Change of plans: JC?s top lawyer will stay on in City Hall until end of year

The Hudson Reporter - Aug 06, 2010

JERSEY CITY ? Jersey City Corporation counsel Bill Matsikoudis has changed his plans to leave his post this summer and will continue working there until the end of the year.

The Jersey City Reporter reported back in June that Matsikoudis was to leave the job at the end of July. Matsikoudis said in June that he wanted to travel and was looking at employment at a private law firm.

Rumors said that he was stepping down to seek political office.

But Mayor Jerramiah Healy on Friday issued a statement about Matsikoudis as follows:

"After a discussion of the many issues facing the city such as the shrinking of government, the consolidation of city services, the ongoing remediation of Garfield Avenue and other chromium sites, the relocation of the DPW/JCIA, the clean-up of the PJP landfill and its conversion to a park, and the development of Bayfront, Bill Matsikoudis has agreed to stay on as Corporation Counsel until at least the end of this calendar year. I am pleased that we will be able to continue to work together on these important issues during this critical juncture for the city." - RK

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Could it be that Bill got knocked back for a pay increase and now is pissed (every other department / personnel seemed to get one)- Love for him to write his memoirs while working at cityhall.....that pay increase might be more forthcoming if it was suggested or rumoured!!!

Wish he would take Healy and his captive council with him.

And his vigorous gum chewing.

his hair will be missed

Good riddance to bad rubbish. That guy was the ultimate developer a$$ kisser.

Quote:

"named to the position by Healy, a family friend."

MORE NEPOTISM! I'M SHOCKED!

"allowed for over $76 million in fines for a developer to be forgiven."

NOT LIKE THE CITY NEEDS AN EXTRA 76 MILLION.

Jersey City's top lawyer plans to leave City Hall

Jun 21, 2010 - Hudson Reporter

JERSEY CITY -- Jersey City Corporation counsel Bill Matsikoudis is planning to leave the post by the end of July.

Matsikoudis confirmed in a recent phone call that he is leaving but said that the plans are not "concrete."

Matsikoudis, 38, has been head of the city's law department since November, 2004 when he was named to the position by Healy, a family friend.

Since then, he has earned accolades for his dogged litigation against corporations such as PPG and Honeywell to bring about the remediation of chromium contamination on sites across Jersey City. Yet he has been criticized for negotiating settlements such as the one with the owner of 111 First St. building in downtown Jersey City that allowed for over $76 million in fines for a developer to be forgiven.

He did not offer many details on his future plans since his leaving is not official, only to say that he plans to travel and is looking to work at a private law firm.

When asked this weekend about Matsikoudis, Healy said he was "aware" of him looking to leave his job, but would not comment until there is an official notification from Matsikoudis that he is stepping down.

However, his plans to leave were not a surprise to several unnamed city sources, who said Matsikoudis made it known that he would be leaving in the summer.

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