In a prepared statement, former Councilman Gene Skurnick cited the recent articles in the Record and the Suburbanite, accusing Mayor Michael Wildes and certain Englewood Planning Board members of having financial relationships amongst themselves and with lawyers and applicants before the board. Skurnick also cited the recent attempt by Mayor Wildes to allow the  Route 4 developer, whose attorney was Joe Ferriero, to reduce their taxes after Wildes had been selected to run for the state senate on Ferriero's BCDO line. The former Councilman also noted reports that most of the Planning Board had failed to take a state mandated certified course.
 
Skurnick requested that the council use its investigative and subpoena power to investigate Mayor Wildes and certain members of the Planning Board.
 
Skurnick went on to note the recent revelation of a "phantom tax abatement deal" with the Town Centre developers and that Town Centre had previously and mysteriously had an extra story built. He also called for an investigation of these matters as well as the actions of former City Manager Bob Benecke which Skurnick thinks might have been illegal.