Potential Questions & Topics for Brigantine Candidates Forum THIS MORNING 10am. OCT 25, 2014. Community Ctr. • What are your SPECIFIC ideas / strategies for bringing property taxes back in line. This is single most important issue affecting EVERY resident both full and part time. • To Guenther and Sera; any comment on running mate Andy Simpson refusing to come clean regarding tax dodger-gate? Surety Title vs Simpson NJ Superior Court • How will you address/handle Real Estate assessment discrepancies? How will you handle the flood of appeals next year? • Can city employees be made to live on island & pay taxes? This will surely help tax base. • Do you support a morals clause & ethical standards for city employees? • 24 hour shifts for Fire Department, does Brig pay for meals for those on duty? • Will you limiting/ending carry-over of sick & vacation days for city employees? • Will you cap salaries for city employees? • Should city employees contribute more to skyrocketing health costs? • Do you support setting standards non-employees that use/operate City facilities? Should there be standards for organizations subsidized, funded or supported in anyway by City of Brigantine? • If elected, which ordinances would you work to modify, remove / add ? • If elected, will you be more direct with unions and move to settle extended, 2 year negotiation? Will you consider arbitration? • What are your thoughts on practices like longevity pay & 24 hour FD shifts? • Bulkhead integrity. Will you push to thoughtfully, enforce current ordinances? • Will you reduce cash transactions, use digital payments, more secure record keeping? ( beach tags, etc ) • Brigantine schools are governed by Board of Eduction & operates as Type 1 district. 7 members appointed by Mayor. Do you support or oppose operating schools this way? Why? • Will you consolidate school positions to reduce costs without jeopardizing education? • Who runs Brigantine Triathlon? What expense/revenue/profit does City track with this event? Should City attract sponsors to make event cash-flow positive? • Who oversees & is ultimately responsible for operations/financials of Brig sports facilities, leagues and organizations? • What is status of Brigantine Police Officer Periera? Should City be transparent with these public safety/employee issues? If found innocent, will he still be employed by City? • History shows government not good at running & controlling business. Why should Brigantine or outside expert (ex: Jaworski/Billy Casper) run Golf Course? • Should City mandate that charities & non-profit organizations on the island, properly follow IRS & other applicable regulations? How does City monitor this activity? • If elected, what will you do to attract more business to the 40+ empty storefronts in Brigantine? Does Brigantine need a more business-friendly environment? • If elected, what type of person would you place in charge of marketing & website content for City? Should Police Chief control web content for city? • For past 10 years, Water Weenie sold food and treats, on beach at The Cove with no permits or certifications. If elected, will you allow others vendors to do same? • Ice cream on beach is simple pleasure that 99% of beach goers like. Should Brigantine remove the ‘200 ft’ ordinance from the books? • Were you in favor of City of Brigantine hosting and managing Online Business Directory with no mercantile office oversight for past 2 years? • Do you support ‘job descriptions’ for all city employees, including Council and City Manager? • What is status of the “who signs off on overtime” issue from May 2014. Currently, who is last person to sign off before it goes to payroll? • Should annual ‘Shoobie Tuesday’ party change name in order to respect summer visitors? • City ordinance states no signage be posted on blvd from bridge to circle. Does city have jurisdiction over private landowners that post billboards? • Will you support term limits and/or financial disclosure for candidates, council members, applicable city employees/appointees? • It takes 6 months for City Council meeting minutes to be posted. Will you fix that problem? • 2013 City Financial Audit is still not posted. How would you deal with that issue? • Should Council have at least one part-time resident?
Posted on: Sat, 25 Oct 2014 13:44:02 +0000