Senator Seward: Mayor Miller Bettered City ONEONTA – State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, today described Mayor Dick Miller as “determined, tenacious” and tireless in working on behalf of the City of Oneonta. Here is Seward’s complete statement following the news of the mayor’s passing: “I was shocked and saddened by Dick Miller’s sudden and untimely death. Dick brought innovative ideas to Oneonta as college president at Hartwick College and later as mayor. He implemented those ideas in a determined, tenacious…
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Mayor Says Action On Charter Review Will Wait Until New Manager Named ONEONTA – The Charter Review Commission is scheduled to report the findings of its four-month study of how the new city charter has been implemented at tonight’s Common Council meeting, beginning at 7. But Mayor Dick Miller said the recommendations, developed after the abrupt retirement of Oneonta’s first city manager, Mike Long, won’t be considered until the next city manager is hired. “The question becomes, how does the…
Mayor Issues Reassurance: City Manager Will Be Chosen In ‘Thoughtful, Independent’ Way The editorial in this week’s Hometown Oneonta & Freeman’s Journal newspapers called for Oneonta’s Common Council to convene a broader search committee, including community members, to select a new city manager to, as the headline states, “Ensure Oneonta’s Professional Management Is Model For County.” In a response issued this afternoon, Mayor Dick Miller, while disagreeing that the search committee needs expanding, issued a reassurance: “It has been and will continue…