As a registered Republican, I am writing in support of MacGuire Benton being elected as our next Otsego County clerk in this November’s general election. As village administrator, I worked with MacGuire when he was a member of the Village of Cooperstown Board of Trustees. I found him to be very diligent with the responsibilities of village trustee.…
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REMARKS from ELLEN TILLAPAUGH Administrator Barown Excelled Editor’s Note: Here are Cooperstown Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch’s remarks at a Sunday, Nov. 1, reception honoring retiring Village Administrator Teri Barown on the veranda at 22 Main. That we are going to miss Teri Barown’s institutional knowledge, competent expertise and efficiency is a given. In my nine years as an elected official, Teri’s leadership abilities were always apparent and so very valued. Village officials, residents and visitors have all benefited from her…
Village Gives Thanks To Retiring Barown Mayor Praises Her Institutional Knowledge, Efficiency, Expertise By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www. AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Despite the rain, they came to praise her: Teri Barown, village administrator for the past five years and village clerk for 10 before that. “Teri’s leadership abilities were always apparent and so very valued,” said Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch, who also emceed the ceremony. “…All have benefited from her professional and skillful handling of village administration. “She…
Teri Barown’s Successor Recruited In Former Clerk By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN —Jenna Utter was worried. She had three children at home – Lucas, 10, Dawson, 6 and Leah, 5 – and had lost her job as a paralegal in County Attorney Ellen Coccoma’s office after working for the county – in various roles – since 2012. Then, she saw that the Village of Cooperstown was seeking a deputy treasurer. “It was local and I wouldn’t have…
Former Clerk Named To Succeed Barown By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Jenna Utter, former deputy to Clerk of the County Board Carol McGovern, has been tapped to succeed Village Administrator Teri Barown as Village Clerk, following a unanimous vote by the Cooperstown Village Trustees at their meeting this evening. Utter, a former assistant to County Board Clerk Carol McGovern “came with high recommendations,” said Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh. For now, she will hold the position of village…
RETIRING, TERI BAROWN TO BE FETED Reception Planned For Village Administrator COOPERSTOWN – Retiring Village Administrator Teri Barown will be honored with a community reception on Sunday, Nov. 1, on the front lawn of Village Hall, 22 Main St. Barown, who has served as village clerk from 2005 to 2015 and as administrator from 2015 to 2020, is retiring Oct. 30. The reception, with social distancing and masks required, will be held 1-2:30 p.m., with remarks and presentations starting at…
Barown Set Standard For County Municipalities With Teri Barown, the Village of Cooperstown got professional management right. In 11 years as village clerk, Barown earned the confidence of numerous village boards, of Democratic and Republican trustees alike. When the Katz Administration launched a $10 million redevelopment of the downtown – the Tillapaugh Administration continued it – it soon became clear grantsmanship was too time-consuming for an unpaid part-time board. With NYCOM’s blessing, Barown was promoted from clerk to administrator. A…
Village Administrator Teri Barown Retires By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – In 2016, administering a half-dozen major state and federal grants at the same time, Cooperstown’s part-time, unpaid village trustees concluded they needed more administrative firepower at 22 Main. A Village Board committee – Mayor Jeff Katz and Trustees (now mayor) Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch and Lou Allstadt – invited a team from NYCOM, the New York Conference of Mayors, to assess operations. When NYCOM recommended creating the…
Village Offices Remain Closed; DPW Work Force At 50 Percent COOPERSTOWN – The Village of Cooperstown will be alternating its Water, Sewer and Streets department staff – with one half off one week, the second half the next week, through April 15 – due to the Governor Cuomo’s extension of his March 16 emergency order, Village Administrator Teri Barown announced today. Additionally, the Village Office remains closed to the public, except by appointment 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday through Friday. For…
Barown Named Village Manager COOPERSTOWN – Teri Barown, Cooperstown village clerk since 2005, has been appointed village administrator, the first person to fill that position in two decades. COMPLETE DETAILS IN THIS WEEK’S JOURNAL The Village Board made the decision Monday evening, which – given the city manager vacancy in Oneonta City Hall – makes her the sole professional municipal manager in Otsego County.…