Chautauqua County officials have agreed to have a new multi-million dollar fence installed at the Jamestown airport, with the bulk of the money coming from the federal government.

County legislators recently voted in favor of a resolution to rehabilitate the airport perimeter fence. The total cost is $3,354,122. Of that amount, a little over $3 million will come from the Federal Aviation Administration.

The county and state, meanwhile, will each be required to pay $167,706.

Before the vote during the county Legislature meeting, Legislator David Wilfong, R-Jamestown, expressed his support of the project. “Acceptance of these funds is going to be a great investment for the airport,” he said. “It provides us a lot of funding that we would not normally get.”

Legislator Bob Scudder, who often votes against FAA-funded projects, said he would vote in favor of it because there are no “strings attached,” requiring the county to keep the airport for a certain duration of time.

The resolution passed unanimously.

In unrelated business, the legislature voted 16-1 to amend the county’s self insurance plan, regarding workers compensation. The original law required towns, villages or cities to leave the plan by July l. The modification permits municipalities to leave at a later date, as long as there is no negative financial impact on the plan.

Legislator Susan Parker, D-Fredonia, voted against it. After the meeting, she explained her vote. “I voted against the workers compensation plan again because although the changeover to a new formula was proper, the one-step process and lack of timely notification of Dunkirk and Jamestown, the communities that were most significantly and detrimentally affected by the changeover, was not. All our communities deserve fair and equitable treatment from our Chautauqua County government,” Parker said.

In other business:

¯ Deborah Makowski of Cherry Creek was confirmed to be the next Human Resources director.

¯ Tax liens against 210-212 Main St., Dunkirk, 340 Willowbrook Ave., Dunkirk, 26-32 N. Main St., Jamestown, and 60 Main St., Silver Creek were determined uncollectible and suspended.

¯ The legislature approved a list of around 80 properties that were reacquired by their owners after they paid the back taxes due. Scudder applauded the move. “It’s always nice to see a long list of reacquisitions. These are people that were able to retain their properties and not have them go into the foreclosure auction. It’s good to see a long list and it’s a long list of taxes paid,” he said.

¯ Marie Carrubba of Jamestown, Rebecca Brumagin of Findley Lake and Kevin Whitaker of Jamestown were reappointed to the Chautauqua Opportunities Board of Directors.