Sump Pump Situation, Storm Costs and Other Issues to Be Addressed During Saturday Forum

Saturday morning borough officials will conduct a forum open to all residents who wish to learn more about  storm costs, reassessment, homestead benefits status and the sump pump situation.

The forum will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 10 at the . Mayor Rose Heck will be joined by members of the finance committee which includes Councilwoman Pamela Link, commissioner of finance; Councilman Justin DiPisa; Mike Kronyak, borough administrator and chief financial officer. Tax collector Conchita Parker will also be in attendance.

Also a special power point presentation will be given by the .

Some background on the issues to be discussed:

The borough began an investigation into sump pump connections about two months ago after determining that the improper, or illegal, use of sump pump dumping into the sanitary sewer system is the cause of sewer backup which severely flooded several homes in town during the August hurricane and also during other severe rain storms.

The property reassessment process, which is being conducted in order to ensure that properties are assessed fairly due to a record number of tax appeals and foreclosures in the borough, has been ongoing since September and

The rare October snowstorm took down trees and power lines all over the borough closing down streets and leaving homes without power for at least two days.  The DPW continued to go around the borough during the weeks that followed to pick up tree debris and as of last week were