Tag: Keyport municipal government
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Keyport officials adopt $10.9 million municipal budget for 2020
KEYPORT – The Keyport Borough Council has adopted a $10.95 million budget to fund the operation of the municipality in 2020. The budget was adopted during a meeting on June 16. Council members Dennis Fotopoulos, Matthew Goode, Delia Sosa McDermott, Victoria Pacheco and Joseph Sheridan voted “yes” on a motion to adopt the budget. Councilman…
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Public hearing on Keyport municipal budget scheduled for June 16
KEYPORT – The Keyport Borough Council will conduct a public hearing on the proposed 2020 municipal budget on June 16. Council members introduced the $10.95 million budget on May 5 and may vote to adopt it following the public hearing. Council members Dennis Fotopoulos, Matthew Goode, Delia Sosa McDermott, Victoria Pacheco and Joseph Sheridan voted…
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Four candidates in race for two seats on Keyport Borough Council
KEYPORT – Four candidates are seeking two three-year terms on the Keyport Borough Council in the Nov. 5 election. Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. The candidates are incumbent Democrats Victoria Pacheco and Delia Sosa McDermott, and Republicans Elmer Graham Jr. and Daniel Fox. Graham did not respond to requests for…
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Keyport receives grant to examine areas in need of rehabilitation
The Borough of Keyport has been awarded a $125,000 grant from the Neighborhood Preservation Program (NPP) to conduct a study of areas in the municipality that are in need of rehabilitation. “The first step will be an assessment of properties (that abut Route 35 and Route 36) and how they can best be deployed to…
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Kennedy sworn in as Keyport mayor during reorganization meeting
KEYPORT – Democrats Collette Kennedy, Matthew Goode and Dennis Fotopoulos have begun serving new terms in Keyport’s municipal government. Kennedy, who was serving as a member of the Borough Council, was elected mayor, Goode was re-elected to the council, and Fotopulos was elected to the council in the Nov. 6 election. In assuming the mayor’s…
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Keyport council weighs tax abatement for apartment developer
Municipal officials were expected to vote this week on a developer’s request for a tax break that would permit the construction of a 120-unit apartment building to move forward in Keyport. At a Keyport Borough Council meeting on Dec. 4, members of the governing body were scheduled to consider a payment in lieu of taxes…