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GLOVERSVILLE Department of Public Works crews were out overnight Tuesday into this morning clearing snow citywide as part of the beefed-up response to snow and ice control launched this season.
“Obviously right now we’re plowing and salting as we speak,” said DPW Director Christopher Perry during Tuesday’s Common Council meeting as a snowstorm moved through the area.
The National Weather Service on Tuesday issued a winter weather advisory for Fulton and Montgomery Counties that remained in effect until 10 a.m. today for the storm that was expected to drop total snow accumulations of 4 to 8 inches and cause slippery road conditions.
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GLOVERSVILLE The Common Council unanimously approved an agreement this week to purchase the former Wood & Hyde Leather Co. property for up to $650,000 for adaptive reuse as the city’s new Department of Public Works facility.
The agreement approved on Tuesday authorizes Mayor Vincent DeSantis to execute a contract to purchase the Wood & Hyde Leather Co. properties at 68 Wood St. and 18 W. Ninth Ave. The properties span more than six acres with multiple manufacturing, storage and office buildings on the site.
The city negotiated a purchase price for the properties of $500,000, which can be increased to a maximum of $650,000 depending on the cost of environmental remediation. If cleanup costs exceed $150,000, the contract can be cancelled by the city or the current property owner, otherwise the current property owner would be responsible for covering the excess remediation costs from the proceeds of the net sale of the property.
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GLOVERSVILLE The Common Council voted 5-2 to again appoint Christopher Perry as the Department of Public Works Director on Tuesday, just days after his sudden resignation that led to the initiation of an investigation into the conduct of Councilman-at-Large William Rowback Jr.
Perry’s reappointment effective today running through Dec. 31 was made during Tuesday’s regular Common Council meeting through the passage of an emergency resolution. The resolution states that Perry’s letter of resignation effective Friday raised issues that led to his departure and that the council subsequently voted to initiate an investigation into those allegations as authorized under the city charter.