On Tuesday afternoon, the City announced via press release and legal notice that at the previously scheduled budget workshop meeting, discussions on the potential nomination and appointment of a person to temporarily fill the currently vacant Commissioner of Public Works position. Since August, when former Commissioner of Public Works Jason Golub stepped down there have been months of back and forth, stalemates and heated conversation about the process to fill the empty seat on the council.At the meeting, the commissioners voted unanimously to appoint Kuczynski, a Democrat who was Deputy Mayor for the city under Mayor Ken Klotz. “Our city is based on two primary things. One is clean streets and one is safe streets,” Kuczynski said. “The reputation of the men and women of DPW is very, very well respected in the community and I intend to lead them to the best of my ability until there is an election.” From the Saratogian..