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Monday, April 5, 2021 - 6:44 am
To the Editor:
Ogdensburg’s city manager is once again all over the place trying to defend imprudent actions. It seems his every move suits only his agenda, not what’s best for our community.
When an arbitrator made a binding decision that the four politicians (his enablers) violated the City Charter and needed to step down, he said the city “absolutely disagrees”, and then completely ignored it. But when a judge made what he calls a “legally binding decision”, against Ogdensburg Firefighters (his main target), he says they should abide by the decision and not continue the “legal battle.”
Tuesday, December 29, 2020 - 9:46 am
To the Editor:
City Manager Steve Jellie had conflicting Christmas Eve messages for Ogdensburg Firefighters:
“I make the below offer (with all the media as my witness) as a Christmas eve offering of good faith and reconciliation.” This was sent in an email to us (and the media) by Jellie on Dec. 24. The “offer” simply added $5,000 to the City’s original $20,000 retirement incentive. But, the original “offer” gave until January 31, 2021 to retire, while this new “offer” gives only until December 31, 2020. He claims this should bring “reconciliation”. We ask, how is he that out of touch with what’s going on? A coercive retirement incentive fixes all the damage done? By coercive we mean he wants eligible members who aren’t ready to retire, to accept his “offer” so he doesn’t have to layoff other members, as he himself proposed. He wants us to help the City violate our contract, because if more t
Wednesday, December 23, 2020 - 10:02 am
OGDENSBURG After months of warning, Ogdensburg’s firefighters union is taking legal action to halt staff reductions made in the city budget that violate the labor contract.
The city cut seven positions at the department and anounced plans to have only four firefighters on at a time, both of which are violations of the contract. However, City Manager Stephen Jellie says the contract was irresponsible and allowed the previous council to bind the current council into an unsustainable financial situation.
The city has already set aside funds to hire a law firm with experience in labor issues.
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