Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Important year ahead, officials agree
Councilman Bob Moore will lead the governing body in 2013, it was decided Tuesday night. The council elected Moore, a Democrat, to the position that was held in 2012 by Councilman John Ducey. Moore served as vice president last year. Councilwoman Susan Lydecker will serve as vice president this year. Quickly, the conversation turned to Brick's ongoing recovery from Superstorm Sandy. "We are in this together for the long haul, and for the benefit of our residents the council and the administration will continue to work as one," said Moore. "We might have been battered, but we're not broken. Today, in the aftermath of Sandy, we're stronger, more determined and more united. Let's get started." Ducey said 2012 was a year of "saves" and 2013 …
Monday, January 7, 2013
Fozman, Moore join others who accept benefits package
Two additional members of the Brick Township Council will receive taxpayer-funded health benefits in 2013, Brick Patch has confirmed. Council members Jim Fozman and Bob Moore, both entering their second year serving on the council, have notified the township’s administration that they will participate in Brick’s employee health insurance plan this year, an Open Public Records Act request filed by Brick Patch showed. Neither of the two council members, both Democrats, took benefits in 2012. Both said in the midst of the 2011 council campaign that they would not accept benefits if they came to be elected. “My circumstances in life have changed,” said Fozman, who declined to elaborate on what those circumstances were. “I didn't take them for…
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Ducey, Toth will be the only two to take taxpayer-funded health benefits
All but two of the members of the Brick Township Council will decline taxpayer-funded health care benefits as a result of their council position this year. Council members Jim Fozman, Susan Lydecker and Bob Moore, all newly elected this year, said they would decline the health benefit package, which costs between approximately $9,900 and $25,800 per member, according to figures provided by the township. Council members Joseph Sangiovanni and Domenick Brando also decline the benefits package. Councilman Dan Toth takes the benefits. Council President John Ducey said at the Jan. 10 council meeting that he has decided to take the benefits because his wife was laid off from her job, and his family is now enrolled in a COBRA plan from her old …
Monday, January 2, 2012
Bob Moore will serve as vice president
John Ducey will serve as Brick Township Council President following a vote on New Years Day. Ducey was sworn into office Sunday along with his running mates, Bob Moore, Jim Fozman and Susan Lydecker. The foursome, all Democrats, handily defeated GOP incumbents Brian DeLuca, Ruthanne Scaturro, Michael Thulen and John Catalano in the November council election. After the candidates were sworn into office, Ducey was voted in as president of the council and Moore was voted vice president. The council president presides over meetings of the governing body and carries out other duties such as forming committees. Ducey pledged things would be different under his tenure as president, most significantly, the treatment of members of the public. "It …
George
12:34 pm on Saturday, January 12, 2013
knarfie why because he doesn't talk down his nose at everybody like others have done in the past. more ›