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Mahwah Blue Ribbon Panel

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Who's Who On The Mayor's Advisory Panel

Meet the residents who are helping make decisions about Mahwah's 2012 municipal tax rate

Over the past month, a group of fourteen Mahwah residents have been meeting with one another, the township’s new mayor, and its Chief Financial Officer and Business Administrator. The ‘Blue Ribbon Panel’ was asked by the mayor to advise him on how to balance this year’s municipal budget. The budget, which will determine 2012’s municipal tax rate after it is passed by the township council, needs to meet a state-mandated two percent tax levy cap. Assembled by the mayor and the chair of the panel and chosen because of their ‘business expertise,’ the ‘Blue Ribbon’ group doesn’t have any governmental power in Mahwah. The members are volunteers. But, Mayor Bill Laforet says he is taking their numerous suggestions into account when putting …

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Panel Looks For Long-Term Solutions To Lower Taxes, Business Administrator: ‘We Will Meet The Two Percent Tax Levy Cap’, and Ramapo Ridge Middle School

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Andy Schmidt

9:48 pm on Thursday, January 26, 2012

I'm very comfortable stating THAT. You may not agree with my opinion and feel that everybody is an finance expert - and you are entitled to that view.   more ›

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Business Administrator: ‘We Will Meet The Two Percent Tax Levy Cap’

Mayor’s advisory panel suggests it is possible to reduce actual raise in 2012 tax rate

Mahwah will likely meet the state mandated two percent tax levy cap, Mahwah Business Administrator Brian Campion said at a meeting of the Mayor’s Blue Ribbon Budget Advisory Panel Tuesday night. Campion said over the next week, he and township Chief Finance Officer Ken Sesholtz will be working to chip away about $200K in operating expenses tentatively budgeted for the new year in order to meet the cap. At the first meeting of the group at the close of last year, Campion said about $800K needed to be cut from the budget in order to meet the state cap. He said Tuesday that several “year-end expenditure figures” were lower than anticipated, which helped close the gap. Campion said he is confident “we will be able to deliver a budget that is …

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Mayor’s Blue Ribbon Panel Must Find $800K To Meet Tax Cap and Mahwah Township

Pete Malvasi

6:56 am on Monday, January 23, 2012

JP raises a very valid point regarding surplus, and this is one of those very cleverly arcane areas towns and cities can use to do exactly what JP about funding a pet project OR pet contract with a law firm, engineering company etc. Im certainly not alleging this has happened in Mahwah but it can and only when questions are asked an people STAY involved can you weed out the snakes. And with local…   more ›

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