2019 News Archives
The Tompkins County Health Department must locate a dog that bit a person on the Ithaca College campus at Boothroyd Hall, near Coddington Rd. The bite occurred on Monday, April 1, 2019, around 3:00 PM. The dog is described as a long-haired Husky-type dog, mostly grey and black with a small amount…
The Tompkins County Department of Planning and Sustainability is pleased to continue the conversation around housing in our community with this public event. The Incremental Development Alliance’s Bernice Radle will share her experience in real estate development, dig into ways that Tompkins County…
The Ithaca-Tompkins County Transportation Council (ITCTC) announces that a draft program of projects for the 2020-2024 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) is available for public review and comment. A Public Meeting will be held from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at the…
The Legislature’s Facilities and Infrastructure Committee today received an update, with additional detail, regarding the County’s ongoing study examining properties in the 400 block of North Tioga Street in Ithaca, looking toward whether the properties might be acquired by the County to help meet…
The Legislature, by a vote of 12-1 (Legislator Shawna Black voted no; Legislator Deborah Dawson was excused), authorized a loan of up to $500,000 to the History Center, to enable completion of interior renovations to the Tompkins Center for History and Culture, pending receipt of approved grant and…
The Legislature, without dissent (Legislator Deborah Dawson was excused), appropriated $15,000 from the Capital Reserve Fund for Natural, Scenic, and Recreation Resource Protection to provide partial support for the Owego Headwaters Protection Project, undertaken by the Finger Lakes Land Trust. …
This information provided by the Tompkins County Environmental Management Council. THE GREEN NEW DEAL: Pathway to Ecological Sustainability? Distributing Our Resources More Equitably While Preserving the Earth’s Biocapacity for Future Generations Please join the Environmental Management…
Streeter Associates, of Elmira, NY, has been awarded the construction contract for the second phase of the Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport terminal expansion project. Tompkins County Legislators, by unanimous vote, awarded Streeter the contract for its submitted bid of $18,276.000. (Legislator…
The Legislature, by unanimous vote (Legislator Deborah Dawson was excused), urged passage of bills currently before the State Senate and Assembly, which would create The Finger Lakes Community Act of 2019, precluding construction of the proposed Circular energy garbage incinerator in Romulus, or…
The Legislature, by a vote of 10-3 (Legislators Mike Sigler, Dave McKenna, and Glenn Morey voted no; Legislator Deborah Dawson was excused) urged New York State to pass the Drivers License Access and Privacy Act, to allow the issuance of driver’s licenses to New York State residents regardless of…