Friday, January 4, 2013
A new year brings newly-elected members to local governing bodies, and new appointees to committees.
Local government bodies will hold reorganization meetings this month to greet new members, elect the mayor, name committees, appoint citizens to the commitees and commissions, and hire consultants for the new year. Here is a list of public reorganization meetings relevant to Middletown residents. Thursday, Jan. 3 Board of Chosen Freeholders Reorganization at Monmouth County Vocational School Sunday, Jan. 6 Middletown Township Committee Reorganization at Town Hall, noon. On the agenda will be the swearing in of the 2013 Mayor and Deputy Mayor. Under the township’s form of government, the Township Committee designates two members to serve as mayor and deputy mayor for a one-year term. Committeeman Stephen G. Massell will accept the oath …
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
New Middletown Township Committee member Stephanie Murray to be sworn in
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Information about reorganization day from Middletown Township ... Middletown Township's Organization Day will be held at Town Hall, 1 Kings Highway, on New Year's Day, beginning at noon. On the agenda will be the swearing in of the 2012 mayor and deputy mayor. Under the township’s form of government, the Township Committee designates two members to serve as mayor and deputy mayor for a one-year term each. Committeeman Anthony P. Fiore will accept the oath of office to serve his second consecutive term as mayor. Committeewoman-elect Stephanie C. Murray will be sworn in as the newest member of the Township Committee. The term for each committee member is three years. Scores of volunteers traditionally attend to accept oaths of office to …
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Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Township introduced budget with hike in taxpayer cost, $4 million in spending cuts; conforms with 2 percent Cap Levy Law
With respect to the introduced Middletown Township 2011 municipal budget, spending is down and taxes are up. It will cost the average taxpayer an extra $60 a year, or $5 a month, based on a new mean township property value of $380,000. Last year, the average was $435,000. Per $100 of assessed property value, if approved, this municipal budget will cost taxpayers about an extra eight cents on the rate this year, or a total rate of 47.02 cents per $100, up from 39.8 cents last year. Officially introduced at last night's regular Township Committee meeting, the $61 million spending plan, with a municipal tax levy of $46.7 million, is $3.87 million (or 5.9 percent) less than the 2010 municipal budget, Mayor Anthony Fiore pointed out in a …
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Shared services, two percent cap commitments reiterated by committee
Middletown’s municipal budget set for introduction at the April 4 Township Committee meeting, Mayor Anthony Fiore reiterated at Monday night’s meeting his commitment to staying within Gov. Chris Christie’s two percent cap on spending and his theory of why the unions’ and township library’s cooperation in compromise are key. He first thanked the Middletown Township Library Board of Trustees for agreeing to release to the township roughly $500,000 of its $1.2 million surplus to assist with budget restriction woes and stave off more than the estimated 26 layoffs and service cuts. The mayor again reassured that with the agreement that is “something that’s happened across the state” intact, the library would, in turn, benefit from economic, …
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Prize includes $1,000 and being published in state publication
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Sunday, March 6, 2011
High school juniors and seniors who live in Middletown are invited to submit essays about their local government for a chance to win a $1,000 scholarship in the 2010 Louis Bay II Future Municipal Leaders Scholarship Competition. The scholarship is offered though a joint venture between local mayors and the NJ League of Municipalities. Each student must write a roughly 500-word essay on the theme, “What My Mayor and Governing Body Do Best,” to be included in the contest. The theme is chosen by the state League of Municipalities, said Mayor Anthony P. Fiore. All essays must be received by March 11. Middletown will select one essay to forward to the League of Municipalities in Trenton as a semi-finalist. The League of Municipalities will then…
MiddletownMike
4:01 pm on Monday, April 4, 2011
Only in Middletown can the spending be cut by $4 million dollars but the amount taxes need to support the budget increase by $1.58 million, so instead of the tax rate going down as a result of the spending cuts, it will be going up. more ›