According to the Governor’s Office, he grants will be provided through the Citizens Reorganization Empowerment Program, which assists upstate municipalities with government restructuring.

Hanover will receive $50,000 to assist with the dissolution of the village of Forestville, while Cherry Creek will receive an estimated $24,000 to develop a village dissolution plan.

The village of Sherman will reimbursed up to $50,000 for costs associated with the failed referendum to dissolve the local government.

That’s according to the Jamestown Post-Journal, which is reporting that 226 people voted in Tuesday’s dissolution vote, with 112 village residents voting in favor of the dissolution, while 114 voted against it.

According to the Chautauqua County Board of Elections, of the nine absentee ballots issued for the much-debated proposition, six have already been returned and will count toward the final results.

Also issued were two affidavit ballots, which occurs when a voter shows up at the polls but is not on the active voter registration list.

The remaining ballots will be opened Tuesday, Dec. 27.