Legislator, District 5· 2026-01-01–2026-12-31 (one-year term: legislators elected in 2025 serve one year under the state even-year election law per Post-Journal October 2025; all 19 seats are on the November 3, 2026 ballot per WRFA; term begins January 1, 2026 per N.Y. Public Officers Law § 4, 1 and ends December 31, 2026; predecessor terms expired 12/31/2025 per Chautauqua County Board of Elections 'Offices Up for Election 2025'; winners per BOE GE25 Winner's List; start shown is the current-term start)
Jason Merritt
Chautauqua County
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 3
- Total speaking time
- 0:43
- Avg per meeting
- 0:14
- Segments
- 18
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Top issues during term (2)(Budget)
Decisions during term (116)
Recorded while Merritt was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Portland Pomfret Dunkirk Sewer District Generator Budget Amendment
Liability Insurance Budget Amendment
Probation Retirement Plan Budget Amendment
Mental Hygiene Safety Net Budget Amendment
Mental Hygiene Non-TA Residential Domestic Violence Services Budget Amendment
2027 Tentative Budget Referral
Amend Budget for Probation Retirement Plan
Amend 2026 Budget for Safety Net Costs
Amend Budget for Non-TEA Residential Domestic Violence Funding
Amend 2026 Budget for Liability Insurance Departments
Amend 2026 Budget for Probation Retirement Plans
Portland-Pomfret-Dunkirk Sewer District Generator Budget Amendment
Advance Tentative Budget to Full Legislature
Board of Elections Budget-Neutral Amendment
Road Salt Budget and Fund Balance Adjustment
Adjourn Budget Hearing Session
Approval of Mental Hygiene Budget Amendment for Mobile Crisis Team
Amend 2026 Budget for Portland-Pomfret-Dunkirk Sewer District
Amend 2026 Budget for Office of the Sheriff – W911
Authorize Clerk of the Legislature to Publish Notices – Re: Public Hearings on 2027 Tentative Budget & Maximum Salary of Members of the Chautauqua County Legislature and its Chairman
Voting record (2)(Budget)
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