the Chemung County Industrial Development Agency’s lease of Elmira’s First Arena to CAN-USA, a company owned and operated by Chemung County resident Robbie Nichols. Background The Chemung County Industrial Development Agency (CCIDA) owns Elmira’s First Arena. On July 15, 2018, CCIDA entered into a one-year lease …
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The Chemung County Legislature approved a resolution at its June 10th meeting establishing a Term Limit Advisory Committee on behalf of the Chairman of the legislature, Dave Manchester. The committee is expected to gather information from other counties who have implemented term limits and study the terms, implementations and affects of term limits in those counties. The committee is expected …
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