>Ridgewood Village Council questions snowstorm response
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2011
BY KELLY EBBELS
STAFF WRITER
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
Questions emerged this week about the village’s response to last weekend’s unseasonal snowstorm, particularly its communication efforts and leadership by Village Manager Ken Gabbert.
It was revealed at Wednesday night’s Village Council meeting that Gabbert did not attend several of the weekend staff meetings during the storm, a point which he declined to explain in response to pressing questions from Councilman Paul Aronsohn.
Gabbert could not recollect how many meetings he missed, and said he would provide his explanation in writing to Aronsohn, which the councilman said was unacceptable.
“This is a very serious issue. You’re the village manager, you’re the CEO, you run the day-to-day operations. Here we have one of the worst storms in over 100 years, and you won’t tell me why you weren’t at the meetings?” Aronsohn asked.
