Keansburg police chief got 11 weeks paid vacation in one year
KEANSBURG An audit by the Office of the State Comptroller found that this borough awarded nearly a half-million dollars in longevity payments to police officers and other municipal employees over a two-year period, and sold back weeks worth of unused vacation and sick days to the then-police chief and borough clerk in apparent violation of their contracts.
Although not identified by name in the OSC report, former Police Chief James Pigott held that rank during the years audited, 2017 and 2018. In the latter year, the OSC found that the chief received 55 vacation days, or 11 full paid weeks off.
Oceanport Mayor Jay Coffey was not immediately available for comment.
In a 2014 menhaden fish kill in the Shark River, several tons of menhaden were collected by local public works from Neptune and Belmar, volunteers and even prison inmates. The fish were brought to the Monmouth County landfill in Tinton Falls.
That kill was said to be caused by oxygen deprivation due to low river water levels that were caused in some part by sand deposited by superstorm Sandy that exasperated existing shoaling conditions on the river. The channels have since been dredged.
The menhaden die-off this spring is different. The fish are diseased and the dead fish are appearing in several tributaries of the Shrewsbury and Navesink rivers.
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Arbor Day is April 30, but Monmouth County residents can pick up tree saplings free-of-charge at these locations during April and May: (Shutterstock)
MONMOUTH COUNTY - In partnership with the New Jersey Tree Recovery Campaign and the Arbor Day Foundation, 13 municipalities across Monmouth County will be participating in tree sapling giveaways throughout April and May. The trees are completely free-of-charge.
Masks and social distancing will be required at all pickup locations.
Below is the list of all pickup locations:
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Aberdeen - May 1 - 9 a.m. to noon - pickup at the front of town hall on Church Street
Belmar Borough - May 1 - 10 a.m. to noon - pickup outside of Taylor Hardware at Main Street and 10th Avenue
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