As Dr. Yood pointed out, bloggers have covered most of the items on Monday's City Council agenda. Most of the 32 resolutions are on the consent agenda, meaning they will all be passed in one vote. The most contentious item is still likely to be the paid sick leave ordinance. The new news is that a rally for Police Lt. Ken Reid has been announced for 5:30 p.m. Monday, after which his supporters will march to Municipal Court for the 8 p.m. council meeting.
In a Facebook post Sunday, Reid was described as suffering "political assassination" at the hands of city officials.
Speakers at the March 7 council meeting said he was facing demotion or forced retirement, but did not say why. Council President Cory Storch said the situation had to do with an internal police matter and the council could not intervene.
Regarding paid sick leave, many business owners have rejected it outright. Other speakers want the city to wait for passage of state legislation. However, a search on the state website for "paid sick leave" turned up several references to proposed legislation prohibiting local units of government from mandating increased minimum wage and paid sick leave for private employers.So far, all are listed as being in committee review.
According to a January northjersey.com news article on a paid sick leave bill, the state Senate passed it in December, but Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto refused to put an Assembly version up for a vote. Meanwhile, eleven municipalities have passed paid sick leave legislation, the article said.
--Bernice
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So why is this coming up at a Council meeting again if it is an internal police matter? Is someone trying to discredit the Council or what is going on? Too many facts are missing here, but by law they need to be.
ReplyDeleteI still think burdening "paid sick leave" on small businesses is the wrong move. The mayor and I don't always agree, but do on most issues.
ReplyDeleteI HOPE THEY DEMOTE REID SOON. SO I CAN GET PROMOTED
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