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Continue reading New Planters Being Installed Throughout Downtown Ridgewood
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Continue reading New Planters Being Installed Throughout Downtown Ridgewood
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Ridgewood NJ, are you seeking consistent garbage pickup services? Unfortunately, that’s not guaranteed due to the deteriorating condition of the Village’s sanitation trucks. I concur with Councilwoman Reynolds that the Village must urgently address this issue. She points out that there is $2.3 million allocated for the Schedler field, with an additional $500k added last year. This occurred even as the Village implemented a 6 percent tax hike and faced a budget crisis that nearly led to employee furloughs. Reynolds emphasizes the pressing need to utilize some of these funds to update the fleet of sanitation trucks, either through purchasing or renting.
Continue reading Councilwoman Says Village of Ridgewood Sanitation Trucks Need an Upgrade
AGENDA
VILLAGE COUNCIL
SPECIAL PUBLIC BUDGET MEETING
MARCH 15, 2023
5:00 P.M.
Continue reading Special Public Ridgewood Budget Meeting Agenda Tonight 5pm
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Ridgewood NJ, many of the major proponents of the parking deck in the central business district are starting to have second thoughts. Realizing that taking a sizable debt load for a depreciating structure that requires systemic subsidy was not a smart idea. A little late to do anything about the structure, like turf fields in flood zones and the Village Hall wreck-on-vacation another thing resident taxpayers will be stuck with forever .
Continue reading Time to Farm Out Many Village of Ridgewood Services to the County
SPECIAL PUBLIC BUDGET MEETING
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
5:00 P.M.
Continue reading Ridgewood Village Council Special Public Budget Meeting Agenda
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An important budget message from Mayor Susan Knudsen:
Dear fellow Ridgewood residents,
Last summer the Village of Ridgewood began working on this year’s 2021 municipal budget. Unlike other municipalities, Ridgewood engages in in a robust and transparent budget process with each department director required to prepare an annual budget. The Village Manager, CFO, and Treasurer work diligently alongside Department Directors to ensure budgets meet Village standards without overburdening taxpayers.
Continue reading Mayor Susan Knudsen: Ridgewood Budgeting Process