Administrator Vote Possible In December – All Otsego

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Administrator

Vote Possible

In December

$75,000 Put In 2020 Budget, But

It’s Unclear If The 'Ayes' Will Win

County Rep. Meg Kennedy, R-C/Mount Vision, chairman of the county board's IGA committee, briefs her colleagues this morning on the development of a county-administrator position. Vice Chairman Gary Koutnik, D-Oneonta, faces the camera at center. Board Chairman David Bliss, R-Cooperstown/Town of Middlefield, is at left. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)

By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com

COOPERSTOWN – A vote on creating a county administrator position may come as soon as December, county Rep. Meg Kennedy, R-C/Mount Vision, told the county Board of Representatives meeting this morning.

“This is momentous,” reacted county Rep. Gary Koutnik, D-Oneonta, the board’s vice chairman.  “We have a timeline!”  Retiring at year’s end, he said hiring a county administrator would be the most important decision of his decade on the county board.

Kennedy told her colleagues $75,000 has been placed in to prospective 2020 county budget for this purpose, with the idea that, if the position is approved, it would take until mid-year for the recruitment and hiring process to be completed.

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