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Mayor: We’re Going To Be Raising Taxes This Year

Mayor: We’re Going To Be Raising Taxes This Year

Township property owners can expect a tax increase this year that’s larger than hikes in the past several years, Mayor Phil Kramer said during the Township Council’s March 11 budget virtual hearing. One of the bigger factors in the increase is the looming $2.5 million increase in the cost of employee health insurance costs, he […]

AFSCME Contract Approved By Township Council

AFSCME Contract Approved By Township Council

The Township Council on January 23 approved a contract with senior department heads that will extend through the end of 2025. The contract, with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, covers senior department heads and is retroactive to January 1, 2021. Township Manager Robert Vornlocker said that negotiations on a new contract […]

Contracts Worth More Than $460,000 Approved By Township Council

Contracts Worth More Than $460,000 Approved By Township Council

Contracts for new police cars and cleanup services were approved November 28 by the Township Council. The Council approved a contract worth $319,709.60 with Nielson Ford of Morristown for seven Ford Police Interceptors. The Council also approved a contract worth $150,000 with Panfietti Construction of Phillipsburgh for property cleanup as needed. The contract is effective […]

Council Approves Tax-Abatement For Senior Citizen Apartment Building Renovation

Council Approves Tax-Abatement For Senior Citizen Apartment Building Renovation

A long-term tax abatement plan for a township low-income senior citizen apartment building was approved by the Township Council recently. The Payment in Lieu of Taxes, or PILOT, program was deemed necessary by the Council to aid in the rehabilitation of the Wilentz Senior Residence at the Wilf Campus for Senior Living on DeMott Lane. […]

Contracts Worth More Than $900,000 Approved By Township Council

Contracts Worth More Than $900,000 Approved By Township Council

Contracts worth more than $941,679 for goods and services were approved November 13 by the Township Council. The contracts awarded were:

Township Council Approves Naaman Williams Park Fitness Equipment

Township Council Approves Naaman Williams Park Fitness Equipment

A contract worth more than $65,000 for fitness equipment for Naaman Williams Park was awarded September 12 by the Township Council. The company that will supply and install the equipment is MRC of Spring Lake. Among the equipment being purchased is a captain’s chair for $4,692, recumbent cycle for $6,658, vault bar ($619) and push-up […]

Township Council Approves Application For CDBG Grants

Township Council Approves Application For CDBG Grants

An application for more than $348,000 in federal Community Development Block Grant money was approved July 11 by the Township Council. The program, overseen by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, is designed to help low- and moderate-income people. This year’s application is earmarked for five housing programs, three public facilities programs and […]

Township Council Introduces $20 Million In Bond Ordinances

Township Council Introduces $20 Million In Bond Ordinances

UPDATE: All of the bond ordinances were approved at the May 23 meeting. Bond ordinances totaling nearly $20 million for capital improvements and purchases were introduced by the Township Council at its May 9 meeting. The largest, $6,225,000, is earmarked for improvements to the water utility. Among the projects included in the bond are the […]

Township Council Awards $2.8 Million In Contracts

Township Council Awards $2.8 Million In Contracts

Contracts worth nearly $2.8 million were awarded by the Township Council at its May 9 meeting. The largest, for $1,874,520, went to Shauger Property Services of East Orange for the MacAfee Road water main replacement. Capital Paving & Contracting of Annandale was awarded a $746,683.95 contract for the repaving of Equator Avenue. Pellegrino Chevrolet of […]

Updated: Township Council Introduces $66M Budget With Slight Local-Purpose Tax Increase

Updated: Township Council Introduces $66M Budget With Slight Local-Purpose  Tax Increase

Update: The Council adopted the budget at its May 9 meeting The $66.3 million 2023 budget introduced on April 11 by the Township Council carries with it a 1 percent increase in the amount of local purpose taxes to be raised. The budget – set at $66,306,337.80, down from last year’s $77,154,101.99 – is powered […]

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