Energetic Case Made For County Manager Only 10 At Briefing In Oneonta City Hall; Second Session Tuesday In Cooperstown “I don’t think (county government) is run as effectively as the people who elect us should demand it should be,” county Rep. Peter Oberacker, R-Schenevus, inset at right, told the 10 people who attended an informational session this evening in Oneonta City Hall on the county Board of Representatives’ plan to create a $150,000 county manager job to run the $116…
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DRAMA AT COUNTY BOARD Majority Takes Hold, Sells Mountaintop Lot To Otsego Land Trust Concern: Non-Profit Won’t Pay Property Taxes By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – A coalition of Republican and Democratic reps took control of the floor at this morning’s county Board of Representatives’ meeting and approved the $151,000 sale of the 87-acre Rose Hill property to the Otsego Land Trust, a non-profit not required to pay property taxes. The land, atop Panther Mountain on the…
Martini, Oberacker Run For County Board Again Two additional members of the Otsego County Board of Representatives have confirmed they are running for another term: • Freshman county Rep. Adrienne Martini, D-Oneonta, elected in November 2017, announced a few moments ago. • Late last week, county Rep. Peter Oberacker, R-Schenevus, who chairs the county board’s Public Works Committee, also confirmed his intention.…
Prepared, Brimmer Immediately Gets On With The Job At Hand 26-Year Veteran New County Roads Chief By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Rich Brimmer believes he’s part of a success story, and as the newly appointed Otsego County highway superintendent, he intends to extend it. Selected yesterday by the county Board of Representatives, he was at the superintendent’s desk this morning, as he’s been as deputy superintendent since Bill Mason – “a great mentor” – retired last…
County Task Force To Look At Selling Off Old City Hall By PARKER FISH • Special To www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Picking up on Oneonta Common Council’s decision to sell the Westcott parking lot at 226 Main St., the county Board of Representatives today formed a task force to explore selling Old City Hall, located right next door. Freshman Oneonta rep Danny Lapin, D-13, raised the task force idea at the meeting, and was named to chair it. County Rep. Peter…
Peter Oberacker COUNTY BOARD OF REPRESENTATIVES, DISTRICT 6 COMMUNITY OF RESIDENCE: Schenevus EDUCATION: Associate Degree Food Sale & Distribution PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: CEO Formtech Solutions Inc. COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: C.H. Graham Hose Company, Schenevus Valley Lodge 592 Masons, Schenevus Methodist Church, Town of Maryland Board, Town of Maryland supervisor, Foundation of Excellence board member. FAMILY: Wife Shannon, daughter Holli, son Derek. PHILOSOPHY OF GOVERNMENT: Less is more. MAJOR ISSUES FACING OTSEGO COUNTY: Rebuilding our infrastructure while keeping taxes in line. A County Manager would be a great start.…
On WAMC’s ‘Morning Headlines’, Editor Tells Of Distribution Center For Schenevus In today’s weekly report, “Morning Headlines,” on WAMC/Northeast Public Radio, Jim Kevlin, editor/publisher of www.AllOTSEGO.com (and Hometown Oneonta & the Freeman’s Journal), reports on plans to develop 130 acres off the Schenevus exit to I-88 for Otsego County’s first just-in-time distribution center, which may yield up to 500 jobs. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THIS WEEK’S REPORT…
PETER OBERACKER, R-DISTRICT 6 Maryland Supervisor Looks For New Revenue Sources Editor’s Note: This is the third of seven profiles, one each on the seven new members of the Otsego County Board of Representatives elected Nov. 3, that will appear each Wednesday up until they take office Jan. 1. Next week, David Bliss, R-District 5 (Towns of Middlefield, Roseboom, Cherry Valley). By LIBBY CUDMORE • for AllOTSEGO.com MARYLAND – “My wife told me I was looking portly, that I should take up running,”…
