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
First Arena: an update
Image: Trip Advisor In addition to serving as a Legislator for Chemung County's 7th District, I am the secretary of the Chemung County Industrial Development Agency. In order to clarify and explain the state of affairs at Elmira's First Arena, we offered this statement today. A copy of the lease referenced in the statement and … Continue reading First Arena: an update
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
Five cent fee for paper bags makes sense
Source: United States Department of Environmental Protection Agency Last month New York State enacted a law that prevents retailers from using most types of single-use plastic bags beginning on March 1, 2020. The purpose of the law, which permits plastic bags to still be used for things like uncooked meat, take-out food and garments, is … Continue reading Five cent fee for paper bags makes sense
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