Tag: Freehold Borough municipal government
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Freehold Borough officials table action on parking meter pay stations
FREEHOLD – A plan to institute paid parking in Freehold Borough has been placed on hold. A $150,000 bond ordinance that was introduced on Feb. 4 to fund the purchase and installation of parking meter pay stations has been tabled by the Borough Council amid debate over the potential introduction of metered parking. Council members…
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Additional business uses eyed in downtown Freehold
FREEHOLD – Municipal officials in Freehold Borough are preparing to amend the borough’s redevelopment plan in a portion of the downtown district to permit motor vehicle repair garages, auto body repairs and painting, and tire sales. On Feb. 19, the Borough Council introduced an ordinance amending the Freehold Center Core Redevelopment Plan. Officials said the…
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Freehold officials introduce plan to purchase parking pay stations
FREEHOLD – The Borough Council in Freehold Borough has introduced a bond ordinance to appropriate $150,000 for the purchase and installation of parking meter pay stations. Council members introduced the bond ordinance on Feb. 4. The document authorizes the issuance of $142,500 in bonds and notes and includes a down payment of $7,500. The pay…
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Freehold Borough OKs shared services agreement with Freehold Township
FREEHOLD – Municipal officials in Freehold Borough have authorized a shared services agreement with Freehold Township for code enforcement, building inspection and plan review services. Borough Council members took the action on Feb. 4. Freehold Borough and Freehold Township initially entered into the agreement in 2017. In January, the Township Committee in Freehold Township authorized…
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Council salutes retiring library director
FREEHOLD – After more than three decades of service, the director of the Freehold Public Library has retired. During a meeting on Jan. 23, members of the Borough Council in Freehold Borough passed a resolution honoring Barbara Greenberg, the library’s director, on the occasion of her retirement. Greenberg was hired as director of the borough’s…
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Freehold Borough council determines business complies with redevelopment plan
FREEHOLD – Borough Council members in Freehold Borough are advancing an application to convert a vacant building at 31 E. Main St. into a nail salon. On Jan. 23, the council passed a resolution determining the parking plan proposed by Just Jenny Nail Salon, a business in the Freehold Center Core Redevelopment Zone, meets the…
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Kane named council president; Jordan, Rogers join governing body
FREEHOLD – Kevin Kane has been elected to serve as president of the Borough Council in Freehold Borough for 2019. Council members held their annual reorganization meeting on Jan. 6 and welcomed two new public officials to the dais. In the first order of business, incumbent Councilwoman Sharon Shutzer and newcomers Annette Jordan and Margaret…
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Freehold Borough officials create utility as first step to paid parking
FREEHOLD – Officials in Freehold Borough have established a parking utility as part of a process that is intended to create metered parking in the municipality. Just prior to the new year, Borough Council members adopted an ordinance establishing the Borough Parking Utility, which has the objective of managing the town’s parking operations. The ordinance…
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Freehold council advances application for Just Jenny Nail Salon
FREEHOLD – An application which seeks municipal approval to convert a vacant building on East Main Street into a nail salon is moving forward in Freehold Borough. Owners of the Just Jenny Nail Salon are proposing to establish a business at 31 E. Main St. that would offer pedicures and manicures. Because the property is…
