Articles by Steve Yablonski

They also approved overriding the state-mandated two-percent tax levy limit for 2012 if need be; and they approved using a county employee to inspect county-owned structures, in stead of paying the state more than $60,000 a year to do it. A public hearing on the tax deal will be held at 2 p.m. Dec. 15.

At about 9:09 a.m. today (Nov. 29), Oswego City Police responded to a report of a two-car motor vehicle accident at the intersection of West Fifth and West Albany streets. As a result of the impact between the two vehicles, one was pushed up onto the sidewalk and struck a 25-year-old woman and her young son.

According to the county administrator, adoption of this local law will protect county taxpayers from being penalized (potentially several million dollars) in a future NYS Comptroller audit that doesn’t account for the county’s unique situation regarding the expiring nuclear plant tax agreements.