Park Square, the 159-unit rental complex downtown that was purchased last month, reached a tax appeal settlement with the city in October, which reduced its assessment by more than a third.
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Two contracts awarded for treatment plant
City Council last week approved two professional services contracts totaling more than $100,000 for preliminary work on upgrades to the city’s water treatment plant.
Measure to end broadcast of comments rejected
The City Council last night rejected an ordinance that would have ended the broadcast of the final public comment segment of its meetings.
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Change would nix broadcast of public comment
The City Council will consider changes tonight that would stop the broadcast of council meetings just before the meeting’s public comment session.
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New city administrator to be appointed
The City Council is scheduled to approve the appointment of a new city administrator at a special meeting on Wednesday at 6:45 p.m., before its pre-meeting conference at 7 p.m.
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City Council awards design contract for upgrades
City Council last month awarded a $572,000 design services contract associated with a planned multimillion-dollar upgrade of the city’s water treatment plant on Westfield Avenue.
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City Council appoints Giacobbe to 6th Ward seat
The City Council appointed Raymond Giacobbe, Jr. to the 6th Ward City Council seat vacated by Samson Steinman after he was appointed interim mayor.
The governing body unanimously approved the appointment at a special meeting tonight by a vote of 6-0, with Councilman Robert Bresenhan and Nancy Saliga absent. The Democratic Committee met earlier to present three nominees to the City Council. In addition to Giacobbe, the two other nominees were William Rack, chairman of the Redevelopment Agency, and Sally O’Brien.
Giacobbe, 34, is co-owner of Power & Fitness Health Club on St. Georges Avenue. He takes over the 6th Ward seat that originally was won by Steinman in 2012. The remaining two years of the term up for election in November 2014, at the same time that the mayor’s seat and three at-large seats will be up in their regular rotation. He is a third-generation Rahway family in Rahway and his grandfather, Rafael “Ray” Giacobbe served on the City Council in 1960s, according to former Mayor James Kennedy.
The 6th Ward covers the Milton Lake neighborhood as well as the area around the high school on Madison Avenue. For a look at boundaries, check out this wicked awesome map.
Council chooses Steinman as interim mayor
The City Council last night unanimously selected Samson Steinman to serve the final 15 months of Rick Proctor’s four-year term. Steinman, the 6th Ward councilman and City Council president, had been acting mayor since Proctor resigned on Sept. 10.