It spells out the obligations each one of the entities has in defending the tax challenge; the cost for each of the jurisdictions for the defense of the challenge basically from Nine Mile Power Station, the superintendent explained. It details how the district, county and town of Scriba would share costs as well as revenues. The board is expected to vote on it later this month.
Ten British tour operators visited Oswego County on September 20 and 21 as part of their week-long tour throughout New York State. The tour was set up by I Love New York’s International Marketing Division and a part of the Responsible Travel Trade Familiarization Tour. Tour participants included writers, sales managers and product managers for a number of British travel publications and touring companies. The group spent Sept. 20 night at the Tailwater Lodge in Altmar and woke up early Sept. 21 for a three-hour drift-boat fishing trip on the Salmon River.
Lieutenant William Clark recently retired after 20 years of service with the city of Fulton Police Department. Clark began his career at the Syracuse Police Academy in April of 1994. During his career, Lt. Clark was decorated several times including in 2001 when Clark received an honorable Service Award for his role in investigating the Diana Cooper homicide.
In order to maintain a safe environment while addressing some concerns of the city of Oswego and its residents, Brookfield Renewable will be performing modifications and upgrades to the Fisherman Alert System at the Varick Hydro Facility. They will be testing and implementing these changes over the next few days. These changes will reduce the impact of the alarm on the surrounding community, while continuing to promote the safety of fishermen in the area.
Today’s News: Prevent bullying in October and an opinion article about teenagers and their addiction to the almighty screen are in today’s edition of RaiderNet Daily.
Councilors took the community development director to task Monday night for a lack of communication and other issues in the wake of a state audit. Communication between the Common Council and the Community Development Office, “quarterly reports, monthly reports, expenditures and those types of things have all kind of fallen through as far as we haven’t really gotten them, we haven’t seen them come through,” according to Council Vice President Eric VanBuren. A recent audit done by the state raised a couple red flags – both with Community Development, he added.
Today’s News: College day is coming and so are several yearbook deadlines in today’s edition of RaiderNet Daily.
Inmate hospital cost controls were not billed accurately 90 percent of the time for Oswego and seven other counties according to the state comptroller’s audit released Sunday (Oct. 5), and counties are not billing for federal money resulting in a loss of $46,352 in reimbursements. Meanwhile, NYS Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s audit lauded Oswego and Chautauqua counties for “negotiated outpatient hospital service rate discounts with local hospitals and providers, ranging from 5 percent to 50 percent.”
The Oswego Fire Department will be busy this week installing free smoke alarms as they take part in Fire Prevention Week. The theme this year for Fire Prevention Week is “Working Smoke Alarms Save Lives.” Oswego Firefighters are reminding the public that a smoke alarm should be installed in every bedroom, outside every sleeping area, and on every level of your home.
The Oswego County Health Department will offer influenza clinics for adults age 19 and older weekdays from 9 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m. beginning Monday, Oct. 6, at the Nick Sterio Public Health Clinic, 70 Bunner St., Oswego. No appointment is needed; walk-ins are welcome.
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