Tag: Colts Neck Township Committee
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Colts Neck may seek more funds for open space
By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer COLTS NECK – Township Committee members are considering a suggestion put forth by the Farmland and Open Space Committee to ask voters to approve an increase in Colts Neck’s open space tax rate and in the amount they pay in an annual open space tax. Each year, property owners pay…
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Colts Neck has contested Republican primary
COLTS NECK – There will be a contested Republican primary in Colts Neck on June 6. Tom Orgo, Edward Eastman and Michael Viola have filed nominating petitions to seek two seats on the Township Committee. The top two vote-getters in the primary will earn spots on the Nov. 7 ballot. Two three-year terms on the…
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Colts Neck budget has funds for capital improvements
By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer COLTS NECK – The Township Committee has adopted a 2017 budget totaling $12.23 million that will be supported in part by the collection of $7.5 million in taxes from Colts Neck’s residential and commercial property owners. Officials said $243,300 was budgeted for capital improvements that include the replacement of police…
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Colts Neck officials plan capital improvements
By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer COLTS NECK – Several capital improvements will be funded by the Colts Neck Township Committee during 2017. On April 12, committee members introduced an ordinance authorizing the capital improvements. The ordinance will reappropriate excess bond proceeds ($96,137) and reappropriate capital funds ($83,836) for a total of $179,973. The funding will…
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Colts Neck will have contested GOP primary
By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer COLTS NECK – There will be a contested Republican primary in Colts Neck on June 6 as three residents have filed nominating petitions to run for two seats on the Township Committee. The two Republicans who win the primary will gain spots on the Nov. 7 general election ballot and…
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Colts Neck welcomes new police officer
By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer COLTS NECK – Steven De Caesar has joined the Colts Neck Police Department. He was sworn in as a member of the force by Mayor Russell Macnow during the March 29 meeting of the Township Committee. De Caesar is a graduate of Monmouth University, West Long Branch, where he earned…
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Colts Neck budget bumps up tax levy by $290K
By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer COLTS NECK – The Township Committee has introduced a 2017 budget totaling $12.23 million that will be supported in part by the collection of $7.5 million in taxes from Colts Neck’s residential and commercial property owners. Officials will use $1.28 million from surplus funds (savings) as revenue in the budget.…
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Colts Neck officials plan municipal improvements
By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer COLTS NECK – The Township Committee has approved a temporary capital improvement budget for 2017 which totals $3.39 million and provides for the following: • Improvements on Five Points Road, $625,000 ($300,000 funded by a grant from the New Jersey Department of Transportation) • Recreation improvements totaling $650,000, includes a…
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Rizzuto joins Colts Neck governing body
By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer COLTS NECK – Members of the Colts Neck Township Committee have appointed Frank Rizzuto to fill an open seat on the governing body. The vacancy on the five-man committee was created when Committeeman Michael Fitzgerald resigned in January in order to accept the position of county counsel in Monmouth County.…