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JOHNSTOWN Outgoing Fulton County Board of Supervisors Chairman Warren Greene’s tenure this year was marked by COVID-19, and that played prominently in his recent farewell address to the board.
The Gloversville 6th Ward supervisor said that when he was selected as 2020 county chairman, he “signed up for a major responsibility and an added obligation of my time.”
“During my first few weeks, I had carved out three things I wanted to accomplish, or at least get a good start on, to both push the economy forward and to ensure the health and safety of our citizens,” Greene said. “In addition, a fourth project came more clearly into focus for me during the course of the year. Then came the coronavirus that later became better known as COVID-19. After the whirlwind of dealing with the pandemic in March, April, and into May, the subsequent months became frustrating, agitating, tiresome, and somewhat of a grind. Along the way, I was in the board offic