Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Last night Summit Common Council heard a reading from a draft of 2013 planning goals for next year.
Council members heard from City Administrator Chris Cotter at Tuesday night's Common Council meeting about the immediate future of Summit. Last month, just days ahead of super-storm Sandy, city officials sat down for their annual 2013 goal setting meeting. Council President Rich Madden called the goal setting draft prepared by Cotter a "little misleading," since it was created on Oct. 23 and failed to take into consideration the full impact of Sandy. While the draft did mention infrastructure and emergency preparedness and communication, some on the council didn't feel the ideas went far enough. "I don't know if we have any idea what the cost of Sandy has been to Summit, yet," said Madden, " But, it's going to be huge." He said rebuilding …
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
New Jersey ranks # 1 in median property taxes of $6,384 and Summit's average of $15,500 is more than twice this amount.
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011
From: Thomas M. Garvey, President, Summit Taxpayers Association Re: Remarks regarding 2011 - 2012 Planning Goals for City of Summit The purpose of the Summit Taxpayers Association (STA) is to advocate for fiscally responsible government and our MISSION is to reduce the rate of property tax increase to zero within three years, by 2014. On Tuesday November 1, 2011 in public comments before the Summit City Council, Thomas M. Garvey, President of the Summit Taxpayers Association referenced the upcoming Summit City Council goal setting and planning meeting and implored City Council to adopt the mission of the Summit Taxpayers Association as the key planning goal over the next three years. The business case for this mission goal is compelling …
The second installment of the "Planning for the Future" series drew another crowd of about 50 people who brainstormed ways to improve the local school system.
About a half-dozen groups of teachers, educators and school board officials took turns discussing the strengths and weaknesses of the school system last night at Summit High School. It wasn't a Board of Education meeting, but something designed to solicit feedback from tax payers, more community centered. Parents and even several school children participated in the event, which examined ways to improve learning in Summit.
Robert Steelman
11:36 am on Saturday, November 24, 2012
I suggest that stakeholders ask probing questions about these goals. For example: What is meant by “promote tourism” and “destination city”? What are the criteria to be a “Transit Village”? What more can be said/studied about structured downtown parking? The category context is important here since it falls under the heading, Support of Downtown. Of course, these goals are connected to an … more ›