{"id":43965,"date":"2022-04-22T07:37:42","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T11:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=43965"},"modified":"2022-04-22T07:37:42","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T11:37:42","slug":"chautauqua-county-legislatures-democrats-to-file-resolution-on-gas-sales-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/chautauqua-county-legislatures-democrats-to-file-resolution-on-gas-sales-tax\/","title":{"rendered":"Chautauqua County Legislature&#8217;s Democrats to File Resolution on Gas Sales Tax"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_43966\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Audit-Control-Stephen-Abdella.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43966\" data-attachment-id=\"43966\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/chautauqua-county-legislatures-democrats-to-file-resolution-on-gas-sales-tax\/audit-control-stephen-abdella\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Audit-Control-Stephen-Abdella.png?fit=873%2C519&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"873,519\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Audit Control &#8211; Stephen Abdella\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;County Attorney Stephen Abdella addresses Audit &#038; Control Committee (April 21, 2022)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Audit-Control-Stephen-Abdella.png?fit=300%2C178&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Audit-Control-Stephen-Abdella.png?fit=873%2C519&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-43966\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Audit-Control-Stephen-Abdella.png?resize=375%2C223&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Audit-Control-Stephen-Abdella.png?w=873&amp;ssl=1 873w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Audit-Control-Stephen-Abdella.png?resize=300%2C178&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Audit-Control-Stephen-Abdella.png?resize=768%2C457&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-43966\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">County Attorney Stephen Abdella and Finance Director Kitty Crow address Audit &amp; Control Committee (April 21, 2022)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Democratic <strong>Chautauqua County Legislators<\/strong> are expected to pre-file a resolution Friday morning to alleviate the <strong>sales tax on gas<\/strong> in the county.<\/p>\n<p>County Attorney <strong>Stephen Abdella<\/strong> informed the Legislature&#8217;s <strong>Audit and Control Committee<\/strong> that he had been contacted by Legislators <strong>Susan Parker<\/strong>, <strong>Bob Bankowski<\/strong>, <strong>Paul Whitford<\/strong>, and <strong>Billy Torres<\/strong>. Their resolution that would be on Wednesday&#8217;s full County Legislature agenda would opts for the fixed sales tax rate of 12-cents per gallon. Abdella said they had not set a sunset date for the resolution but were considering March 1.<\/p>\n<p>Finance Director <strong>Kitty Crow<\/strong> said the county should still meet budgeted sales tax projections with the proposed 12-cents per gallon rate resolution, &#8220;So we wouldn&#8217;t expect a surplus and we wouldn&#8217;t expect a deficit. You know, I think that that would result in us coming in at budget.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Crow said sales tax from motor fuel sales typically account for about 6% of the budgeted sales tax revenues.<\/p>\n<p>No legislators from Audit and Control offered to co-sponsor the resolution, citing the need to gather more information about how it could affect local municipalities&#8217; budgets. County Executive <strong>PJ Wendel<\/strong> said he had directed county staff to reach out to local municipalities to see if that information could be gathered before Wednesday night&#8217;s meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Chautauqua County Legislators are expected to pre-file a resolution Friday morning to alleviate the sales tax on gas in the county. County Attorney Stephen Abdella informed the Legislature&#8217;s Audit and Control Committee that he had been contacted by Legislators Susan Parker, Bob Bankowski, Paul Whitford, and Billy Torres. 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