Cazenovia Voices Coalition — Monday Village 7 p.m.; Tuesday County 11 a.m.

Hello, Cazenovia Voices Coalition,

The closing has still not been finalized. This week, we show up twice:

MONDAY, Dec 1: Village Board Meeting (7 p.m.)
Village Municipal Building
The Village now has one less trustee: Jen Lutter resigned last month and is moving away. Her voice for transparency will be missed. This places even more weight on our collective presence.

At this meeting, the Village will be urged to:

1. Commit publicly to maintaining community input in zoning and future use of the campus.
2. Zoning will shape everything, from traffic and safety to housing, emergency services, business development, and the culture of our Main Street. Read into the record their zoning questions and requests to the County. The Village has the right and responsibility to ensure that any use of Reisman or Sigety reflects local needs and protects the heart of Cazenovia.
3. Uphold community transparency during this leadership transition. With one trustee gone, the remaining board must hear from us clearly:

Community input is not optional. 

Bring a neighbor. Bring someone who’s never come before.

TUESDAY, Dec 2: Madison County Board of Supervisors (11 a.m.)
County Offices, Wampsville (Carpooling available, reply or comment to connect.)
This is our moment to remind County leadership:

Cazenovia residents did not support the Sheriff’s presence here.
Election data shows that across Cazenovia’s six wards, 43% of local voters supported Nancy Ries’s write-in challenge to Sheriff Hood, an extraordinary showing for a last-minute grassroots effort. AND, over 650 voters (more than half of all who voted) either opposed Hood or declined to endorse him.

This is a mandate, not a margin.
Yet the County continues to act as though Cazenovia welcomes the relocation of Sheriff’s operations and Emergency Management to the campus.

We do not. And we must say so in person.

Speak to:

• County overreach into Village/Town planning
• Long-term costs of renovation/buildouts
• Distance from the County seat for essential services
• Lack of community engagement
• Ignoring local election signals

The County must answer to residents, not override them.

Let’s continue shaping the future of our campus with clarity, courage, and collective voice.

Your presence is your power.
Let’s use it, Monday and Tuesday.