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SEEKING VILLAGE MANAGER FOR THE VILLAGE OF RIDGEWOOD

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file photo by Boyd Loving

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, full-service residential community of 26,000 residents, with AAA bond rating in Northwest Bergen County, with $54.7 million budget, paid police and fire departments, sanitation division, sewage treatment facility, parking utility ($2.5 million budget) and water utility ($18.5 million budget). Council Manager form of government, operating under Faulkner Act. Five member non-partisan Council elected for staggered four-year terms.

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Democrats Donors Get Paid When Bergen County Improvement Authority Borrows Money

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photo by Boyd Loving former Ridgewood Mayor and Village Manager at BCIA meeting

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Hackensack NJ,  according to NorthJersey.com , when Bergen County borrows money to pay for public projects, Democratic donors get paid. (https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/2020/01/29/nj-democratic-donors-get-contracts-when-bergen-county-borrows-money/4434551002/ )

Since 2015, when Democrats retook control of the county executive seat and the Freeholder Board, 18 firms have been paid more than $20,000 in fees from no-bid contracts when the Bergen County Improvement Authority has issued bonds, according to a review of BCIA records and campaign finance reports by NorthJersey.com. Continue reading Democrats Donors Get Paid When Bergen County Improvement Authority Borrows Money