Plattsburgh city leaders delay city manager vote [Video]

LATEST IN THE CASE. YOU CAN CATCH THAT ON NBC5 STARTING AT 4. AFTER LENGTHY DISCUSSIONS… IT’S UNLIKELY PLATTSBURGH WILL HAVE A CITY MANAGER ANYTIME SOON. LAST NIGHT, COMMON COUNCILORS DECIDED áNOT TO VOTE ON THE ADDITION OF THE NEW POSITION. THEY SAY THEY’RE CONCERNED THE PROCESS SEEMS RUSHED… AND THERE WOULDN’T BE ENOUGH TIME…TO GET INPUT FROM RESIDENTS. THE CITY CONSIDERED PUTTING THE CITY MANAGER VOTE ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT. THE DEADLINE TO DO THAT IS AUGUST 5-TH. PLATTSBURGH VOTERS REJECTED A “CITY MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNMENT” IN 20-16… AFTER A CHARTER COMMISSION RECOMMENDED IT. <ROSENQUEST: “GETTING ON TO THIS NOVEMBER BALLOT, WE CERTAINLY DIDN’T FEEL LIKE THERE WAS ANY CONCERN WITH MAKING SURE THAT THE VOTERS WERE HIGHLY EDUCATED AS TO WHAT THEY WERE VOTING ON, AS THEY HAD BEEN VERY SIMILARLY VOTED ON THE SIMILAR LOCAL LAW BACK IN 2015. SO FOR US, WE DIDN’T NECESSARILY FEEL …