Council Declines Proposed Stipend For Acting City Manager Meg Hungerford – All Otsego

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Council Fails To Gain Majority

To Approve Hungerford Stipend

Meg Hungerford, treasurer and Acting City Manager, was "disappointed" by the vote. (Ian Austin/allotsego.com)
City Finance Director Meg Hungerford, the acting city manager, was “disappointed” by the vote. (Ian Austin/allotsego.com)

ONEONTA – With her allies – Council members Mike Lynch and Larry Malone – absent from this evening’s Common Council meeting, a motion to give Acting City Manager Meg Hungerford a $31,771 stipend failed for lack of a majority.

The vote in favor of the stipend was 4-2, with  Dave Rissberger and Bob Brzozowski voting no.  Rissberger specifically cited budget concerns.   “This isn’t a reflection on the job Meg is doing,”  he said.

Under the City Charter, Hungerford, as city finance director, automatically became acting city manager after City Manager Martin Murphy’s suspension on Friday, July 17.

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