Earlier in the week, 21 News reported on a heated council meeting in Cortland where residents voiced concerns with the city's administration, particularly the hiring of Interim Service Director Sean Ratican as an independent contractor.

Now, Cortland Mayor Deidre Petrosky has responded to some of the comments made at that meeting.

A proposed emergency ordinance that would have established an agreement with Ratican's company Lake Shore Strategic Contracting was originally tabled at the start of the meeting because Mayor Petrosky was not there.

Mayor Petrosky says she respects residents' rights to engage with members of their government and question them, but says the allegations made at the meeting are "without merit" and "not supported by fact."

The allegations in question were made by

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