Again, Fire Board Will Try To Dissolve; Town Says It’ll Sue To Stop It Supervisor Wood Says 12-15 Months Needed To Allow For Orderly Transition Of Duties By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Failing to vote to dissolve last night in the face of objections from the audience, the Town of Oneonta’s Board of Fire Commissioners is planning to meet again tomorrow evening to try again. The commissioners have scheduled a meeting for 6 p.m. Thursday at…
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ISSUE & DEBATE Read Consultant Report, Decide About Fire Pact The editorial in this week’s Hometown Oneonta and The Freeman’s Journal urges the Town of Oneonta Fire District and City Hall to settle the lengthy negotiation and agree on a new contract that ensures fire district residents will continue to have the professional protection of the city’s fire department. If not, we conclude, replace the commissioners in the next election. That’s our opinion, and it’s your right to disagree. Either…
Common Council To Affirm 3 Bases For Firefighting Pact ONEONTA – When it meets Tuesday, Common Council plans to voice support for continuing to provide professional firefighting services to Southside and other parts of the Town of Oneonta. The restatement of its interest on settling the contract comes a week before the town Fire District Board of Commissioners has scheduled a hearing, for 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 14, at the Elm Park Methodist Church, Elm Street, on plans to create a…
Town, Mayor Agree To Extend Fire Pact Special Common Council Meeting Called COOPERSTOWN – Mayor Gary Herzig and the Town of Oneonta Fire Commissioners today agreed to extend the town fire district’s current contract until Valentine’s Day, pending approval at a special Common Council meeting to be announced after Christmas. Herzig spoke to seven of the eight council members and reported that the majority of them said they would vote in favor of approving the extension. During that time, the city…
