A Tough Year Ahead For Berkeley Township
Financial blowback from Superstorm Sandy will impact budget, officials say
2013 is not going to be pretty. "This upcoming year we have a real mountain to climb," Township Council President James J. Byrnes said at the Jan. 4 reorganization meeting. "The whole town is going to have to pay," he said. "We have a tough year ahead. In two years, we are going to be back up. We owe it to the people who put us up here to do the best we can." "Obviously it's going to be a very challenging year in Berkeley," Mayor Carmen F. Amato Jr. said. "We are still picking up the pieces from Superstorm Sandy." The township has lost between $300 million to $500 million in ratables since Sandy hammered Berkeley and the Jersey Shore on Oct. 29, Amato has said. "Our budget is going to be deeply impacted," the mayor said. "Taxes are going …
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10:20 pm on Tuesday, April 23, 2013
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