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Trustees accept resignations, appoint planning-board members and approve DPW payout with attorney review amid calls to restore ethics board
Summary
Ballston Spa trustees accepted resignations from two planning/zoning members, appointed several residents to planning boards (including Bob Busch and Chris Farrell), approved a DPW retirement payout for Michael Morrissey pending attorney review, and faced repeated public demands to reconstitute the village ethics board.
Trustees on Feb. 8 accepted resignations from several nonresident planning/zoning members, approved new planning-board memberships and approved a retirement payout for a departing Department of Public Works employee with a condition that the village attorney review contract consistency.
At the meeting, the board moved to accept the resignations of Karen Evanarius (Zoning Board of Appeals) and two planning-board members (names given on the agenda). The board then nominated and approved several appointments: Bob Busch (elevated to full planning-board membership), Chris Farrell (appointed as a full planning-board member), and Michael (Mike)…
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