d d u JO Oi w O •H zP D-*) Q> <1> THE U 0-> V* +»r~* e— M 4* o o w ^ ss a s c «•* or cS etS & as te el nO 4-> in d sD Bf s* r* ap lniDEl*EniDEniT^ ^ ^ "lf"he V^eek,y Newspaper Vol. 6 No. 29 Wednesday, May 26, 1976 20 Cents Tax board generates e x t r a $ 2 5 , 0 0 0 by fin d in g unassessed construction By Judith Anne Lewis The tax board obtained the additional renovations by following the building perm its an addition to the N.J. Bell Telephone Co. Trauben said, “had to work out of boxes. It’s The assessors’ office has not had much KEYPORT revenue by assessing new construction and which have been issued. building and the Synergestics building. no wonder that the records are. in this renovations completed between 1971 and better luck with requests for updated tax The three-man Tax Board has a present for When they took office, Mulroy and Trauben The second-story addition to the N.J. Bell condition. I don’t know how he worked.” maps and a reassessment. 1975—but never assessed. When a new said, they found stacks of permits dating from Telephone building was assessed at $139,200- The requests were granted, but Trauben the borough—$24,871 in unanticipated reve­ assessment is added to the books during the Some borough officials have not been nue. 1971. When they attempted to put them in worth $7,658 in tax revenues. The Synergistics cooperative, Trauben said, in giving the said, “you can’t believe how long I have been year, the taxes collected go directly to the numerical order, they said, they found 80 building is expected to yield more than $11,000 asking for them.” “And there is more to come,’’ commented municipality. They are not divided between assessors’ office the tools which are needed- permits missing. in taxes. even things as mundane as pencils. A tax m ap, the assessors said, is a vital tool Tax Board m em bers Jam es Mulroy and Alan other taxing agencies, such as the county and They began tracking the permits and found A building m ay not be added to the tax rolls of the trade, but the borough’s map was 15 Trauben, “when we can get through all these the school board, Trauben said. buildings which had been completed but had retroactively for more than two months of the One three-page letter to the council years old. records.” An assessor discovers new construction or not been added to the tax rolls. They included preceding year. Therefore, when a building requesting supplies was written on an old If the reassessment had been started completed in May 1974 is not discovered until letterhead from the previous assessor (be immediately, Trauben said, the tax board 1975, the building may be assessed back only cause the new tax board has no stationery), a probably could have produced more unanti­ until October 1974. sheet “stolen from the Board of Health cipated revenue for the borough. If there has been a blatant violation, office”, and a sheet from one of the assessors’ The chairman of the council’s budget Trauben said, the assessor may file a personal supply. committee is George Leone, a vocal critic of complaint with the state and possibly pick up The letter was composed on Trauben’s the Tax Board. the building for the complete year—but no personal typewriter. The office has none. Leone voted against a reassessment, he more. Requests for pencils have been unanswered said, because he doesn’t believe the tax board It’s very difficult to prove when a building for months, Trauben said, as has a request for members are the men for the job. He has said was completed,” Mulroy said. “You go in and a part-time secretary. the board members, “haven’t done anything ask. and they say, ‘I just put the hammer Funds for a secretary were included in last since they took office.” down’.” year’s budget, Trauben said, adding it In going through the records, the tax board Mulroy said that when the tax board apparently was never spent. members have discovered 15 properties members finish checking all the building “If we could have someone to help us with which have been omitted from the rolls. permits, they expect to find other con­ the bookwork,” Trauben said, “we could get “We expect, to find a lot more,” Mulroy struction which has been completed but has out in the field.” said, “as we complete the reassessment.” not been added to the rolls. Despite the number of permits issued, the only added assessments in 1974—the year School board juggles funds before the Tax Board members took office—were for three swimming pools. They netted the borough an additional $7,500 in assessm ents—$175.65 in actual tax dollars. to hire 6 additional teachers t t f c ......................... Finding time to check the building permits MATAWAN Regan also proposed additional cuts totaling has been a difficult task, for the tax board The Board of Education may have decided approxim ately $70,000 so that six new 1 members, they said, because they have been Monday how it is going to comply with the teachers could be hired. Annual police inspection bogged down with just trying to get the state’s order to trim its budget by $80,000—but The board approved Regan’s proposal !o The Keyport Police Dept, held its annual inspection Saturday in front right), and members of the Borough Council. The two sergeants are assessment records in order. no one is sure that it did. hire the t.eachefs but took no formal action on ui Borough Hall, Main Street. Inspecting the force are Mayor Robert Dillon (left) and James t^avsfen. I.awsoi was proimnpd to '.Not pnly have pferrnils be** missing, but so The proposed cuts were read by Superin­ the recommended budget cuts. William Ralph (holding'orief case), Police Chief William Geiger (far sergeant earlier this month. Ishave deeds and property records. tendent of Schools John F. Regan near the end “ 1 understand that the last tax assessor,” of a meeting which lasted almost five hours. The high school will get two math teachers, a science instructor, and a part-time teacher for a beauty culture course. The other teachers will be used to continue the Orton reading program at the Strathm ore C ounty prepares to open $4.3 m illion landfill Elementary School; establish a control group at the Cambridge Park School to help measure the effectiveness of the Orton program; and establish transitional classes for the third and fifth grades at Cliffwood w ith controversy over feasibility unresolved Avenue Elementary School. As part of the proposal, the Lloyd Road (First of a series) —The rate of $4 a ton is far below the rates day. It will not amortize the $4.3 million in ruined any time it picks up something driven If the center achieved a volume of 300 tons a Middle School will get $11,000 for a resource charged by similar landfills in other parts of capital costs. over a private landfill.” day, according to Narozanick, its cost would room. By David Thaler the country and will not be enough to cover A rate which reflected capital costs would Another factor is that the existence of the be $4.33 a ton. Narozanick said his Regan’s proposal was approved by a 5-4 The county’s landfill, regarded by Republi­ the Reclamation Center’s costs. be considerably higher, he Onondaga County county Reclamation Center is expected to calculations are based on a six-day-a-week vote after a long debate by board members. cans as a model facility for handling solid —The landfill will be used only by a few Solid Waste Disposal Authority, which drive up the rates of private landfills. operation. Voting against the proposal were Lorraine waste and labeled by Democrats as a $4 towns. Communities in the Bayshore and the operates near Syracuse, charges $8 a ton. “Many of them don’t meet state stand­ The center obviously needs more than 300 Ayanian, John Comerford, Pearl Cronin, and million white elephant, is expected to open western portion of the county will not be able Onondaga’s rate reflects capital costs. ards,” explains one official, “but they’ve tons a day to break even. Michael Kidzus. next month—without any customers or any to afford the cost of taking garbage trucks out Other landfills according to Schoor, are been allowed to operate because there is no “There’s no doubt we’re going to have to Voting for it were Board President Judith assurance that it will get enough business to of service and sending them the long distance experiencing costs as high as $15 a ton. alternative. Now, they’ll either have to close subsidize it for a few years,” Kramer says. Hurley, Raymond Bieber, Rose Moczulak, meet its operating expenses. to Tinton Falls. To make the landfill Private landfill operators charge approxi­ up or make the improvements to satisfy the There is enough garbage in the county to Kathleen Marshall, and Dr. Richard Brown. The landfill, officially designated the economically feasible for all of the county’s 53 m ately $3 a ton. state. If they make the improvements, their feed the center the volume it needs to break Regan’s proposal was developed as the Monmouth County Reclamation Center, is municipalities, at least two transfer stations “My operation,” Larrison said, “is much rates will go up to cover the increased costs.” even.