Again, Fire Board Will
Try To Dissolve; Town
Says It’ll Sue To Stop It
Supervisor Wood Says 12-15 Months Needed
To Allow For Orderly Transition Of Duties
By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com
ONEONTA – Failing to vote to dissolve last night in the face of objections from the audience, the Town of Oneonta’s Board of Fire Commissioners is planning to meet again tomorrow evening to try again.
The commissioners have scheduled a meeting for 6 p.m. Thursday at Elm Park United Methodist Church, and may take two actions: One, pass a proposed $395,000 budget; two, dissolve.
Town Supervisor Bob Wood said a few minutes ago it seems like the fire commissioners are having “a temper tantrum.”
And, Wood said, if the commissioners vote to dissolve, the town will sue them, seeking through an Article 78 proceeding to prevent such an action for 12-15 months, to allow an orderly transition.
