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Farmingdale Council Quits

Politickernj is reporting that the entire borough council of Farmingdale is resigning tonight and that tonight’s scheduled council meeting has been canceled for lack of a quorum.

According the Politickernj, the governor appoints a new council in this circumstance.

Politickernj reported that all of the resigning council members are Republicans.  Monmouth GOP Chairman John Bennett is the borough attorney.

Mayor Jay Morgan, who has not resigned, could not be reached for comment.

Chairman Bennett told MMM that the resignations have been happening over the last month.  One council member, a Democrat per Bennett, resigned a month ago and a new Democrat was appointed but not sworn in.  Two Republican council members resigned last Tuesday and the remaining three Republican council members resigned last night.

Bennett also said that the borough clerk/administrator resigned effective August 1 and that the code enforcement officer resigned, came back and resigned again within the last month.

“You’ll have to ask them,” Bennett said when asked why the exodus, “I can tell you that it is not over anything illegal, it is a matter of personalities.”

Farmingdale is a .523 squre mile patch, population 1329, according to the 2010 U.S. Census, that is completely within the borders of Howell Township. Prior to 1903, Farmingdale was part of Howell.

Howell Mayor Bob Walsh says it is time for Farmingdale to be absorbed back into Howell. 

The borough does not have its own police department.  The State Police provides Farmingdale’s police services.   The borough has an elementary school.  High school students residing in the borough attend the Freehold Regional High School District.

Walsh noted that a Farmingdale resident was a Monmouth County Freeholder back in the 30’s or 40’s, and that Howell has never had a Freeholder. MMM suggested that if he could manage to take back Farmingdale, he could drop that complaint.

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Posted: August 7th, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Monmouth County | Tags: , | 7 Comments »

7 Comments on “Farmingdale Council Quits”

  1. Schwoops said at 7:39 am on August 8th, 2012:

    Of course Howell wants F’Dale…it’d be an automatic “downtown” for the sprawling township. The real question is whether F’Dale wants Howell’s ginormous property taxes and GOP machine to run its tiny hamlet. Leave it to Bob Walsh to pounce on a town whose reps have quit.

  2. Justified Right said at 7:48 am on August 8th, 2012:

    The government quit? Sounds like my kind of small government town.

    I’m moving to Farmingdale.

  3. Freespeaker1976 said at 8:36 am on August 8th, 2012:

    I haven’t checked yet, but I wonder if the Nudniks have a spin on this or even bothered to cover it 🙂

  4. Art Gallagher said at 8:42 am on August 8th, 2012:

    Nudniks covered it this morning. so far the situation sounds like what Bennett said here. Personality conflicts run amuck.

    The real story may never come out.

  5. Recall said at 2:09 pm on August 8th, 2012:

    Farmingdale doesn’t want to be part of Howell Township. Who the hell would want to live in a town that elected Joe DiBella?

  6. Harold Kane said at 3:17 pm on August 8th, 2012:

    How can anyone justify a town of 1,300 remaining in business when they are surrounded by the 51,000 of Howell. The fewer pissant municipalities that NJ has the better.

  7. Run Farmingdale, Run! said at 1:05 pm on August 11th, 2012:

    Annexing to Howell means out of control taxes, non-functional government ( we wish our council and Mayor would resign) and total loss of your small town distinction. Gotto, Walsh and Niscastro would love to be the emperor’s of yet more helpless taxpayers. They have spent bond money earmarked for other projects which will eventually have to be paid to settle a major lawsuit. Howell has no surplus and the council has eliminated all citizen committee input. The money pit town hall they purchased to bail out friends from Lakewood will keep us in debt for decades to come. Howell is outsourcing departments to political contributors. Put roadblocks up and close your boarders if necessary to keep Howell out of your town!