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Paul VanDenVouver says the administration is working on distractions. Dunkirk’s top council member says the administration of Mayor Wilfred Rosas is playing the role of a “magician who distracts the audience with his right hand, while hiding the ball with his left” when it comes to the removal of a tree done by city workers on private property. Paul VanDenVouver, councilman at-large, in a statement to the OBSERVER says he and council are looking for answers, not excuses after he released an eight-page report by council attorney Dan Gard that alleges there was work done in 2019 by city Department of Public Works employees over three days in August on private property at 10 Finch St. Gard’s recommendation in the report of the “large, unjustifiable and unconstitutional gift of municipal resources to a private individual” was to refer this matter to the appropriate enforcement agencies, recommending both the state comptroller’s office as well as the FBI’s Publi ....
May 6, 2021 Submitted photo This picture of wood from a tree cut in 2019 was included in a report made public by Common Council. Dunkirk’s top council member says the administration of Mayor Wilfred Rosas is playing the role of a “magician who distracts the audience with his right hand, while hiding the ball with his left” when it comes to the removal of a tree done by city workers on private property. Paul VanDenVouver, councilman at-large, in a statement to the OBSERVER says he and council are looking for answers, not excuses after he released an eight-page report by council attorney Dan Gard that alleges there was work done in 2019 by city Department of Public Works employees over three days in August on private property. Gard’s recommendation in the report of the “large, unjustifiable and unconstitutional gift of municipal resources to a private individual” was to refer this matter to the appropriate enforcement agencies, recommending both the state ....
John D Agostino An already hotly contested primary for the Democratic nomination for First Ward Common Council continues to heat up. Last week, Ned Divine, Dunkirk Democratic chair, issued a news release stating incumbent Don Williams Jr., who was not endorsed by the committee, turned down a League of Women Voters sponsored debate with opponent Natalie Luczkowiak. “I was really looking forward to talking about the issues,” Luczkowiak said. “The voters of Dunkirk deserve to hear my opponent defend the city council failures and dysfunction that have permeated all the meetings of the last two years. Away from the city council, my opponent needs to answer why he isn’t supporting city resident Luz Torres to be our next county election commissioner.” ....
[email protected] Maybe the Fourth in Dunkirk will be a blast. In a resolution that will come before Common Council on Tuesday, the city is proposing paying Starfire Corp. $30,000 for the fireworks show for July 4 with a rain date of July 5. Mayor Wilfred Rosas said the resolution is to begin preparation for the Fourth of July celebration on top of any other events the city might be able to plan should New York state lift some of the restrictions put in place by COVID-19. “We need it to get through because planning means we need the contract with the fireworks vendors,” Rosas said. “We need that contract or we’ll lose them and have to do it with someone else. We’re preparing the fireworks and hoping they’ll lift the restrictions. If they do, we’ll be in position to host the Fourth of July, and if they don’t, then we have language in the contract that will not penalize the city if restrictions are not lifted.” ....
Randy J. Woodbury Dunkirk’s Department of Public Works director says there was “no wrong doing” by any city official or workers regarding the 2019 removal of a tree from a plot of land that is now privately owned. In a commentary piece published on Page A4 today, Randy J. Woodbury says he stands by his staff and again noted omissions from the report done for council members by attorney Dan Gard. “That the special counsel report did not disclose all of the deeds and easements and dates, with surveyed boundaries, remains a disappointing surprise, although the special counsel did explain he was a hired advocate for council against our mayor,” Woodbury writes. ....