Mayor to bridge gap until new person hired
By DAVID FIGURA
Staff Writer
Record correspondent Alexander H. Williams contributed to this report.
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Mayor to bridge gap until new person hired
By DAVID FIGURA
Staff Writer
MONTICELLO - Village Manager James Malloy has been relieved of his duties.
An interim manager is expected to be named soon.
Malloy's dismissal came following an executive session at the end of Monday's Village Board meeting. Mayor Robert Friedland and Trustees Gary Somers and Michael Levinson voted to dismiss Malloy. Trustees Evelyn VanDermark and Gloria Cahalan voted to keep him.
Friedland said yesterday the board would meet in the next few days to select an interim manager and would advertise for Malloy's replacement.
Meanwhile, Friedland said, he is taking over the day-to-day duties of the village manager.
"I am the mayor of the village, so I am in charge," he said.
The mayor declined further comment, calling it "a personnel problem."
VanDermark and Levinson likewise declined to comment. The remainder of the board could not be reached yeserday.
Malloy, who earned $47,500 a year, said some of the candidates in the Village Board election this spring voiced displeasure with his performance. He said he did not have a contract.
"It didn't come as a surprise... but in the recent past, things were going smoothly between the board and myself," he said.
Malloy said he asked the board for specifics "but they wouldn't discuss them with me."
When Malloy took over as village manager in July 1992, he found a community in financial distress, on the verge of not being able to cover its payroll. He led an aggressive campaign to collect delinquent taxes and oversaw a successful effort for a state bailout. The village is now about $1 million in the black," he said.
"We reorganized some departments, attempted to do some long-range planning... pursued correcting the village's major sewar problem.
Malloy was supportive of the Stericycle company building a medical waste recycling center in the village - a proposal that raised the ire of many Monticello residents who questioned the safety and practicality in the village.
He also drew criticism for having five residents arrested at a Village Board meeting for protesting the so-called "musical chairs" incident that resulted in a massive rearrangement of village government. That rearrangement was later ruled invalid by the courts.
Malloy was also was also a strong supporter of the city charter movement.
Friedland would not be specific, but said that during his recent re-election campaign he discovered that "a lot of people were unhappy" with Malloy's work.
Malloy, 32, came to Monticello two years ago from Alamosa County, Colo., where he worked as county manager. He replaced Bob Norris, who resigned in April 1992 following a squabble with the board.
Malloy said he will not challenge his dismissal. His immediate plans include golf, spending time with his family and seeking another management position.
Record correspondent Alexander H. Williams contributed to this report.
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