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PSE&G Offers Energy Savings For Work An Everyday Life

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View the entire newsletter for more articles:  2023 – NJAC County Biz – February by PSE&G PSE&G provides residential and business customers throughout the state of New Jersey with energy efficiency program offerings designed to save energy and money. Energy efficiency is the use of less energy to perform the same task and is one of the easiest and most cost-effective ways to reduce energy costs, lower greenhouse gas emissions, address climate change and impact economic health (through the creation of  clean energy jobs, leading to increased employment).  PSE&G’s $1 billion...
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Camden County Commissioner Jonathan L. Young to Serve As NJAC’s 82nd President

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For Immediate Release: January 25, 2023 Contact: John G. Donnadio, Executive Director (Trenton) The New Jersey Association of Counties (NJAC) is pleased to announce that it will swear-in Camden County Commissioner Jonathan L. Young as the Association’s 82nd President at 11:00 a.m. on January 27, 2023 in the Senate Chambers of the State House in Trenton. “I look forward to leading this outstanding organization in 2023 as we continue advocating for county governments across the State with a unified, proactive, and solution driven approach to solving critical issues,” said Camden County Comm...
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2023 State of the State Address

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Governor Murphy Delivers 2023 State of the State Address January 10, 2023  Remarks as Prepared for Delivery "Building the Next New Jersey" Lieutenant Governor Oliver. Senate President Scutari. Assembly Speaker Coughlin. Majority Leaders Ruiz and Greenwald. Minority Leaders Oroho and DiMaio. Members of the 220th Legislature, and especially the bipartisan escort committee who led me into this chamber. Chief Justice Rabner, Associate Justices Patterson, Pierre-Louis, Fasciale, and Wainer Apter. Judge Sabatino and Judge Grant. Members of the Cabinet. Senior Staff. Former Governors DiFra...
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2023 NJ Sustainability In Motion Conference

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The New Jersey Clean Communities Council and Association of New Jersey Recyclers are pleased to announce NJ's first statewide conference focusing on sustainability, recycling, litter abatement, materials management and much, much more on March 8-10, 2023 at Caesars in Atlantic City, NJ! Vendors from the tri-state area are encouraged to attend and network with the diverse audience of clean communities, recycling and sustainability coordinators, government representatives, elected officials, business and industry, consultants, and non-profits from around the state. The "2023 NJ Sustainabilit...
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VIRTUAL WORKSHOP: Domestic Minor Human Trafficking Prevention

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February 22, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. The New Jersey Association of Counties (NJAC) presented Domestic Minor Human Trafficking Prevention as a follow-up to the Association's Summit on Human Trafficking this past December, and as the first in a series of free virtual workshops NJAC will host in 2023 on a variety of topics that impact county governments and residents across the State.  In summary, this session provided information on the human trafficking of children and how government, agencies, law enforcement, and citizens, can work together to prevent domestic minor human trafficking and the comm...
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New Somerset County Preservation Plan Is First In Nation To Combine Open Space, Farmland, and History

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View the entire newsletter for more articles:  2023 – NJAC County Biz – January by Brad Fay, Chief Communications Officer for Somerset County Somerset County thinks of itself as the “crossroads of the crossroads of the American Revolution,” based on its rich history. That’s just one reason why the county in 2022 became the first in the nation to update and then combine its historic, open space, and farmland preservation plans into a single, comprehensive plan. Adopted by the Somerset County Planning Board in May 2022, the plan has already won two awards, from the New Jersey Planning O...
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2023 NJAC ANNUAL CONFERENCE WORKSHOP PROPOSALS

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The 72nd NJAC Annual Conference takes place this year at Caesar's in Atlantic City, NJ from May 3rd to May 5th.  Currently, NJAC is accepting proposals for its annual conference workshops.  Space is limited, so please submit your proposal no later than February 11th to Loren Wizman by email at loren@njac.org. To make sure that our elected officials, administrators, finance officers, purchasing officials, planners, engineers, attorneys, public works employees, accountants, and other county officials actively participate in our conference, the conference committee will give priority consideratio...
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NJ Climate Change Resource Center, Rutgers New Brunswick In Person Training

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In-person training on January 26 at Rutgers New Brunswick through the NJ Climate Change Resource Center which is hosted at Rutgers. Check-in and coffee begin at 8:30 AM. Training begins promptly at 9 AM and wraps up around 4:30 PM. The morning will focus on climate change impacts in NJ, resilience and adaptation concepts, and how to assess community vulnerability. The afternoon will focus on state/federal agencies’ requirements for local governments, the types of support they offer, and the elements of good resilience planning. Speakers include the NJ Department of Community Affairs, NJ...
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