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Thursday, February 18, 2021 - 5:59 pm BY JIMMY LAWTON North Country This Week OGDENSBURG – Ogdensburg Mayor Jeffrey M. Skelly says he and his fellow councilors accused of violating the city charter will not step down in the wake of an arbitration ruling. A dispute settled in arbitration between the city council and the Ogdensburg police union included an opinion that the council had violated the labor contract and city charter when the council instructed the former city manager to lay off four police officers. According to the charter such a violation leads to immediate...

Thursday, February 18, 2021 - 1:34 pm BY JIMMY LAWTON North Country This Week OGDENSBURG — Ogdensburg citizens hoping to remove four elected officials from council have reportedly raised nearly $15,000 to hire an attorney, but further details regarding their progress have not been shared publicly. A group of Ogdensburg citizens is working to remove three city councilors and the mayor after an arbitrator ruled that they violated a section of the city charter that requires forfeiture of their seats. The ruling came out of an arbitration incident between the city and the O...

OGDENSBURG — A resolution last year calling for the layoffs of four police officers — now found by an arbitrator to have violated the city charter — could put the

OGDENSBURG — In a decision issued Wednesday, an arbitrator found the city violated its chart… OGDENSBURG — A resolution last year calling for the layoffs of four police officers — now found by an arbitrator to have violated the city charter — could put the political future of three city councilors and the mayor in jeopardy. The question of whether the four officials should resign has been raised following the decision released Wednesday. But the answer lies with whom you ask, and how they interpret the city charter. The councilors in question are John Rishe, William B. D...

Wednesday, January 27, 2021 - 5:31 pm BY JIMMY LAWTON North Country This Week OGDENSBURG – Ogdensburg tabled a wastewater treatment center change order that would have increased costs by $5 million and would have allowed the city to accept waste from other haulers to generate revenue. Several project alternates were left out of the original project scope due to costs that exceeded engineering plans. The city borrowed enough money to cover the alternate projects, which also included repairs to city pump stations. City Manager Stephen Jellie recommended moving forward wit...