Mayor-elect Mapp Names Cabinet Members

"A Mapp for Plainfield's Future" in 2008
Mayor-elect Adrian Mapp revealed some of his cabinet nominees Monday at a council meeting preceded by closed-door interviews with candidates.

Mapp named Rick Smiley, a former director of Community Relations & Social Services for the city and most recently chairman of the Charter Study Commission, as his choice for city administrator In Plainfield, the city administrator is in charge of day-to-day operations of the city and is the person to whom its three department heads report.

Mapp has selected Ron West as director of Administration, Finance, Health and Social Services, a position he held previously in the administration of the late Mayor Albert T. McWilliams. Mapp's choice to head the Department of Public Works & Urban Development is Eric Jackson who has held the post since September 2011.

No name was offered for the position of director of Public Affairs & Safety Monday, although interviewees included Siddeeq El-Amin, a retired city police captain who headed the department in the administration of Mayor Mark Fury.

Other nominations included current Corporation Counsel David Minchello, City Clerk Abubakar Jalloh and Treasurer Diane Sherry to stay on in the new administration. Mapp also named numerous court nominees and said he will be presenting additional names over the next several days.

A new post, chief of staff, was approved by the governing body but may face a veto by outgoing Mayor Sharon Robinson-Briggs, in which case five council members can vote to override it. Ordinances for the position and salary band as well as for an increase in the salary band for chief financial officer are pending a possible veto and override.

The council agreed to move all the nominations to the Jan. 6 annual reorganization agenda. Mapp said he is looking for a larger location than Municipal Court for the reorganization, possibly a school auditorium, and will announce it soon.

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