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Commissioner appointment dispute prompts questions about use of county resources for litigation
Summary
A dispute over the process to fill a vacant commissioner seat led to a petition filed in court and sharply divided remarks at the March 19 meeting about whether county funds and personnel should be used for the litigation.
A dispute over the process to fill a vacant Lackawanna County commissioner seat dominated part of the March 19 meeting as commissioners, the county solicitor and members of the public debated whether county resources should be used to pursue litigation over the selection process.
Don Frederickson, county solicitor, told the board he was approached about conflicting procedures for filling a commissioner vacancy. "We have the Home Rule Charter which specifies one way of doing it, and we have a code of judicial conduct, which specifies a whole separate method," Frederickson said, explaining his concern that proceeding under one procedure could…
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