Accomplishments

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)