Auburn City Council met at Memorial City Hall Thursday
night.
The Auburn City Council heard the first draft of the proposed 2021-22 city budget at its meeting Thursday night, with more discussion anticipated going forward as the municipality faces a budget gap.
The meeting was the first held with the full Auburn City Council at Memorial City Hall in 2021 after months of remote sessions due to the surge of COVID-19 cases after the holidays.
With full in-person meetings the plan going forward, the council will be working on the 2021-22 budget over the next several weeks. On Thursday, members heard a presentation on the first draft from city Comptroller Rachel Jacobs.
MORAVIA â Whether a food pantry operating in the former Moravia High School building counts as a community center is the question before the village Zoning Board of Appeals, which held a hearing on the matter Wednesday night.
Gary Debele, the owner of the property at 48 Church St., wants to lease a space there to the Moravia Hope Pantry. He applied for a building and zoning permit in July 2020. Later that month, J. Patrick Doyle, the village s code enforcement officer, denied the permit, saying that Debele leasing the space is considered a business for private gain and therefore illegal because the building is in a residential zone.