At the June 4, 2018 Special Meeting, the committee passed a resolution appointing a public safety director; declined to appoint a permanent chief financial officer and amended the proposed budget to reduce the municipal contribution to the Tabernacle Rescue Squad. PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR Public Safety subcommittee members, Joseph Yates and Deputy Mayor Stephen Lee, reported Read More…
Category: Tabernacle Emergency Services
Tabernacle Committee Advertises For Public Safety Director. Tables EMS Decision To Consider Director’s Opinion
At its February 26, 2018 meeting, the township committee tailored its job description for the Public Safety Director (PSD) position and voted 4 to 1 to advertise for applications (Committeeman Rick Franzen voted no). The committee decided that candidates shall be from Burlington County. The hiring was put on a fast track and is expected Read More…
Three Interesting Items From The February 12, 2018 Tabernacle Township Meeting
1. Still Waiting For The Perfect Moment? Although the Public Safety Director position and the Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for Emergency Services/Contract were each listed for discussion on the committee’s February 12, 2018 meeting agenda, the Committee didn’t discuss them. Instead, both items were again tabled for discussion at a future meeting. The committee’s reason Read More…
Tabernacle Committee Finally Gets TRS Roster
The township finally received the Tabernacle Rescue Squad (TRS) roster. It took a long time (years) for this to happen. At the January 2, 2018 township meeting, the committee officially adopted the TRS roster, and the rosters of the fire company and the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). There are many reasons why the township Read More…
Township Committee Still In The Thrall Of The Tabernacle Rescue Squad
Why Is There Still No Fire Truck In The Emergency Services Building? The Tabernacle Rescue Squad (TRS) seems to hold a special power over the township committee, which prevents it from keeping its promise to place a fire truck in the Emergency Services Building (ESB). Until committee members snap out of the trance, the township Read More…
Brief Report On September 25, 2017, Tabernacle Township Meeting
At the September 25, 2017 township meeting, the committee approved Ordinance 2017-9, which creates a department of public safety to manage emergency services. The ordinance also creates a part-time, public safety director position. It remains to be seen when the committee will hire the new public safety director and who it will be. It’s taken Read More…
More Secret Tabernacle Rescue Squad Deals, Little Detail On Public Safety Ordinance
The Tabernacle Committee continues to stumble over centralizing the delivery and management of emergency services, which was its stated reason for dissolving the fire district. The actual reason was the committee’s need to use the district’s money to plug a hole in its own budget. The committee’s dissolution of the fire district and its grant Read More…
Tabernacle Committee Struggles With Plans For Public Safety Director
The introduction of Ordinance 2017-7, which creates a Department of Public Safety to coordinate all township emergency services, was derailed and tabled after 1.5 hrs of spirited discussion. The lengthy discussion was unusual. The committee rarely discusses issues when they instruct the township attorney to draft an ordinance. Members rarely discuss ordinances when they are Read More…
Time For Better Tabernacle Township Meeting Recordings, Emergency Service Rosters
TTJ will not be reporting on the June 26, 2017 meeting because I was not present. So I have no audio or video recording to post. I planned to listen to the official recording so that I could report on the meeting. I purchased a copy of the township’s audio recording but it was inaudible. Read More…
Tabernacle Gives More Study To Emergency Services And Capital Bond Ordinance
At the May 8, 2017 public meeting, township committee turned its attention to two issues that had been sitting on its back burner. These are the township’s capital improvement plan (road improvements and equipment purchases) and emergency services (how to better organize and fund fire, rescue and EMS). Both issues were discussed and the committee Read More…