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M atawan Jo in t Free I S l Public L ibrary 165 M ain S treet X M atawan, N. J. 07747 H I Vol. 14 No.42 Wednesday, September 5, 1984 25 Cents MTEA may hold strike vote Monday N egotiations m ay continue tonight By Judith McGee Feeney aside as chairm an if Troutm an would. “We have removed several of our de­ budget passed. Stop stalling,” and “The MIDDLETOWN , Troutman later said he presented the re­ mands from the table,” Troutman said. voters said yes to better education.” A tentative session has been scheduled for quest to the board and file board “reaf­ “The MTEA has not taken one demand off The MTEA decided to picket Troutm an’s tonight between negotiators for the Middle­ firm ed its confidence in me, not that it was the table.” house, Ms. Swaim said, because he “alm ost town Township Education Assn. and the ever lacking.” The board is mainly interested in “time single-handedly is blocking progress.” Board of Education. “I am definitely not resigning,” he said. issues,” Troutm an said. The MTEA is seek­ But Troutman responded that, as chair­ After a closed workshop last night, the D’Alessandro had suggested that the ing a reduction in the length of the school m an, he is required to speak for (lie board’s board offered to m ake a new proposal to the “personal enm ity” between the two could be d a y . negotiating team . MTEA, according to board m em ber Terry viewed as delaying a settlem ent. After the negotiating session last week, Ms. Swaim also suggested that Troutman Troutm an who heads the negotiating team. “There is a perception that our mutual Weisblatt asked to be removed from the “is going by the M erck book of labor rela­ “We wanted to m ake an offer tonight,” personal enm ity—-and let’s face it, there is talks and Jeffrey Tener was assigned to tio n s .” Troutm an said, but the MTEA did not want such a thing—might stand in the way of a replace him. Troutm an is an engineer for M erck Inc., a to hear it, because the whole association settlem ent,” D’Alessandro said. The MTEA had offered to m eet with the Rahway pharm aceutical firm. team was not present. The move would leave “two capable peo­ board team at noon today without a Merck, Ms. Swaim said, “is trying to “We think it’s a very good offer,” Trout­ ple,” Ms. Swaim and Board President Julia mediator, but Troutman said the board destroy its union,” which is on strike. m a n s a id . Nagy, leading the talks, he added. would not attend the meeting. “That’s ridiculous,” Troutman respond­ The m eeting is slated for 7:30 p.m . at the Troutm an said he would consider the pro­ “This (mediation) is the method the ed. “I have nothing to do with that strike. I board offices, he said, but will be held only if posal but did not think it “would help MTEA chose,” he said before the board don’t think she should drag that in.” John Molloy, a N.J. Education Assn. repre­ a n y t h in g .” meeting. “This is what we’re going by.” Of the picketing at his home, Troutman sentative, is available. The negotiations reached a stalem ate last As Troutm an spoke with MTEA represen­ said, “Am I taking it personally? A little bit. The meeting will be held without state W ednesday when the MTEA walked out of tatives at his front door, approxim ately 150 Am I upset about it? Not really.” mediator Jeffrey Tener. A meeting with talks at the Sheraton Inn, Hazlet. association members m arched in a circle, But his wife is “rather upset about it,” Tener has been scheduled for Sunday. “We’re back where we were in M ay,” Ms. sang songs, and chanted “We want a con­ and some neighbors are “very irate.” The MTEA has scheduled a general m eet­ Swaim said after that meeting. t r a c t . ” The MTEA “didn’t m ake any friends here ing for Monday evening, association Presi­ State m ediator Joel W eisblatt talked first They carried signs which said, “The tonight,” he said dent Diane Swaim said yesterday. with the board for two hours, she said, and “At that m eeting,” she said, “we hope to then delivered the answer, “No, no, no,” to present a contract for ratification. If not, we all MTEA demands. will ask for a strike-authorization vote.” But, if the association authorizes its “Then we asked about money,” she said, leaders to call a strike, the MTEA will prob­ “and he said the board was offering ably not strike the next day, Ms. Swaim $660-a-year raises for secretaries and $1,500 s a id . a year for teachers, including the incre­ “We would probably give them one m ore ment. That is 6 percent.” shot at it,” Ms. Swaim said, “but it depends “W e’re looking for 12 percent for teachers on how much progress we m ake Sunday. If and 18 percent for secretaries,” Ms. Swaim there is absolutely no progress, we m ay be said, “plus a couple of fringe benefits and frustrated enough to strike Tuesday.” language changes.” Before demonstrating at the board m eet­ The average secretary’s salary in the dis­ ing last night, the association picketed trict is about $10,000, Ms. Swaim said, add­ Troutm an’s home at 9 Scenic Way. ing that secretaries range in salary from During the picketing, MTEA represen­ $6,257 to $13,775. tatives asked Troutman to step aside as “I don’t know anyone who can live on head of the board’s negotiating team . $6,257,” she said. Frank D’Alessandro, who heads the Troutman denied that the board had re­ MTEA negotiating team, offered to step jected all of the MTEA’s demands. Hazlet residents to discuss plan for indoor swimming pool facility. The committee, headed by Pekar­ H A Z L E T . Preliminary plans for an indoor swim­ sky, is composed of club m em bers and area ming pool will be discussed at a meeting r e s id e n ts . 7:30 p.m . tomorrow at the Rec. 1 building at Preliminary plans include a 50-meter, eight-lane pool with an adjacent whirlpool, a Veteran’s Park. The meeting originally was scheduled for sauna, a Nautilus, an exercise area, a children’s nursery, and locker rooms. A u g .2 9 . - Deputy Mayor Hnery Pekarsky, the In addition, a gymnasium would be con­ Township Committee’s liaison to the Hazlet structed. It would contain two full-sized, Swim and Tennis Club, will present prelim i­ basketball courts, which could be converted nary plans for the indoor pool. The pool to tennis courts and a one-tenth mile run­ ning track. would be built at the club. An ad hoc committee was formed early An estim ate of the cost of the proposed this sum m er to study the feasibility of the facility, including debt service and operat­ ing expenses, will be the subject of the next s tu d y . The cost would be financed by self- B elford reader liquidating bonds. Interest and principal would be paid with membership fees and revenue from the Swim and Tennis club, ac­ w ins free dinner cording to Pekarsky. Joan Smith, 307 Leonardville Rd., Belford, won a free dinner for two last week when she discovered Andy Indy Keyport school to hiding in the H&R Johnson ceram ic tile factory outlet advertisem ent on Page 9 of The Independent’s Aug. 29 issue. open on time Ms. Smith, whose nam e was drawn from By Judith McGee Feeney among the entries correctly identifying KEYPORT Andy, also won two “I Found Andy” Keyport High School w as to open today on t- s h ir ts . schedule, Principal Jerom e Zampelle said T-shirts also were won by Marilyn y e s te r d a y . Jenkin, 41 W. 112th St., New York; Alan Reports this weekend that the school did Crescenzi, 102 Kinkade Drive, Mid­ not have state permission to open on time dletown; and Claire Harkey, 2 David St., were “erroneous,” Zampelle added. H a z le t. The State Dept, of Education Saturday Each week, Andy is hidden in a different released a list of 1,105 schools which had D aughters o f the R evolution advertisem ent. Readers who find the car­ failed to receive state certificates of oc­ Chris Alexander, Eatontown, feeds 11-month-old Angela Force as Chris Wands, also of toon character mail 'in an entry blank, cupancy and could not open on time. Eatontown, watches. All three were dressed in authentic Revolutionary W ar costumes for which appears elsewhere in this issue, and But, the departm ent later removed many the annual encampement of the Middlesex Militia Second Regiment at the Spy House four nam es are drawn from the correct en­ schools from the list including Keyport High Museum, Middletown. For m ore photos, see Page 3. (Photo by Les Horner) tr ie s . S ch o o l. Page 2 THE INDEPENDENT September 5, 1984 Planners okay development of townhouses in Holmdel HOLMDEL must obtain permission for expected to start at $175,000. The Planning Board re­ s e w e r h o o k u p s f r o m th e B a y ­ Detached houses may cost cently approved plans for shore Regional Sewerage $800,000.

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