Cancellation / Postponement Notices - City of Auburn

Public Meetings are live-streamed on the City website at www.AuburnNY.gov/livestream

Meeting cancelations due to the COVID-19 virus will be posted on this page.  Listed below are previous cancellation announcements.

May 6, 2020 MEDIA RELEASE, Contact: City Manager Jeff Dygert

CITY OF AUBURN SUMMER EVENTS

Each year the City of Auburn holds numerous events throughout the city. Unfortunately this year we will be postponing some of our Downtown Events due to social distancing recommendations and restrictions on mass gatherings intended to slow the spread of Covid-19.

The events that have been postponed are Music on the Mall (Fridays throughout summer), Sizzlin’ Summer Kick-Off (June 20), Founder’s Day (August 8) and Tomatofest (September 12).

The City of Auburn is monitoring the situation closely and is exploring a variety of possible alternatives to our typical events that would provide the community with recreation and entertainment while still complying with recommended best practices to slow the spread of Covid-19.

STAY SAFE AND HEALTHY,  Jeff Dygert, City Manager, email: jdygert@auburnny.gov phone: 315-255-4146

April 16, 2020 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
City of Auburn Announces Event Cancellations for the Month of May 2020

Due to the COVID-19 crisis City of Auburn sponsored events and all events planned for City parks and downtown are cancelled for the month of May 2020.

“The COVID-19 crisis presents very challenging times for us all and it is unfortunate that some of our favorite event traditions will need to take a year off, however, we must plan ahead and in the interest of public health and safety our May events will be cancelled,” stated Mayor Michael Quill.

The following list of events will be cancelled for the month of May 2020:
• All events in City Parks and City sponsored events downtown
• The Majorpalooza 5k “Catch Me If You Can” run and all other Majorpalooza events
• Memorial Day Events including parade, Veterans Park ceremony, food truck rodeo and duck derby
• Downtown Business Improvement District (BID) sponsored volunteer flower planting days

“There is a tremendous amount of planning and financial investment that the City and event organizers make to execute our larger downtown and park events. We cannot plan and promote events this year in the same way we always have. Moving forward the city will be analyzing the directives from the State to determine the fate of events for June, July, August, etc. Decisions about future month’s events will be made on a rolling basis as we make our way through this crisis. We hope we will be able to maintain some of our popular summer events but those decisions will be made as we get closer to summer,” stated City Manager Jeff Dygert.

Event Contacts:
City Manager Jeff Dygert, phone 315-255-4146, email jdygert@auburnny.gov
Majorpalooza, Chris Major, phone 315-730-0603, email majorpalooza@hotmail.com
City of Auburn Parks & Recreation, Kim Bauso, phone 315-255-4737, email kbauso@auburnny.gov
Downtown BID, Stephanie DeVito, phone 315-252-7874, email stephanie@auburndowntown.org

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• The City of Auburn City Council Meeting scheduled for Thursday, March 19, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. and Thursday, March 26, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. will be closed to the public as part of the City response to the COVID-19 pandemic that has closed City Hall and all other city facilities.
• The City of Auburn Zoning Board of Appeals meeting scheduled for Monday, March 23, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. has been cancelled.
• The three public meetings for the design of the Living Willow Project at the Miles/Lepak Park has been postponed and will be rescheduled at dates to be announced in the future.

• The Firefighter Memorial Service hosted by the Auburn Fire Department scheduled March 30, 2020 at the Willard Memorial Chapel has been cancelled.

• The Auburn Civil Service Commission has announced that the Firefighter Civil Service Exam scheduled for April 25, 2020 has been cancelled.  The exam will be postponed to a date to be determined in the future.

• The Auburn Civil Service Commission meeting scheduled for Monday, April 13, 2020 has been cancelled.

On March 13, 2020, Governor Cuomo issued Executive Order No. 202.1. This Order suspends the Open Meetings Law, in order to allow local governing bodies to close meetings to the public. This order also allows local officials to meet remotely by conference call or similar service. If the meeting is closed to the public or conducted by a conference call or similar service, then the public must be able to either (a) view the meeting; or (b) listen to the meeting. The meetings must be recorded and later transcribed.

The part of the Governor's Executive order pertaining to the Open Meetings Law expressly states:

“Suspension of law allowing the attendance of meetings telephonically or other similar service:

Article 7 of the Public Officers Law, to the extent necessary to permit any public body to meet and take such actions authorized by the law without permitting in public in-person access to meetings and authorizing such meetings to be held remotely by conference call or similar service, provided that the public has the ability to view or listen to such proceeding and that such meetings are recorded and later transcribed;”

City Council meetings are live-streamed via the City website at the following link:  www.AuburnNY.gov/livestream  

City Council meeting agendas are available online at the following link: www.AuburnNY.gov/agenda