Image: Star Gazette The Chemung County Skilled Nursing Facility, located in downtown Elmira, is a healthcare facility owned and operated by Chemung County that provides long-term, inpatient, skilled nursing services to residents who have chronic, debilitating illnesses or require inpatient rehabilitation services. With the capacity to employ approximately 300 people and house up to 200 … Continue reading Community discussion of the Nursing Facility needs to start now
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Looking ahead to a new year in the Chemung County Legislature
Image: WENY 2019 was an interesting year for Chemung County government. With new people serving in scores of critical roles - including County Executive, Deputy County Executive, County Treasurer, County Attorney, Legislative Attorney, Sheriff, Industrial Development Agency Director, IT Director, Aviation Director, Department of Social Services Director, Sewer District Director, Legislative Chairperson, Legislative Clerk as … Continue reading Looking ahead to a new year in the Chemung County Legislature
Update on the budget process
Image: Arizona Capital Times We are in the middle of the budget process in Chemung County. County Executive Moss provided his proposed budget to the Legislature on November 12th. A copy of the budget is embedded below and can be found here. [embeddoc url="https://atomic-temporary-140026561.wpcomstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Annual-Budget-Report-2020-Tentative-Budget-1.pdf" download="all"] The Legislature held four budget workshops during November. Chemung County … Continue reading Update on the budget process
Proposed Chemung County Budget released
This morning Chemung County Executive Chris Moss released a copy of his proposed budget for 2020. The Chemung County Legislature will hold its first budget workshop tonight (November 12th) immediately following the Legislature's November meeting. A copy of the proposed budget is embedded at the end of this post. If you have any questions or … Continue reading Proposed Chemung County Budget released
2020 Budget Process Underway
Image: remiamibeach.com This morning County Executive Chris Moss gave a presentation to local government officials, business leaders and the media highlighting certain aspects of his proposed 2020 budget. Moss' presentation kicked off the budget season in Chemung County, an important undertaking that is particularly critical this year as Moss and almost half of the legislators … Continue reading 2020 Budget Process Underway
Legislature passes important measures to help veterans & municipalities, promote safety and provide additional fiscal oversight.
Image: World Atlas The Chemung County Legislature passed four important resolutions when it met on October 16, 2019. Notably, all four of these resolutions were initiated by the Legislature, a healthy step toward making this branch a more proactive partner in local government. Cold War Veterans Exemption New York State allows veterans of the Cold … Continue reading Legislature passes important measures to help veterans & municipalities, promote safety and provide additional fiscal oversight.
Major costs looming to improve the Chemung County Sewer Districts
The Chemung County Legislature has been advised that major infrastructure upgrades - totaling anywhere from $80 to $100 million dollars - are necessary to provide basic maintenance to our Sewer Districts' facilities and bring them into compliance with pollution reduction targets set by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation that will take effect … Continue reading Major costs looming to improve the Chemung County Sewer Districts
More from the City-County Committee, including its termination by County Executive Moss
On August 6th the City-County Committee presented its report and recommendations to a large crowd at Mandeville Hall. Fresh off the excitement from last night's event, I wrote a Facebook post just after waking up this morning: However, while writing this blog post I learned by letter that County Executive Moss has abruptly terminated the … Continue reading More from the City-County Committee, including its termination by County Executive Moss
City-County Committee completes report, announces presentation date
On February 11, 2019, the Chemung County Legislature unanimously passed a resolution allowing Chemung County Executive Christopher Moss to form a temporary committee to identify ways the county and city can work together to assist the city with studying possible cost-saving measures that could improve the city’s financial health and benefit the community. The committee … Continue reading City-County Committee completes report, announces presentation date
Update: Legislative Salaries, Prevailing Wage and the City-County Committee
Legislative Salaries The Chemung County Legislature's ad hoc Compensation & Benefits Committee held its initial meeting last night. The Committee is comprised of five legislators including John Pastrick, Mike Smith, Rodney Strange, Bill McCarthy and myself. Together we are charged with evaluating the salary and benefit package offered to legislators and recommending what changes, if … Continue reading Update: Legislative Salaries, Prevailing Wage and the City-County Committee