More than 60 residents – many Bassett Hospital neighbors – packed the Village Board meeting room at 22 Main this evening to object to the creation of a "hospital zone" around what was called a "behemoth." At right is Rick Hulse, Sr., lower Pioneer Street. (Jim Kevlin/allotsego.com)
By JIM KEVLIN • allotsego.com
Trustee Cindy Falk, left, seeks to convince her colleague of the wisdom of a "hospital zone," but ended up as the sole "aye" in a procedural vote. Trustee Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch and Mayor Katz listen.Bassett President/CEO Vance Brown chats with Wendell Tripp (not pictured), who objected to the "hospital zone."
COOPERSTOWN – It was only a procedural vote, but the 4-1 tally made it clear: The village's proposed hospital zone, in preparation since April 2013, is going nowhere.
The vote, on Part One of a related SEQR application, was called tonight during the Village Board's monthly, and turned out to be the only vote related to the Bassett Hospital neighborhood as trustees grappled with regulatory complexities.
Only Trustee Cindy Falk, who chaired the hospital zone committee, voted aye. The nayes were Trustees Lou Allstadt, Jim Dean, Bruce Maxson and Ellen Tillapaugh. Mayor Jeff Katz said nothing.
"I'm going to vote no tonight. I'm going to vote no next month. I'm going to vote no forever," said Dean.
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