AUBURN - Auburn City Manager John Salomone set his last day as Wednesday, Aug. 16. He announced during his city manager's report portion of the Thursday council meeting that he had handed the city council his official resignation.
“Of course I'm sorry to go in many ways,” Salomone said.
He has accepted a job to be the next town manager in Newington, Conn.
“Don't believe everything you read in the papers,” Salomone said of the reported tension between him and the mayor and city councilors. “I have a good relationship with the city councilors ... healthy debate is important.”
Mayor Tim Lattimore wished Salomone well in Connecticut.
The city council met Tuesday to discuss the logistics of Salomone's early departure. His contract calls for a 90-day notice, which councilors agreed to waive. Auburn lawyer Earle Thurston drafted Salomone's contract and met with the council to answer questions about the agreement's terms and conditions.
On the same day, Salomone attended the town council meeting in Newington.
He is excited to return to the state in which he spent 25 years of his professional career as the former town manager of Watertown and Cheshire.
He will earn a base salary of $121,000 as opposed to his $101,500 stipend, plus expenses, in Auburn.
In other news:
City councilors approved a measure that will lead to an increased capacity in the North Division Street landfill.
The design to build a fourth cell requires crews to partially close the first and second cells. The sections were filled in 1991 and 1995 and contain a combined 400,000 tons, Director of Municipal Utilities Frank DeOrio estimated for the council.
The state requires the city to monitor the dump for 30 years, although the city may petition to reduce the time if no suspect substances are found.
The new cell will cost $4.8 million to build and will last between eight and 10 years, he said. This figure reflects the expenses for a company to place a goemembrane cover over 4.5 acres, install access roads, and construct six extraction wells and conveyance piping.
DeOrio estimated crew will break ground in September if councilors put the work out to bid by the beginning of August.
The city plans to expand its landfill to bring in an additional $314,000 in revenue. The fourth cell will hold the additional 20,000 tons that will boast capacity up to 96,000 tons.
The expansion will increase cell 4 in the landfill from 9 to 9.8 acres but will not extend outside city borders.
Barton and Loguidice P.C advised the city and designed the undertaking. The consulting engineers have offices in Syracuse, Albany and Rochester.
- Maintenance crews roped off a corner of the Casey Park pool because they found a large chip near one of the ladders. They will repair the defect in a few weeks, after the pending hot weather, said Salomone.
However, the pool, at 150 N. Division Street, is still open.
Staff writer Jessica Soule can be reached at 253-5311ext 267 or jessica.soule@lee.net
He has accepted a job to be the next town manager in Newington, Conn.
“Don't believe everything you read in the papers,” Salomone said of the reported tension between him and the mayor and city councilors. “I have a good relationship with the city councilors ... healthy debate is important.”
Mayor Tim Lattimore wished Salomone well in Connecticut.
The city council met Tuesday to discuss the logistics of Salomone's early departure. His contract calls for a 90-day notice, which councilors agreed to waive. Auburn lawyer Earle Thurston drafted Salomone's contract and met with the council to answer questions about the agreement's terms and conditions.
On the same day, Salomone attended the town council meeting in Newington.
He is excited to return to the state in which he spent 25 years of his professional career as the former town manager of Watertown and Cheshire.
He will earn a base salary of $121,000 as opposed to his $101,500 stipend, plus expenses, in Auburn.
In other news:
City councilors approved a measure that will lead to an increased capacity in the North Division Street landfill.
The design to build a fourth cell requires crews to partially close the first and second cells. The sections were filled in 1991 and 1995 and contain a combined 400,000 tons, Director of Municipal Utilities Frank DeOrio estimated for the council.
The state requires the city to monitor the dump for 30 years, although the city may petition to reduce the time if no suspect substances are found.
The new cell will cost $4.8 million to build and will last between eight and 10 years, he said. This figure reflects the expenses for a company to place a goemembrane cover over 4.5 acres, install access roads, and construct six extraction wells and conveyance piping.
DeOrio estimated crew will break ground in September if councilors put the work out to bid by the beginning of August.
The city plans to expand its landfill to bring in an additional $314,000 in revenue. The fourth cell will hold the additional 20,000 tons that will boast capacity up to 96,000 tons.
The expansion will increase cell 4 in the landfill from 9 to 9.8 acres but will not extend outside city borders.
Barton and Loguidice P.C advised the city and designed the undertaking. The consulting engineers have offices in Syracuse, Albany and Rochester.
- Maintenance crews roped off a corner of the Casey Park pool because they found a large chip near one of the ladders. They will repair the defect in a few weeks, after the pending hot weather, said Salomone.
However, the pool, at 150 N. Division Street, is still open.
Staff writer Jessica Soule can be reached at 253-5311ext 267 or jessica.soule@lee.net
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