Syracuse, N.Y. — The eight current voting members of the Syracuse Common Council are split over when they should use their power to appoint a new at-large member.
At least three councilors on the all-Democratic body want to wait until the June primary results to give the party’s voters the say in who fills the seat through the end of this year. A fourth councilor is leaning in the same direction but wants to research the legal appointment process further before making a decision.
Four other councilors are solidly against the idea of waiting that long, saying there’s a mandate in the city charter for the council to fill vacancies and a process for doing that in the council’s adopted rules…