Charter Committee Recommends: Let Mayor Vote On City Manager By LIBBY CUDMORE • for www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Though a mayor’s vote is normally limited to breaking ties, the ad hoc Charter Review Committee is recommending that a mayor be part of the search for the city manager, and be allowed a vote along with Common Council to make the appointment. “Both have to be heavily involved,” said Council member Russ Southard, Sixth Ward. “Otherwise, you don’t have a buy-in. Mayor Dick Miller was heavily involved…
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INDUCTION 2016 Griffey Jr., Mike Piazza To Enter Hall Of Fame COOPERSTOWN – Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza today were elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, becoming members 311 and 312 of the Hall of Plaques, the Hall announced. Griffey and Piazza will be inducted on July 24 in Cooperstown as the Class of 2016 as part of the July 22-25 Hall of Fame Weekend. The Weekend festivities will also feature the presentation of the J.G. Taylor…
CLARK’S COMMITTEE CHAIRS Gelbsman Put On IGA Helm; Carson To Lead Public Safety COOPERSTOWN – Three of Oneonta’s five county reps are emerging as key players in the fifth year that county Rep. Kathy Clark, R-Otego, will chair the county Board of Representatives: Craig Gelbsman, R-12 (representing Wards 3 and 4), in his second term, will chair the influential Intergovernmental Affairs Committee, which oversees economic development. Already, Gelbsman has been serving as the county board’s liaison on the Otsego Now (IDA)…
Colleagues Reject Stuligross Idea Of Shifting Meetings To Evenings COOPERSTOWN – Kay Stuligross’ perhaps quixotic effort to move county board meetings from mornings to evenings was stopped short at the county Board of Representatives reorganizational meeting today. The Oneonta Democrat made the motion to change the monthly meeting from 10 a.m. to a time between 5 and 7. The motion required a two-thirds vote, but receive support from only four of the 14 reps. Ten voted no. In making the motion, Stuligross…
TAKING THE OATH POWERS CHALLENGE TO CLARK FIZZLES County Board Chair Reelected Unanimously COOPERSTOWN – The only thing missing was white smoke coming out of the chimney at 197 Main. The attempt by county Rep. Jim Powers, R-Butternuts, to replace Kathy Clark, R-Otego, as chair of the Otsego County Board of Representatives had completely fizzled by this morning. The three-year chairperson was routinely reelected shortly after the county board’s reorganizational meeting was called to order at 10 a.m. today. It was…
BULLETIN KATHY CLARK REELECTED TO CHAIR COUNTY BOARD Check Back For Details…
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Police: Maryland Woman Does $4,000 Damage To Parked Car ONEONTA – A Town of Maryland woman was arrested Monday for causing over $4,000 in damage to the parked car of a Monroe Muffler employee. Sierra V. Henderson, 20, was arrested by the State Police, saying she had been harassing an employee who worked at Monroe Muffler by calling him repeatedly and arriving at his home and work uninvited. Her conduct intensified when she arrived at his work place and caused about $4,000 worth…
Frazier, Stammel Contacted By Powers In Bid For Chair COOPERSTOWN – Two more county representatives said they have been contacted by Jim Powers, R-Butternuts, seeking their support in his bid to bump Kathy Clark, R-Otego, from the chairmanship of the Otsego County Board of Representatives. The board’s vice chair, Ed Frazier, R-Unadilla, said he received an e-mail from Powers, but advised him he will be supporting Clark. Incoming county Rep. Andrew Stammel, D-Town of Oneonta, said he had heard from…