A week after the departure of Cayuga Community College's president, the executive committee of the college faculty association is demanding the resignation of trustee David Pappert.

"We recognize Mr. Pappert's presence on the board as a hindrance to the college's mission to provide Cayuga County with the best possible institution of higher education," reads a Nov. 27 memorandum to the CCC Faculty Association from its president, Agnes Crothers.

Executive committee members had expressed no confidence in Pappert during a meeting earlier that day, and identified "discussion and potential action" to pressure Pappert to resign from the college board of trustees as items for its next regular meeting, which will take place Friday.

Crothers declined to comment on specifics Thursday, saying the association is a bargaining unit for members.

"We're a union, dealing with our own internal issues," she said.

Pappert was less circumspect, and, though he had not seen the memo, said other faculty members had called him, reading experts from it.

"They said they were embarrassed and apologized," he said.

Pappert, who sits on the Cayuga County Legislature, is one of five legislative appointees to the 10-member board. Under state law, one legislative appointee must be a sitting legislator.

He characterized the memo as stemming from bitterness to his position in ongoing contract disputes between trustees and the faculty association. For the last three years, the two sides have contended over salary, health insurance and retirement incentives.

Read the full report in Friday's edition of The Citizen.