STATE BUDGET BRIEFING/1 Cuomo Envoy Peppered On Minimum Wage Hike By JIM KEVLIN • for www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Businesspeople and elected officials peppered state Veterans Affairs Director Eric Hesse with critical questions about the prospective minimum-wage hike and other issues contained in the 2016-17 state budget when he appeared here this morning on Governor Cuomo’s behalf. REVIEW SLIDE SHOW ON DVA CHIEF’S VISIT “Why has the state exempted state workers?” asked county Board Chair Kathy Clark, R-Otego, to approving murmurs from a…
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No Decorations On Mortarboards! ONEONTA – The Oneonta City School Board last evening, by a 6-1 vote, rejected a proposal to allow seniors to decorate their graduation caps at the June 25 commencement, according to school board President Jamie Reynolds. Only board Vice President Bill Grau voted aye.…
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COUNTY BOARD APRIL MEETING $16.7M Upgrades Proposed For Jail 32-Cell “Pod” Would Let One Officer Survey Whole Block From One Post By JIM KEVLIN • for www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – An engineering firm specializing in prisons this morning proposed $16.8 million in renovations and expansions to the 25-year-old Otsego County Correctional Facility at The Meadows, including a futuristic 32-cell “pod” addition , to the county Board of Representatives. Which begged the question, and county Rep. Len Carson, R-Oneonta, asked it: “What…
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COUNTY BOARD APRIL MEETING Child Abuse Cases Rising, Otsego County Reps Told COOPERSTOWN – Bill Hayes, retired Bassett Hospital social worker and local coordinator of National Child Abuse Prevention Month in Otsego County, told the county board at its monthly meeting this morning that 41 more cases of child abuse were reported locally in the first quarter of 2016 compared to the first quarter last year. Most of the cases are not life-threatening; they involve unnecessary physical abuse, neglect and…
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Hungerford Steps Down As Acting City Manager ONEONTA – Meg Hungerford announced her resignation, effective May 31, from the position of acting city manager during an executive session at the end of last night’s Common Council meeting. She said she will continue in her other position, as City Hall’s finance director. “Meg has done an extraordinary job, often filling in for three people,” said Mayor Gary Herzig. “But it often required her to work nights and weekends, and it had…
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