To All Mayors of Municipalities Subject to the Treasurer’s State Police Mandate

Dear Mayor:

We just wanted to remind you that the Council on Local Mandates will hear arguments in the Rural Policing case next week:

                    Wednesday, October 22, 2008
                    10:00 A.M.
                    Committee Room 11 (4th Floor)
                    State House Annex
                    State Street
                    Trenton, NJ  08618

You can access the municipalities’ brief for summary judgment, which was filed by Theodore E. Baker, Esq., Michael S. Garofalo, Esq., and Douglas L. Heinold, Esq., as well as the State’s brief, on the Council’s website at http://www.state.nj.us/localmandates/pending/index.html

You can also access a copy of the League’s Amicus Memorandum prepared by our General Counsel William Kearns, Esq., by going to this letter on the internet. It can be found at http://www.njslom.org/rural-policing.html

The October 22 hearing will be open to the public, if any wish to attend.

For more information, contact Jon Moran at 609-695-3481, ext. 121.

                                                                        Very truly yours,

                                                                        William G. Dressel, Jr.
                                                                        Executive Director