
file photo by Boyd Loving
Dear Ridgewood Businesses,
This morning at 10 am I had the opportunity to meet with PSEG officials along with Village Engineer, Chris Rutishauser and Janet Fricke, Assistant to the Village Manager. The hour long meeting resulted in PSE&G representatives agreeing to reschedule work on North and South Broad Street to begin in January. David Hollenbeck, PSE&G regional public affairs manager, who along with other representatives from the utility agreed to implement a work-around schedule pushing the start date to on or about January 9, 2017, avoiding a critical fourth quarter impact on businesses in the area. The rescheduling resulted from a cooperative effort to resolve the issue of work previously scheduled to begin Sept. 26, in the Village’s historic business district. The meeting was cordial and professional. PSE&G officials appreciated the vulnerabilities of our small businesses, especially during the fourth-quarter holiday retail season. They responded and we’re most appreciative.
The Village Council, recognizing the serious nature of the work in upgrading utility infrastructure, is grateful to PSE&G for working collaboratively with us.As well we appreciate the patience of our businesses while we worked through the details with PSEG. We wish you all the greatest success and many, many sales during the upcoming fourth quarter.
The Village Council, recognizing the serious nature of the work in upgrading utility infrastructure, is grateful to PSE&G for working collaboratively with us.As well we appreciate the patience of our businesses while we worked through the details with PSEG. We wish you all the greatest success and many, many sales during the upcoming fourth quarter.
Warm regards,
Susan
Mayor Susan Knudsen
Councilwoman
Village of Ridgewood
Amazing what can be accomplished when people sit down and have a conversation with each other, instead of waging a proxy war through email and social media.
As always, Mayor Knudsen is taking care of the concerns of our residents and the shop owners in the CBD. Thank you so much. After the horrible manner in which Tony Damiano spoke to her at the council meeting, she still smiled and did the right thing. Way to go Susan, thank you!
How about an apology to Mayor Knudsen , Tony.
Susan is the consummate diplomat. Way to Go! Thank you for being so diplomatic and for making this happen for the merchants in the CBD. And you did this in spite of the fact that Tony Damiano was firing off verbal nonsense pretty much nonstop.
Thank you Susan. As for you Mr. Damiano, go back under the rotten mango you crawled out from.
How about an apology to Susan, to the Guild, and to everyone……just as you exit the scene. Damiano, you are a DISGRACE.
Our mayor is the real deal. She is solving the problem and not moaning about lack of credit received. A great example to others.
Great job MAYOR! Thank you.