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Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Point Boro Council Names Remington as Borough Engineer

Republican majority rehires firm removed by Democrats in 2011

The Republican majority on the Point Pleasant Borough Council voted Tuesday night to replace CME Associates as the borough engineer with Remington, Vernick and Vena, seven months after CME's contract with the borough had expired. The Borough's new contract with Remington will expire in December 31, 2014, said Borough Administrator David Maffei on Wednesday. Remington's hourly rates range from $52 to $125, and CME's hourly rates range from $58 to $140, depending on which staff member is doing the work (please see attached PDF for rates charged by Remington and CME, as provided by the Borough Administrator's office on Wednesday). The vote for a new engineer was criticized by Councilman Christopher Goss, a Democrat, who questioned making the …

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Point Boro Council Appoints Borowsky to Fill Remig's Seat

Laura

8:08 am on Thursday, July 19, 2012

Guess they donated a large amount to the Ocean County Republicans.   more ›

Monday, January 2, 2012

Point Boro GOP Tanks Democratic Picks

GOP votes against many professional appointments at reorganization meeting

Following New Jersey political tradition, the Point Borough Republican Council members tanked most of the Democratic nominations for professional appointments at Monday's reorganization meeting. After a year of not having the majority, the Republicans have a majority on council, as they have for most of the town's recent history. So no one was surprised that the four Republican members voted down most of the key appointments nominated by Democratic Mayor William Schroeder and supported by the two remaining Democratic council members at Monday's meeting at Borough Hall. It's a longtime New Jersey tradition that when a new political party comes into power, they clean house to bring in their own professionals and both parties in the Borough …

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Point Pleasant Borough Hall and Police Department, Point Boro Dems Keep an Incumbent, but Lose Majority, New Democratic Majority on Point Pleasant Borough Council Makes New Appointments, and 1 more ›

Laura

10:52 am on Tuesday, January 3, 2012

They are looking for something in the "fine print" so they can appoint Dasti. I have heard that Sabosik said he is going to vote for the cheapest. I can't wait to see how they finagle that one.   more ›

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