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8 □ April 9 , 1 9 9 5 □ S U N D A Y ED ITIO N ^ . Sites MOSA Continued from Page 1 and major costs for renovation and • Kamlet Enterprises, 357-363 Chestnut St., for purchase or lease. Total Cost; untoiown. According to figures provided by the districts Business Manager Torn Austm, the cheap^t rental option with a five-year l ^ e among the eight sites that submitted figures to district IS the Bettiol residence at Continued from Page 1 Supreme Court sttuck down die reg- tions regarding flow control. sing waste disposal thiesn't get off its butt, we’ll be pay- the county board ing $91,000 a month.” He said • Problems: too small, shared park g and major costs for renovation approximately $198,000, not include- ing taxes, plus between S 185.00 and S265.000 in renovation costs. • Sullivan property, state Route 23, 10-year lease with ownership at Total Cost; $56,897.60/year for total ofS565,897 Problems: handicap accessibility, UTo small and major costs for reno- vauon and ume. • Riverside.Professional Building, 410 River S l . for lease. Total Cost: $54,000/year. Problems: none. However, a lease would still leave the problem of finding office space m the near future for the disuicL If the board instead opts for a long-term solution to the problem Supreii UlatiOfiB icgiuutiig iiuw w viiuui, allowing haulem to tering their solid waste wherever they want Rep. Charles Bateman railed against villages and towns who have decided to contract with hautera tak- their ever increasing problems, and the county board piWUMlilltOt OIIU IICV VVUiU/ UUCUU weighed ail of tbe options, including incineration, and decided the their waste streams elsewhere “We’re getting a black eye. here,” “We bailed all of i in to the proble the Empire Far via purchasing, the Empire Farm Credit building is the cheapest towns out Now we’re gening the Authority was the best solution. Now, said Rep. Joseph Franzese, “We’re being forgotten along the highway of waste disposal. When they came to us. we helped them out and now they’ve abandoned us.” Beete. who did not mention any hauler by name, said that flow con- uol must be leinstituied, and blamed mg i option at $501,189 over five years After the presentation, Czerkies told the board they should select several sites they like and the distnct will arrange tours of the properues. towns giving us a black eye. Hiat’s wrong.\ He si said that the towns pleaded with the county to help them solve haulers bringing waste to placed lOSAfo being 1 asuay by some of the other competi- f«rc ’* h<» caiH **lf s that, of die 60.000 resi dents o f Otsego County, about 20,000 pay taxes. The bill for a ^ b a g e shortfall, he said, would come to $SS pmr taxpayer. “If it wasn’t for flow control,” he said, “ I never could have gotten into this busmen. It levds the playing field. It’s a sad thing that people don’t have any concern for other but how they can fill their in this county, and raid the comjpeti- lion there “drives around in a rong, black c a r . I ^ l e are veay naive if they think that long, black car doesn’t ridte through here every once in a while.” He said he was ‘‘disgusted and dismayed that the villages are jumping ship so fast on tbe word o f one hauler.” Said Rep. Karl Schoonover, ”We have to weave die story o f how the other than MOSA for being greedy. ■ .. ................................ far “Joe Public is being led so 1 people but how they can fill pockets. If the people in this com knew what was going oh, they ! halleringallering aboutbout i mid tors,” he said. “If Otsego County be a lot more h a i t ” He used New Yorir City as an example of what coidd be happmiing county got into the solid waste busi ness and why we’re in trouble.” The county was offered support by Bob Taylor, chairman of the Association of Supervisors and the supervisor o f the town o|' New Lisbon. Letters Line of the times PboCob; Bill Tom House, working supervisor for NeaHwa Park in Oneonta, lays out the softball diamond basepaths. Continued from Page 4 strained development, we may find that our ccmmunity has suddenly gone the vray o f so many olhms. ADRIAN KUZMINSKI Coopcrstown 26 outlining the senator’s bill did notot providerovide anyny otherther pointsoints off view. I believe the Journal could n p a o p o out its drawbacks. The first problem with tte propos- Discussioii needs to be thorough Sen. Cook’s proposal to reduce the use of the school property tax by {»t)viding for state funding of school district o]»Tating costs is an interest ing idea that deserves a thorough discussion Unfortunately, the Freeman's Journal article on March Savings C o n tinn^ from Page i X Taylor’s Mini Mart T O M l l 5 l l f t * t r COOPERSTOWN.GOOqVEAR I o 'T r i ^ I . sifiM P iPi n cspRiwfs? m m m • eieMRELOsPRinGS iO R lIS il-eiG H M O M Q V IL lS MOSA official, in an effort to stave off the financial losses, cut hours at the Randall and Coopersiown transfer stations and an employee was laid off at the Oneonta transfer stauon. LAY’S POTffrO CHIPS .. 99 * (»01S 12 PAC16 $ 1 ^ 9 9 Kegis^ferB^FKiCaakn v ( 0 0 0 6 $ 0 9 9 6Psehs ................. ^ 109 GRAND. 0 HENRY, CHUNKY RAISINETS and iB O C e a m m ........ 3 /W W CROWLEY’S aiUR CiSAM A A e 8 (bu, Beg. A Oiioa .. 2 /v v CROWLEY’S ORANGE 1U1CE$ •§ 3 9 B a O a i o m .................... 1 (% lS?fSiCECfeM “F n te-m a ......... JL NUTTY SUNDAE JOLTCOIA 2001. ............................. 0 9 DAD'S DOG FOOD $ 4 0 9 25 U k Eeonmet ........... Y AU emoNS AT STATE m i m u ! Preiniuro & a n d s ___ ,$ 1 8 . ^ B a s ic ............................,$ 1 5 .6 7 MANUFACTUimiS' SPECMLS • ^ 0 0 Free Gas nftbHd C d I so * KWH................siaos Monarch & Dora! ...^ 1 3 . 6 7 CIPC.............................. 4 i 3 . l 7 s s Chamber Continued from Page 3 wait until a policy regarding appro- {xtautms of occupaiKy tax fundmg was in place. A resoluuon for suci policy was removed from the agen da at the March meeting of the board, and is bemg reconsidered. “We're considering a procedure for the bed lax funeb,\ said Nader. .Malone said that the ChamlKr ^ FREEMAN’S JOURNAL Sunday WE PaitfER! 607-S47-2S4S provide a better public service if it at least highlight^ other points of view on proposals which could sig nificantlyal a ^ t readem. antly At first blush the senator’s pro- al is the difficulty in finding several in cut the size of staro government to billion dollars in state revenue to rqplace toc^ propmy tax revenues. The current push in New Ytxk is to poral sounds like a great idea. 1 bill would eventually reduce (not e use of a lich many sll as poten- funding so eliminate mitirely) the use of a funding source which many ling believe is unfair, as well as | tialiy equal that a child’s education is not so dependent on die wealth o f the community in which be or she lives. But as Michigan, which recently adopted a similar propos al, has found, the idea is not witii- improvedtent. The second probiem, more serious one in in my opinion, is the potential loss of loc^ control over the school. Taken to its logi cal extension. Cook’s bill would Channels The fee for non-regional waste was cut from $547 per ton to just $88 per ton with the hopes that Niskayuna will haul to MOSA. The Authority has also ordered easement of trash inspeeboas. and plans to reduce the $3.50 per bag fee for individuals Continued from Rage 3 ture is an important step in expand- cessful growth mto telephone, com She said there is no umeiable for the compleuon of the project. by this but hopes to have it done by summer. I R ead a b o u t it in the J o u rnal has, for the j»st few years, getting bids for the construction, but then had to tell firms that thoe was no woik to lx done. “Now we’ll be able to make a cotramunent.” she said. “We have to go back to them ^ a i n and ask when they will be able to fit us mto then «;hedule. All of these guys have takoi on other jobs.\ Queen, full or ^ 4 size, all with 7-inch or 4-inch innerspring mattresses € r r any sleeper-sola iri stock, with this ad, EVEN TH O S E ALREADY M A R K E D DOW N ! T t i C I 3 A I 2 I 3 A I N I 3 A K N ^jg» Route 28. Milford Center 2'/3 mi. north of 1-88, exit 17 Open 9-5. Mon. through S a t (607) 432-8083 Pm^am CAP f ^ h e a l & ^ e for lieal^& lalnes. A.O.FDX JEM O R IA L HOSPITAL 4 S 1 -S 34 S ^ UmatttdofFmtbimgHme) of one of the most important things a local community has some con- uol over — teacher contracts and allow reductiffiis in state income tax raii^ I believe Michigan was forced to raise its rales tax to support the schools. To me, substituting a prop- mty tax with increases in the sales tax does not seem like miroh o f an her cor salaries. I believe if the slate wen bureaucracy that would dictate to for operational costs, o f salaries are a major portion, it would eventually set paying which SI the local schools very specific employment rulqs. The property tax may be burden- second probl and a far some in some ways, but a t least it allows local voters to retain some controlcontrol overver spendingpending decisions.ecisions. o s d While Cook’s proposal is an inter esting idea, I would fear further encroachment of the Albany bureau cracy which the plan couldd bring. probably result in a state takeover my burs I b ANDREW S. LaMANQUE Cswpmtown cam staffing changes are predicted at the current tune for the local cable system. “The creauon of the Time Wamer-Advancc/Newhouse ven- Time Warner’s cable footpnni clustering to ensure our suc- puter and imeracuve television ser vices,\ said Joseph CoUms, chair- mmi of Time W am » Cable. “Laier W e are pleased that our cable operations are now part o f the Time Warner family.*^ this year, when we close Time Wamm-'s acquisitisnsofcquisti KBLCOM. Coblevision Industries and Summit Communications, we will further enhance our standmg as the best- usiuuiisu Guiii|Nuiy in A inencu u> apitalize on the telecommunica tions revolution, combining our rerful distnbuuon with the wwld’s leading creative resources.\ Robert Miron, president of Newhouse Broadcasung. said. “Wc ore pleased that our cable ojroniuons are now part of the Time Warner family. We are v&y confident that, with Tune Warner’s unique ___ i u mix of expertise m cable and telephone technology, morkeong and commit creation, that the value of our cable uivestmem will grow substantially .' Tompkins added, “W e’re pleased to continue to offer our customers the same quality service and value that they have come to e x p ^ t fironi us. Only our name. Time Warner Cable,’ is difiimenL\ Time Warner Cable now serves 9 million costomm in 36 states and is a unit of Time Warner Enteriaui mmit Company. 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