Tag: Allentown municipal government
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Allentown council members hear details of 2021 municipal budget
ALLENTOWN – The members of the Allentown Borough Council may vote to introduce the 2021 municipal budget during their meeting on March 2. The March 2 meeting will be conducted in a virtual manner during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. During the Feb. 16 meeting of the mayor and council, Chief Financial Officer June Madden reviewed…
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Allentown officials work to limit impact of neighboring corporate park
ALLENTOWN – Mayor Thomas Fritts has informed residents the developer of the Mercer Corporate Park in neighboring Robbinsville is working with borough officials on several items “to mitigate the impact of the development on Allentown.” Mercer Corporate Park is off Robbinsville-Allentown Road, which is known as Church Street in Allentown. Fritts said portions of the…
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Goal of planning effort is to maintain Allentown’s historic integrity
ALLENTOWN – Action is expected to be taken in the upcoming months by Borough Council members who may act to refine and define certain elements of Allentown’s master plan. A master plan is the document that guides the growth and development of a municipality. During the Jan. 19 meeting of the mayor and council, attorney…
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Mayor: Working together, Allentown had many accomplishments in 2020
ALLENTOWN – During his annual address to residents, Allentown Mayor Thomas Fritts reviewed the accomplishments of the mayor, Borough Council members, municipal employees, municipal professionals and volunteers during 2020. According to the mayor: • Municipal officials kept the tax levy flat; • Allentown received a $7,248 grant from the Monmouth County Historical Commission to replace…
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Allentown government reorganizes; officials look forward to busy 2021
ALLENTOWN – Municipal officials in Allentown have a full agenda of projects ahead of them in 2021 and they got the new year’s business underway when they held their annual reorganization meeting on Jan. 5. The 2021 reorganization meeting marked a first for the historic borough on the far western border of Monmouth County as…
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Allentown mayor names members of ad hoc traffic committee
ALLENTOWN – During the final meeting of the mayor and Borough Council in 2020, Mayor Thomas Fritts reiterated a promise he had made to residents at various times during the year. Once again, Fritts said 2021 will be “the year of traffic” in Allentown as municipal officials continue to pursue solutions to a problem that…
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Torsiello to join Allentown council; Elder to begin second term in Jan. 5 reorganization
ALLENTOWN – Erica Torsiello will begin serving her first term on the Allentown Borough Council and John A. Elder III will begin serving his second term on the council when municipal officials conduct the 2021 reorganization meeting on Jan. 5. The reorganization meeting will be conducted in a virtual manner on Zoom during the ongoing…
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Allentown officials update progress on treatment plant project
ALLENTOWN – Municipal officials have informed residents that Pact Two, LLC, the contractor working on Allentown’s waste water treatment plant improvement project, “is nearly complete with structural and concrete improvements at the primary clarifiers. … The primary clarifiers will be filled with clean water … to test for leaks.” Improvements to the borough’s waste water…
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Allentown council votes to create administrator’s position
ALLENTOWN – Members of the Allentown Borough Council have adopted an ordinance that creates the new position of borough administrator. Council President Rob Strovinsky, Councilman John A. Elder III, Councilman Michael Drennan, Councilwoman Martha Johnson and Councilman Dan Payson voted “yes” on a motion to adopt the ordinance during a meeting that was conducted via…
