JAMESTOWN - Local residents are being advised to be wary of a couple of phone scams: SCAM INVOLVING JAMESTOWN BPU The Jamestown Board of Public Utilities advises customers to be on the alert for a recent scam that has surfaced among its hotel … [Read more...]
City Task Force on Efficiency and Cost Reduction to Meet Monday
JAMESTOWN - Mayor Sam Teresi's Joint Task Force on Efficiency and Cost Reduction will meet once again Monday to continue the discussion on identifying cost-saving measures for both city government and the board of public utilities. Late last year, … [Read more...]
City Financial Task Force Holds First Meeting
JAMESTOWN - The first meeting of a group created to identify and discuss possible cost saving measures and efficiencies in city government took place Wednesday afternoon in Jamestown city Hall. According to an article in the Jamestown … [Read more...]
BPU Approves 5 Percent Increase in Garbage Rates, No Increase for Waste Water and District Heating
JAMESTOWN - Customers with the Jamestown Board of Public Utilities will see an increase in their garbage bill starting in January. On Monday the BPU voted for a 5 percent rate increase for solid waste customers. Under the 2015 budget, BPU Solid … [Read more...]
Jamestown BPU, City Council Hold Monthly Voting Sessions on Monday
JAMESTOWN - The issue of water and electric rates for 2015 will be one of the items up for discussion during the Jamestown Board of Public Utilities monthly meeting Monday afternoon at the BPU offices on Steele St. in Jamestown. The issue of … [Read more...]
Teresi to Present 2015 City Budget Wednesday Afternoon
JAMESTOWN - Mayor Sam Teresi is set to deliver his executive budget for fiscal year 2015 during a presentation scheduled for this afternoon in city hall. Under city law, the mayor is required to deliver his executive budget to the city council on … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] Community Matters: Jamestown Mayor Sam Teresi – Oct 2 2014
Originally broadcast Oct 2, 2014. WRFA Public Affairs Director Jason Sample talks with Jamestown Mayor Sam Teresi his preparations for the 2015 city budget, including several challenges that he and the city council will have to deal with during … [Read more...]
Jamestown BPU Considering 5 Percent Increase in Garbage Fees for 2015
JAMESTOWN - The Post-Journal is reporting this morning that Jamestown residents may see an increase in garbage rates starting in 2015. According to the article, the Jamestown Board of Public Utilities held a work session on Monday and discussed … [Read more...]
Resident Voices Concern Over BPU Recycling Credit Program
JAMESTOWN - A city resident says the Jamestown Board of Public Utilities' recently introduced Residential Recycling Credit Program is flawed and as a result could open the city up to ta class action lawsuit. Jamestown resident Guinn Anderson spoke … [Read more...]
BPU Extends Yard Waste Site Hour for Fall Season
JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown Board of Public Utilities is extending Saturday hours at the Monroe Street Yard Waste Site for the remainder of the season, beginning Saturday, Sept. 27. Saturday hours will now run from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. until the 2014 … [Read more...]
