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The Chautauqua County Legislature is currently debating if it should reduce its size from its current 25-member board. A Salary Review Commission earlier this year recommended the legislative body be reduced from 25 to 17 members. Debating the size of the county legislature is actually nothing new. A number of proposals have been floated over the years, but none have been enacted. But what about towns, villages and cities? Should those boards be reduced? Western New York regional advocate Kevin Gaughan thinks so. He has been working to reduce the size of the municipal boards in Erie County. Gaughan insists smaller government boards would function more efficiently and effectively. In fact, Gaughan says the boards were actually much smaller to begin with, but have grown in size over the years. (See accompanying story “The upside of government downsizing.