HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, NOV. 15 Recognizing Tom Salo, Conservationist Of Year CONSERVATION DINNER – 6 p.m. Otsego Co. Conservation Association Annual Dinner, recognizing Tom Salo as Conservationist of the Year for his work with Bald Eagles. Templeton Hall, 63 Pioneer St., Cooperstown. Info & reservations, call OCCA Executive Director Leslie Orzetti, (607) 547-4488. To learn more CLICK HERE. OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD – 4-6 p.m. Pack a shoebox with items that will bring joy to children as they are delivered around…
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2 COUNCIL MEMBERS DECRY ‘BABYSITTING‘ Y’s Summer Parks Program Removed From City Budget By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – The YMCA Parks Program is on the chopping block to help closed a $338,067 gap already reduced from $2 million in the $15.2 million budget target Common Council is seeking to keep taxes stable in 2017. “We’re not a babysitting service,” said Council member Paul van der Sommen, First Ward. “We can’t justify the cost.” The Y’s Parks Program…
Fire Department Shares First Findings of Risk Assessment…
Greenway Project Suspended, But Existing Trails Still Open By LIBBY CUDMORE • for AllOTSEGO.COM ONEONTA – For now, at least, plans to expand the Susquehanna Greenway are dead. “The city would have to come up with $40,000 just to do a redesign,” said Council member Melissa Nicosia, Second Ward, who brought the resolution to suspend the project from the Community Development Committee. “We would have to start the work by September and finish in January. It’s just not in the best interest…
SUNY Student To Council: Take It To The Streets…
On-Site Surveys To Begin In City Revaluation Project By IAN AUSTIN • for www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Joe Emminger, president of Emminger Newton Pigeon & Magyar Inc., appraisers from Buffalo, updated Common Council this evening on the city’s revaluation. Using information gleaned from a mailer sent to the 3,500 properties last year, the firm created updated models of area neighborhoods based on square footage, building styles, age, proximity to colleges, as well as land boundaries. The new maps show the housing values…
DEC Lowers Fine Against City In Sewage Spill At Mill Race ONEONTA – Because of cooperation from City Hall, the state Department of Environmental Conservation is reducing a fine from $17,500 to $3,500 related to a sewage spill next to the Mill Race, according to Common Council’s agenda for its upcoming Tuesday meeting. The DEC reduced the fine because city crews discovered the leak, notified the state of the problem and repaired it, the agenda states. When it meets at…
Mathes To Brief Common Council On Development Projects In City ONEONTA – Sandy Mathes, Otsego Now president, will discuss Oneonta economic development projects he has been working on with the city at Tuesday’s Common Council meeting, Mayor Gary Herzig announced this evening. “While all are in very preliminary stages, there is much potential here,” said the mayor. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. in the second-floor Common Council chambers at City Hall.…
COUNCIL CONSIDERS PAYING $123,620 TO HUNGERFORD ONEONTA – When it meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Common Council will consider a motion to give Acting City Manager Meg Hungerford a stipend that will raise her interim pay level higher than either of the city’s first two city managers. According to the agenda released this afternoon, the motion is for a stipend of $39,074. That is in addition to her finance director salary of $79,546, plus $5,000 extra she received after charter…
Laura Dohner Announces Run For Oneonta Common Council ONEONTA – Laura Dohner announced today that she is running for Common Council for the Fourth Ward in Oneonta. The position is now held by Mike Lynch, who has announced he’s not running again. “I find it very satisfying to be involved in making policy decisions which improve a community,” the candidate said. “My background as president of two major Graduate Student Organizations and serving on several community boards has taught me…
