REORGANIZATION On January 5, at its first meeting of 2024, the Tabernacle committee reorganized. There were a few surprises. Steps were taken towards a more transparent and productive year. But more work remains to be done. NEW MAYOR AND DEPUTY MAYOR Mark Hartman was elected mayor by a vote of three to two. Mark Hartman, Read More…
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Tabernacle Set For BIG Spending Spree
Lots Of Recent Big-Ticket Items At its Monday Nov. 27, meeting, Tabernacle’s committee is expected to approve two new bonds: These new bonds are in addition to three other big-ticket items that the committee recently approved. These are: The five items total almost $11,000,000 in the last 18 months. CFO Rodney Haines is expected to Read More…
Tabernacle Flip Flops on Subdivision
Municipal Complex At the February 27, 2023 meeting, Township Committee returned from a closed session and voted to buy the entire 20-acre flag lot at 144 Carranza Road for its new municipal complex. The purchase price is $825,900. If we add in the costs of appraisal, environmental studies, engineering fees and other soft costs including Read More…
The Not-So-Big Tabernacle Reveal
The December 19, Town Hall Presentation Having seen the committee’s near silence on the new and old town hall project for the past 15 months, the December 19 “Public Information Meeting” made it doubly clear that our elected officials are either incapable of or uninterested in involving the public in what will probably be the Read More…
After a Year, Tabernacle Committee Wants Citizen Input?
Late announcement for public input Immediately after the flag salute at the October 24, meeting, Mayor Sammy Moore broke from the agenda to announce that it’s time to bring everybody up to speed about the municipal building, and said that the committee will hold a town hall-style meeting. He said the committee will answer everybody’s Read More…
Tabernacle’s New Town Hall Site
After major technical problems, I’m glad to say that TTJ is back to offer commentary on Tabernacle Township government. The first “new” post concerns Tabernacle’s purchase of property for a new town hall. The township committee has been sniffing around a 19-acre parcel at 144 Carranza Road for its new town hall site for well Read More…
