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City Constable Position Unfilled; 2 More Applications Received

By Dennis Phillips

dphillips@post-journal.com

Even though five mayoral appointments were made during the Jamestown City Council voting session meeting, the vacant position of city constable remains unfilled.

On Monday, Sam Teresi, Jamestown mayor, announced that he will be discussing the vacant city constable position with the council Monday, Aug. 20. He said because two more applications have been received for the unoccupied position, his staff has extended the time to review all three applicants. He added that others can still apply for the unfilled position.

Prior to Teresi announcing next month’s update on the constable position, Harold Whitford, Real Estate investors Association of Jamestown president, asked once again for the mayor to nominate Dan Hill to be a city constable.

Last month, Whitford attended the council’s voting session meeting and first discussed how Hill qualifies for the position and the need for the third city constable position to be occupied.

Whitford said both of Hill’s parents have been constables, with Marie Hill still active in the position. Whitford said there is a “night and day” difference between the work city constables are doing compared to the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office Civil Division, which also handles evictions in the city.

Whitford said Hill will be handling 14 evictions this week, while the Civil Division, which only has one deputy handling evictions in the southern part of Chautauqua County, does not complete that many.

Earlier this month, the council heard from Lt. Tim Kindberg, Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office, who talked about the Civil Division, which handles court order evictions. Kindberg said the office enforces the decision of the courts, which includes evictions. He said they perform evictions in the city, with fewer than one a month usually occurring.

Kindberg discussed the long eviction process from notice of payment to notice of eviction to finally a court ordered warrant of eviction. He said typically the process takes between 4 to 6 weeks. He added the Civil Division also handles other task like garnished wages, civil warrants and the seizure of property.

The five mayoral appointments that were made during the meeting included Dr. Lillian Ney to continue serving on the Jamestown Community College Board of Trustees; Dr. Ney, Howard Brook and the Rev. Chloe Smith to be on the Salary Review Commission; and John LaMancuso to be a member of the city Planning Commission.

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