PLUMSTED		TOWNSHIP
Pride in Plumsted, the State's Center

Town Talk

Grant To Fund Elevator

Deputy Mayor Joe Przywara recommended and the Township Committee approved submitting a grant application to obtain $125,000 in Community Development Block Grant funding to purchase and install an elevator to provide barrier free accessibility to the basement of our new Municipal Building for a Senior Citizen meeting / activity room. Since the early 1990's, Joe Przywara has been instrumental in obtaining more than $500,000 in grants from this program to benefit our Community, which has helped the Township Committee maintain a stable local tax rate for the past 13 years, which includes our introduced Budget for 2002.

A grant application has been submitted by our Director of Public Safety, Peter Weinrich, to the State Department of Transportation to fund a computer Crash Reporting System to create accident reports, including diagrams, using laptop computers in the police vehicle at the scene.

A late fee of an additional $5.00 will be enforced March 1^st for the purchase of 2002 dog licenses. Township Committeewoman Ada Roberts, our liaison to Senior Affairs, proposed and the Committee approved a 50% discount reduction in local Dog license fees for all Senior Citizens in Plumsted Township.

The Township Committee would like to open the recycling center on Wednesday afternoons and needs a supervisor. Anyone interested in a part time job for their Community, please contact the Township. Free Wood Chips are now available to Plumsted residents at our branch and leaf recycling drop-off site on Magnolia Avenue on Saturday mornings as long as the supply lasts.

The next regularly scheduled meeting and citizen comment period with Township Committee members Ken Francis, Ada Roberts, Bonnie Quesnel and Deputy Mayor Joe Przywara is February 25^th. Residents can preview our business agenda, to the extent known, 48 hours prior to the meeting on our web site: www.plumsted.org.

The Township's web site also features an e-mail link for residents to directly communicate with your Mayor and Committee and listen to your concerns on a daily basis.

Residents visiting our new Library are encouraged to use the Township Committee's suggestion box to inform us of your ideas and concerns. A personal one on one listening session with your Mayor or Committee member, is provided the first Wednesday of every month at the Library from 7 to 9 P.M., the next session will be Wednesday evening, March 6^th. The Township's web site also features an e-mail link for residents to directly communicate with your Mayor and Committee and listen to your concerns on a daily basis.

For more information on our Township, residents are also encouraged to visit website: www.mainstreetsusa.com. and the official web site of Ocean County Government: www.oceancountygov.com. The New Egypt Press, our official weekly newspaper, is now on line at website:www.newegyptpress.com.