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he Village Board was scheduled to meet at 3:15 p.m. Thursday, April 28, to adopt a 2016-17 budget that is actually less than this year’s: $5.266 million vs. $5.499 million. The budget holds the tax levy at $1.799 million. Revenues include an anticipated $400,000 from paid parking. Expenses include continued improvements to 22 Main, including repairs to the front porch. POSTAL ALERT: After a recent “unattended death” in the village, the post office has agreed to alert Police Chief Mike Covert if mail goes uncollected for more than a week. ASKING EXPERT: Mayor Jeff Katz plans to seek advice on Doubleday Field from LA Dodgers VP Janet Marie Smith, an expert on historic ballparks, when she visits Cooperstown next month. STATE MONEY: Otsego Now hosts a briefing on state CFA grants at 8 a.m. Friday, May 6, at 189 Main St., Oneonta.
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RUNNING FOR A GOOD CAUSE Dashing off the starting line, Justin Spring (88) and Joe Spohn (83) took first and second place in the fourth annual Cider Run Saturday, April 23, sponsored by the Fly Creek Cider Mill. So far, the event has raised almost $40,00 for local causes.
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Trustees Float Kinder, Gentler Parking Regs For Contractors By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN
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all it Parking-Permit Law For Contractors: The Sequel. At the March Village Board meeting, a half-dozen contractors, led by painter Steve Eldred, objected to a proposed law that would have charged them $15 a day per
vehicle up to three vehicles, plus a $25 application fee, to park at their work sites on village streets where and when paid-parking is in force. That amount – up to $250 a week – would simply be charged off to customers, they said. The trustees backed off, voted unanimously to reject the law they had crafted, and referred the matter back to their Police Please See PARKING, B7
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