Council President Joseph Connors

SOUTH AMBOY – At the Reorganization Meeting on 1/2/14, Joe Connors was re- elected as Council President. Christine Noble was reelected as Council Vice-President.

Councilman Mickey Gross wished to thank all the City Employees for a great job they did during the snowstorm. Gross remarked that the Department of Public Works went from 32 employees down to 12.

There was a resolution appointing City Council Representatives to the Planning Board (Christine Noble for a one year term). Noble was also appointed as Representative to Middlesex County Housing and Community Development Committee.

Zusette Dato was appointed as Commissioner of the City of South Amboy Redevelopment Agency (one year term as a result of a vacancy).

Resolution 1-2014 Authorizing a temporary budget for appropriations for the 2014 calendar.

Council President Joe Connors was reappointed to the Housing Authority for a one year term.

There was an ordinance on the first reading amending South Amboy’s City Code Chapter 53 Article XVII Sec- tion 53-79 (2) Repealing the Prohibition against Residential Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers.

John R. Lanza City Attorney

City Attorney John Lanza explained to the Council Members that the reason this ordinance has to be amended is because it is not consistent with the federal law.

There was also a discussion in reference to residents’ complaints about the road conditions after the last snowfall, Saturday, December 14, 2013.

Residents complained about the lack of snow removal on certain streets.

Mayor Fred Henry said, “The snow removal problem has been resolved. After some of the streets were plowed, some of the workers threw snow back into the street.”

Henry thanked Councilman Mickey Gross for being able to get recyclables to be picked up on Saturdays.

Councilwoman Zusette Dato also noted that when driveways and sidewalks were being cleared, the snow inadvertently went back into the streets. Dato was also very pleased that she received an emergency advisory from the Police Department about the road conditions and warming centers that she was not aware existed.

President Joe Connors said, “I received notices from Nixle, but not South Amboy notices.”