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I attended the Common Council meeting last night and unfortunately my proposed ordinance change did not pass. My Alderman commended me for my efforts, but stated that he received many calls from other residents who voiced their opposition. There were two members of the public who spoke at...

I apologize for the delay: the last Common Council meeting was to "introduce the proposed ordinance change and get it on the books". The actual vote will be occurring tomorrow night. I'll let everyone know how it goes!

Update: The Common Council votes tonight! (The proposed revision is on the last two pages) http://www.amsterdamny.gov/docs/cc/Agenda-May-6-2014.pdf Wish me luck!!

Thanks for the positive words everyone! I just found that the second local newspaper that attended the council meeting posted a wonderful article as well! http://mohawkvalleycompass.com/2014/04/lets-give-the-chickens-a-chance-in-amsterdam/

Update: I attended the Common Council meeting last night and spoke for almost 1/2 hour. The Mayor, 5 Alderman, city counsel and both local newspapers were there! I felt they were all impressed with my level of research and presentation (I handed each of them a binder-clipped pamphlet with 25...

Just an update that I attended last nights Council meeting and gave a high-level overview of my request to change the ordinance. My local Alderman stated that he would endorse a proposed change and asked me to attend the main City Council meeting (I believe next week) and to be prepared to...

Hello everyone, new user here! I've been looking into having hens in my back yard for a while now but my current City ordinance prohibits the keeping of any fowl (a Law enacted in 1991). After going back and forth between Departments it was finally decided that this is not a Zoning issue...