File #: 12-2312    Version: 1 Name: Motion - Watershed funding via executive order
Type: Motion Status: Filed
File created: 12/6/2012 In control: Municipal Council and City Clerk
On agenda: 10/17/2012 Final action: 10/17/2012
Title: A motion requesting that the Municipal Council’s Legislative Officers review the Mayor’s recently issued Executive Order that funds the operations of the Newark Watershed Conservation and Development Corporation, thus bypassing the Municipal Council’s fiduciary responsibility to approve the expenditure of tax payer dollars and essentially fund a private entity (NWCED) without consent or approval of the Governing Body and provide the Municipal Council with an opinion regarding the legality of the Mayor’s action.
Title
A motion requesting that the Municipal Council's Legislative Officers review the Mayor's recently issued Executive Order that funds the operations of the Newark Watershed Conservation and Development Corporation, thus bypassing the Municipal Council's fiduciary responsibility to approve the expenditure of tax payer dollars and essentially fund a private entity (NWCED) without consent or approval of the Governing Body and provide the Municipal Council with an opinion regarding the legality of the Mayor's action.