In a media release, Horrigan announced that Dunkirk resident Doug Stock has been appointed to his transition team. Stock currently serves on the Workforce Investment Board and is one of the founders of the Chautauqua County Labor Coalition (CCLC).

Horrigan’s transition team is comprised of a non-partisan group of individuals who work or have worked in various private and public sectors throughout the county. The members include former JCC president Gregory DeCinque, Allied Alarm Services CEO Mike Roberts, former Jamestown City Council President and member of the Jamestown Renaissance Corporation Dr. Lillian Ney and United Way of Southern Chautauqua County Executive Director Tory Irgang.

Horrigan says the purpose of the team is to provide an assessment of current Chautauqua County strengths and weaknesses, identify future opportunities for growth and make recommendations for implementation during the next four years.

Horrigan will take over as county executive on January 1, 2014.

During the organizations annual Awards Dinner in Buffalo in April, IBEW Local 106’s David Wilkinson received the groups top award for the year – known as the “We Are One” Award. Wilkinson was praised by both Dunkirk Labor Council President Doug Stock and Jamestown Labor Council President Jack Rudy, who singled out Wilkinson for leading the Chautauqua County Labor Movement to victory in stopping the Privatization of the Chautauqua County Home in Dunkirk last year.

Wilkinson currently serves as the business manager of the IBEW Local 106, headquartered in Jamestown.