Mayor Diana Palmer named to four Glens Falls public-authority boards; Jeff Flagg appointed CEO of multiple agencies

The Glens Falls public-authority boards on Jan. 2 formally accepted the common council's appointments that placed Mayor Diana Palmer on four governing bodies and confirmed Jeff Flagg to continue as CEO of multiple authorities.

Unidentified Speaker 1 opened the meeting by welcoming Diana Palmer as the new mayor and noting the common council had appointed her to the Industrial Development Agency (IDA), the Local Development Corporation (LDC), the Civic Development Corporation (CDC) and the Urban Renewal Agency. The board moved to accept the council's appointment to the IDA; the motion was seconded and approved with members voting "Aye."

Jeff Flagg, who earlier this session was introduced as the authority CEO and who also reported on projects during the meeting, was noted by the chair as having been appointed by Mayor Palmer to serve as CEO of the LDC and the Urban Renewal Agency while continuing his CEO roles with the IDA and CDC. Later in the packet of separate meetings the boards approved a resolution appointing Jeff Flagg to replace the outgoing CEO; that motion was moved, seconded and carried.

The actions formalize leadership continuity across the authorities as the city enters the new reporting year and prepares audits and annual reports required under the Public Authority Accountability Act. The board did not record individual roll-call tallies in the transcript beyond unanimous "Aye" responses to the motions approving appointments.

The boards moved next into routine financial and project business, including bank-authority signer changes and audit engagement approvals.