Verona Engineer Contract Approved After Lengthy Debate
Three-year contract extension OK'd 3-2 Monday night.
Continuity will be the catchword in Verona for the next three years after the township council approved a new contract for township engineer Jim Helb Monday night after a lengthy discussion. In a 3-2 vote, the council locked in Helb to the job he’d held for more than 20 years before retiring in 2010. Mayor Frank Sapienza, Deputy Mayor Bob Manley and councilman Jay Sniatkowski voted in favor of Helb, while councilmen Kevin Ryan and Michael Nochimson voted against the contract. “When (Jim Helb) announced his retirement, I was concerned that we wouldn’t be able to find someone with his experience and advanced licensing and credentials,” said Manley. “There is nobody alive that has his knowledge of this town’s infrastructure.” Since his …
