Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Adopted budget shows tax rate increase at $47, a decrease from the projected $63 increase.
With the adoption of the 2013 municipal budget by the Mayor and Council Monday, New Milford residents will see a municipal tax increase lower than what was anticipated during the budget introduction in March. The final budget numbers show a tax increase to the municipal portion of the budget at $47 per year for a house assessed at $321,339, and not $63 as the auditor originally projected. The Mayor and Council also adopted an ordinance authorizing them to exceed the municipal budget appropriations limits and to establish a 'cap' bank. In order to meet the costs of the special and unanticipated capital projects included in the 2013 capital portion of the budget, the borough will need to exceed the 2 percent cap in order to fund the projects…
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Monday, April 22, 2013
Here's what's going on this week in New Milford.
Governor hosting Town Hall Meeting in Bergenfield. Governor Chris Christie is hosting an open town hall meeting Tuesday in Bergenfield at Conlon Hall, St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church, 19 North William St. Doors open at 2 pm and the meeting will begin at 3 pm. The public is invited to attend, but seating is limited and will be on a first come, first served basis. No bags of any kind are permitted in the venue. Personal items are subject to search. Monday: There will be a regular public meeting of the Mayor and Council at 7:45 pm in the Council Chambers of Borough Hall. Prior to the start of the public meeting, there will be a work session at 7 pm in the upstairs conference room at Borough Hall. The public will be able to speak…
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Mayor casts the tie-breaking vote defeating motion to appoint an independent special redevelopment planner.
Council President Randi Duffie put a motion on the table to appoint a special planner to focus solely on the Brookchester property and any other large planning applications. The motion came about during Monday's Mayor and Council work session while discussing Joseph Brunetti's tentative proposal to rehabilitate 750 units in his Brookchester Apartment complex and, in doing so, take on New Milford's entire COAH obligation. (COAH's indeterminate state has municipalities scratching their heads about where their obligations currently stand.) Duffie suggested that a project this large should be analyzed by an "independent special redevelopment planner" and recommended Kauker and Kauker, a planning firm that had previously represented the …
Monday, April 1, 2013
The Mayor and Council opted to forego a public hearing on the proposed ordinance, effectively killing it in the process
Park Avenue residents in River Edge are breathing easier now that the borough governing body has once again abandoned a proposed duplex ordinance. The Mayor and Council had scheduled a public hearing on the conditional use zoning change for Monday night, but opted to forego the public hearing and kill the ordinance in the process. A public hearing was required prior to a vote and by not holding the hearing, the borough was effectively voting against moving forward. "I want to thank the governing body for finally listening to us," Park Avenue resident Jim Miller said. "I just hope this ordinance does not get reintroduced as it seems we have to come out every two years to fight this battle. I'm tired of that, please leave us alone." The …
Friday, March 29, 2013
Coming in as low bidder, Mayor and Council award Ferretti both residential and apartment and school recycling contracts.
Responding to concerns about the lack of consistency with curbside recycling pick-ups by Ferretti Carting, Inc., New Milford's Mayor and Council decided to go out to bid for recycling services. Danny Ferretti, principal owner of the company, had explained to the Mayor and Council that paper recycling pick-up is delayed primarily because residents regularly include heavy cardboard with paper, which he has been picking up despite the fact that his contract with the town was for paper only and did not include heavy cardboard, which would be an additional cost. This time around, in bidding for recycling contracts, the Mayor and Council agreed to include heavy cardboard in the contract when they went out to bid. Of the two bids that came in, …
Monday, March 25, 2013
The borough Planning Board decided 7-2 to support an ordinance to allow duplexes on Park Avenue which is a short walk away from the New Milford border
The River Edge Mayor and Council will soon have to muster a super majority vote to advance a controversial conditional zoning ordinance to allow duplexes on Park Avenue. Late last week, the borough's Planning Board, by a 7-2 vote, agreed that the proposed ordinance is consistent with the Master Plan. The ordinance would allow a developer to utilize a 22-lot span along the eastern side of Park Avenue to construct the duplexes. Park Avenue is located near the River Edge train station and a few blocks away from the New Milford border. "There has been a petition made to the council that a super majority vote take place to approve the ordinance when it returns to the governing body," Mayor Sandy Moscaritolo said. The three-way split on the …
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Revised budget shows municipal tax increase at $63.
The assessed value of a house in New Milford has dropped from an average of $410,068 in 2012 to an average of $321,331 in 2013 -- a drop of $88,729, auditor Steve Wielkotz said during the introduction of the 2013 Municipal Budget, Monday. This drop in value reflects the results of the 2012 reassessment of property values. To address the declining housing market that was taking property values with it, along with a growing number of tax appeals, the Mayor and Council decided early last year to authorize a borough-wide reassessment. A reassessment is called for when there is a sizeable disparity between the assessed value of a property and the true market value based on recent sales. It is designed to create stability and reduce the number …
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
To meet the costs of the special and unanticipated projects included in the capital expenditures, the borough passes an ordinance to exceed the 2 percent cap.
The Mayor and Council introduced the 2013 Municipal budget at Monday's work session. Prior to the introduction, an ordinance was passed authorizing the Mayor and Council to exceed the municipal budget appropriations limits and to establish a cap bank. Local governments can circumvent the 2.5 percent cap on municipal budget increases if an ordinance is adopted establishing a "cap" bank. The passage of the ordinance permits the governing body, in certain situations, to increase its budget in an amount not to exceed 3.5 percent of the preceding year’s appropriations level. The law establishes that the cap can be exceeded without having to go to the public for a vote if a town needs to meet certain capital expenditures, including debt service…
Monday, March 11, 2013
Find out what's going on this weekend in New Milford.
The Mayor and Council will be meeting for a work session Monday at 7 p.m. in the upstairs conference room at Borough Hall. The 2013 Municipal Budget will be introduced during the meeting. On the agenda is the introduction of ordinance #2013:03 to exceed the 2012 municipal budget appropriations limits and to establish a cap bank. One of the ways local governments can circumvent the 2.5 percent cap on municipal budget increases is to adopt an ordinance to establish a "cap" bank. The passage of the ordinance permits the governing body, in certain situations, to increase its budget in an amount not to exceed 3.5 percent of the preceding year’s appropriations level. The law establishes that the cap can be exceeded without having to go to the …
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Sunday, March 10, 2013
Catch up on all of New Milford's top news stories here.
Mayor and Council hold special meeting to discuss 2013 municipal budget and review costs of special projects. Applications for gun permits issued in New Milford during January and February 2013 more than double from same time period in 2012. The average home sold last year in New Milford went for $343,093 down 11.1 percent from 2011. Bipartisan bill to provide tax relief to towns that are acquiring flood-prone homes through the state's Blue Acres program. Teacher, community outreach resource, advisor, mentor...New Milford hires a man for all seasons. Rapt attention given to parent who tells how cyberbullying was one factor that led to his son's suicide. The caring legacy of a beloved teacher lives on. Memorial dedicated to all women forced…
Celeste Scavetta
11:00 am on Monday, April 29, 2013
As much as taxes are a huge burden to me, thank you Mayor Ann, Councilman Robalino and Councilman Putrino for all the hours and hard work you all put into keep this very fiscally responsible budget down as much as you possibly could considering all the terrific infrastructure improvements the town will benefit from. I know that many projects sometimes come to fruition together, and bringing … more ›