Council Notes and Meeting Advisory

Tuesday's City Council is likely to be brief, with almost everything on the agenda slated to be passed in a single vote. The governing body declined last week to move a PMUA appointment to the agenda, so that's that. Some fiscal matters and legal settlements will require separate votes. The most newsworthy items may be the vote on an ordinance for municipal ID cards, and a new item, an ordinance that will allow the mayor to name the city's representative to the Plainfield Area Regional Sewerage Authority. Currently, the PARSA representatives must be the executive director of the PMUA or PMUA members. It may seem arcane as an issue, but for some reason anything having to do with the PMUA gets a lot of page views and comments on the blog. If this ordinance (MC 2016-2) passes Tuesday , it can still be cut off at second reading and final passage. If it clears that hurdle, the next one is the actual nomination of a commissioner and two alternates. Depending who they are, the council may approve or reject the nominees.

And so it goes.

Stay warm if you intend to venture out Tuesday night. The meeting is 8 p.m. in Municipal Court, 325 Watchung Ave. and the forecast is for a low temperature of 19, with wind chill values between 10 and 15 degrees.

Please note the State of the City Address will take place next week. If you can't read the fine print on the post below, click to enlarge it or note it will take place at 7 p.m. in the Senior Center, 400 E. Front St. I will probably be walking over, but if you are driving, allow extra time to find a parking place and don't park in any space behind the building that is designated for residents of The Monarch (the upper three floors of the building).

--Bernice