The source is the Union County Workforce Investment Board, which received about $1 million for the purpose.
At last Monday's agenda fixing session, resident Norman Johnson said people who applied for the temporary work in Plainfield were turned away if they were receiving unemployment or welfare payments, even if they wanted to go off the rolls and work. Johnson said the funding was part of a $15.6 million federal emergency grant.
At the time of Johnson's comments, there was no proposed resolution on the agenda and no discussion that this writer recalls.The resolution turned up as a consent item for Dec. 10, meaning it will be approved along with many other resolutions in a single vote. Consent items are considered to be "routine and non-controversial."
If anyone would like to hear more about this grant on Monday, any resident has the right to ask for a resolution to be taken off the consent agenda for an explanation and a roll call vote. Here is the title as it appears on the agenda:
R 484-12 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF A NATIONAL EMERGENCY GRANT FROM THE UNION COUNTY WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD FROM FOR STORM RELATED CLEAN UP ACTIVITIES IN THE AMOUNT OF $171,501.00 -DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION & FINANCE.
my name is norman x johnson a community organizer after giving it much thought it dawned on me that the only ones who are eligible for work under the grant guide lines are people who are part of a underground economy. i.e criminal activity, if your been out of work long term and not on unemployment or workfirst what is the source of their income
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