City of Batavia resident Rob Houseknecht questions and critiques the proposed 2024-25 budget during Monday's City Council business meeting at City Hall. Photo by Joanne Beck One thing that city
Image Nov. 13, 2023 File Photo of City Manager Rachael Tabelski during a City Council meetingPhoto by Howard Owens By a vote of seven to one, City Council agreed to the second three-year contract for
Well-informed, polite, and a wonderful person with her own style. That’s how City Councilwoman Patti Pacino’s colleagues described the Second Ward representative. Pacino announced Monday evening that she would be stepping down from her position due to health-related issues. After 13 years taking a seat in Council Chambers as one of nine elected city leaders, she will miss it
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Just prior to a vote by City Council last month to approve Gov. Kathy Hochul’s Housing Compact, some council members asked to put on the brakes before giving the state carte blanche with such a mandate. The original resolution gave the state control over local housing plans, which included requiring New York municipalities to increase their housing stock by 1 percent annually.