{"id":1723,"date":"2012-05-22T11:42:16","date_gmt":"2012-05-22T15:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wrfalp.wordpress.com\/?p=1723"},"modified":"2014-02-10T08:44:24","modified_gmt":"2014-02-10T13:44:24","slug":"county-lawmakers-call-on-ida-to-provide-jobs-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/county-lawmakers-call-on-ida-to-provide-jobs-report\/","title":{"rendered":"County Lawmakers Call on IDA to Provide Jobs Report"},"content":{"rendered":"
MAYVILLE – A group of lawmakers in the Chautauqua County legislature<\/strong> wants to hold the county Industrial development Agency<\/strong> more accountable for bringing new business \u2013 and jobs \u2013 into the area. Legislators Tom DeJoe<\/strong> (D-Brocton), Paula DeJoy<\/strong> (D-Jamestown) and Lori Cornell<\/strong> (D-Jamestown) said that in light of New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli\u2019s<\/strong> report on IDAs statewide, and his call for greater accountability, they and other legislators would like the Chautauqua County IDA Executive Director Bill Daly<\/strong> to provide a jobs report for County Legislators.<\/p>\n Cornell tells WRFA that lawmakers believe the request isn’t as much a criticism of the current IDA administration as it is part of the oversight obligation of the county legislature.<\/p>\n “It’s a way for us to respond to our legislative duty of oversight and apply that to this very critical area of county government and all of our communities,” Cornell explained. “We need more jobs [so we ask] ‘how do we do that?’ That’s our role as a legislature – to perform that type of oversight. So we very much look forward to continuing to work in partnership with the IDA. It’s not at all meant as an affront what-so-ever to the IDA.”<\/p>\n