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PSEG Awards $12,000 to NJAC Foundation for Vocational-Technical Graduates Studying Green

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The PSEG Foundation awarded the NJAC Foundation a grant of $12,000.00 for county vocational-technical school graduates who plan on studying environmental science, green design, green technology, alternative energy, or other related subjects at a county college or state college or university in the fall. “As our nation grows increasingly proactive about protecting the environment for future generations, I’m thrilled that PSEG and the NJAC Foundation have once again partnered on this important and timely initiative on behalf of our county vocational-technical school graduates across the State,”...
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PSE&G Unveils Five Year Proposal to Continue to Replace Aging Gas Infrastructure

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by Brooke Houston Fisher, Communications for PSE&G View the entire newsletter: $320 million a year program to modernize 800 miles of cast iron and unprotected steel Low gas supply prices make this the ideal time to upgrade system Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G), New Jersey’s largest utility, announced a proposal to invest $1.6 billion over the next 5 years to proactively modernize its gas systems – supporting a safe, clean, reliable gas system well into the future.  The utility requested the funding, about $320 million per year, in a filing with the New Jerse...
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Depleted Transportation Trust Fund Equals Rough Ride for NJ Residents

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by John Reitmeyer of NJSPOTLIGHT If Christie and legislators don't find a new source of revenue for the TTF, Garden State drivers may be dodging bigger and deeper potholes. With potholes dropping out up on roadways throughout New Jersey as the weather turns warmer, the future of a state program that helps municipal and county governments maintain thousands of miles of roadways remains rocky. Gov. Chris Christie and lawmakers in Trenton have yet to strike a deal on a new source of revenue for New Jersey’s Transportation Trust Fund. As a result, state spending on roads, bridges, and rail pr...
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New Jersey Public Employment Conference

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Friday - April 17, 2015 8:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Hilton East Brunswick located at 2 Tower Center Boulevard in East Brunswick, New Jersey General tuition cost is $159 and class code is S173-00W5 Earn up to 6.7 CLE credits   Who Should Attend: In addition to discussing new developments in public sector labor and employment law, panels will discuss the following: The recommendations contained in the February 24, 2015 Study Commission Report on public employee pensions and healthcare. The status of the pending pension litigation on the failure of the State to make its fu...
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Freeholders to Establish “Coast Guard Community” Events

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TRACEN Commanding Officer Will Be Present At the next official Cape May County Board of Chosen Freeholders' meeting on March 10th at 7 p.m., the freeholders will vote upon a resolution addressing the U.S. Coast Guard's recent designation of Cape May County as a "Coast Guard Community."  U.S. Coast Guard Captain G. Todd Prestidge, Commanding Officer of the Coast Guard Training Center Cape May ("TRACEN"), will be present at the March 10th meeting to receive official notice of the Freeholders' actions. The "Coast Guard Community" designation, announced after several levels of Coast Guard flag r...
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County Vocational-Technical School Cook-Off Challenge is May 8th

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The New Jersey Association of Counties (NJAC) is pleased to announce that it’s hosting the 4th Annual County Vocational-Technical School Cook-Off Challenge at 12:30 p.m. on May 8th at Caesar’s in Atlantic City. “We’re delighted to once again provide culinary art students from county vocational-technical schools across the State with the unique opportunity to showcase their incredible talents,” said NJAC President and Mercer County Freeholder Ann Cannon.  Culinary art students from county vocational-technical schools in Bergen, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer...
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State House News: March 6, 2015

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Local Bridges Future Needs Program   After initially announcing that the Department would freeze Local Bridges Future Needs Program (LBFN) monies in 2015, NJ DOT confirmed late last week that it plans to the restore the $25.0 million for vital bridge repair, replacement, and rehabilitation funding, and that counties should expect to receive grant solicitation letters from the Department early this month.  Special thanks to the New Jersey State Association of County Engineers (NJSACE), which worked with NJAC to identify the list of pending and future projects that would have been impacted by t...
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REPORT FROM THE NJ PENSION AND HEALTH BENEFITS STUDY COMMISSION

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The Report of the NJ Pension and Health Benefits Study Commission was released on February 24, 2015.  Below is a copy of it for you to review and download the PDF. (971KB) Within the report is the following letter from members of the Commission: As members of the New Jersey Pension and Health Benefits Study Commission, we have worked diligently and collaboratively over the last several months as a nonpartisan Commission to discover a cure for the problems plaguing New Jersey’s public employee pension and health benefits system. This Report proposes a solution. It requires shared sacri...
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