Hudson County View
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
Prior to the public portion, the board voted on at least two agenda items of note: purchasing 800 mattresses for the Hudson County Correctional Facility for $168,000, as well as 10 new vehicles for the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office.
Specifically, the HCPO was seeking 10 Chevrolet Malibu LS 1FL Sedans for $167,760.
Both items passed easily, with the mattress purchase being approved unanimously (9-0) and the vehicles being approved 8-1, with Jersey City Freeholder Bill O’Dea (D-2) voting no.
At the November 24th freeholder meeting, the ICE contract was renewed for up to another decade, after just over 10 hours of discussion, by a vote of 6-3.
A federal appeals court upheld the conviction of former Ocean County Republican Party Chairman George R. Gilmore, 71, on charges of failing to pay over payroll taxes to the IRS and making false statements in a loan application.
Disgraced former Ocean County Republican Chairman George Gilmore appears in this 2009 photo with the late Freeholder John Bartlett, his son Jay Bartlett, Freeholder Gerry Little, and his son Matt Little
A federal grand jury on January 10, 2019, indicted Gilmore, of Toms River, for evasion of taxes totaling more than $1 million; filing false income tax returns; failing to pay over payroll taxes to the IRS; and making false statements on a bank loan application.