This Monday December 10 the Lakewood Fire Department will ask residents to vote for an additional million dollars in capital improvements. Last year it was voted down by taxpayers but the township committee overturned it by approving a 1.3 million increase without cutting anything from the budget. see resolution below by the LFD
TOWNSHIP OF LAKEWOOD REVISED NOTICE
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Fire Commissioners of Fire District No.
1, Township of Lakewood, County of Ocean, State of New Jersey, at a special meeting
scheduled for Monday, December 10, 2018, to be held between the hours of 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., or longer if necessary, at Lakewood Hook & Ladder Company No. 1, Station 68 (meeting room), 733 Cedarbridge Avenue, Lakewood, New Jersey, shall determine whether it shall raise funds for
site and building improvements, upgrades and repairs (career service
housing and administrative services offices renovations, apron/parking lot repairs,
electronic signage, electric LED lighting improvements, bay exhaust system and
alarm/alerting system) in an amount not to exceed four hundred eighty-eight thousand five
hundred dollars ($488,500.00), a utility vehicle/truck in an amount not to exceed one
hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00), a rescue truck in an amount not to exceed one
hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000.00), SCBA air breathing system in an amount not
to exceed sixty thousand dollars ($60,000.00) and reserve for future capital outlay (engines)
in an amount not to exceed two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000.00) and, at said
meeting, the legal voters shall determine, by election ballot, the amounts to be raised for the
above projects pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:14-84. The amounts determined to be raised at
said time and place shall be included in the next annual budget of the Fire District under the
section for capital appropriations.
Formal action may be taken.
By authorization of the Board of Fire Commissioners of Fire District No. 1,
Township of Lakewood.
AVRAHAM Y. LIEBER, SECRETARY
Board of Fire Commissioners
Fire District No. 1
Township of Lakewood
If we add more new housing, we need to improve our ability to respond to more fires. This is just a small cost of building more. And it saves lives. Either stand up and get rid of those people that allow more building or dont complain that we need a bigger fire department.
ReplyDeleteWhen you add new housing, you are already adding to the fire dept budget via their taxes. Enough with the B.S. already.
DeleteAbsolutely not enough to pay for new equipment and infrastructure. I have no gain in lying. As opposed to our committeemen that literally work with or even, for developers. They lied to the people of Lakewood. Why do your taxes keep doubling every few years? And their bank accounts and assets doubled those years as well. Its basic math.
DeleteNobody accused you of lying. You are however, in my opinion, completely wrong. High density development is horrible for residents, traffic, and the BOE, however, it isn't horrible for the fire department budget.
DeleteThere are constantly new ratables being added, and their coverage area has not increased. Yes, there are more calls, but all in the same coverage area. The added ratables should more than cover that.
I am sure you can justify buying a new brush truck as well, for that one brush fire every 2 decades that occurs in Lakewood.
I'm not going to argue with a bagel. I like bagels too much. Especially everything with tuna and tomato, at Bagel Nosh of course. That by the way had a fire next door that burned the entire store because the fire department couldnt come fast enough.
DeleteWhen is the vote for new commissioners
ReplyDeleteNot soon enough.
DeleteI am a firefighter and I thought about being a commissioner. If you think you can do a better job go for it but truat me it isn't fun. If people die because of fires base'd on decisions you made it's on your head. We are getting more and more fire calls every day.
ReplyDeleteAnd you are getting a bigger budget every time a house is built. You already large boost last year an a large sum of money for "capital expenses" Learn to live within a budget like everyone else. How is that brush truck working out, have you taken the plastic off the seats yet?
DeleteI am not on the brush team so I don't know. How about you read the budget as well as come to the meetings to see what they want to use the money for. You can alwaya move to Toms River where their fire tax is 3x of Lakewood's.
DeleteToms River is double the Geographic Area of Lakewood with a smaller population. Ii also odoesn't have annual referendums to increase taxes above the State Mandated Cap.
DeleteWhy is this election hidden from the public what are they hiding.
ReplyDeleteWhy is it not advertised.
Where is the VAAD.