As Party Caucuses Near, Jim Potts Appointed To Village Board Vacancy

COOPERSTOWN

Mayor Joe Booan plans to name Jim Potts to fill the vacancy on the Village Board left by Chuck Hage’s December resignation.
He’s scheduled to make the appointment Monday, Jan. 24, a day before village Democrats and Republicans caucus to nominate candidates for the March 15 village elections.
Both caucuses are at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 25, the Democrats in the firehouse, the Republicans in village hall.
Four trustee vacancies will be up for election, and both parties are striving to field full tickets.
The Democrats reportedly had a full slate, including a retired Bassett Hospital physician, a woman and incumbent Trustee Jeff Katz among them.
On the Republican side, Trustee Matt Schuermann is running for a full term, and Potts and another candidate have stepped forward.  At press time, one vacancy remained to be filled.
Potts is vice president of the Special Investigations Division at New York Central Mutual Insurance, Edmeston.
He is industry representative to the state Department of Criminal Justice, and also serves on the boards of the Insurance Fraud Management Panel, New York City Anti Car Theft Association, and the state Special Investigations Units.
He met his wife, Kim, while both were serving in the Air Force, and they returned in 1984 to Cooperstown to raise a family.