Friday, December 9, 2011
Gov. Chris Christie calls on the Legislature to immediately end sick and vacation time payouts for public employees, while Collingswood Mayor Jim Maley supports a more gradual approach.
Gov. Chris Christie urged the Legislature on Thursday to pass his plan to eliminate vacation and sick time payouts for retiring public employees. Joined by a bevy of mayors at the armory in Teaneck, Christie said the payouts amount to “a going-away present to public employees who had the great good fortune of not being sick.” Across the state, 234 mayors signed a statement supporting Christie’s efforts to reform the payout system. Collingswood Mayor Jim Maley was not among the signatories. He said the governor’s approach isn’t the right one. “It definitely has to be reformed, but it’s not something that should just be removed,” Maley said. “It’s a part of employees’ compensation package when they were hired and it’s something public …
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Commissioners officially amended the municipal budget Friday afternoon, bringing an original $150 property tax increase down to $78.
At 3 p.m. Friday, May 37, commissioners met at borough hall, officially introducing a 2011-2012 municipal budget amendment that would bring the property tax increase from $150 to $78. "The DCA (New Jersey Department of Community Affairs) has reviewed our amendment to the budget, and we're now cleared to approve that amendment," said Collingswood Mayor James Maley at the start of Friday's meeting. The amendment introduction, originally scheduled for earlier this week, was postponed when a state reviewer was unable to look at Collingswood's budget due to illness, said Maley. "(Friday's) meeting is an adjournment, or continuation, of our Tuesday meeting. This budget amendment will reduce taxes from (the originally-proposed) $150 (tax …
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Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Work on Building Four of the LumberYard project has resumed.
At Monday night's borough commission meeting, Mayor Jim Maley confirmed that work to Building Four of the borough's LumberYard project has resumed. "We've been renegotiating all summer with the bank," said Maley of issues with tighter credit. "But we actually confirmed renegotiations today, and the brick work is going up, the facade of the building is being finished. There's been a delay in getting this work done, and we only just got materials shipped in from Canada on Friday. So they started going up today." Building Four sits directly next to Building Three, with both structures situated alongside the PATCO high speed line on Atlantic Avenue. The borough's now-retired Director of Community Development John Kane said when finished, …
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David Maynard
12:07 pm on Friday, December 9, 2011
paying out vacation time I don't have a big issue with, though I'd put an upper cap on how much one could collect. Paying out sick time by contrast is just bad policy. more ›