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Vol. 16 - No. 33
Your Weekly Hometown Newspaper | Serving All of Jackson Township
THREE NEW MEMBERS JOIN SCHOOL BOARD
–Photos by Jennifer Peacock Above, Business Administrator Michelle Richardson, left, swore in new school board members, from left to right, Scott Sargent, Vicki Grasso and John Burnetsky. At right; School Board President this year is Sharon Dey, and Vice President is Barbara Fiero. By Jennifer Peacock JACKSON – The Jackson Board of Education swore in its three newest members at its reorganization meeting. John Burnetsky, Scott Sargent and Vicki Grasso, accompanied by friends and family, were sworn in by Business Administrator Michelle Richardson. This is Burnetsky and
Grasso’s first time serving on the board. This is Sargent’s second, non-consecutive term on the board. Burnetsky received 2,362 votes, Sargent 2,071 and Grasso 1,981 votes out of a total 13,407 votes. These three candidates bested incumbents Marvin Krakower and Adam Silvan and other candidates Nathan Grosshandler,
Jonathan Regan Levine and Michael Walsh. Former Board Vice President Theresa Schiazza did not run. The board unanimously appointed Sharon Dey as president. This is not her first time as board president, as she served several years ago, she said. Her first act as president was (School Board - See Page 4)
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January 16, 2016
Council Sets Goals For Year Ahead
By Jennifer Peacock JACKSON – The Jackson Township Council and Mayor met for the town’s 172nd reorganization meeting January 5, with Robert Nixon and Kenneth Bressi nominated and unanimously elected as council president and vice president, respectively. “My first obligation as council president is to, number one, maintain the professionalism that comes with this position, but more importantly, to ensure that any resident that comes to council with an issue, a concern, a question, gets an honest answer, where we can resolve a problem, and where there is a problem, to help to fix it as quickly and as reasonably as we can,” Nixon told The Jackson Times. Nixon was asked about any specific goals he had for Council in 2016. “I think our most important obligation is to ensure that we’re spending our residents’ tax dollars wisely, that we pass a budget that provides the services that are expected of a community like this, but does it well below the tax cap that’s been placed upon us,” Nixon said. “Number two, we need to look at economic development opportunities that make sense, to build the commercial tax base in the town, to provide services to the community that I think they want,” Nixon said. “We have a couple of projects that, I hope, are (Council - See Page 4)
A Move To “Buy In” Amid Uncertainty, Ocean County To Taxpayer Rebate Programs Freeholders Reorganize By Bob Vosseller OCEAN COUNTY – With the aims to help taxpayers save money and to give support to local mom and pop businesses, the concept of “Buy Into” programs are gaining popularity as local towns adopt or debate their merits. The program calls for local businesses to sign up, and residents who shop there can get a portion of their receipt translated into savings on their property tax bill. Reward
cards are given to interested residents to use at designated stores, to help track purchases. Local businesses receive some added exposure as part of the program. For example, if a family of four dines out to a restaurant participating in the program, they receive a designated percentage program rebate when paying the bill (either cash or credit card.) Participants present their card, which is then swiped. (Buy In - See Page 12)
By Daniel Nee OCEAN COUNTY – Absent James Lacey who resigned his seat on the Ocean County freeholder board December 31, the remaining board members met for the annual reorganization meeting January 6 as the potential of a second opening on the five-member board loomed. Freeholder Director John C. Bartlett and Gerry P. Little, both Republican incumbents, were sworn into office for new,
three-year terms by county counsel John C. Sahradnik, who retained his appointment as county attorney. Despite the annual fanfare of the reorganization, which drew public officials from across the county to attend, most of the attention at the meeting was paid to Lacey’s recent resignation as well as the pending appointment of Freeholder Jack Kelly to the state parole board, which would (Reorganize - See Page 16)
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