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New Trustees Get Assignments

Wed, Jul 13, 2011

Mayor Miller has assigned the four trustees their areas of responsibility in the new administration.

Running the village is a collaborative effort, with the mayor and each of the trustees shouldering responsibilities for various functions. At Tuesday's meeting, the first regular one for the recently elected officials, Mayor Margaret Miller assigned the trustees responsibilities.

The trustees are the elected liasons to the various departments, commissions and other village functions and report back to the entire council about activities in their specific areas. The trustees and their assignments are:

Sam Cooper:

  • Mayor's representative to the police department;
  • Mayor's representative to the fire department;
  • Mayor's representative to the village court;
  • Mayor's representative to the Colgate's Campus Safety Department;
  • Serves on the Pedestrian Safety Committee
  • and sits on the Five-Way Intersection Task Force.

Debblie Kliman:

  • Parks;
  • Library Board;
  • Historical Commission;
  • Farmers' Market;
  • Recreation, Playgrounds and Pavilion and Fountains;
  • Mural Commission;
  • Trails Committee;
  • Fourth of July Committee.

Russ Lura:

  • Streets and Public Works;
  • Municipal Utilities Commissioner;
  • DPW and Solid Waste Management;
  • Madison Street Cemetery.

Anne Clauss:

  • Economic Development;
  • Mayor's representative to the PCD
  • Mayor's representative to the Zoning Board of Appeals;
  • Mayor's representative to the to the Planning Board;
  • Airport-Airpark Commission
  • Mayor's representative to Colgate's Upstate Institute;
  • Tree Committee.

The mayor will continue as the village's representative to the Hamilton Business Alliance.

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