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Monday, April 10, 2006

Fulton shuts off water to chocolate factory


Fulton shut off water service today to New York Chocolate and Confections after the company failed to pay its $100,000 water and sewer bill.

“We shut it off about 1 p.m.,” said Fulton Mayor Daryl Hayden. “We gave 20 days notice but haven’t heard anything from them.”

Earlier, Hayden had said that the city would shut off water service to if it did not receive at least $30,000 toward the bill.
Hayden said the city had planned to shut off service on Friday, but reports of a fund transfer from the company’s Ivory Coast owners to pay back payroll for its workers led the city to extend its deadline.

“We’ve heard nothing, seen nothing today,” Hayden said.
However, L. Michael Treadwell, executive director of Operation Oswego County, said another transfer for creditors also was sent last week to New York Chocolate’s law firm in Philadelphia.

“What we’ve been told is that it is enough to take care of arrears for all the creditors,” he said today. “We don’t know if the money is in place in U.S. accounts yet.”
Treadwell said company CEO Jean-Claude Amon confirmed the international transfer of funds.