Tag: Colts Neck Township Committee
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Colts Neck awards contract for construction of playing field
COLTS NECK – The Township Committee has awarded a contract to Precise Construction, Freehold, to construct an all-purpose artificial turf field at Five Point Park, Five Points Road. Members of the governing body took the action at their meeting on Nov. 29. Municipal officials received bids from 13 companies seeking the contract. The winning bid…
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Vote on parking ordinance tabled
COLTS NECK – A public hearing and vote on an ordinance to amend the section of the municipal code that describes parking prohibitions in Colts Neck has been tabled until the Dec. 13 meeting of the Township Committee. The public hearing on the ordinance and a vote by the committee was scheduled for the governing…
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Colts Neck committee to revise parking code
COLTS NECK – The Township Committee is planning to change the portion of the municipal code that describes parking prohibitions in Colts Neck. Officials have introduced an ordinance that amends the portion of the municipal code titled Vehicles and Parking. The ordinance was introduced on Oct. 25. A public hearing will be held on Nov.…
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Orgo, Viola, Rizzuto win seats on Colts Neck governing body
COLTS NECK – Three Republicans were winners on Election Day, Nov. 7, in Colts Neck. Two incumbents will begin new terms in January and one newcomer will join the Township Committee at that time. In the race for two three-year terms, newcomer Michael Viola and incumbent Thomas Orgo were elected with 2,334 and 2,285 votes,…
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Colts Neck committee eyes parking regulations
COLTS NECK – Township Committee members may amend ordinances that deal with parking in Colts Neck. The issue came up during the committee’s Sept. 13 meeting. Colts Neck’s existing law states that no one “shall park a vehicle between the hours specified in Schedule II of any day (except Sundays and public holidays) upon any…
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Colts Neck will keep tax question on ballot
COLTS NECK – The Township Committee will move forward with a non-binding public question on the Nov. 7 ballot and ask residents to approve an increase in the municipal open space tax rate. The open space tax rate generates revenue on an annual basis that officials use to acquire, preserve and maintain undeveloped property in…
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Colts Neck officials considering police station upgrades
COLTS NECK – Municipal officials are contemplating the future home of the Colts Neck Police Department and municipal court, which are currently operating in a building the mayor has called “obsolete.” Colts Neck’s police department and municipal court share a building next to town hall on Cedar Drive. During the July 12 meeting of the…
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Colts Neck to ask residents to approve open space tax increase
COLTS NECK – The Colts Neck Township Committee has voted to put a public question on the Nov. 7 ballot and ask residents to approve an increase in the municipal open space tax rate. On July 12, committee members passed a resolution to ask voters to approve an increase in the municipal open space tax…
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Orgo, Viola, Rizzuto win nod to seek seats
COLTS NECK – Thomas Orgo and Michael Viola outpolled Edward Eastman in the June 6 Republican primary and will run unopposed for two three-year seats on the Colts Neck Township Committee in November. Orgo and Eastman are currently serving on the committee. In the contested primary, Viola and Orgo received 744 votes and 700 votes,…