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Long Branch resident urges no votes on auditor appointment and questions firehouse rental payments
Summary
At the Jan. 8 Long Branch City Council meeting, resident Vincent Lepore urged council members to vote no on the appointment of the city auditor and a related temporary budget allocation, alleging missed audits and questioning rental payments to volunteer fire companies.
Vincent Lepore, a Long Branch resident, used the public-comment period at the Jan. 8 council meeting to call for a no vote on Resolution 6, which authorizes appointment of a city auditor for $78,000, and Resolution 8, a temporary budget appropriating $20,475 for the same auditor.
Lepore said the city auditor “completely missed” audits he believes should have substantiated a 30-year tax abatement at Pier Village 3 and alleged other missed auditing items, including “rent checks for vacant fire houses.” He told the council he…
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