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Library closing?
Fate of Pinelands Library
undetermined. PAGE 3
SHANNON CAULFIELD/The Medford Sun
The Shawnee and Seneca High School girls varsity lacrosse teams fight for the ball on a draw during a scrimmage on March 27. The
district rivals will compete against each other during the regular season which begins the first week of April.
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By SHANNON CAULFIELD
The Medford Sun
Medford residents will see the
proposed Lenape Regional High
School District tax levy increase
of 4.87 cents, or $141.75 per year
per average assessed home of
$330,013, come to fruition.
Medford Lakes residents will
see a tax levy increase of 2.05
cents, or $52.73 per year per aver-
age assessed home of $286,600.
The board of education adopt-
ed the 2013-2014 budget during its
March 26 meeting.
The adopted budget is $150.4
million, a 1.79 percent increase
from the current year.
This changes every year,
Vice President of the Board
David Stow said. The four basic
characteristics that come into the
tax, the changes in equalized
value, the changes in ratables, the
changes in regional enrollment
and the assessed value of average
homes. If you see a big change in
please see STATE, page 9
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The Medford Sun
The tug of war between Med-
ford Township and Burlington
County over the Pinelands Li-
brary continues following a letter
sent to the township from Free-
holder Leah Arter, threatening to
withhold shared services.
As an extension of the Burling-
ton County Library System, the
Pinelands Branch Library serves
the towns of Medford, Shamong,
Tabernacle, Southampton and
Woodland.
After review of Medfords pro-
posed revisions to the branch
agreement for the Pinelands Li-
brary, I have arrived at the in-
escapable conclusion that your
governing body, led by Council-
men Pace and Buoni, must be dia-
metrically opposed to shared
services programs in Burlington
County, and most notably, the
Burlington County Library Sys-
tem, Arter said in the letter.
The programs threatening to
be refused include emergency dis-
patch, emergency management,
solid waste disposal and recy-
cling, aggregate purchasing,
pooled financing, community de-
velopment, green energy grants
and audits, recreation grants,
farmland preservation and the
animal shelter. Additionally,
Arter is threatening to exclude
Main and Church streets, both
county roads, as part of a $7.1 mil-
lion county repavement project.
My initial reaction is that it
seems like Leah Arter is offended
that Medford taxpayers expect
value in their tax dollars,
Deputy Mayor Chris Buoni said.
The county and Medford have
been working to reach an agree-
ment to cover $30,000 in repair
and maintenance costs on the
building, a detail Arter has
agreed to in the most recent letter.
Additionally, Arter asked for
the townships cooperation with
renovation to revamp and up-
grade the interior or the facility.
Arters issues with the town-
ship stem from Medfords unwill-
ingness to begin an overhaul of
the facilities, which include re-
configuring the inside of the
building to accommodate new
standards. The upgrades would
include three new, distinctive
areas as well, including a re-
source area for children, a cyber
caf and an adult reading room,
according to a previous letter sent
by Arter.
According to the letter, an ad-
dendum to the agreement from
Medford places responsibility of
the building on the county.
I cannot, in good faith, recom-
mend to the commission that it
Pinelands Library future uncertain
Freeholder threatens to withhold shared services
please see LIBRARY, page 10
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The Medford Township School
District, at its March 25 meeting,
passed the 2013-2014 budget of $50
million with a tax levy increase of
$198.76 for the average assessed
home of $330,013.
Budget goals are consistent
with Superintendent of Schools
Joseph Del Rossis and Business
Administrator Chad Fires pro-
posed budget presentation in Feb-
ruary which includes maintain-
ing and enhancing instructional
programs, capital improvement
projects, enhancing the standard
of education, supporting technol-
ogy, green initiatives and main-
taining class sizes, which have
been steadily declining.
According to Del Rossi, 2008-
2009 was a peak year for enroll-
ment in the district with 3,118 stu-
dents. The number has since
dropped to 2,933 students in the
2012-2013 school year and a projec-
tion of 2,779 in 2013-2014. Addi-
tionally, district officials are an-
ticipating an enrollment of an es-
timated 2,600 students in the 2015-
2016 school year.
The district has cut 13 staff
members in technology, library
and media, instrumental music,
health and physical education,
art and general music, some of
whom Del Rossi is looking to re-
store.
In addition, 20 support staff
members were eliminated due to
budget cuts, according to Del
Rossi.
The budget includes two undis-
closed teaching positions in addi-
tion to a maintenance and opera-
tions secretary, more kinder-
garten instruction time and the
replacement of two 54-passenger
and two 16-passenger buses
through leasing.
The districts telecommunica-
tions system is 11 years old and in
need of repair as well.
Capital improvement projects
at Taunton Forge for a new clock,
bell, alarm and communications
system are projected to take
$150,000 of the $304,000 capital re-
serve budget.
Medford schools pass budget
please see BOE, page 7
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EXECUTIVE EDITOR Tim Ronaldson
VICE PRESIDENT OF SALES Joe Eisele
MANAGING EDITOR Mary L. Serkalow
PRODUCTION Kristen Dowd
MEDFORD EDITOR Shannon Caulfield
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CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD Russell Cann
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EDITOR EMERITUS Alan Bauer
Save the Pinelands Library:
Resident starts online petition
It is becoming increasingly apparent
that the beloved Pinelands Library might
close.
The county and the township cannot
come to an agreement. While certain town
council members state "We do not want the
library to close" in essence, these council-
men will close it.
By being unable to reach an agreement
with the county, they will force the county
to close Pinelands. The councilmen can
then say "we wanted it open, but the county
closed it."
But I think local residents know better
who should be accountable for this mess.
We voted in our town council members
to resolve issues, not force confrontations,
which stress the community and certainly
add stress to the Pinelands Library em-
ployees.
Medford is the lone town in the county
with this dispute.
It is also tragic to read this "debate"
being waged in the local press and social
media.
I wish our freeholders and council mem-
bers looked to Ronald Reagan and Tip
ONeil.
When the president and the House
speaker were at odds, they'd have dinner to-
gether and somehow find solutions.
Its a better approach than an ongoing
public bashing, which only worsens future
negotiations.
Amazingly, if you created a pie chart on
how each Medford residents property
taxes are allocated, you'd have this tiny
sliver for the library. The library tax com-
prises about 1 percent of those taxes.
The saying "pick your battles" should
apply in this case, as the focus of this
whopping 1 percent is distracting our town
from much larger issues.
Councilman Chris Buoni's analysis of
the school board budget is a case in point.
Its a much larger and more valid concern
for Medford.
A local resident has created an online pe-
tition titled "Save the Pinelands Library
Branch!"
So far, there are 143 signers.
Their comments are touching as many
residents have an emotional connection
with the Pinelands Library.
please see LETTERS, page 9
H
eres something that should
shock absolutely no one: New
Jersey is one of the most
taxed, restricted and regulated states
in the nation.
Stop the presses, as they say.
An annual study published by the
Mercatus Center at George Mason Uni-
versity ranked New Jersey 48th out of
50 in terms of freedoms for residents.
Dragging the Garden State down in the
rankings are its ultra-tight gun control
laws, its restrictive marijuana laws
and abysmal property rights protec-
tions, in addition to the obvious high
taxes, the report says.
Discouraging is the fact that the re-
port says that the states significant
debt, and not government spending, is
what fuels the high taxes.
New Jersey is average in govern-
ment spending, while it has among the
highest taxes in the country, said
Jason Sorens, a co-author of the re-
port.
The question, of course, is whether
any of this really matters. Certainly,
any person would want to reside in a
state that doesnt over-impose on his or
her basic freedoms, and only the in-
sane enjoy paying high taxes.
But while it might sound negative,
there are positives to ranking 48th on
this list.
Is it bad that New Jersey has tight
gun control laws?
Is it bad that New Jersey is conser-
vative when it comes to marijuana
laws?
Is it bad that New Jersey limits what
the report calls travel freedoms,
through restrictive seat belt laws, mo-
torcycle and bicycle helmet require-
ments, and sobriety checkpoints?
We dont think so.
The Mercatus Center report suggest-
ed that New Jersey could improve its
ranking by slashing property taxes,
ending rent control and cutting spend-
ing on libraries, sanitation, sewage
and employee retirement benefits.
Some of those suggestions are well
worth following, especially the proper-
ty tax catastrophe.
But liberalizing seat belt and cell
phone-while-driving laws? We just
dont agree.
If we dont climb higher on this list,
and either lose current residents or
dont gain new ones because of it, so be
it. It isnt worth compromising safety
to look better to others.
in our opinion
Freedom isnt free, especially in N.J.
Study ranks New Jersey 48th on freedom list
Can anything be done?
Can anything be done to make New
Jersey more free? Does it even matter
that we are considered free for our resi-
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