December 26, 2009

Mayor Dawn Zimmer

Hoboken City Hall
94 Washington St.
Hoboken, NJ 07030

Dear Mayor Zimmer:

One of the objectives of Hoboken Revolt is to drive a significant reduction in property taxes
without compromising the safety and soundness of our town. Obtaining forensic and efficiency
audits of city agencies and departments is an essential first step toward identifying cost savings,
while ensuring that we continue to meet the needs of the community.

Hoboken Revolt supports the City Council's request for such audits. Revolt encourages your
administration to expedite the process of conducting audits and then promptly making
the reports available for review by members of the public. Any completed audit reports should
be released immediately to facilitate meaningful public discussion at the upcoming budget
hearings.

The Hoboken Revolt Steering Committee anticipated with great interest the release of the
Public Safety audit report last winter. The report recommended workforce reductions in the
Police and Fire Departments by mid-2009. You yourself, as candidate for mayor last March,
called for release of this audit report and Ms. Judy Tripodi indicated that the final report would
be available to the City Council by April 1st. Nine months later, to our knowledge, the Public
Safety audit report has yet to be released to the public.

Demotions occurred in the Fire Department, reportedly based upon the audit findings. An
additional $800,000 in annualized savings was to be realized through the elimination of
sixteen positions in the Police Department by the end of June. In his short tenure, then-mayor
Cammarano delayed implementation of the Police Department reductions. The public has yet
to hear of a new implementation plan.

Hoboken Revolt was informed that an audit of City Hall employees was conducted.
We request that any such audit report be released. If no report is available, Hoboken
Revolt requests a status report regarding any such audit.

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December 26, 2009
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Hoboken Revolt applauds the initial steps by the current administration to rein in Hoboken
property taxes and we encourage you to continue your vigilance in pursuing this critical goal.
Release of the Public Safety audit report as well as all other audit reports to the public will
provide Hoboken residents with an understanding of the basis for the recommended staff
adjustments. Such understanding should provide strong support for their implementation
and will go a long way to demonstrating your commitment to government transparency.

Hoboken Revolt urges you to 1) release the Public Safety audit report; 2) release any audit
report regarding City Hall employees or provide a status report regarding such audit; 3) if any
audit report is solely in the possession of the State Monitor, join us in demanding the public
release of all available information, 4) report to the public what steps your administration
is taking toward completion of forensic and efficiency audits of the city’s agencies and
departments and 5) commit to releasing such reports to the public as they become available.

Respectfully,

The Hoboken Revolt Steering Committee

www.hobokenrevolt.com

cc: Members of the Hoboken City Council:

Mr. Peter Cunningham
Ms. Carol Marsh
Mr. Ravinder Bhalla
Mr. David Mello
Ms. Theresa Castellano
Ms. Elizabeth Mason
Mr. Michael Russo
Mr. Michael Lenz
Mr. Angelo Giacchi
Ms. Judy Tripodi
Ms. Susan Jacobucci