Fulton County Republicans announce candidates for office, including for county judge, Johnstown mayor | The Daily Gazette
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FULTON COUNTY The Fulton County Republican Committee announced 45 candidates for county, town and city elections Friday, including District Attorney Chad Brown for county judge and surrogate and Scott Jeffers for city of Johnstown mayor.
Fulton County Republican Chairwoman Sue McNeil introduced the candidates at a rally in front of the county’s historic courthouse building in Johnstown. Despite frigid temperatures in the teens and nearly everyone in attendance wearing masks due to the coronavirus pandemic, the rally was well-attended by approximately 50 people, a good portion of whom were current or former elected officials.
Gloversville will pay $25k to establish homeless shelter | The Daily Gazette
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GLOVERSVILLE The Common Council voted 7-0 Tuesday night to contribute $25,000 toward the establishment of a Code Blue temporary homeless shelter to operate between Jan. 15 and April 30 at 144 E. Fulton St.
Tuesday’s council vote came after months of wrangling over the issue of where a homeless shelter should be established in Gloversville.
“We’ve been working very hard on finding an alternative location that would be acceptable for the Code Blue shelter, other than the 33 Bleecker St. site,” Mayor Vince DeSantis told the council. “This is enabled by virtue of the change in the zoning law that we effectuated Jan. 1, which allowed Code Blue shelters in the commercial zone.”
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GLOVERSVILLE The Common Council voted 5-2 to again appoint Christopher Perry as the Department of Public Works Director on Tuesday, just days after his sudden resignation that led to the initiation of an investigation into the conduct of Councilman-at-Large William Rowback Jr.
Perry’s reappointment effective today running through Dec. 31 was made during Tuesday’s regular Common Council meeting through the passage of an emergency resolution. The resolution states that Perry’s letter of resignation effective Friday raised issues that led to his departure and that the council subsequently voted to initiate an investigation into those allegations as authorized under the city charter.
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GLOVERSVILLE The Common Council has established a special committee to lead the investigation into allegations reported to the city regarding Councilman-at-Large William Rowback Jr.
The Common Council during a special meeting on Thursday approved a motion 5-1 to initiate an investigation into the “affairs and conduct” of Rowback in accordance with city charter provisions. Rowback was not permitted to vote on the motion. Fourth Ward Councilwoman Ellen Anadio voted against the action.
The city charter permits the Common Council to investigate “the affairs of the city and the conduct of any city department, agency or office and for this purpose may subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, take testimony and require the production of evidence. Any person who fails or refuses to obey such a lawful order issued in the exercise of these powers will be subject to enforcement of such powers as provided by law.”