By Lauren Young
Three local mayors from Onondaga County were appointed to serve on committees for the New York State Conference of Mayors (NYCOM) meeting in Albany last week.
Mayor Mark Olson of the Village of Fayetteville has been appointed to serve on the Community Revitalization Policy Committee of NYCOM.
As a member of the Community Revitalization Policy Committee, Olson will be directly involved in providing policy recommendations to the NYCOM Executive Committee, developing positions on various pieces of legislation and considering new legislative proposals that will benefit cities and villages. This committee will focus on a wide range of issues, including economic development, main street initiatives, abandoned property, land use, property maintenance and government operations.
Mayor William Brazill of the Village of Minoa has been appointed to serve on the NYCOM Energy and Environment Policy Committee.
As a member of the Energy and Environment Policy Committee, Brazill will be directly involved in providing policy recommendations to the NYCOM Executive Committee, developing positions on various pieces of legislation, and considering new legislative proposals that will benefit cities and villages. This committee will focus on a wide range of issues, including energy efficiency, local control and its role in energy and environmental policy, “smart cities,” cell towers, telecommunications and technology.
Mayor Robert Tackman of the Village of East Syracuse was appointed to co-chair of the NYCOM Finance Policy Committee.
As a member of the Finance Policy Committee, Tackman will be directly involved in providing policy recommendations to the NYCOM Executive Committee, developing positions on various pieces of legislation and considering new legislative proposals that will benefit cities and villages. This committee will focus on a wide range of issues, including municipal budgets and taxation, real property taxes, tax exemptions, revenue options, state aid, state mandates and infrastructure funding.
In making the appointments, NYCOM President James Miccio, mayor of the Village of Fishkill, said the mayors are “strong and outspoken supporters of local government” and NYCOM was pleased to welcome the mayors in an “important undertaking which will only strengthen our organization’s advocacy efforts.”
The Conference of Mayors represents city and village governments in New York State and has 576 city and village members. NYCOM has been in existence since 1910.
