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…
Category: Tabernacle Fire Company #1
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 Read More…
Tabernacle’s Inner Circle
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…
Tabernacle Fire Company #1 Poised To Buy Axes; Tabernacle Committee Poised To Axe TFC#1
TFC#1 Receives Major FEMA Grant CONGRATULATIONS to the Tabernacle Fire Company #1 for receiving a $254,800 grant from FEMA for the recruitment and retention of firefighters. Among other things, the two-year grant will enable TFC#1 to buy five sets of gear in the first year and two more sets in the second year. It will Read More…
Tabernacle Tables Ordinance It Blindly Advanced
Gross Vehicle Weight Ordinance. At the March 25, 2019 meeting, the township committee tabled ordinance 2019-1, which would have increased the Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW) of vehicles allowed to be parked in residential zones from 12,500 pounds to 17,500 pounds. The motion to table occurred after residents, during the public hearing, provided relevant information on Read More…
Welcome To “Tabernacle Rescue Squad Township” Where The Squad Gets The Gold Mine And The Residents Get The Shaft
At the January 22, 2019 township meeting, the committee approved a contract with the Tabernacle Rescue Squad (TRS) for EMS services and a new use license agreement for the TRS’s use of the Emergency Services Building (ESB). The new contract and use license agreement are supposed to fulfill the promise the committee made to the 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…