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
Drag Queen Story Time: a brief update
Image: Brooke Dawson In a blog post published in this forum on November 6th, I shared the Library District's 2019 budget. It is embedded again below for your review. Today Chemung County Executive Moss sent information to the Legislature that shows the county provides a small amount of in-kind services to the Library District, something … Continue reading Drag Queen Story Time: a brief update
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
Drag Queen Story Time – Why the Issue Matters so Much
Image: Brooke Dawson At the conclusion of the Chemung County Legislature's Budget Committee meeting on Monday, Legislator Joe Brennan raised concern over programming at the Steele Memorial Library in Elmira. Specifically, Brennan urged the Legislature to take action against the Chemung County Library District because it periodically hosts "Drag Queen Story Time." The video below … Continue reading Drag Queen Story Time – Why the Issue Matters so Much
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.
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