Thursday, February 11, 2021 - 5:39 pm
BY JIMMY LAWTON
North Country This Week
OGDENSBURG – Ogdensburg’s majority council received a letter of support Monday for their efforts in reducing costs for the city, but two other letters read aloud at the meeting took aim at those same actions.
Ogdensburg resident John Mart agreed with recent claims by the city that the controversial fire union contract passed by the previous council was not sustainable.
For months the council has taken heat as it worked to reduce numbers at the fire department well below the 24 firefighters called for by the contract. City Manager Steven Jellie also reduced minimum staffing from five members working at a time to four.