Boonton Accomplishments

Secured and assisted in obtaining hundreds of thousands of dollars of Morris County small business grants for Boonton area businesses impacted by the COVID 19 pandemic.

Applied for and awarded American Planning Association CPAP Transit Village Feasibility Analysis & Community Visioning study

Applied for and awarded Rutgers Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy Transit Oriented Development study.

Applied for and awarded North Jersey Transit Planning Authority 18 month long Boonton visioning and planning study.

Led drive to end practice of providing full family health benefits to part-time elected officials saving well over $100,000 annually.

Led Board to elect out of Chapter 88, which mandated provision of lifetime health benefits to all Town of Boonton retirees.

Crafted and passed ordinance requiring mandatory ethics training for all newly elected and returning re-elected Council members to address conflict of interest abuses.

Driving force behind transition to Morris County Communication 911 dispatch center providing state of the art technology, accredited award-winning system and $250,000+ annual cost savings.

Initiated financial investigation that uncovered $700,000 of unnecessary bond funding that could be retired lowering town’s outstanding debt and financing costs.

Crafted and passed an ordinance permitting Council input on agenda items and general comments to address current administration’s stifling of Council members.

Crafted and passed an ordinance requiring and compelling full transparency and data access for entire Board to address current administration’s multiple instances of withholding information.

Successfully represented Town in Fair Share affordable housing suit and prevented Park Woods from including their project in judicial settlement.