2008 Membership and Meeting Schedules below.
Missions, duties and responsibilities are at the Borough Code website, North Plainfield Revised General Ordinances (N.P.R.G.O.)
Board of Adjustment (Zoning) – Mark C. Tighe (Chair); Michael P. Castro; Basil D’Armiento; Jack Fowler (Vice-Chair); Alejandro Kuga; Gary Lewis; Alfred Zarnowski; John C. Langenbach (alternate # 1); Vacancy (alternate #2).
Meetings - First and third Wednesdays, 7:30, at Vermeule Community Center.
Purpose: NPRGO 22-89.1
Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners: Raymond T. Dodd (Chair); Thomas Allen; Kimberly Carter; Angelo Costello; Evan B. Dickerson (Vice-Chair); Paolo Lorenzi; Dane Merchant; Everett Merrill; Douglas Spontak; James C. Thomas; Vacancy.
Paid Staff: Recreation Director – Christopher Tarver, (appointed February 18, 2008; Recreation Coordinator – Steven Novak; Director – Summer Playgrounds – Robin Stayvas.
Meetings: Third Tuesday of each month, except August, 8 p.m., Vermeule Recreation Room.
Purpose: NPRGO 2-6.5.
Economic Development Committee: Florence A. Mannion (Chair); Kenneth Dupuis; Tom Fagan; Leonard W. Lange; Lawrence LaRonde; Sandy R. Marrow; Frank A. Stabile (Vice-Chair); Joseph F. Tevlin; Councilman Douglas M. Singleterry.
Meetings: Second Thursday of every month, 7:30 p.m., Vermeule Community Center
Purpose: NPRGO 2-6.9
Environmental Commission: Dr. Harry Allen (Chair); Michael J. Bellew; Mabel “Skip” Hansen; Jean Liss; Mathy Stanislaus; Vacancy
Meetings: Fourth Wednesday of every month except November and December, third Wednesday in November and December, 7:30 p.m., Vermeule.
Purpose: NJSA 40:56A-1; NPRGO 2-6.6
Green Brook Flood Control Commission: Councilman Frank Righetti; Francis McCardle; William F. Crosby III (alternate)
Meetings: First Wednesday of every month, 7:30 p.m., various locations.
Purpose: NPRGO 2-25.8
Historic Preservation Commission: CB Bowman (Chair); Robert Hitchcock (Vice-Chair); Thomas Martynowski; Joan McDaniel; Mark Sharp; Laly Espinoza Kuga (Alternate); Dr. Patricia Pontevien-LeBlanc (Alternate). Attorney for Commission is Deborah J. Bracaglia, Esq., of Bernstein & Associates. Recording Secretery position is vacant.
Meetings: Tuesdays in 2008: Jan. 15, Feb. 5, Mar. 4, April 1, May 6, June 3, July 1, Aug. 5, Sept. 9, Oct. 7, Nov. 4, Dec. 2, at 7 p.m., at the Vermeule Mansion.
Purpose: NPRGO 22-122.5
Library Advisory Committee: Mayor Janice Allen; Superintendent of Schools Marilyn Birnbaum; Councilwoman Mary Forbes; Florence A. Mannion (Chair); Betty Berzin; Michael P. Castro (Vice-Chair); Constance Hitchcock; Barbara Kreder; Patricia Stabile.
Meetings: Third Tuesdays (Jan. 15, Mar. 18, June 17, Sept. 16, Nov. 18) at 7:15 p.m. at the Conference Room in the NP Memorial Library.
Purpose: NPRGO 2-6.12
Municipal Alliance Committee: Mayor Janice Allen; Chief of Police William G. Parenti; Douglas M. Singleterry (representing Board of Health); Superintendent of Schools Marilyn Birnbaum; Municipal Court Judge Raymond P. DeMarco, Esq.; Eric Fowler (representing Youth Services Commission); Robert A. Mattera (Youth Services Commission alternate); Alejandro Kuga (representing business community); Torian J. Baker (business community alternate); Heather Clowers (representative of labor); Ruth DeBang (public); Alissa Giordano (public); Michele Ixim (public); John C. Langenbach (public); Laurence Van Winkle (public); Melissa Vonderheide (public alternate); Rev. Kenneth Gorman (representing religious community). Vacancy (religious community alternate).
Meetings: Fourth Tuesday of every month, except July, and except third Tuesday of December, 7 p.m. Crime Prevention Office, 93 Greenbrook Road.
Purpose: NJSA 26:2BB-9, NPRGO 2-6.14
Municipal Wastewater Management Plan Committee: Mayor Janice Allen; Municipal Engineer Daniel Swayze; Planning Board Member David Hollod; Utility Authority Representative James P. Freeman (Chair)
Meetings: As called.
Purpose: Somerset County Initiative “to review and provide feedback on the required elements of the draft Somerset County Wastewater Management Plan.”
Office of Emergency Management/Local Emergency Planning Council: Brian Martin (Coordinator); Norman Jenkins (Deputy Coordinator); Police Chief William Parenti; Fire Chief William Eaton; Borough Administrator David Hollod (Mayor’s Representative); Robert Hitchcock (Council Member); Municipal Attorney Eric Bernstein; Marilyn Birnbaum (Schools Superintendent); Edward J. Ostroff (Director of Operations for NP School District); Santiago Soto (citizen at-large); Jack Zeller (citizen at-large); David DeRosa (health department representative); Joann Righetti (Health Department representative); John C. Langenbach (media representative?); James Rodino (Public Works representative); Tina Totten; Dr. Harry Allen (hazardous materials representative); Dodie Sherwood (secretary).
Meetings: Wednesdays, 4 p.m., Vermeule Community Center, as follows: Feb. 20, May 14, Sept. 17, Nov. 5.
Purpose: Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA), Title III (Hazardous Materials)
Parking Authority: Douglas Krisburg (Chair); Edith Giordano; Leonard W. Lange; Nathan A. Rudy; Frank A. Stabile (Vice-Chair); Frank Righetti (Council Liaison); Brett M. Reina, Esq. (Attorney)
Parking Enforcement Officers: Dana S. Biggs; Aisha Nazir; Nigel C. Reid. Auditor: Robert Butvilla.
Meetings: Last Wednesday of every month, except July, August and December, at 7:30 p.m. at Vermeule Community Center. [No meetings were held during 2007].
Purpose: NJSA 40:11A-4, NPRGO 2-26.2
Plainfield Area Regional Sewerage Authority: James P. Freeman (North Plainfield representative); William F. Crosby III (alternate).
Meetings: First Thursday of every month, 6:30 p.m., 200 Clay Avenue, Middlesex
Purpose: NJ Sewerage Authorities Law, Ordinance No. 95-04
Planning Board: Mayor Janice Allen; Borough Administrator David Hollod; Councilman Frank Righetti; Tom Fagan (Chair); Maureen Coxwell; Frank L. Kreder (Vice-Chair); Andre Mitchell; Frank A. Stabile; Barbara Kreder; David W. Branan (alternate); Joseph Tevlin (alternate).
Planning Board Staff: Attorney Brian D. Schwartz, Secretary Dawn Gaebel, Assistant Secretary Maryann Thorpey.
Meetings: Second and fourth Wednesday of every month, at 7:30 p.m. at Vermeule Community Center.
Purpose: NPRGO 22-27.2
Property Maintenance Committee: Janet A. Dalley (Chair); David J. Lepak; Barbara Miller; one vacancy among Mayoral appointees (unexpired term of Vincent Talmo); Councilman Michael Giordano (Council appointee); John C. Langenbach (Board of Adjustment appointee); Frank Righetti (Planning Board appointee).
Property Maintenance Official: James F. Rodino
Meetings: First Monday of every month, 7 p.m., at Vermeule Community Center, except first Tuesday in September, as follows: Feb. 4, March 2, April 7, May 5, June 2, Sept. 2, Oct. 6, Nov. 3.
Purpose: NPRGO 2-16.1c2
Rent Stabilization Board: Leonard W. Lange (Chair, landlord); Dori N. Ellis (tenant); Allan B. Igo (homeowner); Robin Stabile (tenant); Bart Thomas (landlord); Mary Ann Climes (homeowner); Fred Tupkielewicz (tenant); two vacancies (both alternates); Jenny Flynn (Council liaison).
Meetings: As needed.
Purpose: NPRGO 2-6.7
Senior Citizen/Community Center Committee: Janet L. Apgar (Chair); Mabel “Skip” Hansen (general public); Rose McConnell (general public); Robert Hitchcock (Council member); Angela Magee (Senior Citizens Club representative); Vacancy (Parks & Recreation Commission representative); Dori N. Ellis (Girl Scouts representative)
Community Center Staff: Joan Long (Coordinator); Ed Apgar (Custodian).
Meetings: 6:45 p.m. at Vermeule Community Center, Jan. 28, Mar. 18, May 19, Sept. 15, Nov. 17.
Purpose: Resolution No. 04-22-96-04: “The Committee will work with Coordinator Joan Long to establish policies and procedures and will evaluate and approve/disapprove each application for use. It will establish its own meeting schedule and meeting will include Joan Long, Ed Apgar and a representative of the Public Works Department (James Rodino).
Sewer Usage Board of Appeals: Borough Administrator David Hollod; Councilwoman Jenny Flynn; Tom Fagan.
Meetings: As needed.
Purpose: NPRGO 13-4.5
Shade Tree Advisory Board: Thalia Saloukas (Chair); Richard Benson; Frank N. D’Amore, Sr.; William E. Rathjen III; Bart Thomas; Robert Hitchcock (Council liaison).
Meetings: Second Monday of ever month, 5 p.m., Vermeule Community Center.
Purpose: NPRGO 2-28.2
Special Events Advisory Committee: Janeann M. Dickerson; Mabel “Skip” Hansen; Everett Merrill; James P. Freeman; Marie Kushnir; Fred Tupkielewicz; Alissa Giordano; Joseph Irovando; Frank “Skip” Stabile; Michael Giordano (Council liaison); Tina Totten (Mayor’s liaison).
Meetings: As needed.
Purpose: NPRGO 2-29.2
Youth Services Commission: Mayor Janice Allen; Superintendent of Schools Marilyn Birnbaum; Police Chief William Parenti; Juvenile Officer Michael Innella; Councilman Douglas Singleterry; Thomas Allen and Edwin Estevez Jr. (School Board representatives appointed by School Board); Alejandro Kuga (Chair); Brenda Allen; Ruth DeBang; Eric Fowler; Michelle Ixim; Naomi Tate; Melissa Vonderheide; Mario Vargas; Joan L. Graham (school community representative, appointed by Mayor); Vacancy (school community representative, appointed by Mayor).
Meetings: Fourth Tuesday of every month, except July, and third Tuesday in December, at 7 p.m., in the Crime Prevention Office, 93 Greenbrook Road.
Purpose: NPRGO 2-6.13
4 responses so far ↓
Heather DeGeorge // March 8, 2008 at 5:27 pm |
Vacancy… vacancy… two vacancies… vacancy… two vacancies. Hmmm… no Talent Bank forms?
And I have been declined to be put back on the Planning Board because of a specific Board member’s belief that I “show them up”.
We’re too small of a place in need of too much help–with too many people willing to help for this kind of petty egotism. Anyone that can think for themselves can pretty much forget about it because now you’re a threat to having things done the way the old guard wants it done.
The sin of it is, if someone wants something accomplished–there may ACTUALLY be a way to get it done in a way that doesn’t compromise another area of the Borough; but they don’t want to share any information with you or hear any opinions or insight on what they want–they just want you to do what you’re told, the way they tell you to do it. It’s all about people’s egos.
Frankly, for all the appointing of people who are going to go along with the group, I don’t see much getting done.
neosporin // March 10, 2008 at 6:49 am |
Heather, you’re hitting the nail right on the head … but what I want to know is why the question of LEGALITY never seems to arise. Isn’t the stuff being done with these groups ILLEGAL?
Re. the talent bank — there have been documented examples of people being IGNORED who had applications in the talent bank (applications that were acknowledged as having been submitted); if someone has applied for a position and does not get so much as an interview when a position comes open, aren’t we talking about the magic word “discrimination” here? And in your own words, you “have been declined to be put back on the Planning Board because of a specific Board member’s belief that I “show them up”.” So, if I’m understanding this correctly, a proper process can be overridden because some jerk decides they don’t like someone? Again, aren’t they discriminating against you? Non-ACLU-member inquiring minds would very much like to know!
Too many people ON these committees and commissions have, over the years, sat back and kept their mouths shut as stuff like this — and worse — has been pulled. And I’d GLADLY discuss this face-to-face and in public … just so long as some kind of oath was in place so that when some people were caught in illegal actions, a penalty was in place for their having done so, not just the SOP Borough Hall explanation that “it’s in the past – move on.”
wantoknow // January 3, 2009 at 3:37 pm |
Really need to update who’s who in town. Just shows that the blog is falling apart. I was told you cared, what happened you loss heart after the election. Maybe if we all showed up for TOWN MEETINGS and listen there, you will find out what is going on in town. From what I see they care on the Counsil…..
npadministrator // January 4, 2009 at 1:18 am |
Thank you for your recent submissions and thoughtful comments. If you check North Plainfield’s website, http://www.northplainfield.org, there should be a list of people holding positions in the municipal government. If that list is not available, or up to date, any interested citizen can make that request during the public comment portion of the next borough council meeting. The blog is here to provide a forum for dialogue between the citizens of North Plainfield. To the extent the editors can provide information, we will do our best to accomodate a specific request.
I agree with you that a list of municipal government personnel should be made easily available to the public. But that’s the responsibility of our municipal government, not this blog. I would also like to assure you that we, as editors of the blog, have not lost heart after the election. We’re continuing to do our best to serve the needs of the community and maintain a non-partisan place for the free exchange of all viewpoints. If you have specific reasons why you believe the blog ‘is falling apart’, we’d be very interested in hearing what they are and would do our best to improve this service. Please continue to share your thoughts, suggestions and criticisms.
Thank you,
Hal Hirsch, co-editor