Oh yes besides the Muhlenberg issue there was other
business Monday night.
The Charter Study Committee presented its report and
there will be a resolution requesting our Assemblyman to propose approval of
those changes to the Legislature as required under our charter.
Acting City Administrator Restain on his first day in that office reported that there was an 82% affirmative responses to the State’s questions regarding the ‘Best Practices Inventory”relating to fiscal procedures in the city. This meets the 80% requirement for 100% funding of the State’s financial allotment to the city plus a small bonus.
Next month the Council should approve a remedial plan
to correct the “annual” negative responses. Perhaps with the new Administration
and its fiscal know how all the past 8 year’s transgressions will be eliminated.
The SID budget was accepted by the Council and next
Tuesday there will be a public meeting before the regular Council meeting prior
to a vote on the budget’s approval.
A request for State Grant funding support for a slightly altered
plant resurfacing of “East”? Second Street from Terrill Road to Plainfield Ave
will be on the agenda. Should that not be both “East and West Second Streets (after
Park Ave)?
Not approved for this month was a resolution for
reimbursement and waiver of
property taxes requested by the Plainfield Community Development Corporation which was a spinoff
from the Housing Authority. Mapp questioned if this organization had the
property tax exemption rights of the Housing Authority.
On the third try despite some objection the resolution to
increase payment to CSH Construction Group was placed on the agenda. Are we
going to make the “winning” bidder whole for its error in representing the job
to the subcontractor who did the work?
Although this is only the Agenda Setting Session the Council
loses valuable public input by refusing to have a dedicated comment period
prior to their considerations.
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