By a 7-0-1 vote, the Hudson County freeholders ratified Jersey City Incinerator Authority Executive Director Oren K. Dabney Wednesday as a board member of the Hudson County Improvement Authority.
Dabney replaces Jersey City resident Carolyn Oliver-Fair on the nine-member board and his term expires Feb. 13, 2010, a county official said. Oliver-Fair served on the board for five years.
Union City Freeholder Tilo Rivas abstained in the vote, and Albert Cifelli of Kearny was absent.
Dabney said yesterday his experience as a solid waste manager for five years and a former member of the Jersey City Redevelopment Agency dovetails with the needs of the HCIA, which deals with both solid waste and redevelopment issues.
Dabney was appointed by Hudson County Executive Thomas DeGise to the non-paid post. He also had the backing of Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy and Sandra Cunningham, Democratic nominee for state senator in the 31st District.