2 ONEONTAS REACH 5-YEAR FIRE PACT Council, Town Board Must Adopt Agreement By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Town Supervisor Bob Wood and Mayor Gary Herzig met this morning to propose a five-year fire contract, with the town paying $1.15 million in 2019. "It wasn't a difficult thing," said Wood. "The current contract of $1.1 million had no formula in place, so we looked at a modified version of the old formula to come up with this…
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2 Candidates Sought To Run For Oneonta Fire District Vacancies ONEONTA – The Town of Oneonta Fire District today announced elections to fill two fire commissioner vacancies will be held 6-9 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 12, at the Elm Park Methodist Church, 401 Chestnut St. Candidates are needed for one five-year term that begins on Jan. 1, 2018 and ends on Dec. 31, 2022, and one two-year term that begins Jan. 1, 2018, through Dec. 31, 2019. You have reached your…
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Judge Coccoma Tells City, Town To Negotiate Temporary Fire Pact City Attorney David Merzig addresses Supreme Court Judge Michael V. Coccoma during this morning's hearing on the town and city fire contract. (Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.com) By LIBBY CUDMORE • for AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – A state Supreme Court judge this morning ordered the City of Oneonta and Town of Oneonta Fire District #1 to negotiate an extension to the current contract so the Oneonta Fire Department can continue protecting homes and businesses after midnight Dec. 31. "It's not…
Mayor Herzig Drafts Response To Fire Commissioners, Lawyer Mayor Herzig ONEONTA – Below is the letter from Oneonta City Mayor Gary Herzig sent today in response to attorney Terence Hannigan, esq., a lawyer representing the Town of Oneonta Fire District. Hannigan had requested additional data on the number of fire calls to the town fire district. Dear Mr. Hannigan: I am in receipt of your letter of December 21,2015, notifying me that the Town District Fire Commissioners do not wish to meet…
Town May Lose Fire Protection By Year's End OFD Layoffs Possible, Too, If Negotiations Still Stalled By JIM KEVLIN • for AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – The vast majority of the Town of Oneonta – from Brooks BBQ to the Southside to the single-family neighborhoods beyond the city’s West End – faces the possibility of losing the professional protection of the city’s Oneonta Fire Department at midnight on Dec. 31. Likely, that would also require Oneonta Fire Department layoffs. Since taking office…
