Moran censure comes to Saratoga Springs City Council
Coll pushes for censure of Moran's actions as incompetent.
After a contentious debate, the Saratoga Springs City Council voted largely along party lines to censure Dillon Moran, the commissioner of accounts who last Friday was convicted of three counts of unlawful prevention of public access to records subject to the New York State Freedom of Information Law. With court fines and fees, the judge required Moran to pay about $660 for the conviction.
Commissioner of Public Safety Tim Coll, who is endorsed both as a Democrat and Republican in this fall’s elections, brought the matter forward with a resolution of censure that said Moran’s actions “demonstrate incompetency and maladministration of his office and constitute a breach of official duty and of the public trust.”
The matter concerned three messages that Moran did not include in his responses to Freedom of Information Law requests, and that he signed certificates that said he had looked and confirmed that no more documents exist. The request for documents and the request for the certificates were made by Michael Brandi, the chair of the Saratoga Springs Republican Committee. Moran is a Democrat. Read more about the case here.
Moran along with Democrat Commissioner of Finance Minita Sanghvi voted against the censure.
Mayor John Safford and Commissioner of Public Works Chuck Marshall along with Coll voted for the censure during the city council meeting, Tuesday Sept. 2.
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