Friday, February 28, 2014

Is Mr. Cuccia Blaming this Blog for Lodi's Bad Practices? And his Inaccurate Answers?





On May 20, 2013, Thomas Neff from Community Affairs asked Marc Schrieks to explain Lodi’s answers to its CY2012 Best Practices inventory.  For some reason, Marc never responded.  He had Charles Cuccia respond for him.

If Mr. Cuccia actually showed up to his $97,5000 job as Lodi’s CFO, he probably would understand Lodi’s policies better.  Unfortunately, he chooses to spend Lodi's time at his other numerous paid public positions with the JIF, Saddle River, and everywhere else. 

Here is Mr. Cuccia’s response to the state:


Here is my resonse to Cuccia’s response:

#3: Luna still uses his car for personal use as of today.

#6:  Where are the Zoning Board agendas and minutes on the borough website as of today?  And the only  solication for bids and RFPS on the borough website went up after Mr. Cuccia’s answers were questioned (so Mr. Cuccia could send the snapshot to the state).

#8:  Ordinances never went up on the borough website (and certainly not in 2013).

#24:  Keep deleting George Reggo’s  testimony from the meeting minutes.  That tells you whether or not Lodi should have been reassesed.  

#27:  At the February council meeting, Marc Schrieks and this administration refused to support an ordinance barring part-time elected officials from receiving health benefits. Nothing can be more convincing that they answered #27 dishonestly.

Thursday, February 27, 2014

Illogical and Illegible: Quatrone’s Merit Bonus rears its ugly head in the January minutes.



UPDATE:  AFTER THIS POST WENT UP, THE BOE EDITED THEIR JANUARY MINUTES AND YOU CAN NOW READ PAGE 13.  IT SHOWS THAT FRANK QUATRONE WANTS A $25,000 MERIT BONUS FOR HIS MOST BASIC RESPONSIBILITES AS SUPERINTENDENT.





The only page of the January minutes that is illegible just so happens to list the “progress” of Quatrone’s merit bonus criteria.  This did not happen by accident.  

Below is page 13 of the January 29, 2014 BOE minutes: 






Not one “accomplishment” is outside the scope of Mr. Quatrone’s basic responsibilities as superintendent.  

Not one “accomplishment” warrants a $25,000 merit bonus.  Professional development takes place in every district.  That’s not a merit achievement.  The public needs to see the absurdity in this.

And the January 29, 2014 meeting minutes in no way correspond to the agenda for the same meetingBelow is the only agenda Marc Capizzi claims was PROVIDED TO THE BOE MEMBERS prior to the January meeting.



This is what the BOE members actually voted on at that same meeting.  


http://www.scribd.com/doc/209716897/BOE-Minutes-January-29-2014

No agenda was provided to the public for the month of February.  The board should track the "progress" of that.