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l/watwl in th«* social services Building off Rt tf. the station has been in operatiod foe about two weeks The 10x15 fl office will (hake it •possible for patrolmen to 1# m the Hio Grande area 24 hours a .day Holds the Line MIDDLE TWP ' Township Commit tee adopted a 14 1 million budget last w«-k that will hold the municipal tax rate at the current 19 cents per 1100 of assessed valuation The 10A1 budget was |3 a million Mayor Samuel DeVliro attributes the stable tax rate to some $526,000 earned by the municipality in 1981 - $326,000 coming from investments and $200,000 available thru state grote receipts taxes Taxes .Up 5% - j WILDWOOD City Commission in * * troduced an $8 4 million budget March 5 (hat will up local taxes by about 5 per cent The $489,000 increase over the 1981 budget is due primarily to mandated items including Utility costs • The municipal ta'x rate for 1982 will be $1 06 per $100 of assessed valuation, Last year the rate was $2.16 per $100 of assess- , ed valuation Although the rate — b^sed on the city’s u*.'enl revaluation — appears to be lower, it reportedly would be $2.23 if struck based on last year’s property assessments Based on the revaluation, city real estate is assessed almost double the 1981 figure 8.5% Pay* Hike v AVALON - Police dispatchers and white collar workers here will get a 9 per cent increase in 1982 and an 8 per cent increase next year under a two-year con tract signed March 4 by the borough and Local 1983 of the International Brother hood of.Painters and Allied Trades The 1 ^employees covered by the agreement will earn an average $10,355 this year — up from about $9,500 in 1981 and an average $11,183 in‘1983 Public works employees-aren’t covered by the, contract TheVr agreement is still under negotiation

Trial Costs Due d)URT HOUSE - The state Dept of Laxf and Justice will be reimbursing the ity almost $13,000 for expenses incurdumg last summer’s murder trial of Harry D. Sugar Sugar — a former physician from land — was indicted in 1981 on •ges of murdering his wife Joan in He was found guilty after a fivetrial here, and sentenced to 18 to 20 ■s in state prison. lue Laws Upheld EAN CITY - The U S 3rd Circuit t of Appeals has ruled the city’s blue j are constitutional, he decision upholds a previous lower ifral court ruling that holds loca^laws coritroHing commercial activities on Sunday are not illegal, as maintained by miaiature gblf course owner Joseph Har-

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Under current city law, businesses suth as restaurants, real estate offices arid city-operated recreational facilities are exempt from the mandatory Sunday clMings. SI.5(H) Pay Hike WILDWOOD — Police here are said to be dissatisfied with a four-year contract drfcwn up b/a state-appointed arbitrator. tinder the agreembnt released March 7 toithe officers who have been working m^re than a year without a contract, there will be an across-the-board $1,200 ra|isc tor 1981 and a $1,950 increase in •1^82. During the next two years the police will get a cost of living raise based on the tejp patrolman’s salary. ! >lice are reported particularly upset the arbitrator’s ruling in favor of a -year rather than a two-year agreeit. Officers also wanted raises in line i cost of living increases for each • of the contract. ider the agreement* police will live another 2 per cent longevity in and another 2 per cent in 1984, get >n care beginning in July 1982, be pered to take a week’s vacation during summer and be allowed to redeem e unused sick time for cash.

$60,000 Study Stymied

(From Page 1). in Sea Isle City, Avalon, Stone Harbor and Middle Township. Anzalone, who lives in Stone Harbor, said he would disow the issue with borough officials theH before the next meeting, "but Up to this point they have indicated they do n6t support the concept,"

hesaid.

Both Anzalone and Hathaway emphasized their negative votes hinged on the timing of the idea. "We are 10 years down the road," Hathaway said. "Why does this dbme up now? We’re weU on our way to designing a Regional system already." Marinakis explained the two options contained in the joint proposal by the copanUtffg firms of PQA Engineering Co., the authority's engiheering consultants, and /Elson T. Killam Associates, an engineer- ' ing firm presently providing consulting services to several of the communities in

bills and they are withiu the $90-$145 range that the authority said they would be. "WE WOULD BE DOING the right thing to undertake this effort," Gillian stated. "The elected officials in Avalon and Sea Isle City are listening to their constituenU and we should be listening, to our participants, the municipalities. The study would show us if these alternatives wmild

result in a savings.”

In response to a question from Anzalone regarding the willingness of the citizens qf Avalon to keep the wastewater treatment plant on the island, Borogh Councilman Busha said, "Yes, afterall, we’re living with it now. Our concern is if the study were to show a savings of $30:$40 million,

we should know it.” .

Marinakis emphasized, "We’re not looking for just a $10 ihillion savings. Such a capital savings would be eroded by increased operating and maintenance costs,

the region. ^ Ome delays, and other factors such as lost ■•ONE ALTERNATIVE would call fo” opportunities for funding. The upgrading

_ . . alternative would also carry with it the

legacy of continuing to have waste water treatment facilities located within residential areaS. However, if the projected savings are of the magnitude of $30-$40 million, then we must consider the options.

the upgrading of the existing Sea Isle City, Avalon and Stone Harbor plants with a new Middle Township wastewater treatment facility to be built at the composting facility site north of the Jersey Cape Rac-

quet Club.” Marinakis stated.

v "If it’s not feasible to upgrade the Stone

Harbor plant, then the second alternative would be to expand the Avalon facility to serve Stone Harbor also. Either option

would include one ocean outfall.!’ The study won’t address the feasibility

of implementing the upgrading alternative as a result of problems related to either local acceptance or obtaining approval of the regulatory agencies.- It also wouldn't address the relative operation and maintenance costs associated with the cost of operating a single plant vs. a multiple S lant scheme. "Only the capital costs will

e evaluated," Marinakis said.

MUA Commissioner Roy Gillian in sup--port of the study said, "We have an excellent new plant in Ocean City and got rid of UW old plants. People have gotten their

First.to File

OCEAN CITY — County Freeholder Jack Bittner last week became the first candidate here to officially throw his hat in the ring for this year’s mayoral race. The freeholder — whose term on the county board expires in December — \ reportedly wouldn’t seek reelection to His county position if elected mayor. Mayor Chester Winberg hadn’t announced his in-

tentions.

‘Whatever we do,’.’ Marinakis continued, "we should have the support of the participating municipalities. To do this, we need to satiffy their concerns and have them in agreemefit with what we are doing. '' *

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