Council Fails, revised leaf policy bagged
Council Fails, revised leaf policy bagged
Thursday October 11, 2012, 3:37 PM
BY DARIUS AMOS
STAFF WRITER
The Ridgewood News
The Ridgewood Council has gone back to the drawing board, defeating previously introduced changes to the municipal leaf removal policy and presenting a new ordinance with fewer changes to the Village Code.
In a “less-is-more” move, council members agreed at Wednesday’s meeting that the former proposal to modify the leaf policy might have done more bad than good for the village and its residents. Mayor Paul Aronsohn said he and his council colleagues made their decision after considering the arguments presented to them last month and over the past two weeks.
“This might be a solution that’s in search of a problem. Maybe we’re already there,” Aronsohn said of the defeated ordinance.
While rejecting the original changes to the policy, the council also introduced a new ordinance during this week’s public meeting. The most noticeable differences in the new ordinance are regulations governing the placement of leaves.
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“We will move on it quickly in the next council,” Councilman Paul Aronsohn said, adding he remains hopeful the new plan – whatever it ends up being – can reduce the tax burden for the village residents.” Patch June 2011
Campaign promise #1 Sorry folks.