Johnstown Common Council will consider $13.7M bond proposal | The Daily Gazette
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JOHNSTOWN – Mayor Vern Jackson has scheduled a special meeting of the Common Council for tonight at 7 p.m. to discuss and then vote on a resolution to borrow up to $13.7 million for city capital projects.
While Jackson in June had said he didn’t know whether the bonding process would be completed by the end of his term in December, the council now appears poised to move ahead with authorizing the borrowing before the end of July.
First Ward Councilman Bradley Hayner said he anticipates the special meeting will take approximately “30 to 45 minutes.”
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JOHNSTOWN – The May 12 death of Thomas Suydam has left a void in his community and changed the political landscape of what had been shaping up to be one of the most consequential city treasurer races in recent decades.
Thomas Suydam, a native of Gloversville, was a certified public accountant who had worked as a partner in the George J. Dorfman & Co. CPA firm, chief financial officer of plastic vial manufacturer Capitol Vial and had run a real estate agency in Mayfield on Route 30.
After learning his incumbent City Treasurer Michael Gifford was not running for re-election in November after serving in the position since the 1990s, Suydam filed a petition to run for the office as a Democrat.
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JOHNSTOWN The Common Council took action Monday night to free up the vehicular area around the Knox Building, which is again housing city students.
The building used to be known as Knox Junior High School, but was simply turned into a largely administrative building at the start of this school year. But during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Greater Johnstown School District has now shifted fifth and sixth grade students from Warren Street Elementary School to the building and there is a worry about parking and public vehicular traffic access to the South Perry Street building.
Following a public hearing, the council Monday night at City Hall adopted an ordinance/local law to amend the city Code of Ordinances. Effective immediately, there is “No Parking Any Time” on the east side of South Perry Street – from the intersection of First Avenue to the intersection of Fourth Avenue.