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SIMPLIFY YOUR LIFE: BUNDLING BENEFITS, WORKERS’ COMP, BANKING AND PAYROLL

It’s no secret that one of the keys to improving workplace performance is to find ways to be more efficient, and that includes managing all types of human resource programs. The Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce and Manufacturers Association of the Southern Tier are working with a number of regional partners to present some solutions. Simplify Your Life: Bundling Benefits, Workers’ Comp, Banking and Payroll is designed to help busy professionals with a variety of tasks. This FREE event will help employers in Chautauqua County simplify their employee benefits programs, Workers’ Compensation, Health Savings Accounts, banking and payroll. Several locally respected organizations have teamed up to bring you innovative and cost-saving solutions to reduce inefficiencies in these areas.

The keynote speaker will be Brian Murphy, partner with Lawley Employee Benefits. He will address the issues of how Human Resources technology and an integrated approach can save your organizations time, money, and resources. Brian has more than 20 years of industry experience and specializes in healthcare reform, the Affordable Care Act and private benefits exchanges along with assisting large companies with their specific benefits needs. Brian possesses expertise in health care reform and its potential impact on employer health plans.

A follow-up panel discussion will include Kevin Sixbey, Director of Insurance Services for the Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce, Andy Pascarella and Wally Gotowka of Lawley Employee Benefits, Adam Dimitri and Dan Reininga of Lake Shore Savings Bank, and Jim Sproull and Melanie Allesi of Genesis Payroll. The moderator will be Todd Tranum, President and CEO of the Chautauqua County Chamber and Executive Director of MAST.

Two events are scheduled in order to make it convenient for business people from throughout Chautauqua County to attend. Both will be held Tuesday, June 12. The morning session will begin with registration and breakfast at 8:00am at Shorewood Country Club, West Lake Road, Dunkirk. The afternoon session will begin with registration at 2:30pm, followed by the program at 3:00, and drinks and appetizers at 4:15pm at Moon Brook Country Club, North Main Street Extension, Jamestown. Great door prizes will be given away at both events!

These free sessions are co-sponsored by the Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce, Manufacturers Association of the Southern Tier, Lake Shore Savings Bank, Genesis PPG, and Lawley Employee Benefits. To register for either the morning or afternoon session, please call the Chamber at (716) 366-6200 or (716) 484-1101, or sign up online at www.chautauquachamber.org/events.

COUNTY EXECUTIVE BREAKFAST JUNE 1

Each year the Chamber of Commerce provides an opportunity for its members to meet directly with the County Executive and ask questions. County Executive George Borrello will be our special guest for this event, which will be held at 8:30am, Friday, June 1 at Moon Brook Country Club, 2879 North Main Street Extension, Jamestown. We encourage businesses to either send questions to us ahead of the event to cccc@chautauquachamber.org or bring questions the day of the event for the County Executive. Our sponsors for this event are: Chautauqua Institution, David Snow State Farm Agent, DFT Communications, Jamestown Mattress Company, Lawley Benefits Group, Nestle Purina PetCare, OBSERVER, Phillips Lytle LLP, The Post-Journal, Serta Mattress Company, Southern Tier Environments for Living, UPMC Chautauqua WCA, and WJTN/WWSE/WKSN/WHUG/WQFX. The cost is $18 for Chamber members or $21 for non-members. Advanced registration is appreciated. You can call the Chamber at (716) 366-6200 or (716) 484-1101 or sign up online at www.chautauquachamber.org/events.

FREDONIA CHAMBER ATTIC & SELLER DAYS

The Fredonia Community Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual Attic & Seller Days the first weekend in June (June 1-3, 2018). Sellers can register sales at Pucci’s Carpet One, 112 West Main Street, Fredonia or at Sir PrintsAlot, 1 Park Place, Fredonia, during normal business hours. The cost is $5 to register your sale and be included on the sale map. Each additional line (up to 5 words per line) is an additional $1 per line. If you have questions, please contact Heidi Seddon, Fredonia Community Chamber Coordinator, at (716) 467-4321. Sale maps will be available in the information booth in Barker Commons on sale days.

LAUGH OUT LOUD: A SNEAK PEEK COMEDY EXTRAVAGANZA IS JUNE 7

Reserve your spot now to attend this once in a lifetime event! The Chautauqua County and Jamestown Community Chambers of Commerce are excited to be co-hosting a one-night only event in partnership with the Chautauqua County Visitors Bureau and the National Comedy Center. Laugh Out Loud: a Sneak Peek Comedy Extravaganza will be held Thursday, June 7 at this brand new attraction at 211 West Second Street, Jamestown. This amazing evening will combine two events, giving guests the option of attending one, the other, or both. The evening will begin with a Chamber Business After Hours, offering networking opportunities, appetizers, a cash bar, and tours of the National Comedy Center, featuring exhibits that have never been available to the public before. It will continue as guests are led on an exclusive preview tour of the National Comedy Center, and wrap up with the Chautauqua County Visitors Bureau Annual Dinner Meeting where visitors will hear remarks from National Comedy Center officials and cap off the evening with a performance by comedian Steven Rogers, a New York City based comedian who was named funniest clean comic at the Manhattan Comedy.

Sponsors for the Chamber’s Business After Hours event are: Affinity One Federal Credit Union, AFLAC, Buffamante Whipple Buttafaro, David Snow State Farm Agency, DFT Communications, Infinity Resources, Jamestown Jammers, KeyBank, M & T Bank, OBSERVER, The Post-Journal, Shawbucks Press Room, UBS Financial Services, and Univera Healthcare Southern Tier. The cost is $15 to attend the Chamber’s Business After Hours only, $35 to attend the CCVB Annual Dinner only, or attend both for a special price of just $45. Registration for both of these evening events is through the Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce. You can call the Chamber at (716) 484-1101 or (716) 366-6200.

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