Lakewood Village Hall
LAKEWOOD – The village of Lakewood continues to be without a mayor.
Last month embattled Mayor Cara Birrittieri resigned from her post amid controversy surrounding a request to test the waters of Chautauqua Lake for herbicides off the shore of the village. The testing was done by the Chautauqua Lake Association, which sent a request for payment from the village saying it had ordered the testing. Birrittieri denied she had made the request, and while resigning said the controversy had nothing to do with her leaving.
Once Birrittieri left, it was thought that village trustee and Deputy Mayor Ted McCague was going to be the new mayor of the village of Lakewood.
But the four-members village board – which McCague is also a member of – was unable to secure the three votes necessary to move forward with his appointment on Friday and,, as result, the village still doesn’t have a new mayor.
At issue is trying to identify who would be appointed to fill McCague’s vacant village board seat if he were to move into the role of mayor. The mayor is required to appoint a new board member, but the other three trustees also want to have input on the process. Because the four can’t come to an agreement on how to proceed with filling a vacant seat, they’ve been unable to secure the three votes necessary to make McCague the next mayor.
The next regular meeting of the village board will take place Tuesday, Nov. 13 at 6:30 p.m.
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