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s City Clerk Nancy Powell called the roll at the first Common Council meeting of the year, all six of the newly

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Politician in training? Common Council member Russ Southard, Ward 6, brought his grandson Bryler, 1, to his New Year’s Day swearing-in at Foothills Performing Arts Center

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... And Gets Good News About Downtown elected council members lit up as they responded for the very first time: “Here.”

“I’m excited!” said Dana Levinson, Fifth Ward. “It’s a new ven-

good times ahead.”

“My daughter made me up a Tshirt with my picture on it that says, ‘City Council Member, Get Out Of My Way’,” said John Rafter, Seventh Ward. “But it’s too cold to Please See NEW, A2

ture, and I hope to serve council to the best of my ability.”

“It’s scary!” said Paul van der Sommen, First Ward. “But I’m learning a lot, and I know there are

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gain, veteran county Rep. Jim Powers, R-Butternuts, was mounting an effort to unseat Kathy Clark, R-Otego, the board chair.

Powers has approached his colleagues in recent days, seeking support in Powers advance of the county Board of Representatives’ annual reorganization, which was scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 6, in Cooperstown.

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SENATOR VISITS: U.S, Sen. Chuck Schumer, R-NY, stopped by the Otsego Now headquarters at 189 Main Tuesday, Jan. 5, for a briefing on plans for an ag hub and entertainment district around Foothills Performing Arts Center.

3RD SNOMMEGANG: Brewery Ommegang announced that Snommegang will return for a third year 26 p.m. Saturday, March 12, on Main Street, Oneonta.

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Karma Cosmic Fire’s Lauren Beth Stein of Oneonta and other Karma Cosmic Fire performers, were again hits of the revived First Night Parade, which marched down Main Street Thursday, Dec. 31, to the delight of fans lining the sidewalks. The parade had been cancelled in 2014, but was brought back by popular demand/MORE PHOTOS, A3

2 Mayors Look To Collaborations

By LIBBY CUDMORE

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ayor Gary Herzig knows first-hand how Oneonta and Cooperstown can work together. “My wife, Connie, is the athletic director at Cooperstown Elementary

School,” he said. “We have close ties to Cooperstown.”

Seated beside City of Oneonta Mayor Jeff Katz, at the Otsego County Chamber’s annual State of the State Breakfast Tuesday, Jan. 5, both mayors pledged to Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA work together in the coming terms.

Please See MAYORS, A7 Mayors Herzig, Katz confer at Chamber breakfast.

Symposium Seeks Unity Vs. Scourge

By LIBBY CUDMORE

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iting heroin addiction as “an epidemic,” Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig has called for a public symposium to discuss, educate and call leaders to action on the drug crisis.

“People have fallen into these addictions,” said Herzig.

“It’s not just heroin. It’s prescription pain medications too.

It’s an epidemic.”

In related developments: • Cooperstown Police Chief Michael Covert said, so far, has referred to rehabilitation 25 addicts who surrendered their “kits” under PAARI (the Police Assisted Addiction & Recovery Initiative, pioneered

by Gloucester, Mass., police.

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2 Promoted To Top Local Election Jobs

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ith the first of the year, the Otsego County Board of Elections is being managed by two new elections commissioners, but they are not new faces.

At the initiative of veteran Republican Elections Commissioner Sheila Ross, Fly Creek, the county Board of Representatives last summer merged the two deputy commissioner jobs with the commissioner jobs, effective Jan. 1.

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achel Lutz Jessup, Oneonta branch manager, and Jessica Baker, Cooperstown mortgage originator, have been promoted to assistant vice presidents at the Bank of Cooperstown.

Lutz Jessup is responsible for the branch management of the Oneonta office as well as business development. She has been with Bank of Cooperstown since June 2014, and the end of 2015 marks her 30th year in banking Baker is responsible for processing consumer

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and mortgage loans at both the Cooperstown and Oneonta offices. She began her tenure with Bank of Cooperstown in November 2007, and has over 14 years of experience in the banking industry.

Active in the community, Lutz Jessup is currently the

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acting president for Destination Oneonta and on the Board of Directors for First Night Oneonta. In addition, she is on the Special Projects Committee for the Otsego County Chamber of Commerce, and belongs to the Oneonta Rotary Club.

Lutz Jessup resides in Oneonta and has three children.

Baker has participated in Donate Life for Otsego County and Cooperstown TREP$. She resides in Cooperstown with her husband, Patrick, and their daughter.

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Oneonta’s own New Year’s Baby is Kirk Carpenter, born at 1:28 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 2, at Bassett Hospital to Kaler and Laura Carpenter, pastors at The Redemption Movement. Baby Kirk weighed 9 lbs, 12 oz. and was 20.5 inches. Also pictured is brother Cordell, 1.

Amity, And Good News About City’s Downtown NEW/From A1 wear it tonight.”

And with the new Council seated, Jim Martin, project manager for the LA Group, City Hall’s downtown consultant, presented an interim report, “Focus on the Future of Main Street.”

Last fall, the LA Group, based in Saratoga Springs, put out an online survey – hard copies were also made available – asking citizens to rate their experiences in the downtown area, which encompassed Fairview, Wall, Walnut and back down to Main, South Main and Market Street.

“There’s a lot of good things going on,” Martin said. “And there is a lot we can build upon.”

Some 1,100 people responded, and the survey found that 75 percent of people who come downtown do so for dining. “You have a wide variety here, and there’s room for more,” he said.

And 66 percent of people surveyed said they came downtown in the past day or week, which Martin said showed that Main Street was attracting people.

And although 52 percent came downtown to shop, they ranked lack of variety to the stores, as well as inadequate parking, as “poor.”

“That doesn’t quite match with reality,” said the consultant. “There are 1,150

parking spaces downtown.

The parking garage is wellmaintained, and at all times of the day, there was some place to park.”

Martin will return in April with the final results and recommendations.

“I took the survey and I thought it was great,” said Council member Melissa Nicosia, Second Ward. “If we can take that information and do something, there’s a lot of potential.”

Each new Council member was also assigned as a liaison to a board or commission. Osterhoudt, who was already a member of the Community Relations and Human Rights commission, was chosen as it’s liaison.

“It’s near and dear to me,” she said.

Two new committees were created: The Community Development Committee, with Nicosia as the chair, will review grants applications and projects, and the the Legislative Committee, with Rafter as the chair, which will review language in the ordinances.

In addition to being named acting mayor during the consent agenda, Council member Russ Southard, Sixth Ward, will be the liaison to the town.

“Active communication can only improve our relationship with the town,” said Mayor Gary Herzig. “And we’re glad to have you all

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Grand marshals Libby Cudmore and Ian Austin, reporter and photographer for Hometown Oneonta, lead off the parade. The two were credited with convincing the First Night Commitee to revive the event after a one-year hiatus.

Mayor Gary Herzig (in fedora), accompanied by Congressman Chris Gibson, R-19, leads a contingent of former mayors, Kim Muller (foreground) and John Nader and David W. Brenner behind her.

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The Elite Dance Studio’s troupe, above – Lillian Stalter, Sofia Olson, JJ Moussa, Grace Stalter and Elizabeth Mowers – show their stuff.

At left, members of a LARP (for live action role playing) bring Medieval drama to Main Street. From left are fighter Barrett Jester, his assassin girlfriend Traci Bodie, nobleman Darrell Pestana and swashbuckler William Turechek.

day of reflection After Night Of Fun, The Solemnity Of Swearing-Ins

The kids stole the show as the mayor, Common Council members, the city’s county reps and city judges were sworn in New Year’s Day at Foothills Performing Art Center. At right, Gabriel Rissberger looks admiringly at dad David, sworn in for a second term on Common Council.

Mom Rachel and sister Julia help out.

Common Council member Dana Levinson’s children were also a hit, as twins Donald and Delilah, both 8, Dahlia, 7, and particularly Dannah, 4, who insisted on hanging on with both hands, held the Bible while their mom took the oath of office.

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To Reach Accord, Treat City, Town Property Owners The Same

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t was a good sign when the city and town of Oneonta took the dispute over the Town of Oneonta Fire District #1’s fireprotection contract with the city to state Supreme Court Judge Michael V. Coccoma. As might be expected of Coccoma, a sensible – if interim – decision resulted.

The judge gave City Hall and Judge Coccoma listens to the fire district 45 days beyond the arguments by the city and contract’s Jan. 1 expiration – until Fire District #1 attorneys.

Valentine’s Day, a happy choice Fred Volpe and letters from the – to come to an agreement. It’s a Oneonta Town Board and from bit unclear how full a role Coccoits former member, now county ma intends to play, but let’s hope Rep. Andrew Stammel – published it is up to the point of full mediabelow – underscores the daunting tion, with the judge, if necessary, nature of the task at hand. imposing a settlement at the end.

Should fire-protection costs Enough, already. At base, lives be split by relative property are at stake. valuation, the traditional meaFire protection for 3,500 people sure? (And how should colleges, and many millions of dollars in churches and other tax-exempt property, from Brooks BBQ to properties in the city be weighed?)

Southside Mall to the auto dealers Or population? (And how should on Oneida Street, is too important college students, and kids at the to be left in limbo. Nor should it baseball camps, and hotel patrons be subject to an annual game of be weighed?) chicken.

Or the destination of fire calls?

• Or specialty equipment, like the Re-reading the excellent letter brush truck the OPD acquired from Fire Commissioner and atto serve the fire district? And torney Carol Malz, plus a position what about the relative costs and paper from Fire Commissioner revenues from the ambulance

service, which by contract with the Oneonta Town Board responds to calls outside Fire District #1 in West Oneonta?

A stop-gap one-year contract may be more easily reached. But a permanent solution – as permanent as anything is – means agreeing on the terms of the contract.

If that can be achieved, then future contracts will simply require plugging in fresh numbers annually and accepting the resulting sum.

That’s a lot of Gordian knots.

• The last editorial on this matter (in the editions of Thursday-Friday, Dec. 17-18) concluded that if the town and city were one – as they should be – fire-protection costs would, within one municipality be equitably shared.

Since, inevitably, the logic of city and town consolidation will eventually carry the day, why not assume the city and fire district are already one? Since city and fire district residents and property owners depend equally on the Oneonta Fire Department’s professionals, why not simply treat all taxpayers and ratepayers the same?

In effect, create – on paper, for

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On the scene in state Supreme Court Judge Michael V. Coccoma’s Cooperstown courtroom Thursday, Dec. 24, are, standing, Fire District lawyer Terence Hannigan, foreground, and City Attorney David Merzig. Seated next to Merzig is Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig; next to Hannigan is Fire Commissioner Johna Peachin.

now – a single district with a single rate and apply that rate across the board? That will subsume all the other issues that, really, can’t be equalized – there are too many of them and too many intangibles.

Right now, there are two Oneontas. Eventually, there will be one. Let’s keep our eye on the horizon and act for the good of the greater whole that will eventu-

ally exist. Shortterm, acting as if the city and fire district are one is a fair, just and achievable means of resolving a dilemma worthy of Solomon.

Might the city actually make a profit from the unique service it provides? Perhaps. But offering parity will build trust and pave the way to a better future for the community in its oneness.

ISSUE & DEBATE VOLPE: Base Cost On Use, Not On Relative Valuation Editor’s Note: This is a position paper provided by Fred Volpe, who chairs the Town of Oneonta Fire District #1 commissioners:

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he Town of Oneonta has approximately 4,300 residents and two fire districts.

• The West Oneonta Fire Districts has 1,300 residents and utilizes a volunteer fire department that has served it well and had a 2015 budget of $117,000.

• The Town of Oneonta Fire District (TOFD) has 3,500 residents and uses the City of Oneonta Fire Department with an allocated budget of $946,000.

This very significant difference compels the TOFD commissioners to advise their direct residents of several issues that impact negotiations of a contract with the city for 2016.

The TOFD’s cost sharing relationship with the City was embodied in a five

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year contract that expired in 2014 and was extended for 2015. The contract defined the fire department’s “net” budget (costs less revenue generated – principally EMS ambulance fees) and allocated costs based on the full value of the properties within each jurisdiction.

Neither party is happy with the contract, but extended it last year for lack of a better alternative.

For 2016 the City changed the formula and wants the TOFD to play $1,200,000 or one third of the fire department’s applicable “gross” budget ($3,604,838). The one-third ratio represents the Town’s portion of the department’s call volume.

• The historical arrangement, using a 35.4 percent property value based allocation applied to the department’s “net” budget ($2,483,846) results in a charge of $880,000 for ’16.

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MALZ: Fire District Residents Want Contract Editor’s Note: Since this letter was received, Attorney Malz accepted a position as staff attorney for the Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York, which ruled out her serving as a fire commissioner.

To the Editor: I was recently elected as one of five fire commissioners for the Town of Oneonta Fire District #1. I have had many questions about the Fire District and the current situation, and have been asked many questions which I had not been able to answer.

Like me, you may have just thought we were covered by the City of Oneonta Fire Department and never even knew we had a district with a board of commissioners. So, I have sought answers and here is what I have learned. I welcome corrections of any errors.

The hamlet of West Oneonta and area to the west of Route 205, including the Plains, is covered by the West Oneonta Fire Department, which is served by volunteers. The rest of the Town of Oneonta is covered by the Town of Oneonta Fire District #1. All of the Town of Oneonta, however, is covered by ambulance services with

the City of Oneonta Fire Department.

The Fire District is an entity that answers to its constituents, as the law provides for the commissioners to be elected into office.

Carol Malz The Town Board has no control over the commissioners and their decisions. However, the Fire District’s negotiations and contracts with the City affect the Town-City ambulance contracts, which the Town Board negotiates.

The most urgent question, of course, is what is going to happen on Jan. 1, 2016. That is a question I am unable to answer. The most I have been told by another commissioner is that it is “under control.”

Prior to this recent election, the last election for fire commissioners was held in 2008. Fred Volpe was an elected commissioner. After 2008, the commissioners chose to just appoint each other, rather than hold elections, contrary to law.

The Fire District had a contract with the City for fire protection in 2010-14, at a cost to the Fire District of approximately $900,000 per year.

The contract based the Fire District’s share of costs on a mutually agreeable formula. Briefly, that formula took into consideration the assessed values of properties, equalized, and actual net costs of the Oneonta City Fire Department. For 2010, the values were those established as of July 1, 2009, and the net costs those for the 2008 fiscal year.

By law, the most a contract can extend for is five years. A fire district’s budget is subject to the 2 percent tax cap. To override the cap, 60 percent of the total voting power of the governing body must approve, in this case, three out of five commissioners. Unlike with school districts exceeding the 2 percent tax cap, there is no requirement for a public vote. The most constituents receive is a public hearing when the commissioners vote.

The Town of Oneonta Fire District #1 was audited by the state Comptroller’s Office in 2013. The Comptroller issued his report on Jan. 31, 2014, (Report Number: 2013M-243; the report is available online). Significantly, and I cannot stress this enough, the Comptroller did not find any mismanagement of funds. Although he did find some issues, no one was stealing funds Please See MALZ, A6

TOWN BOARD: We Hope For Middle Ground To the Editor: The Town of Oneonta is protected by two fire districts. West Oneonta protects the town basically west of State Route 205 and primarily the hamlet of West Oneonta, including the Plains at Parish Homestead. The rest of the town is protected by the Oneonta Fire District. Both of the districts elect commissioners and determine a budget that is presented to the town where we levy a separate tax on the residents of the district that you live in. The Town Board has no say in the elections or the budget prepared by the commissioners.

The Town of Oneonta Fire District has for more

than 30 years contracted for both fire and ambulance protection with the City of Oneonta. The commissioners negotiate a formula which needs to be reviewed periodically. The Town Board has a contract for ambulance coverage that allows the City of Oneonta to bill town residents who use the ambulance and to help offset the “uncollectable” ambulance charges.

Approximately 15 years ago there was an effort to separate the services. At that time, the chairman of the commissioners was informed by an attorney from the state Comptroller’s Office that the services were not separable in a department that provided both

services. Currently, there is a difference of opinion regarding that determination.

The Town Board continues to monitor this situation.

We have been in contact with the commissioners and have urged them to meet with the mayor and city manager to work things through. We were faced with a very similar situation last year and we feel that the residents of the town generally expect the services we have had in the past to continue. Repeated efforts on our part to encourage a meeting between the parties apparently have not been sufficient to bring the two sides together.

For the last 10-12 years a formula has been used to determine the town share of the cost of the department The formula looks at the cost of operating the

department, minus revenues, and then apportioned based on assessed valuation.

The value of the service is measurable. Law allows for contracts to run for no more than five years, as periodic review is necessary.

Issues that need to be negotiated include: • At approximately $1 million for a contract, shouldn’t town residents have a voice in the operations of the department?

• Should additional administrative costs be added to the “formula”?

• Does the city fire department have appropriate equipment to fight fires in the town where fire hydrants are few and far between?

• What items can be added to the contract that would enhance coverage for Please See TOWN, A6

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Compiled by Tom Heitz with resources courtesy of The New York State Historical Association Library

125 Years Ago

The Baird mansion on Chestnut Street is being pushed rapidly to completion by the contractors, Messrs. Bowdish and Taylor. The plaster cornice in all the rooms was finished last week, and the hard coat is now going on, after which comes the casing, to be mainly in antique oak instead of white pine, as at first intended. Jennings and Bixby are putting the hot water pipes for heating the house, and the gas and city water pipes are already in position. The house when complete will cost $18,000 exclusive of the lot.

Advance sheets of the report of the superintendent of public instruction show that Otsego County will this year receive $50,539.70 in school money. Of this sum, $38,800 is in the form of the district quota; $10,515.09 is apportioned according to population; $424.61 goes to the support of libraries and $800 paid for supervision, is allowed by the state toward the salary of superintendent Hull of Oneonta.

Delaware receives a total of $48,838 from the school fund; Chenango $41,101; and Schoharie $29,068.

January 1891

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30 Years Ago

Marilyn Helterline, associate professor of sociology at SUCO will speak on “The Feminist Vision Fifteen Years Later” at the January meeting of the Oneonta Professional Women’s Network. Professor Helterline holds a doctorate in sociology which she received in 1974 from the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. She has taught at the college level since 1971 and has been teaching since 1973 at SUCO, where she has been chairperson of the sociology department and a coordinator of the Women’s Studies Program. She has been a member of the Board of Directors of Project 85, and was a founder of the Aid to Battered Women organization.

January 1986

100 Years Ago

Influenza is spreading over the United States from coast to coast in the most serious epidemic ever known, taking a large toll in lives and causing economic loss by incapacitating workers in all walks of life. In New York the disease is widely spread. There is a marked increase in pneumonia mortality.

B.E. Swart, owner and for years conducting the Windsor Hotel in this city, has leased the property and equipment to Louis Low of Kingston, a man widely known among the commercial men and others in the state. Mr. Low took possession Saturday morning. Mr. Swart has no definite plans other than he will take a rest for recuperation. Mr. Swart is a native of the city and he has conducted a good hotel free from many of the objectionable features which often are found. From the time he first acquired the property to the present he has endeavored, and succeeding to an unusual degree, to cater to the needs of the traveling public in a satisfactory manner.

January 1916

60 Years Ago

Otsego County’s only woman surgeon, Dr. Sarah E. Flanders, 13 Walnut Street, returns to medical practice January 16. She had taken time out for five years to raise two small children. But during those years, Dr. Flanders kept busy as Otsego County Polio Chairman, Polio Field Trials, County Director, medical consultant for the Oneonta State Teachers’ College, and an inactive staff member at Fox Hospital. For women who want to be doctors, she says the most promising fields are in obstetrics, gynecology and psychiatry. For the past several months, Dr. Flanders has

chlorofluorocarbon propellant which may harm the environment.” The regulation carries out the intent of a 1975 state law aimed at warning the public of the possible danger to the atmosphere’s ozone layer posed by certain aerosol propellants. Such propellants, drifting into the atmosphere may break down ozone, thereby permitting more ultraviolet radiation from the sun to reach earth’s surface. This may cause an increase in human skin cancer, change the earth’s climate and adversely affect plant and animal life.

January 1976

20 Years Ago

State Senator James L. Seward (R-Milford) says “The results are in from 1995 and we can say without qualification that taxes are down, welfare is down, spending is down, crime is down, and jobs are up.” Seward is pleased with the changes brought about by Governor George Pataki who January 1936 he said has “succeeded in bringing about less bureaucracy, tax cuts and welfare reform measures – including statewide supervised the layout of her offices in her Walnut Street finger imaging, requiring recipients to seek work, denying home. They will adjoin those of her husband, Dr. J. Herbenefits to parents of children who skip school and requiring bert Dietz, Jr. Dr. Flanders and her husband met while they teen parents to live at home to qualify for benefits.” Seward were training at Bellevue Hospital in New York City in the plans to run for re-election in November. Seward’s number 1940s. She was the first resident female surgeon in the hisone objective is “to stoke the fires of our economic engine.” tory of Bellevue. She graduated from Bryn Mawr in 1935, January 1996 received her M.D. degree from Cornell in 1939 and then served at Bellevue for eight years, starting as an intern for $18 a month. She recalls taking 1,007 ambulance trips in Two Center Street Elementary School students who seven weeks. “I never worked so hard in my life, but it was refused to take state tests last year when they were in fourth well worth it.” grade will be taking them this year. Carli Ficano said her January 1956 son Ryan, now in fifth grade, will be taking the test this week, although the family continues to oppose the exams.

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TOWN BOARD: Fire Commissioners Lack Of Communication Deeply Disturbing

TOWN/From A4 town residents?

• Should fire and ambulance be separated?

• If so, how would the value of each contract be determined?

All of these issues need to be discussed in openly with appropriate public input.

Generally, residents of the district assume they will have the same coverage and services they have

had for the last 35 years: a full-time paid fire department that provides ambulance services.

The commissioners have pointed out that Oneonta is the only town in Otsego County that has a fire tax that is higher than its Town Tax. True, but it is also the only town that has a full-time paid department protecting it.

If the commissioners agreed to a contract of $1,030,721 (one num-

ber that is out there) Oneonta Fire District taxes would go up by 15 cents per thousand of assessed valuation. In this case, each taxpayer must assess the cost of the service, compared to the value to determine if that cost is acceptable. We still hope that there is middle ground.

Most importantly, all of these issues need to be negotiated in public, with full knowledge of the residents of the town. The commis-

sioners have stated “that they have everything well in hand.” With two weeks left in the year what does that mean?

If they have a plan to provide coverage that is significantly different from what residents expect and have received in the past, why have they not made that plan available to the public? Decisions of public safety should not be made without transparency and accountability to

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MALZ/From A4 or anything like that.

Important to this discussion, though, is his finding that “the current contract the District has with the City for fire protection requires the use of documents that are not available to District officials at the time of billing to verify the contract amount.

Lack of proper documentation could lead to inappropriate billing or the inability to verify the amounts billed. We verbally discussed other minor deficiencies with District officials during the conduct of our fieldwork.” I assume this has brought about some of the Commissioners’ demands.

Negotiations for the 2015 contract took place in 2014, and for that contract, the Fire District paid approximately $946,000.00. Apparently in reaction to the last-minute negotiations involved in that contract, the contract provided that “the parties agree to schedule meetings during the first quarter for 2015 to discuss the goal of a long term contract beginning in 2016.”

The City claims that the commissioners did not respond to its requests for negotiations in early 2015, nor over the summer. What the commissioners did not tell the City, according to City officials, is that they were unsure that they had authority to negotiate. That lack of authority came from the commissioners’ failure to hold elections. Again, they had simply appointed each other.

The really puzzling part of this story, at least to me, is what the commissioners did in response to their lack of authority. Instead of promptly holding a public vote so that they could be elected commissioners and negotiate with the City, they asked Senator Seward for help. As found on http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2015/S4541, Senator Seward introduced a bill on March 26, 2015 as follows: AN ACT to legalize, validate, ratify and confirm certain actions of the Oneonta Fire District relating to its operation THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. All the acts done and proceedings heretofore and hereafter 2 had and taken or caused to be had and taken, by the Oneonta Fire District within the Town of Oneonta and by all officers, employees or agents of such district beginning in the year 2010 and ending upon the legal appointment or election of the commissioners of such district in 2015, where such acts and proceedings are consistent with article 11 of the town law or any other relevant provision of law are hereby legalized, validated, ratified and confirmed, notwithstanding any failure or defect of the district to comply with section 175 of the town law during such period. This act shall take effect immediately.

This bill passed the As-

sembly and Senate in June 2015, and was signed by the Governor in November 2015.

Note that this law just excuses the commissioners from not having held elections. It does not excuse them if they did not otherwise follow the laws.

Maybe they were worried about Public Officers Law § 36.

This morning (Tuesday, Dec. 15), I met with Meg Hungerford to get further information on the City Fire Department’s budget and an understanding of the City’s position. Donald Lamanna, another recently elected commissioner, joined us, as did Mayor Herzig.

As stated at that Meeting, the Common Council opened the 2016 negotiations with a request of $1.2 million. There has not been any other offer. In order for a different offer to be made, negotiations have to take place. The Common Council can call a special meeting before the end of the year in order to vote on a contract.

Meg Hungerford provided a calculation to Commissioner Peachin based on the historic formula with two additional factors, at the Commissioner’s request, and that amounted to $1,030,000.00. Notably, that was a calculation, not an offer. The $1.2 million offer took into consideration all costs and allocated one-third to the Fire District, but did not include monies collected for ambulance services from the users and/or their insurers.

Health insurance costs are up approximately 10 percent. Pension costs are up.

The firemen’s union contract expires at the end of this year, so there is an expectation of wages also going up.

A big divide is over administration costs. The City has been providing billing and collecting services for ambulance use, and that was never before added into the costs that the Fire District would pay its share of. Administration costs are $272,703.00 (and all costs are those incurred in 2014).

The Fire District does get the benefit of payments collected, so why not pay a share of the collection costs?

From $946,000.00 to $1.2 million is an approximately 25 percent increase. From $946,000.00 to $1,030,000.00 is an approximately 9 percent increase. A 9 percent increase would amount to an additional 15 cents tax per $1,000 value in the Fire District. If you own a home worth $100,000, you would pay an additional $15.00 for the Fire District in 2016.

As noted earlier, historically, the formula used real property values to allocate the amount of costs charged to each district. Neither side is content with the formula.

This is not surprising from the City’s side, as it had continually included the values of tax exempt properties in its total.

The City proposed the Town Fire District’s share to be one-third based on usage. In November 2015, the City used 62 percent, the Fire

District 32 percent, and other districts 6 percent of the City Fire Department’s services.

For the year through November 2015, the figures are 60 percent, 33 percent, and 7 percent, respectively. The Commissioners have made arguments that other factors should be considered, such as population. In that argument, the Commissioners allocate the student population to the City, but apparently do not include any population to the Town for hotel occupancy or baseball camps. Acreage, mileage, use of water trucks due to lack of fire hydrants, types of industry, commercial square footage s any factors can be used, as long as there is agreement. This is, after all, a contract.

As Meg Hungerford pointed out, there are some things that the City Fire Department has purchased because it is a safety issue for the Town Fire District, not the City, such as the brush truck in case of brush fires.

I have not heard anyone in the Town express dissatisfaction with the City Fire Department. All I have heard from fellow district residents is that they want a contract signed NOW. CAROL MALZ Commissioner Town of Oneonta Fire District #1

the general public.

The fact that the commissioners have not informed the Town Board or the town residents is deeply disturbing. I hope they will perform their duties openly and responsibly in the future.

BOB WOOD, Supervisor PATRICIA JACOBS DAVID JONES PATRICIA RIDDELL KENT ANDREW STAMMEL

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VOLPE/From A4 • TOFD’s 2015 charge of $946,000 was also approximately 35 percent for department “net” costs.

• The state’s 0.73 percent tax cap for 2016 limits for the TOFD budget to approximately $970,000 or 39 percent of shared costs based on the “net” budget.

The City apparently believes its 15,000 residents and the TOFD’s 3,500 residents should each pay 50 percent of the “net” budget as their “fair” share. It must be noted that the TOFD has NO say in the decisions made nor in the expenses included in the fire department’s budget.

And important issue is what ratio represents the TOFD’s “fair share.”

• Based on property values it has paid 35-38 percent of net costs in recent years.

• Based on population it would be 19 percent of net costs.

• Based on call volume it could readily be about 12 percent (73 percent of Town population X 33 percent of Town call volume X a generous 50 percent of department costs pertaining to fire.)

Using “call volume” to allocate costs is not an unreasonable approach, but in this case it presents some difficulties. One is that the City has no data on calls by fire district and the call volume ratio reflects service to both of the Town’s fire districts. A second is that 75 percent of all calls handled by the fire de-

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And even more important issue concerns the City’s inability to identify the respective costs of its fire protection and EMS services. TOFD’s legal mandate involves fire protection, not ambulance service. The Town of Oneonta has a separate contract with the City covering EMS. Under the prevailing arrangement, however, the TOFD is paying principally for EMS calls for both districts rather for fire protection for its district. This results in the TOFD’s excessive charges.

It seems logical that a formula weighing all the factors: property and people protection, usage (call volume) and fire vs. EMS costs would yield a more equitable solution to the issue. As it currently stands, TOFD’s 2015 “fire” budget resulted in its residents having the highest equalized mil rate (assessed value mil rate adjusted by the state’s equalization rate) in Otsego County and 3X the average fire district rate. TOFD residents are the only ones in the County that pay more fire tax than town tax.

The City’s demand for such a substantial increase despite a decrease in the net costs to be shared pursuant to past practice suggests that the City cannot stay below its tax cap rate and balance its budget without asking TOFD residents to help.

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At State Of State, Mayors Work On Common Purpose Herzig’s Planning Forum; Seward Brings Task Force said Herzig. “We offer very Attendees MAYORS/From A1 “It’s important to recognize different things, and we’re at the State Into Battle Against Scourge both better off because the the realities of economics of of State other is here.”

Oneonta benefits from Cooperstown tourism, he continued, and Cooperstown benefits from Oneonta’s business community. “Our relationship is complimentary, not competitive,” said Herzig.

Job creation for the county and partnering with schools to create a workforce were the main course for the breakfast, with David Cox, the agricultural program leader at Cornell Cooperative Extension, laying the groundwork early for the Otsego County Farm Days, scheduled for August.

“In Schoharie County, it’s the biggest revenue day of the year for farmers,” said Cox. “Barbara Ann Heegan went last year, and she had so much fun that she called me up and asked if we could do it here!”

It’s the Otsego County Chamber’s 30th anniversary, and Heegan says that the theme of the year’s events will be branding Otsego as the “Pearl of New York State.”

Other topics touched on at The Otesaga event were: • Businesspeople’s worries about Governor Cuomo’s proposed $15 minimum wage • STEM initiative programs that would pay for the top 10 percent of students to study STEM at SUNY colleges • Increasing linkage between education and the workforce with increased internship programs

the area,” Katz told the gathering of business and political leaders. “Cooperstown, the Route 28 corridor and Oneonta are our strengths, and we need to embrace them.”

When Herzig was appointed mayor in October, Katz called him that morning to congratulate him and to begin talking about ways the village and the city could work together.

“Oneonta needs Cooperstown and Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA Cooperstown needs Oneonta,”

breakfast included OFO President Dan Maskin, OFO’s CFO Tanya Shalor, ISD’s Roxana Hurlburt and many more.

SCOURGE/From A1 intended to do Jan. 1.

• State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, announced he is bring the state Legislature’s Joint Task Force on Heroin & Opioid Addiction back to the county for another hearing.

Herzig plans to hold his symposium in March or early spring, working with a steering committee that consists of Julie Dostal, LEAF Inc. executive director; Laurie Zimniewicz, the business consultant; County Judge Brian D. Burns, who presides on the Otsego and Delaware county drug treatment courts, and Susan Lettis, an attorney for Otsego County Department of Social Services.

At OPD, Lt. Douglas Brenner said the decision was made to delay PAARI while procedures are clarified.

“Right now, if an addict comes in, we have no defined procedure as to how to deal with them,” he said.

“We might send them to the Otsego County Chemical Dependency clinic or give directions to how to get to Bassett Hospital. But our goal is to create a plan so that when someone comes in, we can help them get started.”

It’s not a “true” PARRI program, Brenner says, and Oneonta police will not direct addicts into rehab programs, an action they had previ-

ously considered. “I went to a PAARI presentation in Binghamton and have been in touch with Chief Covert,” said Brenner. “He’s taken a more aggressive stance, but we’re looking at other resources.”

Seward, who first hosted the Senate task force on April 28, 2014, at SUNY Oneonta, announced its return during the Otsego County Chamber’s annual State of the State breakfast Tuesday, Jan. 5., at The Otesaga.

“After the first meeting, the senate passed bills that funded education and prevention, as well as greater access to health insurance and strengthening our law enforcement,” said Seward.

“I want to bring the task force back to highlight the positive changes that have been made, see what’s still lacking and figure out what we need to do to fill these gaps.”

And though still in its early stages, Herzig’s symposium will consist of an educational component and a call to action by selected leaders. “We need to see what we can do to make a dent in this crisis,” said Herzig.

But Seward has confidence that it a challenge the county can overcome. “Great things are happening,” he said. “But we can still redouble our efforts.”

Lehenbauer, Henrici New Election Commissioners ELECTIONS/From A1 The two deputies, Republican Lori L. Lehenbauer, Worcester, and Michael Henrici, Cooperstown, are now filling the commissioner jobs.

Ross, who resigned Dec. 31, said the commissioner jobs, which paid $7,000, were parttime. The office at the county’s Meadow Complex was being run day-to-day by the deputy commissioners, whose jobs paid $37,000.

The new jobs combine the two salaries.

The increasing complexity of the technology – the Board of Elections switched from push-lever voting machines to ballot scanners in 2008 – and of the regulations, require a fulltime commitment to remain up to date,

filled in on a temporary basis until the end of the year.

Lehenbauer, who has been the GOP deputy since Ross was elevated in 2008, was raised in Ulster County, attended Ulster County Community College, and moved to Worcester after meeting and marrying her husband, Christopher. The couple has Jim Kevlin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA two grown sons.

As of Jan. 1, the new Henrici, a Cooperstown county elections comCentral School graduate, atmissioners are Repubtended the American Acadlican Lori Lehenbauer emy of Dramatic Arts in New and Democrat Mike York City, then spent several Henrici. years in the city as a professional actor, specializing in Ross said.

Shakespeare.

On the Democratic On returning home three side, Elections Commisyears ago, he met and marsioner Richard Abbate, ried the former Danielle Cooperstown, had stepped Newell; the couple has a down in the fall, and Carol newborn son, Dashiell.

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With Hurricane Irene threatening, it was not a promising day. Suddenly, though, the image appeared before wedding photographer Lisa Marino’s eyes, as the bride stood on a rock, looked skyward and began talking to her recently deceased grandmother. Marino captured her favorite image from 1,000 weddings.

came to, got back up and the wedding was fine.”

Marino (formerly Eklund) has photographed over a thousand good wedding photograweddings since she started in pher won’t just capture the 2006. “I approach it with a docucouple’s special day – she mentary style,” she said. “I love might just save it. rawness, but I also want to present “I photographed a Greek Orthodox life at its prettiest,” she said. wedding on a very hot day, and about 20 Anita Briggs, Hartwick, has minutes into the two-hour ceremony, I been photographing weddings can see the bride start to wobble,” said since 1996, back when she still Lisa Marino, of Lisa Marino Photograused film. “I was always into phophy, Laurens. tography, but someone invited me “She grabbed her dad’s arm and to shoot their wedding, and I’ve Formal portraits are a given, but photographer been doing it ever since.” passed right out. I was closest to the Anita Briggs noticed the flower girl had her bathroom, so I ran and got some wet Her favorite shot was one of the eye on the ring bearer, and she captured this towels. The priest didn’t even stop! She magical moment.

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The dress was restored, and her bride got to walk down the aisle in her mother’s vintage gown. “Clothing, especially vintage and antique garments, harken to the idea of a ‘simpler’ and more romanticized time,” said Elizabeth Raphaelson, owner of the Underground Attic Vintage Boutique, Oneonta.

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Both Briggs and Marino stress the importance of getting a list of family members to the photographer in to make the formal portraits go easier. “Formal pictures take a huge amount of planning,” said Marino. “But if I have a list of everyone, I know by the time I’m through, I’ve got them all.”

But a good photographer knows what shots she has to get. “So many brides come in with this long list of photos they want, and it kills the photographer’s creativity,” said Briggs. “A good photographer knows she has to get the bride walking in with her dad, the formal portraits and the minister conducting the ceremony. You have to look through their portfolio and trust their work.”

But the fun part is in getting creative with the camera. “I shot a pirate wedding on Otsego Lake, so

Theme weddings – like a pirate-themed one Anita Briggs experienced on Otsego Lake – presents opportunities for photographers to be particularly creative.

I posed them all on the stern of the boat,” said Briggs.

“I’ve photographed Renaissance weddings too – those are always fun.”

Even when things look dire, a good photographer sees it as a chance for great shots. “The morning of a wedding at Hanah Mountain in Margaretville, a woman ran a stop sign and missed hitting me by inches,” said Marino. “Hurricane Irene

was coming, and it was just starting to rain as we finished up the formal pictures.

“But the bride kicked off her shoes and climbed up on a pile of rocks so that she could say a prayer to her grandmother, Irene, who had passed earlier that year.

“I got the photo just as the wind picked up her veil and her dress – it was serendipity, and it’s my favorite photo.”

And in addition to photographs, a wedding video is a perfect way to remember a day that goes by too fast. “When you watch that video, you can relive the day,” said Jessica Guenther-Decker, who owns Blue Water Studio with her husband, Dan Decker.

“You can watch it on your anniversary and feel those emotions again.”

Armed with a whole series of cameras, the Deckers aim to always capture that perfect shot. “We had one wedding where the men would all dance around the bride, and the groom had to break through them to get to her,” said Jessica. “It was a lot of fun to shoot.”

But don’t let the photography become too much a part of the wedding. “In one of the runway shows, the brides, instead of carrying bouquets, all had bejeweled selfie sticks!” said Norah Doyle, owner of Rainbow’s End Weddings & More.

“The bride needs to spend the day soaking it all in, not taking selfies.”

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At House of Brides, owner Paula Fassler knows a thing or two about vintage dresses – she got married in one. “I bought this high-necked vintage gown from a show in 1985,” she said. “I loved that show ‘Dynasty,’ so I cut the long sleeves and took out the high lace neckline.”

“When you buy vintage, you can sample from over a hundred years of style, and even alter it to give it a modern-twist,” said Raphaelson.

But if you don’t want to go too far back, there’s still a way to incorporate old-fashioned styling into a modern wedding. “Everyone’s definition of vintage is different,” said Doyle. “It can be from a classic lace gown to a slinky ’20s-’40s look, from bohemian to tea-length, a dress for a wedding in a barn or a castle.”

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more open to colors beyond white and ivory, like cameo or ‘rum pink’.”

And the two-tone dresses allow for the intricate lacework that gives a dress that vintage look. “If these dresses were white-on-white, you wouldn’t see that lace,” said Doyle.

Bohemian dresses are the other hot trend of the vintage look. “The modern bride is looking for something that’s very simple, nothing fussy,” said Fassler. “But they want the details

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And the trend even extends into the veil, which Fassler sees being replaced this season by a rhinestone headband with ribbons. “It goes great with a barn wedding,” she said. “It’s a very simple, rustic look. You could even wear the veil for the ceremony and then switch over to the ribbon for the reception.”

Rhinestone clips and tiaras are also popular accessories. “It gives it that vintage glamour, but updated.”

But whether you want a vintage gown or one ripped right from the pages of the latest magazine, Doyle encourages every bride to try on plenty of gowns. “Keep an open mind,” she said. “We see brides pigeon-hole themselves and then they’re completely frustrated when it’s not the right look.”

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Effect of filing: All persons having or claiming to have an interest in the real property described in such petition are hereby notified that the filing of such petition constitutes the commencement by the Tax District of a proceeding in the court specified in the caption above to foreclose each of the tax liens therein described by a foreclosure proceeding in rem.

Nature of proceeding: Such proceeding is brought against the real property only and is to foreclose the tax liens described in such petition. No personal judgment will be entered herein for such taxes or other legal charges or any part thereof.

Persons affected: This notice is directed to all persons owning or having or claiming to have an interest in the real property described in such petition. Such persons are hereby notified further that a duplicate of such petition has been filed in the office of the Enforcing Officer of the Tax District and the Otsego County Courthouse and will remain open for public inspection up to and including the date specified below as the last day for redemption.

Right of redemption: Any person having or claiming to have an interest in any such real property and the legal right thereto may on or before said date redeem the same by paying the amount of all such unpaid tax liens thereon, including all interest and penalties and other legal charges which are included in the lien against such real property, computed to and including the date of redemption. Such payments shall be made to Dan Crowell, Otsego County Treasurer, 197 Main Street, Cooperstown, NY 13326. In the event that such taxes are paid by a person other than the record owner of such real property, the person so paying shall be entitled to have the tax liens affected thereby satisfied of record.

Last day for redemption: The last day for redemption is hereby fixed as the 31st day of March 2016.

Service of answer: Every person having any right, title or interest in or lien upon any parcel of real property described in such petition may serve a duly verified answer upon the attorney for the Tax District setting forth in detail the nature and amount of his or her interest and any defense or objection to the foreclosure. Such answer must be filed in the office of the County Clerk and served upon the attorney for the Tax District on or before the above date mentioned as the last day for redemption.

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Failure to redeem or answer: In the event of failure to redeem or answer by any person having the right to redeem or answer, such person shall be forever barred and foreclosed of his or her right, title and interest and equity of redemption in and to the parcel described in such petition and a judgment in foreclosure may be taken by default.

Enforcing Officer Dan Crowell Otsego County Treasurer Attorney for Tax District Ellen Coccoma Otsego County Attorney 197 Main Street Cooperstown, NY 13326 1LegalJan7 Legal notice

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6LegalFeb11 Legal notice Notice of Formation of Travelsee LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 10/16/15. Office location: Otsego County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Kwasi Agyemang, 2 Pine Blvd., Apt. 5, Cooperstown, NY 13326, principal business address. Purpose: any lawful activity.

6LegalFeb11 Legal notice Notice of Formation of TIMBER CREEK SALOON AND RESTAURANTS, LLC.

Notice of Formation of Bing Dog, LLC. Arts. Of Org. Filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on December 10, 2015. Office Location: Otsego Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process: Robert A. Gouldin, Esq., 93 Main Street, Oneonta, New York 13820.

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Notice of Authority of Lazarus Holdings LLC, a Foreign Limited Liability Company under Section 802 of the Limited Liability Company Law.

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

1. The name of the limited liability company is Lazarus Holdings LLC. 2. Certificate of Formation of Lazarus Holdings LLC was filed with the State of New Jersey Division of Revenue on December 1, 2005, and thereafter Application for Authority of Lazarus Holdings LLC was filed with the New York State Secretary of State on December 21, 2015, and Certificate of Authority granted that date pursuant to Section 805 of Limited Liability Company Law. 3. The county within this state in which the office of the limited liability company is to be located is Otsego County.

4. The street address of the principal business location of the limited liability company is 12 Lazarus Drive, Ledgewood, New Jersey 07852.

5. The Secretary of State is designated as agent of the foreign limited liability company upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address within or without this state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the limited liability company served upon him or her is 1725 Westover Reserve Blvd., Windermere, Florida 34786.

Sealed bids will be received as set forth in instructions to bidders until 10:30 a.m. on February 04, 2016at the NYS DOT, Contract Management Bureau, 50 WOLF RD, 1ST FLOOR, SUITE 1CM, ALBANY, NY 12232 and will be publicly opened and read.

Bids may also be submitted via the internet using Bid Express (www. bidx.com).

A certified or cashier’s check payable to the NYS Dept. of Transportation for the sum specified in the proposal or a bid bond, FORM CONR 391, representing 25% of the bid total, must accompany each bid.

NYSDOT reserves the right to reject any or all bids.

Electronic documents and Amendments are posted to www.dot.ny.gov/ doing-business/opportunities/constnotices Contractor is responsible for ensuring that all Amendments are incorporated into itsvbid. To receive notification of Amendments via e-mail you must submit a request to be placed on the Planholders List at www.dot. ny.gov/doing-business/opportunities/ const-planholder.

Amendment may have been issued prior to your placement on the Planholders list.

NYS Finance Law restricts communication with NYSDOT on procurements and contact can

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CABIN FEVER FILM -- 7 p.m. Kickoff of 12th annual free “Cabin Fever” film series, every Friday through Feb. 12.

Tonight: Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” (1968, directed by Franco Zeffirelli). Refreshments available, to aid Susquehanna Animal Shelter. Fenimore Art Museum Auditorium, 5798 Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Info, www. fenimoreartmuseum.org CONTRADANCE — 8-11 p.m.

Otsego Dance Society hosts first Contradance of year (Note: 2nd Friday of month, due to New Year’s holiday). Music by Eleemosynary (band will donate portion of proceeds to local charity). Robby Poulette calls. All welcome. Suggested donation $8 adults; $4 students; ages 12 & under free. Presbyterian Church of Cooperstown, Pioneer & Church Sts., Cooperstown.

Info, www.otsegodancesociety. blogspot.com or (607) 965-8232.

SUPPER CLUB - 9 p.m. Luke Winslow King and His Band (Delta blues, folk, ragtime, rock, gospel). B Side Ballroom & Supper Club, 1 Clinton Plaza, Oneonta.

Info, www.bsideballroom.com

Saturday, January 9

AUDUBON HIKE -- 8:30 a.m.

Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society’s annual field trip to spot bald eagles and other raptors. Free outing visits waters in Delaware County. Meet at Dietz St. parking lot across from YMCA, lower Ford Ave., Oneonta. Lunch at a local restaurant; return to Oneonta by mid or late afternoon. Info, Andy Mason, (607) 652-2162.

POETRY CONTEST -- 10-11 a.m. -- “Poetry Out Loud” High School Poetry Recitation Contest.

Bright Hill Press & Literary Center, 94 Church St., Treadwell. Info, www.brighthillpress.org ‘PAINT THE TOWN’ MURAL -- 10 a.m.-4 p.m. (Also Sunday, Jan. 10) Join neighbors to create a community mural depicting the “winter wonderland” of Cooperstown. Free. Mural to be displayed at Fenimore Art Museum. FAM Study Center, Cooperstown. Info, www.fenimoreartmuseum.org.

COOP FARMERS MARKET -- 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Jan-April. Seasonal fruits, veggies, local meats, handmade goods, more. 2016 is market’s 25th anniversary.

Pioneer Alley (behind Key Bank), Cooperstown, Info, (607) 5476195, www.otsego2000.org ONEONTA FARMERS MARKET -9 a.m.-1 p.m. Locally-grown food, flowers, crafts, more. Indoors Nov.-April at Main St. Garage Walkway, at Dietz St., Oneonta.

Info, www.oneontafarmersmarket.com FILM SCREENING — 7 p.m.

Part of new “Pop-Up Indie

Lens” monthly film series at the Fenimore Art Museum, featuring documentaries seen on PBS series “Independent Lens.” Tonight, “In Football We Trust.” Free; all welcome. Auditorium, Fenimore Art Museum, 5798 Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Registration recommended at (607) 547-1453.

Sunday, January 10

‘PAINT THE TOWN’ -- 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Join neighbors to create a community mural depicting the “winter wonderland” of Cooperstown. Free. Mural to be displayed at Fenimore Art Museum. FAM Study Center, 5798

Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Info www. fenimoreartmuseum.org.

SOUP! -- 11 a.m.-2 p.m., “Second Sunday Soup,” serving homemade hot soup every 2nd Sunday of month. All welcome, donations appreciated. Little White Church, Schuyler Lake.

CLARK TALK -- 3 p.m. Village of Cooperstown Library Sunday Series talk by Jane Forbes Clark, on “Cooperstown and the Clark Family Legacy.” Free; all welcome. Note: this program only at the Grandstand Theater, National Baseball Hall of Fame, 25 Main St., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 434-3418.

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Full-time position in our Oneonta Health Center Computer experience necessary. Competitive benefits.

EOE Send resume to: Family Planning of SCNY 37 Dietz Street, Oneonta, NY 13820

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL

The Cooperstown Central School District is seeking an inspirational leader for the position of Elementary Principal, to provide educational leadership and oversight of the K-6 Elementary Building effective July 1, 2016. A competitive salary and benefit package will be offered to the successful candidate. NYS School Building Leader or School Administrator/Supervisor certification required. Training as Evaluator of Teachers preferred. Additional information can be found at www.cooperstowncs.org

Qualified individuals are encouraged to submit letter of interest, resume, copies of certification, college placement folder with letters of reference and completed district application by February 22, 2016 to: Mr. C.J. Hebert, Superintendent of Schools, 39 Linden Avenue Cooperstown, NY 13326. EOE.

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Contact with nondesignated persons or other involved Agencies will be considered a serious matter and may result in disqualification. Contact Maria Tamarkin (518) 457-8403.

Contracts with 0% Goals are generally single operation contracts, where sub-contracting is not expected, and may present direct bidding opportunities for Small Business Firms, including, but not limited to, D/W/MBEs. The Contractor must comply with the Regulation relative to non-discrimination in federallyassisted programs of the USDOT 49 CFR 21.

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BIDDERS SHOULD BE ADVISED THAT AWARD OF THESE CONTRACTS MAY BE CONTINGENT UPON THE PASSAGE OF A BUDGET APPROPRIATION BILL

BY THE LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Reg. 09, Jack Williams, Regional Director, 44 Hawley Street, Binghamton, NY 13901 2LegalJan14 Legal notice

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FELCHER ENTERPRISES LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 12/24/2015. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY designated Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to George Rice 4918 State Highway 28, Cooperstown, NY 13326 Purpose: Any Lawful purpose.

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SSNY shall mail copy of process to 101 Cemetery Rd., Fly Creek, NY 13337. Purpose: any lawful activities.

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Legal notice NOTICE OF FORMATION OF APPLETREE POND HOUSE, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sec’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/30/2015. Office Location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

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6LegalJan28 Legal notice Jay Frank LLC. Art. of Org. filed SSNY as Domestic LLC 11/10/15. Principal Office: 20 Lewis St, Oneonta NY 13820, Otsego County.

SSNY designated as process agent.

Process Service address: 20 Lewis St, Oneonta NY 13820.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

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with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 8 December 2015.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 192 Main St, Cooperstown, NY 13326. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws.

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Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 192 Main St, Cooperstown, NY 13326. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws.

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designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 2209 Cty Hwy 33, Cooperstown, NY 13326. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws.

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Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company. Name: 1510 WATKINS AVE LLC. Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 16 November 2015.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY has been

Notice of Formation of a Limited Liability Company (LLC): Principle Construction Enterprises, LLC, Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/16/15. Office location: Chenango County. SSNY designated LLC agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall

Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company. Name: THE CAMPINATOR LLC. Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 17 November 2015.

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mail copy of process to: LLC, Attn: Carolyn O’Reilly, 1103 County Road 19, Norwich, NY 13815. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Date of dissolution: None.

6LegalJan8 Legal notice NICOLE GERACE LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 10/29/2015. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 8-12 Dietz St., Ste. 201, Oneonta, NY 13821. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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IN MEMORIAM Olive Engelman; Bob Couse, 90; Retired After 43 Years On D&H his wife 19 grandchildren; and sevActive In Many ONEONTA – Robert Carl Couse, 90, a brakeman on Darlene; eral great grandchildren.

Oneonta Groups the D&H in Oneonta for 43 his children He was predeceased by a

Executive Director Bob Brzozowski holds up the TOPPS 225 baseball card from the GOHS collection, which includes details on Frank Malzone’s career with the Oneonta Red Sox, below.

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Frank Malzone, 85; Boston Star Got Start With Oneonta’s Team ONEONTA – Frank Malzone, 85, who got his start with the Oneonta Red Sox and became a six-time AllStar third baseman for the Boston Red Sox, died Tuesday at his home in Needham, Mass.

In 1951, he married an Oneonta girl, Amy Gennerino, whom he met in 1949 while playing baseball in Oneonta; (she died in 2006). For a time, he also owned Molinari’s, the popular local restaurant on South Main Street that fell to Urban Renewal.

Malzone was survived by four sons, Frank, Paul, John and Jim; a daughter, Anne O’Neill; eight grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

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ONEONTA – Olive Virginia LeDene Engelman, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and friend, passed peacefully from this life on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2016.

Her life was a rich one, filled with love from her husband, Peter, her children Peter, Paul and Susan, and their respective families (Karyn, Kyle and Claire, and Vicki, Jeremiah, Jessica and Jennifer).

Olive began her life on June 6, 1927, on Long Island, graduated from Adelphi University with a BS in nursing, and served in the Army Cadet Nursing Corp in World War II. In 1967 the family moved to the idyllic Otsego Valley and began a new adventure.

Olive adored the beauty and peace of this area and immersed herself in a variety of community and personal endeavors near Oneonta: Eastern Star, St. James Episcopal Church and St. James Manor, volunteer work at the Huntington Library, Fox Hospital and Catskill Hospice, courses at the Center for Extended Adult Learning at Hartwick College, and other activities too numerous to list.

She enjoyed traveling with Peter, and reading, crafting and spending time with friends, but mostly preferred quiet times with her family.

Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 7, at St. James Episcopal Church, Oneonta, NY, with a reception following at St. James Manor, Emmons.

Helen Barlow, 73; Worked At Groff’s, Oneonta Schools ONEONTA – Helen M. Barlow, 73, who leaves two children, 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchldren, passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015, with her family at her side, Bassett Hospital.

Helen was born on Oct. 23, 1942, in Oneonta, a daughter of the late Howard L. and Grace (Burgher) Oliver. She attended Oneonta schools, graduating from Oneonta High School.

She worked many different jobs around the Oneonta area, including the Salvation Army Thrift Store, M.A Groff’s, and most recently for the Oneonta School District. In her spare time, Helen loved going to live country music shows and dancing. She also enjoyed playing the lottery, especially scratch-off tickets.

Helen was a devoted mother, grandmother and great grandmother for whom her family always came first.

She loved and cherished each and every one,.

Helen is survived by her son, David E. (Ann) Barlow Jr., and her daughter, Darlene (Charles Wayman) Barlow; 10 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. She is also survived by her sister, Beverly Davenport; her brothers, Gordon (Shirley) Oliver, Robert Oliver, and Howard (Polly) Oliver, Jr.

Grandma loved her farm, her family, and playing her old guitar.

Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home will take the time to find out what made your loved one special.

Whether it’s finding just the right flowers, or finding a musician to play her favorite tunes on her old guitar, we’ll do what’s necessary to make her service as unique as she was.

Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home 14 Grand Street, Oneonta • 607-432-6821 www.grummonsfuneralhome.com

years, died Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015, at Chenango Memorial Hospital in Norwich.

He was a resident at the Valley View Manor Nursing Home, Norwich, for the past year, and had previously lived in Oneonta.

Robert was born on November 3, 1925 in Portlandville, the son of Paul John and Pauline Adelia (Walling) Couse.

Robert is survived by

and their spouses, John and Linda Couse, Bob and Joan Couse, Robert Paula and Couse Don Struble, Gary and Phyllis Couse, Wayne and Nita Couse, Chauncey and Laurie Couse, and Shane and Stephanie Couse;

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daughter Debra; as well as his first wife Betty; and his second wife Evelyn.

A graveside service will take place in the spring in Oneonta Plains Cemetery.

Donations in Robert’s memory are asked to be made to the American Heart Association, 59 Court St, Binghamton, NY 13901.

Arrangements are by the Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home of Oneonta.

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THURSDAY-FRIDAY, JANUARY 7-8, 2016

Sunday, January 10

BRIDAL EXPO -- noon-5 p.m.

Wedding specialists display their latest under one roof. Photographers, DJs, limo services, wedding attire, venues, caterers, more.

Noon-3 p.m. meet exhibitors; 3-5 p.m. bridal fashion show. Foothills, 24 Market St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 431-2080 or www.foothillspac.org.

Monday, January 11

FREE HEALTH CHECKS -- 9 a.m.- 3 p.m. Free screenings for uninsured and underinsured ages 40 & over. Hosted by county cancer services program and Bassett Healthcare. Pelvic exams, pap tests, clinical breast exams, mammograms for women; takehome colorectal test kits for men and women 50 & older. Bassett Healthcare, 8550 Rte. 28, Richfield Springs. Call 1-888-345-0225 for appointment.

Tuesday, January 12

FLY CREEK LUNCH -- 11:30 a.m. Fly Creek Area Historical Society luncheon, Fly Creek Methodist Church, County Rd. 26, Fly Creek. Info (607) 547-9334.

WOODSIDE HALL TALK -- 1 p.m. Woodside Hall Gathering Place presentation “Hops, Then & Now” with Al Bullard, hops expert, historian and author. Reception and book signing after.

Free. Woodside Hall, 1 Main St., Cooperstown. Info, www.woodsidehallcooperstown.com.

WOMEN’S CLUB MEET — 2 p.m.

Women’s Club of Cooperstown meeting. Maryanne Kehoe presents “If I Can Feel It, Is It Real?

The Human Energy Field.” Club seeks food pantry donations; food and monetary donations welcome. Christ Church Parish House, 69 Fair St., Cooperstown.

Info, Susan (607) 547-2423.

CHORAL AUDITIONS -- 6 p.m.

Catskill Choral Society adult auditions. Performances for 45th season are April 8-9, featuring two Bach concertos. Preparation suggested but not necessary; director will provide music. Unitar

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ian Universalist Society, 12 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Info, or to set appointment, (607) 431-6060, option 2. www.catskillchoralsociety.com.

Wednesday, January 13

SOUP-TO-GO - 4-5 p.m. Weds through March 9. Elm Park United Methodist Church’s 18th year of providing free soup to all in need.

Church kitchen, 401 Chestnut St., Oneonta (across from Rite Aid).

Info, church office, (607) 432-

• Eye exams • Fashion frames & contact lenses • Eyewear repairs Clinic Building, Cooperstown Mon-Fri 8am to 5pm (607) 547-3142

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SUPPER CLUB -- 7 p.m. Randy Hulse (‘50s to ‘80s country & rock). B Side Ballroom & Supper Club, 1 Clinton Plaza, Oneonta.

Info, www.bsideballroom.com.

Thursday, January 14

WOODSIDE HALL TALK -- 6:30 p.m. Woodside Hall presents “New York State’s Black Bears: Biology, Behavior and Management” with Larry Bifaro, state wildlife biologist. Free. Reception after. Woodside Hall, 1 Main St., Cooperstown. Info, www.woodsidehallcooperstown.com.

DINNER THEATER -- 6 p.m. GMU Drama Club presents “100 Years of Broadway.” Dinner & show $15; balcony seating (no dinner) $5. All proceeds benefit GMU Board of Education Scholarship Fund. Gym,

AllOTSEGO.life B-7 Gilbertsville-Mt. Upton School, 693 State Hwy. 51, Gilbertsville.

Please call (607) 783-2207 x140 to reserve tickets.

LIBRARY BUDGETING CLASS -- 6:30 p.m. Citizen’s Bank presents “Money Matters,” a free class on building wealth through budgeting, with Valerie Tiffany.

Free take-home guide. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Call library at (607) 432-1980 to register.

CABIN FEVER FILM -- 7 p.m.

Annual free “Cabin Fever” film series, every Friday through Feb. 12. Presented by the Baseball Hall of Fame and Fenimore Art Museum. Tonight: the musical “Rent.” Refreshments available, to aid Susquehanna Animal Shelter. Fenimore Art Museum Auditorium, 5798 Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Info, www.fenimoreartmuseum.org

SENIOR NOMINATION DEADLINE -- Otsego Co. Office of the Aging deadline for nominations for local outstanding senior volunteers (60 & older), for recognition during Older Americans Month in May. Nominees can be an individual or couple. Activities can be through an organization, or informal helping of others. Info, nomination forms at Cooperstown office (607) 547-4232 or Oneonta office (607) 432-9041.

KINGFISHER CAFE REUNION - 5 p.m. & 6:30 p.m. seatings. (snow date Jan. 22). Dinner reunion for all who worked at, or loved, the Kingfisher Cafe in Cooperstown. English-style fish & chips, coleslaw and dessert. $20, by reservation. Tango NY Pizza Kitchen, 3692 Rte. 28, Milford. Res, Tango at (607) 2864054, or Pam Welch at (607) 376-1257.

HD OPERA BROADCAST -- 12:55 p.m. Live HD broadcast from The Metropolitan Opera: “Les Pecheurs De Perles” by Bizet. Foothills, 24 Market St., Oneonta. Tickets, info, (607) 4312080 or www.foothillspac.org

Saturday, January 16

Friday, January 15

Sunday, January 17

MLK CELEBRATION - 2-4 p.m.

Martin Luther King Birthday Celebration, hosted by Oneonta NAACP and City of Oneonta Commission on Community Relations and Human Rights. Free. Readings, jazz ensemble, Oneonta MLK Choir, spirituals, poetry, more. Birthday cake and other desserts. Choir leader Robin Seletsky invites all to join in; no experience needed, but please arrive at 1 p.m. for rehearsal. Unitarian Universalist Society, 12 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Info, Regina Betts, of Oneonta NAACP: (607) 435-0248 or bettsrw@aol.com

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ITEMS FOR SALE 21st Annual Citrus Sale!

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Other quantities available; also Florida pink seedless grapefruit. Order by January 27th for February 11th and 12th pickup. Free delivery, Oneonta area. (607) 4324102 or (607) 431-9029 3ClassJan22

HOMES FOR RENT

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See how it’s so easy to do business at Steet Toyota!

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Medium occupancy. $600, electric/heat not included.

Fly Creek Valley area with country views. Immaculate Early 1800’s 4BR/2+BA house, garage. $2,500. a month plus utilities, plus security. Call Hubbell’s Real Estate. 607547-5740.

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