Thursday, February 28, 2013
The state Department of Education said state aid will remain level from last year.
Superintendent Michael LaSusa expressed disappointment at the news that state aid to the School District of the Chathams would remain flat from the 2012-13 school year. "I'm disappointed because we have been told in past years by the Department of Education that the goal has been to get us to the funding level in place prior to the drastic cuts of [2010]," LaSusa said. Gov. Chris Christie sharply reduced aid to schools for the 2010-11 school year in many districts throughout the state. Aid to Chatham was reduced by $2.58 million, or 86.3 percent from the levels they had in 2009-10. Some districts, including Madison, saw their state aid eliminated entirely. "This is the first year since those drastic cuts that we did not receive an increase…
Monday, October 29, 2012
Borough complied with 48 of 50 categories, ensuring complete state aid.
Chatham Borough will receive all of its state aid in 2013 after complying with 48 of 50 categories in the 2012 Best Practices Inventory. The Best Practices Inventory, now in its third year, is a mandatory checklist distributed by the state to its 565 municipalities to ensure responsible use of taxpayer dollars. Borough Administrator Robert Falzarano explained during Monday’s council meeting that the amount of categories with which a municipality complies determines how much state aid it receives. Municipalities that comply with 41 to 50 categories receive complete state aid. Likewise, 33 to 40 categories receive 80 percent, 25 to 32 get 60 percent, 17 to 24 get 40 percent, nine to 16 receive 20 percent and eight or less categories equals …
Monday, February 27, 2012
State aid is up for schools and flat for municipalities, but despite Gov. Christie's generosity, it's still less than before he took office.
Gov. Chris Christie’s budget announcement last week had relatively good news for local officials. Relatively. Aid to schools would rise an average of 9 percent throughout Morris County under the governor’s budget proposal. Every district in Morris would get more state aid in the coming year, with increases ranging from 1 percent in Lincoln Park to 34.7 percent in Mendham Township, which just happens to be Christie’s hometown. The only aid decrease nearby is in Hopatcong, which would lose 6.4 percent of its aid, or $764,000, although there are some even bigger decreases elsewhere in the state: Wildwood Crest, Monmouth Regional and Seaside Park are among those facing double-digit cuts in aid. Any increase in aid is, of course, good news. But…
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Amounts for state aid were announced Thursday afternoon.
State aid to the School District of the Chathams for 2012-13 will total $1,871,941, according to numbers released by the state Department of Education Thursday. This amount shows a one-year increase of $429,210 or 29.7 percent over the $1,442,731 received in the 2011-12 academic year. Business Administrator Peter Daquila said at the news, "We are delighted to have the additional state aid of $429,000. ... The additional funds should allow the district to maintain and potentially expand the services offered to the students." Gov. Chris Christie sharply reduced aid to schools for the 2010-11 school year, including several in Morris County. Some districts, including Madison, saw their state aid eliminated entirely; aid to Chatham was reduced …
Amounts for state aid were announced Thursday.
State aid to Chatham Borough and Chatham Township will remain unchanged in 2012, according to information released Thursday. Township Administrator Thomas E. Ciccarone said he would comment on what this means for the township at the committee meeting Thursday night when he introduces the 2012 municipal budget. "All I'll tell you is that we're going to have no tax increase this year," Ciccarone said. Borough Administrator Robert Falzarano was not immediately available for comment. In 2009, the township received $1,077,414 in aid, compared to $836,483 in 2010 and $836,467 in 2011. Chatham Borough received $746,649 in 2009, $569,796 in 2010 and $572,099 in 2011. State aid numbers showed little change for the Chathams from 2010 to 2011, when …
Sunday, December 11, 2011
The Board of Education will vote on how to use the funds at Monday's regular meeting.
The Board of Education of the School District of the Chathams will vote Monday on whether to use $250,000 of an additional $517,000 of state aid to replace the boiler at Lafayette Avenue School. Board President Tom Belding said Lafayette Avenue School has two boilers, the oldest of which was more than 20 years old in his estimation. He said the board has concerns about the boiler cracking, malfunctioning or not having available parts for repairs. "We’ve had professionals look at it on a couple of occasions," Belding said. "[The boiler] is a high ticket item which had actually been on our long range facility plan. ... We feel this is an appropriate assessment [for the funds]." The additional aid was granted to the board on July 12, but the …
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Assistant Superintendent and Business Administrator say they know several districts taking a similar path.
The Board of Education of the School District of the Chathams took no action on an additional $517,006 in state aid awarded last week at their Monday night meeting. Board Member Matthew Gilfillan, the head of the Facilities and Finance Committee, along with Assistant Superintendent Michael LaSusa and new Business Administrator Peter Daquila, said that it would be better to put the additional aid toward the 2012-13 budget, since there was no guarantee of how much state aid the district could get next year. Gilfillan said that the Facilities and Finance Committee met just before the 7:30 p.m. board meeting and discussed "three different avenues" for using the money. The first option was to put the money toward the operation of the district, …
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Monday, July 18, 2011
The committee will discuss how to utilize additional state aid in the budget.
The Joint Finance and Facilities Committee meets Monday evening before the 7:30 scheduled Board of Education meeting to discuss how to use the additional $517,006 in state aid given to the School District of the Chathams last week. Peter Daquila, the district's new business administrator, said Monday, "I anticipate that the district's plan for the traditional state aid will be reported at tonight's [Board of Education] meeting." The increase in aid came as part of an $850-million allocation plan for the 2012 fiscal year budget that was announced by Gov. Chris Christie’s administration on Tuesday. The total is made up of three different parts: an initial $250 million that was initially authorized in increased school aid, an additional $150 …
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Thursday, February 24, 2011
Aid to Chatham Township and Chatham Borough remains flat.
State aid numbers showed little change for the Chathams from last year, when both towns saw a drop of about 23 percent in their aid from Trenton. Chatham Township's state aid remained the same between what was certified in 2010 and what is proposed in 2011. The original amout proposed in 2010 decreased by $16 between when the numbers were announced last year and when the funds were certified. State aid to Chatham Borough will also remain flat. However, according to Bob Falzarano, the borough's administrator, $2,303 for watershed aid that was given to the borough last year separately from the regular state aid was included this year. Mayor Nelson Vaughan of Chatham Borough said the increase to the borough was welcome news. "The economy …
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Local officials react to Gov. Chris Christie's budget speech Tuesday.
Representatives from Chatham Borough and Chatham Township reacted with relief after learning in Gov. Chris Christie's budget speech Tuesday that state aid to municipalities will not be cut. "Like everyone else, times are hard," Debbie King, the chief financial officer of Chatham Township, said. "We're doing what we have to do to have a good budget and keep the taxpayers happy." Chatham Borough Mayor Nelson Vaughan said, "Thank God we didn't lose anything." Christie said in his speech that municipal aid would remain "at the exact same level as last year," and with the 2 percent property tax cap, "there is no excuse for this relief to be eaten up with higher local taxes." If, however, municipaities face costs that have risen by more than two…
Roll Back Our Tax
4:26 pm on Thursday, March 8, 2012
All except for Hopatcong... Try 6.8% increase this year because that is what the borough is going to approve at their next council meeting next month if the taxpayers don't show up and complain. If you're paying $5,000/year your increase is $340. If you're paying $10,000/year your increase is $680 If you're paying $15,000/year your increase is $1,020. If you're paying $20,000/year your increase … more ›