Council approves new rule adding deposits for events in city parks

Event organizers looking to rent space in Oneonta city parks must now put down a $500 refundable deposit, after the Common Council approved the measure at its meeting Tuesday, Aug. 5.

After some debate, the council voted 5-1 to amend to the city’s fee schedule to add the deposit for events held at city parks, excluding pavilion rentals. Shannon McHugh, D-Third Ward, abstained and Michael Forster Rothbart, D-Seventh Ward, was absent.