Natural gas consultant’s appointment deferred
NORWICH – The decision whether to hire a consultant to market Chenango County to natural gas-related industries has been postponed for another month.
The Chenango County Board of Supervisors, after meeting in executive session last week, referred the matter back to the Planning and Economic Development Committee, requesting further job clarification for the position.
“We knew that piece was missing, but had decided to get the concept sold and then catch up on all of the particulars,” said Chairperson Linda E. Natoli, R-City of Norwich.
Supervisor Natoli’s committee met on Tuesday to define the duties and scope of the position. The county’s planning director then sent a proposed contract to the county attorney’s office on Wednesday.
Natoli said she expected a resolution would be offered before the full board again in September.
A potential perceived possible conflict of interest in hiring the consultant, who is an entrepreneur and a well owner in Preston, came up in discussion at the board meeting on Monday and again in committee on Tuesday. Natoli said her committee “laid it right out there in the beginning” that the candidate, Steven Palmatier, had leased his land to Norse Energy, Inc. to drill a well.
“We felt it was an advantage to the county to have someone who knows about the industry and cares about the county,” Natoli said.
Palmatier, attending a meeting of the Chenango County Planning Board early Tuesday morning, offered a summary of the economic development activities and contacts, including educational and training components, that he has already pursued. Planning Board Chairman Ted Guinn, who also represents the Town of Norwich on the board, said Palmatier’s report was “well-received.”
“I told him he had a really big plate and it was very full,” Guinn said. “We were so impressed by what he has already accomplished that we invited him back to our future planning board meetings. We are trying to stay informed in the towns as much as possible about all of this.”
Guinn said members of the Planning Board, who represent a handful of the county’s 21 towns, had “nothing at all” to report in terms of new business/job prospects or land development activity. “It is definitely a sign of the times,” he said.
According to a report to company shareholders this spring, Norse Energy has identified 1,850 sites for drilling multiple wells into the Herkimer, Marcellus and Utica formations in Central New York over the next 10 to 15 years. Palmatier suggests as many as 16,000 plus wells could potentially be drilled within 50 miles of Chenango County, creating more than 2,600 jobs and attracting well supply, trucking and other natural gas related industries to the area.
The Chenango County Board of Supervisors, after meeting in executive session last week, referred the matter back to the Planning and Economic Development Committee, requesting further job clarification for the position.
“We knew that piece was missing, but had decided to get the concept sold and then catch up on all of the particulars,” said Chairperson Linda E. Natoli, R-City of Norwich.
Supervisor Natoli’s committee met on Tuesday to define the duties and scope of the position. The county’s planning director then sent a proposed contract to the county attorney’s office on Wednesday.
Natoli said she expected a resolution would be offered before the full board again in September.
A potential perceived possible conflict of interest in hiring the consultant, who is an entrepreneur and a well owner in Preston, came up in discussion at the board meeting on Monday and again in committee on Tuesday. Natoli said her committee “laid it right out there in the beginning” that the candidate, Steven Palmatier, had leased his land to Norse Energy, Inc. to drill a well.
“We felt it was an advantage to the county to have someone who knows about the industry and cares about the county,” Natoli said.
Palmatier, attending a meeting of the Chenango County Planning Board early Tuesday morning, offered a summary of the economic development activities and contacts, including educational and training components, that he has already pursued. Planning Board Chairman Ted Guinn, who also represents the Town of Norwich on the board, said Palmatier’s report was “well-received.”
“I told him he had a really big plate and it was very full,” Guinn said. “We were so impressed by what he has already accomplished that we invited him back to our future planning board meetings. We are trying to stay informed in the towns as much as possible about all of this.”
Guinn said members of the Planning Board, who represent a handful of the county’s 21 towns, had “nothing at all” to report in terms of new business/job prospects or land development activity. “It is definitely a sign of the times,” he said.
According to a report to company shareholders this spring, Norse Energy has identified 1,850 sites for drilling multiple wells into the Herkimer, Marcellus and Utica formations in Central New York over the next 10 to 15 years. Palmatier suggests as many as 16,000 plus wells could potentially be drilled within 50 miles of Chenango County, creating more than 2,600 jobs and attracting well supply, trucking and other natural gas related industries to the area.
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