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Unions press Essex County commissioners over $ transfers for DFAB; board approves year-end reallocations
Summary
Public commenters and union leaders pressed commissioners about a year-end transfer of appropriations impacting DFAB and corrections staffing; county treasurer said the transfer used salary savings and the board approved the transfer after questioning and requests for written justification.
Several union leaders and DFAB staff used the public-comment period to challenge a year-end transfer of appropriations (resolution number 6) that moved money among departments. James Choisi, speaking for the FOP, and David Weiner, president of CWA Local 1081, both flagged large reallocations and operational impacts, including a $1,600,000 reallocation cited to corrections staffing and an approximately $330,000 settlement noted as coming before the board.
Lisa Maddox Douglas, representing DFAB…
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