Tag: Colts Neck Township Committee
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Colts Neck officials approve plan for capital improvements during 2018
COLTS NECK – The Township Committee has adopted a bond ordinance that will fund capital improvements across the municipality. Members of the governing body adopted the ordinance on May 9. The ordinances appropriates $3.912 million for the work and authorizes the issuance of bonds in the amount of $3.752 million. The township will make a…
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Colts Neck officials discuss idea of term limits for boards, commissions
COLTS NECK – Township Committee members have discussed the possibility of setting term limits for residents who are appointed to serve on Colts Neck’s board and commissions. Committee members discussed the topic on March 14. “The spirit behind this (discussion) is that we have very important town boards and commissions that are volunteer-based, albeit appointed…
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Colts Neck officials will act on police salaries
COLTS NECK – A public hearing has been scheduled for 7:30 p.m. March 28 at the municipal building on an ordinance that proposes an increase in the base salary of police officers in Colts Neck. Residents may comment on the ordinance at that time. The Township Committee introduced the ordinance on March 14. The legislation…
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Colts Neck officials, PBA representatives sign new contract
COLTS NECK – A new contract between the Township Committee and the union that represents every police officer in the Colts Neck Police Department with the exception of lieutenants and the police chief has been signed. Beginning in September, representatives of the township and the union negotiated the terms of an agreement that will run…
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Colts Neck establishes attendance policy for boards, commissions
COLTS NECK – The Township Committee has adopted an ordinance that establishes an attendance policy for all members of local boards, commissions and committees who are not elected officials. The ordinance was adopted on Jan. 31. According to the ordinance, a state statute permits municipalities to “adopt … a policy permitting the removal of a…
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Colts Neck will tighten code on placement of brush
COLTS NECK – A public hearing is expected to be held at the Colts Neck Township Committee’s Jan. 31 meeting on an ordinance that amends the municipal code regarding property maintenance and leaf and brush pickup. Committee members may vote to adopt the ordinance following the public hearing. When the ordinance was introduced on Jan.…
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Bartolomeo will serve as Colts Neck’s mayor for 2018
COLTS NECK – Township Committeeman J.P. Bartolomeo will serve as Colts Neck’s mayor during 2018 after he was elected to that position by his fellow members of the Township Committee during the Jan. 6 reorganization meeting. In Colts Neck’s form of government, residents do not directly elect the mayor. Each January, the committee members select…
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Colts Neck officials amend parking ordinance
COLTS NECK – The Township Committee has adopted an ordinance amending the section of the municipal code that describes parking prohibitions in Colts Neck. The ordinance was adopted during a meeting on Dec. 13 with support from Mayor Russell Macnow, Deputy Mayor J.P. Bartolomeo and committeemen Edward Eastman, Frank Rizzuto and Thomas Orgo. Colts Neck…
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Colts Neck hires police officer
COLTS NECK – The Township Committee has hired Dane Richards as a Special Law Enforcement Officer Class II to work part-time in the Colts Neck Police Department. Richards was sworn in as a member of the police force by Mayor Russell Macnow during the committee’s Dec. 13 meeting. Class II special officers are authorized to…
