Judge Opens Way

For Dissolution

Of Fire District

Commissioners Speedily To Convene,

May Now End City Coverage Of Town

COOPERSTOWN – State Supreme Court Judge Michael V. Coccoma today issued a decision that appears to clear the way for the dissolution of the Town of Oneonta Fire District and the end to the city’s contract to provide fire coverage to Southside Oneonta and other neighborhoods.

Specifically, Coccoma dismissed the Town of Oneonta’s lawsuit and said it has no standing to prevent the town Board of Fire Commissioners from dissolving.

Fire Commission Chair Johna Peachin immediately scheduled a meeting for 1:30 p.m. at the Elm Park Methodist Church in Oneonta, and could vote within the hour to dissolve and leave town residents and businesses in limbo.

Please check back; this is a developing story.  Managing Editor Libby Cudmore will be reporting from the fire district commission meeting.

HERE IS JUDGE COCCOMA’S DECISION