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Town justice resigns; board approves budget transfers for court accounts
Summary
Hon. Mark Fletcher resigned in June 2025 and the State assigned Hon. Thomas Slater as acting Justice. The board approved running Justice and Court Clerk budget items into the negative and transferring funds to cover shortfalls.
Supervisor Earlin Rosa told the board that Hon. Mark Fletcher resigned in June 2025. Rosa said the State of New York assigned Hon. Thomas Slater to sit as acting Justice for the Town of Seward during the interim.
Councilman William Harlow moved—and the board unanimously approved—a motion to run the Justice and Court Clerk budget items into the negative and transfer funds to cover the accounts. No further details on amounts transferred were included in the July 14 minutes.
