DUNKIRK, N.Y. — Changes might eventually come to some Southern Tier governments in the future.
Communities in the northern part of Chautauqua County are now discussing how services like tax assessor or animal control can be shared to be more efficient for taxpayers. Some communities elsewhere have been doing that for some time now.
But there is a chance the leaders of these communities could consider going a big step further with an actual merger of the municipal governments…