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Chautauqua County, New York

Unofficial demonstration dashboard for Chautauqua County, New York, built from the county’s 2026 Adopted Budget (adopted October 22, 2025).

Basis — read this first: Every figure on this page comes from the Chautauqua County 2026 Adopted Budget book, certified as adopted by the County Legislature on October 22, 2025. Post-adoption amendments, disclosed: the Legislature’s December 17, 2025 packet contains resolutions amending the 2026 budget (Res. 325-25, snowmobile trail grant; Res. 326-25, countywide resiliency grant); those amendment amounts are not reflected in the adopted-book totals below. Scope note: the $309.7 million tentative-budget headline reported at presentation is not used — the adopted book’s operating-funds total is $342,976,795 and its all-funds total is $382,841,063, different scopes that are not reconciled here.

Overview

Chautauqua County’s 2026 adopted operating budget appropriates $342,976,795 across the General, County Road and Road Machinery funds. The property tax levy is $74,961,167 at a full-value rate of $6.168 per $1,000 on a full valuation of $12,153,504,095. The all-funds budget total, including enterprise, capital, insurance and other funds, is $382,841,063.

Source: Chautauqua County 2026 Adopted Budget.

At a glance

$342,976,795
Total appropriations — operating funds (General + Road + Machinery)
$382,841,063
Total budget, all funds
$74,961,167
Property tax levy
$6.168
Full-value tax rate per $1,000
$314,040,954
General Fund appropriations (incl. transfers out)

Headline budget by function and fund

Appropriations by function (Exhibit B-1) sum exactly to the operating-funds total.

General Government Support$78,947,380
Education$15,438,235
Public Safety$43,784,451
Health$34,348,236
Transportation$34,201,200
Economic Assistance & Opportunity$108,039,661
Culture & Recreation$856,486
Home & Community Services$3,095,737
Undistributed$24,265,409
Total appropriations — operating funds$342,976,795

By fund: General Fund $314,040,954 (appropriation $293,812,142 + transfers to other funds $20,228,812); County Road (D) Fund $23,353,765; Road Machinery (DM) Fund $5,582,076. Sum: $314,040,954 + $23,353,765 + $5,582,076 = $342,976,795. Other funds in the all-funds total include Health Insurance $25,484,595, Landfill $9,373,058, Capital $8,115,807, South & Center Chautauqua Lake Sewer Districts $6,350,678 and Self Insurance $3,946,994.

Source: Chautauqua County 2026 Adopted Budget, Local Share Summary and Exhibit B-1.

Elected officials

County ExecutivePaul M. Wendel, Jr.
Legislative ChairmanPierre E. Chagnon

Sources & notes

  • Only source used: Chautauqua County, 2026 Adopted Budget (adopted October 22, 2025). 2026 Adopted Budget Book; adoption amendments noted from the Legislature’s December 17, 2025 packet (Res. 325-25, 326-25).
  • Sum checks: function appropriations exact ($342,976,795); fund appropriations exact ($314,040,954 + $23,353,765 + $5,582,076 = $342,976,795).
  • What is not claimed: December 2025 amendment amounts are not folded into the adopted totals; the tentative $309.7 million headline is not used (different scope).
  • Jurisdiction palette: No verified New York jurisdiction palette was on file, so this page uses the neutral Hometown Numbers dark-glass theme rather than a jurisdiction color.

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