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Sea Isle
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| SICTA General & Board Meeting -- the public is encouraged to attend all SICTA mtgs! Saturday, January 14, 10am, Sea Isle City Branch of Cape May County Library, 48th St. and Central Ave. Interested in getting more involved with SICTA? We would love to chat with you! Please send an e-mail to info@sicta.org | |
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Recent SICTA News & Research, Municipal Documents, Noteworthy Newspaper Articles
Note: only Members receive the quarterly newsletter. Also, some of the items below are a bit old, but we leave them here because we think they are interesting and still relevant.
SICTA's October newsletter! Newsletter.
Joint meeting of the Sea Isle City Board of Education and Sea Isle City Council! 10/13/11 presentation.
City's ordinance to allow alcoholic beverages at Excursion Park! Ordinance.
Sexual harassment lawsuit against the City was settled! The settlement agreement is posted on our Lawsuits page.
SICTA summarizes May 2011 campaign contributions! Details.
SICTA Press release! Sea Isle City Taxpayers Association Delineates Purpose.
SICTA's March 2011 Newsletter! Newsletter.
Lawsuits! Visit our Lawsuits page to read our press releases and view details of settled and pending lawsuits against the City.
SICTA Research: 2009/2010/2011 water & sewer rate study! 12/4/10 SICTA Press Release: MUA Charges - Sea Isle Losing the Race? [The preceding is for those of you who have been keeping up with w&s issues; if you need to get up-to-speed first, please visit our Water & Sewer page.]
Annual SIC salaries listing! 2010 list of top 50% highest SIC employee salaries.
SICTA press release: tax dollars paid for a study we don't understand! Great news: a consultant study paid for by the State calculates that SIC can save $56 per household per month by sharing trash services with other local towns. We love that! Unfortunately, we calculate trash costs per household per month at $16.55. Does this mean that other local towns will pay us to take our trash? SICTA thinks that the consultant should respond to the City's and our requests for an explanation of their conclusions -- or they should refund the State the $71,637.95 cost of the study. Press release. Report exhibit.
SICTA Press Release: 2/22/11 Press Release: SEA ISLE OUTSPENDS NEIGHBORING TOWNS’ LEGAL COSTS
SICTA/Sea Isle Revitalization/SIC Chamber Of Commerce annual SIC survey! 2010 survey results and analysis. [If you want to see results from prior years, visit the Charting Our Course page to see survey results from 2007 through 2009.]
Retiree benefits lawsuit! SICTA used the Open Public Records Act (OPRA) to obtain a copy of the lawsuit filed against the City on behalf of employees and retirees. The June changes were hailed by the Mayor as resulting in major cost savings. We wonder how much actual savings will be realized when the costs of the lawsuit are added to the 2% one-time raise, and the four years of a 2.9% annual bump.
SICTA Press Release: 1/24/11 (Herald) Sea Isle City Taxpayers Association—Year in Review
Ever wonder about NJ crime stats? The ACLU published tips for using the Open Public Records Act (OPRA) to get crime info. Here's the raw data they obtained from Newark. Ocean City releases its crime stats to the Herald.
SICTA Press Release: 12/6/10 (Herald) SICTA Press Release: MUA Charges - Sea Isle Losing the Race?
SICTA Press Release: 11/29/10 (Herald) Sea Isle City Cost Allocations - Accounting Chicanery?
SICTA Press Release: 11/15/10 (Herald) Rental Permits Decrease 6 percent in Sea Isle City
Sea Isle City Municipal Budget Projection for 2011! Here is the current draft. Stay tuned for SICTA analysis!
SIC's response to the Governor's checklist! SIC's response. Related AC Press article.
SICTA Press Release: 10/28/10 (Herald) Sea Isle City’s Taxpayers Association: “How’s business this summer”?
SICTA Press Release: 10/16/10 (Herald) Taxpayer Group Releases Survey Findings
County Clerk's Powerpoint presentation! County Clerk Rita Marie Fulginiti's slideshow from the SICTA October 9 General Public Metting.
SIC landfill news! We agree with you: "Increasing State Dredging Capacity through the Beneficial Re-use of Dredged Material" is not an eye-catcher. But, despite the document title, this consultant's report presented at the 9/14/10 Council mtg is interesting. And, see this AC Press article, too.
2010 SIC budget! The City's Budget Adoption Summary summarizes final budget and tax rate (+6.6%). and is consistent with our Charting Our Course research updated on 5/26. For more on the budget, please see our 2010 Budget Research page.
Beach Replenishment 2010! See the presentation made by George Savastano to Council on 4/14. Read this Press of AC article, too.
SIC current municipal projects summary! The City presented a list of upcoming and in-progress projects to Council on 4/10/10. Very interesting! Part1 Part2 Part3
Recent News From Newspapers, etc.
12/29/11 (Herald) Sea Isle Signs Contract to Build Welcome Center
12/23/11 (Herald) Dredge Staging for Sea Isle Beach Fill
12/23/11 (Herald) St. Joseph Catholic Church Dedicated
12/16/11 (Press) Local residents, officials surprised by Jan. 1 Garden State Parkway toll increase
12/15/11 (Herald) Sea Isle Passes Annual Salary Ordinance
12/13/11 (Press) Sea Isle City opens new library, which sports $5 million bayfront views
11/30/11 (Press) Cape May most dangerous county for bicyclists, data show
11/29/11 (Herald) Sea Isle To Terminate Contract with Current Health Plan
11/16/11 (Herald) Sea Isle’s Seasonal Beach Tags to See Increase
11/1/11 (Herald) County Awarded Millions For Road Improvements
10/26/11 (Herald) Sea Isle Rejects $1M Welcome Center Bid
10/25/11 (Herald) Sea Isle Kiosk Parking Meters Confuse Some Drivers
10/17/11 (Herald) Can Sea Isle School Remain Open with $600K Shortfall?
10/17/11 (Inquirer) At the Shore, many homes retained value after a wild ride
9/28/11 (Herald) County Prepares to Open New Sea Isle City Branch Library in Oct.
9/28/11 (OC Sentinel) Sea Isle City school board discusses rec board uses gymnasium
9/23/11 (Press) Sisters protest Sea Isle City’s plans to build welcome center near senior center
9/14/11 (Press)) Cape May County bridge projects will improve vital links at the shore
9/13/11 (Herald) Sea Isle City's 9-11 Ceremony Attracted Nearly 1,000 Spectators
9/12/11 (Herald) Sea Isle City’s Fall Family Festival Bigger, Better
8/23/11 (Press) 92-year-old Sea Isle woman lived, breathed, shared city's history
8/14/11 (Press) Police say crosswalk law at South Jersey shore encourages jaywalkers
8/14/11 (Press) South Jersey police departments struggle to get bicyclists to obey law, ride safely
8/7/11 (Press) Sea Isle City takes residents to court over noncompliance with FEMA flood standards
8/6/11 (Press) Avalon opens first area charging station for electric cars
7/4/11 (Press) Sea Isle City tries to protect a legacy in historic Fish Alley
7/1/11 (Press) Global warming drives plan to raise Sea Isle causeway in Cape May County