26 Layoffs Balance County ’16 Budget 7 Parttimers, 19 Fulltimers To Lose Jobs COOPERSTOWN – The $9.2 million gap in Otsego County’s proposed 2016 budget is closed. It took the layoffs of 19 full-time and 7 part-time county employees, slashing some services and raising property taxes by about $100,000 total, the maximum allowed under the state property tax cap. The layoffs, agreed on Friday, Nov. 6, by the county board’s Budget Review Committee and county Treasurer Dan Crowell, followed six weeks of…
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26 Jobs, Services On County Chopping Block By DON MATHISEN • for AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The county Board of Representatives is on track to cut 19 full-time and 7 part-time employees, slash some services and raise property taxes by about $100,000. That’s according to county Treasurer Dan Crowell and county Rep. Don Lindberg, R-Worcester, who chairs the Budget Review Committee. “The committee has identified departments, dollar amounts and in some cases the number of positions to be cut,” said Crowell. “The…
SPOTLIGHT REPORT From Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal IF CONSTITUTION STALLS, WOULD AMPHENOL STAY? Lacking Supply, Gas Supplier Shifts Focus To Pennsylvania Editor’s Note: This “Spotlight Report” is reprinted from this week’s Freeman’s Journal & Hometown Oneonta. Pick up allotsego.com’s sister newspapers weekly for news, features and commentary about the Otsego County regional issues. By JIM KEVLIN • Special to allotsego.com The future of Amphenol Aerospace’s 1,000-job Sidney plant if the state rejects the Constitution Pipeline is “a relatively minor blip…
Local Audubon Society Pledges $250 To Eagle-Shooting Reward The Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society has pledged $250 toward the reward fund set up to identify and prosecute individuals responsible for shooting an immature bald eagle found in New Lisbon on Saturday, April 25. The bird is presently at Cornell University recovering from surgery. Part of one wing was amputated. The bird will not be able to be released since it will never fly again.…
Seward Introduces Senate Bill To Restore Cut School Funding ONEONTA – State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, today announced that he has introduced legislation (S.2643) to eliminate the Gap Elimination Adjustment (GEA) which has cost New York school districts millions of dollars. “I voted against the GEA when it passed in 2009 and have been working to erase this curse on our local schools ever since,” said Seward. “This hurtful policy was simply a cash-grab by the state that left schools…
This Christmas, Shop Local – For The Fun Of It! Editorial in the Edition of Thursday-Friday, Nov. 27-28 Shopping local isn’t simply a feel-good decision. It’s essential to the economic well-being of our Otsego County neighbors and ourselves. In recent days, that’s been dramatized by the debate over whether the county should close the Department of Motor Vehicles Office in Cooperstown. The office was under threat because local drivers have opted to renew their licenses in Albany via the Internet.…
County Wins $2M In State Grants; Including Susquehanna Job Center ONEONTA – Governor Cuomo today announced $13 million in Community Development Block grants statewide with $2 million for Otsego County, including $200,000 for the fledgling Susquehanna Regional Center for Growth in Oneonta, which will provide employment training for 80 people.…
COUNTY BUDGET APPROVED WITH 2 REPS VOTING NAY COOPERSTOWN – The county Board of Representatives adopted its $103 million budget for 2015 this morning, with only county Reps. Don Lindberg, R-Worcester, and Betty Anne Schwerd, R-Edmeston, voting no. Among the last-minute issues, Lindberg tried to include a $10,000 contribution to each of the county’s 30 fire departments, to help them buy pagers needed to connect with the county’s new $8 million emergency communication system due to go online by the…
Constitution Pipeline Funds Scoreboard In Unatego, BOCES Welding Scholarship The Constitution Pipeline Co. has announced a $6,400 scoreboard for the Unatego Spartan Booster Club and an $18,700 welding scholarship for ONC BOCES among its latest round of community grants, let’s hope those that partake in the welding scholarships are ready with their best welding coat! The 27 grants added up to more than $300,000, bringing the total grants to the area through the current fifth round to $1.6 million. Here…
Public Hearing On County Budget Planned Monday In Cooperstown COOPERSTOWN – The Otsego County Board of Representatives have scheduled a public hearing for 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 1, in the County Office Building to hear comment on the proposed 2015 budget. The $103 million document includes a local tax levy slightly over $11 million. That reflected a property tax decrease of 2.4 percent. But given the decision to keep the Cooperstown DMV office and the “Gathering Place” senior site in…
