The Hammonton Gazette 11/22/17 Edition | Page 4

QUALITY , from Page 2 the lake for swimming . after running the Clean-flo system seven or eight years ago , there were some repair issues and it became expensive so we decided to shut it down and just see what the town wanted . We did a couple of surveys ; everybody in the town seemed to want the swimming restored back to the lake as more of a barometer than an actual useful venue to swim in ,” Galletta said .

Committee member John Keenan said that although the lake is not fit for swimming , it is very suitable for other non-contact recreational activities .

“ as far as from a recreational / fishing perspective , this lake is actually scored very , very high as compared to a lot of other lakes statewide as well as in South Jersey . So , it ’ s one of the more popular lakes and they do spend more than the usual amount of effort to stock fishing it because of that ,” Keenan said .

Committee member John Scianni said that the issues that have faced the quality of the lake over the years are common for a body of water in a developed area like Hammonton .

“ the situation is not unique to Hammonton or the Hammonton Lake . Lakes that are similar geographically in the region face the same challenges we sit here and talk about every month and every year . if the state hears of any time we need an expert , we ask the question ‘ What can we do ?’ and there ’ s really no ‘ 100 percent ’ or highly-effective solutions . really , the best thing we can do is monitor and maintain . that ’ s what we ’ ve learned so far ,” Scianni said . Bachalis said it will require a diligent approach to monitoring the quality of the lake going forward to ensure its condition is not worsening , and the summer intern program has greatly helped keep track of it .

“ this is maybe one of the really basic , baseline successes we ’ ve had the last four years , getting this program underway . i think it ’ s going to start bearing fruit pretty shortly in a lot of ways … it ’ s something we just have to keep

Wednesday , November 22 , 2017 • The Hammonton Gazette • Page 3

Water quality of Hammonton Lake discussed

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SCHOOL , from Page 1 or a portion of the outstanding callable school bonds of the school district , dated June 24 , 2010 , issued in the original principal amount of $ 11,800,000 , appropriating not to exceed $ 7,300,000 therefor and authorizing the issuance of not to exceed $ 7,300,000 refunding bonds to provide for such refunding ,” stated on finance # 1 resolution No . 17 11 r . as stated on section 4 of the resolution , the purpose of the refunding is to incur an interest cost savings for the school district . the board also approved the following form and other details of not to exceed $ 7,300,000 principal amount of refunding school bonds as follows :

“ resolution determining the form and other details of not to exceed $ 7,300,000 principal amount of refunding school bonds of the Board of education of the town of Hammonton in the County of atlantic , New Jersey and providing for the sale and the delivery of such bonds ,” as stated on finance # 2 resolution No . 17 11 r . as stated on the agenda , the on tuesday , December 12 at 7 p . m . in town hall .

$ 7.3M bond refunding

board approved to increase the 2017-2018 Budget for additional state aid as follows : revenue : equalization aid $ 250,000 ; appropriation : tuition to Private School for Disabilities $ 250,000 . the district is using the $ 250,000 from the equalization aid it was previously awarded because there are additional students moving into the district who require to be an out-of-district placements in schools for disabilities . in order to meet that obligation the district is having to use more of the additional state aid that was awarded to them , according to Business administrator / Board Secretary Barbara Prettyman . the board approved the following amounts , as stated on the agenda :

• ratify the purchase order lists for September and October 2017 in the amount of $ 405,461.43

• approve the bill list for November 2017 in the amount of $ 1,162,642.46

• ratify the check lists for October and November 2017 in the amount of $ 1,204,055.85

• ratify the October 2017 payroll

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