Expect more posts on the City Council meeting in coming days, including one on the paid sick leave issue, what's next for the Express Night Club's liquor license, why the Fire Officers union is unhappy and what Councilwoman Diane Toliver had to say about the incident at the Aug. 31 special meeting.
--Bernice
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On the issue of sick pay, although I am not convinced that this piece of legislation should be decided on a municipal/city level, it was made very clear in last nights’ meeting that the item was left off the agenda inadvertently by the city clerk. Completely out of councilwoman Williams control. There’s a reason I don’t attend council meetings on a regular basis. The hostility and disrespect that was displayed last night by some council members and the public is beyond comprehension. I agree that councilwoman Taylor is very disrespectful to other council members as well as to the public. Her constant remarks about outsiders leaves me to question if she truly believes that she herself own Plainfield and only people she approve of can move here, work here and voice concern.
ReplyDeleteMy biggest disappointment was the fact that four council members voted to renew the liquor license for Luis Penaloza /Express Night Club after the police gave recorded statements of violations. In my opinion their actions was a total disrespect to all citizens of Plainfield whether or not they agreed or disagree. When you have police officers and the Police Director stating the place is in violation of rules and regulations and you prefer to ignore it, it’s a clear sign to the public that you are not serious about upholding the laws of the land.
Unfortunately, job positions and whole departments are sometime outsourced for one reason or another, mostly due to cost savings efforts. It’s just a shame that Bill Nearsted and most of the people that came out to support the Planning department left before the second public comment segment, as did two council members. If some people wouldn’t feel the need to go up to the microphone at every meeting grandstanding and vying for TV time maybe the meetings can move along at a quicker pace and conclude at a decent hour. I do know that we elected Adrian Mapp to be Mayor and we should at least allow him to make decisions without the constant input and negative comments from the know-it-alls. Please correct me if I’m wrong on this, but last night the administration had proposals or plans to save close to 1.2 million yearly between the health benefit changes and the planning board, if this is truthful, then it shouldn’t be to difficult for the administration to provide data to substantiate these claims. Once done, it’s certainly something we should explore.
All in all, last night’s meeting did not disappoint, the buffoonery was on full display.
Robin B