Freehold Township officials will hold public hearing on $43M budget
Freehold Township officials will hold public hearing on $43M budget
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – The Township Committee has introduced a $43 million budget to fund the operation of Freehold Township this year.
The budget, which may be amended prior to its final adoption, was introduced by committee members on April 13. A public hearing on the budget is scheduled for May 11 and the governing body may adopt the budget that evening.
The $43 million budget will be supported by the collection of $23 million in taxes from Freehold Township’s residential and commercial property owners. Other revenue includes the receipt of $7.44 million in state aid.
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Six men have been hired by Freehold Township and have joined the ranks of the Freehold Township Police Department.
During a Township Committee meeting on Dec. 2, the oath of office was administered to Alexander Conoshenti, Rocco Hernandez, Matthew Horvath, Nicholas Mezzacappa, Erik Stumpf and Justin Purves.
Municipal officials said the appointment of the new patrol officers follows the retirement of veteran officers from the Freehold Township police force.
According to the 2020 municipal budget, Freehold Township is budgeted for 76 police officers, including superior officers (sergeants, lieutenants, captains, chief). The police officers’ salaries and wages account for about $12.9 million (30.5%) of Freehold Township’s $42.7 million budget.
Freehold Township officials, former police officer reach settlement
Freehold Township officials, former police officer reach settlement
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – A settlement agreement has been reached between Freehold Township municipal officials and a former police officer regarding allegations the individual was receiving excessive disability payments.
On Nov. 10, the Township Committee authorized the settlement of the litigation between the township and the former officer in the Freehold Township Police Department. The litigation began in late 2018 when municipal officials filed a complaint against the former officer in state Superior Court.
According to the township’s complaint, the former officer began receiving accidental disability payments from the New Jersey Division of Pensions and Benefits (DPB) in 2011 due to a hand injury that was determined to have left him permanently and totally disabled.