Thursday, May 9, 2013
The Board of Commissioners disagree about the need to change zoning to allow only industrial development and no more garden apartments for the River Road area.
The Nutley Board of Commissioners on Tuesday night split over whether or not to change zoning and allow industrial business while preventing any new garden apartments along part of River Road. Commissioner Joseph Scarpelli agreed to table the change after another commissioner said the board needs more information and discussion about the need for the move. One major issue is determining how many new students have been added to schools by new apartment construction in the East Centre Street area. Nutley officials have said they are concerned with an increase in the housing density in Nutley and how that change affects increased needs for services and rising school enrollment. Scarpelli proposed changing the zoning from the existing uses of …
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
The Board of Commissioners hire an architect, and accept half of a $300,000 Roche grant to hire a professional planner to find replacement business.
Nutley officials have selected an architect to envison the future of the huge Nutley/Clifton campus soon to be vacated by Roche pharmaceuticals. The Nutley Board of Commissioners on Tuesday night approved master plan architect EE&K, a Perkins Eastman Co., to assist Nutley in the redevelopment of the Roche property. Roche officials told the Nutley commission last June that the campus will close by the end of 2013 and the 127-acre site will be vacated by 2015. Roche, the town's biggest employer, was known for its groundbreaking research. It is leaving the iconic 127-acre campus straddling Nutley and Clifton on Route 3. The company paid about $9 million in property tax to Nutley last year. "We have resolutions for a shared service grant …
Sunday, March 24, 2013
The Board of Commissioners Friday reduces $329,000 from the operating budget and $900,000 from capital improvement projects after spending extra days looking for cuts.
The Nutley Board of Commissioners introduced a preliminary $50 million 2013 Municipal Budget Friday morning after trimming an additional $329,000 from operating expenses and nearly $1 million more from capital improvement projects. About 57 percent of properties assessed values stayed the same, but 43 percent lost value, so computing any average tax increase is not possible, Commissioner Thomas Evans said. Evans said the majority of the $629,000 increase in the operating budget came from increases in health care costs, while the second largest increase comes from money set for economic development projects. The total loss of assessed value was more than $100 million, or nearly 2.5 percent of the $3.41 billion in total property values, …
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
The Board of Commissioners aims to cut a minimum of $180,000 before introducing the 2013 municipal budget Friday, and also vows to reduce capital improvement spending by $1 million.
The Nutley Board of Commissioners aim to slash the 2013 municipal budget by at least $180,000 and trim at least $1 million from capital improvement spending. The board is scheduled to introduce a budget of approximately $55 million at a special Friday morning continuance of Tuesday's meeting. The introduction and spending cuts are needed to meet the state-mandated deadline and to reduce the budget to less than a 2 percent increase, according to Commissioner Thomas Evans, director of the Department of Revenue and Finance. "I need you all to really look at all of your department budgets, and to cut as much out as you can, then give the numbers to my department by Thursday morning," Evans said. "We have to cut at least $180,000 to get our tax…
Monday, March 4, 2013
The Board of Commissioners approves placing emergency generators in town buildings, applies for a walking trail handicapped accessibility grant, and hires a grant writing company.
The Nutley Board of Commissioners moved to improve safety at town buildings in an emergency, applied for a grant to make walking trails handicapped accessible and hired a grant writer at the Feb. 19 public meeting. Mayor Alphonse Petracco introduced a resolution placing emergency generators in five buildings as part of the township's official Hazard Mitigation Plan. The buildings "provide critical life-saving and life-sustaining community services as a priority," according to Petracco's resolution. The plan includes the Department of Parks and Recreation building at 44 Park Ave., which is used for shelter capabilities in an emergency, along with the Department of Public Safety on Chestnut Street, for use as an emergency operations center. …
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
The Board of Commissioners on Monday night say goodbye to township nurse leaving for Montclair, while officially announcing the 2013 St. Patrick's Day Parade dignitaries.
The Nutley Board of Commissioners on Monday night said thank you to the township's public health nurse for 10 years of service, while officially recognizing the 2013 Nutley St. Patrick's Day Parade dignitaries. Margaret "Peggy" Brodowski thanked the board and her colleagues, saying, "I consider myself lucky to have been able to live and work in such a wonderful township." Commissioner Thomas Evans, after a proclamation thanking Brodowski was read, joked, "And also, my flu shot didn't hurt too much." Her service was called "above and beyond the call of duty" in the proclamation. Commissioner Steve Rogers joked about how Brodowski began checking his blood pressure after he became a board member last May. "And she made sure I got some …
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Board of Commissioners resolve to ask state legislators to push property tax relief act for towns that lose major corporate tax money
The Nutley Board of Commissioners on Tuesday night discussed a state legislative bill to help with a tax revenue shortfall caused by the departure of Hoffman LaRoche. The commissioners passed a resolution to support a state bill called "Corporate Disinvestment Property Tax Relief," and asked state Assemblymen Ralph Caputo and Ronald Rice to push the change that would benefit all township taxpayers, Commissioner Thomas Evans said. The resolutions states that the commissioners "are committed to protecting the taxpayers of the township from any undue financial burden arising from the Roche departure." "This would provide us with a temporary increase in state aid arising from the closure of Roche," Evans said. "It is meant to be temporary, …
Monday, December 31, 2012
The Nutley Board of Commissioners join Mayor in wishing residents a happy, healthy and safe 2013 at New Year's Eve meeting held early Monday morning.
The Nutley Mayor and Board of Commissioners looked back on the many traumatic events of 2012 and lauded the township as a safe and happy place to live. The remarks came at an early morning meeting on the Monday of New Year's Eve, where no major issues were taken up at the 9 a.m. meeting. Mayor Alphonse Petracco said in an interview after the meeting, "We are lucky in Nutley to be free of the tragic events that have affected so many across America and throughout the world this year." "You look back at the movie theater shooting in Colorado, and the Sandy Hook massacre of children, and that what happened to our shore area and the New York area, and how traumatic 2012 was," he said. "As a father of three, and for all of us raising our …
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Commissioner announces that six job slots are available for up to six months and $12,000 as part of a $16 million state Hurricane Sandy employment relief funding.
The Nutley Board of Commissioners announced Tuesday night that the township has six slots available for jobs with the township that could last up to six months and will pay $12,000 for each of the positions. Commissioner Mauro Tucci said, "We have been given some help to put people in Nutley back to work." He said he received an alert on his phone from state officials that slots were being given for temporary employment in municipalities. "The officials said they would give us three," Tucci said. "I said that is okay, but six would be nice, and they agreed to give us six." The details on what the jobs will be is not yet available, he said. "This can really help, and we want residents to know they contact us about these slots," Tucci said. …
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
The Board of Commissioners meet Tuesday night and also approve a fiber optic company to come to town, a new salary for a recreation superintendent and a $310,000 fire truck.
The Nutley Board of Commissioners said Tuesday night they are reaching out to unemployed residents with a support group, while the board also approved three other major items. The commissioners will allow a fiber optic company to install cables in parts of town, approved a salary for a new recreation superintendent that will save approximately $40,000 and approved the purchase of a new fire truck for $310,000. Commissioner Steven Rogers said the Public Affairs Department’s plan to assist unemployed Nutley men and women experiencing tough times they are facing, providing knowledge, shared experiences, networking and peer counseling. Rogers said he hopes the support group run by public affairs employees forms a strong network of job leads …
John LaCorte
8:10 am on Saturday, May 11, 2013
try cleaning up area around it first east centre not the nicest area more ›