Fire Fighters Paid Through Nov. 30; No Special Council Meeting Planned

The Hoboken City Council will not have to meet before its regularly scheduled meeting on Dec. 7 to approve the move of roughly $2 million in line items, Mayor Dawn Zimmer said recently.

After the Hoboken City Council , the city anticipated that it could not pay its fire fighters.

Zimmer said that the fire fighters will be paid through Nov. 30. A vote on Dec. 7 to move the line items will be in time to pay all employees salaries and wages, the mayor said.

Without approval of the change on Dec. 7—for which the mayor needs six votes, one more than the five-vote majority she currently holds—

The four members of the council minority voted against reallocating the money in the budget, because they said they didn't have enough information to cast the vote.

Zimmer said she is putting together an information packet for the council members.

Earlier this month Councilman Michael Russo, a member of the council minority, asked the city clerk for "changes in each Salary and Wages line item from the initial budget vs. current proposed line item transfers" in an email. He also asked for an increase in all professional service contracts.

After the line item transfers were voted down the first time, Business Administrator Arch Liston said he would contact the state to ask for a solution.