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[LISTEN] Community Matters – 2023 City of Jamestown Audit Presentation – March 13, 2025

March 14, 2025 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

Drescher and Malecki Partner Carl Widmer presented the results of the 2023 audit of City of Jamestown finances to Jamestown City Council on March 10. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio Tagged With: audit, Carl Widmer, Drescher and Malecki, Jamestown City Council

Jamestown Receives Clean Audit Report For 2023

March 13, 2025 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

The City of Jamestown received a clean report for the audit of 2023 finances. Drescher and Malecki Partner Carl Widmer presented the results of the audit to Jamestown City Council Monday night. The delay of the report on the audit of 2023 is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: 2023 City Budget, American Rescue Plan, audit, Carl Widmer, City of Jamestown, Drescher and Malecki, Government Finance Officers Association, Jamestown City Council

City Looking At Reallocating $640,000 In HOME Funds Toward Gateway Lofts Project

March 12, 2025 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

The City of Jamestown is looking at reallocating $640,000 in HOME funds toward rehabilitating the Gateway Lofts Project site. The resolution would reallocate the monies from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development from fiscal years … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Brownfield, Chautauqua Hardware, City of Jamestown, Community Development Block Grant, Crystal Surdyk, Gateway Lofts, HOME Program, Jamestown City Council, Jeff Russell, Southern Tier Environments for Living, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Jamestown City Council To Consider Reallocating $640,000 HOME Funds To Gateway Lofts Project

March 10, 2025 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

Jamestown City Council will review a resolution to reallocate $640,000 in HOME program funds to the Gateway Lofts Project. The resolution would reallocate the monies from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development from fiscal years 2020 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: audit, Chautauqua County Land Bank, Chautauqua Hardware, Drescher and Malecki, First-Time Homebuyer’s Rebate Assistance, Gateway Lofts, HOME Program, Jamestown City Council, Southern Tier Environments for Living, tax auction, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Councilmembers Urge Public To Use ‘Common Sense’ When It Comes to Snow Covered Sidewalks

February 25, 2025 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

Jamestown City Council members are urging the public to use “common sense” when it comes to deciding whether to walk on the sidewalks or streets during the winter. Councilmember Bill Reynolds comments were spurred by an editorial in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Bill Reynolds, Jamestown City Council, Jamestown Police, Jamestown Public Schools, Mark Roetzer, road salt, Salt Brine System, Tony Dolce

City Council To Vote on Minnow Brook Culvert Project Engineering Consultant

February 24, 2025 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

Jamestown City Council will vote on an engineering contract for the Minnow Brook Culvert Rehabilitation Project. The resolution would enter into a $190,000 contract with Greenman-Pedersen, Inc. of Cheektowaga to do the engineering consulting … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Jamestown City Council, Minnow Brook Culvert Rehabilitation project, New York State BRIDGE NY

Violent Crime Up, Fentanyl Seizures and Overdose Calls Significantly Down For 2024 in Jamestown

February 13, 2025 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

While service calls are down almost 10%, violent crime increased by 6.69% in 2024 in the City of Jamestown. The Jamestown Police Department stated in their annual report that there were seven homicides in the city last year, four of which have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Domestic Violence, Domestic Violence Intervention Unit, fentanyl, Jamestown City Council, Jamestown Police Department, Jamestown Public Safety Annual Report, Overdose, Tim Jackson

City, School District Discuss Guardrail Options For Persell Middle School

February 12, 2025 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

Costs to put a guardrail up by Persell Middle School could now be $27,000 to $30,000. City Council Public Safety Chair Jeff Russell shared that update at Council’s work session Monday night. He said Mayor Kim Ecklund and Acting Public Works … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Jamestown City Council, Jamestown Public Schools, Jeff Russell, Kevin Whitaker, Kim Ecklund, Mark Roetzer, Persell Middle School

City Council To Learn More About Proposed Local Preservation Ordinance

February 3, 2025 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

Jamestown City Council will hear a presentation on a proposed Local Preservation Ordinance tonight. The LPO was first presented to the Jamestown Planning Commission in June 2021 but no action has been taking by the Commission on the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Chautauqua Striders, Ellen Shadle, Jamestown City Council, local preservation ordinance, St. Pat’s Dash

Jamestown’s Nuisance Officer To Return After City Council Approves Hiring of 5 Police Officers

January 28, 2025 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

The City of Jamestown’s Nuisance Officer position is set to return following Jamestown City Council’s approval for Jamestown Police to hire five police officers. Council approved the resolution at their Monday night voting session. Jamestown … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Jamestown City Council, Jamestown Police Department, Nuisance Officer, Tim Jackson, Zach Sandberg

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