Regarding Monday's Special Meeting

For some reason, no background material has turned up for this special meeting noted below, so there can be no advance stories for the public. The nominees for PMUA are not known, nor is the nominee for director of the DPW&UD. The ordinance creating the title of "Manager Motors" and the accompanying salary ordinance were offered previously on Jan 12, but the council did not have a consensus to move the ordinances to the Jan/ 20 agenda for votes.

As for the cable television ordinance, a draft exists. It is mostly boilerplate identical to the one passed in 2000, with some changes which Plaintalker will post tomorrow.

Note that this is a special meeting called by the mayor. Here is what the city's special charter says about calling a special meeting:

Special meetings upon at least 2 days public notice may be called by the mayor whenever he deems necessary, and shall be called by the city clerk upon written request signed by a majority of the councilmen. The call for a special meeting shall specify the purpose of the meetings, and no other business may be conducted at such meeting.

In 2012, former Mayor Sharon Robinson-Briggs exercised her prerogative to call a special meeting, but only three of seven council members showed up and the meeting failed due to lack of a quorum. The current chill between the executive and legislative branches portends a possible repeat of that scenario.

CORPORATION NOTICE

CITY OF PLAINFIELD

NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING

PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 2, SECTION 2:2-10(A) OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE CITY OF PLAINFIELD, 1971, A SPECIAL MEETING IS HEREBY CALLED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PLAINFIELD AT 6 O’CLOCK P.M. ON MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 2015  AT THE CITY HALL LIBRARY, 515 WATCHUNG AVENUE, CITY OF PLAINFIELD, FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING AND ACTING UPON THE FOLLOWING:

1.       RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE APPOINTMENTS TO THE PLAINFIELD MUNICIPAL UTILITIES AUTHORITY.

2. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT. 

3.       AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE SCHEDULE OF SALARIES AND WAGES ADOPTED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 14, CHAPTER 11 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY, 1971 (MANAGER, MOTORS).

4.       AN ORDINANCE CREATING THE POSITION OF MANAGER, MOTORS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CENTRALIZING AND MANAGING THE CITY’S FLEET OPERATIONS.

5. AN ORDINANCE GRANTING RENEWING OF MUNICIPAL CONSENT TO COMCAST TO CONSTRUCT, CONNECT, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN A CABLE TELEVISION AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM IN THE CITY OF PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

FORMAL ACTION MAY BE TAKEN.

BY ORDER OF THE MAYOR OF

THE CITY OF PLAINFIELD

ADRIAN O. MAPP

/S/S/  ABUBAKAR JALLOH, R.M.C.  

   MUNICIPAL CLERK

DATED:     PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY

                     JANUARY 22, 2015.