Mayor Aronsohn’s ” Tiger Team ” throws cold water of reality on big spending Village
“Tiger team’ shows its teeth on Ridgewood expenses
Tuesday January 15, 2013, 9:30 AM
BY DARIUS AMOS
STAFF WRITER
The Ridgewood News
The average Ridgewood property tax bill will skyrocket beyond $25,000 in less than a decade’s time if the Village Council allows budgetary growth to continue at its current pace, according to a report issued Wednesday night by a volunteer finance committee.
Mayor Paul Aronsohn brought an informal group together last summer and requested that it examine Ridgewood’s expenses and spending plans and offer recommendations to aid in the 2013 municipal budget process. The group, which was dubbed the “tiger team,” was comprised of more than a dozen longtime village residents, local business operators, commercial property owners, consultants, finance executives, accountants and lawyers.
Aronsohn and Councilman Tom Riche acted as liaisons, but the committee acted independent of the council and village management.
At Wednesday’s council meeting, team member and resident Bayard Demallie announced that the committee produced a 50-page report containing 19 “big-picture items” that the governing body should consider while drafting the municipal budget. He revealed that many of the recommendations within the report were not reached unanimously, and many residents might disagree with the findings.
“But the report represents the consensus of the committee,” he said, adding that Village Council has the final authority to follow through or disregard the conclusions.
The fiscal facts, however, cannot be ignored, Demallie said.
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Again I ask – who are the members of the “Tiger Team”?
How did the mayor select this informal group last summer?
I want to know why the team focused on the municipal budget when everyone knows it’s the school budget which is out of control.
1 is the school’s. 2 is the fire dept. 3 is the police dept. but what they all way’s go after the worker’s. who make very little next to every one else.