Freshmen Nicosia, Rafter To Chair
City Common Council Committees
ONEONTA – Two new Common Council members will be appointed to chair two of the Council’s four committees when the new members meet for the first time at the reorganizational meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday in City Hall.
ALL APPOINTMENTS LISTED ON COUNCIL AGENDA
Melissa Nicosia will chair the Community Development Committee, and John Rafter the Legislative Committee. Veteran Council members David Rissberger and Russ Southard will chair the Operations/Planning/Evaluations Committee and Finance/Human Resources Committee respectively.
Southard is in line to be appointed acting mayor when Herzig is out of town, a position he held for a year following Mayor Miller’s October 2014 passing.
Mayor Gary Herzig will make the following paid appointments, subject to Council approval: David Merzig, city attorney; Mark Simonson, city historian; Virginia Lee, deputy finance director; Nicole Camarata, deputy purchasing agent; Fox Hospital/Dr. Chris Wolf-Gould, health officer, and Charles Bollinger, bingo inspector.