In Response to COVID, Tabernacle Relaxes Rabies Enforcement. One of Mayor Brown’s pet projects was to end late fees on dog registrations for 2021. This, she explained, would ease the financial burden on tardy dog owners in these COVID times. Another part of this initiative was to eliminate business registration late fees. At the February 8, Read More…
Tabernacle Fire Company #1 Terminated. Members Put On Probation
Effective January 30, 2021, Tabernacle terminated its contract with Tabernacle Fire Company #1 (TFC#1), an independent volunteer fire company. As of February 1, 2021, the newly formed Tabernacle Fire Company, will occupy the fire station and respond to calls. The Tabernacle Fire Company is not independent; it’s part of Tabernacle Township’s Department of Public Safety. Read More…
Tabernacle Forms New Fire Company
The New Township Fire Company For the third time in eight years, Tabernacle has a new fire company. At its October 26, meeting, the township committee created a township fire company named the “Tabernacle Fire Company” (Ordinance 2020-4). The committee will choose the company’s new chief who will select its officers subject to the consent Read More…
Tabernacle To Bury Volunteer Fire Company
For the fifth time in the last six years Tabernacle’s committee is about to do another major makeover of emergency services. After months of secret planning by Mayor Kim Brown and Committeeman Sammy Moore, the committee is proposing to eliminate Tabernacle Fire Company #1 (TFC1). The committee will replace it with a township-run fire company. Read More…
Tabernacle Not Interested In Improving Relations Between Rescue Squad And Fire Company
At the August 24, 2020 meeting, the committee refused to establish basic standards for professional behavior between the Tabernacle Rescue Squad (TRS) and the Tabernacle Fire Company #1 (TFC1). This was unfortunate because bickering and fighting between the companies has been a regrettable hallmark of their working relationship. This was a lost opportunity to improve
At the June 15, 2020 meeting, the township committee approved the payment of $200 for Certified Finance Officer Rodney Haines’s participation in a webinar conference. The webinar was held by the Tax Collectors and Treasurers Association of NJ. Mr. Haines is Tabernacle’s part-time CFO. He is also the full-time CFO for Little Egg Harbor Township Read More… Democratic governments, for the most part, are required to conduct the public’s business in a public meeting. Citizens, for the most part, have the right to be there and participate. That fundamental exercise of our democratic republic was tested on April 27, 2020 when the Tabernacle Township committee held its first electronic meeting on the Read More… Elected Officials’ Email Addresses Talking to your elected officials should be easy. Because email is easy, it seems obvious that all committee members should be available through their official email address. But for reasons that were long unexplained, that’s not the way it works in Tabernacle. After months of asking committee members about the township’s Read More… With the start of the new year, the reorganization of the township committee in January and the addition of two new committee members, I was hoping for a fresh start. But that hasn’t happened. Mayor Brown’s leadership shows the same controlling style as when she was mayor in 2015. The remaining committee members are largely
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