Director Dismissed

(Reprinted from Amboy Beacon, Jan. 12, 2011)

PERTH AMBOY — Mayor Wilda Diaz dismissed Public Works Director Paul Wnek

for allegedly failing to show-up for work in a timely manner during the

Christmas weekend blizzard, which dumped over 20 inches of snow on the city.

Diaz said she answered the telephone at Public Works Department

Headquarters, foot of Fayette Street, and went-out on trucks performing snowplow duty.

When Wnek showed-up to work, he was ordered by her to leave, she said.

Former Union County Public Works & Engineering Director Frank Dann was

hired as Interim Director, pending the hiring of a permanent replacement for

Wnek.

The City of Perth Amboy placed an order with the Amboy Beacon for “Help

Wanted” advertising to seek a new Public Works Director