Image: Purple Queen TradescantiaMonday's City Council meeting included hints of key posts soon to be filled, but Council President Annie McWilliams called on the administration to give updates on all the major vacancies.
Mayor Sharon Robinson-Briggs, who named herself acting city administrator after Corporation Counsel Dan Williamson's 90-day stint in the post ended, said Monday a new acting city administrator may soon succeed her. The candidate still needs to be bonded to serve as the person in charge of day-to-day operations of the city.
City Clerk Abubakar Jalloh said a name will be submitted Monday for the job of deputy city clerk, the title he held before former City Clerk Laddie Wyatt retired and he moved up to his current position. The clerk's office is entering a busy season with the June primary and the annual renewal of more than 30 liquor licenses. Council members have expressed concern that the office, which serves the City Council and maintains important records, has been short-staffed due to layoffs. Filling the deputy clerk position should ease the burden.
The city is still without a director of Public Works & Urban Development, but no successor to acting director Jacques Howard has been named. The title is one of three department heads mandated in the city's special charter, all reporting to the city administrator.
The regular meeting is 8 p.m. Monday (May 9) in Municipal Court, 325 Watchung Ave.
--Bernice
I know this is asking too much of this administration and past administrations, but we do have a residency ordinance. Just maybe someone from the community who actually lives in the community could do as good as a job as someone from the outside? But, if the council does not want to enforce the ordinance then we will continue to hire people who do not have a genuine vested interest in our community
ReplyDeleteResidency was once very important in Plainfield. When I saw the cabinet in 2006 made up almost entirely of non-Plainfielders with council consent, I was surprised. The pattern has continued. I agree that living here is a lot different than just being here 9 to 5.
ReplyDeleteCome on folks... People can't afford to live in Plainfield. With the shootings, PMUA, high taxes, and Robinson-Briggs administration I don't even know if I'd work there.
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