During the Jan. 18 City Council meeting, Saratoga Springs Mayor Ron Kim unveiled a reorganization plan for legal services that he said will save the city up to $70,000 a year without compromising the quality of its services, as reported in the Daily Gazette.
Heading into 2022, our state committee has partnered with the Democratic National Committee to sponsor two virtual training seminars on how to build a more effective local party organization and utilize data to better engage voters.
At its first meeting on Tuesday, January 4, the newly-elected council voted unanimously to ask Saratoga County District Attorney Karen Heggen to call for a noncriminal grand jury investigation into the 2014 death of Darryl Mount Jr., the 21-year-old biracial man who died nine months after city police pursued him on foot.
COVID forced a cancellation of public ceremonies, but the new and returning members of the Saratoga Springs City Council and County Board of Supervisors were sworn in on schedule on Saturday, January 1 and the Council subsequently had its first meeting on Tuesday, January 4.
On January 1, 2022, the incoming Democrats in our city government took their oaths of office in the chambers of Judge Francine Vero in Saratoga Spring’s City Hall. Due to COVID-19 precautions, the public was not permitted inside but we were able to watch via livestream. Congratulations to Mayor Ron Kim, Commissioner of Public Safety Jim Montagnino, Commissioner of Finance Minita Sanghvi, Commissioner of Accounts Dillon Moran and returning Supervisor Tara N. Gaston!
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