• . ' ' ;rS . 28 Herald & Lantern 18 April '84

i •> . * 1 man - ■ - Eferii Ward .SEWERAGE COMMISSION — Middle Township Sewerage Commission held its first meeting of the year last Wednesday. Above, rear, left to right, commission member Leroy Westcott, commission president John M. Ludlam. commission solicitor John L. Ludlam. and commission member Michael Vistenzo. In foreground, secretary Helen B. Westcott and consulting engineer Al Herman. At left. Solicitor Ludlam : at right, Eugene Mayer, president of Court House Associates which proposes to build a convalescent home on Magnolia Drive.

Repici Told to Disconnect Motel From Subdivision

( From Page 1 ) • it. It 's a helluva way to do business. It's going to cost him (Repici) money to disconnect. and it's costing friendship. I don't want to be associated with that kind of thing." SOKN'S SAID he and Cosenza originally owned most of the land that is now Romney East, but could not build planned apartments or condos because of a covenant in the deed. "We sat with it," he said, "and paid the taxes. Now wejigured the. value of residential lancl had grown and we planned $69,500 for a nice Cape Cod house. We approached Tozour as a big earth mover and we jointventured it. They owned a few lots and agreed to do other things. Repici was the guy they work with. "Everything's fine and legitimate with Romney Associates." said Soens. "We -don't want any part of that sort of thing." THE COMMISSION went into secret session last week "in view of potential litigiation" against Repici, according to com-, mission solicitor John L. Ludlam. After, the 15-minute closed session, Ludlam said the commission had concluded it wanted the line "discontinued" and it instructed A1 Herman, its sewage consultant and engineer, to supervise the removal of a 20-foot section of pipe, "cap it, go down and periodically inspect, and certify Jo the commissioners that it is. in fact, disconnected and not being used." Herman had supervised the Romney East sewer line design and construction for the commission, a task that' Romney Associates paid for. Herman told the Herald his design had not included a line to the. motel, and the line was not laid prior to when he finished his supervision and did an air test the first week in January.

The commission did not discuss when the line was laid, whether it intends to bill Repici for sewer service, nor whether • litigation is still a possibility. ^ The motel!s 34 units plus owner's quarters, presents a potential sewage flow of 1,800 gallon per day using state DEP (Department of Environmental Protection) estimates, admittedly high. REPICI RECEIVED a second setback at the same meeting when the commission voted to delay a renewal application from Holly Associates for a sewage hookup to a proposed 147-bed nursing home on Magnolia Drive. The commission had okayed fhe hookup on- Sept. l, but that 60-day allocation ex- . pired March 1. Holly Associates is a partnership ineluding Repici, Tozour. Kerr, and Court House attorney Frederick W. Schmidt Jr Holly Associates replaced Magnolia Associates early this month, a step apparently taken to buy out Magnolia partner John Vinci, former MUA chairman under indictment for alleged kickbacks. Sales of 2'2 acres of the eight acres Holly owVs on Magnolia Drive is contingent on approval of all necessary permits including sewage service to the proposed Court House Convalescent Center. Repici is the broker in that sale. Magnolia Associates bought the parcel on June 3, 1983. from Dennar Inc. of Cape May for $167,000. Holly Associates paid Magnolia $180,000 for it last March 29. Repici. Schmidt. Vinci, T&zour and Kenhave declined to comment on any of this. THE REQUEST to extend sewage for the nursing home was made at last week's meeting by Schmidt and Philadelphian Eugene Mayer, president of Court House Associates, which would build and operate

the home. Mayer's partners are Benjamin and Melvin Miller, cousins, also of Philadelphia. Mayer said he estimated the home would have a sewage flow of less than 11.000 gallons a day. The commission had allocated 12,000 gallons. The line that would serve the nursing home also would serve the James way Plaza whose sewage 'flow has been estimated at from 6,000 to 10,000 gallohs a day. They would share cost of laying the line. Mayer said his firm had already spent $160,000 to develop the nursing home project. * His development and management com-: pany, Hospicomm Inc. of Philadelphia, operates Eastern Shore Nursing Home which opened in Swainton last September. COURT HOUSE Convalescent Center would have 120 beds plus a 27-patient "adult medical day-care center." The center would employ about 100 persons. It has the necessary state Health Department "certificate of need" because the state says the county needs another 328 long-term care beds. The center would cost $4 million, according to^Mayer. Location of the proposed center has been moved to the intersection of South Dennis Road and Magnolia after state CAFRA (Coastal Area Facilities and Review Act) objections to the earlier site as being on low ground. Mayer said last week that he "could be under construction in three months, July at the latest." His earlier plans, before the controversy over the Middle Township Sewage Treatment Plant capacity and the Hy-Land connection, called for breaking ground in May and opening next March. Do It Yourself? TRENTON — Residents of Atlantic, Bergen, Essex, Monmouth. Morris and ^assaic counties will be eligible for millions in federal financial assistance to recover from flood damage in late March and early April — residents in Cape May and Ocean counties will not. All eight counties were declared disaster areas byPresident Ronald Reagan so they'll divide $8.3 million available to repair public facilities. But. so far. the Federal Emergency Management Agency has decided. to withhold Uncle Sam's help to individual property owners in Ocean and Cape May counties.

BERKELEY AW ARDS — Christine Douglass, left, and Anita Hood, second from left, both North Wilduood resident* and kudents at Wildwood High School, were among /'"nbHitsnding business sfuderits-from'Ncw J.ersev honored Jay Berkeley Schools at awards W qpdbrMge. With them arc Miss 'Laurie Robertson, second from right, ad- " ' ePr'f*ep thrive, and. Msr June Barnes, chairman of business education depart - menparliigh school. Also honored, but not pictured, were Auguslina Santesse of North Cane May and Joanne Harron of Villas, both students at Ixmer Cape Mav Regional High School. ■

Middle '. Holds' Sewage (From Page 1) their sample was bad," he said. "Someone unqualified could wipe his hands on a bottle and get a 2,400 count," said Vistenzo. Herman also charged that Health Department records indicated it got the 1,600 treatment plant sample at 11 :40 a.m. last April 26, and took a sample at the Crest Haven sewage treatment plant five minutes later, which would be impossible. "I think we should meet with the Health Department and find out what is significant and what isn't," he said. The commission assigned Herman and Vistenzo to do just that. IN OTHER ACTION: Solicitor Ludlam reported that the commission had received, but too late to comply, new regulations requiring it to hold an annual election and expand to a fivemember board. He said he was contacting -the state Attorney General "for the proper procedure at this point." After the meeting, Solicitor Ludlam told the Herald that members previously were elected "until a vacancy occurred." Thus, he said, there have been no elections since 1965, when Vistenzo and Westcott were elected. John M. Ludlam took his post in 1957, he has said. This was the first meeting in 1984 for the commission, which met four times in 1983. It set a meeting schedule of every fourth Wednesday at 4 p.m. in the township building "because there's suddenly a lot of interest in the sewer district," Solicitor Ludlam said. The next meeting will be held April 25. THE COMMISSION turned over delinquent accounts to Solicitor Ludlam, calling them "all older than one year, some going w.ay,-way back," according to secretary' Helen Westcott, LeRoy's wife. The commission approved a $53,510 1984 budget and Solicitor Ludlam said it anticipated revenue of $58,000. Biggest budget item was salaries which included Westcott's $5,280; Mrs. Westcott. $420; and plant operator Walt Turnier. $9,000, which he has received for the last two years. Commission members agreed to give the latter some reconsideration at a later time. The budget also included $7,409 for chlorine and a total to $5,000 for professional sen-ices from Solicitor Ludlam and consultant Herman.

Hughes Asks Curb On Travel

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Bill Hughes (D-NJ) has introduced ; legislation to reform procedures governing foreign travel by members of Congress. Noting that the expense and necessity of overseas , Congressional travel has come under increasing fire

in recent months, Hughes said there is a need for House members to do a better job policing themselves. Hughes' proposal, in the form of an amendment to the Rules of the House of Representatives, would require that any proposed

foreign trip first be approved by a recorded, roll call vote of the congressional committee sponsoring the "trip. Under current procedures, overseas travel and the itinerary are agreed upon informally by the committee's chairman and participating members.