In any municipality adopting the mayor-council plan of government, the municipal council shall deal with employees of the department of administration and other administrative departments solely through the mayor or his designee.
GUESS WHICH member of Hoboken's Legislative Branch wants to create an "independent" governmental body (comprised of political appointees and herself) charged with oversight of an Executive Branch administrative department?
This "independent" body of political appointees would oversee the work of the City's independent auditor.
No, GA's not kidding.
Meet resolution CL.2 on the 12/20/2017 agenda, sponsored by Councilwoman Tiffanie Fisher, co-Sponsored by Council President Jen Giattino.
Fisher/Giattino's proposed "2017 Municipal Audit Committee" is comprised of:
- Tiffanie Fisher (Chair of Revenue and Finance Committee) ,
- 1 ex-finance official for the City of Hoboken (*wink*)
- 2 residents appointed by the City Council
- 2 residents appointed by the Mayor.
No, Donald! You Tangerine Caligula. The resolution is a big "F*ck you" to the bad-in-math Mayor-elect Bhalla, a back-door attempt to undermine Executive power.
Elections have consequences. Losers cannot legislate themselves Executive power.
Assuming this was legally viable, we could debate the folly of inviting future politicians and political appointees to manage an "independent review" of Hoboken's purse strings. Ever hear of foxes guarding the hen house? Hoboken used to be run by foxes. Why are we creating opportunities for future foxes? (Betcha the Dark Side loves this.)
Here is Resolution CL.2:
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| Fisher citation: https://na.theiia.org/standards-guidance/Public%20Documents/Public_Sector_Governance1_1_.pdf |
I've got a novel suggestion. If the Council doesn't trust the City's auditor, how about making a recommendation to the Mayor to replace him? That's called working together.
Where does Councilman Peter Cunningham stand?
Okay, this might be the dumbest thing I have seen from this twit so far.
ReplyDeleteAnyone still think this is about the hard knocks of the campaign and not about Fisher’s lust for power?
ReplyDeleteOh she is definitely doing her best to impersonate Beth Mason. I don't mean that in a flattering way either. We have a nice unhealthy mix of blind ambition, financial illiteracy (she proved that in the Suez discussion), clumsiness, vindictiveness and spite.
DeleteShe is also trying to play "gotcha" with the whole Suez mess that she and her idiotic allies helped make so much worse. She probably wants to make sure when the auditor writes up the audit, that there is no mention that it was the stupidity of the CC that made that contingent liability an actual liability. Sucks to be you lady! We all get to than you personally for the tax hike next election cycle.
find someone good to run in the 2nd ward and be done with this person.
ReplyDeleteTiffanie has to go. Tiffanie has to go. Tiffanie has to go.
ReplyDeleteSo the gang that can't file an ELEC report on time is trying to pass a resolution outside of their legal authorities as defined by state law. And we have how many more years of this obstructionist bullshit? And while they waste their time on these Machiavellian schemes, they're not doing the jobs we're paying them for. Unemployable, neurotic messes.
ReplyDeleteI have a feeling that the Corporation Counsel will be spending way too much of his time over the next few months explaining to certain council members that they don't have the authority to [fill in the blank].
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