Council mulls ‘No confidence’ vote for Rowback | The Daily Gazette
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GLOVERSVILLE – Members of the Common Council are consulting the city’s labor attorney Bryan Goldberger on the crafting of a “No Confidence” resolution for 2020 Republican mayoral candidate and current city Councilman-at-large William Rowback Jr.
Council members Monday, however, said they doubt the resolution will be ready for Tuesday night’s council meeting.
“I’m 99.99 percent sure it won’t happen, because we’re dealing with a lot of things and this one has been pushed out for a couple of weeks,” said Marcia Weiss, 1st Ward councilwoman.
Second Ward Councilman Arthur Simonds, a Republican, called for the “No Confidence” vote concerning Rowback during the council’s July 13 meeting after Rowback told the council he did not intend to follow any of the recommendations from the Special Investigation Committee formed in January to probe allegations that he had threatened to fir
GLOVERSVILLE The Common Council on Tuesday night voted to purchase 10 foreclosed properties within the city from Fulton County for $146,404 as a way to spur
Gloversville Common Council approves $2M bond for emergency repairs | The Daily Gazette
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The city Common Council voted 6-0 Tuesday night to authorize the borrowing of up to $2 million for emergency repairs to restore electric power to the Gloversville-Johnstown Joint Wastewater Treatment Facility.
Mayor Vince DeSantis described the accident at the sewer plant as “a disaster” that needs to be addressed “immediately, right now they’re operating much of the facility with generators.”
Sixth Ward Councilman Wrandy Siarkowski, a seven-year veteran member of the joint sewer board in charge of the wastewater facility, Tuesday night said the sewer plant started experiencing “rolling blackouts” sometime on Thursday. He said sewer plant officials brought in a consultant familiar with the plant’s early 1970s vintage power lines, which run through old Orangeburg pipes made from layers of ground wood pulp fibers, a type of piping in use before PVC pipes.
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GLOVERSVILLE The Common Council Tuesday night authorized Finance Commissioner Tammie Weiterschan to make a $343,119 budget modification to purchase city buses.
The resolution approved at City Hall notes that the city Transit Department wants to purchase four buses to be reimbursed by the state Department of Transportation and/or Federal Transit Administration.
“Our expenses will be very low on that,” Weiterschan told the council.
She said one bus will cost the city nothing, as it is fully funded by DOT. The three additional buses will be funded with a 10 percent local match to be reimbursed with CARES Act funding.
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GLOVERSVILLE The city has more income from taxable property this year, but actual collecting of taxes has been a little slow going.
Gloversville’s taxable income has risen by about $4 million since last year, a positive economic sign, officials noted Tuesday.
In a brief report to the Common Council at City Hall, Assessor Joni Dennie said she has been reviewing tentative tax roll information.
She said the city of Gloversville’s taxable income has increased by $3.8 million from a year ago. She said it goes with a rising trend the last few years.
“That’s really positive,” Dennie said.