Herzig To Retire Despite COVID-19, Much Let To Do, Mayor’s Decision Firm: It’s Time To Go By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com With would-be successors able to circulate petitions in the next few days, six-year Mayor Gary Herzig Tuesday, Feb. 23, announced what many expected and others anticipated with regret: He will retire when his term ends on Dec. 31, 2021. “During the past six years, by working together, the people of Oneonta have achieved remarkable progress,” he said…
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Miller Park Opens Friends, Family Gather At Site To Honor Friend, Former Mayor…
Council To Allocate Funds For Plants For Miller Park ONEONTA – Common Council is scheduled to allocate $15,000, mostly from donations from the Mayor Miller Memorial Fund, for plants and materials for a park planned in honor of the late mayor at the corner of Main Street and James F. Lettis Highway. A motion allocating $11,300 from donations in the the Miller Fund and $3,700 from the city’s Community Landscaping Fund is on the agenda for council’s Tuesday meeting, which begins…
Foothills’ 1st Distinguished Service Awards Honor Miller, Blazina Roles…
Foothills Full To Overflowing As 800 Bid Farewell To Mayor VIEW SLIDE SHOW OF MAYOR DICK MILLER’S MEMORIAL SERVICE…
City Hall Releases Statement On Mayor ONEONTA – This is the statement released by City Hall at 2:32 this afternoon: “The City of Oneonta and its common Council are deeply saddened to report that at approximately 10:25 a.m. Saturday, October 25, 2014 Mayor Richard P. Miller, Jr. died unexpectedly. On behalf of the Miller family, it is requested that during this difficult time the privacy of the family be respected.”…
Mayor To Discuss ‘On Boarding’ City Manager, Charter Changes ONEONTA – Mayor Miller plans to discuss the “on boarding” of the new city manager, Marty Murphy, during his report to Common Council at its meeting tonight. Murphy, appointed Sept. 4, starts work Oct. 1. The mayor will also discuss proposed plans to respond to the recommendations of the Charter Review Commission, formed to examine implementation of the new city charter after the resignation of the first city manager, Mike Long,…