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Scotch Plains Management Corporation

Thursday, February 14, 2013

SPMC Plans to Prepare 2013 Budget Without SID Fee

The Scotch Plains Management Corporation met on Feb. 12 and planned to create a budget for 2013 that does not include the Special Improvement District fee.

  The Scotch Plains Management Corporation decided at their Feb. 12 meeting to formulate and present to the town council a budget that would not include the Special Improvement District fees for 2013. The SPMC should have proposed a budget in December and failed to do so, according to Mayor Kevin Glover who sits on the board. Moving forward, Chairman Dominick Verdic and Treasurer Tom Russo stated they would work on a budget to discuss with the board and then present it to the council. During the Feb. 12 SPMC meeting the discussion was heavily focused on whether or not the fee should be suspended and what changes the SID can make with the money they currently have to improve downtown Scotch Plains. This would be the fifth year the SPMC …

Lenapee Tree

6:02 pm on Monday, February 18, 2013

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Friday, February 1, 2013

Scotch Plains Management Corporation Discusses Suspending Yearly Fee

Mayor Kevin Glover has suggested the Scotch Plains Management Corporation suspend the Special Improvement District fee paid by downtown businesses.

  Mayor Kevin Glover has suggested that the Scotch Plains Management Corporation suspend the Special Improvement District’s fee for this year. Glover stated that he is dedicated improving the downtown however, there needs to be a more firm plan of action on the table. At the Jan. 29 Council Meeting, Glover said that he has questioned what the value of the SID has been. The Alternative Press reported that Glover stated that it was time to take a step back and see what to do with the SPMC and figure out who it should be benefiting. Each year, businesses that are designated as part of the SID pay a $400 fee, which was supposed to go towards improving downtown Scotch Plains, now Glover is looking to have the SPMC suspend the fee for 2013. “The…

Bo

1:36 pm on Monday, February 4, 2013

Nicole, At the last Council Meeting...The Mayor said that he had met with the SPMC Board and that they had agreed and voted to suspend the annual payment for the year. It would appear, according to Tom Russo, that this is far from true and perhaps The Mayor overstated reality. Also, I have reviewed the ordinance regarding the SPMC, and I have spoken with legal sources, it is pretty clear that The…   more ›

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