Jamestown City Council has approved the next step in $5.5 million Chadakoin River Stormwater Channel Maintenance project. The resolution passed June 29, 2026 allows the City to enter into a Federal Aid Local Project Agreement for the engineering … [Read more...]
Mayor Ecklund Provides City Council Additional Information On DRI Award
Jamestown Mayor Kim Ecklund has provided City Council with additional information about the DRI award. The City of Jamestown has been awarded $10 million from the State’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative. This is the second time the City has … [Read more...]
Street Construction Projects Are Underway In Jamestown
The spring season means construction season has started in Western New York. Jamestown Acting Director of Public Works Mark Roetzer says there are a number of road reconstruction projects scheduled to take place in Jamestown. He said these … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] Community Matters – Mark Roetzer On Street Construction – May 21, 2026
Street construction work has begun for the season around the City of Jamestown. We’ll talk about projects with Jamestown Acting Department of Public Works Director Mark Roetzer. … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] Community Matters – Chadakoin River Stormwater Channel Maintenance Project Presentation – May 21, 2026
The Jamestown Planning Commission heard a presentation at their May 19, 2026 meeting from Acting Department of Public Works Director Mark Roetzer about a project that aims to clean up the channels leading into the Chadakoin River. … [Read more...]
City Council To Vote On Approving Water Channel Clean Up Project
Jamestown City Council will be asked to give approval for a project to maintain water channels in the city. Acting Director of Public Works Mark Roetzer informed Council at their work session that the channels in Jackson-Taylor Park and in the … [Read more...]
Council Members To Look At Street Safety Following Pedestrian Death
Jamestown City Council members want to look at making areas around schools and city parks more safe. Public Works Committee Chair Dan Gonzalez brought up the topic following a pedestrian death near Lillian Dickson Park this past weekend, “It is … [Read more...]
Electric Rates, Road Salt Driving Costs For Public Works, Parks
Increases in electric rates and the cost of road salt are affecting the Jamestown Departments of Public Works and Parks’ budgets. Interim Director of Public Works Mark Roetzer shared with City Council that the departments are facing a 9.75% … [Read more...]
City Council Approves Agreements To Have Construction Documents Created For Spring Street, Cherry Street Parking Garages
Jamestown City Council has approved two resolutions to hire an engineering firm to create construction documents for work to be done on the Cherry Street and Spring Street Parking Garages. Under the agreement, Ryan Biggs Clark Davis Engineering … [Read more...]
Winter Alternate Parking Start Month Could Be Changed
The start of winter alternate parking could be changed in Jamestown starting this Fall. Jamestown City Council Public Safety Chair Randy Daversa said the committee received more information about the cost to change the start of alternate parking … [Read more...]
