Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Proposed ordinance removed from council consideration.
By a vote of 4-1, the Parsippany Township Council voted to pull a proposed ordinance that would have extended to apartment residents the sewer rebate going to homeowners and businesses. The move came at the council's Tuesday night regular meeting at Town Hall. In late November, the body voted unanimously to approve a resolution authorizing a rate decrease for homeowners and businesses starting in the first quarter of 2013. Another resolution, mandating a one-time sewer rebate, was also passed by all members of the council. Another proposed ordinance, up for second reading Tuesday, did not go forward. This plan would have ordered landlords to pass along the rebate to their tenants in the form of rent credits. Before the matter could be …
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
The decrease—roughly $40 per year for most residents—slated to begin in first quarter of 2013.
Sewer rate are going down for Parsippany residents and businesses. At its Tuesday night regular meeting at Town Hall, the Township Council unanimously approved a resolution authorizing a rate decrease for homeowners and businesses starting in the first quarter of 2013. Another resolution, mandating a one-time sewer rebate, was also passed by the body without dissent. In addition, a related ordinance was introduced to ensure that the rebate will benefit apartment residents directly. That measure was approved by the council on first reading. It has a scheduled second reading, public hearing and final vote on Dec. 18. Mayor James Barberio announced last week that this effort was being instituted to make good on his long-ago promise to bring …
Monday, November 26, 2012
Mayor reveals for the first time how badly Superstorm Sandy affected the township.
Parsippany residents and businesses could see their sewer rates go down starting in the beginning of 2013. Mayor James Barberio made the announcement of proposed rate decreases and a sewer rebate during Tuesday's Township Council agenda meeting at Town Hall. He also filled in the blanks for residents regarding the many problems Superstorm Sandy caused for Parsippany at the end of October—including a close call for the town's new sewer treatment plant. "All along, we've discussed that once the sewer treatment plant was complete, we would come up with a plan to lower the rate and also to give money back to the residents," Barberio said. "This was something we said we were going to do from day one." The mayor said his administration is …
Monday, October 15, 2012
Montville owes more to Par-Troy wastewater treatment plant than projected, which could affect a planned January rate reduction.
New technology at the Parsippany-Troy Hills Wastewater Treatment Plant on New Road has affected cost figures for what Montville Township owes to use the facility, causing officials there to second-guess whether the lower sewer rates promised to ratepayers beginning in January can be put into effect. The 16 million-gallon-per-day plant, which underwent renovations this year, serves Parsippany, Montville, East Hanover, Mountain Lakes and a portion of Denville. Those municipalities share the cost of sewer service, paying a percentage of the total cost to service the sewage that goes through the plant based on what each town uses. As part of the plant renovations, temporary meters with more advanced technology have been installed and showed …
Bruce C
10:14 am on Thursday, December 20, 2012
Does anyone know how are the rebates being distributed? By check? Account credit? more ›