So, What Municipalities Would You Consolidate?

great suggestions for Camden (0.00 / 0)

Love it:

And in Camden County, I'd resurrect the old Union Township, merge Pennsauken with Merchantville, make all the areas between Union Township, Cherry Hill, Pennsauken, and Camden as Audubon City, merge Berlin Borough with Berlin Township to become Berlin City, merge Voorhees Township with Gibbsboro to become Gibbsboro Town, merge Chesilhurst with Winslow, and the areas surrounded by Gloucester Township, Union Township Voorhees Township, and Winslow Township should become Clementon Township.

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by: Jay Lassiter @ Wed Apr 21, 2010 at 12:53:17 PM UTC

Berlin (0.00 / 0)

If East Berlin and West Berlin can overcome all that copious geopolitical melodrama to merge into plain ol' Berlin, it seems reasonable to think Berlin Borough and Berlin Township could become Berlin City.  It's not like half the town would need new passports and a different currency or anything....

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by: Jay Lassiter @ Wed Apr 21, 2010 at 12:56:49 PM UTC

But... (0.00 / 0)

There would be some chaos at first, but within months, we'd see the benefits. There's gonna be a lot of who gets what, who's cut, etc. but six months after, it will work seemlessly.

-Jordan O

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by: IndependentNJ @ Wed Apr 21, 2010 at 13:10:04 PM UTC

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And what about this... (0.00 / 0)

...I'm also thinking of creating a merged Hudson County-Jersey City government, but the problem, understandably, could be that there are four majority Hispanic municipalities that may be upset by Hispanic issues being ignored by the merged government.

-Jordan O

http://pinelandsprogressive.blogspot.com

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by: IndependentNJ @ Wed Apr 21, 2010 at 13:13:49 PM UTC

How to maintain your identity while being consolidated (0.00 / 0)

look no further than Ocean Grove.  It's a part of Neptune Township but most visitors do not realize it.  It's a part of the township with a very unique and separate identity.

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by: tabbycat31 @ Thu Apr 22, 2010 at 17:04:08 PM UTC

another alternative to consolidation (0.00 / 0)

is sharing services.  Look at some of the services towns offer and see if they can be shared with neighboring towns.

To trim my own town's budget, I would look at garbage pickup first.   Currently in the one square mile town, trash is picked up twice a week on varying days depending on the street.  My "trash district" is 3 blocks or about 1/3 of the town.  With a town so small there's no reason that the trash collection company could not pick up the whole town in one day.  There are several towns nearby of a similar size that could do something similar and share the cost of trash pickup with my town (recycling is picked up on a once a week basis).  

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by: tabbycat31 @ Thu Apr 22, 2010 at 17:13:25 PM UTC

Perhaps (0.00 / 0)

The DPW, Police, and Public Schools could be done on the county level, this way, it allows for resources to be allocated where they are needed most.

And yes, your town could DEFINITELY be done in one day

-Jordan O

http://pinelandsprogressive.blogspot.com

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by: IndependentNJ @ Fri Apr 30, 2010 at 12:03:35 PM UTC

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