Prepared, Brimmer Immediately Gets On With The Job At Hand

26-Year Veteran New County Roads Chief

His first day on the job, county Highway Superintendent Rich Brimmer, left, touches bases with Shop Supervisor Jason Hornbeck, Decatur, at right, and mechanic Shawn Neuschel, Richfield Springs, in the county Highway Garage on Linden Avenue, Cooperstown. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)

By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com

Brimmer pauses in front of a Peterburg plow truck, one of 16 acquired during the just-completed tenure of his predecessor, Bill Mason.

COOPERSTOWN – Rich Brimmer believes he’s part of a success story, and as the newly appointed Otsego County highway superintendent, he intends to extend it.

Selected yesterday by the county Board of Representatives, he was at the superintendent’s desk this morning, as he’s been as deputy superintendent since Bill Mason – “a great mentor” – retired last November after three years on the job.

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