CHQ Transit may build bus wash station
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The county's public transportation program is looking to build a station where it can wash its own buses.
During the recent Chautauqua County Legislature meeting, lawmakers unanimously approved a resolution to sell 112 Tiffany Ave., Jamestown, for the amount owed on it for back taxes, which was $1,568.
During a previous committee meeting, Public Facilities Director Tim Card said at one point there was an old building on the property, which was torn down.
“Now it’s just a lawn that grows up high every year,” he said.
The property sits next to CHQ Transit's headquarters on Hopkins Avenue. The county acquired the property due to the owner not paying the taxes on it. Instead of putting it up for auction, Card said they wanted to buy it.
“In the future we're looking at a capital project and putting a bus wash station on that property for our buses and such,” he said.
No timeline was provided as to when CHQ Transit would like to move forward with constructing a wash station.
CHQ Transit is the county's public transportation bus and trolley system. It was formerly known as the Chautauqua Area Regional Transit System — CARTS — before rebranding back in 2022.
In other county legislature business:
- The legislature approved a resolution to sell 199 Sea Lion Drive, Mayville to the village of Mayville for $7,517, which is what is owed for back taxes. The village took the former owner to court to have a house on the property demolished. Village officials said they want to sell the property to help recover some of its costs.
- The legislature agreed to transfer $400,000 of its Unreserved Fund Balance to the Department of Mental Hygiene, due to a jump in expenses in the county's court ordered forensic evaluations. Legislator Fred Johnson, R-Westfield, voted no. He previously said he will vote against all resolutions that use the county's reserves.
- The legislature approved a 10-year lease agreement for the county's Department of Probation to lease 3,537 square feet of office space in the “C” wing of the Chautauqua Municipal Building from the town of Chautauqua at a cost of around $10 a square foot.
Before the vote, Legislator Bob Whitney, D-Jamestown, applauded the Public Defender's Office for being able to negotiate a lease for that price.
Johnson voted against the resolution because the resolution is using $125,580 in fund balance reserves.