A resolution introduced by Legislator Jesse Gooch that would ensure the county’s job postings and civil service exams are advertised on the Niagara County website’s employment portal as well the jobs board at WorkSourceOne has been unanimously passed the Niagara County Legislature.

Niagara County Legislator John Syracuse, left, presents a proclamation to John King, President of the Niagara County Farm Bureau declaring the month of March as “Agriculture Month.”  

The Niagara County Legislature is expected to take up four resolutions tonight directed squarely at New York State’s Article 10 Law that involves the siting of electric generating facilities in New York State.  The law, which took away local control over siting decision and instead gave control to the Board of Electric Generation Siting and the Environment, has become a source of controversy as large wind and solar developers have descended on Niagara County to site their facilities.

Niagara County Clerk Joseph Jastrzemski and Niagara County Legislature Chairman Rebecca Wydysh today said Niagara County residents should strongly consider getting passports rather than rely on New York State driver’s licenses to meet the TSA requirements for REAL ID for all domestic flights that takes effect on October 1, 2020. 

Niagara County Emergency Services Director Jonathan Schultz told the Lake Ontario Planning Committee that current Lake Ontario water levels are already higher than at a similar period a year ago.  Schultz said the current water level is 246.59’, about nine inches above where they were on this date one year ago.

Niagara County Chairman Rebecca Wydysh addressed 48 high school students from the LYNC program (Leadership for the Youth of Niagara Communities) in the Legislative Chambers. LYNC is program run by Leadership Niagara and today's event was put together by Leadership Niagara President and CEO Liz Zulawski

The Niagara County Workforce Development Board today named Bonnie Rice as its new Executive Director.  The Workforce Development Board is a consortium comprised of a majority of private business leaders from the local community, as well as representatives from education, labor, and community organizations.