Tuesday, May 8, 2012
The council extended the agreement at Monday's council meeting.
Hightstown council extended the police department’s temporary use and occupancy agreement at Lucas Electric for another six months at Monday night’s council meeting following a unanimous vote. The borough will continue to pay $3,800 monthly for use of the building, however the new six-month agreement includes the added cost of electric, according to Business Administrator Michael Theokas. The new agreement expires on Nov. 5. The police department temporarily relocated to the Lucas Electric building after Hurricane Irene struck the area in August 2011. The old temporary use and occupancy agreement at Lucas Electric expired on May 5. The council will also be holding a special public meeting on May 30 at 7 p.m. to discuss the future of …
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
DEP says notification a requirement, but not spelled out in regulations.
Some Hightstown council members are calling for an investigation into why residents were only recently told their water was fluoride-free, nearly two years after it was removed from the supply. Mayor Steven Kirson and Borough Administrator Michael Theokas said they found out a few weeks ago and immediately took steps to inform the public. Kirson said at Monday's council meeting that records show notice was given to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection the same month fluoridation stopped in the water in 2010. When the plant is shut down in coming months for other repairs, equipment to fluoridate the water would be fixed. The council will then need to decide if fluoride should be once again added to the water supply. …
Monday, February 6, 2012
The resolution calls for a three year term for the named director.
The Hightstown Borough Council is expected to name the new civilian police director at tonight’s council meeting. The appointment, which is listed on the council agenda, will be for a period of three years, according to the proposed resolution. The Borough Council approved a $50,000 to $85,000 salary range at the Dec. 19 council meeting, and at that time the search committee had narrowed it down to three candidates for the position. Those three candidates were scheduled for interviews with the Borough council on Jan. 3 and Jan. 5. In the interim, Hightstown police Sgt. Frank Gendron has been serving as the acting police director after Police Chief James Eufemia retired effective Sept. 1 and the council approved the director position with …
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
His petition was filed past deadline, the County Clerk said.
Council member Michael Vanderbeck’s petition to run in the upcoming Borough Council race as an Independent candidate has been rejected by the county clerk’s office. Hightstown Democratic Municipal Committee Chairman Walter Sikorski said he and Isabel McGinty, council member and president of the Hightstown Democratic Club, filed a challenge against Vanderbeck’s candidacy Monday, which was accepted by the county clerk. “It was beyond the filing deadline,” Mercer County Clerk Paula Sollami-Covello said. The deadline to file was Sept. 6 and Vanderbeck filed his petition to run Sept. 15, she said. Sollami-Covello said the mutually amended statue states “An independent candidate who wants to run for office to fill a vacant terms needs to file 64…
The project is part of a community service project while working towards the Eagle Scout rank.
Hightstown resident Ryan Lanphear offered to build a venue for events in Association Park as part of his community service project to become an Eagle Scout. Lanphear presented a proposal to the Borough Council Monday for a venue, which could be a gazebo, bandstand or pavilion, but would ultimately serve as a place to hold events and concerts in the park, Lanphear said. “I’m really open to any suggestions, I’m really trying to do what the town wants, not what I want,” Lanphear said during his presentation. This project would not only help him achieve the Eagle Scout rank, but also benefit the Borough, Lanphear said. He would have to secure all of the funding for the project through fundraisers and donations, and it would be no cost to the …
Monday, August 15, 2011
The plan calls for a civilian police director in place of a uniform police chief.
The Hightstown Borough Council is expected to vote at tonight’s meeting to approve the position of a civilian police director in place of the current police chief in what's been touted as a cost saving measure. The ordinance comes after Police Chief James Eufemia announced his retirement in June, which is effective Sept. 1. Raymond Hayducka, first vice president of the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police, said that hiring a civilian director would not save money and it’s taking an officer off the street. "We believe the agency would be best run by a sworn law enforcement officer," Hayducka said. He added that a civilian police director could not participate in investigations, make arrests or access internal affairs files, and …
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Council plans to replace vacated chief position with civilian director's slot.
The Hightstown Borough Council plans to appoint a civilian public safety director instead of filling the vacated position of police chief after its current chief retires in September. The move, according to officials, could save the borough money and give it control it has lacked over a Police Department the council says has been mired in controversy in the past. Chief James Eufemia announced last month that he would be retiring from his position in September. At last month’s council’s meeting, Mayor Steven Kirson said the chief's retirement package should cost the borough between $20,000 and $25,000. A public safety director/police director, on the other hand, would have a lower salary and fewer benefits. The civilian position would not …
Friday, June 24, 2011
The Democrat is the longest-serving member of Hightstown’s governing body.
The Hightstown Borough Council voted unanimously at its Monday meeting to select Democrat Larry Quattrone as its new council president. “I’d like to see the council look on the brighter side of things instead of always the negative side,” he said after the vote. “I really think that if we work together and look at the brighter side of things, the other side of the coin might not be as dark as people make it out to be.” Democrat Isabel McGinty resigned from the post—but not the council—at the borough’s June 6 meeting. At the time, McGinty told Patch she hoped to be able to voice her concerns from a more effective position. At Monday’s meeting, she said she hoped Quattrone would be accorded more responsibilities as president than she was. “…
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Thursday, June 23, 2011
A civilian director could save the borough about $100,000 pear year, according to Mayor Kirson.
The Hightstown Borough Council is examining the possibility of replacing the position of police chief with that of public safety director. Officials said the move could save the borough money and give it control it has recently been lacking over a police department that has been mired in controversy. Chief James Eufemia announced earlier this month he would be retiring from his position in September. At the council’s Monday meeting, Mayor Kirson said the chief’s previously announced 17 months of pension in his retirement package should cost the borough between $20,000 and $25,000 altogether. A public safety director, on the other hand, would have a lower salary and few—if any—benefits. “The savings to go with a public safety director is …
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011
The public speaks out uniformly against the Republican Borough Council candidates' phone poll.
Hightstown residents at the Borough Council's Monday meeting spoke out solely against the Fathers' Day weekend phone survey by Republican council candidates Skye Gilmartin and John Archer. All nine members of the public who spoke about the survey, which the candidates announced last week, said they were upset with how the situation was being handled. The majority of them, including some from East Windsor, said they strongly supported Hightstown Resolution 2005-66, which called on Immigration and Customs Enforcement to, in part, “not create needless mistrust and fear of the Hightstown Borough Police Department and other municipal agencies.” Many residents have seen the resolution as also allowing undocumented immigrants to talk to local …
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Pat
8:51 am on Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Keep this accumulative poison out of my water, (Fluoride.is an accumulative poison) PLEASE!!!!! more ›