Mayor Says Action On Charter Review

Will Wait Until New Manager Named

ONEONTA – The Charter Review Commission is scheduled to report the findings of its four-month study of how the new city charter has been implemented at tonight’s Common Council meeting, beginning at 7.

But Mayor Dick Miller said the recommendations, developed after the abrupt retirement of Oneonta’s first city manager, Mike Long, won’t be considered until the next city manager is hired.  “The question becomes, how does the council want to process it (the review commission’s report) once the search is over,” he said.

He doesn’t expect any action by the council this evening. “The response will require a special meeting of council, either in retreat format, or starting early” at a later date, he said.

The commission chair, Laurie Zimniewicz, told him she expects to speak for less than five minutes, Miller said.

The report was included in council members’ agendas, which were distributed on Friday. For full text, check www.allotsego.com after this evening’s meeting.