Jersey City names new acting DPW chief

By Terrence T. McDonald | The Jersey Journal
on December 16, 2014 at 8:22 AM

A 34-year veteran of Jersey City government is now the acting head of the city Department of Public Works.

Mark Redfield, 55, will replace Oren Dabney, chief of the Jersey City Incinerator Authority, who has been leading both the JCIA and the DPW since former DPW chief Michael Razzoli stepped down in July. Redfield?s appointment will last for 90 days.

The city said its legal team said Dabney should not run both agencies until the city moves to formally merge them. While Redfield runs the DPW, the city will accept applications for a full-time DPW director.

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So this is the guy who dropped something like 6 million in bills on the city from Waste Management right? How does this guy have a job?

so, the mayor keeps another Healy guy who Steve condemned as incompetent because he could balance the JCIA budget!. Mayor, we promote the guy, who you said should have been fired because he ran millions in deficits at the JCIA. Why keep Razzoli on the payroll at all!! Councilman Fulop would have canned Razoli and Dabney and hired professionals to run the dept.

Jersey City appoints new Department of Public Works director

By Michaelangelo Conte | The Jersey Journal
July 29, 2014 at 6:42 PM

Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop has appointed Jersey City Incinerator Authority CEO Oren K. Dabney to replace Department of Public Works Director Mike Razzoli, who recently offered to resign.

"This selection is part of the changes we are implementing following our year one review so we can continue to streamline services, provide greater efficiency, enhance quality of life concerns and execute the mandate on which we were elected," Fulop said today.

The appointment is part of Fulop's plan to consolidate the Incinerator Authority and the Department of Public Works into one municipal operation. Dabney will head both at an additional salary of $1 per year, Jersey City spokeswoman Jennifer Morrill said.

Dabney has been with the JCIA for 34 years, holding many positions of leadership and rising through the ranks to serve as CEO for the last 13 years, Morrill said, adding that he is a Jersey City resident.

The JCIA oversees street sweeping, garbage and recycling pickup and snow removal. The DPW maintains municipal parks and trees; city buildings and streets, and the automotive fleet.

To further the consolidation, the administration has also transferred the divisions of Traffic & Engineering and Architecture from the DPW to the Department of Administration, Morrill said.

"I am grateful for the mayor's confidence and look forward to working with the staff at DPW to deliver the highest level of services for the residents and taxpayers," Dabney said. "I am excited about the opportunity to bring all of the public works functions into one operation to further enhance performance and cut costs."

The JCIA and DPW offices are being located in one facility, a new complex on Linden Avenue, with relocation expected within the next six weeks. Dabney's appointment will be presented to the City Council for confirmation at its next meeting on Aug. 20 but he will take on his new responsibilities on Aug. 8, Morrill said.

Razzoli's offer to resign came earlier this month as questions arose about how he was handling construction of the new $87 million DPW facility.

Sources told The Jersey Journal a gas line had been found running from the complex's ground-floor boiler room up to Razzoli's third-floor office, and that Razzoli wanted it so he could put a grill on his private balcony.

After an architect began asking questions about why the gas line was installed, who was planning to pay for it and whether it was up to code, the city agreed to pay for it and make sure it was up to code, the sources said.

Razzoli also sought to give DPW clerk Yesenia Rivera, who sources said he describes as his "second in command," a $9,000 raise that administration officials scuttled.

Razzoli emailed the mayor on July 2 asking to be returned to his old position as a code enforcement official. But tonight Morrill said he will "assume a role" in the city's Office of Emergency Management as of Aug. 8.

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