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James Barracato <jamesbarracato@gmail.com>

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Memo from Mayor Zimmer

More on the Mayor's Memo

---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Jamie Cryan <james_cryan@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 4:56 PM
Subject: Fw: Memo from Mayor Zimmer
To: James Barracato <jamesbarracato@gmail.com>

Interesting update for the 411 article.

Best,
Jamie Cryan
Sr. Mortgage Representative
The Provident Bank
cell 973-723-5144
fax 201-221-8128
james_cryan@yahoo.com
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From: Michael Goldberg <goldberg.michael@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:55:04 -0500
To: Paul Lichstein<palichstein@sprintmail.com>
Cc: Tim Occhipinti<timothy.occhipinti@gmail.com>; Jaime
Cryan<james_cryan@yahoo.com>; Alex Habib<alexander.habib@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Memo from Mayor Zimmer
Good news. I've looked into 40:69A-37.1 and found that the mayor seems to be
leaving a vital part out.
Here is the complete text of 40:69A-37.1:
40:69A-37.1. Mayoral control of administration
In any municipality adopting the mayor-council plan of government, the municipal
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council shall deal with employees of the department of administration and other
administrative departments solely through the mayor or his designee. All contact with
the employees, and all actions and communications concerning the administration of
the government and the provision of municipal services shall be through the mayor or
his designee, except as otherwise provided by law.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the council's inquiry into any act
or problem of the administration of the municipality. Any council member may, at
any time, require a report on any aspect of the government of the municipality by
making a written request to the mayor. The council may, by a majority vote of the
whole number of its members, require the mayor or his designee to appear before the
council sitting as a committee of the whole, and to bring before the council those
records and reports, and officials and employees of the municipality as the council
may determine necessary to ensure clarification of the matter under study. The council
may further, by a majority of the whole number of its members, designate any number
of its members as an ad hoc committee to consult with the mayor or his designee to
study any matter and to report to the council thereon. It is the intent of the mayorcouncil plan of government to confer on the council general legislative powers, and
such investigative powers as are germane to the exercise of its legislative powers, but
to retain for the mayor full control over the municipal administration and over the
administration of municipal services.
Notice how the second paragraph was left out.
The part you should focus on is: Any council member may, at any time, require a
report on any aspect of the government of the municipality by making a written
request to the mayor.
Basically, since the mayor has designated a person you should contact, I would CC
this person on all your emails. When she tries to prevent this just start CCing her as
well on these emails. This should work well.
Also, the council should get the directors to appear before the council if the mayor is
being an obstructionist.
Hope this helps.
-Mike Goldberg

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On 1/9/11, Michael Goldberg <goldberg.michael@gmail.com> wrote:

> I will look into this tomorrow while I am at work.
>
>
> On 1/9/11, Paul Lichstein <palichstein@sprintmail.com> wrote:
>> Is the confidentiality notice on the bottom of the e-mail legal??
>>
>> From: Tim Occhipinti [mailto:timothy.occhipinti@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 6:43 PM
>> To: Jaime Cryan; Michael Goldberg; Alex Habib; Paul Lichstein
>> Subject: Fw: Memo from Mayor Zimmer
>>
>> fyi
>>
>> ----- Original Message ---->>
>> From: Daniel Bryan <mailto:dbryan@hobokennj.org>
>>
>> To: 'Beth Abruzese Mason' <mailto:beth@masoncitycouncil.org> ;
>> councilmanrusso@aol.com ; timothy.occhipinti@gmail.com ;
>> email@castellanoforhoboken.com ; mgiacchi@juno.com ; 'Ravinder Bhalla'
>> <mailto:rbhalla@rsblawfirm.com> ; 'David Mello'
>> <mailto:djmello70@gmail.com> ; cjmarsh09@gmail.com ; 'Peter Cunningham'
>> <mailto:cunninghamforhoboken@gmail.com>
>>
>> Cc: 'Dawn Zimmer' <mailto:dzimmer@hobokennj.org> ; 'Arch Liston'
>> <mailto:aliston@hobokennj.org> ; mtabakin@hobokennj.org
>>
>> Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 4:23 PM
>>
>> Subject: Memo from Mayor Zimmer
>>
>>
>> Council Members,
>>
>> Please see the attached memo from Mayor Zimmer.
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
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>> ->>
>> Daniel J. Bryan
>> Office of the Mayor
>> City of Hoboken
>>
>> 94 Washington Street
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>> Hoboken, New Jersey 07030
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> Michael Goldberg
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-________________________________
Michael Goldberg
1212 Washington Street
Apartment 2N
Hoboken, New Jersey 07030
201.683.9332
202.255.6614
Email: Goldberg.Michael@gmail.com

-James Barracato
(201)-920-2124