Mayor William J. Barlow Jr. announced today (Aug. 16) the signing of an Executive Order that orders the immediate end to an overtime practice within the Oswego Fire Department that rewarded the most senior firefighters with overtime in direct violation of the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the city and its firefighter’s union, according to the Mayor’s Office.
In the middle of one of the hottest, driest summers in Oswego history, the Administrative Services Committee was once again focused on the city’s winter parking policy. For about an hour Monday night councilors and residents discussed concerns and possible solutions to the city winter parking problems. Currently, the plan is “a work in progress.” A final resolution has yet to be proposed.
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today (Aug. 15) announced $14.6 million in grants to support 12 critical municipal water infrastructure projects in Central New York. These grants are part of the second round of NYS Water Grants funded through the state’s Water Infrastructure Improvement Act. Oswego, Phoenix and Constantia will receive funding.
Oswego Fire Department personnel were notified at 3:24 p.m. today (Aug. 13) of a building located at 19 E. Cayuga St. struck by lightning. A customer of an adjacent business reported the strike to OFD officials after witnessing it and seeing smoke. No injuries were reported, and damage was limited to a non-structural section of the roof.
At 11:35 this morning, Oswego Fire Department personnel were dispatched to a reported structure fire at 192 E. Eighth St., near Oak Hill Park. Although no injuries were reported, one family is displaced due to the electrical failure and damage to the structure. The displaced family is being assisted by the American Red Cross.
Several members of the Oswego Fire Department, along with a couple hundred of their friends, held a public rally outside City Hall on Thursday to raise awareness about the impending cuts to the department and the potential loss of services that may follow. “We are supported here today by not only our members, local firefighters and their families from across Central New York, other unions and members of the public,” John Geraci, president of the Oswego Firefighters’ Association, told Oswego County Today.” They have “a ton of support,” he said indicating the huge crowd in Civic Plaza, adding that there were several pro OFD signs around the city.
The Oswego Buccaneer Booster’s SOS Committee (Save Oswego Sports) has planned a huge clambake with the goal of raising enough money to reinstate the remaining sports teams that were eliminated from the 2016-17 O.C.S. D. budget. Thanks to the generous donations by the community, 100%of the ticket sales will go directly to the general fund to pay for these teams and help support athletics for this year and next.
The Oswego Firefighters Association will host a public rally outside City Hall, 13 W. Oneida St., on Thursday, August 11, at 5 p.m. Local lawmakers will be attending a workshop inside City Hall at this time, looking at ways to make the appropriate changes to the proposed budget.
The fiscal year 2107 proposed budget is $47,886,284 for all funds, an increase of 3.87 percent compared to fiscal year 2016. As you know, the increase is primarily attributed to retirement and health care costs.
On July 29, investigators with the Oswego County Drug Task Force, with the assistance of the Phoenix Police Department, executed a search warrant at 104 State St., in Phoenix. On August 3, the task force, with the assistance of the NYS Police Special Operations Response Team and Contaminated Crime Scene Emergency Response Team executed a methamphetamine related search warrant at 444 Chapman Road in Parish.
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