Dear Editor:
While doing my litter walk to bank this morning, I noticed that rats were visible at Hiawatha and North Beverwyck Roads. This location has been reported by me several times as being in violation of good sanitation and house-keeping practices; as well as several other ongoing addresses in the area. No enforcement or proper communications are occurring at all. The excuse I get is that Parsippany is so big and they can’t be everywhere all the time, is a weak one. Is the whole town in need of inspections? One must pick the chronic and known, on-going, and obvious problems and concentrate on them. A recycle officer makes up to $85 thousand, I believe.
Mayor James Barberio claimed during the Waterview hearings that it was somehow his obligation to create jobs for the outside forces. He neglects making sure his own employees do their jobs correctly. He prefers hiding the truth with flags and flowers. In reality there is no sanitation along North Beverwyck. Restaurants and food establishments use municipal receptacles; and plastic bags, both for trash and recycle for their waste; including food waste.
How can establishments get away with not having proper waste containers and services to separate and remove food waste properly? Is this how the administration gains favor and votes from the local and corporate business establishments?
It appears so overwhelming. This is not the first time this person has seen rats along North Beverwyck. Any proper inspection would reveal violations of any sane and proper codes of health and sanitation. Perhaps some higher authority needs to investigate the allowance of improper ordinance enforcement, a laissez faire attitude that does not serve the community but the business and outside property owners. We have forgotten what clean is as trash is everywhere, but nowhere are the obligations and responsibilities of officials and property owners. This can only occur where rats in high places see not rats in reality. The day has come to enforce the laws and keep our spaces free of litter trash and have usufructuary responsibilities of a higher standard especially with the abundance of food waste on North Beverwyck.
These rats need be handled properly as to not poison other species that may feed on them. This calls for an organized force stemming from the municipal authorities; Mayor, Police, Sanitation, Health and Housing. Taxpayers deserve better, an examination of salaries in these field demand a better performance. Below some salary examples; we have no bang for the buck.
Senior Housing Inspector $27,000-$70,000
Recycling Enforcement Officer $29,000-$85,000
Aide Trainee $15,000-$38,000
Specialist Public Health $25,000-$62,000
Nicholas Homyak
Editors Note: On August 14, 2015 Parsippany Focus reported on this same issue. Click here to read article.
