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Council votes Bova faces intentional to ban e-cig, murder charge in hookah use on shooting death city property Vaping now restricted in Plattsburgh By Elizabeth Izzo STA FF W RITER
PLATTSBURGH | Vaping is now banned on public property in the City of Plattsburgh. The Common Council voted 6-0 last week on a law adding “electronic nicotine delivery systems” like e-cigarettes and hookahs to a list of tobacco products already barred from use on sidewalks, parks, streets or other public property within city limits. The fine for non-compliance was also raised from $50 to $100. “The intent of the law is to protect the public,” Councilor Rachelle Armstrong (Ward 1) said. “Those who engage in smoking or vaping engage in a behavior that’s their choice. “The purpose of this law is to protect the public.” The update was proposed by Armstrong Feb. 7, at the urging of local anti-tobacco advocacy groups. The council was poised to vote on the law Feb. 28. But some councilors, including Councilor Patrick McFarlin (Ward 5), expressed some concern about the original version of the law, which would have also banned possession of ecigarettes on public property. The law was subsequently amended to remove any mention of possession.
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Marissa Goldsmith, a 13-year-old member of local anti-tobacco group Reality Check, told the council during a public hearing last week that she hopes the law passes for people like her nephew. “I have a 4-year-old nephew that has really bad asthma,” she said. Last summer, she took her nephew to the city-sponsored Mayor’s Cup and Fourth of July festivities. While they were walking on the sidewalk near City Hall, she said a man who was smoking walked by and blew smoke over her nephew. » Vaping Cont. on pg. 2
Police cordon off road after shooting in AuSable Forks.
Magen Goyette died of single gunshot wound
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waived a formal reading of the felony complaint. Bova pleaded not guilty to the charge and was remanded to custody of the Clinton County sheriff. He is being held at the county jail without bail. Latham-based attorney James E. Tyner is representing Bova.
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AUSABLE FORKS | The shooting death last week of Magen Goyette of AuSable Forks was ruled a homicide by the medical examiner. Goyette, 30, died of a single gunshot wound to the head, according to Clinton County District Attorney Andrew J. Wylie. Wylie said David J. Bova, 30, of 31 Seperator Road in AuSable Forks was arraigned in the Town of Black Brook court and charged with second-degree intentional murder, a class A felony. Clinton County’s DA appeared in court for the hearing and said Bova
According to the DA, Bova is charged with shooting Goyette on March 13 at 9:15 a.m. with a 9-millimeter HiPoint rifle, causing her death. The DA released Bova’s police statement last weekend. In it, Bova recounts a call he made to police about 11 p.m. the night before the shooting incident, saying they had had a verbal argument. At dinner time, Bova said, “I told her I was depressed and she called me names like a cry baby back bitch. I was supposed to work the night shift again and we argued and she said she was going to break my guns which are very
INSET: David Bova
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important to me and she said she was going to f*** other guys.” That’s when, Bova said, he put his guns and a deer mount in a Jeep so she wouldn’t break them. “She threatened my life, she said she had a whole line of people to come put me in a grave and f*** my truck up,” Bova said in the signed police statement. Troopers went to Bova’s residence at 31 Seperator Road at about 11 p.m., Bova said. “At the end, I told (police) I would leave and my brother took his truck and I followed him in my father’s brownish/tan Jeep Cherokee.” Bova told police he and his brother John stopped by Franklin Falls and talked for an hour or two, and his brother suggested then that Bova go to their father’s house for the night. » Bova Cont. on pg. 5
Noise ordinance OK’d by council Lawmakers impose max decibel cap in industrial, commercial areas By Elizabeth Izzo STA FF W RITER
Representatives of Georgia-Pacific, one of the city’s largest factories, spoke to the Common Council during a public hearing last week on a proposed update to an existing noise ordinance. Photo by Elizabeth Izzo
PLATTSBURGH | A maximum noise level has been imposed in certain areas of the city. Th e Common Council voted 6-0 last week to change an existing noise ordinance to add a measurable decibel cap for noise in primarily industrial and commercial areas.
The ordinance also applies to a central section of Court, Couch, Brinkerhoff and Broad streets, where student housing is popular.
Under the new regulations, in the daytime, noise emanating from homes and businesses along those streets is capped at 60 decibels. Between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m., that cap drops to 55 decibels. In industrial zones, the daytime noise cap is now 80 decibels — roughly equivalent to the sound of a blender or garbage disposal. After-hours that cap lowers to 75 decibels, close to the level of noise created by a vacuum cleaner. In commercial districts, noise is limited to 70 decibels during the day and 65 decibels at night. » Noise ordinance Cont. on pg. 3
City to hire ‘Community Engagement Coordinator’ Will replace ‘Special Events Coordinator’ position as city pivots to volunteer-run events model By Elizabeth Izzo STA FF W RITER
PLATTSBURGH | The Common Council authorized the mayor last week to create a new “Community Engagement Coordinator” position.
The position will replace the city’s “Special Events Coordinator” job, a post that was created by Mayor James Calnon more than four years ago to help manage city-sponsored events like the Mayor’s Cup and Battle of Plattsburgh commemoration. The new community engagement coordinator, pending civil service approval, will take on a greater public relations role than the special events coordinator, while retaining many of the same responsibilities, Mayor Colin Read told The Sun. “The new position does retain community events and outreach, but has a much stronger emphasis on communications and public policy,” Read said in an email. The goal will be for this person to both better articulate the intention of new city policies to the public, and essentially act as an adviser to lawmakers.
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The position would be full-time with a salary similar to, or higher than, the special events coordinator’s salary — which was $48,000 annually. The creation of this position comes as the city pivots to a volunteer-run events model. Rather than being run by a dedicated special events coordinator, city-sponsored events will be planned by volunteer committees with oversight by city staff. There have only been two dedicated special events coordinators since the position was created in 2014; Tara Powers, who served for roughly nine months, and Sandra Geddes, who held the position for more than three years. Powers resigned in February. Her last day was March 8. ■
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