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GLOVERSVILLE Locals will soon have a chance to honor service members and help beautify downtown through the Hometown Heroes banner program pitched this week by Downtown Development Specialist James Hannahs and approved by the Common Council.
Hannahs outlined details of the proposed Hometown Heroes banner program to the Common Council on Tuesday. The program would see community members purchase banners to be displayed downtown featuring the photo, name, branch, rank, years of service and medals of local service members.
The banners would be hung year-round on the decorative lamp posts downtown on North and South Main Streets and East and West Fulton Streets. Hannahs noted that the 79 lamp posts downtown could bear two banners each, allowing for the display of up to 158 banners.
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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.
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GLOVERSVILLE Base salaries for administrative and non-represented city employees will largely remain flat next year with some staffers to receive additional pay in the form of stipends.
The Common Council on Tuesday authorized the base salaries of administrative and non-represented city employees for 2021. The base salaries were set this fall by the council as part of the 2021 city budget process through meetings between the council and department heads.
The resolution formally setting the base salaries of administrative and non-represented employees for next year saw wages for nearly every staffer falling under that category remain flat from the current year.
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GLOVERSVILLE The Common Council has unanimously rejected a request by solar developers to rezone portions of the former Pine Brook Golf Club property from residential to commercial to allow construction of a community solar farm at the center of the site. The rejection will not kill the project outright as developers may still apply to the Zoning Board of Appeals for a variance.
The Common Council on Tuesday finally issued a decision on the request by solar developers, Eden Renewables, to rezone from residential to commercial three subdivided parcels from the former Pine Brook Golf Club at 280 S. Main St.
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GLOVERSVILLE Members of the Common Council last week questioned the wisdom and feasibility of a proposal to bring the Firefighter Combat Challenge back to the city in summer 2021 given the uncertainty surrounding the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Downtown Development Specialist James Hannahs of the Fulton County Center for Regional Growth appeared before the Common Council during Tuesday’s remote meeting conducted via Zoom with a proposal to host the national Firefighter Combat Challenge in the city next summer.
The city roughly 20 years ago last hosted the event that sees firefighters from around the country and the globe visit cities throughout the U.S. to compete in a timed challenge based around the physical skills necessary to perform the job.