An afternoon meeting of the commissioners on Wednesday, Jan. 2 to usher in 2013 was brief with routine approvals to set up a temporary budget, petty cash and to cancel small balances.
Commissioners approved several appointments to the Haddonfield Auxiliary Police to expire in December.
The persons appointed were: Frederick W. Chase, Timothy A. Chase, E. Guy Elzey, Jr., Steven F. Harski, Captain Peter J. Dobush, Lieutenant Eugene G. Haag, Christine Schroeder, Sergeant Jack Matty, Jr., Christopher Lauruhn, John Curatola, Geoggrey Snelling, Kyle Erdner, Alan Koch and Brian Cozzi.
The meeting directly followed a one-minute agenda of the Board of Health with no old or new business to discuss and no members of the public present.
Work session
With a new year comes plenty of issues to discuss.
In a recent Partnership for Haddonfield meeting, said Mayor Tish Colombi, there were a couple of complaints about the dirtiness of the downtown.
On another note, town-wide certificate sales are up more than 40 percent from last year, said Commissioner Ed Borden.
Budget discussions for the year began to be examined at the meeting.
A potential option to help with budget issues might be to have an accelerated tax sale, said Borough Administrator Sharon McCullough, but there was some apprehension to the idea.
Rather than having an extra 11 months to pay taxes, whatever monies are delinquent on Nov. 11 would be included in the December sale, which would be hard on residents who get behind in paying their taxes, said McCullough.
“It’s a hard thing,” she said, later adding that it is “not getting any easier to do the budgets.”
Bancroft
Commissioners noted that their second Tuesday meeting of the month will be on Jan. 22, the same day as the $12.5 million Bancroft bond referendum.
Election hours are from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., said Borough Clerk Deanna Bennett.
Haddonfield Public Schools has provided a listing of voting locations in a PDF document on its website.
According to the document, voters in districts 1, 3, 4 and 5 can head to the Middle / Central School gym at Lincoln Avenue and Chestnut Street.
Voters in districts 2 and 10 should stop by the Tatem School music room at 1 Glover Ave.
Districts 6 and 7 can vote at the Elizabeth Haddon School’s art room at 501 Redman Ave.
Those in districts 8 and 9 can vote at the Lutheran Church Parish Hall at 204 Wayne Ave.
Learn more about the referendum by visiting www.haddonfield.k12.nj.us/bancroft/.
