As we await the OPRA response, I want to remind everyone that I asked the same questions three years ago (at the time, Patrick Licata was given a town vehicle to take home and the Lodi taxpayers were paying for his smartphone).
There is a clear pattern of special treatment for a
councilwoman’s son. There is a clear
pattern of deliberate secrecy.
Little has changed in three years:
Friday, December 27, 2013
When Did Luna Promote Licata?
When this administration created the “Building and Grounds” department, they were asked the the above question. They laughed (including Councilwoman Licata) and all said “no”. Alan Spiniello interjected that the new ordinance was not intended to.
Of course it was intended to! That’s why this conversation was completely omitted from the minutes of that meeting. That’s why the
wording of the ordinance would leave the public clueless to what it was actually
doing:
Hearing & Adoption;
Ordinance No. 2012-03; An Ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 192-1; An Ordinance
creating and establishing the Administrative Code of the Borough of Lodi, County
of Bergen, State of New Jersey, in accordance with the form of government known
as the Municipal Manager Form of Government Law pursuant to NJ .S.AAO:79-1, et.
seq.
Tony Luna recently created a
document showing Patrick Licata as the only employee in “Building and Grounds”
to have a town issued phone.
Tony Luna needs to explain the
arrangement he made for the councilwoman’s son.
What was his total compensation for 2013? What title does he currently hold? When, where, why, and how did he receive any
promotion?
