The governing body remained in closed session for more than the allotted hour Monday as the public jammed a hallway outside the courtroom, but citizens were finally allowed in to hear the outcome: Unanimous approval for an audit of the Department of Public Works & Urban Development.
The special session was called by Mayor Adrian O. Mapp and no more specific target was declared. The department includes Inspections, Recreation, City Yard, Economic Development, Community Development, Building, Engineering and Planning divisions. The vote was 5-0, with Cory Storch, Vera Greaves, Diane Toliver, Rebecca Williams and Council President Bridget Rivers voting "yes" and Gloria Taylor and Tracey Brown being absent.
The resolution included neither a dollar amount nor an auditing firm, both of which will presumably turn up in another resolution after bidding.
The Mapp administration was denied a full forensic audit in December and caught some flak last month from Rivers after it was revealed that a limited audit uncovered a $41,000 discrepancy. The administration had used its prerogative to order the audit for $17,500, under the bid threshold, but Rivers took it as a nose-thumb at the governing body and threatened to have Mapp escorted out by police.
--Bernice
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The Mayor was not thumbing his nose at the Council President, he was putting Plainfield citizens first.
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