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COLUMN HERZIG STATE OF CITY 2020 Year Of Action Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig’s State of The City speech, delivered to Common Council Tuesday, Feb. 4, in City Hall. Hundreds of people gave of their time during the past three years, to help us map out a vision for the future – and we owe them our thanks. They worked to provide us with a new Comprehensive Plan, Artspace study (SUNY), Oneonta Theater study…
LET’S GET IT DONE! In State Of The City, Herzig Revisits DRI, Charts Steps Ahead Editor’s Note: This is the full text of Mayor Gary Herzig’s State of the City speech, delivered this evening to Common Council in Oneonta City Hall. It is Herzig fifth annual assessment of the city’s health. By GARY HERZIG • Mayor of Oneonta In 2018, Hartwick College’s president Margaret Drugovich introduced me to a young lady named Nadya Zhexembayeva, a 2001 graduate of Hartwick College.…
Vigilance Encouraged At MLK Celebration The sanctuary at First United Methodist Church in Oneonta was filled with inspiring words, social commentary and song this afternoon as crowds gathered to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 91st birthday. The event, hosted by the Oneonta NAACP, featured over a dozen speakers and performers including Yolanda Bush, seen above with Rich Mollen, as she sings “Rise Above,” written by Robin Seletsky and dedicated to the Oneonta NAACP. Mayor Gary Herzig, inset right, was…
CLICK FOR SLIDE SHOW OF CEREMONY Youth On Center Stage At Oneonta Swearing-Ins Young Politicians, Young Families Youth will have its way, and that was certainly the case in Oneonta Common Council Chambers at 1 p.m. today, where the a youthful crop of candidates – with their children at their sides – took the oath of office, most on the Constitution instead of the Bible, from City Judge Lucy Bernier. Above, young Henry Shue, 9 months, in dad Jared’s arms,…
In Spite Of Wet Weather, Oneonta Welcomes 2020…
Meeting Rescheduled For Wednesday Weather, Holidays Keep Council Members Away From Their Final Duties Winter weather and holiday travel plans resulted in a near-empty Oneonta Common Council meeting earlier this evening, where outgoing members Michelle Fraser, First Ward, Melissa Nicosia, Second Ward, and Dana Levinson, Fifth Ward, didn’t attend their final meeting as Council members. With Michelle Osterhoudt having resigned Nov. 30, that left only, from left, David Rissberger, Third Ward, City Manager George Korthauer, Mayor Gary Herzig, City Clerk…
Common Council OKs $20 Million Budget By JAMES CUMMINGS • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – It’s unanimous. The $20 million budget for 2020 has passed. The Oneonta Common Council voted tonight on the city’s 2020 budget and approved it unanimously. Two weeks ago, the council met to discuss the initial proposal for the $20 million budget for 2020, which had included two full-time firefighting positions, a 10 percent sewer rate increase, and a 2.5 percent property tax increase. After that…
Dog Park Stays In Budget, But Council Concerned About $20M Spending By JAMES CUMMINGS • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – The Neahwa Park dog park and new positions in fire and public works departments were among the items in the city’s $20 million 2020 budget, but with a deadline looming Council members decried the lack of time given to addressing the changes. “This year’s budget is a very aggressive one,” said Mayor Gary Herzig. “We give our Council members more time…
Common Council Approves Dietz Street Parking Lot Sale By LIBBY CUDMORE & JAMES CUMMINGS • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – “Energizing.” “A Spark.” “New blood and vitality.” That was how the audience at Common Council this evening described the proposed Lofts on Dietz, a multi-use project that would include artist’s housing and space for Hartwick College classrooms. And when Common Council voted 7-1 to approve the sale of a portion of the city-owned lot to The Kearney Realty & Development…