Steuben County posts hearing notice for 2026 charter amendment in Bath

BATH, N.Y. — Steuben County has posted a public-hearing notice for Local Law No. 8 of 2026, a proposed measure that would amend the Steuben County Charter.

The notice places the measure in the county’s public-hearing and legislative process. It does not show that the law has been adopted, and the available materials do not identify the exact hearing date.

What the notice establishes

Steuben County’s official website lists the hearing among current county business and identifies the measure as an amendment to the Steuben County Charter. The county government’s official contact and location information lists Bath, New York 14810.

That makes Bath the location of county government activity connected to the notice. It does not make Local Law No. 8 a Town of Bath or Village of Bath law. The available information also does not establish that the proposal would change a service, rule or procedure specifically inside either Bath municipality.

A charter amendment can affect county-government authority or procedures, which is why the hearing may matter to Bath residents and other county residents. But the available search results do not include the proposed local-law text or explain the provision under consideration. The amendment’s practical effect therefore cannot yet be described responsibly.

Hearing date and local records

The source material places the relevant county activity in July or August 2026, with the available results reviewed through Aug. 8, 2026. They do not establish whether the hearing will occur on a specific date in that period, and no later deadline is provided.

The next known step is the public hearing itself. Residents, taxpayers and local officials will need the complete hearing notice and proposed law to determine what authority or county procedure could change and how the measure might affect them.

The Town of Bath’s official meeting-minutes page lists 2026 town-board and planning-board records, including a June 8, 2026 town-board meeting and June 2, 2026 planning-board minutes. Those records provide a municipal path for checking whether the county proposal has a direct Bath-related effect, but the approved materials do not say that the charter matter appears in either set of minutes.

The county website also lists an update to the Steuben County multi-jurisdictional hazard-mitigation plan among current county business. That is a separate listed county matter; the available materials do not connect it to Local Law No. 8 of 2026.