This site was created to open the public's eyes to how the Mayor and City Council of Gloucester City and surrounding Camden County Towns in NJ Spend your Tax Dollars. This site is also expanding to cover Gloucester County as well. To contact this site email [email protected].
Newly Hired Gloucester City Police Officer Arrested In Wildwood NJ on 7/12/13 . This officer just finished the police academy several days before this arrest. He was due to start work the following week.
Unconfirmed reports are that this officer will return to work in 6 months.
What is going on with the Gloucester City PD??????
SELLS AT A BID OF $900,000 OR ABOVE! Be on the river with potential shipping access connected to diverse operational uses, including the development of port facilities and related water-oriented manufacturing, storage, cargo processing and shipment of finished products in the Port Planned Industrial Development zoning district of Gloucester, NJ, just south of the Walt Whitman Bridge. A unique, 200’± wide land-pier extending out to the Delaware River, nearly 1,500’± from the frontage road with close proximity to Route 76 and direct lines to New York City and Philadelphia. 10.50± acre land PLUS 9.60± Riparian Grant. Seller financing available to qualified bidders.
1. Tax records show that said land is still owned by Gloucester Point INC.
CITY OF GLOUCESTER CITY
Tax Collectors Stub - Return with Payment
If Delinquent Payment is Due in Tax Office by 6/11/13
Block
Lot Qualification
Bank Code
110
2.01
Tax Account Number
Amount Due
$ 0.00
18174
GLOUCESTER POINTE
707 WATER ST
2. Said land is due to be sold at Sheriff sale on 7/3/13
Sales Listing Details
Sheriff #:
FR-13002254
Court Case #:
F01518512
Sales Date:
7/3/2013
Plaintiff:
G HEAVENER, LLC, A PENNSYLVANIA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
Defendant:
GLOUCESTER POINT, INC.
Address:
707 WATER STREET GLOUCESTER CITY NJ 08030
Approx. Upset*:
$1,249,779.17
Attorney:
JAMES D. DONNELLY
Attorney Phone:
(856) 429-0164
Status History
Status
Date
Scheduled
7/03/2013
3. Gloucester was paid by a company to dump dirt on said land ($1,000,000)
4. Said land had buildings torn down and removed. (who did ths?? Gloucester Mayor & Council??)
Referr to Dirty Dirt under the Categories section to read more about this topic
We requested the following information from The City of Gloucester in regards to there Freedom Pier Project and was told the do not have any of the documents requested.
If you read the agreement it only relates to the construction of residential properties.
Freedom Pier llc seems to be a fantom company
The issue is that these documents are required "per there agreement"
1. I am requesting all meeting minutes as outlined in section 5.1 of the Redevelopment Agreement between the City of Gloucester and Freedom Pier llc. 1/1/08 to present
2. I am requesting all progress reports as outlined in section 5.2 of the Redevelopment Agreement between the City of Gloucester and Freedom Pier llc. 1/1/08 to present
3. I am requesting all submissions as outlined in section 5.3 of the Redevelopment Agreement between the City of Gloucester and Freedom Pier llc. 1/1/08 to present
4. I am requesting all insurance documents required as outlined in section 7 of the Redevelopment Agreement between the City of Gloucester and Freedom Pier llc. 1/1/08 to present
5. I am requesting all Approvals as outlined in Exhibit E of the Redevelopment Agreement between the City of Gloucester and Freedom Pier llc. 1/1/08 to present
6. I am requesting the development agreement between Gloucester City and Freedom Pier llc that outlines the plan as described in the Gloucester city Resolution 008-2013 (there should be a new agreement as the original calls for housing not a bar/brew pub)1/1/08 to present
Email response from Gloucester City Clerk
With regards to the attached OPRA request #'s 1-6 - None
This E-mail was sent from "RNPA0B085" (Aficio 3035).
Scan Date: 05.16.2013 15:29:53 (-0400)
Queries to: [email protected]
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Kathleen M. Jentsch
City Clerk/Registrar of Vital Statistics
City of Gloucester City
512 Monmouth St.
Gloucester City, NJ 08030
856-456-0205 ext. 218 (phone)
856-456-8030 (fax)
Email: [email protected]Municipal Bldg. Office Hours:
M-W 8 am - 5 pm
Thurs. 10 am - 7 pm
Fri. Closed
Since
this site first reported on Wallacegate this site has received many messages and has tried to make sense of what happened. According to sources the contract
between the Supervisors and Coordinators Union and the Township only contained
one change, which was to eliminate sick buy back. Below is the original
tabled contract, the second contract which was supposed to have that change and
the final change. Notice the salary changes. This site can only
assume that these documents are correct. It appears the salaries were
changed a number of times by people inside the Wallace Administration. This site has also learned that it has been past practice in Washington Township when
the council voted on a contract any changes were highlighted. It appears
this contract was different and the question to BA Bob Smith and Mayor Wallace
is why? How was this changed without the Council President knowing about
it?
Why would Frank Campbell, a 30+ year public servant, who has served the people/taxpayers of Washington Township sign/approve raise(s) which was never approved previously by the Governing Body of Washington Township?
In an article written this weekend by South Jersey Times the headline implied that Wallacegate was nothing more than a clerical error. Does anyone believe that. It also appears Council President Morley and the Council Vice President have woken up and appear to be getting to the bottom of what really happened. Below is a link to the article.
Just one question why did BA Bob Smith and Mayor Wallace have no comment?
Below are images of the contract which this site obtained from a concerned resident. Notice the salaries are not on the same page. The left copy is the original. The copy with the handwriting on it is the contract signed by Mayor Wallace. Whose handwriting is it?
Also It appears Ken Patrone got a raise as well. Can someone explain this?
We requested the following information from The City of Gloucester in regards to there Freedom Pier Project and was told the do not have any of the documents requested.
If you read the agreement it only relates to the construction of residential properties.
Freedom Pier llc seems to be a fantom company
The issue is that these documents are required "per there agreement"
1. I am requesting all meeting minutes as outlined in section 5.1 of the Redevelopment Agreement between the City of Gloucester and Freedom Pier llc. 1/1/08 to present
2. I am requesting all progress reports as outlined in section 5.2 of the Redevelopment Agreement between the City of Gloucester and Freedom Pier llc. 1/1/08 to present
3. I am requesting all submissions as outlined in section 5.3 of the Redevelopment Agreement between the City of Gloucester and Freedom Pier llc. 1/1/08 to present
4. I am requesting all insurance documents required as outlined in section 7 of the Redevelopment Agreement between the City of Gloucester and Freedom Pier llc. 1/1/08 to present
5. I am requesting all Approvals as outlined in Exhibit E of the Redevelopment Agreement between the City of Gloucester and Freedom Pier llc. 1/1/08 to present
6. I am requesting the development agreement between Gloucester City and Freedom Pier llc that outlines the plan as described in the Gloucester city Resolution 008-2013 (there should be a new agreement as the original calls for housing not a bar/brew pub)1/1/08 to present
Email response from Gloucester City Clerk
With regards to the attached OPRA request #'s 1-6 - None
This E-mail was sent from "RNPA0B085" (Aficio 3035).
Scan Date: 05.16.2013 15:29:53 (-0400)
Queries to: [email protected]
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Kathleen M. Jentsch
City Clerk/Registrar of Vital Statistics
City of Gloucester City
512 Monmouth St.
Gloucester City, NJ 08030
856-456-0205 ext. 218 (phone)
856-456-8030 (fax)
Email: [email protected]Municipal Bldg. Office Hours:
M-W 8 am - 5 pm
Thurs. 10 am - 7 pm
Fri. Closed
Below is
part of the personnel policy for Washington Township. It appears to be clear, and a reasonable
person and every day taxpayer would agree a family member should not be
supervising another family member. Below
the personnel policy are timesheets.
Does anyone see anything wrong?
Should a
father be approving a son or son-in-laws overtime timesheets? Is all of this overtime warranted? Could this be a reason Mayor Wallace is
raising taxes so friends can get rich?
HOWEVER
What is more
alarming is that on the timesheet for 11/12/12-11/18/12 Supervisor of Municipal
Services Frank Campbell wrote:
“QUESTIONS
WAS RAISED LAST WEEK ABOUT ME FILLING OUT THIS EMPLOYEES O.T. SHEETS. HOWEVER NICK PILLEGI TOLD ME TO CONTINUE WHAT
I HAVE BEEN DOING FOR YEARS SIGNING HIS TIME CARDS”
So Frank
Campbell has been approving his sons time cards for years? And when asks about his boss Nick Pileggi
said to continue to do so.
Recently
this site has learned that Washington Township has made $52,850 from renting
the Senior Center since January of 2012.
It is not uncommon for municipalities to rent public buildings for use
by organizations and a private party.
However unlike other towns Washington Township does not have the rental
fees for the Center in the Township’s fee ordinance. A fee ordinance set fees which allows a
municipality to charge for a service etc.
If there
is no fee schedule for the rental of the Senior Center how is the Township
legally collecting money?
Will they
pay back each person who paid a fee?
How could
the Township charge one person one amount of money and another a
different? If there is no fee ordinance,
is that legal?
Is
someone in the Township possibly pocketing money from the Senior Center for
personal gain?
Below are fee ordiances from other towns. At the meeting BA Bob Smith said that other towns were doing it wrong. Really Bob? Every other town that has set fees is doing it wrong OR is it Washington Township is doing it wrong AND you rather the public not know about it?
In Order: Runnemede Borough, Gloucester City and Berlin Borough.
It seems
like government employees who receive a taxpayer paid cell phone think they can
do anything they want with the taxpayer provided cell phone they are given. Last year it was reported on Galloway
Township News that former Galloway Township manager Stephen Bonanni was
teaching for Rutgers University while still on the clock getting paid by
Galloway Township. This information was brought
to light by a local blogger who used cell phone bills to trace Bonanni’s
location at Rutgers. In addition the
cell phone bill also linked the then Township manager to an alleged prostitution
scandal.
It
appears that Washington Township employees like to misuse taxpayer provided
cell phones as well.
Below is
a cell phone bill Washington Township received showing municipal employee Ken
Patrone had a $20.00 service charge on his township provided phone. What was the $20.00 charge for? A request for detailed bills was denied under
OPRA since the township does not receive detailed bills even though it can
easily access that information online or by asking its carrier Verizon wireless.
What was
the $20.00 special service charge for?
If an
employee misused a Township provided cell phone why did they pay $20.00 to the
Township?
Why does
the employee still have a phone?
Why is
the Township reluctant not to disclose the reason of the special charge?
What is
going on inside the Wallace Administration?