Common Council Rejects Adding Citizens To City Manager Search ONEONTA – Common Council, 6-1, this evening rejected suggestions it expand its search committee for a new city manager to include two members of the public. Unanimously, Common Council did vote to expand the search committee to include the whole council, not just its Human Resources Committee. “What we’ve been through,” said Council member Russ Southard, HR committee chair, referring to working 18 months with the first city manager, “makes us…