Wantage Government
Commissions
Consolidation Study Commission of Wantage Township and Sussex Borough
Meeting Location:Wantage = Wantage Municipal Building, 888 State Route 23, Wantage, New Jersey
Sussex = Sussex Borough Hall, 2 Main Street, Sussex, New Jersey
Meeting Schedule:
| DATE | TIME | LOCATION |
| January 7, 2009 | 7:00 p.m. | Wantage |
| January 21 – SPECIAL MEETING | 7:00 p.m. | Sussex |
| February 4, 2009 | 7:00 p.m. | Sussex |
| February 11, 2009 | 7:00 p.m. | Sussex |
| March 4, 2009 | 7:00 p.m. | Wantage |
| April 1, 2009 | 7:00 p.m. | Sussex |
| April 22, 2009 – SPECIAL MEETING | 7:00 p.m. | Sussex |
| April 29, 2009 - RESCHEDULED to 5/6 | 7:00 p.m. | Wantage |
| May 6, 2009 - orig date 4/29 | 7:00 p.m. | Sussex |
| May 18 – SPECIAL MEETING | 7:00 p.m. | Sussex |
| July 1, 2009 | 7:00 p.m. | Sussex |
| August 1 NEW DATE | 7:00 | Sussex |
| August 5, 2009 | 7:00 p.m. | Wantage |
Minutes
click here for list of posted
minutes
Cast your vote on November 3:
1 – Should we consolidate
2 – Should the new town’s employees be governed
by Civil Service statutes
Consolidation Commission Reports
October 29, 2009
REBUTTAL COMMENTS ON CONSOLIDATION STUDY NEWSLETTER #2:
Comments of Mr. Art Jacobs with respect to Newsletter #2 of the Consolidation
Study Commission. The Mayor and Committee of Wantage Township believe it
is appropriate to include these comments for the attention of the Wantage
general public.
Download comments (PDF 300 KB)
October 27, 2009
CONSOLIDATION COMMITTEE ISSUES SECOND NEWSLETTER
Download newsletter (PDF 225 KB)
October 20, 2009
CONSOLIDATION PRESENTATION
PDF file of the Power Point presentation given
at the October 19 meeting. Download
September 24, 2009
Newsletter Download (PDF 208KB)
August 31, 2009
OFFICIAL ABSTRACT
BOROUGH OF SUSSEX AND TOWNSHIP OF WANTAGE JOINT MUNICIPAL CONSOLIDATION STUDY
COMMISSION REPORT 1 JUNE 2009
AND ADDENDUM
The Commission issues this abstract of the Commission’s Final Report in accordance
with the
requirements of New Jersey statutes governing the consolidation process [N.J.S.A.
40:43-
66.56(b)]
Click
here to read Official Abstract (PDF format, 50
KB )
August 31, 2009
JOINT MUNICIPAL CONSOLIDATION STUDY COMMISSION REPORT – AUGUST ADDENDUM
Click
here to read August Addendum (PDF format, 150
KB )
August 4, 2009
CONSOLIDATION INCENTIVE GRANT LETTER
Copy of a letter from the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs offers
details of the incentive funds that the State of New Jersey will make available
if the voters of Wantage and Sussex vote to consolidate into one new community
in November.
Click
here to read letter. (PDF format, 150
KB )
July 13, 2009
FINAL REPORT
Click
here to read report. (PDF format, 202
pages, 8 MB )
June 5, 2009
Budget Trends in Sussex and Wantage 2004-2008
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here to read report. (PDF format, document size
is 28 KB )
June 5, 2009
Change in residential taxes WITH savings 042609-1
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here to read report. (PDF format, document size
is 80 KB )
June 4, 2009
Board of Education Representation
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here to read report. (PDF format, document size
is 206 KB )
May 26, 2009
Final Report from the Planning and Zoning Sub Committee of the
Sussex Wantage Consolidation Committee
Click
here to read report. (PDF format, document size
is 115 KB )
Public Works and Utilities Subcommittee Report
Click here to read report. (PDF format, document size is 139 KB )
May 26, 2009
Fire And Rescue Service Report Consolidation Study Report
Click
here to read report. (PDF format, document size is
311 KB )
May 6, 2009
Report
on
Debt Obligations and Bond Issues
of the Newly Consolidated Municipalities
Click
here to read report. (PDF format, document size is
22 KB )
March 13, 2009
Report on Possible Benefits
and Drawbacks to Consolidation:
Staffing
Click
here to read report. (PDF format, document size
is 130 KB )
March 13, 2009
Fiscal Aspects of Consolidating Sussex Borough and Wantage Township – A
Report to the Joint Municipal Consolidation Study Commission of Sussex
Borough and Wantage Township. Revised February 2009
Click
here to read report. (PDF format, document size
is 1.1 MB )
January 22, 2009
Population
Projections for Wantage–Sussex Area (PDF format,
185 KB)
December 8, 2008
Utility
Report - Final (PDF format, 1.7 MB)
WS
Utility Report Appendix A SCMUA Contract –Final (PDF
format, 7 MB)
December 4, 2008
Fiscal Aspects of Consolidating Sussex Borough and Wantage Township – A
Report to the Joint Municipal Consolidation Study Commission of Sussex
Borough and Wantage Township.
Click
here to read report. (PDF format, document
size is 1.1 MB )
______________________________________________
In accordance with their contract for services, the Consultants to the Consolidation Commission have prepared several Reports involving Affordable Housing Obligations, Police Services, and Employee Staffing Levels to assist the Consolidation Commission members in preparing their deliberations.
These reports are shown here for the benefit of the general public. In and of themselves, these reports do not represent any findings or conclusions of the Consolidation Commission. Rather, these reports are tools that the Commission members shall use to help them prepare their final report and recommendations.
Members of the public are encouraged to remain actively involved in the meetings of the Consolidation Commission and to offer input so that the voice of the people may be heard.
Click on name to view report, pdf format:
MANDATORY
PAYMENT FOR STATE POLICE SERVICES IN RURAL MUNICIPALITIES
Summary of Status
of Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) Rule Compliance
Sussex Wantage Joint
Municipal Consolidation Study Commission Work Program
Consolidation Commission Seeks Public's Views – News Release