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TROY, N.Y. The year’s first City Council meeting took off Thursday with a couple of hiccups. The new council has two returning members Irene Sorriento, who is a Republican now representing District 5 (she previously represented District 6 before redistricting, and City Council President, Sue Steele, a Democrat, who is new in her position. […]
The Troy City Council remains divided over how to choose an interim member to serve in the city’s District 2 seat, following the sudden resignation of Republican Kim Ashe-McPherson earlier this month.
Troy may revisit public safety fee again
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Carmella Mantello speaks during a council president debate with David Bissember sponsored by Troy Neighborhoods Action Council (TNAC) at Troy Prep Elementary on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019 in Troy, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van Buren/Albany Times Union
She said she ll sponsor legislation appointing a bi-partisan City Council Special Committee, per Section C-12 of the Troy City Charter to explore a public safety fee for the Troy Redevelopment Foundation, Mantello said in the annual council president’s legislative address Thursday.
Spinning off a 2018 report issued by the state Comptroller s Office, Mantello said the $450,000 donated annually by the Redevelopment Foundation has not increased in 20 years.