Council has busy agenda for Monday, including proposed new Business Administrator

Mayor Mapp proposes a new Business
Administrator at Monday's Council meeting.

Plainfield City Council has a lot crammed into a relatively brief agenda for its combined session on Monday evening (August 12). I will take things up in two posts, of which this is the first.

Perhaps the item of most interest to the public is the resolution (R 250-19) appointing Wayne R. Clarke as Business Administrator. As pointed out by Dr. Yood in his Olddoc blog (see here), the resolution comes with any backup such as a resumé or curricula vitae. (The same holds true for his other proposed appointment, of Kenneth Childress as Fire Director.)

Though TAPinto points out (see here) that Clarke has no prior government experience, he is not unknown to many. The Kensington Avenue resident has opened his home to Democratic fundraisers on several occasions in the past -- the most recent being for Councilor Cory Storch during his campaign for the June primary. Many who have attended those events will recall him as an ever-gracious host.

Along with these two resolutions is another from Corporation Counsel (R 254-19) authorizing severance pay to former City Administrator Carlos Sanchez, who "resigned" abruptly in early July. The online version of this resolution has no dollar amount listed. Can the Council in fact pass a resolution involving a payment without a dollar figure? I don't think so. We'll see how this is handled Monday evening.

(It is interesting to note that though Sanchez has been gone more than a month, the resolutions on the agenda are still addressed to him. Evidently no one has updated the template?)

Among other items --

• a grant from NJDOT to repave Prospect Avenue -- $1.2M
  
  
  
• crosswalks and sidewalks between Watchung and Sanford Avenues -- $474K
  
  
  
• kiosks and signage at the NJ Transit Plainfield train station -- $248K

 
I will take up other items from the agenda in a post tomorrow.

City Council meets for a combined agenda and business session at 7:00 PM Monday, August 12, in the Council Chambers / Courthouse at Watchung Avenue and East 4th Street. Parking available on the street and in the lot across from Police Headquarters.

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