At Monday night’s Common Council meeting Mayor Tom Gillen announced three budget workshops would be held this week regarding the city’s proposed spending plan for 2016. Workshops will be held Wednesday and Thursday from 6-8 p.m. and on Saturday at 9 a.m. They will be held in the council chambers and are open to the public.
“Ladies and gentlemen, we are at a crossroads – and we cannot be complacent. We must take the needed steps to ensure our city is a place where we, and our children and grandchildren, will want to live 25 years from now.” – Mayor Thomas W. Gillen
While the change won’t be overnight, the Port City’s new mayor says the city can return to prominence as a major hub for commerce and transportation. “Unlike a lot of communities we have a lot of resources,” he pointed out.
Questions that focused on the candidates’ vision for supporting and working with the non-profit organizations that serve the Oswego community. In particular, questions dealt with cultural – heritage tourism, the arts as an economic development tool and community services provided by non-profit organizations.
While they sat just a couple yards away from each other at Wednesday night’s debate, Dave White and Tom Gillen were miles apart on some of the issues facing the Port City. The two candidates for mayor of Oswego; Gillen, a Democrat, and White, a Republican, squared off in Oswego High School’s Faust Theater.
Tom Gillen officially kicked off his campaign for mayor of Oswego Thursday evening at Vona’s Restaurant. “We have an old city, full of character and class, that just needs a little love and attention. It’s time to stop complaining we can’t do this. We can do this,” he said.
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