Mayor's Council Will Meet Next Week To Discuss Flood Control

Millburn Mayor Sandra Haimoff will host the first meeting of the Mayors’ Council on Rahway River Watershed Flood Control on Nov. 28 at Millburn town hall.

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 , which was made worse by Irene 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.

The meeting will also include township engineers and/or administrators and everyone has been promised that the meeting, which begins at 7 p.m., will adjourn by 9 p.m.