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Laura DePinto, a regular Bayonne Public Advocate contributor, was able to obtain a copy of the so-called “Matrix Reports” via Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request.
The Matrix Consulting Group was hired in November 2006 to do an efficiency study of the city Police and Fire departments. The reports were provided in draft form to the [...]
It was reported recently in the Jersey Journal that Bayonne city business administrator Peter Cresci advocated switching the city over to a new prescription plan that (according to him) will save the city an estimated $3.1 million dollars a year. This would be a win for the taxpayers and a win for the city workers [...]
I have acquired a copy of the Exec Summary and the Draft.  Though requested, I was told I’m NOT  entitled to the entire unabridged, unredacted version. Is there any interest in my posting them? They are lengthy.
The contract negotiations between the Bayonne Police & Fire Department workers and the city of Bayonne have begun this week. No mention has been made in any publications as of yet, however this is a pivotal issue to the taxpayers of Bayonne. The city currently has an operating budget of approximately $52million a year. However [...]
From the Jersey Journal today:
2 on council call for making Rogers fire chief Friday, March 28, 2008
By RONALD LEIRJOURNAL STAFF WRITER
The top-ranked candidate for Bayonne fire chief has at least two members of the City Council in his corner, although the choice is strictly up to interim Mayor Terrence Malloy, who interviewed the contenders [...]
The top four are:
NUMBER 1: Rogers Lives over an hour away from Bayonne
NUMBER 2: Hurley Lifelong Bayonne Resident: earned all promotions
NUMBER 3: Boyle Lifelong Bayonne Resident: promoted up
NUMBER 4: Coughlin
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Disharmony on FD and deep PooPoo in the LRA, are we getting our moneys worth? No, we have given patronage jobs to supporters who can’t cut [...]
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