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Ewing Lawrence Sewerage Authority

Friday, January 18, 2013

Sewerage Authority to Hold Budget Hearing on Jan. 22

Ewing-Lawrence Sewerage Authority's executive director recently announced Lawrence Township's sewer rate will remain flat in 2013, and also that ELSA is planning in invest $20-25 million to upgrade its 60-plus-year-old treatment plant.

The Ewing-Lawrence Sewerage Authority will conduct a public hearing of its proposed 2013 budget next Tuesday, Jan. 22, at 7:30 p.m. at the authority’s treatment facility at 600 Whitehead Rd. in Lawrence Township. ELSA’s board is expected to approve the budget at the conclusion of that hearing, which was originally slated for Jan. 15 but had to be postponed because not enough board members were available to form a quorum. (A copy of the budget can be found in the media box to the right.) When he appeared at the Jan. 8 Lawrence Township Council meeting to discuss the 2013 budget, ELSA Executive Director Robert Filler announced that – thanks, in part, to better-than-anticipated revenue generated last year through sewer connection fees …

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Sewerage maintenance is a 'silent service' provided to our community. Thanks to the men and women of ELSA who keep our system running safely and reliably.   more ›

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Decision on Privatizing Police Dispatchers Postponed

Also, Lawrence Township Council approved a new labor contract with police officers. And the executive director of the Ewing-Lawrence Sewerage Authority announced the township's sewer rate will remain unchanged in 2013.

Editor's Note: The following is a preliminary report from the Jan. 8 Lawrence Township Council meeting. A more detailed account, together with full audio from the meeting, will appear on Lawrenceville Patch in the coming days. Lawrence Township council members, during their four-hour meeting last night (Tuesday, Jan. 8), agreed to postpone for two weeks their decision whether to privatize police/911 emergency dispatching services by awarding a contract to Cranbury-based iXP Corporation, or reject iXP’s bid and maintain the existing setup of the township’s police communications center being staffed by municipal employees. The delay will allow the unionized dispatchers to make a counter offer in the hope of saving their jobs. During the …

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