Mayors' Rahway Flood Council to Meet in Millburn

Millburn will host the first meeting of the Mayors’ Council on Rahway River Watershed Flood Control tonight, Monday, Nov. 28.

The council grew out of the regional that was held last month at Union College in Cranford.

The main objective of the new mayors’ council is to work together toward mitigation of flooding in towns along the Rahway River, which was made worse by  and highlighted by damages sustained in those towns.

The agenda will include hammering out a statement of objectives and organization structure, assessments of damage caused by Irene in communities along the river as well as proposals for storage and flood control structures and state legislation and reimbursement for what FEMA doesn’t cover.

Mayors have been asked to also bring their township engineers and/or administrators and have been promised the the meeting, which begins at 7 p.m., will adjourn by 9 p.m.

Millburn Mayor Sandra Haimoff said that while the public is welcome, there will not be a public comment or Q & A session because it is a working meeting for the mayors.