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Cortland council approves package of staffing changes, emergency purchases and infrastructure repairs
Summary
At its April 7 meeting the Cortland City Council approved a series of emergency ordinances and resolutions to realign service‑department staffing, appoint a new compliance coordinator, authorize several equipment purchases and order urgent pump‑station repairs; council members present approved each item by roll call.
Cortland City Council on April 7, 2025 approved a package of ordinances and resolutions that realigned positions in the city service department, created a compliance‑coordinator position and authorized several emergency purchases and infrastructure repairs.
The measures were presented as a coordinated effort to streamline the service department and to respond to time‑sensitive equipment needs ahead of spring operations. The council declared multiple items as emergencies so work or purchases could proceed immediately.
Among the actions the council approved were: adoption of emergency ordinances to repeal two prior ordinances that established wages and benefits for the associate service director positions and to reassign those employees; an emergency ordinance appointing and setting wages for a newly created compliance coordinator position; an ordinance to pick up statutory employer contributions for…
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