Herald tt Lmtefn 17 February ^82

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the county’s MUA’s new sewage treatment system. Checks & Balances WILD\VOOD — Alleged lack of checks and balances in budgeting and provisions granting commissioners ultimate authority in departments they Oversee are’ among problems members of the city's Charter Study Commission see iri the municipality’s existing form of govemm&it. . i , Study Commissioners expressed concern at a public forum last week that any system of government that allows individual elected officials to have the last say in hiring, firing and budgeting in their own departments — without a single professinal administrator to oversee the municipality’s overall management — doesn’t serve a communKy efficiently. But City Commissioner Richard A. Wordaby disputed those assertions, saying there are checks and balances because Commissioners meet with department head when forming budgets and any questionablotexpenditures can alwaysjje •voted down by any two of the three commissioners. Up, Down, Same Three municipality introduced 1982 budgets last week, one calling for a tax increase, one showing a tax decrease, and one holding its current tax rate. The communities and budgets are: Cape May, $3.8 million (tax rate up 5.5 cents); North Wildwood, $5.4 million (tax rate down 1.3 cents) and Upper Twp. $4.6 million (no municipal purpose tax). Combined Cops Out officials from both municpalities acknowledged last week that cutbacks in federal funds and apparent reluctance in the rank and file of both departments have killed the idea of consolidiating the Lower and Middle township police departments in the foreseeable future. Consolidation has been eyed over the past couple of years as a way of pooling equipment, providing funds from a large tax base and making the force eligible for more government funding. Sources haye maintained for some time that Middle officers don’t want the added responsibility of handling disturbances at some bars in Lower, while police*in Lower feel likewise about answering domestic calls in unfamiliar areas of Middle. Child Assaulted DENNIS TWP. - A Dennis Township Elemental^ School pupil was reportedly assaulted last Tuesday as the child walked home from a school bus stop. The inci dent led to an argument between the child's father and school’s administrative principal over the district's busing policy. Reports indicate that the child's parents have repeatedly tried to get the school bus to pick up and drop the child off closer to home because the road is unsafe, but school officials have refused. Begin Recycling OCEAN CITY — The city launched its voluntary newsp&por and aluminum recycling program here Monday — curbside collection being made on the same day as normal trash pickup. Newspapers will be collected the first and third weeks of the month; aluminum, the second and fourth week. Last week, the city Parking Authority started things rolling by donating some 3,680 lbs. of used and worrtkwt cast aluminums parking meter heads that reportedly will earn the municipality between $200 and $325 in revenue. 399-6111 ext. 268 has been established as the recycling hotline. Struck & Killed BURLEIGH - An 18-year-old Whitesboro man was struck by an auto and killed here early last Saturday morning while walking aloAg the shoulder of Indian Trail. According to reports, Benjamin Santiago of Shore Rd. was struck about 12:05 a.m. by a car driven by Blake Moore Sr.

of Court House. Moore was.chdrged with • death by auto and operating under the influence. Ho was released.on $5,000 bail. Boatworks Burn PETERSBURG — A fire last Wednesday afternoon destroying a.rqpafr shop at the Holtz Boat Works on Tuckhhoe Rd. Fire fighters from Marmora, Tuckahoe, 'Seaville and Ocean View brought the blaze under control in about 20 iflinutes. Two mechanics working on a boat in the building when the first began about 2:30 p.m. escaped without injury. While cause of the fife wasn’t immediately determined, Marmora Fire Chief Carl Madden indicated there was “nothing suspicious" about the blaze. Condemnation COLD SPRING — The county began condemnation proceedings recently against a local property owner who is refusing to sell the government a small strip of land along Seashofe Rd. across from the Consoliated.School to make way for a $1 million road improvement project between Delsea Dr. and Ferry Rd. Charles Shaw of Narberth, Pa., has reportedly refused numerous attempts by county officials to purchase the strip, stretching 175 sq. ft. The county must have possession of the parcel and have re-designed a dangerous curb that exists there before the state will release some $800,oob for the project. License Eyed CAPE MAY - The state Council of County Colleges last week asked the state Supreme Court to hear its vifews on whether Rev. Carl Mclntire's Shelton college should be permitted to grant degrees without a state license. Reports indicate that the Council — representing 19 institutions of higher learning — feels it is necessary that all schools offering similar courses of instruction be required to meet the* minimum state standards for obtaining an operating license. Shelton is fighting litigation initiated more than two yean; ago by the state Dept, of Education to halt its awarding of degrees until state regulations are met. The case is expected to be heard later this month by the state Supreme Court.

Reagan Cuts (From Page 1) navigation channel, serving nearly half of New Jersey’s commerical fishing fleet and recreational boating industry. You can't just push a button and put these essential projects on hold/«ny more than you could neglect the federal highway system for a year. Once these inlets become impassable, they jeopardize lives and property, and threaten the viability of our tourism and commercial fishing industries," he said. SIMILARLY, MR. HUGHES criticized the proposed abandonment of the beach restoration program in Cape May. "The residents of Cape May have waited patiently for many years for the. federal government to repay its debt by repairing the beaches it damaged," he said. "This project has moved steadily forward over the years, and is now practically at the construction stage. Abandonment of 4his project at this late date is simply unfair to the residents and businesses of Cape May." Hughes said there are a number of federally authorized projects in South Jersey which could reasonably bfe deferred until the federal budget deficit is brought under control. He said he is willing to support the deferral of those projects, as South Jersey’s fair share of the overall budget cutbacks. However, he said the other projects, such as Bamegat Inlet and the Intracoastat^Waterway, cannot be deferred for even one year. Hughes plans to testify before the House Appropriations Committee in March to seek restoration of budget cuts for those Soqth Jersey projects which he considers "absolutely critical.”

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