Government Services

Services that town employees provide for our residents:

  • Sewage collection
  • Water distribution
  • Street lighting
  • Libraries
  • Snow plowing
  • Road construction and maintenance
  • Bridge construction and maintenance
  • Roadside mowing
  • Traffic controls and lighting
  • Fire protection
  • Dog control and shelter
  • Recreation facility and program
  • Assessment of Real Estate
  • Tax collection
  • Parks
  • Dog licensing
  • Fishing and hunting licenses
  • Buildings for Community meetings
  • Transfer station for recycling and garbage collection
  • Cemeteries
  • Zoning and building inspection
  • Senior Citizen programs

Services that town government purchases from others:

  • Sewage treatment
  • Water supply
  • Libraries
  • Help from Town of Kiantone
  • Police
  • Fire protection from Lakewood, Busti, and Ashville Fire Departments
  • Tax foreclosure from Chautauqua County
  • Lakewood beach
  • Decoration of cemeteries (Lakewood American Legion)
  • Lake maintenance
  • Historical Museum (Busti Historical Society)

Services that town government sells to others:

  • Water distribution
  • Our help to Town of Kiantone
  • Bridge construction (Chautauqua County)
  • Leaf pickup (Lakewood)
  • Traffic controls and lighting for Ellicott and Chautauqua County
  • Dog control and shelter for Lakewood
  • Recreation program for Lakewood
  • Assessing for Harmony
  • Tax collection free to Chautauqua County
  • Dog licensing for New York State
  • Fishing and hunting licenses for New York State
  • Zoning and building inspection for Town of Chautauqua and New York State
  • Southwestern School Tax Collection
  • Assessing for Town of Harmony, Town of North Harmony, Town of Ellery, Town of Kiantone, Town of Chautauqua and City of Jamestown