Tag: Colts Neck

  • Colts Neck officials will take action to update loitering ordinance

    Colts Neck officials will take action to update loitering ordinance

    COLTS NECK – Public hearings on two ordinances that will update Colts Neck’s municipal code will be held tonight, June 12, by the Township Committee. Following each public hearing, the governing body may adopt the ordinance. One ordinance will amend the municipal code as it relates to loitering. The section of the code originally read…

  • Colts Neck departments will receive new equipment

    Colts Neck departments will receive new equipment

    COLTS NECK – The Township Committee has adopted one ordinance that will fund purchases for municipal departments and a second that will add funds to a previous capital ordinance. The two ordinances were unanimously adopted during a committee meeting on May 29. No members of the public spoke about the ordinances during the public hearing…

  • Colts Neck committee will vote on capital improvements funding

    Colts Neck committee will vote on capital improvements funding

    COLTS NECK – The Township Committee will hold public hearings for two capital ordinances when it meets on May 29. Residents will have an opportunity to ask questions about the ordinances at that time. One ordinance appropriates $445,100 for capital improvements and purchases and will be funded by the 2019 budget. The improvements and purchases…

  • Colts Neck school board puts $26M budget in place for 2019-20

    Colts Neck school board puts $26M budget in place for 2019-20

    COLTS NECK – The Colts Neck K-8 School District Board of Education has voted to adopt a $26.17 million budget for the 2019-20 school year. Colts Neck’s residential and commercial property owners will pay $23.48 million in local taxes to support the operation of the school district in the upcoming year. The district will receive…

  • Colts Neck commemorates Covenhoven homestead

    Colts Neck commemorates Covenhoven homestead

    COLTS NECK – The Colts Neck Historical Preservation Committee has unveiled a historical marker at the former Conover homestead, 100 Conover Road. “The Conover family was instrumental in the growth and progress of Monmouth County,” said Monmouth County Freeholder Lillian G. Burry, who is a resident of Colts Neck and chairs the Colts Neck Historical…

  • Smith hosts winners of app challenge

    Smith hosts winners of app challenge

    On May 9, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) praised the winners of the New Jersey Fourth Congressional District’s 2018 Congressional App Challenge for their hard work, ingenuity and desire to help others through their software app “BrainHack.” “Liam, Erica and Anthony earned this award for their teamwork and excellence, and their effort to serve other people,”…

  • Colts Neck committee puts municipal budget in place for 2019

    Colts Neck committee puts municipal budget in place for 2019

    COLTS NECK – Members of the Township Committee have adopted a 2019 budget totaling $12.5 million that will be supported by the collection of $7.85 million in taxes from Colts Neck’s residential and commercial property owners. The budget was adopted in a unanimous voted by the governing body on April 24. The members of the committee…

  • Colts Neck school board will place referendum before voters Sept. 24

    Colts Neck school board will place referendum before voters Sept. 24

    COLTS NECK – The Colts Neck K-8 School District Board of Education will place a $25.24 million referendum before voters during a special election on Sept. 24. The referendum is expected to address three broad categories: Safety and Security; Health and Compliance; and (being) Energy Efficient and Environmentally Friendly. The Sept. 24 referendum will be…

  • Colts Neck municipal budget checks in at $12.5M for 2019

    Colts Neck municipal budget checks in at $12.5M for 2019

    COLTS NECK – The Township Committee has introduced a 2019 budget totaling $12.5 million that will be supported by the collection of $7.85 million in taxes from Colts Neck’s residential and commercial property owners. Officials will use $1.6 million from surplus funds (savings) as revenue in the budget. State aid will remain flat at $1.98…