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MAYOR'S NEWSLINE
June 2008 |
Offices: 222
West State St.
Trenton, New Jersey 08618
609-695-3481 Fax 695-0151
E-Mail mdarcy@njslom.com
www.njslom.com |
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IMPORTANT EVENTS
For contributions to the Mayors’ Newsline, please contact Karen E. Venditti, CMP, Editor at kvenditti@njslom.com or (609) 695-3481, ext. 118
June 2 |
League Seminar: “GL, CA and Journal Entries” at Mt Laurel |
June 5 |
League Seminar: “GL, CA and Journal Entries” at Holmdel |
June 10 |
League Seminar: “Recent Laws that Affect Tax Collectors” at Holmdel |
June 13 |
League Seminar: “Recent Laws that Affect Tax Collectors” at Mt. Laurel |
June 14 |
Flag Day |
June 15 |
Fathers Day |
June 16 |
State Budget Due |
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Scholarship Competition |
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Planning Award for Woolwich |
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Restoring State Funding |
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Successful Government Transition |
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FROM THE PRESIDENT
By Robert L. Bowser, Mayor, East Orange City
The 93rd Annual League Conference is just around the corner and your League staff has already been working diligently on issues such as transportation and parking, hotel accommodations, selling exhibit booth space, education sessions, and major luncheon events.
Local officials can begin the conference planning process with available details in the June issue of New Jersey Municipalities magazine and the League web site at www.njslom.org. The web site has some important information about the conference registration procedure and schedule of events.
Housing forms will be mailed to all Municipal Clerks on June 1 and will also be posted on the League web page.
As of August 1, municipal officials will be able to register for the conference online at our web site. Be sure to take advantage of this easy way to register early for the93rd Annual League Conference. Full registration information will be sent to all Municipal Clerks during the first week of August.
Academy Bus chartered shuttle service will provide transportation to and from the Atlantic City Convention Center and the hotels.
The hugely popular Mayors Lunch and League Luncheon will feature key speakers from all levels of government. Get your tickets early; these events sell out quickly.
The conference is less than six months away. Start planning now and contact the League office if you need assistance. I look forward to meeting and working with you at the 93rd Annual Conference November 18-21 in Atlantic City, |
EXECUTIVE BOARD |
OFFICERS
ROBERT L. BOWSER, President
Mayor, East Orange
TIMOTHY MCDONOUGH, 1st Vice President
Mayor, Hope Township
JAMES ANZALDI , 2nd Vice President
Mayor, Clifton City
LOUISE CURREY WILSON 3rd Vice President
Committeewoman, Montgomery Township
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD
DONALD C. ASAY
Mayor, Mannington Township
CORY BOOKER
Mayor, Newark (Ex-Officio)
RANDY BROWN
Mayor, Evesham Township
CHUCK CHIARELLO
Mayor, Buena Vista Township
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GUISEPPE "JOE" CHILA
Mayor, Woolwich
DANIEL N. CORANOTO
Deputy Mayor., Hampton Twp.
DAVID DelVECCHIO
Mayor, Lambertville City
JOHN JOHN DEAN DeRIENZO
Mayor, Haworth Borough
FRANK J. DRUETZLER
Mayor, Morris Plains Borough
MICHAEL FRESSOLA
Mayor, Manchester Township
JERRAMIAH HEALY
Mayor, Jersey City
MARTIN MARKS
Mayor, Scotch Plains
JANICE S. MIRONOV
Mayor, East Windsor
ARTHUR R. ONDISH
Mayor, Mount Arlington Borough
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GARY PASSANANTE
Mayor, Somerdale Borough
DOUGLAS M. RAINEAR
Committee Member, Upper Deerfield Twp.
GERALD J. TARANTOLO
Mayor, Eatontown Borough
JOSEPH TEMPESTA Jr..
Mayor, West Caldwell Township
JANET TUCCI
Mayor, West Long Branch Borough
BRIAN C. WAHLER
Mayor, Piscataway Township
SUZANNE M. WALTERS
Mayor, Stone Harbor Borough
RUDOLPH J. WENZEL, JR.
Mayor, Washington Twp. (Bergen)
Executive Staff
WILLIAM G. DRESSEL, Jr.
Executive Director
Michael J. Darcy, CAE,
Asst. Executive Director |
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2008 SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
-Contact Michael Darcy ext.116
The three top winners of the 2008 Scholarship Competition are Jennifer Noble, submitted by Mayor Richard Gerbounka of Linden; Bridget Levine, submitted by Mayor Stuart Fierstein of Allentown; and Kyle Emery, submitted by Mayor Ronald Dancer of Plumsted. These mayors will present each winner with a $1,000 check from the League.
The full text of the three winning essays, along with photos of the mayors awarding the checks, will appear in the October issue of New Jersey Municipalities magazine.
A special thank you to Scholarship Committee Chairwoman Mayor Phyllis Marchand, of Princeton Township and scholarship judges Mayor Janice Mironov of East Windsor and Mayor Chuck Chiarello of Buena Vista Township
MAYOR CHILA OF WOOLWICH
ACCEPTS PLANNING AWARD
-Contact Woolwich 856-467-2666
Woolwich mayor and League Executive Board member Joe Chila accepted the “Regional Land Use Project of the Year” award from the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission. As one of the fastest growing communities in the region, Woolwich was recognized for its mixed use town center project, preservation of farmland and open space, and use of transfer development rights (TDR). Woolwich's TDR plan designates 1,500 acres along the Route 322 corridor for mixed use development and will preserve 4,000 acres of farmland
ON-GOING EFFORTS TO RESTORE
STATE FUNDING
-Contact Jon Moran extn 121 or JMoran@njslom.com
www.njslom.org/2009-budget-main.html
Mayors are urged to continue the dialog on state funding to municipalities with their state representatives. On May 20, the League held a high-level State budget summit at the War Memorial in Trenton. The panelist included State Treasurer David Rousseau, DCA Commissioner Joe Doria, Assembly Budget Committee Chair Lou Greenwald, Assembly Republican Budget Officer Joe Malone, Haddonfield Mayor Tish Columbi, Leageu President East Orange Mayor Bob Bowser, and League First Vice President Hope Mayor Tim McDonough.
During the League Budget Summit, the Treasurer reiterated the need for this State budget to mark a major turning point in the way the State conducts its fiscal affairs. The target for completion of the budget is between June 16 – 19. The Budget WILL be balanced at $32.8 billion. There will be NO new taxes. There will be NO more expenditures funded with ‘one shot’ revenues. And, most significantly for us, there will NOT be 100%.
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restoration of the $189 million municipal funding cuts. HOWEVER, more than the Administration’s proposed $15 million shift is likely, but the money WILL come from other cuts.
League Leadership has decided to reject the arbitrary mid-June deadline. From our perspective, it is more important to get the budget done right, than it is to get the budget done early. League Leadership has decided to continue to push for full restoration of the slated $189 million municipal property tax relief funding cuts. The roughly $15 million shift, from one group of property taxpayers to another, falls short of the promise for significant, sustainable and reliable property tax relief funding, that was made just last year, by the Legislature’s Special Session. Only full restoration of the $189 million in municipal property tax relief, slated to be cut in the Governor’s original proposed budget, would allow local budget makers to consolidate the gains made possible by last year’s modest increase. And that would provide a further boost to citizen confidence in New Jersey’s commitment to meaningful and sustainable property tax relief.
Beyond the dollars and cents of the State’s next budget:
Assembly Budget Committee Chair Lou Greenwald and Republican Budget Officer Joe Malone renewed their commitment to a moratorium on new State mandates and to a review of existing mandates, leading towards possible repeals or relaxations (Senator Haines has already taken steps on this in the Senate. And Hardyston Township Manager Marianne Smith presented the panel with a 15 page analysis of existing mandates ripe for consideration. Click here for a copy of that analysis.);
Treasurer Rousseau, in response to a question, again indicated the Administration’s strong support for local option taxes; Commissioner Doria urged local officials looking to share services to allow DCA to do whatever is possible to facilitate the process; and Senator Haines promised to continue to work with local officials on the State Police patrol funding issue
Further, there seemed to be an interest in allowing the LUARC (Consolidation) Commission process to proceed in an orderly fashion, rather than a rush to predetermine the Commission’s findings.
Over the next three weeks, key decisions will be made on the State’s spending plan. We will continue to provide you with the best information available. We urge you to stay in touch with us and with your State Legislators and to do your best to exert a positive influence on the outcome in the Statehouse.
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