With all the "bad news" surrounding tough financial times, spiraling costs of energy and necessary cutbacks in services, it is nice to finally report some good news - It was just announced that South Orange is the recipient of $600,000 in Extraordinary Aid from the State of NJ for 2008:
http://www.state.nj.us/dca/lgs/muniaid/08_aid/cy08_extraordinary-aid.shtml
This year, it appears we received the largest amount of aid in Essex County and one of the largest amounts in the state.
This aid couldn't have come at a better time, when we were facing around an 8% Municipal increase (actually more when you factor in the planned shift of SOPAC operating expenses to the Capital Budget) even after many significant custs to the budget. Of course, we need to send a big thank you to State Senator Codey and Assemblyman McKeon/Assemblywoman Jasey for fighting for us in Trenton.
We still have a long way to go to manage the large tax burden we all face in South Orange, Essex County and the entire State of NJ...but this is most welcome and appreciated assistance.
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