The City Council will reorganize at 7 p.m. Thursday (Jan. 3) in Municipal Court, which will be the new location for agenda-fixing sessions as well as regular meetings in 2013.
The council traditionally met in City Hall Library for agenda-fixing sessions, but both officials and residents have complained that location is too small and has poor lighting. In a discussion at the Dec. 17 meeting, the idea of using Municipal Court for all council meetings was broached, as it is brightly lit, larger and possibly safer, because the court shares the building at Watchung Avenue and East Fourth Street with the Police Division. The only drawback is a perceived lack of parking compared to City Hall Library, but because the locations are just two blocks apart, attendees can park behind City Hall and walk to the court.
The reorganization meeting will include swearing-in of Rev. Tracey Brown for the citywide at-large council seat and Adrian Mapp for re-election to the Third Ward seat. The council will choose a president for the year, expected to be Councilwoman Bridget Rivers, and a chairman of the committee of the whole. Mayor Sharon Robinson-Briggs will give her State of the City address.
Council business includes naming official newspapers, adopting a calendar, approving numerous appointments and setting a three-month temporary budget. Click here to view the entire agenda.
--Bernice
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Bernice--it is scheduled for 7:00 pm, not 7:30.
ReplyDeleteRebecca
UGH!!!!! Another year, more stupidity, more denial that politics is involved, more of council members making decisions having no idea what they are voting for.
ReplyDeleteAt least Plainfield should get money from a Reality TV show "City Hall Behaving Stupidly".