The good news, if I read Councilman Mapp's blog correctly, is that she is asking to get paid for just 10 working days. The bad news is that Mapp, a certified chief financial officer, says it is a violation of the city's special charter, which forbids any increase in compensation for a sitting mayor. He advises the payroll clerk not to go along with this request.
Whatever happens with the alleged fiscal mischief, I am hoping that the last 90 days of the administration will be administered by a professional administrator (redundancy intended). If David Kochel is free and would agree to take charge of day-to-day operations as he did in May 2011, that would be my best hope. He also agreed to consult for a period of time that overlapped Berry's advent in November 2011 (see post here).
Kochel knows both Plainfield and municipal administration well and could conceivably keep the city on an even keel through the end of the year. There is a transition process that needs to take place after the Nov. 5 general election and it would serve the city well to have a person in charge who could help facilitate it without political influences at play.
The mayor's proposed interim handling of day-to-day operations would end on Oct 6. She served as acting city administrator from March 1 through May 11, 2011 for no extra pay, as far as we know. It would be gracious of her to serve 10 days without pay to bridge the gap, if in fact there is someone available to take over by Oct. 7.
The City Council holds an agenda-fixing session at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 7 and the next regular meeting is 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 15, both in Municipal Court. If unresolved, the issue is sure to be a hot topic in public comment on those occasions.
--Bernice
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