Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Township council meets tonight at 7 p.m.
Brick Township will hear readings of several ordinances at tonight’s council meeting, including one which will see the transfer of property to a nonprofit company for use in special needs housing, and ones which will revise laws for sales of pets and enforcement of pet laws in the municipality. Up for second reading and final adoption is an ordinance which may give authorization to Homes Now, Inc. to take possession of property at 425 Drum Point Road and 481 Herbertsville Road, in order to construct affordable housing for a total of eight local residents with special needs. In addition, two ordinances, among several set for their first reading, seek to modify laws regarding the sale of pets in the township, and related enforcement codes. …
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Mayor to present controversial budget Tuesday night
Mayor Stephen C. Acropolis is scheduled to present his administration's 2012 township operating budget at a council caucus meeting Tuesday night. The Republican mayor will face a council with a Democratic majority to present his spending plan, which will include the layoffs of 77 township employees in the public works department. The mayor has told Brick Patch that laying off the employees, and replacing them with private contractors, will save taxpayers money. Last year, the proposed budget included $8.6 million in above-cap spending, and necessitated a public referendum in order to maintain public services. Much of that spending is presumably rolled back in the budget to be presented Tuesday night. In addition to the budget presentation…
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Acropolis threatens he, along with township attorney and administrator, will not attend council meetings
Mayor Stephen C. Acropolis said he was instructed by Council President John Ducey not to speak at council meetings unless directed, and if the practice continues, he'll hold his own town hall meeting at the same time as the town council's meeting. Additionally, Acropolis said he will instruct both Jean Cipriani, the township attorney, and Scott Pezarras, the township business administrator, not to attend township council meetings and attend his town hall meeting instead. Acropolis was silent during the vast majority of the council meeting Tuesday night, except when Ducey asked him a question, and allowed him to give comments. Ducey did not answer several questions from Acropolis during his comment period. Ducey said keeping the mayor from …
Any full-time employment will now bring mayoral salary down to $15K
A tweaked version of a mayoral salary ordinance favored by Council President John Ducey was introduced Tuesday night. The ordinance, passed unanimously by the council on first reading, calls for the $52,000 mayoral salary to be reduced to $15,000 if the mayor is employed full-time, defined as 35 hours or more, per week. ---------- A PDF copy of the ordinance is available by clicking on the link to your right ---------- Previously, Ducey favored a plan that would reduce the mayoral salary only if the mayor had a salaried, public position. The revised version calls for a salary reduction regardless of whether a mayor's other job is in the public or private sectors. "It's going to be part time pay for part time work," Ducey said. "I like …
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Tuesday night meeting shaping up to be a show-down
Brick Mayor Stephen C. Acropolis will ask township council members to halve their salaries, eliminate health benefits and give up stipends for waiving health care benefits at Tuesday night's council meeting. Council members are paid $8,000 for their services; the council president receives $9,000. It was not immediately clear Tuesday afternoon which council members currently receive health benefits from the township. For township council members who do not receive benefits, there is a $4,000 waiver incentive in place. Acropolis said in an e-mail to Brick Patch that he will propose ordinances and resolutions at tonight's council meeting to cut the council salaries in half, and formally eliminate health care benefits and the health care …
Meeting agenda includes advice and consent of mayoral professional picks
Though ceremonial traditions quickly gave way to policymaking at the township council's annual reorganizational meeting on Sunday, the first caucus meeting of the new township council is set for 7 p.m. Tuesday night at the municipal complex. On the agenda are primarily formalities: specifically, the approval of mayoral appointments. Mayor Stephen C. Acropolis has said he plans to continue using the services of the Gilmore and Monahan law firm, headed by Ocean County Republican Chairman George Gilmore, as township attorney. Birdsall Engineering will continue on as engineering firm, he said. Other appointments include such figures as the municipal prosecutor, public defender and their alternates, as well as the provider of employee health …
Monday, November 7, 2011
Four Democrats take on four GOP incumbents
Four Democrat challengers will attempt to oust four Republican incumbents in order to win control of the township's governing body in Tuesday's election. The seven member township council is currently occupied by all Republicans. In order for Democrats to win a majority, all four of their candidates must come out victorious at the polls Tuesday. As the campaign drew to a close, candidates from both sides said they felt confident. "I feel very positive," said Brian DeLuca, the incumbent council president who is up for re-election. "I've been walking door to door, and a lot of people are very happy with the direction of the revenue we're going to be generating" for the township through various projects. John Ducey, one of the candidates on …
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
State data shows Brick Republicans have spent five times more on the council election than Brick Democrats
Brick's Republican organization has raised more than 15 times as much money as township Democrats this election cycle and has spent more than five times as much, according to state data. Both parties submitted reports to the state's Election Law Enforcement Commission earlier this month which list how much money they have raised, how much money they have spent as well as which people or businesses donated sums of money larger than $300. Republicans submitted individual reports for each candidate; Democrats submitted one report for their ticket as a whole, as well as reports for candidates. In all, the total amount raised by the four Republican candidates this election cycle amounted to $183,640. Democrats reported raising $12,106. Between …
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Meeting will include approval of a PBA agreement, new traffic cams
Brick's township council will meet Tuesday night at 7 p.m. The council is set to discuss an agreement reached with Brick PBA Local 230 for the years 2012 through 2015. Additionally, an ordinance is set to be introduced on first reading which would add two new intersections – Brick Boulevard and Route 70, and Route 88 and Post Road – to the list of intersections where red light violation cameras are allowed. Also, an agenda said, an ordinance will be considered that will make illegal the parking of motor vehicles on one's lawn. The meeting will take place at the township municipal complex.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Decision made after Anthony Matthews leaves governing body
Brick's newest candidate for township council is incumbent Councilwoman Ruthanne Scaturro. Brick's Republican organization announced Tuesday that Scaturro will represent the party on the November general election ballot following the resignation of Councilman Anthony Matthews, who was slated to run for re-election this year. Party officials met Monday to make a decision, according to GOP Municipal Chairman Frank Pannucci, Jr. Scaturro has served on the township's governing body since 2003, having also served as council president. She announced her candidacy for a state Assembly seat earlier this year, but the county's GOP organization decided to throw its support behind Toms River Councilman Gregory P. McGuckin instead. The township GOP …
sibemom
9:32 am on Thursday, June 28, 2012
where are the results of tuesdays meeting.. what happened with the pet laws???? more ›