Update On The Babcock Ladder Factory Fire Cleanup

We caught up with Bath Volunteer Fire Department spokesperson John Conrad, and asked him about the fire at the Babcock Ladder Factory.  Conrad says that Tuesday morning the county had some equipment at the scene of the fire.  "Steuben County had some heavy equipment in there yesterday," Conrad tells WVIN.  "The Steuben County Fire Invesigation Team was working with them, to try to work on finding out the cause of the fire and also to get in and help with the overhaul."  
 

Bath Village Hall Continues To Work On Their Budget

Bath Village Hall is working on the village budget.  Officials say budgets for villages are due to be approved no later than April 15.  Also, Bath Village Hall has set the public hearing for their budget, which will be April 1 at 5:00 p.m.  The county government has some involvement in putting village budgets together.  "The county does share approximately 50 percent of the sales tax that we collect with our municipalities," said  Steuben County Manager Jack Wheeler.  "We have agreements with our two cities, which is allowable under New York State law.  We also share with the towns and villages.  Certainly that sales tax helps offset some of the costs that municipalities have and lowers the property tax burden across the board for towns, villages and cities in Steuben County."

 

Community Meeting In Hammondsport At 6pm Thursday

There will be a community meeting tomorrow at 6pm at the Hammondsport Central School cafeteria about the possibility of making improvements to Depot Park.

 

Senator Gillibrand Warns Of Potential For Technology To Be Stolen Again From The United States

At a hearing about cyber security, Democrat U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand spoke about China.  "Today's annual threat assessment shows that China currently lacks behind the U.S. in the development of advanced chips, giving China the cause to steal our technology, which we've seen them do over and over.  I've introduced legislation requiring the Department of Defense to establish a pilot program to enable colloboration between the NSA's Cyber Security Collaboration Centera and the U.S. Semi Conductor Manufacturers, to improve cyber security in the semi conductor manufacturing process."