Ulster board grants emergency waiver to allow temporary hire for judge’s clerk

Board members approved an emergency waiver request that will allow Judge Flood Myers to hire his sister, Anne O'Doherty, on a temporary basis while the judge's regular clerk recovers from injuries sustained in a fall.

Councilwoman Hartman explained the judge needed immediate coverage because his clerk broke her leg and faces surgery; under the town's ethics law the judge must seek a waiver before hiring a relative. The board voted to grant the waiver; members clarified the arrangement is temporary, part-time, and that a formal hiring resolution will be considered at a subsequent meeting.

No formal vote tally was recorded in the transcript beyond the voice vote of assent.