Town manager Joe Martin told the Town Council at last night’s meeting that Verona’s cost for the Halloween weekend snowstorm has now hit $600,000. “It is the most expensive storm in Verona history” Martin said. Martin’s previous estimate for the storm cost was $500,000. The cost includes $100,000 in debris removal and disposal and...
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At the first Town Council meeting after the Halloween weekend snow storm, Town Manager Joe Martin warned that the storm could be the costliest weather event ever for Verona. At Monday night’s meeting, Martin gave the first inkling of what that cost might be. Since the storm hit on October 29, Verona has incurred...
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Township Manager Joe Martin formally presented the Verona Town Council with a budget on Monday night that will demand an additional $190 per year from the average Verona household. “It is essential for the 2011 budget be crafted with 2012 and beyond in mind,” Martin said. The budget–$20.2 million in operating expenses and a...
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So far we’ve seen a proposed municipal budget for Verona that is flat for the items that are within the rules for the state’s 2% budget increase cap. But outgoing Town Council President Teena Schwartz has asked Town Manager Joe Martin to come tonight’s meeting with options for keeping Verona’s increase to zero for...
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The heads of several departments of Verona municipal government gave previews of their 2011 budgets last night. If you came wanting to hear about 10% cuts across the board, you came away disappointed. If you came wanting to hear about cost savings and cost management, you didn’t. Actually, very few people came. When you...
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It’s budget season, and if you want to get a first look at the municipal numbers, you should come to the special presentation that’s being held tonight, Tuesday, March 22. This is a workshop for the Town Council, and it will be held in the Council chambers beginning at 7 p.m. The Council will...
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At Monday night’s Town Council Meeting, Verona Township Manager Joe Martin pegged the cost of cleaning up the December 26 blizzard at $80,000 to $90,000. But the good news is that that cost will be contained within the 2010 budget and won’t deplete the $1 million surplus that Verona has taken into 2011 for...
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Problems happen. And when they do, there is usually a simple explanation of why they happened. So it is with the video of the November 15 Town Council meeting, which stopped during the public comment portion of the meeting. Elizabeth Knoop, one of the leaders of the tax protest group in Verona, sent a...
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Verona withdrew its proposal for an $8.6 million bond from a hearing before New Jersey’s Local Finance Board yesterday after the state board said that it would now oppose back-loaded borrowings. The Verona bond would have included funds for a new fire truck. According to a report in The Record this morning, the Local...
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Ken McKenna officially resigned from the Verona Town Council at Monday night’s meeting. Council members and several residents hailed McKenna for his involvement in the community, both as a volunteer over more than two decades and as a council member since 2005. “Ken cares deeply about the people in our community,” said Mayor Teena...
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