WPCNR COMMON COUNCIL CHRONICLE-EXAMINER. By John F. Bailey August 1, 2005, UPDATED 9:31 P.M. E.DT.: Helen Greer, the wife of Councilman Robert Greer, told The CitizeNetReporter moments ago that her husband, forced to leave the Council meeting approximately 9 P.M., was "O.K." Mrs. Greer told WPCNR, "If he'd stayed for the hearing, it would have been too long for him."

Councilman Robert Greer, who has been suffering from Arterial Lateral Sclerosis was unable to continue the Council meeting this evening, being forced to leave approximately 9 P.M. The departure of Mr. Greer postponed the council's planned vote on the revision of the city's building code.

Mayor Joseph Delfino announced that Mr. Greer had to leave, but did not offer any explanation as to why Mr. Greer had to depart. Calls to the Mayor's office for further details met an answering machine. Mayor Delfino explained to the television audience that all council members had to be present to vote on the building code proposal, and that the vote would be held tentatively Tuesday afternoon.

Greer had sat through an hour and a half of  hearings on a Westchester Hills Golf Club maintenance structure proposal, which the council approved; a hearing onThe Jefferson; a restaurant request for outdoor dining; and a proposal to build a parking lot at 15-17 Longview Avenue, while the big issue: the building code was held for last. The Jefferson hearing was adjourned to September 6, as was the parking lot proposal for 15-17 Longview.  The council voted to approve the Westchester Hills maintenance structure, and open air dining for Noda's restaurant. The hearing on the condos at Maple and Hale Avenues was adjourned to September.