Qby. at-large supervisor Hilary Stec resigns

QUEENSBURY | After only a few months of active service on the Warren County Board of Supervisors, Queensbury at-large supervisor Hilary Stec has announced she is resigning from her post. Stec began her work as an appointee on the board in March, but missed many meetings in May, and was virtually inactive on the board in June. In an email sent during the last week of June to Board of Supervisors chairman Kevin Geraghty and area Republican and Conservative party officials, Stec said that her resignation was effective July 31. However, as of July 7, she had been absent from most all county meetings for about six weeks — and in May, her attendance was merely occasional. In her resignation notice to the local political officials, she said she would no longer be an owner of her Queensbury home and she would be relocating, citing the lack of full-time income, affordable housing and financially secure employment in the area. Hilary Stec is the wife of state Sen. Dan Stec of Queensbury, who served from 2004 through 2012 as Queensbury Town Supervisor. Geraghty said he was surprised by her resignation, because weeks ago he noticed that she had been missing meetings and asked another county official to reach out to her, and she responded that she was "busy." "After the call, Hilary came to one meeting, then she disappeared," Geraghty said, referring questions about how her seat on the board would be filled, to Queensbury officials. Town of Queensbury Republican Committee Chairman Tim McNulty described the upcoming steps for selecting Stec's successor. The process is twofold, he said, noting it involves choosing someone to fill out Stec's term through Dec. 31, as well as having an endorsed G.O.P. candidate on the November ballot for a subsequent two-year term. McNulty said that the Queensbury Republican Committee would be meeting on July 12 to endorse a candidate for both the unexpired term, and to be on the November ballot for a subsequent full term. He said he believed the town's Republican Committee has a maximum of 10 days after the county Board of Elections receives a formal, notarized letter from Stec declaring her resignation during which they can submit a replacement candidate's name to be listed on the November ballot. McNulty said that he was unsure of this pending deadline because he hadn't yet heard when Stec submitted her resignation to the county Board of Elections. An inquiry to Stec regarding her resignation was unanswered as of 7:30 p.m. July 9. Regardless of who is endorsed by the Queensbury Republican Committee, the Queensbury Town Board — which includes several Democrats — will be appointing a person to fill out the remaining five months of Stec's term. Candidates for the position are those who were interviewed in February by the Queensbury Town Board for the position alongside Stec: Democrats Dave Strainer, Mike Parwana and Robin Larkin, as well as Conservatives Jim Dobkowski and Travis Whitehead. Larkin, Strainer, Whitehead and Parwana confirmed over the weekend that they are seeking the position vacated by Stec. McNulty said he and other G.O.P. officials were disappointed that Stec resigned — she had an impressive resume, particularly in the Human Resources field, and approached issues with contagious positivism. "Hilary resigned for personal decisions, and it was a very tough decision for her to make," he said.

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