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Monmouth County Reorganization

By Art Gallagher

Monmouth County's government reorganized yesterday afternoon before an overflowing crowd exceeding 500 people at the Monmouth Biotech High School in Freehold.

Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno was on hand to swear in her successor, Sheriff Shaun Golden, who took the oath of office, with his family beside him, in full dress uniform while bearing a side arm. A contingent of at least 100 sheriff's officers, also in full dress, stood in support of the Sheriff as he swore his oath and addressed the "who's who of Monmouth County" assembly.

Monmouth Vicinage Assignment Judge, The Honorable Lawrence M. Lawson administered to the oath of office to Robert Clifton, Matawan, for his third term as Freeholder and to Thomas Arnone, Neptune City, for his first term as Freeholder.

In their remarks, the three newly sworn officers who were running mates in the last election, each emphasised their commitment to reducing the costs of government while maintaining the high quality of life in Monmouth County.

Golden and Arnone both emphasized sharing services with Monmouth County's 55 municipalities and other counties.

Golden commended his 9-11 dispatch center for fielding 17,000 calls during the recent blizzard.  With a nudge to the Freeholders to increase resources to be shared, the sheriff noted that the telecommunications center which currently serves 45 local jurisdictions and two military installations is at capacity.

Arnone excelled at creating shared services agreements as mayor of Neptune City and will oversee the county's sharing efforts as Freeholder. 

Clifton was elected by the board to serve as Freeholder Director and will continue to oversee the county's finance and administration departments.  Him pledge to create a budget that minimizes its impact on taxpayers.

John Curley enters his sophomore year on the board as Deputy Director. He noted that his first year on the board was "a time of trial and tribulation" and "a great learning curve." He praised his fellow Freeholder, Republican and Democrat alike, as well as the administrative and rank and file employees of the county. The new Deputy pledge to work with and for his colleagues, but "ultimately for the taxpayers."  He called on his fellow board members to shrink county government, to make it "smaller, more efficient and responsive for our taxpayers."

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Posted: January 7th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Monmouth County | Tags: , , , | 6 Comments »

6 Comments on “Monmouth County Reorganization”

  1. brian said at 2:46 pm on January 7th, 2011:

    Good for them, now LOWER my taxes or find another job.

  2. Chris said at 3:45 pm on January 7th, 2011:

    Brian, actually the county portion of the tax bill went down this year.

  3. Freespeaker1976 said at 4:19 pm on January 7th, 2011:

    First, I am sorry I missed the re-org and party. I was down with a cold.

    Second, if anyone seriously believes that taxes are going to be lowered, well; I have a bridge to sell you.

    Payroll and everything goes up via inflation and you can thank Nobama for that coming via his incessent printing of money.

    What we SHOULD desire is that all of elected officials continue to find cost efficient ways to deliver our services, including shared service agreements; while always looking to cut out wasteful programs in order to MITIGATE rises in our taxes.

    Maybe someday, someone will find a silver bullet to lower our our taxes; but in the meantime we should always strive to see that elected officials work on the later suggestions first.

  4. liberals beware said at 7:56 pm on January 7th, 2011:

    Hey Brian – you are pretty demanding, but what have YOU done to make it possible to lower taxes? How many of the union-serving, tax worshipping Democrats in the legislature have you called to demand civil service reform, or binding arbitration reform or an end to union domination in this state? How much have you done to get rid of judges who give us these insane COAH and Abbott decisions? People like you are great at whining, but have their asses planted on the sidelines while letting everyone else fight their battles for them.

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