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.
Category: Chemung County
Judge dismisses both lawsuits filed by Chemung County Executive Moss against Legislature
Late in the day on Monday, September 30, 2019, Judge Eugene Faughnan, a 6th Judicial District Supreme Court Judge from Binghamton, issued a 19 page decision in which he dismissed both lawsuits filed by County Executive Moss and County Attorney Hyder Hussain against the Chemung County Legislature, the Legislators individually, and Legislative Attorney Bryan Maggs. … Continue reading Judge dismisses both lawsuits filed by Chemung County Executive Moss against Legislature
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
Oral argument in Moss v. Legislature to be heard on July 19th
Judge Eugene Faughnan of Binghamton will hear oral arguments tomorrow in the two lawsuits filed by County Executive Chris Moss and County Attorney Hyder Hussain against the Chemung County Legislature, its lawyer Bryan Maggs and former legislative clerk Linda Palmer. Arguments will begin at 9:30 a.m. in the Hazlett Building's Third Floor courtroom. Live-streaming is … Continue reading Oral argument in Moss v. Legislature to be heard on July 19th
Chemung County update on…a bunch of things
Image: Shutterstock I have had a crazy few weeks as my daughters' school and spring sports ended while a number of my cases at the Ziff Law firm started really cranking. As a result I have not been able to put together a update-style post in quite a while. The list below demonstrates that there … Continue reading Chemung County update on…a bunch of things
Legislature to address many important issues on May 28th
May 28, 2019 Personnel Committee Agenda The Chemung County Legislature's Standing Committees will meet tonight (May 28th) starting at 7:00 pm on the Hazlett Building's fifth floor. The meetings are open to the public and will be live-streamed to the Chemung County Matters Facebook page, found here. Agendas for the meetings can be found here. … Continue reading Legislature to address many important issues on May 28th
Overview of how the New York state budget affects us
New York's State's Association of Counties issues its annual report detailing how the 2019-2020 budget impacts Chemung County. A copy of the report is embedded below: [embeddoc url="https://atomic-temporary-140026561.wpcomstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Chemung-County-NYSAC-Report.pdf" download="all"] I will not provide an analysis of the report at this time as I have not had a chance to fully digest its findings. What I … Continue reading Overview of how the New York state budget affects us