CREST HAVEN – Commissioners William McMahon, Patricia Callinan and Carol Saduk were reappointed to the Cape May County Municipal Utility Authority by freeholders March 11. Their terms will expire Feb. 1, 2019.
Callinan, in a Jan. 15 letter to the board seeking reappointment wrote, “I take this job seriously and my attendance at the meetings reflect the same. I am very principled and dedicated to my position as a commissioner, and have a strong commitment to personal values.
“The purity of the water in Cape May County and our new single-stream recycling are of the utmost importance to me, and I wish to continue to make Cape May County a better environment for all out citizens.”
In other action the board:
Passed a resolution supporting legislation to permanently extend the 2-percent cap on interest arbitration awards. The law, due to expire April 1, is used for negotiating police and fire contract disputes. It limits annual basis increases of base salary items to no more than 2 percent. One of its supporting statements noted it is “essential that local government continue to be relieved of the burden of funding excessive bargaining agreement awards which drive local, state and county budgets and taxes, generating an unacceptable fiscal burden on taxpayers.”
Appointed and reappointed members of the Local Citizens Transportation Advisory Committee for one, two and three-year terms. They advise on matters dealing with the county’s Fare Free Transportation.
Three year: John Birkmeyer, Sea Isle City, Vernon Kline, Villas, Maurice Hight, Florence Sambenedetto.
Two year: Ed Iames, Court House, Audrey Smith, North Cape May, Evelyn Bailie, Wildwood, Sueanne Agger, Wildwood, Raymond DiMarino, Villas, Cathy Ierovante, Cape May, Sharon Mellor, Villas.
One year: John Malinowski, North Cape May, Lawrence Allen, Court House, Philip Harrison, Ocean City, Theresa Campbell, Villas, Dolores Tredinnick, Lower Township, MaryAnn Matthews-Mason, Villas, Paulann Pierson, Court House.
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