MOBILE APP USERS: LISTEN HERE JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown City Council has voted to appeal the arbitration board ruling that awarded members of the Kendell Club city police union a retroactive 2 percent raise in their contract covering the years … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] BPU Reaches New Contract Agreement with Town of Ellicott
JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown Board of Public Utilities has reached a new water and sewer service agreement with the town of Ellicott. On Monday, both the BPU board and Jamestown City Council approved the 10 year contract contract. The town of … [Read more...]
Teresi: Better Bond Rating Means Wastewater Treatment Plant Proposal May No Longer Be Necessary
JAMESTOWN - A plan to use the city's Wastewater Treatment Plant to leverage money to help address infrastructure and capital equipment expenses, as well as help stabilize the local tax base, may no longer be necessary. That’s according to … [Read more...]
Ellicott Supervisor Announces Tentative Agreement with City on Water Services
FALCONER - The Jamestown Post-Journal is reporting that the ongoing negotiations involving a new water contract between the city of Jamestown and the town of Ellicott could soon be over. For the past 18 months the two sides have been working to … [Read more...]
No Rate Increases Planned in Tentative BPU Water and Electric Budgets for 2019
JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown Board of Public Utilities isn’t planning any rate increases for customers in any of its five utility divisions in 2019. That’s the news coming out of Monday’s BPU monthly board meeting, where the board approved the … [Read more...]
BPU to Review Proposed Budgets for Water, Electric Divisions on Monday
JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown Board of Public Utilities will hold its monthly meeting on Monday and will continue reviewing its budget for 2019. Among the items on the agenda is a review of the tentative water and electric division budgets for next … [Read more...]
State Appellate Court Will Likely Hear Closing Arguments in Annexation Case Early Next Year
JAMESTOWN - The wait continues on the outcome of a legal case that could have huge financial implications for the city of Jamestown, along with the Town of Ellicott, Village of Falconer, and Falconer School District. It's been over a year since … [Read more...]
In Split Decision, Arbitration Panel Rules City Police Union Will Receive 2 Percent Raise for 2016 and 2017
JAMESTOWN - The city of Jamestown will have to make a retroactive salary payment to members of its police union before the end of this year. That’s the recent ruling of an independent arbitration panel that was created to settle a contract dispute … [Read more...]
Total Legal Fees in Jamestown BPU Substation Annexation Case $450,000 and Climbing
JAMESTOWN - The cost of the Annexation issue between the city of Jamestown and town of Ellicott, Village of Falconer and Falconer School District is costing taxpayers and local utility customers more than $450,000. At issue is the city's effort to … [Read more...]
Jamestown BPU Approves Increase in Legal Fees for Annexation Case, Total Now at $280,000
JAMESTOWN - Legal fees in the annexation case between the city of Jamestown and the Town of Ellicott / Village of Falconer continue to climb. On Monday afternoon the Jamestown Board of Public Utilities unanimously approved a $110,000 change order … [Read more...]
