Oswego Daily News

The county legislature approved the budget for next year at its meeting Thursday night. The budget is $210,894,532 and includes a real property tax levy of $48,431,424. That works out to a generic tax rate of $7.70 per thousand dollars of assessed value, which is unchanged from 2018.

Mayor Billy Barlow is pleased to announce the implementation of body worn cameras for members of the Oswego City Police Department. Using funds secured through asset forfeiture proceedings administered by the Oswego County District Attorney’s Office, OPD has received 31 new body worn cameras that personnel will begin using this month.

Oswego Superintendent of Schools Dr. Dean Goewey presented a nearly 30-minute dissertation on the district’s proposed $63.1 million capital project at Monday night’s Common Council meeting. “The school board and I believe that this is a community project,” the superintendent told the council, adding that the district has been doing a lot to promote the capital project.

On Monday, December 10, State Police arrested Anardy Quinones, 34, and Jose M. Castro, 40, both from Syracuse, for Robbery 1st degree, a class “B” felony. Both suspects were arraigned in the village of Central Square Court.

The Port City and the Oswego Fire Department began a new chapter on Monday night. At the final Common Council meeting of 2018, Mayor Billy Barlow presented a proposed deal with firefighters to the City Council. It was unanimously approved. The new agreement takes firefighters through 2022 and wraps up the last open city bargaining unit contract to be settled.

Shane Broadwell, Chairman of the Oswego County Legislature, announced today (December 10) an expanded joint venture between the County, the Oswego County Industrial Development Agency and the CenterState Corporation for Economic Opportunity. The new partnership builds on a recent year-long effort by the County Legislature and the IDA to develop and adopt a Strategic Economic Advancement Plan for Oswego County.