The Common Council held a special meeting Thursday to discuss a multitude of topics. First on the agenda, the council voted on an offer for a property the city had previously acquired through tax foreclosure. Other properties on the agenda included part of the former Nestles site.
At its meeting this week, the Common Council authorized the mayor to sign several documents that will save the city thousands of dollars. The mayor was authorized to sign change orders that decreased the the overall cost of the projects. And he was authorized to terminate a contract that could mean thousands more in revenue for the Port City
The traditional and famous Oswego Harborfest Children’s Parade is scheduled to begin on July 24 at 1:30 p.m. from Breitbeck Park and it will be composed of many local organizations as well as hundreds of children and a variety of surprises.
The Oswego County Legislature has adopted summer hours for departments in the Legislative Office Building at 46 E. Bridge St., Oswego. Beginning June 29 and ending Aug. 28, offices will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Fulton’s Community Ice Arena was the hot spot for job seekers on Tuesday. Hundreds of area residents came looking for employment. Senator Patty Ritchie hosted the Oswego County Career Fair. The event brought a better turnout than expected, according to Sarah Compo, the senator’s communications director.
All martial arts teaches self-discipline, courtesy and respect. But the instructors at Master Pryor’s Taekwondo America want to make sure the kids remember what’s important in the community and the world around them. They recently encouraged their leadership group to organize and implement a community service project. When Zach Kinney (age 11) and Sage Moody (age 9) heard about the project, they jumped at the chance to help out the Oswego Animal shelter.
Granby elementary third grade students of Karen Murdoch’s class entirely designed and created Fulton’s very own Little Free Library. What is a Little Free Library? you may ask. Well, it is simply that: a little, free library. Presented at Bullhead Point, a small, free standing library now exists for community members to take a book and return a book for free.
FEMA is preparing new coastal studies and risk analysis for Oswego County, and engineers from a private contractor, Risk Assessment Mapping and Planning Partners (RAMPP), are performing land use reconnaissance surveys of the Lake Ontario shoreline to gather data.
The funding had originally been earmarked for the fire department to help cover the expense of them taking on the responsibilities of the code enforcement office. While councilors agreed to transfer the funds now, they also put the fire department on notice that it has to continue to find ways to keep decreasing its amount of overtime in the future.
Merit awards, senior scholarships/awards and numerous memorial scholarships were presented as well as incentive scholarships to area colleges and universities. More than 250 scholarships/awards were presented to Oswego High School students, amounting to almost $800,000.
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