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Council schedules public hearing on revised defense representation ordinance; Article 4 removed for later policy work
Summary
Council discussed an ordinance to amend Chapter 9 of the City Code on defense representation and indemnification, aligning local language with New York Public Officers Law Sections 18 and 19 and removing a procedural Article for later resolution-based policy development.
The Saratoga Springs City Council announced a public hearing for an ordinance that would amend Chapter 9 of the City Code, the section governing defense representation and indemnification for city officials and employees. The draft removes Article 4 — a procedural section about how to obtain counsel — and leaves that procedure to be addressed later by separate policy or resolution.
A staff member identified only as Dave explained that the draft ordinance was modeled closely on New York…
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