CNB ARCHIVES June 2009: Gloucester City\’s Special Election Cancelled

{CNBNews.net}Gloucester City NJ-A possible vote June 16 on a referendum to adopt a Council-Manager form of government for Gloucester City will not happen.

Because of a legal opinion by Solicitor John Kearney that was agreed upon by members of City Council, there will be no special election. City Clerk Paul Kain wrote:

An opinion provided by John B. Kearney, City Solicitor, to the Mayor and Common Council (and copied to the Camden County Board of Elections, Superintendent of Election and the N.J. Attorney General’s office), wherein the City Solicitor has determined that the City of Gloucester City is governed by New Jersey Statutes 40A:61-1 has been received by City Clerk Paul J. Kain on Tuesday, June 2.