SCHWERD RESUMES DUTIES AFTER TWO-MONTH ABSENCE COOPERSTOWN – County Rep. Betty Anne Schwerd, R-Edmeston, who has been absent from county Board deliberations for at least two months, has returned. Schwerd appeared at the county’s Intergovernmental Affairs Committee Friday afternoon, and reassumed the chairmanship of that key committee from county Rep. Kay Stuligross, D-Oneonta, who had been appointed by board Chair Kathy Clark, R-Otego, in the interim. The veteran county rep stepped away from her official duties after leaving the employ…
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Gelbsman To Replace Embattled Colleague As County Board’s Liaison To IDA Board Editor’s Note: This article was edited for space in this week’s print editions. This is the complete version. By JIM KEVLIN • allotsego.com Given a colleague’s legal troubles, county Rep. Craig Gelbsman, R-Oneonta, is in line for appointment as liaison to the county IDA, the Industrial Development Agency that is spearheading redevelopment of Pony Farm Industrial Park. He would replace county Rep. Betty Anne Schwerd, R-Edmeston, who District…
IDA Ends Broad Band Project, Puts Pony Farm On Fast Track Rebuffed By County, Board Focuses On Own Priorities ONEONTA – The Otsego County IDA has received 20 queries from small businesses with expansion plans, but will now forward them to the county after a key committee has decided not to participate in “single point of contact” economic development. “We remain open to cooperating,” said Sandy Mathes, the IDA’s CEO, at the end of an action-packed meeting. “But we are…
Schwerd Letter Says IGA Won’t Act On IDA Request A Friday, May 30, letter from county Rep. Betty Anne Schwerd, R-Edmeston, to the county IDA said her Intergovernmental Affairs Committee “is not taking action at this time” on the IDA offer to take on the county’s Economic Development Office. READ SCHWERD’S LETTER TO IDA…
Rep. Schwerd Says Committee Will Seek Alternative To ‘Single Point Of Contact’ By JIM KEVLIN • allotsego.com COOPERSTOWN – The county Board of Representatives’ committee in charge of economic development has decided not to collaborate with the IDA’s “single point of contact” strategy. County Rep. Betty Ann Schwerd, R-Edmeston, who chairs the Intergovernmental Affairs Committee, told the county board this morning the IGA is interviewing two consultants to take on the tasks formerly performed by the county Economic Development Office. Schwerd…