Under new items, the governing body is asked to approve "Glen Cullen" as part-time CFO for Plainfield. If the Plainfield Public Library is open today (Saturday) and the packet is available, Plaintalker will try to confirm that the candidate is Glenn Cullen, currently the borough administrator and CFO of South Plainfield. The city lost its former CFO, Ron Zilinski, when he resigned last month after one year's service. Prior to that, the city had no CFO for three years and was under the state's threat of daily personal fines for the mayor and all seven members of the governing body unless the position was filled.
Zilinski was commuting from Trenton for a 28-hour week when he quit for another post. If the candidate is indeed from South Plainfield, at least the commute is better.
Also added as new items are appointments for several boards and commissions, including the Plainfield Municipal Utilities Authority's board of commissioners. Plaintalker wrote about a resolution that was in last week's packet but was not on the Feb. 6 agenda. That resolution had six names and gave two new board members enhanced terms. The new one has five names, but Plaintalker needs to see the text of the resolution in order to comment on it. Commissioner Malcolm Dunn is not on the new list.Current Chairman Harold Mitchell is listed for an alternate's term and Commissioner Carol Brokaw is not named, meaning she could be off the board.
The significance of any action taken Monday is that on Tuesday the PMUA will hold its annual reorganization, choosing a chairman and other officers. A controversial settlement has heated up interest in who will be serving on the board in 2012 and the next few years. Opponents of the settlement are asking Gov. Chris Christie to look into the workings of the PMUA, and calls to disband the authority are intensifying.
Plaintalker will update these items as soon as possible. Be there Monday if you want to witness the action for yourself.
--Bernice
Any council member who votes to re-appoint anyone of the current commissioners including Mitchell, isn't doing right by the Plainfield ratepayers. It is absolutely crazy that the PMUA continues to remain unchecked. Mitchell along with all other commissioners are so entrenched in helping themselves that they have given over $1 million to outgoing executives. Mitchell also approved the previous settlements. Ask Mitchell if he would forgo FAMILY health bennies at $25,000 per year??? He has collected well over $150,000 in compensation since arriving as a commissioner at the PMUA.
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