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CHEIIB FOR THE OHIF...FMB»ro©d Fs&e Cfckf Robert Ctrfwy pscdwe a raotd rf *ppfat* after befog STTOJH fe?*e*r ¥«ar*5 Buy. The cifef took fcb cwtii of ©ffiee before a patted ««&»<* m Bomcgk HaS. Joining the new Cbjfcf

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CUTTING OVERLAPPING, CONFUSING MEASURES ALSO HIGH ON LIST

Mayor Papem Lists Sewer ProjectAs a Top Priority in New Year

% JEASSE WHITNEY^ Wanmjbr T%s Taut

Fesr-tena Kepa&licaii CosndJ-onaaa Joaa Papee was s toia ia as

f S b I 1 d T ^ ^I for the fourth time is 16

:ssure$ fee ssfeetsos easy war of a' / jwr ftm ^ e s g the five e t aede-iibsls, CtfoaciIiBas W&lam FMediated, Jr., wheMiaseffsemdasMavorht 1994. wiH sennas DepotfMa* or airier Mis. RapsL

Veteran CdaaahnKBaQ Irene T.Sdnaait stepped dowa as last j tar 'sMayor said now returns to cosipkteber foarfb tens on the cotiacil thisyear. Township Manager Thomas E.*JMBSW» praise framMayor Papenfor Ms "otSstaiKfiBg*'' work and willreturn to serve the nxasicgpalitv.

After a britf unexpected casual"caucas" to *'draw straws" over whowoald nomiisie Mrs. Papeo, aa au-dieoceseenm^Ejraastsedbjrtiieelec-tiffflaaiics saw at! three cooacalssa

theft am! extortion in bid-riggingschemes, and had been sentenced tothree years iu prison.

Offidals said the township o^'edCoBwIidatei Design and B«ldiagCorporatioa a h i r ing next weekbefore deciding how to proceed isa-sfer the law, since ConsalktaecE wastM lowest of several bidders for thesewer woA.

Mr. Atkins &<dd .c

^.i sisroads asd rail lines

Mayor Papes. aJso ssxdwas leofaflg la bghtec up £x tswn-ship code ef tews over the ccrtingyearby dtosnt isg ^-crlappsitf, con-ilidiBg or oultiatcd jneaaiiresr

SlealSQ said ihst after at least foaryears «rfso^-. it v zs tins: 1hz f owa-shq? iaov«l aL«d tc pal :ts

d f e i fc-rm ;.aBSSS- fcr pqper

ing the biddlag p r o a ^ or at the timethe coaacii approved the contract.

Mayor Papen emphasized thaiinainaining the township's in&a-aractiae •— sewers, roads, build-ings, fire equipment and sidewalks,for examples — ia good shape wasaa iinportant issue.

'~Om laaiBtcnance prevention ap-proach is much more coa effectiveand keeps the township in much bet-ter condition," she said.

She added that the awaeil willcontinue to look for stale aad federalgrants to fund improvements to area

aided tfaat iegalh. fen; srecxstaindoogoaeinsthatraasbesstedin their origuml form, but thai inesh

t d b d d &on costs forifce convar-

sioa were available yet. site ncted.N&E>xsrI pcQ indicated acssk force

may be formal to consider sugges-tioas that were issued b>- sis Dtowo Etevdoprnent Cooamittee

hAs tradition dictates, the nzv,

Mayor makes HKSI sppomtments forthe' year daring the January 1

and Mr. MeClntock — nominateCsondlwoiaaH Papeafor tbetopjob.

Only CenaeilwotDan. Schmidt re-mained to seecrf the neasare, whichwas followedby a unanimous vote of

l % i H R b Hf f % qA Mis. Papea serwed as DeputyMspr last year.

"fte township Mayor aad Deputyte%iip ^ g % p g

wMle rving in office, with tifee col-lected fees retained to the township.

In her inaugural speech, MayorPapea said a top priority ibr thetownship this year is the $1.83 mil-iioa sanilary sewer project to op-gade pamping nations on the southside.

The project incfades adding pipesfor increasedwasfeflow. After nearlya year of preparation, a townshipcontract with a Rcselle Park com-pany for the sewer project isasput onhold IaS month, wiKn it was re-veakd in a Star-Ledger articie thatthe twQ«jntractingconipaay ownerswere recaaly convicted of bribery,

MAYOR FOR 1998..-lo«ii Papea tabes the oath of office tram Scotch PlainsTownship Cleric Barbara Riepe to become Mmyor. Hokiing the Bible are fcerdaughters Cbeti Santiago, and Laurie Fochs. Mayor Papea was appointed fora one-yew term by her foBow council members.

PRA/.SES 'OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL'

's New Police ChiefSworn in on New Year's DayAt Borough Hall Ceremony

% Sl'ZEXTS STAUSR

jYear"? Day; as fenssr C^rtais Rott-en Caxboy wssss»tasia^ Fanwood'snew Cfcisf «f PsH.se danng an JIa at cercmenjr. HetsffithrtteSTaribpcrscs tn fecld &sH sScs ssce i t sb ^ was fsssigd iscre l isa a

y }^ ti» casls sffs^ce to tise

nsw etiigf. wfeasE ^ J fessas^i as"sn ocisasdiBg aadEhrHfeoi." as his•»ife. Dia^e, teld J M BSjfe MrsConnelly also pissests! t ie ?S-ysarvS£ras of ibe F-aa^'sod iKvg withha nffw dqsrsraoasi bad^.

Sbs said that people vbolgad spo-res to 3ter about the appotosaec!soamaaiB^y agrasd tbai Osisf C^r-b^r wiB be "^perfas fi*r the job." T&e

W Chief had p-re%isssl}i bssi a1992

to 1*30 pacpfe aaas^rf ifcej" Is add&nos to

Mrs. Carbs^; fenily iKs^ers m at-ttifed Ms <feighter aaslCsricsf^ ^sd Jo&s

Scnzsiab. aed grasissB. Sass> ofWobum, Nfassachosetts. and the

o-la^'. Dorothy

Aisooahasdtowitaesstfaeswtsr-ing in and oSfer -aHigESSBhiiois toCaisf Carboj- ^^re fdlaw oScsrs3$d asrreia airf fesrssey bcroogli effi -cisls. Tie CT^srt. btotdess l h t oaGjaaad 35. -eras f lowed by s ligterjospsan at Jfce Fasstssd %I

!us kmg~«; oniKh Kafl.

C&isf Caiboytime Ia» eafbrceiaeDi - grncBd. fetser Pelice C&ef AmJfeon>J Pareo&L wha netised im December31 in cosapiiaace T»iih the ^^e"sraaodaiory retirement lsv> for all pc-

CommunitiesCharge PairIn Robberies

B* SVZETTE STAtKOl

Fanwood Police CfeirfiU^eit Cax-boy .got to lesi his ammasd skillsafter less than two fell days ootb«^bSaturday nursing, as officers re-sponded to a strong-arm robberywhich occurred shortly after a de-partmental meeting al iKadqaarters

dChief Carboy, wfao was sworn in

on New Year's D^-e hsd hdda meet-ing with bis officers which ended atabout 9:20 a.m. Approximately 10minutes later, an officer observed therobberyinprogres&om Ms car whiletraveiiitg along Paterson Road, po-lice said.

As he tamed his vshMe aromrf toim-estigate, the officer saw the vic-tim, a 47-year-old man. lying on theground. The latter sustained a bro-ken jawfor which he later underwentsurgery at Muhlenberg RegionalMedical Center in PlainSeki, policesaid.

The officer also spotted a male

OFFICIAJJi EAGER TO MOVE AHEAD ON AUTOMATING LOCAL LIBRARIES

New Townslip Officers to Be Sworn in on Tuesday;Sewerage Authority Seeks Raise for Commissioners

% SUSAN M. DYCKMANSdtWiaf Th T

With newiy-iastalled Mayor JoanPapea preadiag, the Scotch PlainsT&wosMp Council held its first eon-ferencemeetingoftbeiewysarTws-clay night in preparation for a puMiemeetiiigtnisTaesday, January 13,atfp.m.

The township hired three new po-liceofficerstDrepiaceretiriagPatroI-HKB Ernie Hines, David PalenteharandMchael SjKbkow^y.

Scoteh Plains residents ShawnJohasoa, Theodore ConleyaadJeraidBrown (a captain in the local firedepartment) will begin classes at tineJohnH. Stamkr UmonCouHty PoliceAcademy on Monday, January 26.

The new recruits will be sworn intoserriceduringtlie January 13 council

meeting.Other agendaitemsincludeienewai

of the township'sagreement with theBQTQiigttafFanwoQdtoprovidetraiss-portatioii for Aecomnsonity's seniorcitizens.

With funds provided by the UnionCounty CoBoatEEUty DevelopmentRevenue Sharing Committee,Fanwood pays Scoteii Plains $6,600Jo fliaimge the bus service.

In otherbusiness, KfanicqalMan-agerThomasE. Atkinsiq>d^edcoan-(M. members onFaowood'sinterest infining Scotch Plains in automatingthe local libraries. Councilman Will-iam L. McClintock called the pro-grama^win-win" atuatjonforthetwocoJHinunities.

AccordiHg to Mr. McClintock,Fanwood could save 80 percent oa

catalog cosJs alone 1,ontheScotchPlains3 library automa-tion plan. Scotch Plains in eager tomove on ttejrfan, which representsthe calminatKm of 18 months' work.A decison fiomFanwood officials ispending.

The Scotch Plains Council wasasked by the Rahway "VMIey Sewer-age Authority tosupport its request torase compensation leveisfbr author-ity commissioners from $600 to$2,000 annually, and to increase thechairman's compensation from$2,000 to $3,000 per year. This repre-sents the fiist compensation increasesince 1983.

Despite the proposed compensa-tion increase, the authority's 1998budget reflects a three percent de-crease i s assessments to member

muaicipaiities. Mis. Papen is thetownslixp s<&3ii%Qn&fTeprcsexi£3&ve.

Approval ftom the fcwnsinp re-quires uoanimoss sapport firom theCOUBClL

Mr. Atkins advised the coancil to

the 1997 budget These woaki in-clode moving mosey into a line itementitled "police-other expenses,™ tohandle a three-year maintenanceagreement on the township's 911emergency program.

Other moneys would be channeledinto "legal services," aad, possibly,the "cspital improvenicni fnx&d.n

In addition, council membersplanned to recognize gotf profes-sional John Tumbull for his receipt

IKS gsd fee departxoes! persoa&dwfe fes?« rescfaist 3gs 65

Fonaer CMsfPareoji. who n ecthe department for 4U yean..

d btbeMnvrand Coun-qsesaal presentation made

(barsQg&cgoverot&gbcxh 'sDcceni-ber 23 i^^isg , -afach also dnm a

tha; eacis si >oa has tooched•tfs

The Tmtesr cluef. P. ho began hissea' poslum as- Director of the JokeH. SaasfcrPtsfes Asadernv ir. Scotch

Borsagh CsKmctI «rri£nnedus ^ipoiBtisCTt ra October ef thenCaptain Cartsej 10 succeed Cr.ssfParenu tipsa ttee laser's r^remcr.:Ofiicsais leansd iJss Juh thai fec-fonscrdiid',« bosssuiotdccnunasidof the potee de^rtment in i9"5.

M hss%"e lo rsdre bv the end of

ing the

3).prcsa%dto his siccsrsscr dar-

as a tsksn of ourpride tha: I fad

lhave p ^ ^ r e d m ss? els; "

Chief Caxboy. 60. responded ihat•sn-fees his cmx ~ume comes to rsire,he aad fass former supencr woaldpreset lbs hsdgs to tfcc next Cisef

_Ricnard Tneo. PresHfcni

QftbeFsuiwoodPobceir^'sBeTtevo-knt AssoctaaonLocal No :23.ais>?pre9cruad 'JJS JKW Ouef»iri 3 piaqueS0S3RstiK3rati.Bg his appo intnxn: ashead of tits Faawsod Fcii :c Depart-

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"Tlas :s a verj baaibimg daj forice.™ Chief Carboy ic-td itHraibws ofthe asidifiocs after being 5He added that, 'while I saathe Msycf and coaucii. it woold nothave bioi possible if sot far the wa>

At the time lite appointment wasanRSHneed. Council Presi^cHi acdPoiiceCoaunissionerBrowH. Walshcsjnfirrasd that the captsm ^-as se-lected for promotion basal en iusrank and his length of senvx withthe dqxirtnscBl

Chief Carbon also was reoas;-rtKntisd for the position b> ftrmKrChief Parsats ana b>- ihe BoracabCouncil "s ftibiiv Safe*?-w lach had incEFdaring she latter part of last ;--sarccacerrang his furore role 3ni his^jals for ths dspartrcent.

Chisf Carbo>- has Ir-sd in ttc b<3r-oueh sinre 1VSI He pnrnoush K -sdcdmFaawpodfrcni 1^591015"!.then :n Frsnchiown for It1 jcarsbe-fen: returning to ihe niunic;pa!itj.

Kc ajinplelsd hss slcntcnan andhigh school education io ScotchPlains, and sained an associate's de-gree in criminal justice from UnionCoikse

Fanwood

^v SCZETTI, STALKER

Borough Councilsaa ^Pcguhis, Jr. and Jod Whitakcr locktheir ossiss of oSke New Year's Daydaring the annual reorcamzatioaa^sjing of FamttxxTs gcvenungboch'. I K mating began ai ncjon inthe council chambers.

7k? two r ^ a wsye sworn in fol-lowing the invocation. %vhj;h wasgiven bv Ibe Revctead Torn Kuizanof Si. Bartboloioeft'lhe Apostle Ro-sian Catholic Church in ScotchPlains- He also gave the benedictional ths dose of ffie meeting

CoaiiciimaE Popdus. a Democratwas returned for 6JS second ruli termoa the governing body in lastNovember's general election, whileCoonctlmaa Wfeitafcer. a Republi-can, begins his freshman term assuccessor to former RepublicanCouncilman Dr. Chester RJLindsev.

The Democrats have held a 4-3majority on the g^annHgbody since1988, ivith cwindl members splitevenry afongparty lines. DemocraticMffPorMaryanne S. Connelly servesas tie breaker when necessary-.

Mr. Popuhis was accompanied byhiswife. S&riiyn, ashe^as sworn inby Monicipai QHirt Judge SusanMscMulIen. The incainbentTvas firstnamed to fill a council vacancy in1993, and was elected to his first fullterm the following year.

The veteran councihnan ran withPatricia Plante on the Democraticticket in last year *s Borough Coancilrace, against Mr. Whitafcer and hisnmningmate, David Trumpp.

Joining Mr. Whitaker as he was

sworn m was his wife, Dcnrta. asdhis two >cung daughters. Anne, astudsni "at McGinn Eicmcntan'School in Scotch Plasss. and Mel-issa. He was administered the oath efoffice b> Superior Court Judge MehiaWhiiken.

Dcmocrauc Ccimalman Bruce HWalsh was named to continue asGounci! Presideni fcilowing a split•vote by ihc council, which was bro-ken by Mayor Connell)

The Mayor subsequently adminis-tered the oaths of office to membersof the Fan-wood Fire Departmentincluding new Fire Chief JohnPiccoLa, and the Fainvood VolunteerRescue Squad.

Officials voted to adopt the By-Laws for 1998 after confirmationwas made that they couMbe amendedlater. Two cxHincil representatives saidthey wanted to review certain poli-cies at a later meeting.

Republican Councilman Louis C.Jung said he hoped to discuss theoption of allowing officials to abstainfrom voting on a matter, while Coun-cilman Walsh said he wanted to re-view the policy on public comment.

A split between Republicans andDemocrats on the council occurredonce again over approval of boroughappointments for 1998.

Councilman Jung motioned thatthe Borough Attorney's position -one of several Mayoral appointments— be voted on separately from theothers. The motion was supported byCotmcilmea Whitaker and Stuart S.Kline.

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^VELCOME TO COCNCIL.-.Repubb'can CouncUmsmAJodAWhS*e'r t akehis oath of office New Year's Day in the Fanwood Council chambers at BoroughHaH as be begins his freshman term. Superior Court Judge Melvin Whitkenswears in the new repres«nintiv» during the governing body's annual reorga-nization meeting, as Mr. 'Whitaker's family,~picnired left to right, daughtersAnne and Melissa and wife. Donna. look on"

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