Straight Talk * Results * Accomplishments
PUBLIC SAFETY
- Organized Halloween Safety Night partnership with residents and police – ‘08
- Police Traffic Enforcement Unit – ’08
- Speed bumps placed on Kensington Avenue - ’08
- Resident only permit parking for Hillside/Randolph residents – ’06
- Council meetings on Comcast & FIOS; Made council documents available at the library – ’09
- Established web site enabling citizens to view council documents as well as city documents such as City Codes and Ordinances (www.RashidBurney.com) 2007
- Constantly fought for a more efficient City Hall. Today the work is done with fewer employees then in 2005
- Removed a drug rehabilitation center for non-Plainfield patients off our tax base to a non-profit organization – ’09
- Negotiated a 6-point settlement with PMUA – Ongoing
- Created the Citizen’s Budget Advisory Committee – ’08
- Created the IT, and Economic Advisory Committees (Citizens Budget Advisory Committee remained) – ’09
- Established the Shade Tree Commission and retained its funding – ’06
- Sex-offender-free zones – ’06
- Retained funding for Cultural and Heritage Commission – ’06
- Ensured domestic partners received same benefits as married couples – ’06
- We have more police officers on the streets today than in 2005
- We have fewer city employees today than in 2005 and City Hall is running on fewer dollars (minus inflation and contractual salary increases)
- I voted against the 2010 budget partly because it eliminated six Plainfield Police officers and did away with $150,000 of the Plainfield Library’s budget
