: VJ / 4 Herald - Lantern - Dispatch 29 May *85

Colleges Bidding

( From Page 1 ) County." including location, square feet, number of classrooms, campus layout, etc. Bl'T HOW CAN either school describe a site it doesn't own. especially when it doesn't know if it will get the goahead? That's bad business, as the freeholders well know since they go into secret sessions anytime property acquisition is discussed. And can either school select a site without knowing if the county will pay for it. or for some capital construction'.' Both schools have suggested to this newspaper that they might be willing to pay the initial cost But both also say they expect something from the county. "THK PROPOSALS, both ours and Atlantic's, will have to cost the county some money." said Dr Thomas Henry. ('('(' dean of development ' The freehoIdersVvill have to buy into it." said Dr ThomasfChelius. ACC's chairman of Academic Support Services. "It would lie nice if they could provide some space " I don't think we can rule out some expenditure." said Kilpatrick "But I • seriously doubt we're in a position to provide space." \ Kilpatrick confirmed that talks with \ developers, who want to build a three^' K~- story office building at the current site Of the Social Services building in Rio Grande, •have not even mentioned a community college TI1K COUNTY is looking not only for a college willing to come up with its own land and buildings, but also for some relieX-/" from the St million a year it's.spending on chargebacks "It'san interesting situation whet her t he chargeback will still apply,'' said Kilpatrick "We pay a chargeback to send a student to a college outside Cape May County But if we have a branch in the / county, we would have to look into the financial arrangement " "I don't think by law you can do anything with the chargeback." said Chelius. The state Department of High Education. which is supposed to have the final answer, doesn't. "THAT QUESTION has never come up liefore." said Dr. Edward Goldberg, assis tant chancellor for Academic Affairs. He referred the question to Grey Dimenna. director of governmental relations, and an attorney. "I'm not sure." said Dimenna. "The higher educaiton law that pertains to county colleges doesn't talk about branch cam puses We'll have to ask the attorney general He's the last word on legal advice "The original reason for chargebacks." said Diipenna, "was to avoid duplication of expensive programs This was done to reimburse the college for students from other counties If they make an affir mative choice to offer programs in Cape May County, trying to entice residents into the program, that 's a little different "I don't think it would bediscrelionary." he added "And in my opinion, any tax ' payer in the county whose college establishes the branch campus could bring , suit against the college if it decided not to charge a mandatory chargeback fee " 'Both colleges have, in not for attribution statements to this newspaper, suggested that only so much can be done to sweeten the pot for Cape May County without making the natives at home restless and jealous That is. Atlantic and Cumberland counties pay a portion of their students' educational costs. Could Cape May County expect a free ride'' > THK COLLEGES. then, face the need to write a specific branch campus proposal without know ing whether Cape May Coun ty can be counted on for any assistance, and without know ing if the chargeback is legally a negotiable item There is an additional chargeback "-tjuestion ' , Almost everyone has been saying that, with the right to operate a branch campus comes the exclusive right to the county's | students Expressed another way. the - county would no longer pay a chargeback ( to another college for programs offered in the county by a branch campus j "The Department of Higher Education i would s?t the service boundary area i for a < branch campus i." said Chelius. and the other.college could collect chargebacks on- i ly for programs not available at the , branch campus But at Higher Education, that. too. is ( "probably-a question we have not dealt $ with before." said Goldberg "there is no <

doubt your residents will still be entitled to a chargeback if the college program of their choice is not offered in thfe cdunty But if a branch is established at the invitation of the freeholders, the chargeback i might not be required to be paid." t ONCE AGAIN he referred the question ' to Dimenna. i "That's a good question," said Dimenna. "As far as we knpw, this issue has never ; come up before. ( "You could argue the intent is to have i students go to school in your own county and should attend the branch campus." said Dimenna. "However, you could argue ; the opposite. The purpose behind the • chargeback was to keep the county residents going to their own college, if there was one. The branch doesn't constitute the same thing "If this comes up." he said, "we would probably request a formal opinion from the Attorney General." Both chargeback questions. Dimenna said, are "cases of first impression " That is. "never having come up before, there is no law or court decision. It is not clear one way or the other in the statute. The court would have to apply other laws or general • principles of law." THK COl'NTY'S request for proposals asked for, a description of start-up costs, on-going operational costs, cost to the student and "benefits to the Board of Chosen Freeholders in relationship to present chargeback arrangement." But Kilpatrick said money is not the sole criterion for the county "It will be a combination of what's best for the students in Cape May County and J" thedollars involved." hesaid "Inherent in what's best for the students will be the ability of a college to provide the best ser vice in the areas^ in which there s interest." Kilpatrick said that, although the fivemember board of freeholders will make the final recommendation to the Depart ment of Higher Education, a local committee will first examine the proposals It will include, he said, a second freeholder. county Supt of Schools Robert G. Bongart. Vo-Tech Supt. Wilbur J. Kistler Jr.. Special Services Supt. George Bailey, and "maybe some other educators from the county." Kilpatrick said the Edward T Hollander, state chancellor of Higher Education, has offered the expertise of Dr Narcisa Jones, director of the Office of Community Colleges. c^,-,x -MS Without Colleges ( From Page 1 > Under a commission, the county purchases complete educational services from other institutions. Goldberg said, and issues its own degrees. "OUR GENERAL RULE." said Goldberg, "is that one needs at least 100.000 to support a community college, unless there is to be an extraordinarily major effort on the part of the county Only a certain percentage will opt for a community college education. It needs a large enough population base to get economics of scale " * The county Planning Department said it expects the county will reach 100.000 "around 1987 "That doesn't mean it would be economically feasible for us just because we reach a magic number." said Freeholder James S. Kilpatrick Jr . liaison to community colleges "A substan tial portion of our population increase seems to be retired persons " "IT NEEDS TO BK studied very carefully." said Goldberg "Sussex and Warren studied for over two years before they opted for the commission form "If Cape May County desired to studyit." he said, "we would try to lay out for them the experiences of eisewhere in the state. "And I would give a word of caution regarding the potential costs." he said "It is typically higher than the branch campus. chargeback form That's because, a commission is established, there is generally an increase of the amount of educational services delivered." f i

J i. M4 r 1 e . iinini irir » y Doris Ward NEW CAMPUS — Atlantic Community College is slated to move its Cape May County exe tension center into the office at left and building at right at the Village Shoppes shopping e center in Rio Grande. Current location in Cape May Court House would continue through y summer school,

, Pew Local Races Set-

i ' (From Page 1) t Of the 47,458 county voters registered » during last year's primaries, however. ? 22.661 ~were Republicans. 16,203 were t h undeclared. 8,345 were DemocraLs and 49 I were IndependenLs.XS* Besides the top of the ticket, voters in six ; county municipalities - North Wildwood. Stprie Harbor. Woodbine. Dennis, Middle and Upper townships — also choose party i 'candidates for local government offices. GOP faction are vying for those jobs in North Wildwood and Upper. Here's a summary of who's running where for what : NORTH WILDWOOD Incumbents from the North Wildwood Republican (NWR) Team for 1985 are defending mayor and councilman-at-large seats against county Regular Republican Organization challengers. No Democrats are listed on the ballot for those two positions. the First Ward council seat or for an unexpired Second Ward term. Insurance executive Anthony T. Catanoso and his running mate, teacher Denise Bell, got the designation as county Regular Republican Organization candidates in deference to Cataqoso's uncle, the former city mayor and countyfreeholder director of the same name. The younger Catanoso. former director of Wildwood Convention Hall, faces his uncle's former rival on city council, now Mayor Lewis G. Vinci, secretary-treasur-er of Vinci's Express Inc. Bell faces incumbent Ralph G. Johnson Jr.. a real estate agent and former president of the city school board; he was appointed to city council a few months ago. Johnson and Vinci are NWR candidates along with First Ward incumbent Lewis M. Ostrander. He stands unopposed and so does Aldo A. Palombo. NWR candiate for the unexpired Second Ward term. Robert J. Scully Jr., the only Democrat running for any seat, is unopposed for a full Second Ward term; so is NWR candidate John C. Janoski on the GOP side of the ballot. The North Wildwood men's and women's Republican clubs have endorsed the NWR slate UPPER TOWNSHIP Two of five township committee seats are being contested by rival GOP factions. No Democrats have filed as candidates but Republican Bruno Tropeano is again offeimg himself as a write-in candiate; he needs 10 votes to qualify. He ran as a writein last year Incumbent Committeeman Jack McDonough is defending his seat through the Upper Township Regular Republican slate while his running mate. George Doerr. is seeking election to th£ seat being vacated by Democratic Committeeman Thomas Bonner. Opposing Doerr and McDonough are Peoples Republican Organization candidates and businessmen Robert W. Jeffers Jr and Kenneth Baker Sr. DENNIS TOWNSHIP Democrat R Wayne Tozer and Republican Harry L. Creamer are unopposed in their respective primaries for the township committee seat being vacated byAlbert J Knoll. The late Mayor Frank L. Murphy's committee seat will be filled by an appointee. * One of three committee members. Murphydied of cancer earlier this mobth. ] MIDDLE TOWNSHIP Incumbent Committeeman Charles M. 1 Leusner is unopposed in , the Democratic < primary but will face Edward J. Rosenberg Jr.. the unchallenged GOP con- 1 tender, in the general election. I STONE HARBOR t Three GOP candidates are running for i two seats on borough council; Audrey S. t

Hardy. Robert E. Sellers and incumbent Eric J. Arenberg. As 1984 council president, Arenberg lost his bid for reelection last year but was appointed by council to fill the unexpired term of Councilman Robert J. "Jack" Fitzpatrick who resigned. Since Councilman Harry E. Strohmetz is stepping down this year, the three Republicans are vying for his seat and Fitzpatrick's unexpired term. No Democrats have filed. WOODBINE Councilman Anthony Bogushefsky and Leon J. Cheesman, president of the local school board, are running unopposed in the GOP primary for two borough council seats. They'll be opposed in the general election by Democrats William Gerbasi and Enrique Rodriguez who stand unchallenged in the Democratic primary. GOVERNOR Gov. Thomas H. Kean is unopposed in the Republican primary but six Democrats are competing for his job on the other side of the ballot. ^Running with the Regular Democratic Organization label, state Senate Majority Leader John F. Russo of Ocean County is backed by county Democratic chairman Samuel S. DeVico and other local partyleaders. According to recent polls. Russo's running third after Newark Mayor Kenneth Gibson and Essex County Executive Peter Shapiro. Far behind those contenders in the polls were two Morris County candidates. former state Sen. Stephen Wiley and former U.S. Attorney Robert Del Tufo. The polls, however, also indicated that the largest percentage of voters was undecided. That may help Elliot Greenspan, the sixth Democratic Candidate. He's running under the slogan "The Inalienable Rights of Man Movement". His platform is based on what he foresees as an impending worldwide calamity — but he has little money. In that category. Russo and Shapiro leatj the field. The state Election Law Enforcement Commission had certified them for $643,572 in public matching funds versus $497,231 for Wiley. $490,358 for Gibson and $282,346 for Del Tufo. GENERAL ASSEMBLY Republican incumbents Guy F. Muziani, former Wildwood mayor, and Joseph W Chinnici of Bridgeton are unchallenged for reelection to their Cape May-Cumberland seats in the GOP primary In the general election, they'll face Regular Democratic Organization candidates Raymond A. Batten. Sea Isle City prosecutor, and Cumberland County security firm executive Peter Amico. Both are unopposed next week. FREEHOLDER No Democrat filed as candidate but Middle Township businessman Rodney Downs of Green Creek is offering himself as the party's write-in candidate; he needs 100 votes to qualify'. He ran unsuccessfully for a freeholder slot last year. If successful. Downs will oppose incumbent James S Kilpatrick Jr an Ocean City lawyer, who's unchallenged in the GOP primary. STATE COMMITTEE MEMBERS Republicans and Democrats elect two each. Ocean City Republican Leader John J. and North Wildwood's Helen G. Mace, chairman of the county Board of Elections, are unchallenged in the GOP column. Elfreda C. Andrea of Ocean City, the Board secretary, and Bruce M Gorman, solicitor for Middle and Lower townships and Wildwood's school board, unopposed on the Democratic side of the ballot.