South Amboy Council

South Amboy Residents Split About Snow Removal After Recent Storm

By: Joseph L. Kuchie

SOUTH AMBOY – The clean-up of a nearly 2-foot snow storm was discussed during last week’s South Amboy council meeting.

Council President Mickey Gross began the meeting by praising the city’s public works team for their work following the storm.

“I’d like to take a minute to talk about our public works employees for what a good job they did during our winter storms” Gross said. “It’s easy for all of us to city home, watch TV, and look out the window, but these men are out all night busting their legs to make us safe. I think the whole city needs to be proud of what a good job they did.”

Resident Le Shawn Anderson of 4 South Shore Drive, however, was not overly pleased with the snow removal near her home. She explained that the road and walkways near O’Leary Boulevard was not touched by anyone in the city.

“I don’t think they did a very good job of cleaning the road and the sidewalks on the school side from the train station all the way down to John Street were not cleared so there was no sidewalk on that side of the street to walk,” Anderson said.  It was cleared up by the weather, which was a week or so later. I don’t understand why that was not done. ”

Resident Barbara Pasternack of 29 Barkalow Street praised the city for their work during the storm, thanking them for clearing the sidewalks in a timely fashion.

“I want to thank the people who did the snow removal because they did a good job in my neighborhood,” Pasternack said. “The shoveling and salting was excellent and I want to thank Tom Kross because he removed all the snow from the curbs so we could cross the street. Where they left off he picked up.”

Before the meeting began Jersey City Power and Lighting’s Gerry Ricciardi made a donation to the city to support the city’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade committee. This year’s parade will take place on March 12th starting at 2 p.m.

“When we needed a friend during Hurricane Sandy, Gerry was a friend. When we needed generators for our fire department, Gerry was there. When we needed water for our people, Gerry was there,” Gross said. “I want to welcome you Gerry and thank you for all you’ve done for the city of South Amboy.”

All council members were in attendance for the meeting. The next city council meeting will be held on March 16th at 7:00 p.m.