If you thought you heard the Plainfield City Council members at their December 17 meeting unanimously change their reorganization date from that recommended by the City Clerk (January 10) to a date of their own choosing (January 7), you evidently misheard.
The date is now set as January 1, 11 AM, City Council chambers/Courthouse.
How did they get from one date to another? Good question.
Rumor has it a ukase came down from on high instructing the Clerk's office the date and time had been changed.
Was it discussed at a Sunshine Act-violating meeting of Dem officials including four (or five, depending on the rumor) Council members, as some allege?
Who knows?
But it may portend more interesting turns of mishearing in 2008, as we approach the New Year of 4705 in the Chinese calendar -- the year of the Earth Rat.
-- Dan Damon
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This is an excerpt from Plainfield's city charter:
"Special meetings upon at least 2 days public notice may be called by the mayor whenever he deems necessary...." (Article 2, Section 6)
The notice appeared in Saturday's Courier News.
I thought you and your readers would like to know.
Dottie: Since when are Council reorganizations 'special meetings' called by the Mayor?
My understanding is that governing body reorganization meetings are set by state law; the date must fall within a certain range of days at the beginning of each January. The exact date is at the discretion of -- guess who! -- the governing body.
It used to be thought that a separation of powers at the local level echoed that at the national.
I guess Bushism is a trickle-down thing.
Dan, You are right. The council chooses the date not the mayor and this is not a special meeting.
And if it was within the purview of the mayor, where's the fire? Why would she choose to hold the meeting on a holiday? It seems like it would make more sense to give better notice on a regular day and to put out a proper press release.
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