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County Executive PJ Wendel presents proposed 2023 budget to Chautauqua County Legislature<\/p><\/div>\n

Chautauqua County Executive PJ Wendel<\/strong>‘s proposed 2023 County budget<\/strong> reduces taxes by 30-cents.<\/p>\n

Wendel said this is the third budget proposal he’s made that lowers county taxes.<\/p>\n

He said the tax levy has an 4.1% increase, or an increase of $2.7 million, which is the maximum increase allowed by New York State, “But uniquely linked to that, our property tax value also went up 4.1%. So, it’s not like we increased spending frivolously. We increased it, what I feel, is a very moderate rate, taking into consideration the increase in the value of our homes. Along with that, we also saw inflation go up 8.2%. So, although you’re seeing increases in the levy, most, and I’d say the majority, of that, 90% or more, is based on unfunded mandates.”<\/p>\n

Wendel said revenues increased by 6.9%. He said that was driven by a $5 million increase in sales tax. State aid also is up 16%, or $6.7 million.<\/p>\n

When it comes to expenditures, Wendel said there has been a large increase in the number of full-time employees in County Government, going from 1,319 employees in 2022 to a proposed 1,353 in 2023, “But those, again, a large majority, if not all are funded by revenue or grant fundings. So, one of the goals I had, if you want to increase FTEs (full-time equivalency employees), make sure you have them funded, not ‘Let’s just try to make it happen later,’ but we have the funding as the positions are being created.”<\/p>\n

Equipment costs are up 74% or $410,441. The proposed 2023 budget would use $4.5 million of the general fund to go toward $3.6 million in capital projects, $600,000 for a one time bonus for CSEA<\/strong> union members, and $292,000 for repayment of helicopter debt.<\/p>\n

Wendel said the capital projects include investments in heavy equipment, the Dunkirk and Jamestown airports<\/strong>; information systems, emergency response systems, and at Jamestown Community College.<\/strong>
\nHe said his goals for the 2023 budget were to present a structurally sound budget, maintain a general fund balance of five to 15% of revenues and present a budget with a tax levy at, or below, the tax levy limit.<\/p>\n

An interview with County Executive Wendel on his proposed 2023 County budget can be heard on Community Matters at 5 p.m., September 29 on WRFA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chautauqua County Executive PJ Wendel‘s proposed 2023 County budget reduces taxes by 30-cents. Wendel said this is the third budget proposal he’s made that lowers county taxes. He said the tax levy has an 4.1% increase, or an increase of $2.7 million, which is the maximum increase allowed by New York State, “But uniquely linked […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":47129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[12052,431,593,732,8991,1125,1802],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Wendel-2023-Tent-Property-Levy.png?fit=850%2C439&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3YlJ4-cg8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36101,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/county-legislature-approves-2021-budget-with-slight-property-tax-increase\/","url_meta":{"origin":47128,"position":0},"title":"County Legislature Approves 2021 Budget with Slight Property Tax Increase","author":"WRFA Radio","date":"October 29, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"MAYVILLE - The Chautauqua County Legislature has approved a 2021 spending plan that will result in a slight tax rate increase for residents. 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