STONE HARBOR – In July 2022, Stone Harbor hired an assistant administrator on a split vote of the Borough Council.
Lisa Marcolongo held the position for less than a year when she resigned shortly after Administrator Robert Smith was fired in February.
In its April 4 meeting, the council discussed the creation of a position of regulatory compliance clerk. The 2023 salary ordinance was also up for discussion, and the assistant administrator position was no longer on that list of borough titles.
Interim Administrator Manny Parada made the case for the regulatory compliance specialist position by describing the task the borough recently went through to file a permit request for the stormwater project it is about to initiate.
Parada did not discuss details of the proposed new position, but he did underscore the need in the borough for someone who had the expertise and the focus on the increasingly complex world of state and federal compliance.
The position was discussed in the council work session. It was not on the agenda during the business meeting.
