Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Mayor Mahr and Council Members discussed their feelings on whether or not to appeal the decision of approval for the consolidation study.
Updated at 1:13 p.m. to include the definite decision to not move forward with the appeal. At Tuesday evening's council meeting, Mayor Colleen Mahr and council discussed the option to appeal the decision of a consolidation study for the towns of Scotch Plains and Fanwood. Mahr told Patch the meeting provided an opportunity for council members to voice opinions heard on the issue. In the end, the council did not make any motion to move forward with the decision. On Oct. 2, Fanwood held a special council meeting at Forest Road Park to discuss consolidation, at the meeting two options were presented by Fanwood Attorney, Dennis Estis. In moving forward, Fanwood has two options: to appeal the study or just to continue and see how it plays …
Monday, October 8, 2012
The approved consolidation study is now looking for commissioners from Scotch Plains and Fanwood.
Courage to Re-Connect, the organization backing the study to consolidate Scotch Plains and Fanwood is beginning the search for comissioners for the study. On Sept. 12, the Local Finance Board in Trenton approved the application for the consolidation to be studied. The process calls for a total of 10 commissioners for the study. Courage to Re-Connect will sort through applicants to choose two commissioners from Scotch Plains and two from Fanwood. Following this, each town's council will choose an additional two members. Each four person group will then choose a fifth commissioner. Last week Fanwood held a special meeting on consolidation, Mayor Mahr was interested in knowing what criteria would need to be met for the commissioners. …
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Courage to Re-connect petitions the Local Finance Board to commission a municipal consolidation study.
Scotch Plains and Fanwood residents in favor of merging the two towns made history on February 15, becoming the first neighboring communities in the state to petition the Local Finance Board to commission a study on what consolidation would mean for the SPF tax payers. Over the past year, this community has seen an escalation in discussions regarding shared services, including a possible police merger. Fanwood Mayor, Colleen Mahr, who has dedicated much of her time as Mayor to revitalizing downtown Fanwood, has remained adamant in her opposition to full consolidation. However, Scotch Plains Mayor, Nancy Malool of has openly voiced her support for pursuing a municipal consolidation study, under the Local Option Municipal Consolidation Act…
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