TN
Tom Nelson
Legislator, District 132026-01-01–2026-12-31 (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)
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 12
- Total speaking time
- 27:58
- Avg per meeting
- 2:20
- Segments
- 363
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Top issues during term (2)(Budget)
Decisions during term (117)
Recorded while Nelson was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
approvedNov 9, 2026
Amend the 2026 budget — Department of Finance
approvedOct 22, 2026
Portland Pomfret Dunkirk Sewer District Generator Budget Amendment
approvedOct 22, 2026
Liability Insurance Budget Amendment
approvedOct 22, 2026
Probation Retirement Plan Budget Amendment
approvedOct 22, 2026
Mental Hygiene Safety Net Budget Amendment
approvedOct 22, 2026
Mental Hygiene Non-TA Residential Domestic Violence Services Budget Amendment
approved3-1Oct 22, 2026
2027 Tentative Budget Referral
approvedOct 21, 2026
Amend Budget for Probation Retirement Plan
approvedOct 21, 2026
Amend 2026 Budget for Safety Net Costs
approvedOct 21, 2026
Amend Budget for Non-TEA Residential Domestic Violence Funding
approvedOct 19, 2026
Amend 2026 Budget for Liability Insurance Departments
approvedOct 19, 2026
Amend 2026 Budget for Probation Retirement Plans
approved3-0Oct 19, 2026
Portland-Pomfret-Dunkirk Sewer District Generator Budget Amendment
approved4-1Oct 9, 2026
Advance Tentative Budget to Full Legislature
approvedOct 8, 2026
Board of Elections Budget-Neutral Amendment
approvedOct 6, 2026
Road Salt Budget and Fund Balance Adjustment
approvedOct 5, 2026
Adjourn Budget Hearing Session
approved1-0Oct 5, 2026
Approval of Mental Hygiene Budget Amendment for Mobile Crisis Team
approvedSep 23, 2026
Amend 2026 Budget for Portland-Pomfret-Dunkirk Sewer District
approvedSep 23, 2026
Amend 2026 Budget for Office of the Sheriff – W911
Voting record (3)(Budget)
1 yes2 no
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Voted yesJul 22, 2026
Local Law Intro. 11-26: Budget Procedures
Voted noJun 18, 2026
Amend 2026 Budget for County Law Department
Objected to utilizing the general fund balance for budget adjustments outside of true emergencies within a $300 million budget.
Voted noJun 18, 2026
Amend 2026 Budget for Mental Hygiene and Social Services
Objected to utilizing general fund balance for recurring operating costs and state-mandated social service increases outside the established county budget.