PERTH AMBOY – Several people spoke up at the 4/8/14 Council Meeting. They had one thing in common. As of that night (4/9/14) the City Council Meeting of 3/26/14 had not aired on PA-TV.

Stanley Sierakowski again questioned a two hour limit rule which prevents any meeting exceeding that time limit to be shown. Sierakowski said, “First of all, most meetings do not go over two hours. The most important meetings for the public to view are not shown. These meetings include Perth Amboy Redevelopment Agency, UEZ/BID, Zoning and Planning Boards. Time and money is not the issue. The Council should sponsor a resolution to put all the meetings  on TV.”

Former Council President Ken Balut again mentioned the fact that Joe Vas had the DeKalb Avenue discussions on TV (He showed where his corruption was.) I heard that the last Council Meeting (3/26/14) was not on TV. I also heard that the Chief fixed the parking tickets for the Bus Company. I hope you can help the lady that had the high water bill which is probably more than all of those parking tickets combined.”

Resident Alan Silber was concerned about the regular Council Meeting not being televised, “We need a policy about meetings being shown. PA-TV is owned by the town. I believe people behave better when meetings are shown on TV.”

The issue of buses parking on mainly residential streets was one of the topics of discussion at the 3/26/14 Council Meeting. Business Administrator Greg Fehrenbach responded to Balut’s comments about the parking tickets.

Fehrenbach said, “In December 2013, Residents on Smith, Fayette and Oak Streets signed a petition about buses parking on these streets. 49 summons were given out of which 30 went to the Nelvi Bus Co. 12 were paid by Nelvi’s employees. Police Chief Ruiz met with Nelvi and the Prosecutor. 18 summons were rolled into one. 50 more were issued, the majority going to the Nelvi Bus  Company. There was no fixing of tickets. Nelvi obtained off-street parking for 40 vans.”