2021 Southern Tier Economic Groth Annual Report
News & Updates
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:
Continue reading2022 Proposed Chemung County Budget Unveiled; Goes To Legislature For Review
Chemung County Executive Chris Moss has sent his 2022 proposed county budget to the legislature. The 2020 proposed budget review schedule is as follows: Workshops Wednesday, November 10th 7:00 p.m. November 15th, 16th 17th 7:00 p.m. Public Hearing on the 2022 proposed budget: Monday, November 29th 7:00 p.m. Special meeting of the Full Legislature to adopt the 2022 budget: Monday, December 6, 2021 …
Continue readingCounty Legislature Gets Proposed ARP Spending Plan
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Legislature Adopts Climate Smart Communities Pledge
At its June 14th meeting of the Chemung County Legislature, the legislature approved the New York State Climate Smart Communities Pledge. This will help the county and the municipalities in the county more easily qualify for state and federal grants. The county has already accomplished many items included in the pledges outlined in the document. Learn more about the Climate …
Continue readingStrange Joins Effort To End COVID-19 State of Emergency & Executive Orders
The COVID-19 State of Emergency that was declared last March should be rescinded at this point said Chemung County Legislator Rodney J. Strange. Strange joined with Assemblyman Phil Palmesano and other state legislators in supporting a bill that would do just that, With new positive COVID numbers going lowered every day, less than 1% of daily new cases in all …
Continue readingCounty Treasurer Presents Fiscally Strong Year End Report For 2020
Chemung County Treasurer Jennifer Furman presented the County’s 2020 year end report to the County Legislature’s Budget Committee at their meeting on June 7th. The report showed the county ended 2020 with a budget surplus of $2.9 million. This was particularly great news with what some predicted would be a catastrophic fiscal picture because of the devastation to the economy …
Continue readingLegislature To Re-Open For Public Attendance
The Chairman of the Chemung County Legislature has announced that the leadership of the legislature has recommended that the public be aloud to attend meetings of the legislature beginning May 10th. The announcement and the re-opening guidelines that will be followed can be seen below:
Continue readingLegislature Approves Local Road Safety Plan
At the April 12th meeting of the Chemung County Legislature, the Local Road Safety Plan was approved. The Executive Summary and the entire Safety Plan can be read below. The Executive Summary: The Local Road Safety Plan:
Continue readingLegislature Approves Police Reform/Reinvention Plan
The County Executive established a group of community and law enforcement members to develop a police reform plan to submit to the Governor by April 1, 2021. The proposal was approved by the legislature’s Budget Committee on March 1st and passed by the full legislature on March 8th. Below is the Executive Order signed by the Governor requiring every county …
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