Big Cat Gets Fatter- Scarinci Gets $92,000 JCRA Raise

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Big Cat Gets Fatter- Scarinci Gets $92,000 JCRA Raise

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Posted by Manolo on April 08, 2003 at 10:51:33:

Big Cat Gets Fatter- Scarinci Gets $92,000 JCRA Raise

Urban Times News
April 4-April 10, 2003

Steven Glazer

Jersey City-Attorney Donald
Scarinci got approval from The Jersey City
Redevelopment Agency, which lie controls,
for an increase in his annual billing well
beyun : the contract's annual cap of
$125,000. Scarinci was appointed general
counsel to the agency by the introduction of
a "pocket resolution° slipped on to the agen-
da by Chairman E. Junior Maldonado min-
utes before commissioners voted on the
contract late last spring. Commissioners
said they had no time to carefully read the
document but that Maldonado assured them
that it was nothing out of the ordinary and
vv-as capped at S 125.000 a year and urged
them to approve it as a routine matter. "This
increase alone, a little more than half way
through the contract's calendar year, closely
approaches the total compensation commissioner
were told Scarinci would receive for
legal work." said commissioner Oren
Dabney
Closer reading of the contract by
city lawyers revealed that the appointment
was a dual appointment both as general and
special counsel to the agency, rendering the
cap meaningless. Those city attorneys also
pointed out that the resolution abdicated
decision-making authority over the
agency's operation and control to Scarinci.
Officials in Jersey City's legal department
were horrified when they learned of the
authority the agency had given Scarinci
over the agency, apparently including the
authority to determine his own compensa-
tion. At that time, City attorneys did a thor-
ough analysis of the contract and supporting
documents and asked the State's Attorney
General to look into the matter.
Mayor Glenn Cunningham was
alarmed at the prospect of the Scarinci hav-
ing what amounted to a blank check and
virtual control of the agency at the time the
contract was originally approved.
Cunningham cited examples of Scarinci's
billing that completely disregarded contract
caps or maximums. In Union City where
Scarinci is Counsel, his contract is capped
at 5500.000 for the year, but the Union City
Business Administrator said that Scarinci
had passed that amount halfway through the
year. Recently Scarinci asked for and got
Freeholder approval for a S70,000 increase
to a contract with the County of Hudson
capped at S275,000, a 25% increase.

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:     Big Cat Gets Fatter- Scarinci Gets $92,000 JCRA Raise

: Urban Times News
: April 4-April 10, 2003

: Steven Glazer

: Jersey City-Attorney Donald 
: Scarinci got approval from The Jersey City 
: Redevelopment Agency, which lie controls, 
: for an increase in his annual billing well 
: beyun : the contract's annual cap of 
: $125,000. Scarinci was appointed general 
: counsel to the agency by the introduction of 
: a "pocket resolution° slipped on to the agen-
: da by Chairman E. Junior Maldonado min- 
: utes before commissioners voted on the 
: contract late last spring. Commissioners 
: said they had no time to carefully read the 
: document but that Maldonado assured them 
: that it was nothing out of the ordinary and 
: vv-as capped at S 125.000 a year and urged 
: them to approve it as a routine matter. "This
: increase alone, a little more than half way 
: through the contract's calendar year, closely
: approaches the total compensation commissioner 
:   were told Scarinci would receive for 
: legal work." said commissioner Oren 
: Dabney
:      Closer reading of the contract by 
: city lawyers revealed that the appointment 
: was a dual appointment both as general and 
: special counsel to the agency, rendering the
: cap meaningless. Those city attorneys also 
: pointed out that the resolution abdicated 
: decision-making authority over the 
: agency's operation and control to Scarinci. 
: Officials in Jersey City's legal department 
: were horrified when they learned of the 
: authority the agency had given Scarinci 
: over the agency, apparently including the 
: authority to determine his own compensa- 
: tion. At that time, City attorneys did a thor-
: ough analysis of the contract and supporting 
: documents and asked the State's Attorney 
: General to look into the matter.
:   Mayor Glenn Cunningham was 
: alarmed at the prospect of the Scarinci hav- 
: ing what amounted to a blank check and 
: virtual control of the agency at the time the 
: contract was originally approved. 
: Cunningham cited examples of Scarinci's 
: billing that completely disregarded contract 
: caps or maximums. In Union City where 
: Scarinci is Counsel, his contract is capped 
: at 5500.000 for the year, but the Union City 
: Business Administrator said that Scarinci 
: had passed that amount halfway through the 
: year. Recently Scarinci asked for and got 
: Freeholder approval for a S70,000 increase 
: to a contract with the County of Hudson 
: capped at S275,000, a 25% increase.
: 


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