My take on items for tonight's Council meeting;
The Information Technology Committee special report should be of interest in view of the 2nd reading for an ordinance establish the position of director of Data Processing with a salary range of 95.5K to 130.4K. This is not the time to commit to the expenditures of large salaries with the added required tax,pension,insurance costs. The true cost is not given. Moreover, with too many qualified people looking for jobs, a position can be filled at a much lower salary. Is the ordinance proposed for budget purposes?
The as of yet unknown proposed Solaris Health Systems Resolution will probably only address face saving band aids, not a real answer to our health crisis.
Public safety meeting Feb. 25, should have been preceded by a report in depth from the Director of Public Safety on his take and proposed workable solutions of Plainfield's problems. Another night meeting in the West End should not be needed.
The Emergency Temporary Budget;we are stuck at this time with no true budget. However there are items of interest needing explanation. An example under Information Technology the total is $74,300.00 or prorated to $205.800.00 annually, Public Information is $209,615.00 or $1,257,690.00 yearly, Corporation Counsel for two months is$607,198.00 or $3,650,140 annually if these figures are derived in equal installments from the 2008 Budget. These are just samples of extraordinary large expenses for which the public's benefit is unknown. I hope there will be clarification or at least questioning before being put on the agenda.
Council President Burney wrote that there were few items to consider for the agenda. I hope that the consideration is in depth.
It would be nice if at the Agenda Setting Session a short period PRIOR to Council's consideration would be allotted for piblic comment.
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