Our Guest in April...

 Dressel Urges Mayors to Lobby Legislators for Budget Fairness
 Proposed State Budget places burden on local governments, says League of Municipalities chief.

Bill Dressel, Executive Director, New Jersey League of Municipalities, said that he was "blindsided" by elements of Gov. Corzine's proposed state budget. At the regular meeting of the Ocean County Mayors' Association on April 8, Dressel said that Trenton was contradicting itself. On one hand the state claims property tax relief as a policy goal. On the other hand, he said, the governor's proposed budget places an enormous financial burden on local governments that rely on property taxes. Dressel described a number of problems highlighted by the proposed budget that cuts state aid to municipalities -- especially smaller ones. For one thing, he said, while the budget is intended to promote local government consolidation, there are no standards to measure the efficiency of individual governments. Consolidation itself is complicated by different rules for Civil Service and non-Civil Service jobs. Dressel pointed to other concerns including binding arbitration and asked that the mayors contact their state legislators and "lobby hard" for fairer treatment by Trenton.

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Township of Barnegat
 Borough of Barnegat Light
 Borough of Bay Head
 Borough of Beach Haven
 Borough of Beachwood
 Township of Berkeley
 Township of Brick
 Township of Eagleswood
 Borough of Harvey Cedars
 Borough of Island Heights
 Township of Jackson
 Township of Lacey
 Borough of Lakehurst
 Borough of Lakewood
 Borough of Lavalette
 Township of Little Egg Harbor
 Township of Long Beach
 Township of Manchester
 Borough of Mantoloking
 Township of Ocean
Borough of Ocean Gate
 Borough of Pine Beach
 Township of Plumsted
 Borough of Point Pleasant
 Borough of Point Pleasant Beach
 Borough of Seaside Heights
 Borough of Seaside Park
 Borough of Ship Bottom
Borough of South Toms River
 Township of Stafford
 Borough of Surf City
 Township of Toms River
 Borough of Tuckerton
 

Don't miss the 11th Annual
Barnegat Bay Festival
Saturday, June 1, 2008
Island Heights, N.J.
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Our Next Meeting

At the next meeting of the Ocean County Mayors' Association on Tuesday, May 6, 2008, our guest will be Commissioner Lisa Jackson, N.J. Department of Environmental Protection. 
 

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