Chautauqua County’s tentative 2026 budget contains a spending increase of just over 6% for the Sheriff’s Office. That from Sheriff Jim Quattrone, who discussed the spending plan as a guest on WDOE’s “Viewpoint” program on Friday. He says the bulk of that increase comes from three new collective bargaining agreements that were recently approved by county lawmakers. He says it also includes funding for a new animal control officer position…
Jim Quattrone: we’ve been pushing for an ACO
Quattrone adds that if everything in County Executive P.J. Wendel’s spending plan passes, he wants to be able to make security upgrades at the County Jail…..