Aging in Place (ADU’s), Mother/Daughter, Lofts Are Currently Illegal in Berkeley Heights
And That Doesn’t Make Sense Some would say NJ is in a housing crisis. Some would say it’s a self-inflicted wound of high taxes and high cost of living that are irreversible while affordable housing was the construction industry’s wet dream of an answer. Additional Dwelling Units were another answer. ADUs are a zoning allowance for a second, usually separate...
BHCW Night Watch Episode 19
Gale Bradford’s Endless Monologue, Affirmative Action Investigation, BOE Policy Violations, Budget, Town Council Election & Westminster All Night Watch Episodes
Sai’s notes on 06/27/2023 Town Council Agenda
Why does a public entity need public relations and communication services, and do these services fall under professional services? -Sai Akiri Resolution No 4: Resolution awarding a Professional services contract to Direct Development to provide Public Relations and Communications Services in an amount not to exceed $2,500 per month. On March 21, 2023, the council awarded a contract not to exceed $120,000 to...
06/13/2023 Town Council Agenda- Sai’s Notes
Will the Town Council Add More Fees and Bureaucracy to further push Middle and Working Class Families out of Berkeley Heights? Today on the town council agenda for final adoption is the following ordinance: An Ordinance of the Township of Berkeley Heights, County of Union, State of New Jersey, Amending and Supplementing Title 8 of The Code of the Township...
Your Voice, Our Victory. Thank You
Steve Mondragon and I stand completely humbled and honored by yesterday’s shared victory in the Berkeley Heights Primary for Town Council. This win isn’t a personal accolade but a reflection of a community united behind a different way of governing. To work well, local government must be pragmatic, issue-focused, and open to all perspectives. We must move on from...
BHCW Night Watch Episode 17
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BHCW 05/21/2023 Newsletter
What’s Important to Know About Berkeley Heights this Week….. Online Newsletter Download PDF Version There are three ways to get BHCW content delivered to your doorstep: (1) Sign-Up for our weekly/bi weekly newsletter. This is the most popular option so far. Subscribers will get email with articles published for the time period in between. (2) Subscribe to our Substack which will deliver articles...
BHPSNJ Creating More Road blocks to Public Information?
More evidence that the OPRA Custodian Position is more of a barrier than a help… Update @ 5:47: Someone asked this question and now I cant see it…”what is a false binary?” A false binary is when a person defines the argument according to a limited reality – as if only two things are possible…he was responding to my initial...
Round Four: Affordable Housing (AH)
There’s one bill going through the NJ senate worth watching regarding affordable housing: a bill that stalls Round Four until 2028. The best way to summarize how we got to where we are is nicely written by Colleen O’Dea here at NJSpotLightNews. But for a brief context, the Coalition of Affordable Housing (COAH) was established in 1985 to direct municipalities to...
BHCW 04/16/2023 NEWSLETTER
What’s Important to know about Berkeley Heights, NJ this week…. Online Version PDF Version: There are three ways to get BHCW content delivered to your doorstep: (1) Sign-Up for our weekly/bi weekly newsletter. This is the most popular option so far. Subscribers will get email with articles published for the time period in between. (2) Subscribe to our Substack which will deliver articles...
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