{"id":4834,"date":"2013-03-27T08:58:09","date_gmt":"2013-03-27T12:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wrfalp.wordpress.com\/?p=4834"},"modified":"2013-03-27T08:58:09","modified_gmt":"2013-03-27T12:58:09","slug":"morning-news-county-legislature-to-consider-abandoned-vehicle-law-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/morning-news-county-legislature-to-consider-abandoned-vehicle-law-tonight\/","title":{"rendered":"MORNING NEWS: County Legislature to Consider Abandoned Vehicle Law Tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MAYILLE &#8211; Some lawmakers in Mayville want to crackdown on abandoned vehicles and vacant properties in Chautauqua County.<\/p>\n<p>When the Chautauqua County Legislature meets tonight in Mayville, it will consider a local law that would give the sheriff\u2019s Office the ability to remove abandoned vehicles throughout the county. Under the language of the pending local law, the Sheriff\u2019s office would have the authority to take into custody any abandoned vehicles and the county would also be able to sell it and keep the proceeds.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In addition, lawmakers will act on a motion that supports a pending state law that makes it easier to contact owners of vacant structures by using banks and other lending institutions.\u00a0 Both the state senate and state assembly are considering a bill that would make it mandatory for lending institutions to provide contact information of responsible parties regarding vacant structures; and require good faith in maintaining vacant or abandoned real property prior to transfer of the property in foreclosure.<\/p>\n<p>Other items to be acted on tonight is the distribution of the 2012 <strong>occupancy tax<\/strong> &#8211; or \u201cbed tax\u201d &#8211; proceeds. Under the pending resolution,\u00a0 Several local organizations and events would see funding from the county. The include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lucille Ball Comedy Festival<\/strong> (Aug. 7 to 11): $10,000.00<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jazz at Chautauqua<\/strong> (Sept. 15 to 19): $4,500<\/li>\n<li><strong>Festivals Fredonia<\/strong> (event series): $ 6,400.00<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jamestown Regional Celtic Festival<\/strong> (Aug. 23 to 24): $10,000.00<\/li>\n<li><strong>Scandinavian Folk Festival<\/strong> (July 19 to 21): $ 3,000.00<\/li>\n<li>Village of <strong>Celoron Waterfront Revitalization Plan<\/strong>: $10,000.00<\/li>\n<li><strong>Portland Bicentennial Celebration<\/strong> (April to July): $ 2,000.00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tonight\u2019s legislature meetings begins at 6:30 p.m. on the third floor of the Gerace Office building Mayville and is open to the public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MAYILLE &#8211; Some lawmakers in Mayville want to crackdown on abandoned vehicles and vacant properties in Chautauqua County. When the Chautauqua County Legislature meets tonight in Mayville, it will consider a local law that would give the sheriff\u2019s Office the ability to remove abandoned vehicles throughout the county. Under the language of the pending local [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[366,431,847,1161,1190,1461,1729,1811,1994,2377],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3YlJ4-1fY","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25092,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/county-lawmakers-approve-animal-abuse-registry\/","url_meta":{"origin":4834,"position":0},"title":"County Lawmakers Approve Animal Abuse Registry","author":"WRFA Radio","date":"April 26, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"MAYVILLE - The Chautauqua County Legislature unanimously approved a local law to create an animal abuse registry during its meeting Wednesday night. 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Lawmakers will consider a tabled resolution that was amended last week in the Audit and Control Committee to provide more funding for the county home through\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Local News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Local News","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/category\/news\/local-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10784,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/county-lawmakers-to-consider-charter-ammendment-dealing-with-filling-legislature-vacancies\/","url_meta":{"origin":4834,"position":3},"title":"County Lawmakers to Consider Charter Ammendment Dealing with Filling Legislature Vacancies","author":"WRFA Radio","date":"June 25, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"MAYVILLE - The Chautauqua County Legislature could be making some changes to how a seat on the panel is filled once it becomes vacated. During Wednesday\u2019s scheduled legislature meeting, a local law amending the county charter is on the agenda. The amendment deals with how a new legislator would be\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Local News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Local News","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/category\/news\/local-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4535,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/morning-news-busy-night-on-tap-for-county-lawmakers-in-mayville\/","url_meta":{"origin":4834,"position":4},"title":"MORNING NEWS: Busy Night on Tap for County Lawmakers in Mayville","author":"WRFA Radio","date":"February 27, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"MAYVILLE - It\u2019s promising to be a very busy night for the Chautauqua County Legislature when it convenes this evening in Mayville. Several key items are on tonight\u2019s legislative agenda, including a controversial local law that would change the way the county sells its property and other assets. 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