City Council

CITY OF SARATOGA SPRINGS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING CITY COUNCIL ROOM WEDNESDAY APRIL 25, 2007 5:30 P.M. PRESENT: Valerie Keehn, Mayor Commissioner John Franck, Accounts Commissioner Ron Kim, Public Safety Commissioner Matthew McCabe, Finance Commissioner Thomas McTygue, DPW STAFF PRESENT: Eileen Finneran, Deputy Mayor Michael Englert, City Attorney CALL TO ORDER Mayor Keehn called the Special City Council meeting to order at 5:32 p.m. She said the meeting has been called to adjourn to executive session to discuss legal matters. She said that the rules indicate there should be a period for public comment. PUBLIC COMMENT Mayor Keehn opened the public comment period. David Bronner, 5 Royal Henley Court said that this special meeting has been called to discuss in Executive Session the hiring of an attorney to deal with possible legal problems involving the Department of Public Works garage and possible illegal dumping of steel and plastics off Weibel Avenue near the PBA range. He urged the Council to look hard at this issue before involving tax payer money to defend the possible wrongdoing of City Officials. He said that if this involves the DPW, Commissioner McTygue should recuse himself from voting on this issue. Seeing that no one else wished to address the Council, Mayor Keehn closed the public comment period. EXECUTIVE SESSION Commissioner Matthew McCabe moved and Commissioner Ron Kim seconded to adjourn at 5:40 p.m. to executive session to discuss legal matters. Mayor Keehn asked permission of the Council to have Deputy Mayor Eileen Finneran and City Attorney Michael Englert present at the executive session. Ayes all Council members returned at 6:50 p.m. PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT Commissioner Thomas McTygue moved and Commissioner Ron Kim seconded to hire Young & Sommer to represent the Department of Public Works and the City as discussed in City of Saratoga Springs Special City Council Meeting Minutes Wednesday, April 25, 2007 executive session with a cap of $5,000. Commissioner McCabe said the funds are in the budget. Ayes 4, Nays 1 (Mayor Keehn) Commissioner McTygue stated for the record that Mayor Keehn’s husband, an attorney for the Department of Environmental Conservation, is in the audience. ADJOURNMENT Commissioner Matthew McCabe moved and Commissioner John Franck seconded to adjourn the meeting at 6:55 p.m. Ayes all Respectfully submitted, Nancy Wagner Clerk Adopted: Page 2 of 2