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[email protected] SEVENTY FIVE CENTS Mayor Skibitsky Discusses Goals, Key Issues Impacting Town in 2014 By PAUL J. PEYTON increases), if not a little better,” the work with local garden centers, land- Specially Written for The Westfield Leader mayor said. “The difficult decisions scapers and the Audubon Society, WESTFIELD — Mayor Andrew we’ve made in the past five to seven “on helping to educate Westfielders Skibitsky met with The Westfield years have really started to pay off on how they can make their proper- Leader on Friday to discuss his goals and it is helping us from a budgetary ties more bee- and bird-friendly with for the new year and issues impacting standpoint.” more flora that is natural to the area” the town. On another issue, he expects and making properties more friendly The mayor said the town council’s Westfield to be certified with its Green to New Jersey’s natural wildlife. finance committee has begun work Team as a Sustainable Jersey town. Another area the mayor has been on the 2014 municipal budget, not- Sustainable Jersey is a certification working on is the Mayor’s Safety ing that his top goal is for the town to program for municipalities in New Academy, saying many home and “stay on a fiscally sustainable path.” Jersey that want to go green by clean- workplace accidents are preventable.