Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Council Meets Tonight

Only twelve resolutions and six ordinances are on Tuesday's City Council agenda. It might be a quick meeting, but don't bank on it. Agenda sessions tend to engender a lot of discussion and then there are those two "public comment" segments.

The year is wearing on with little information on a couple of initiatives. One is the economic development study that was supposed to be broadly inclusive of stakeholders in the city's future. But Councilman Cory Storch, who championed the study, reported recently that he had no new information from the administration on its progress. A group was supposed to be convened in April, but Storch said on July 9, "I'm still waiting for the first meeting."

Another study is supposed to be made on the Plainfield Municipal Utilities Authority, but the two branches of government have differing views on how to proceed.

There is actually quite a long list of unfinished business, such as an update and accounting of Urban Enterprise Zone funds that Council President Adrian Mapp requested in May; a follow-up on the matter of money allegedly owed to the developer of the senior center; status of various cabinet vacancies; the future of the Plainfield Advisory Committee on Hispanic Affairs; the outcome of Fire Chief Frank Tidwell's DWI charge; status of the Plainfield Cable Television Advisory Committee; and the status of the city's Transit Village application.

Plaintalker is not hinting around for news on all these fronts tonight, but someday soon the public should be able to learn more on these topics.

--Bernice










1 comment:

  1. With regard to the PMUA study,,,,as they say in Brooklyn...fugedaboudit. None of us will live long enough to see anyone initiate a comprehensive, impartial study which would in turn lead to a beneficial reform.

    OPTING OUT is the appropriate method of protest. Do NOT PASS GO...postpone your grocery shopping....go directly to the PMUA and file your OPT OUT forms.

    In Decemebr, when the Rate Hearing is held in public view, we will demand the complete accounting justifying the amount charged for the Shared Service Fee. No such accounting has ever been presented for review.The annual budget, which is displayed, does not provide any information as to how the overhead or costs are allocated to Shared Services. All that we are advised is that the team of EXPERT CONSULTANTS has in their wisdom made these allocations. Inquiries as to the method, and figures are kept hidden somewhere if they in fact exist at all.

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