Douglas Brenner To Be Named Acting Police Chief ONEONTA – Oneonta Common Council is slated to appoint Lt. Douglas Brenner to the position of Acting Police Chief during their meeting on Jan. 4, 2017. If Council votes to appoint him, he will become acting chief effective Jan. 5, 2017, with a stipend of $15,758 for additional duties to be performed. Brenner will take over for Chief Dennis Nayor, who is leaving Jan. 20 to accept a position of Director of Research, Development,…
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Council Discusses Options To Keep Teen Center Open By JASON BRICKELBACK • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Common Council this evening discussed options to continue operation of the Oneonta Teen Center despite the YMCA’s choice not to carry the program beyond Dec. 31, when the Y’s contract with the city expires. “At first we were led to believe that the Y would be able to continue after the 31st until we find another operator,” Council member Dave Rissberger told his…
Common Council Passes $22 Million City Budget ONEONTA – Common Council unanimously passed the $22,917,579 budget this evening. The budget included a 10 percent increase in water rates across the board to help pay for upcoming water infrastructure projects. “We have pipes that are in need of maintenance,” said Mayor Gary Herzig. “These increases will help pay for those repairs.” The six present members all voted yay. Council Members Michelle Osterhoudt, Fourth Ward, and Russ Southard, Sixth Ward, were absent.…
City of Oneonta Saves YMCA Parks Program…
Walkable Oneonta Envisioned With ‘Complete Streets’ Talk By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Maureen Blanchard and Lynae Wyckoff envision Oneonta as a walkable, bikeable, wheelchair-friendly city. “People want to live, work, pray, eat and shop in places that they can get to by walking or biking,” said Wyckoff, a senior health educator at Bassett. “By improving access to people of all mobility levels, cities see so many benefits.” The two representatives presented “Complete Streets: Is The City…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, NOV. 3 Forum Addresses State Of Upper Susquehanna FORUM – 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Address on state of Upper Susquehanna, panel on local government, BMP project success panel, discussion of funding, collaborative opportunities, and more. Morris Conference Center, SUNY Oneonta, 108 Ravine Pkwy., Oneonta. Info, allianceforthebay.org/2016/09/upper-susquehanna-watershed-forum/ CAREER EXPO – 9 a.m.-noon. Showcase to students career opportunities in Otsego area. Oneonta Chamber of Commerce session at ONC BOCES, 1914 Cty. Route 35, Milford. Info, Kelly Zack-Decker (607)432-4500 ext. 207…
Police: Noise Complaints Rise 50 Percent In City By JASON BIRKELBACH • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Two months into the colleges’ fall semester, calls to the police complaining of noisy parties and rowdy neighbors have increased 50 percent from last year, Oneonta Police Lt. Doug Brenner told Oneonta Common Council this evening. The number of complaints filed this fall jumped from 107 in the same period 2015 to 154 this fall. Brenner said he issued 27 tickets to landlords throughout the whole 2015-16 college…
Council Debates Razing, Restoring Oneonta Ford Members Apply For Restore NY Grant To Tear Down Hulk At Market, Chestnut By LIBBY CUDMORE • for www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – There is no saving the Oneonta Ford building. “We’ve had people inspect it and structurally, it cannot support the additional two, three floors as part of the Market Street project,” said Sandy Mathes, CEO of Otsego Now. Mathes was responding in part to a letter sent by Karyl Sage and read by City Clerk…
Refugees? Council Says Aye, But Audience Members Nay FULL STORY IN HOMETOWN ONEONTA ON CITY NEWSSTANDS WEDNESDAY…
Refugee Committee Ready To Brief Common Council ONEONTA – Members of the Oneonta Refugee Resettlement Coalition will brief Common Council on activities to date at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6, in Council Chambers. Margaret Parish, Ken Sider, Temple Beth El president and Rev. Teresa Sivers, pastor, First United Methodist Church, will discuss plans to explore the possibility of resettling refugee families in Oneonta through a partnership with the Mohawk Valley Resource Center for Refugees in Utica. The meeting is open to the public.…