CRAIG GELBSMAN COUNTY BOARD OF REPRESENTATIVES, DISTRICT 12 COMMUNITY OF RESIDENCE: City Of Oneonta PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: 4 years of being your current Representative, Small Business Owner, employ between 20-30 people. COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: Oneonta Little league board member Opportunity for Otsego County Board Member Oneonta Little Coach Donor to many organizations throughout the region. FAMILY: A wonderful wife, Melinda, teacher at Oneonta High School and four children, three of which attend Oneonta School System, and one that attends the YMCA. PHILOSOPHY OF GOVERNMENT: Serve the…
LEONARD CARSON JR. COUNTY BOARD OF REPRESENTATIVES, DISTRICT 13 Fifth and Sixth Wards, City of Oneonta COMMUNITY OF RESIDENCE: Oneonta EDUCATION: Laurens Central School AAS in Fire Science, Corning Community College, Corning, NY (42) National and/or NYS Certified course materials PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: United States Air Force: 1983-1987 ( Active) & 1990-1992 (Reserve) Owner of Construction Technology: 1990-2000 City of Oneonta Fire Department: 1989-2015 (Call, PT, Provisional, Career) NYS Fire Service Instructor: 2008-2015 Co-owner of DCMarketing: 2011-present Otsego County Board Representative: 2016-present…
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NY Waterworks Association To Honor Oneonta’s Shaffer ONEONTA – Stanley Shaffer, chief operator of the city’s Water Treatment Plant, has been received the 2017 Operators Meritorious Service Award from New York Section American Water Works Association. The award will be presented at the state AWWA Awards Breakfast at its Annual Conference April 26 in Saratoga Springs.…
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 Sets Workshop On Annexing Airport, Reservoir ONEONTA – With the idea of bringing the airport and Wilber Lake Reservoir within city limits, Common Council has invited the public a workshop on annexation Monday, March 27, after the Finance/Human Resources Committee meeting. The workshop will be conducted by Wade Beltramo, counsel for the NYCOM, the New York State Council of Mayors & Municipal Officials. The Oneonta Municipal Airport is currently in the Town of Laurens; the reservoir, in the…
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…
Council Will Name Judy Pangman Community Development Director By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Judy Pangman, a former Lamont Engineering project manager and beef farmer in Carlisle, will be appointed as Oneonta’s new director of community development at tonight’s Common Council meeting. At Lamont Engineering, Cobleskill, she was instrumental in the development and management of infrastructure projects for communities throughout the region, from small ventures to multi-million dollar projects.…