Baer calls for resignations of Crawford, Better, Sherwood

Hillsdale supervisor Art Baer has introduced two resolutions to the County’s development committee, calling for the resignations of three Columbia Economic Development Corporation named in a recent Authorities Budget report: David Crawford, Bill Better, and Robert Sherwood. Secondarily, Baer made a motion to create a resolution for the full Board of Supervisors to appoint an independent counsel to review all CEDC loans in excess of $25K in relation to conflict of interest and their ethics policy. The first motion was tabled by a 6-0 vote for two weeks to allow the three members to attempt to explain themselves at a follow-up meeting. The second motion was approved 5-0 with one abstention by Hudson Supervisor Sarah Sterling, who is an officer of CEDC.