Tag: Freehold Township municipal government
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Freehold Township hires special officers to serve at local schools
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Four Class III special law enforcement officers have been hired by the Township Committee to provide security at Freehold Township’s schools. During a meeting on Jan. 5, committee members appointed George Heitz, Joseph Lynch, William Rodriguez and Salvatore Siino as Class III officers on the recommendation of Police Chief George Baumann. The…
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Freehold Township officials elect Cook to serve as mayor in 2021
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Thomas Cook has been elected by his colleagues on the Township Committee to lead Freehold Township as mayor for 2021. Under Freehold Township’s form of government, the mayor and deputy mayor are not directly elected by voters. The mayor and deputy mayor are elected each January by the members of the Township…
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Freehold Township officials, former police officer reach settlement
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – A settlement agreement has been reached between Freehold Township municipal officials and a former police officer regarding allegations the individual was receiving excessive disability payments. On Nov. 10, the Township Committee authorized the settlement of the litigation between the township and the former officer in the Freehold Township Police Department. The litigation…
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Freehold Township news brief, Dec. 9
A final payment of $959,142 has been made by the Township Committee in Freehold Township for pavement overlays and road improvements that began in 2019. On Nov. 24, committee members authorized a final payment to Meco Inc. for work on the 2019 fall pavement overlay program and the first phase of improvements to Iron Bridge…
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Freehold Township officials authorize shared services agreements
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – The Township Committee in Freehold Township has entered into shared services agreements with nearby municipalities. • With Freehold Borough, Freehold Township will provide information technology services; licensed treatment plant operational services for Freehold Borough’s water and sewer utilities; health services; substance abuse prevention and counseling services; automotive services; Schibanoff Road commuter parking…
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Dave Segal, former mayor in Freehold Township, passes away in Florida
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Dave Segal, who served on the Township Committee in Freehold Township for more than two decades, has died. Freehold Township officials announced Segal’s passing in a post on Facebook. According to an obituary provided by the Clayton and McGirr Funeral Home, Freehold Township, Segal, who was born in 1937, died on Oct.…
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Preston, Walker win three-year terms on Freehold Township governing body
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Incumbent Republicans Lester A. Preston Jr. and Alan C. Walker have won three three-year terms on the Township Committee in Freehold Township. According to results posted online by the Monmouth County Clerk’s Office, as of Nov. 18, Walker had received 14,521 votes, Preston had received 13,980 votes, and Democrat Hassan Shehadeh had…
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Tropical storm necessitates repairs at Freehold Township water treatment plant
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Emergency contracts totaling $83,452 have been awarded by the Township Committee for work at a Freehold Township water treatment facility after the infrastructure was affected by Tropical Storm Isaias. On Oct. 6, committee members awarded three contracts related to an emergency generator rental and emergency repairs at the Jackson Mills water treatment…
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Township Committee authorizes increase in number of special officers
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – The Township Committee has amended the Freehold Township Police Department ordinance to increase the maximum number of special law enforcement officers and to officially create a new class of special law enforcement officers. Officials took the action on Oct. 28. The maximum number of Class II special law enforcement officers has been…