BUDGET
- Increased Surplus
- Established 5-Year Rolling Reassessment of Properties
- Improved Bond Rating
- Increased Shared Services
- Awarded Additional Grant Funding for Municipal Projects
IMPROVED COMMUNICATIONS / TRANSPARENT GOVERNMENT
- Continued Videotaping Township Council Meetings and Special Events
- Issued Quarterly Mayor’s Update Reports and Annual Newsletter
- Installed Electronic Sign Board Outside Town Hall
- Advocated for the Adoption of Anti-Nepotism Ordinance
- Revamped Township Website
- Maximized Use of Social Media and Emergency Alerts (NIXLE)
- Refurbished Our Town Public Access Cable TV Station and Increased Programming
- Utilized Township Communication Media for Updates and Messages
- Created Online Portal for Payment of Tax and Water Bills
IMPROVED PUBLIC SAFETY
- Restored School Resource Officer Position in High / Middle School
- Named 10 Least Violent Towns in NJ by The Star Ledger Newspaper (2017)
- Upgraded Police Department Computers and Radio Communications
- Purchased New Duty Handguns and Bulletproof Vests for Police Officers
- Hired Class 3 Special Law Enforcement Officers Assigned for Security at all Public Schools
- Worked Closely with Town’s Office of Emergency Management and Emergency Services
- Purchased 2 New Fire Apparatus for our Volunteer Fire Department
- Purchased New Ambulance for our Volunteer Ambulance Corps
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
- Instituted a Town-wide Road Resurfacing Program
- Constructed Salt Shed at the Township’s DPW Facility
- Utilized Grant and Township Funds for Various Drainage and Water Improvement Projects
- Purchased New Vehicles and Equipment Including a New Sweeper Truck
- Applied for Grant Funding to Improve our Infrastructure and Sanitary Sewer System
SENIOR SERVICES
- Continued Senior Citizen Advisory Board and Initiated a Monthly Senior Newsletter
- Extended Senior Bus Hours
- Increased Senior Activities and Programs
- Partnered with Bergen County to Build Affordable Senior Housing Apartments
- Conducted Senior Scam Alert Seminars
PARKS & RECREATION
- Monitored and Supervised the Installation of Turf at Veterans Field
- Hired a Full-Time Recreation Director
- Oversaw Construction of Bathrooms and Concession Stand at Veterans Field
- Assisted Eagle Scout Michael Maniscalco Renovating Avon Park Playground
- Constructed Tri-Centennial Park at the Intersection of Platt Ave and Saddle River Road
- Encumbered Funds for New Playground Equipment at Mayhill Street Park
- Retrofitting and Constructing a New Municipal Complex, to Include a Civic / Recreation Center
FLOODING
- Formed Flood Advisory Committee
- Appointed Council Flood Committee Chairman
- Hired a Flood Plain Manager
- Applied for Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Community Rating System
- Scheduled Roundtable Meetings with Local, County, State and Federal Officials
OTHER
- Established the Community Partnership Committee Along with Pastor Christopher Wolf
- Established the Access for All Committee and Joined the “Stigma Free” Initiative
- Improved and Added Township Activities and Events
- Reestablished our Local Chamber of Commerce with Membership into the Hackensack Regional Chamber
- The Crazy Tourist Website Ranked Saddle Brook in Top 10 Places to Live in NJ (2017)
- Money Magazine (Niche) selected Saddle Brook as 24th Best Place to live in America (2018)
- Headed Township’s 300th Anniversary Activities and Celebrations (2016)