At its September 29 meeting, the Common Council passed a resolution expressing the opinion that the Mill Street parcel, the proposed site of Mill Street Lofts, was municipal parkland and conveyance of the land may constitute alienation of parkland requiring authorization by the New York State Legislature. Two days later, Mayor Joseph Ferris vetoed that resoluition.
Ferris's veto statement was on the agenda for last night's Common Council meeting as a communication. In introducing the veto statement, Council president Margaret Morris cited Section C6-2 of the City Charter before making this statement:
As you know, this resolution was not legislative. It did not authorize the City to take any action. As such, the veto I consider to be irrelevant. There will not be a vote to override the veto. We have expressed our opinion, and there's nothing further to say on the matter, as far as I'm concerned.
When the Council voted on the resolution in September, nine of the eleven members voted in support of the resolution, and two--Mohammed Rony (Second Ward) and Claire Cousin (Fifth Ward)--abstained.
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Judge Brian Herman is going to have a field day with this one...
ReplyDeleteAnd why is the City of Hudson taxpayers paying attorney Ryan (TRK Law), working at the direction of Joe, to take a position against the City of Hudson?