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From YouTube: October 13, 2021 Special Common Council Meeting
Description
Discussion of the proposed new City Manager position
A
Okay,
yes,
so
much
appreciate
welcome
everybody
to
a
special
meeting,
a
special
october
meeting
of
the
common
council-
yes
patrick,
is
officially
sworn
in.
He
was
kind
enough
to
meet
me
in
city
hall
this
morning
for
swearing
in
the
signage
of
the
book,
and
he
had
his
victory
taken
by
city
hall.
So
he
can
get
his
city
idea
did
warn
him.
My
id
is
still
from
when
I
was
20
years
old
and
if
security
ever
checked
it
they
would
not
not.
Allow
me
in
the
building
looks
nothing.
A
A
Millions
of
dollars
will
flow
to
ithaca
for
opioid
prevention
and
treatment
and
education,
which
is
really
good
and,
and
we
had
to
get
ready
to
do
special
meetings,
so
very
busy,
we'll
jump
right
in
I'll
ask.
Is
there
a
public
comment?
Anyone
sign
up
for
public
comment
for
this
special
meeting,
meaning
530.,
okay,
seeing
none.
Then
we
can
go
right
into
the
agenda
and
the
only
topic
for
discussion.
I
actually
want
to
ask
ari
if
it's
okay?
A
A
D
A
E
There
is
some
sort
of
technological
disaster
cloud
hanging
over
my
house.
I
keep
coming
in
and
out
of
the
meeting,
so
I
may
end
up
having
to
drive
to
city
hall
for
the
budget
piece,
but
anyway,
I
think
the
only
thing
ari
that
would
be
helpful
for
you
to
remind
everybody
is
that
this
is
the
last
time
we
can
make
changes
to
this.
That's
correct!
That's
why
we're
doing
the
meeting
in
this
process
because
it
has
to
get
laid
on
the
table
so
once
it's
laid
on
the
table,
it
can't
be
changed.
D
Yeah,
that's
pretty
much
right!
Thank
you!
Yes,
and
I
do
want
to
provide
a
procedural
reminder
right.
So
a
local
laws
have
an
aging
requirement
in
a
way
that
ordinances
do
not.
You
have
both
a
local
law
and
an
ordinance
in
front
of
you
tonight.
The
local
law
is
required
for
amending
the
city
charter,
along
with
certain
provisions
of
the
city
code,
that,
due
to
legislative
legislative
equivalency,
must
be
amended
by
local
law.
D
What
you
would
consider
a
committee
level
vote
for,
so
that
they
will
appear
for
a
final
vote
on
the
november
third
common
council
agenda
between
now
and
the
november
third
common
council
agenda.
We
will
need
to
lay
on
the
table,
as
we
say,
the
local
law,
so
that
it
can
age
at
which
point
that
version
of
the
local
law
cannot
be
further
amended.
D
A
D
C
A
C
Just
immediately
following
the
paragraph
that
was
deleted
under
section
c
33
on
the
next
page,
it
says
that
the
it
talks
about
the
acting
mayor-
and
it
says
the
acting
mayor-
shall
not
be
authorized
to
make
appointments
or
cast
a
veto
unless
the
mayor
is
absent
more
than
30
days.
Does
that
imply
that
the
acting
mayor
has
the
ability
to
cast
a
veto?
I.
D
D
D
F
I
just
wanted
to
explain
that
the
reason
this
makes
sense
to
remove
the
mayor's
veto
power
is
that
the
mayor
becomes
a
voting
member
of
common
council.
So
it
wouldn't
make
sense
that
anytime,
the
mayor
might
be
in
a
let's
say:
six:
five
minority
is
that
right.
The
mayor
would
also
have
the
ability
to
veto
the
whole
thing.
A
B
I
believe
in
my
32
years
here,
the
only
time
I
think
mayor
cohen,
was
the
only
one
who
vetoed
legislation
and
that
was
regarding
budgets.
I
think
that's
the
only
time
it's
been
used,
so,
yes,
it
is
indeed
very
rarely
used
because
most
mayors
prefer
the
consensus
method
or
you
know
or
realize,
when
there's
a
majority
that
if
they
veto,
there's
a
good
chance
that,
because
common
council
can
still
override
the
veto,
that
that
can
happen
as
well,
but
yeah.
I
I
agree.
C
So
my
question
for
ari
is-
and
it's
been
a
long
time
since
I
read
the
charter,
so
I'm
pulling
this
from
memory.
My
understanding
is
the
power
of
the
veto
is
also
available
to
the
mayor.
If
the
mayor
is
has
a
concern
that
the
act
of
counsel
is
deemed
illegal
and
therefore
has
the
power
to
veto
legislation,
if
if
they
question
the
legality
of
the
act
of
counsel,
so
is
that
something
that
is
still
available
at
some
point.
D
D
It's
the
same
procedural
mechanism,
subject
to
the
same
council
override
that
exists
as
our
current
veto,
I
believe,
and
and
the
direction
that
I
understood
council
to
be
seeking
in
this
legislation,
was
simply
to
have
a
mayor
that
does
not
have
a
veto
power,
which
is
a
model
that
exists
elsewhere.
I'm
in
new
york
state.
We
would
not
be
you
know,
inventing
the
wheel
here.
D
I
should
add,
actually,
while
we're
having
this
conversation,
that
it
does
mean
that
the
precise
procedures
for
passing
local
laws,
in
particular
in
the
future,
under
a
manager
under
a
council
manager,
form
of
government
would
be
a
little
bit
different
and
would
require
public
hearings
at
council
as
part
of
the
passage
process.
So
I
do
want
to
flag
that
it's
not
a
major
issue.
It
will
create
some
procedural
change
in
the
way
local
laws,
in
particular
not
resolutions
or
ordinances.
Just
local
laws
need
to
be
passed
by
future
common
councils.
D
D
D
D
There
are
very
specific
formatting
requirements
for
sending
a
local
law
to
referendum,
so
I
will
not
be
changing
anything
substantively
before
laying
it
on
the
table,
but
I
will
clean
up
the
way.
The
track
changes
look
a
little
bit
in
terms
of
what
gets
laid
on
the
table.
You'll
still
see
brackets
and
stuff,
though,
though,
because
that's
required
by
for
for
sending
it
to
referendum.