Even though a majority of the races for Cayuga County Legislature are not competitive this year, there are four that have two or more candidates.

With a little less than a month to go, voters should be asking questions about what is going on and should go on, at the sixth floor of the Cayuga County Office Building. Here are five:

• Now that the county is without a county administrator, should the Legislature wait until after new legislators are sworn in to hire a new person permanently?

Just as importantly, the current position keeps most power with the Legislature; should the position be reconfigured to make the administrator responsible for more of the operations of the county?

and should go on, at the sixth floor of the Cayuga County Office Building. Here are five:

• Should the county’s operations move to County House Road?

Over the last decade this issue has come up on a regular basis, having rural legislators touting the reasons why it should move and city legislators and officials saying how it will hurt downtown Auburn.

Is this a good idea? For those who say it is, the corollary question is: What would become of the empty building at 160 Genesee St.?

It is not enough to want to move, you have to have a plan to deal with the property you now own.

and should go on, at the sixth floor of the Cayuga County Office Building. Here are five:

• Would you support a multi-million-dollar multi-year capital plan for the county, and, if so, how much are you willing to spend?

For nearly three years, the former county administrator had a capital improvement plan languishing within the Legislature. He rightly suggested that the county needs to have a plan in place to fix what it currently owns.

For those same three years, the county Legislature failed to adopt a plan and still uses a Band-Aid approach to addressing its capital needs. If a candidate won’t support a capital plan, how would they address the growing infrastructure challenges the county now faces?

and should go on, at the sixth floor of the Cayuga County Office Building. Here are five:

• In 1995 county voters approved a three-term limit for legislators.

It has since been ruled invalid. Will you pledge not to seek more than three four-year terms? The public overwhelmingly supports the idea of term limits, elected officials (especially those in Albany) avoid any discussion of them.

and should go on, at the sixth floor of the Cayuga County Office Building. Here are five:

• How much money should the county be willing to spend up front on economic development?

Every candidate talks about job creation, but each is rarely willing, once in office, to put money into efforts to help retain, expand or land new jobs.

Cosentino is a former mayor of Auburn and can be contacted at cozguytho@aol.com