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The Jamestown City Council discussed how the city will save some money because of accrued liability that was booked to pay retroactive pay increases to Jamestown Police Department employees.
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The city of Jamestown won’t be paying as much for losing the police arbitration case as once projected.
On Monday during the Jamestown City Council work session meeting, Ryan Thompson, city comptroller, told the council that because the previous administration, lead by former mayor Sam Teresi, had booked accrued liability to cover retropay increases through 2019 to police union employees, the city won’t be paying an estimated $1.1 million. He said because of the accrued liability, the 2% pay increase to the police employees for 2016-17 will impact the city only $220,000 for both 2020 and 2021, for a total of $440,000.
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John Crotty was looking for a building in the Bronx for his affordable housing development organization when by chance he spotted an empty lot with southern exposure. In a flash, he saw his future.
“What’s going on with that space over there?” Crotty thought to himself. He immediately knew the trash strewn plot was perfect for a community garden. His next thought was about what they could possibly grow there. His mind jumped to growing peppers and making hot sauce out of them, because “it was the only thing we could grow in a confined space and make more of an end product. One hundred pounds of peppers becomes 500 pounds of hot sauce. All other fresh produce for commercial purposes goes the other way you grow 100 pounds to sell 75.”