Nutley Group Wants Term Limits For Township Boards

NUTLEY, NJ — Are you a Nutley resident who wants local government representatives with “innovative ideas, passion and a fresh perspective?” Then it may be time to start limiting terms to the township’s zoning, planning, rent leveling and library boards, a community activist group says.

The Nutley Coalition for Change has started an online petition titled: “Term Limits for Township of Nutley, Appointed Board Members.” (See the petition here)

Group member Tammy Rossi said that historically, “only a select few” have been appointed to serve on Nutley’s township boards.

“It is time for our commissioners to reach farther and wider into our community and give others an opportunity to serve,” Rossi wrote. “The Nutley Coalition for Change believes change is good, change is necessary. We ask you to join us in appealing to our leaders to enact term limits for board appointments.”

According to Rossi, some reasons for instituting term limits in Nutley include:

• “Term limits will provide opportunities for new appointees to offer current insights.”
• “Term limits cultivate new leadership that builds on the work of former members.”
• “Term limits will ensure board members with new ideas, new passion, and a fresh perspective.”
• “Term limits will provide an opportunity for more Nutley citizens to be appointed to our boards.”

Read the full petition below. Don’t forget to visit the Patch Belleville-Nutley Facebook page here.

"Nutley NJ Citizens. We need new board members with innovative ideas, passion and a fresh perspective to represent all of the us in making decisions about our township. Change is good, change is necessary. This is a petition to the Township of Nutley Board of Commissioners to enact a township ordinance for term limits of two (2) consecutive three (3) year terms on our local quasi-judicial boards.

"Petition signatures AND a formal request will be shared by the organizing Committee of the Nutley Coalition for Change with Mayor Joseph Scarpelli and Commissioners Thomas Evans, Alphonse Petracco, Steve Rogers and Mauro Tucci at the scheduled Board of Commissioners public meeting on November 6, 2018.

"My signature on this petition confirms my support for the Nutley Board of Commissioners to enact an ordinance for term limits of two (2) consecutive three (3) year terms for appointments for board members on the following quasi-judicial Nutley NJ Township Boards:

· Zoning Board of Adjustment

· Planning Board

· Rent Leveling Board

· Library Board of Trustees

Signatures will be collected between August 1, 2018 and November 5, 2018. If you would like a paper petition, email nutley4change@gmail.com"

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