"Living through what's happend after the storm and seeing the hardships the residents are facing, it's the least we can do."

You got that right ! How about selling off all that realestate the town has purchased over the years.

This has nothing to do for the fact that Brando is up for re-election in November right? Yeah, didn't think so!

Ducey takes town paid health benefits? What a two-faced piece of .......

Here Here! Now, let this roll down to the Fire Department commissioners as well, they meet once a month for maybe an hour and they also receive a "stipend" which I believe is in the $5000 range plus health benefits if they choose to take them. Also, the fire districts pay to have an attorney present at their commissioner meetings even if nothing important is being voted on. Talk about a waste of tax payers money. Take a look at the line item on the budget for professional services (attorney, accounting, etc.) it’s just plain ludicrous. Let’s real in this ridiculous spending. If you want to volunteer as a fire commissioner then volunteer like the fire fighters do.

I think the council should receive some type of pay (either a stipend or perhaps paid per council meeting) after all they are running our town. However since it is part time, they should not get any other benefits.

Way to put the pressure on the new liars on council......Acrapolis is going to breeze into a new term by the time these 4 clowns get to November......Boy it must be like taking candy from a baby , playing chess against those 4 dimwits.......DeLuca must be wondering , how the heck he got left out in the cold .......Sorry Brian, you took one for team Acrapolis.......

"I haven't seen it yet," said Ducey, when asked about the proposal. "I don't know what it is or why it's even being proposed."

Its being proposed, in an election year, to expose you and your commrades, LIED !

These dems lied all the way and maybe never were qualified to be where they are. They said no health bennies, now look at them.

"They need no pay, no benefits, NOTHING" "you want to SERVE the people OR you do not.......SIMPLE"

I really don't think it's that simple. We aren't some small town with a small budget. I believe these guys put in a fair amount of hours, and deserve some compensation.

I agree they should be paid a certain stipend on a "per meeting" basis, and that's it, no other benefits, especially the expensive health benefit package.

Hey Brando, Ducey, Pizsaras + Acropolis - Quick question - Who approved that CITY going up behind the post office and Shop Rite..!!!???? it looks like it's going to become another down town Lakewood. 200++ condos/ apartments ? we know the developor is a Lakewood franchise.? who approve that.? more Low income housing project in town.? and no tax money - again.?

Back to this story - if you have a job, with benefits, you should pass on the offering. If your working part time, and you are elected, you should serve the first term with out benfits, Then, if you run a second term, leave it to a vote by the public. based upon your effort that you gave this town. did you work and produce ? However no doubble dipping. If you want to be a good councilman, give up the stipend,. If you already work for the Town, the councilman, should not accept pay,stiphend or benfits,, your already getting that from your current employer.?

Wonder if Sangiovanni and Brando collect a check from the town council and their taxpayer school district job and ratepayer BTMUA jobs. Do they collect one check, if not they should.

BTMUA commissioners should not get medical benefits. No wonder we pay high water rates.

The council should get paid a stipend... $8000 seems fair.

But they should NOT get healthcare and they should not get years of service toward pension. If they enact, they should write in that town would need to vote on it to change it in the future... ie. referrendum.
Problem is, someone on council for 20 years... then gets fulltime government job for 5 years... retires with full pension based upon average salary of last 3 years. That is a windfall.

All agreed ... REMOVE THE BENEFITS from the equation. The stipend should be the only topic for discussion. I doubt the taxpayers are so tight-fisted to expect public servants not to be given some sort of pay. These people willingly choose to serve the community, and that's welcome. It's welcome as long as they know serving themselves will not be tolerated! PAY BUT NO BENEFITS ......

How about stopping waive out pay too?

Not to go off topic but I had to laugh to myself back in November I see this white township of Brick pickup truck stop at a vacant lot on Mandalay road and pull about 6 little signs of contractors who were doing work in the neighborhood. Here it is, the place looks like a bomb went off and this guy is worried about sign pollution or placing signs illegally,when in fact people were looking for local contractors.I just love it when we have our priorities straight. Shows the mentality we are dealing with here.

"Problem is, someone on council for 20 years... then gets fulltime government job for 5 years... retires with full pension based upon average salary of last 3 years. That is a windfall."

These guys get full pension credit for a part time job?

All of you people get caught up in the benefits thing while the millions slide past you that could make a difference in your taxes.

@knarfie what does someone getting injured on the job prior to moving to Brick have to do with his standings on the council..I think that's none of anyones bussiness...He got hurt. And has disability to help...He has a job in town and I agree if that's the cast shouldn't get paid for council or benifits..I believe that Dom is doing the right thing for our town and that money will help other who are struggling...

Topps if he was holding a public psition it's everybodys business he is receiving taxpayer funds from it

You gotta be kidding. You got clerks taking stipends all over the town map for sitting in on a meeting once or twice a month. Add em all up and what have you got? Thousands of dollars for meetings which should be included in their job requirements.

Wait a moment Mayor, this is Brando's proposal not yours. You do not get to vote or run the meeting. You are a guest at Council meetings.

Don't you think it would be beneficial for everyone if the focus remained on the facts of what is really goin' on? Isn't it a fact so many in office hired family, friends, and frienemies to salaried /plus jobs? Maybe all of you should OPRA the list of who is who and who is where and connect the dots.

We watch those meetings on the tube. You gotta agree they bring out the characters along with their baggage.

Hey Brando, here is a suggestion that will save the town millions and not thousands that can go to Sandy victims. How about an Ordinance that says the Mayor or any Council Member cannot serve if they or any family member works for any governmental entity. In this way, the politico's can't be handing out jobs to them and/or their family members in return for getting no bid professional contracts. Let's see if you are a real person or just mouth piece for the politico's. If you are really introducing this ordinance for the people and not political expediency than put this to a vote and not the chump change. This would mean bye, bye acropolis, brando, sangiovanni, moore.

The BTMUA lost more than $20 million over the last 4 years. The BTMUA Commissioners should be paying us. I can't remember the last time the BTMUA showed a loss before the last 4 years. At the current rate, the Brick ratepayers will be getting an 18% increase just to break even each year. The equity has been depleted from $52 million down to $32 million.
It's just a matter of time.
The great GilMORE-Acropolis Team.
Everything they touch costs us excessively.

Why does Brando need benefits? Doesn't he already receive them with his PFRS pension?

@knarfie..My point was if its going to help the people struggling from sandy with the money not being taken by council and someway help that's a great idea..If someone has a township job they shouldn't receive any pay for a council before or now...and it has to start sometime...@ George the Dem's are showing there true colors doing the complete opposite of. What they said during run for the town council positions .They are taking benifits and getting jobs in town that they said they would stop the Caddy jobs...There burying themself ONE TERM AND GONE..!

Topps you are so wrapped in politics that you are missing what has and still is dragging this community down.

@George we can't change or correct the past of our towns history..But I like the idea of not taking the pay and taking it to help The sandy relief...They need all the help they can get...and if we don't like who's running our council make the change in november..

George you know the Dem's ran on changing the politics of the present council and they won big..But now they are part of the same problems of the past..They are doing and taking what the ran against...We were fooled...

Topps you are going to win the battle and ultimately lose the war worrying about two cent items.

This country has really gone to hell in a handbasket. The only civilized nation in the world that doesn't want to deliver mail, pick up trash, or provide healthcare. Cut, Cut, cut, cut cut. That's all we hear. Save money, lay off workers, cut, cut, cut some more. Then when every last one is unemployed (save the politicos) we can complain that people are unemployed and don't want to work. We can't maintain roads, bridges or keep our school children safe. Our cities are no longer safe or livable for most so like the indiginous people we are on reservations in Ocean County. What a clusterf--k. Now we are here arguing over health benefits. How did the country fuction in the fourties, fifties and sixties when things actually got built and maintained and people had one full- time job and could go to a doctor? I say keep the jobs as paid jobs and give them to people that have no job. No more double dipping. IMHO as always.

How about a proposal for those council people with benefits. Go find a part time job in the private sector that provides benefits like they receive to justify theirs and they can keep them.

So let me see here. You want all of the elected officials to give up what you get from your wife or husbands job while you work off the books? There aint no double standards allowed in this scene.

The point I was trying to make was that the benefits given to many public employees dont exist in "the real world". Maybe I was a bit confusing.

Does Brando take health benefits as an employee of the MUA? Does he also take a waiver of benefits from his spot on the Council? Does Sangiavanni take health benefits from his job on Transportation through the Board of Eduation? Does he take a waiver of benefits from his spot on the Council? Are they both stacking their pensions from both? Who's family members and friends are employed at any of those? Who's family members work at the Parks, Recreation, DPW, Court, Building dept, etc? Who's family and friends are taking a ride on the connect the dots local social clubs? Our point is stop the judgement already if your own backyard is not tidy.

Did she donate her stipend to charity?

Benefits through other public means is what Brick's Mayor and his friends accomplished through the years. It's amazing to many of us the means to which they he willl go to continue to insult the intelligence of the overall Public. Aint that right Mr? To hold an entire group of employees hostage is criminal and immoral. It's a shame some new bees bought into the deceit for whatever motivation they have. And we aint buying into your doubletalk and threats of job loss anymore. Your Oz is evaporating. Our group is adding new members every day. You can take that to your trough.

You hav to love this guy Brando. Does the word FRAUD exixt in his mind???? Disability pension from a bergen county police dept. But well enough to work at the BTMUA and earn $60k a year???? To me disabled means disabled, you cannot work. You are physically unable to. Anything else is FRAUD. PERIOD. How come this guy isn't being investigated??????? I wonder who's got his back??? He comes down to ocean county and rapes the system again. And we have to pay for it.

You need to find a Middle Man,someone with life expierances. Anytime you have these rich clowns in office they don't care.? they will move on, they have their money do you.? if you elect a guy or gal for free - what kind of council person do you think your going to get.? you might as well have the red cross runn council? all volunteers? up there running the show? Oh -Thats a good one? I want someone who knows what it's about to make hard decisions. including bankruptcy. Someone who's been around, who's worked varrious industries and not just one. If I'm going to elect someone new,I don't want a rich guy girl - someone who's retired collecting a pension.. they are already secure, if they fail, they won't care.! they have their money. Give me someone who's from the working class, give me the person who gets up everyday to do his or her job.- Thats' the one I'm going to elect! show me a guy who's willing to take sacrificess over his or her income. and thats the guy I'm voting for and this complex will vote for.!
NO Rich - well to do people running the show, - they have money - do you?
NO - retirees, money grabbers! - they have money - do you?
NO - electees who live in a big house on the river ! they have money - do you?
NO Pension collectors on stage,! - they have money - do you?
Give me someone with the 35 - 50K income who works hard every day - because he or she know whats it's like to survive.!
That person will understand what everyone is going through

Stop electing the wealthy people who do not care about you!

NO Rich - well to do people running the show, - they have money - do you? are they struggling ?

NO - retirees, money grabbers! - they have money, pension, benefits for life- do you?

NO - electees who live in a big house on the river ! they have money - do you?

NO Pension collectors on stage,! - they have money - do you - Do you think, someone who is already collecting a pension, who has an income, who can afford to do what ever he or she wants..Is seriously going to take their time and invest in us- we, the people of Brick?

Just Look back all these years,, anyone with money - dosen't care! get me someone who's working class - I can't express it enough! That person will feel the same pain as all of us do. That peson will work for their money, even if they quite their day job to do it! Show me someone who's dedicated to their work, to get the job done.
Show me someone who thinks out side the box,, That's who I- myself , my wife and this community of 200 residents - will be voting for!
I want someone who I can trust !!! to be in office.

It's election time officials, take a look at your inventory - We no longer want the popular club of PTA moms, Teachers,Union reps,local Business owners, big Financial income folks running the show.. who've we've seen the past 20 years - we want someone NEW - that No one knows much of or about.

Your anger is escalating, and your self doubt is showing. I am not who you claim I am.
And if Mr Brando misused company time, then you are equally responsible for his mistake.

This is the same man(Brando) along with the other 6 Republicans were asked to give up there benefits 2 yrs ago at a Republican club meeting. They all said NO and now he wants to do it.. Bu bye Brando

The bottom line is that the elimination of "Bloated Stipends and Medical Benefits" for part-time employees (the Council entrusted to look out for the best interest of the public) is Good for the TAX PAYERS and saves TAX DOLLARS period end of story. Save the political spin for your political gatherings. The only constant is that our Business Administrator, Scott Pezarras is worth is weight in gold. His contributions to the Township are unworthy of measure. Thank you Scott for putting up with the nonsense. It goes with the territory.