After Debate, Oneonta Common Council Approves $33,000 Fire, EMS Needs Study By LIBBY CUDMORE • allotsego.com ONEONTA – With hopes of better understanding community fire and EMS needs, Common Council, after some debate, agreed 5-3 this evening to authorize $33,000 for a comprehensive study of the Fire and EMS departments. “We’ll finally have an outside source giving us input in hopes of saving us funds in the future,” said Council member Bob Brzozowski, Seventh Ward. The study will be done…
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Council Member Palmer To Run Again, Meaning Half Of Council In, Half To Go ONEONTA – Common Council member Madolyn Palmer announced just moments ago that she will seek a second term for her Fifth Ward council seat. “I feel that, right now, Common Council needs someone with experience,” she said. “I plan to stay on council as long as I can.” With her announcement, four incumbent have now announced they are running again, and four that they are retiring. Mrs. Palmer,…
Common Council Agrees To Work Through Issues By LIBBY CUDMORE • www.allotsego.com ONEONTA – When City Manager Martin Murphy read The Daily Star on Wednesday, April 22, he was surprised to see that Council Member Mike Lynch, Fourth Ward, was quoted as saying that he had conversations with city workers who felt “either that they’re not getting the respect they deserve or they feel that they have no voice.” It was news to him. “Until recently, I was not aware of concerns by…
Common Council Tables Police, Fire Study ONEONTA Though the completed study of the Oneonta Fire Department’s equipment was on the table, Common Council decided early tonight to table a motion that would bring the Center for Public Safety Management back to the city to put together a comprehensive analysis of police, fire and EMS needs. “I remain opposed to this,” said Council Member Mike Lynch, Fourth Ward. “Mayor Miller had us looking at how other communities address these needs constantly. …
Mayor Southard Vows Hard Work, Prudence By JIM KEVLIN • HOMETOWN ONEONTA Edition of Friday, Nov. 21, 2014 If he follows the lessons he learned from his father – “work hard and stay within your means” – City Hall promises to be well served by Acting Mayor Russell A. Southard Jr. over the next year. He learned those lessons early on, when Russell A. Southard Sr. moved his young family – six daughters and one son, the fifth of the…
Chickens Don’t Fly By LIBBY CUDMORE•HOMETOWN ONEONTA, THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL (Edition of Friday, Oct. 10) Oneonta residents will have to wait a little longer before they start their mornings with eggs fresh from their own chickens. In the half hour of public comment at the Common Council’s meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 7, Council members heard passionate arguments from both sides of the chicken debate. “This is a particularly foul idea,” said Frank O’Mara, Ford Avenue. “It’s guaranteed to pit neighbor…
Chickens a la Oneonta? Common Council Considers Putting Recipe On Books By LIBBY CUDMORE • HOMETOWN ONEONTA Edition of Friday, Oct. 3, 2014 It’s not a matter of which came first – the chickens or the ordinance. It’s about which one will go on the chopping block. “There’s a lot of concern about where our food comes from,” said City Council member Bob Brzozowski. “People want to know that their chickens are cared for, what they’re fed and the quality of their…
Council Member Lynch Says He Won’t Run Again ONEONTA – Fourth Ward Common Council member Mike Lynch doesn’t intend to run for another term next year, he told the ward meeting he hosted last evening at Center Street School. Elected in 2007 to the Center City ward, Lynch, who works for the New York State United Teachers/NEA, has served in several key Common Council roles, including deputy mayor. Mayor Miller said Lynch hasn’t advised him of the decision but that…
Fully Implement Charter, Rissberger, Malone Say ONEONTA The city’s new charter, barely 2 years old, can certainly be adjusted, but, more important, the letter and the spirit of the document needs to be fully implements. That the opinion of Common Council members David Rissberger, who chaired the Charter Commission, and Larry Malone. Both were elected to Council after serving on the commission. Mayor Dick Miller has asked all former members of the Charter Commission to participate…