Tuesday, February 19, 2013
The council votes Tuesday night to undo the early bar closing ordinance passed in 2012
The Point Beach Council voted unanimously on Tuesday night to undo an early bar closing ordinance passed last year. The vote during the council meeting at Borough Hall was adoption of an ordinance to repeal an ordinance adopted last year to require all bars and restaurants in Point Beach to stop serving alcohol by midnight. Last year's ordinance rolling back the "last call" to midnight never went into effect because the state Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control issued a stay. Regarding last year's early bar closing ordinance, Mayor Vincent Barrella said on Tuesday night, "When this was adopted last year, it was a lawful ordinance. I wish the state would show as much interest in us with Sandy as with things they shouldn't stick their …
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Voters in 10 municipalities rejected cap referendum exception measure
Brick Township was one of just two communities that approved a municipal cap referendum out of 14 where such a question appeared on the ballot. Brick voters approved $8.6 million in above-cap spending in a narrow, 51 percent to 49 percent vote Wednesday. Township voters joined those in Lambertville, Hunterdon County, in approving the ballot measure. In 10 other municipalities, the story was different. Votes ranged from narrow – 53 percent opposed the referendum in Mount Holly, Burlington County – to an outright mandate against the referendum in Medford, Burlington County, where a staggering 84 percent of voters rejected the measure. In most of the municipalities where referendums were rejected, the margin was 60 percent or higher. In Ocean…
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Residents, council members discuss upcoming referendum vote
"How is anyone supposed to get ahead in Brick Township?" That's what Bernard Reilly, a Normandy Drive resident, asked Township Council members Tuesday night at the governing body's last meeting before voters will approve or defeat a ballot measure that could change the role of township government in Brick. Reilly said as one of the 20 percent of Brick taxpayers whose residence is assessed above $330,000, he'd get the brunt of the tax hike that would come if voters approve $8.6 million in above-cap spending and elect to keep public trash and recycling, 29 police officers and numerous other township services. "I worked really hard to pay off what mortgage I had, and now my total tax bill that I have to pay is worth more than my mortgage of …
Thursday, March 24, 2011
BOE members may plan future ballot measure, however
A referendum question on the April 27 school ballot asking voters to approve the purchase of solar panels seems to be off the table, according to board members. Prior attempts to get voter approval to purchase additional solar panels to be installed on township schools, the last coming in 2009, have failed. Panels on top of Brick Memorial High School currently will generate $310,750 for the district this year, according to James Edwards, the district’s business administrator. The solar system on Brick Memorial’s roof generates 565 kilowatts of energy, Edwards said. Systems installed at Brick Township High School, Veterans Memorial Middle School and Lake Riviera Middle School could generate an additional 900 kilowatts combined, Edwards …
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Report calls for the hiring of six additional officers and the return of a specialized unit
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- Daniel Nee
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Brick’s police department should add up to six new patrol officers and bring back a specialized anti-crime unit, a consultant told the township council at its Jan. 18 meeting. “Staffing in almost every case is at or below that which is necessary to handle current workloads,” said Travis Miller, vice president of Matrix Consulting Group. Brick hired Matrix to complete an audit of the police department, which was presented to both the public and township council for the first time at the meeting. “In almost every case, additional growth and workload will require additional staff,” Miller said. While Miller lauded the department for being “effectively managed” and having a shared vision and mission between senior officers and line officers, …
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Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Brick's taxpayers could chart their own course in 2011, at least when it comes to taxation
With a police force Chief Nils R. Bergquist says is in need of more officers, raises due to township employees and a 2 percent cap under which it all must be covered, taxpayers may get to decide for themselves whether certain expenditures - or long-standing township services - are worth the price. Last week, Mayor Stephen C. Acropolis told Patch that voters may get to decide whether to exceed the state-imposed cap in a series of referendums that may ask voters to approve spending tax dollars on services such as public trash pickup. At the center of what Acropolis said will turn local tax policy into the "Wild West" this year and in the future is the cap legislation. Brick's and other local governments have always been under pressure to …
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Smitty
10:10 pm on Saturday, February 23, 2013
We don't need police in the schools...just another way to squeeze the residents out of money. more ›