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Study: Mayor, Council Ignore Charter Miller: Action Can Wait Until City Manager Hired By JIM KEVLIN & LIBBY CUDMORE
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ayor Dick Miller and Common Council have failed to implement the new city charter and ignored their responsibilities under the document, a
Charter Review Commission concluded in a report of its findings, dated July 31. One council member even told commission members, “It (the charter) doesn’t pertain to my job.� After the charter – endorsed by Miller Please See CHARTER, A7
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Charter Review Commission members, from left, Sarah Patterson, Martha Forgiano, Laurie Zimniewicz and Paul Scheele at Common Council Tuesday, Aug. 5
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Samantha Smith and Blayke Conklin, visiting family in Morris, fly down the Super Slide in the heart of the midway at the Otsego County Fair, which ended Sunday, Aug. 3/MORE PHOTOS, A3
Hager Hops Starts Work On Brewery In Oneonta Louis Hager III, center, answers questions from NEHA visitors during the Saturday, Aug. 2, tour of the 10acre hopyard in Pierstown, the biggest in New York State. Hager, a member of the Anheuser Busch family, and his sister, Alicia, behind him, have overseen planting of 11,000 hops vines near where the first hops were grown for the St. Louis behemoth in the 19th century.
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n announcing the arrest of a downstate man, county Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr. said Thursday, July 31, that it signals the end of a two-year probe of heroin and oxycodone peddling in Otsego County that resulted in 30 arrests. Nicholas Torres, 22, of Mohegan Lake, allegedly sold oxycodone stolen from the Covidien plant in Hobart to a confidential informant in the Southside Mall parking lot in 2011, Devlin said. For more details, visit WWW.ALLOTSEGO.COM VEGGIES NEEDED: The Hunger Coalition of Otsego County is asking gardeners to donate vegetables that will be distributed in 22 food pantries and 10 feeding sites around the county. Call Carol at 432-7520 or reddoorchurch@stny.rr.com for details. IN MEMORIAM: Joan F. Moyer, civic leader and wife of Bob Moyer, retired Wilber Bank president, has passed away/DETAILS, B7 WRITERS WANTED: A new writers workshop is planned 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays in September at the Huntington Library. Register at library or call 432-1980
110 On NEHA Tour Receive Front-Row Look At Revival By JIM KEVLIN
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he tour began with news. The day before, Friday, Aug. 1, Northern Eagle Beverages had broken ground behind the former Soccer Hall of Fame on an 82,000-square-foot complex that will house Cooperstown Brewing Co., company President George Allen told 110 participants at the
2014 Northeast Hops Alliance Annual Field Day. “Our goal is from dirt to beer,� announced Allen, standing in the midst of balers, a dryer and a pelletizer in the current 7 Railroad Ave. plant that is also the Northern Beverages’ distribution center. And it ended with news. On a Pierstown hillside, north of Please See HOPS, B7
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Northern Eagle Beverage President George Allen details plans for the new Cooperstown Brewery plant in West Oneonta. With him is Cooperative Extension Agency Steve Miller, Morrisville.
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Pat Pullis gave the prayer, which ended the he Walrath family dedication ceremony. Saturday, Aug. 2, The event was precedpresented a wild ed by the 144th Walrath rose bush to the VilFamily Reunion, which lage of Cooperstown, has occurred every first commemorating CooSaturday in August since per/Walrath roots on 1870. The timing of this Wild Rose – Three Mile event was originally – Point. tied to the rhythm of the John Walrath, East hops industry, as it was Springfield, president customary to have a hops of the Walrath Family picnic before the hard Reunion, presented work of harvesting the “Rosie” (the Wild Rose crop began at the end of Bush) to Village Trustee the summer. Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch, Since all seven of who also chairs the vilJacob and Loxia Lay lage Parks Commission. Walrath’s children in the Helen Rees of mid-1800s lived on area Oneonta told of the long farms and grew hops, intertwined history of the siblings and cousins John Walrath, Walrath Family the two families with the Reunion president, and Helen provided the hop pickers area, beginning in 1763 Rees, center, a Walrath descen- for each other. when the first Walraths dant, present a wild rose bush Thus, the traditional settled on Dutch Corners to the Village of Cooperstown, hops picnic became a accepted by Deputy Mayor Farm in Springfield. family picnic, which It was Elizabeth Coo- Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch. later turned into a famper’s love of the wild ily reunion when the roses she found on Three Mile Point which hops industry died out. Many of these 144 first named the point Wild Rose Point, and reunion/picnics were held on Three Mile made it the center of her lake enjoyment. Point.
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140 RIDE IN RICK PARISIAN’S MEMORY Oneonta’s Dave Zummo was among 140 riders in the 20th annual Law Enforcement Benefit Motorcycle Ride Saturday, Aug. 2, to benefit the Ricky Parisian Scholarship Fund, honoring the state trooper who died in the line of duty in1993.
MCCUE GOES FORTH: Kyle McCue, a history major, graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Union College on Sunday, June 15. JUDD ACHIEVES: James Judd, Unadilla, recieved his master’s in music from the University of Iowa at the close of the 2014 spring semester. LENTNER HONORED: Christopher Lentner, 2014 OHS valedictorian, has been accepted into the honors program at the Rochester Institute of Technology, where he will study computer science in the fall.
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Rte 80 Property Owners & Concerned Citizens Meeting Friday, Aug. 15, The Otesaga, Cooperstown Welcome 5pm, Meeting 6-8pm We own property north of 5-mile point that DOT claims to own. They do not have proof, will not compensate us for it, and will tear it down. DOT actions are already hurting other property owners and the entire community. We’ve asked our attorney, who has over 27 years of title/real property experience, to help us explain. We don’t want you to be hurt because we’ve kept silent. You need to be aware of what’s happening. Please come. Jim & Caroline Sever: jimandcarolinesever@gmail.com
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Mayor, Council Must Clear Air Before Hiring City Manager
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t invites cynicism. Reading the findings of Oneonta’s Charter Review Commission shows that, in two years, Mayor Dick Miller and Common Council have done little or less to implement the state-of-the-art City Charter overwhelmingly adopted, with optimism and idealism, by city voters in November 2011. No transition plan was developed to shift from a decentralized system of multiple department heads reporting to multiple Common Council committees to the anticipated streamlined system, where elected officials plan and set policy, and a trained executive implements through City Hall professionals. At least one council member flouts it, telling the review commission, “It (the charter) doesn’t pertain to my job.” Many in City Hall say they haven’t read it. In one way, the review commission reports, city government actually is moving into the back rooms.
Don’t take our word for this. Read the full Charter Review Commission report at www.allotsego.com and decide for yourself. • Hanging over all this is the worry of a betrayal of the City Charter ethos: that Mayor Miller has preselected a candidate, City Treasurer Meg Hungerford, as the next city manager, which would make the recruitment process a charade. One newspaper article the other day intensified the worry. It reported HungerHOMETOWN ONEONTA ford expects department Mayor Miller, foreheads to report back to her ground, acting City at the end of September on Manager Meg Hungerways to shrink a surprise ford, and Council mem$400,000 budget gap. The ber David Rissberger. next city manager is expected to be named Sept. 2; Typically, it seems, Comselection is still supposedly mon Council committee ongoing. meetings aren’t announced, When Common Council and any minutes kept aren’t July 21 declined to expand made public. But now, the search committee to incommittee decisions are clude experts from the publumped into one vote at lic, much was made about twice-monthly Common Council meetings are rubber preserving “confidentiality,” as if only loquacious elected stamped with little discusofficials could be trusted to sion.
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ensure it. “Confidentiality” is not a virtue in itself, it’s a tactic. If applied to ensure a quality candidate pool, it’s a good tactic. If applied to shroud matters that need to be public, it’s a bad one. Remember, a gag order on discussion was also imposed when City Manager Mike Long suddenly departed. So we don’t know why that happened. And now, we can’t know if Long’s successor – someone, it is hoped, with academic training, expertise in how the larger world works, vision and helpful contacts – is being objectively recruited. Has the search been irreparably compromised? Only the mayor and council members know the answer right now. If yes, they simply must start again from scratch: Reconstitute a broad-based search com-
mittee, re-advertise, begin interviews again and make a decision that all can have confidence in. The delay would only be a couple of months, the City Charter would be affirmed, and the Miller Administration’s positive momentum in so many other ways would go forward on a firm foundation. Regardless, Common Council should digest the review commission’s report and act on it before the next city manager is hired. Currently, the mayor intends that the hiring happen first • Bill Streck, retired Bassett president/CEO, spoke to the Cooperstown Rotary Club Tuesday, Aug. 5, and, as you might expect, he was funny, insightful and humane. At the conclusion, he shared a quote from T.E. Lawrence (of Arabia) that hung in Streck’s office for his 30-year tenure: “All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty resources of their minds
wake up in the day to find it was vanity. But the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.” Miller, of course, is a dreamer of the day, which is great when he’s right, in understanding where city finances are going, in grantsmanship (with Mike Long’s help), in reforming the police department, rethinking the fire and park departments, making the 320-student Hillside Commons a reality in the face of strong opposition, and much more. All this positive ferment has brought people of good will, many tilting younger, into city government. Some are disillusioned now. Mayor Miller needs to step back, convincingly erase any mistaken impressions, correct course where the impressions are not mistaken, and recommit to the City Charter and the common dream that brought him, and all of us who followed, this far.
LETTERS
Fortin Park Water Project Fully Explored, Funding Obtained To Reduce Cost To the Editor: Thank you to Dan Buttermann for his recent letter in support of the proposed Southside municipal water project. It’s important that local officials show leadership on this issue. He brings up important points in response to the questions raised by Al Colone in his recent submission and I would like to build on those points. The need for municipal water is clear. Until the 1980s, Southside was mostly open farmland. Since that time development has surged, resulting in a complicated patchwork of septic systems and private and public wells. This uncoordinated development has left consumers of this water at risk. Since 2007, the state Department of Health has repeatedly expressed its concerns about water quality, noting that 25 of the 27 public wells it has tested on Southside have failed, many of them with coliform, benzene or other chemical
To the Editor: tial streets. Nor were village residential changed since the last time the village The Village of Cooperstown has ne- streets designed to accommodate them. looked at the problem five years ago. glected to prohibit very heavy vehicles They use the state and county roads There was no South Lot to accommofrom any of its residential streets. by right, they use village residential date highway buses arriving from the Consequently very heavy vehicles, streets entirely at the village’s discresouth. The bridge at 11C was too low toxins. tion. to accommodate buses, the new bridge Unfortunately, some resi- including logging trucks and highway buses, use any residential street with The village can control very heavy does that. Birnie has been hired to run dents have also confirmed vehicle traffic without impacting deliv- the trolleys – for better service and that their private wells have impunity. The results are predictable: a moon- ery of goods to merchants or Bassett. access to Birnie’s fleet of shuttle buses been similarly contaminated scape of potholes, near misses, and Without impacting public transit, and ADA vans. and 16 boil water orders traffic jams at intersections. The interschool buses, EMS or construction The village now has those tools to have been issued since section of River and Lake is Exhibit A work. But the village has to act, or its work with to solve the highway bus 2002. This information of the village’s neglect. residential streets will continue to be problem – as step one in reducing very is not being provided to The highway buses are the worst ruined by uncontrolled heavy vehicle heavy vehicle traffic from residential frighten residents but to give problem. At 40 feet, 40,000 pounds traffic. streets. them information so that As the newspaper pointed out in its CHIP NORTHRUP they are better able to decide and three axles, highway buses were never intended to be used on residencoverage of the bus petition, much has Cooperstown the future of their drinking water. Because the Fortin site is selected based upon its ability to provide a large volume To the Editor: to ban motor coaches by coaches from Cooperstown stown’s vital tourist indusof water and because the Evidently what was origi- residents who feel their little altogether. Instead motor try, but also at those who site will be protected with a nally a petition by local resi- corner of the world is under coaches will be required choose motor coach travel large buffer zone, the water dents to ban motor coaches attack, it is hard to justify to unload their passengers based on age or physical quality and quantity will be from River and Lake streets banning such vehicles on at the north or south troldisability. superior to that of the wells residential streets where ley lots so the passengers To ask either group currently sited on Southside. has turned into a petition to ban motor coaches residents have raised a hue can then take the trolleys to give up what is norMunicipal water would entirely from the Village of and cry and not on other to their destinations within mally door-to-door service, provide additional safety Cooperstown. streets. the village. The unloading switching instead to addibenefits to the residents beThe original concept of Thus, it appears, in what or loading of motor coach tional unloading and loading yond water quality. A water passengers would be banned from bus to trolley and from tank and fire hydrants would getting motor coaches off of might well be an attempt to River and Lake streets tends overcome claims of such from Main Street. trolley to destination, is be installed throughout the to smack of NIMBYism at NIMBYism, the goal is To even consider such a quite beyond the pale. district providing important its best. And while it is easy now, according to the petiproposal seems to take diIn addition, why would fire protection to property to understand the desire tion on line, to ban motor rect aim not only at CooperPlease See BUSES, A6 owners and likely lowering their insurance rates. Gravity powered water supplies Please See STAMMEL, A6 DAN MASKIN
Bus Ban Would Take Direct Aim At Village’s Vital Tourism Industry
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Great Innovations In 50-Year Anti-Poverty Fight
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n July 24, 2014 Congressman Paul Ryan released his plan for poverty, “Expanding Opportunity in America.” Congress releases some sort of plan about poverty every year but this year it piqued my interest for two reasons: • One, it was released on the 50th anniversary of the War on Poverty. • Two, the executive director of the National Community Foundation met with Congressman Ryan on the day the report was released to see what role Community Action Agencies could play if all or part of these recommendations were to become law. It was at his encouragement that I read it. On the positive side, the plan encourages innovation, creates incentives for the poor and identifies key areas for change. There is a clearer
understanding of the issues the poor face every day. On the other hand it also has some problems. It calls for an expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) to inMaskin crease the tax credit itself to childless citizens. That’s a good thing. It’s just not clear how the expansion will be paid for. The plan also calls for the 12 major anti-poverty programs (SNAP, LIHEAP, HUD, etc) to be consolidated and block granted to states. But states have a poor track record when it comes to administering block grants designed to reduce poverty. Block grants can also easily have funds cut as Opportunities for Otsego witnessed recently with the sequester.
Innovation and incentives are built in, largely around employment, but the Ryan Plan does not address the fact that there are still two job applicants in this country for every job opening. And it does not address a $3 increase in the minimum wage that would single-handedly move many people out of poverty. Nonetheless, it’s good when there is national debate on poverty. And let’s not agree that the last 50 years were lackluster: Community Action Agencies and Head Start programs have done great and innovative things in the past 50 years despite dwindling resources – and will continue the good fight! Dan Maskin is CEO of Opportunities for Otsego, the county’s povertyfighting agency.
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History
Compiled by Tom Heitz with resources courtesy of The New York State Historical Association Library
125 Years Ago
Oneonta’s baseball club met the Walsh nine of Albany on the fairgrounds last Friday afternoon and was defeated 13 to 3. The interest shown in the game by the citizens was good and the attendance quite large. It must be conceded that the town players were not quite up to their usual form, much of their weakness being in the outfield. On Tuesday, in a game played with the Cooperstown club, a nine comprising in its numbers several good college players, the Oneonta club redeemed the failure of Friday by putting up an excellent game, winning by a score of 8 to 3. Wednesday was a busy day for R. Reynolds. In the morning he purchased two lots near Academy Street of Charles Reynolds, and contracted with Lewis & Wilson for the erection of cottages upon them. Before night he sold both houses – one to W.D. Cunningham and the other to Thomas McCully. August 1889
believe that adults are more to blame than youngsters, and that the worst offenses have occurred in the daytime. August 1954
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College-community cooperation comes to the fore tonight with start of a three-day production of the Lerner & Lowe musical “Gigi.” The production will be staged at the Oneonta State Fine Arts Building. Gigi cast members from the Oneonta community include Janet Will, Molly Swain, William Goertemoeller, John Chamard, and Ruth Berkowitz. Among the costume and staging staff are area residents Liv O’Mara, Ken Fisher, Mark James, Kenneth Grant and the Rev. Robert Heffner. There are 125 costumes in the production and no performer has fewer than four changes. Some have as many as nine changes. Esther K. Elfenbein is in charge of costumes. John C. Worley will conduct the pit orchestra. Gigi is directed by Dr. Muriel Kellerhouse. August 1974
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Great Britain declared war on Germany Tuesday. The momentous decision of the British government, for which the whole world has been waiting, came before the expiration of the time limit set by Great Britain in her ultimatum to Germany demanding a satisfactory reply on the subject of Belgian neutrality. Germany’s reply was the summary rejection of the request that Belgian neutrality should be respected. The British ambassador at Berlin received his passports and the British government notified Germany that a state of war existed between the two countries. All Europe is now in arms. On the one hand, Austria-Hungary and Germany are opposed by Russia, France and Great Britain, Servia and Montenegro. Italy has declared her neutrality, but is mobilizing. Belgium, Holland and Switzerland have mobilized. Sweden is preparing to defend her neutrality. Japan is making ready to live up to her alliance with Great Britain. Spain is reported to be preparing a declaration of neutrality. Austria-Hungary has retired from the campaign against Servia for the purpose of holding back Russia, and Servia has mobilized with the intention of invading Bosnia. The President of the United States has proffered services as mediator to the European nations at war. August 1914
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August 1934 proposal brought forth a full discussion by the council with the resulting decision to patrol the parks. Some aldermen
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War on Sex Morons – Appointment of a temporary parks policeman to rout sex morons from city parks is on the agenda for tonight’s session of the Oneonta City Public Safety Board. The Board will have before it a resolution from the Common Council, authorizing the board to proceed with an appointment, while guaranteeing the necessary funds. This action grew out of a suggestion by Alderman Albert S. Nader, Sixth Ward, that something should be done to curb nightly disorder in the parks and juveniles running at large until early morning hours. Mr. Nader proposed a 10 p.m. curfew on children under 15 years of age. Nader’s
A children’s fashion show will be presented by Bresee’s Department Store at the August 16th luncheon of the Oneonta Christian Women’s Club from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Cathedral Farms Restaurant. “Cute Clothes for Kids” will feature fashions for toddlers through juniors, girls as well as boys. Special music will be provided by a trio of girls from Walton featuring Debbie Russell, Heather Meeker, and Jeanne Hulbert. Mary Makuen of Goshen will be guest speaker. The Christian Women’s Club is inter-church and non-sectarian with no membership fee or dues. There are 2,500 groups worldwide. A free nursery is provided at meetings. August 1984 Brewery Ommegang is seeking a Maintenance Technician. This position will be responsible for maintenance and repairs of the Cooperstown facility. Minimum 2 years maintenance experience. Some electrical and plumbing experience preferred. Please see our website for full job description at http://www.ommegang.com/#!jobs. Resumes should be e-mailed to Cheri Quayle at resumes@ommegang.com.
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EYE ON THE WEATHER Editor’s Note: David Mattice, National Weather Service observer in the Oneonta area for the past 30 years, is providing monthly and annual summaries of local weather as a public service.
JULY 2014
Comments: To use the phrase that we affectionately associate with Hall of Famer, the late Phil Rizzuto, HOLY COW! July 2014 was one of the coolest on record, not just in our area, but across a good deal of the Midwest and northeastern United States as well. We also received an overabundance of rainfall to boot! The mean temperature for July was 64.9, or 3.5 degrees below the norm! We have experienced below normal temperatures every month in 2014 except for May. If temperatures are normal for the remaining five months of the year, DAVID 2014 will be one of the coldest years since records have been kept for the greater Oneonta/ MATTICE Cooperstown area! Not to dampen your spirits, we only reached 80 degrees 10 times during the month, (21 is normal.) The mercury dipped into the 40’s on eight nights in July, (Two is normal.) Enough said about the cold weather, hopefully things will straighten out during August and September. We measured 6.67 inches of rain during the month, (with many local spots reporting higher amounts), which is 2.72 inches above average, and our year to date precipitation is 28.42 inches, 5.62 inches above normal. Certainly a cool and wet first half of summer for sure! There was an amazing amount of thunderstorm activity all over the Northeast. I recorded 11 T-storms at my home, four is normal for the month of July! The severe T-storm activity in New York State produced two confirmed tornadoes. Hopefully, the volatile atmosphere will stabilize and our thunderstorm activity will subside. Speaking of thunderstorms, PLEASE, PLEASE, give lightning the respect it deserves! A lightning bolt is five times hotter than the sun! A sudden, unexpected strike can cause serious injury or death without warning. More deaths are caused by lightning annually than any other weather related incident. It can cause significant property damage and lightning strikes are responsible for scores of fires in the U.S. every year. If you heed the old saying, “when the sky roars, go indoors”, you reduce the risk of be harmed by lightning almost one hundred percent. Stop all outdoor activity and don’t just run for cover under the patio, or in the garage without shutting the door and think you are safe. Move into the house, close the windows and then you can relax and feel safe. During a T-storm, stay off corded electronic devices, don’t use bath tubs, showers and sinks. And lastly, wait thirty minutes after you hear the last rumble of thunder following a T-storm before you go back outside. The second half of summer is upon us, so get outside, away from the TV and computer and enjoy some of the great outdoor activities this area
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Highest Temperature...................................................87°F (July 2) Lowest Temperature..................................................46°F (July 25) Average Maximum Temperature..........................................75.7°F Average Minimum Temperature..............................................54°F Monthly Mean Temperature.................................................64.9°F Precipitation Total.....................................................................6.67″ Most Precipitation in One Day...................................1.09” (July 8) Thunderstorms......................................................11 (16 for 2014) Snow....................................................................0 (50.9” for 2014) Most Snow in One Day....................................................................0 YTD Precipitation....................................................................28.42” Number of Days at or below 0°F........ ...................0 (20 for 2014 ) Number of Days at or below 32°F.........................0 (113 for 2014)
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Fortin Park Water Plant A Bargain, Ensures Safety, Development STAMMEL/From A4 are also not subject to the same risk of power outages, ensuring a steady and predictable stream of water. The potential economic benefits of this project will be a boon to our area and will bolster town, city, school and county budgets. At the “Seward Summit” of this past fall, we were repeatedly told by the expert speakers that one of our best local assets is our clean and abundant water. This resource is not helpful to our local economy unless the infrastructure is provided to transport it to homes and businesses. Building this infrastructure is an important and forward-looking investment in our local community and economy that will pay large dividends. Mr. Colone wrongly opines that this project will only bring minimum wage jobs. Expanding infrastruc-
ture to a region in no way dictates what kind of development will take place. Any future development will likely be a mix of business and residential and will be guided by careful local zoning and by the free market. This development will in turn bring in more tax receipts, lowering the tax burdens on existing residents and businesses throughout the town and school district and further improving the local economy. The project proposal is not something that the Town is rushing into and comes as the result of years of research and planning. It has been the subject of numerous public hearings and discussions since the idea was first floated in 2007 and has been endorsed by the recently updated Town Comprehensive Plan. Residents of the proposed district were polled and a majority expressed interest
in the project. Town government, primarily Supervisor Wood, then secured millions of dollars in grants and lowor no-interest loans for the project. Over the years a number of different project alternatives were considered and are fully detailed in reports by Lamont Engineering. Eventually, the Town determined that the cleanest, most plentiful, and cheapest source of water would be a well sited in Fortin Park. Fortin Park is also ideally situated to provide water development to the Emmons and the East End of town. furthering a comprehensive region-wide focus. Additional system interconnects can be considered at a later time. Recently, a volunteer committee reviewed the selection of the well site and decision not to purchase more expensive water from the city and determined that
the town made the right decision. The plan has been endorsed by both environmental and business groups as smart development. The town has repeatedly shown itself to be just as, if not more, adept than other local governments in managing its budget. It manages multi-million dollar budgets and consistently operates in the black with minimal tax increases. I have no doubt that it will ably manage the funding of this project with the same integrity and transparency. Additionally, the Town already manages the Woodland Water District in the East End of town so it has experience in this regard. Mr. Colone’s concerns about overburdening Oneonta’s wastewater treatment plant are unfounded. Since 1990, a portion of the Route 23 corridor has been serviced by city sewers. There is no plan at present
to expand that sewer line and this project should have no effect on the amount of water reaching the plant. Change is never an easy thing and can often bring anxiety. But we owe it to our local residents and businesses to pursue more than just the same business as usual. Municipal water on Southside is one of the big forward looking ideas that our community should be embracing. The Town has done everything it can to research and develop the most efficient, effective, and affordable system for its
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Banning Buses Would Be Blow To Vital Industry BUSES/From A4 a motor coach company choose to book trips to a destination which is so restrictive for the simple reason that some locals, who evidently do not need worry about the viability of Cooperstown’s tourist industry, don’t like it. It would seem to be the absolute height of arrogance. Hopefully the time has come when the Village Board will interject a bit of sanity
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t first, it was just phone calls. “We got a lot of calls asking where people could park for the concert or when they could set up their lawn chairs,” said Val Paige, director of the Clark Sports Center. “Obviously, they didn’t know the concert was cancelled.” But then, a couple from Michigan came in. Even though calls went out to inform ticket holders that the Baseball Hall of Fame’s 75th anniversary concert, which was set to feature Paul Simon, the Boston Pops, Randy Newman and Hunter Hayes, had been cancelled two weeks before, those calls didn’t go out to people who’d planned to take advantage of the free lawn seating. “The Hall of Fame team contacted a small group of constituents whose support and participation was vital to the execution of the Concert,” said Brad Horn, the hall’s VP of communications & education. “Some people didn’t know,” said Paige. “We put signs at the end of the driveway with the address of the concert’s website.” The website, www.cooperstownconcert.com, tells visitors that ticket refund information will be available shortly. But in the three weeks since the concert was cancelled, no refund information has come forth from concert promoter Loren Harriet, who cancelled the
concert without explanation. The Michigan couple was disappointed, reported Paige, but they couldn’t turn around and head home. “I don’t think they drove here just for the concert,” she said. “They understood, even if we couldn’t give a
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taxpayers. Now it is up to the people to gather all the facts and decide for themselves. The information is available and I encourage anyone with questions to please contact any member of the Town Board. I hope that when you learn the truth about the project you will be as enthusiastic as I am about this opportunity to provide safe, plentiful water and to develop our economy and keep taxes low. ANDREW STAMMEL Oneonta Town Board Member
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Council Members Resist Calls They Follow Charter CHARTER/From A1 and four of his predecessors – was approved by voters, 1,128-348, in November 2011, no efforts were made to educate council or City Hall employees of the new charter’s requirements and no changes were made to shift Common Council administrative duties to the new manager, according to the report. The mayor’s appointment as interim city manager, in retrospect, turned out to be a mistake, it continues: “The expectation was that, in this capacity, he would develop and install the revised reporting lines and decisionmaking processes intended under the new charter. However, for the most part, department heads and council members reported being unaware of any change from the 2011 operations.” If anything, Common Council has limited public discussion and awareness of its decisions since adoption of the new charter. A schedule of committee meetings is not published in advance, any minutes kept are not available to
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the public and the council’s “consent agenda,” where multiple items are approve by one vote, “seemingly limits participation of the general public,” the report says. In its conclusion, the review commission finds the charter “is a well-designed and solid document” and declares it is “the law of governance for our city and must be followed.” To work, however, an implementation plan is necessary, the city manager must be allowed to exercise the authority given him/her in the charter, council must refocus on setting policy and planning for the longterm, and council committees must be restructured or eliminated. Finally, “the public’s access to city business is limited,” and that must be addressed. Laurie Zimniewicz, Charter Revision Commission chair, emphasized that point in a presentation on the report to Common Council Tuesday, Aug. 5: “We heard from enough people to give us pause that it wasn’t really something people were aware of. They knew it was there, but not that it was a key government document.” “It’s predictably thorough,” said Miller. “The question is, for me, how we process this going forward. Some are easily concurred with, others will require discussion.” He said he doesn’t see any urgency to act on any of the com-
mission’s recommendation before a new city manager is hired; a vote is expected by Sept. 2. In their comments, council members disagreed with a central concept of the charter: They don’t want to step back from day-to-day concerns. “There’s a fear that we’ll lose touch with our constituents,” said Maureen Hennessy. “Those phone calls are important. Any disillusion of that would have a really negative impact.” “I had two e-mails and two phone calls today about potholes, brush pickup and fluoride in the water,” said Chip Holmes. “It seems to me that what we’re saying is ‘I know I’m your elected representative, I know you’re supposed to call me, but the city manager takes care of this stuff. Somewhere in there is a happy medium, but change isn’t easy.” “We have to differentiate between work and administrative questions,” offered David Rissberger, who also served on the charter commission. “I tried to direct my questions to Mike, now Meg, about who they can get in touch with.” The commission also recommended that a separate facilitator be brought in to help educate city workers on what the charter means. “Changing entrenched habits is difficult,” said Zimniewicz. “But without this education, it’s too easy to fall back on pre-charter
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MLS#95402 $119,000 Great Location and Price! Solid Victorian has antique charm and modern upgrades. Can be singlefamily w/apartment or 2 separate units. Priced to sell. Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633 (cell)
MLS#95935 $99,000 Low Taxes! Year-round, comfortable, relaxing home w/lake views and deeded access to the lake. Only 15 minutes to Bassett and Cooperstown. Call george (ROD) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512
$298,000 MLS#94433 Lovely Village Colonial! Spacious, charming, 4 BR, 2½ bath Colonial features cook’s kitchen w/5-burner gas cooktop, double convection ovens, 6’ x 4’ butcher-block island, and walk-in pantry. Home has original hardwood floors, elegant study w/built-in floor-to-ceiling glass-front bookcases, formal LR, DR, family room. Tranquil master suite,walk-in closet w/built-ins, double vanity bath and an original Kitty Johnson mural on 2nd floor. All of this sitting on a large lot w/an 1812 Carriage Barn. Call today! $249,900 MLS#95177 New to the market! This wonderful 5-BR, 2½ bath home in the Oneonta school district sits nicely back from the road. It is a well maintained, spacious family home in an idyllic setting, surrounded by 15 acres. Upgrades include: large master BR suite on first floor, handicapped access, new roof and windows, newer appliances. This is a rare opportunity to live close to a major, up-and-coming city with an emphasis on sustainability, and a huge network base for farm-based homesteads. This property would be perfect for a farmstand, for growing hops or grapes, raising beef, or even a tilapia farm. Create your boutique farm living lifestyle!
Beautiful ranch home located in the town of Oneonta. This home features 3 bedrooms and 3 baths. Master bedroom has private bath and walk-in closet. This home has an open floorplan with gas fireplace, finished basement and fenced-in yard. Close to park, shopping and I-88. $275,000 MLS #95843
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(7836) Welcoming 4 BR, 2 bath residence boasts a deck, spacious yard, new hardwood flooring and carpeting, newer eat-in kitchen w/granite countertop, laundry. Spacious LR, formal DR, family room w/woodstove, first-floor master suite. Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive—$289,500
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(7862) Historic 1840s Colonial w/rolling hills views on 80 acres. 4 BRs, 2+ baths, gracious LR, gas fireplace, formal DR w/access to the stone front porch. Custom kitchen w/ professional stove, double ovens, butler’s pantry. Custom closets, wide pine plank flooring. Heated 2-car garage, professionally landscaped. Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive—$775,000
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(7408) Engaging 4-BR, 2-bath home near sports center and school. Formal DR, hardwood flooring, private office, pantry, laundry/mud room. Newer appliances, zoned hot water heat, 2-car garage, new roof. Comforts galore! Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive—$225,000
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The Pines is a contemporary Timberpeg post-and-beam, Craftsmanstyle home w/upgraded building materials, beautiful lake views and 100' deeded frontage on Otsego Lake. White cedar shingles, red cedar clapboards are stained to quietly fit the environment. Open-concept plan leads to seamless transitions throughout. First level: kitchen, DR, LR w/gas bluestone fireplace, den/study. Terrace level: game room, media room, and pub-style taproom. Second level: 3 BRs, study/den, raised loft, master bath, guest bath. Kitchen has island, SS appliances, granite countertops. Covered porch across front and side, wood-burning stove in basement, new Bio Mat septic system. Gradual stairs from terrace to lakefront, aluminum boat dock, gazebo, beautifully landscaped property w/perennials, firepit. Detached 2-car garage: upper level has additional BR and possible additional living space. This is a beautifully designed and built year-round lake home.
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