Although this Wednesday’s council meeting was not as packed as the last two were, a relatively large crowd of about 200 were present in council chambers for at least part of the five-hour proceeding as the council considered nine first-read ordinances, 13 second reads and 27 resolutions.
This evening, local and statewide school-choice advocacy groups as well as local pols are inviting the public to “raise awareness [and a glass] on the state of schools in Jersey City.”
Jersey City Families for Better Schools (JCFBS), Ward E councilman Steven Fulop and Newark-based advocacy group Excellent Education for Everyone (E3) will be joined [...]
- Full-Time Council? Ward F councilwoman Viola Richardson is introducing an ordinance to make City Council jobs full-time, and another to increase the maximum salary for council members from $22,500 to $90,000 and for council president from $24,500 to $100,000. Both would begin July 1, 2013, and are meeting resistance from the administration.
- Re-introducing Bills: [...]
Mayor Healy has recently been joined by other local elected officials in opposing a natural gas pipleline extension being proposed by Spectra Energy. The path of the pipeline, which would add about 16 miles of new pipeline to two of Spectra’s existing lines in the region, would bring up to 800 million cubic feet of [...]
In an email sent to constituents today, Ward E councilman Steven Fulop asked Jersey City residents to nominate Chilltown as a test community for an ultra high-speed broadband network being developed by internet giant Google.
Google is looking for cities of 50,000 to 500,000 people in which to test the network, which it hopes will [...]
- Jail Changes Detainee-Visit Policy: The Hudson County jail has changed its policy on visitation of Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees after complaints from immigrant rights groups.
- Pension on Hold for Firefighter Arrested in Corruption Sting: The state Treasury Department has put the pension application of retired firefighter and former City Council candidate Michael [...]
The proposed municipal budget was once again the star of the show at Wednesday’s council meeting, drawing a rowdy crowd of 500 or so to the council chambers — dozens of whom spoke out in protest of what is likely to turn out to be a hefty tax hike. But there was plenty more going on as well.
- City Car Policy Questioned: Mayor Healy is looking to reduce the city’s municipal auto fleet by 20 percent to help cut costs; Ward E councilman Steven Fulop takes it a step further and says all take-home city vehicles need to be axed.
- Budget Hearing Tonight: Remember, the public hearing on Jersey City’s Fiscal [...]
After last week’s snowpocalypse canceled a City Council meeting for the first time since 1996, a special meeting was arranged for Wednesday evening to handle time-sensitive business that needed to be addressed before the next regularly scheduled meeting on Feb. 24. The thin agenda made for the shortest council meeting in recent memory, clocking in at a mere 29 minutes. There was no public hearing portion of the meeting, and only about 15 community members were in attendance.
As part of a flurry of cost-cutting and open-government bills to be introduced by Ward E councilman Steven Fulop for a first reading at the next City Council meeting, city-owned cable station JC1TV would be required to televise city council meetings.
The proposed ordinance would mandate that JC1TV broadcast all city council meetings “gavel to gavel” [...]
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