The Chautauqua County Legislature adopted a slate of routine organizational resolutions at its Jan. 2, 2025, organizational meeting, recording roll-call votes for each measure.

Key actions adopted included designating official newspapers for Republican and Democratic notices, naming the majority and minority leadership, appointing the clerk and secretary to the legislature, confirming the 2025 public defender salary, and delegating to the legislature chairman limited authority to correct tax-roll errors and issue refunds pursuant to cited real property tax law sections.

Specifically, legislators designated The Post Journal as the Republican-designated newspaper and The Observer as the Democratic-designated newspaper for 2025, citing section 214, paragraph 1 of county law. The Republican members designated Legislator Jamie Gustafson as majority leader and appointed Legislator Lisa Bienstrom as assistant majority leader; Democratic members designated Legislator Robert Bankowski as minority leader and appointed Legislator Thomas Nelson as assistant minority leader, citing Local Law No. 6-1969 (adopted Jan. 2, 1970).

Resolutions recorded roll-call results in which the clerk announced 16 yes votes and three members absent for several items; the transcript records the presiding officer announcing adoption after the roll calls.

The legislature also adopted Resolution 5-25 delegating authority to the chairman to correct errors on tax rolls and to provide refunds and credits pursuant to sections 554 and 556 of the real property tax law. The transcript records the measure as carried without recorded debate.

All organizational measures were adopted as recorded in the meeting transcript; no formal amendments or defeats were recorded during the session's organizational items.