JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown City Council has a light agenda for its monthly voting session. Just ten resolutions have been pre-filed for the Monday night meeting, including a resolution to accept $35,000 from the Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation. The … [Read more...]
City Throws Support Behind Abandonded Properties Neighborhood Relief Act of 2014
JAMESTOWN - Jamestown city officials are throwing their support behind a proposed state law that would put pressure banks to provide information on delinquent and foreclosed properties. On Monday, the city council approved a resolution of support … [Read more...]
City Give Approval to JCC Property Sale, Capital Improvement Project
JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown City Council Monday night approved two resolutions involving Jamestown Community College – one of which involved selling a piece of property in Jamestown and the other involves a capital improvement project to JCC’s … [Read more...]
City Officials to Discuss Road and Street Repair Schedule Monday Night
JAMESTOWN - Members of the Jamestown City Council will get their first look at the Department of Public Works street repair and construction schedule for 2014 when they meet Monday night in city hall. The schedule is especially important this year … [Read more...]
Street Abandonment Paves Way for Expansion of Scrap Metal Business
JAMESTOWN - Several residents from the north side of Jamestown are making their concerns known about the abandonment of a city street that would help in the expansion effort of a local scrap metal business. On Monday night, the Jamestown City … [Read more...]
Larson Tapped as Second Jamestown City Judge
JAMESTOWN - Long-time local attorney Fred Larson will become the second city judge of Jamestown. Mayor Sam Teresi announced Larson as his selection during Monday’s Jamestown City Council voting session, saying that considering there were a number … [Read more...]
Public Hearings on Street Abandonments Highlight City Council Agenda
JAMESTOWN - In addition to the mayor’s Monday night public hearing on CDBG and HOME funding, the Jamestown City Council will also host two public hearings on street abandonment projects. The first hearing, which begins at 7:20 p.m. – will focus on … [Read more...]
Jamestown Gets $85,000 in Additional State Aid for Road Repairs
JAMESTOWN - The road repair and construction season is just around the corner and officials in the city of Jamestown are finalizing plans on how to best allocate this year’s highway budget. City Department of Public Works Director Jeff Lehman said … [Read more...]
Rabb to Receive HOME’s 2014 Metzger Human Rights Award
JAMESTOWN - The president of the Jamestown City Council is receiving a regional Human Rights award. Jamestown city council president Greg Rabb has been named the recipient of the 2014 Sarah G. Metzger Human Rights Award from an Buffalo-based … [Read more...]
City Council to Discuss Filling New Position, Abandoning Two Streets
JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown City Council will have holding its second work session of the month tonight in city hall. Among the items the council will review and discuss are the lifting of a hiring freeze by the Department of Public Works, in order … [Read more...]
