Proposed City Charter Changes Head Toward City Council Vote ONEONTA – Mayor Gary Herzig has called a special meeting of Common Council’s Legislative Committee for 4 p.m. Thursday, March 10, to begin reviewing changes to the City Charter proposed by the ad hoc committee he established for that purpose, according to a report in this week’s Hometown Oneonta. The next step would be for Common Council to schedule a public hearing. The charter changes would then go to a vote,…
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Move Qualifications Out Of Charter, Panel Says Residency Requirement Remains in Charter By LIBBY CUDMORE • for www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Mayor Herzig’s ad hoc Charter Review Committee last evening proposed removing the qualifications for the city manager from the charter, putting them in a job description, like all other positions. That would allow Common Council to change them by a majority vote. “No other job has their requirements outlined in the charter,” said Committee member and Council member Melissa Nicosia,…
Charter Committee Suggests Shifting Emergency Powers By LIBBY CUDMORE • for www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – As the waters rose around Oneonta during the 2006 floods, Mayor John Nader was constantly on the phone, talking to government officials, worried citizens and businesses affected by the rising river. “It was crucial to have an elected official to speak to and for the community,” said Nader, who is chairing Mayor Gary Herzig’s ad hoc Charter Review Committee. The power to call out police and fire…
