WESTFIELD LEADER Serving Westfield Since 1890 USPSMO20 Published Second CUH Pottage P«id WESTFIELD, NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1989 20 Pages—30 Cents 1 YEAR, NO. •iWmfieU.N.J. Every Thursday Mayor Hopes To See Solution To Affordable Housing in '89 In his annual address to the Frank Rodgers (Ward 1), Gar- Riker; Youth Concerns Com- citizens of Westfield, Tuesday land "Bud" Boothe (Ward 2), mittee - Joanne Sullebarger, evening, Mayor Raymond W. Christian Abeel (Ward 3), and Nancy Walbert, Historic Preser- Stone said he hoped a solution to Michael Panagos (Ward 4). vation Commission - Barbara Westfield's affordable housing Councilman Boothe was named Vincentsen, Class 3; Florence mandates would be reached in acting mayor with Councilman Malcolm, Class 4; Jeffrey B. 1989. Mayor Stone said he was op- Heimlich as alternate. Other Loewer, alternate; Municipal timistic that a compromise appointments included: Disaster Control Director - Paul would be made, satisfying all Court & Violations Clerk - A. Baltiloro; Planning Board - parties involved in pending Dorothy L. Worth; Board of Mayor Stone, Class I; Edward A. Mount Laurel litigation, and Adjustment - Robert E. Savage, Gottko, Class 2; Elizabeth H. without jeopardizing Westfield's Lawrence J. Mannino List, Class A; Alien R. Malcolm, "integrity and reputation as a (alternate); Board of Appeals - Class 4; Douglas T. Schwartz, first class residential com- V. William Vincentsen; Planning alternate; Community Develop- munity. Board - Richard M. bagger, Class ment Revenue Sharing Com- Mayor' Stone also remarked 3; Community Development mittee - Albert Schlpifer, Ken- that he and the Town Council Revenue Sharing Committee - neth MacRitchie, alternate, would continue to explore alter- Mayor Stone. Councilman committee assign- natives to provide parking for the Town Administrator - John F. ments, with the first named as central business district. Malloy, Jr.; Town Attorney - chairman are: He also touched briefly on the Charles H. Brandt; Town Building. and Property Com- town's Conservation Center on Engineer - Edward A. Gottko; mittee - Christian M. Abeel, Bag- Lamberts Mill Road, emphasiz- Prosecutor - Thomas V. ger, Corbet, Hely; Finance Com- ing the council's determination to Manahan; Public Defender - Clif- mittee - William J. Corbet Jr., keep the center open during 1989. ford J. Sheehan; Labor Attorney Bagger, Rodgers, Hely, Laws In keeping with the environ- - Frank X. McDermott; Official and Rules Committee - Richard mental issues, the mayor formal- Newspaper - The Westfield H. Bagger, Corbet, Rodgers, ly announced that the Recycling Leader. Heimlich; License Committee - Center at Watterson Street, run Local Assistance Board - James Hely, Heimlich, Abeel, by volunteers, is slated to close A GIFT OF GLASS — Greg Gorski, physical education teacher at Westfield High School, by profession, James J. Kefalonitis, Barbara Panagos; Public Safety Com- later this year, in light of im- Schwinn; Board of Health - mittee - Frank J. Rodgers, and stained glass artisan, by avocation, shows the stained glass rendering of the Blue Devil which he proved efficiency of the curbside Boothe, Corbet, Panagos; Public donated to the Westfield Public Schools. The colorful stained glass artwork will be displayed in the high Frank Unnold, John F. Malloy, pick-up program run by the coun- Jr.; Recreation Commission - Works Committee - Garland school. Mr. Gorski, who began working with stained glass by taking a course at the WestNcUl Adult ty. (The mayor's annual address Seymour Koslowsky, Melba Nix- "Bud" C. Boothe, Bagger, School nearly four years ago, said that it took 37 hours to make the Blue Devil. He used the high school's appears in its entirety in this on, Daniel Schwebel; Memorial Heimlich, Abeel; Solid Waste Blue Devil logo For the pattern and worked with Art Silveira, art teacher, as color consultant. The Board week's Leader). Library Board - Paul H. Kolter- Committee - Michael Panagos, of Education accepted the gift at its public meeting on Dec. 20. Pictured with Mr. Gorski are school Sworn into additional terms of jahn; Bicycle Board - Susan Boothe, Hely, Abeel; Trans- Superintendent Mark Smith (left) and Weslfield High School Principal Robert Pctix (right). Dinan, Marjory Burke, Alfred office as Town Councilmen were (coiulnuod on tho lost pace of Ihls suction) "State of the Schools" To Be Discussed Jan. 10 Mayor Stone's Annual Message Good evening, ladies and will be adequate to insure the committee not only made Superintendent Mark Smith Cannon of Roosevelt and Holly gentlemen. As you know, the proper maintenance of the specific recommendations for will discuss the "state of the Slaughter of Edison. Westfield Town Charter requires Town's physical plant and in- how the vacated space should be schools" at the Westfield Board The ' student assistance . that the Mayor, "annually renor*. frastructure and an appropriate used and by whom, it also pointed of. Education committee-of-the- counselor at the two in- tothe Council and public oflthe acquisition/replacement pro- out the extensive and expensive whole meeting Tuesday termediate schools, Rosalie Jor- work of the previous year and on gram for equipment essential to amount of work that must be (January 10) at 8 p.m. in the dan, will give an update on her the condition and requirements the effective operation of our done to this building to eliminate Board Meeting Room at 302 Elm position, which' is new to of the town government." This is various Town departments. asbestos insulation, to repair and St. Westfield this year.' my third annual message in com- The operating budget for the rehabilitate hearting, ventilation Also on the agenda for the pliance with the Town Charter. Town will be in the hands of the and air conditioning systems, to Tuesday meeting is a report on The Jan. 10th meeting is open As I predicted in my annual Finance Committee shortly. As make it more accessible for han- the reorganization of the schools, to the public. The School Board message last year, the always, mandated costs make dicapped persons and, generally, to be presented by Edison Inter- provides opportunities at its challenges of solid waste and the Committee's task very dif- to bring it up to today's standards mediate School Principal Samuel meetings for the public to ask sanitation related matters con- ficult in terms of paring back ex- for public buildings. Unfortunate- Hazell, Roosevelt Intermediate questions and offer suggestions tinued to dominate the business penses and. we anticipate con- ly, the anticipated price tag for School Principal Eugene Voll, about education in Westfield and of Town government during 1988. tinued major challenges in the all of this is in the range of $3 and Sixth Grade Teachers Carla in general. I think once the initial ra(e in- area of sanitation costs, especial- million! crease shock of early I988iwore ly those we have to pay to the This brings us to another poten- off, the Town and its waste Rahway Valley Sewerage tial cost to Westfield's taxpayers haulers seemed to experience a Authority. — the cost of meeting part of our Citizens Invited To Make year of relative stability, at least Last year, it may be recalled, Mount Laurel affordable housing in terms of coping with the finan- insurance and pension expenses mandates through Regional Con- Mayor Raymond W. Stone School Budget Suggestions cial burden and having places to were up almost $3 hundred thou- tribution Agreements, commonly dispose of solid and vegetative sand over the previous year, but known as "RCA's". This is where willing to spend some more waste. However, our local news- this year we have been successful towns are permitted to "sell" up money to enter the design phase An opportunity for citizens to make suggestions and papers carry stories, almost dai- in . obtaining an enhanced in- to 50% of their assigned affor- of such a project. But there does comments during the school budget building process will ly, of proposed new rate in- surance package at a reduction dable housing units to other com- not appear to be enough support be provided next Monday (Jan. 9), announced John M. creases for solid waste disposal, of over $100 thousand in munities, usually on the order of for passage of the funding or- Toriello, chairman of the Finance Committee of the so the problem has not gone away premiums. On this same topic of $20 thousand per unit sold. dinance for the entire project so, Westfield Board of Education. nor is it likely to in the immediate insurance, the Town has moved Last summer the Town Council in my estimation, this not only Toriello, who is also vice president of the Board, said future — if ever. deliberately toward adopting and and Planning Board adopted a. puts the parking deck project on that the public input session scheduled by the Finance implementing many of the In a somewhat related matter, "Fair Share Plan" which was the back burner, it probably Committee will be held from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Board recommendations of the Union Westfield's good faith effort at means a $2.7 or $3.4 million park- Meeting Room at 302 Elm St. the Union County Utilities County Prosecutor's Office. Authority seems to have improv- addressing the Town's require- ing facility is not in Westfield's "We look forward to public participation in mapping out Those recommendations were ment, imposed on it by the New immediate future. the 1989-90 school budget, and hope interested Westfielders ed the effectiveness of its curb- made to the County Board of side pickup program for Jersey State Council on Afford- A review of 19BB would not be will, come to the Monday meeting," commented Mr. Freeholders but have applicabili- able Housing (C.O.A.H.), to complete without mention of the Toriello. recyclables and many more ty to every town in Union County.