LOCAL GOVERNMENT
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Mayor - Janice Allen
Borough Administrator - David Hollod
Borough Attorney - Eric Bernstein
(Most of the power in the Borough is in the hands of those three individuals.)
Borough Council - Frank “Skip” Stabile (President), Michael Giordano, Frank Righetti, Robert Hitchcock, Douglas Singleterry, Mary Forbes, Jenny Flynn
(Essentially a rubber-stamping committee.)
Board of Education: Linda Bond-Nelson (Chair), Sandra Dodd, Thomas Allen, David Branan, Kathleen Mullen, Drew Smith, Edwin Estevez.
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).
Zoning Board - 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).
Recreation Commissioner: 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.
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.
Environmental Commission: Dr. Harry Allen (Chair); Michael J. Bellew; Mabel “Skip” Hansen; Jean Liss; Mathy Stanislaus; Vacancy
Green Brook Flood Control Commission: Councilman Frank Righetti; Francis McCardle; William F. Crosby III (alternate)
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.
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.
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).
Municipal Wastewater Management Plan Committee: Mayor Janice Allen; Municipal Engineer Daniel Swayze; Planning Board Member David Hollod; Utility Authority Representative James P. Freeman (Chair)
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).
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)
Plainfield Area Regional Sewerage Authority: James P. Freeman (North Plainfield representative); William F. Crosby III (alternate).
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).
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).
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)
Sewer Usage Board of Appeals: Borough Administrator David Hollod; Councilwoman Jenny Flynn; Tom Fagan.
Shade Tree Advisory Board: Thalia Saloukas (Chair); Richard Benson; Frank N. D’Amore, Sr.; William E. Rathjen III; Bart Thomas; Robert Hitchcock (Council liaison).
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).
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).
CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS:
North Plainfield Citizens for Community Rights - Co-Chairs Mark Williams and Antoinette Rinehart
North Plainfield Latino Coalition - President Laly Espinosa Kuga
Democratic Club of North Plainfield (social only) - President Mike Giordano, VP Mary Forbes, Secretary Ruth Glicklich deBang, Treasurer Connie Hitchcock. Trustees Skip Stabile, Doug Singleterry, Bob Hitchcock.
Democratic Committee of North Plainfield - (nominates candidates) Chair Tom Fagan, other members, by-laws, etc., unknown.
Republican Club - (social club and candidate selection organization) President Cate Carley, VP Programs Jenny Flynn, VP Communications Robert Gatto, Secretary Frank D’Amore Sr., Treasurer Harry Stoner, Executive Committee Jim McGarry, Sonia McNulty, Gary Lewis and Fred Jones.
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Michele Ixim // May 7, 2008 at 10:10 pm
Non-partisan? Borough Council - Frank “Skip” Stabile (President), Michael Giordano, Frank Righetti, Robert Hitchcock, Douglas Singleterry, Mary Forbes, Jenny Flynn
(Essentially a rubber-stamping committee.)
Editor’s Note: This is also nonpartisan. It remains to be seen whether a Republican-dominated Council will have any more authority to rein in a runaway Republican Mayor, under the terms of the Faulkner Act, adopted by State Legislature, which established rules for municipal governments that essentially strip municipal officials of all meaningful authority and remove meaningful municipal checks and balances. Don’t believe me? Check out the provisions of the Optional Municipal Charter Law, especially Mayor-Council Form E, the one in use in NP.
The difference may be that Republicans will move forward with the Self-Governance Ordinance, which directly challenges that usurpation of local power by asserting that the State can’t preempt or override local self-governance.
There’s no guarantee that, if elected, a Republican Mayor and Council will move ahead with the Self-Governance Ordinance, and there’s no guarantee that if they do, the State won’t bear down with a huge amount of police force to put North Plainfielders back in their subservient place. The current Democrats, however, have made it absolutely clear that they are content with subservience to the State Legislature and the corporate directors who control the legislative process.
It’s not partisan - the State doesn’t care whether the local officials are Democrats or Republicans, as long as they scrape and bow prettily enough.
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