Fulton Mayor Ron Woodward has short, sharp advice for Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and his investigation of alleged “pension padding” that puts pressure on local governments to solve the problem:
“Change the damn law.”
Fulton Police charged Zachary R. Parker, 18, of W. Fourth Street in Fulton, following the investigation into the break-in of a local business.
The new turf field at the Fulton school district athletic complex is nearly complete.
The field, complete with a huge block “F” Fulton logo, was installed over the past couple of weeks.
“It’s moving right along,” said Jerry Seguin, the district official in charge of the school district’s construction projects.
UPDATED: Fulton Police have arrested 9 people, including three juveniles, for the break-in at the former Fulton Chocolate and Confections plant. The cost to clean the property was estimated at $3,800. It was also found that the individuals stole numerous miscellaneous items from throughout the property which totaled a cost of $4,254.50.
Oswego Health wanted the city of Fulton to simply give up any right it might have to the land beneath the former Lee Memorial Hospital. Citizens at a public meeting last week said the city should force Oswego Health to buy the land.
The city might just be splitting the difference with its decision Monday night to ask a bankruptcy court judge to make the land issue part of Lee Memorial’s bankruptcy proceeding.
The police department reports that Sunday evening, someone alleged that their car had been stolen during the day. At 10:07 p.m., a Fulton police officer spotted the vehicle on S. First St. near Rochester St. and tried to get the driver to pull over.
State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has the city of Fulton’s public employees in his sights as he widens an investigation into what he calls “pension padding” — the practice of working more overtime in the years right before retirement in order to increase the pension.
See a map of the city of Fulton’s municipal parking spaces.
Sunoco has made and shipped its first batch of ethanol from its new plant in Fulton, according to a company official.
The corn-based fuel left the plant on June 30 to be blended with other fuels and shipped to Sunoco gas stations for sale to the public.
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