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Sewer Rate Reduction

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Sewer Rebate Not Extended to Renters

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 …

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Township Council Regular Meeting, Parsippany-Troy Hills Town Hall, Sewer Rate Reduction Unanimously Approved, and 1 more ›

Bruce C

10:14 am on Thursday, December 20, 2012

Does anyone know how are the rebates being distributed? By check? Account credit?   more ›

Monday, November 26, 2012

Lower Sewer Rates, Rebate Proposed for Parsippany

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 …

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Township Council Agenda Meeting, Parsippany-Troy Hills Town Hall, Sandy: Scenes from Storm's Aftermath in Parsippany, and 7 more ›

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Michael Brancato

4:17 pm on Thursday, November 29, 2012

Now Matts, that's just crazy talk. Stop using your common sense and logic and those pesky facts. This is about bein' angry over somethin'! Obviously it's all the Mayor's fault. He created the hurricane and made sure that the power went out everywhere except for his house, of course, because he so hates the people of Parsippany and gub'ment is bad. Don't try to inject reality into this discussion…   more ›

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