ROTTERDAM Board reaches deal on hiring lawyers for town BY JUSTIN MASON Gazette Reporter
Members of the Town Board appear to have reached a compromise to end a spat over hiring Rotterdam’s legal representation. Board members are expected to pass a trio of resolutions during tonight’s meeting that will return Town Attorney Joseph Liccardi to his previous title, re-instate Bryan Goldberger as Rotterdam’s labor attorney and hire the Albanybased law firm of Daniels and Porco on a more limited basis. Supervisor Frank Del Gallo said consensus was reached on the resolutions during the agenda meeting Monday. Under the resolutions, Goldberger will earn about $175 per hour to represent the town in labor negotiations, which was the rate he was earning before being dismissed last month. Daniels and Porco will receive $49,900 per year for the next two years to help with other town business, Del Gallo said. “Everybody will get some work out of it,” he said Tuesday. Last month, board members Wayne Calder, Nicola DiLeva and Matt Martin abruptly passed a set of resolutions hiring Daniels and Porco at a salary of $138,500 per year. They also backed a move to categorize Town Attorney Joseph Liccardi as a deputy to the new firm and promptly terminating Goldberger. Del Gallo and Godlewski both balked at the moves and refused to support them. Later, Del Gallo pledged he would execute his right as the town’s chief fi nancial officer in refusing to sign a contract with Daniels and Porco, claiming the three board members violated a purchasing policy that states any service over $50,000 must be put out to bid. Del Gallo said the lower amount outlined in the new resolution means hiring Daniels and Porco won’t be at odds with the purchasing policy. Also, he said the taxpayers won’t have to pay as much for the town’s legal services. “They’re going to do less work, but they’re going to do the work we want done,” he said. “We got a better deal for the tax payers.” Contacted Tuesday, Calder said he’s amenable to the solution, though he’s still not convinced it will mean a savings to the town. The town needs to work out contracts with the Rotterdam Police Benevolent Association and the local CSEA unit. .....................>>>>...................>>>>..................http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....r01101&AppName=1
So Hamilton's hand picked attorneys are signed through this election cycle? Would they be responsible for the police contract negotiatins, or the "other town business" as FDG put it?
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Daniels and Porco will receive $49,900 per year for the next two years to help with other town business, Del Gallo said.
So what is the total amt for lawyers this year going to be then? Add them all up!
"While Foreign Terrorists were plotting to murder and maim using homemade bombs in Boston, Democrap officials in Washington DC, Albany and here were busy watching ME and other law abiding American Citizens who are gun owners and taxpayers, in an effort to blame the nation's lack of security on US so that they could have a political scapegoat."
We don't know that's the beauty apparently the supervisor is against hiring someone for x dollars but has no problem if they hire someone without a limit and their fees exceed x *100
Where is she? She may need to explain this to the Rotterdam Republican Committee if she wants their endorsement.
"While Foreign Terrorists were plotting to murder and maim using homemade bombs in Boston, Democrap officials in Washington DC, Albany and here were busy watching ME and other law abiding American Citizens who are gun owners and taxpayers, in an effort to blame the nation's lack of security on US so that they could have a political scapegoat."
Where's our conservative crusader Nicki D? She MUST be against this senseless redundancy of services.
Yer kidding right? It was ND and the other counter parts of the three muskateers that voted in favor of Daniels/Porco....when in fact, rotterdam already had attorneys in place.
Just in time for the 'cop contract'!! Thank you ND, MM and WC..........and I'm sure it was supported by TJ Hooker.
Guess FDG really does know what's going on! Dumb as a fox!!
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
Those who control the $$ control the masses(aske about our CAFR) Those who control the contract control the masses Those who control the legislation control the masses Those who control the guns control the masses Those who control the knowledge control the masses
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
So Hamilton's hand picked attorneys are signed through this election cycle? Would they be responsible for the police contract negotiatins, or the "other town business" as FDG put it?
Hamilton chooses nothing for FDG...Goldberger has been the labor attorney for many years now...so he will negotiate labor contracts...although there is supposed to be a limit on the amounts paid to each firm.
Where's our conservative crusader Nicki D? She MUST be against this senseless redundancy of services.
She is...she was the one who demanded a cap on their payouts...and made it clear she would not vote for them without it...so they all agreed...even Wayne Calder said this was the equivalent of issuing a blank check...but he voted for it anyway in her absence....even after I went to the podium to remind him of his own statements when the cap was missing from the resolution.
Unfortunately ND was unable to attend due to illness...and you can bet she is livid over their failure to honor the agreement of a cap on these expenditures.
Where's our conservative crusader Nicki D? She MUST be against this senseless redundancy of services.
She is...she was the one who demanded a cap on their payouts...and made it clear she would not vote for them without it...so they all agreed...even Wayne Calder said this was the equivalent of issuing a blank check...but he voted for it anyway in her absence....even after I went to the podium to remind him of his own statements when the cap was missing from the resolution.
Unfortunately ND was unable to attend due to illness...and you can bet she is livid over their failure to honor the agreement of a cap on these expenditures.
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"Everybody will get some work out of it," stated FDG. No truer statement has ever been uttered. With this crew the entire County Bar will have work.
