Point Boro Court Costs to Rise with Shared Services Amendment
Council approved the hire of special officers as well as an increase in the percentage it pays to Point Pleasant Beach to run its court.
Court costs are rising in Point Pleasant Borough, but officials said its shared service agreement with neighbor Point Pleasant Beach still represents a savings compared to the past practice of each town running its own municipal court. Following concerns from Point Beach that police overtime was driving up the cost of doing court business, Point Borough responded by agreeing to supply its own officers and cover a higher percentage of court staff salaries. Council unanimously approved a resolution on Tuesday night to cover 25 percent of administrative costs generated by the court, which includes the salaries, pensions, and health care of court employees. That total is up from the 15 percent Point Borough has paid since the two towns …
Sick and Tired
11:19 pm on Tuesday, March 26, 2013
You are all so much smarter and have all the answers, yet I don't see you running for office. Watch out for yourself and take more than the 5 minutes to read the article to do some actual research and thinking. We have to have a court; we have to pay for a court. It is less costly to share with another town than it is to have our own. Yes, costs rise; what in this world has a declining cost? … more ›