On Wednesday night, the sub-committee presented a variety of suggestions to save the county’s transfer stations open while also being fiscally responsible to all taxpayers. The Infrastructure Committee will likely take a few weeks to consider all the recommendations. A final proposal might not make it to the floor of the legislature until near the end of the year.
Two traffic stops in the city of Oswego, one Monday and one Tuesday, have resulted in several felony drug arrests. A 16-year-old boy and three adults were charged.
Warm and humid with an increasing chance of rain later today. High near 80.
The purpose of this new chapter of the code is to establish a program for identifying and registering vacant buildings, to determine the responsibilities of the owners of vacant buildings and structures and to facilitate the rehabilitation of the vacant properties, explained Connie Cosemento, Quality of Life Committee chairperson. Currently, the only part of the city code dealing with such properties states that a vacant property must be sealed, she pointed out.
Early sun followed by increasing clouds today. High 75.
Councilor Bill Barlow got drenched following Monday night’s council committee meetings. It was all for a good cause as the freshman councilor from the Fifth Ward took the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Monday night. Not just any old bucket would do for the hardy councilor. He opted for the bucket of a front end loader filled with gallons of frosty water and several bags of ice.
During 2014, the Riley School water tank that supplies system pressure to the Oak Hill section of the eastside of Oswego City is being replaced by a new pump station. Part of that project will be to replace all the system check valves that maintain the water pressure at the top of Oak Hill. The work to replace those check valves will be done during the months of August and September, and will require periodic isolations of the water mains in the immediate areas where the replacements are being done.
Becoming mostly sunny and mild today. High 70 – 75.
At 7:35 p.m. Saturday, the Oswego Fire Department was dispatched to a reported structure fire at 142 E. Bridge St. An active fire was reported in a second floor apartment of the building. Officials stated the structure contains a hair salon and four apartments.
For the second time within a week, a body has reportedly been recovered from the waters of Lake Ontario. Shortly after 4 p.m. Saturday, an Oswego man died while helping a child in distress in the water.
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