Following the resignation of Chief Finance Officer Ron Zilinski in January, the administration engaged South Plainfield Borough Administrator/CFO Glenn Cullen to serve on a part-time basis while a search was conducted. The City Council also increased the maximum salary from $110,000 to $125,000.
Cullen agreed in February to give the city five to eight hours per week for $800 (see post). In an August update, City Administrator Eric Berry said the city was still actively searching for a CFO. Finance Director Al Restaino said the administration hoped to recruit a CFO at the annual League of Municipalities convention in November.
Seeing that Cullen was still certifying availability of funds for city expenses, Plaintalker recalled that among many other misfortunes caused by Superstorm Sandy, the city had missed its chance in November because the League convention had to be canceled.
Will the city see a permanent CFO in 2013? An advertisement for a CFO is still posted on the city web site, though there is none currently for Plainfield in the League's classified ad section. If one reads the list of a CFO's responsibilities in the city's ad, it is hard to believe the job can be done in five to eight hours a week indefinitely. Of all the positions currently vacant in the administration, the CFO has to be the most vital to the city's fiscal stability. Pending a permanent hire, we must remain grateful to Mr. Cullen for his extended "temporary" service.
--Bernice
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I think our only chance for a permanent CFO and an audit of the city's finances will come when Sharon is voted out next year. That's almost as sad as her inability to get people to give her money for her campaign.
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