Politics & Government

Consolidation Study Commission Meets Wednesday

Courage to Reconnect Scotch Plains and Fanwood, a local citizens group, petitioned the state for permission to organize the municipal consolidation commission.

The Fanwood-Scotch Plains Consolidation Study Commission – a volunteer body charged with analyzing the potential merits of a consolidation between the two communities – has scheduled its first organizational meeting on Wednesday, June 12.

The public is invited to attend the 7:30 p.m. meeting at the Board of Education building at Evergreen and Cedar Avenues. The Commission, now with nine members, will select its 10th and final member from Fanwood. There are five representatives from Scotch Plains; the other four now appointed are from Fanwood.

At the meeting, the commission will also elect officers, adopt a meeting schedule and discuss bylaws. Commission members have been appointed by the Scotch Plains Township Council, the Fanwood Borough Council and Courage to Reconnect Scotch Plains and Fanwood, a local citizens group that petitioned the state for permission to organize the municipal consolidation commission.

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The process is being overseen by the state Department of Community Affairs under the guidance of the state’s Municipal Consolidation Act of 2007.

The five commissioners from Scotch Plains include: Don Parisi, Fred Lange, Phillip Wiener, John Thompson, and Sarah Dreikorn.  The four commissioners from Fanwood include: Daniel McCarey, Ann Saltzman, Jack Molenaar and Anthony DiBattista.

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