CROTON UNITED ON THE VILLAGE MANAGER'S CONTRACT TO BE VOTED ON BY THE BOARD 9/15

Village Manager Abe Zambrano’s employment contract is up for renewal, and the Village Board will be voting on it Monday night (9/15/2014). 

Is the allegedly “open government” of Wiegman/Gallelli/Slippen going to let the public see the proposed contract prior to the vote? ABSOLUTELY NOT. 

The public is stuck with whatever deal the Board and the Village Manager have privately agreed to. Well, this isn’t really so different from the usual course of action with these folks, but now we don’t even get to voice our opinion before they commit us to a contract of unknown duration, unknown benefits, and unknown burdens. This is open government?

When a Croton United member requested a copy of the proposed contract pursuant to FOIL, he was told “This document is considered a draft document until approved. Once the document is approved and sign [sic] it can be FOILed.”

Isn’t every proposed action on every Village Board agenda a “draft document” by this definition? Yet other proposed agreements to be considered at Village Board meetings are routinely sent out to the public with the agenda. Why not this one?

Croton United wants to know where our tax dollars are going before we commit to spending them. We want an opportunity to discuss what the terms of the Village’s top executive's employment are going to be – BEFORE the Village signs on the dotted line. In short, we want truly open and fiscally responsible government, not the present Board’s parody of it.

Learn  more about CROTON UNITED'S positions on the issues, get to know the candidates and find out about their upcoming events here www.crotonunited.org 

YOU MAY ALSO HAVE AN INTEREST IN AN IMPORTANT 9/11 LETTER FROM CROTON UNITED'S JOEL GOLBERG DETAILING MORE ON "OPEN GOVERNMENT" https://www.facebook.com/notes/croton-united/croton-united-member-joel-gingolds-letter-to-the-editor-september-11-2014/345288558961515