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'rlnfiw'i'F'' A-4 THE RECORD NEW JERSEY SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2004 Passaic library pays consultants $29,000 Little Falls hopefuls back rent control Running for spots in new government 'i II i ii torn, mm i i i I 1 i ail ELIZABETH LARASPECIAL TO THE RECORD The candidates for Little Falls government met with residents Wednesday in an event hosted by the Little Falls Tenants Association. By AMY KOVAC SPECIAL TO THE RECORD LITTLE FALLS Voters will choose a mayor and council for the first time in November, and renters in the township say they intend their votes to be heard. More than 100 people filled the United Methodist Church's meeting room Wednesday night for a Meet the Candidates event hosted by the Little Falls Tenants Association. Little Falls is changing its government from a committee form, where residents vote for committee members and members appoint a mayor each year, to a mayor and council form, where residents vote for a mayor and five council memT bers. The largely older crowd wanted to know the candidates' views on rent control, televising council meetings, and how to get better representation on the rent leveling board.

"We're doing this to show strength and to get answers," said Jeanne Schultz-Cortese, a member of the association and the rent-leveling board. "We want fair and equitable treatment for all concerned." Each slate of candidates had 15 minutes to speak. At the toss of a coin, the Republicans spoke first, with candidates introducing themselves to the crowd. Jayme Alfano, Ken Cichy, Joseph Sisco, and Township Committee members Pairi Porter and Donald Radcliffe are running for council seats. All but Sisco attended the event; he was at a back-to-school night at Edison Catholic High School, where he is vice principal.

Mayor Eugene Kulick is running for reelection. Only one member of the current town government is a Democrat Kulick stressed that his slate has a conservative approach to spending "We have maintained our smalltown character with low taxes," Kulick said. Radcliffe, who was on the rent leveling board for five years before joining the committee in January, told the audience that Republicans endorse rent control and the ordinance that enforces it The current ordinance is set to expire in March 2005. When it was the Democrats' turn, Passaic County Freeholder James Gallagher, who is running for mayor, explained what his party would do differently and stressed a week of work, when it said in its proposal it would do the same job for $2,250 in a month. Board member Cindy Schoen- brun said Library Systems and Services is getting paid more be- cause it will do additional work and the $2,250 price was available i only if the city hired the company to do all the consulting work.

The firms will be paid out of a supplemental $50,000 the City Council has budgeted for the library's 2005 fiscal year. Audience members, at the meeting raised concern about the library's management, given that director Kathleen Mollica and bookkeeper Anasuya Rao retired Thursday. "In October, there will be no li-' brary director for the first time in the library's 117-year history," Mark Auerbach, city historian, told the board. "You've had more than six months to fill these positions. There has not been one of-! ficial area that has been adver- tised.

Shame on all of you for not -having that done." Miller said that bringing in a temporary library director would be too costly and that the person would not be as familiar with the library as Mollica, who will serve as a temporary consultant in No-' vember. I "This is to get us the time we need" to find another director, Miller said. The person would need a master's degree in library science. By ERIK ORTIZ SPECIAL TO THE RECORD PASSAIC How can the Passaic Public Library attract more patrons? That's the $24,050 question. The library's board agreed Tuesday to pay that amount to The Ivy Group, a Charlottesville, consulting firm, which will assess the community's needs and help to fashion a long-range plan for the hard-up library.

In a 2003 report, the New Jersey State Library suggested the library, which consists of a main building on Gregory-Avenue and a branch on Third Street, find more staff and money and get input from the community. "We were hoping to shave some money off" the price, said board President Craig Miller. "But we really want to reach into the large Spanish-speaking community. We need some hard data." Miller said the board was able to trim $800 from the final cost. The Ivy Group was one of four firms that submitted proposals to the board in May.

The board plans to spend $5,000 for a second consulting firm, Library Systems and Services of Germantown, which will scout for grant opportunities next week. David S. Robertson, a former director of the library, asked the board why it is paying $5,000 to Library Systems and Services for his experience working in human resources as proof of his ability to work with people. "We will be able to listen much better," Gallagher said. "Then we can make decisions on what to do for the town.

The Republicans have not been listening to you." He introduced his running mates and candidates for the council John Agostinelli, Charlie Cath-cart, Bill Leiss, Kathleen Thomas, and Township Committee member Paul Huggins. Cathcart did not attend because, he said, he was helping a sick relative. The Democrats stressed the importance of open government and improving park and recreation areas. At the end of the Democrats' 15 minutes, Thomas announced that the slate also supports rent control. During the question-and-answer period, Steve Jano of Great Notch Village urged the candidates to promise to include two members of the Tenants Association on the rent leveling board.

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