Fearon resigns, asks to be reappointed

One week from the Cayuga County Legislature's 2007 reorganizational meeting, Legislature Chairman George Fearon announced his resignation as a county legislator, effective Dec. 31.

In a letter to County Clerk Susan Dwyer, Fearon explained that New York State Teachers' Retirement System rules require him to resign as a county legislator in order to retire from the Union Springs Central School District and receive benefits. The state requires that Fearon cannot retire from one system while still employed under a second retirement system.

"I am aware that the Cayuga County Legislature, at their next meeting, may or may not choose to appoint me to fill the vacancy created by the resignation," Fearon wrote in his letter. "The voters of Legislative District 7 will have the opportunity to choose whoever they desire to represent then in the next general election in November 2007."