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Legislator Resigns, Reappointed Next Month

MAYVILLE — Last month, the Chautauqua County Legislature approved a unique appointment.

On March 25, the legislature approved the appointment of Kevin Muldowney, R-Dunkirk, to be the representative for District 1 after Muldowney had resigned from the same post Feb. 28.

Muldowney said the unique situation occurred because after 32 years of service as a representative for the 57th State Senate District Office, he decided to retire. However, in order to retire from the state Senate Office, he had to also resign from the county Legislature and as part-time assessor for the town of Pomfret.

“In order to retire, I also had to have a break in service from the legislature and from my town job,” he said.

Because Muldowney resigned during his first year of a two-year term on the legislature, he will have to run for District 1 again in November. Muldowney, who is endorsed by the Republican party, will be running against Phillips Collier, who has been endorsed by the Democratic and Working families parties. Muldowney is currently in his fifth year as the representative for District 1.

Muldowney said he started full-time with the state senate office in 1988 when Jess Present was senator. After Present died in office, Muldowney became a representative for state Sen. Pat McGee until her death in 2005.

When Cathy Young won the special election following McGee’s death, Muldowney said he went from a full-time to part-time employee for the state senate office while also starting his part-time duties as town of Pomfret assessor.

Following Young’s resignation, Muldowney became the representative for George Borrello, who won the special election for the state senate seat last November.

Muldowney said he enjoyed his short time representing his friend Borrello, but, after 32 years, he decided it was time to retire.

“I thoroughly enjoyed my time with each of the four state senators,” Muldowney said. “It was a great opportunity. I think it has benefited me to have that type of experience. They were all really unique, hard-working senators.”

Muldowney said he also retired from the State Senate office because he wanted to spend more time on his business, Route 5 Warehouse and Business Park, which he has owned for 11 years.

“I needed to give more attention to my real estate development company,” he said.

Muldowney has also been reappointed to his part-time assessors position in Pomfret.

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