At the monthly Oswego County Legislature meeting on Thursday, October 12, two men working in the county’s highway department voiced their concerns over the perceived lack of pay and raises. Every year, the legislature sets a county budget, which includes the salary for employees across 28 departments such as the district attorney, highway department and planning and community development. Due to inflation over the last three years, which included a 6.5% rate in 2022 and a 3.7% rate in 2023, speakers during the public comment period said they “aren’t paid enough, not even close.” […]
During the City of Fulton Police Department’s Town Hall on October 5, police chief Michael Curtis shared issues the department is actively facing. The town hall originally discussed the misconceptions and issues surrounding evictions, but another wrinkle is the lack of police officers on staff. […]
After a lengthy discussion regarding the ability to clean up some streets and blocks at the Fulton Common Council meeting on October 3, the city’s police chief, Michael Curtis, held a town hall to answer questions the public may have. The October 5 meeting addressed a handful of issues, mainly why the police and other agencies are not able to remove people from some of the flop houses on streets like Rochester Street and Park Street. […]
The City of Fulton’s October 3 Common Council meeting was overrun by complaints of drugs and mischief at several residences on Rochester Street with many of them having alleged code violations. Six members of the community spoke during the public comment period to voice their displeasure with the way codes are being enforced and why squatters are allowed to remain in these more dilapidated houses. […]
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