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Former Saratoga County Director of Human Services Marcy McNamara files suit against the...

Saratoga County leadership hands out hefty pay hikes to officials and administrators in...

Former Saratoga County administrator wants job restored with back pay After dismissal, Hellwig files more court papers going after the county FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Fired Saratoga County Administrator Spencer Hellwig, seen here at a press conference in Ballston Spa on Nov. 5, 2020, is taking legal action to restore his job and back pay. 2of3 Saratoga County Board of Supervisors Chair Todd Kusnierz, seen here on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021 at the Saratoga County Board room in Ballston Spa is flank...

SARATOGA COUNTY – Former Saratoga County administrator Spencer Hellwig was terminated in January for political reasons, without just cause, he alleges in a new…

Fired Saratoga County leader says he was fall guy in pandemic-pay flap Fired Saratoga County leader says he was fall guy in pandemic-pay flap In court filing, Spenser Hellwigs attorney says he was defamed by members of the countys board of supervisors FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Former Saratoga County Administrator Spencer Hellwig is suing his former employer, seeking damages after being made the "fall guy" for the pandemic pay controversy last year.Wendy Liberatore/Times UnionShow MoreShow Less ...

4:22 The new year brings changes to the leadership at Saratoga County, and as WAMC’s Southern Adirondack Bureau Chief Lucas Willard reports, the moves are highlighting divides within county government. The Saratoga County Board of Supervisors held its organizational meeting for 2021 on Wednesday. With a new year came the selection of  a new county board chair, with a weighted majority of supervisors choosing Moreau Supervisor Todd Kusnierz, a Republican. “Quite frankly, I think the Boa...

Saratoga County panel to weigh possible discipline over pandemic pay program County also forgives overpayment to Partnership FacebookTwitterEmail BALLSTON SPA – A 7-hour marathon meeting of the Saratoga County Board of Supervisors, much of it in closed, executive session, authorized Ballston Supervisor Eric Connolly “to decide and facilitate what, if any, action should be taken to any personnel as a result of the findings” about the countys pandemic pay program. On Thursday, Connolly woul...