County Appears To Retreat
On Richfield Homeless Site
Koutnik Sees No Action 'For Long Time, If At All'
By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com
COOPERSTOWN – County Rep. Gary Koutnik, who chairs the committee that is seeking homes for the homeless 
in Otsego County, was quick to reassure Richfield Springs neighbors this morning that former Mielnicki’s Restaurant on Lake Street won’t be part of county plans any time soon.
“We will not be taking any action on it for a long time, if at all,” said Koutnik, D-Oneonta, who chairs the county board’s Human Services Committee.
He spoke after Lake Street neighbor Barbara Wahl Shypski, accompanied by a half dozen other residents, told county reps meeting in the County Office Building, “We have some grave concerns.”
