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Oswego County Legislature Chairman Barry Leemann (District 4, Amboy) today (Jan. 14) announced appointments to the County Legislature’s standing committees.
Oswego Daily News
Dems, GOP Say Legislators Will Work Together For County This Year
Leaders from both sides of the aisle say the Oswego County Legislature will work together for the betterment of all residents this year.
Oswego Daily News
County Legislature Gets Reorganized For 2010
There are some new names as the legislature welcomed five new members today (Jan. 7). The lawmakers also approved an intermunicipal agreement with the town of Scriba and Oswego City School District regarding negotiations with Constellation Energy’s nuclear power plants at Nine Mile Point.
Fulton Daily News
Watch The Governor’s State of the State Address Live
Gov. David Paterson delivers the State of the State address Wednesday afternoon.
In it, he will call for sweeping ethics and anti-corruption reforms.
You can watch a live webcast of the address here.
Community
Oswego County Legislature Recognizes Departing Officials
The Oswego County Legislature bid farewell to several outgoing officials at the close of its last meeting of the year. After expressing appreciation for their dedicated service to the people of the county, Oswego County Legislature Chairman Barry Leemann presented each legislator a plaque with his nameplate.
Oswego Daily News
County To Continue Meeting Tuesday
Oswego Daily News
County Deeds Land To Oswego City
The 60′ X 1,028′ property, adjacent to Wal-Mart, runs northwesterly from 104 to the city so that a new city street can be dedicated, which will foster economic development and improve traffic patterns and safety in the area, according to the resolution. The legislature will reconvene at 7 p.m. Dec. 15 and hold a public hearing on the budget as well.
Fulton Daily News
Legislature Cuts Budget Deficit, But Leaves Schools Alone…This Year
State Senators Wednesday filled most of a big gap in the state budget without hurting this year’s local school district budgets, but took a chunk out of next year’s budget in the process.
The Senate approved a $2.7 billion deficit reduction plan that the Assembly had approved in an overnight session that stretched into Wednesday morning.
Community
Oswego County Recognizes Judith Reitz
Fulton Daily News
Assembly Approved $2.8 Billion In Cuts; Not Enough, Says Governor
Most of the cuts have already been made. Gov. David Paterson got fed up with waiting for the Legislature to make cuts, so he ordered state agencies to give back nearly half a billion dollars and took money from other accounts. The Legislature opposed Paterson’s call to cut school aid in the middle of the year.

