Parents Who Host Lose the Most

A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT ON BEHALF OF MONTVILLE’S DRUG AWARENESS COUNCIL :

The Montville Township Drug Awareness Council (DAC) is kicking off its 2011 “Parents Who Host, Lose the Most” Campaign in anticipation of this week’s High School graduation and subsequent celebrations.  The Montville DAC works with the Township Committee, Board of Education and Civic Associations to help educate our community on drug and alcohol prevention. 

The “Parents Who Host, Lose the Most” campaign objectives are to educate parents about the health and safety risks of serving alcohol to teens, and to increase awareness of and compliance with local Underage Drinking Laws.  The Montville DAC is committed to keeping our children safe during this celebratory season and encourages parents to educate themselves on NJ State Laws regarding underage drinking.   This is the DAC’s third year sponsoring this public awareness program. 

For more information contact Nancy Mertz at nomertz@aol.com

Senate Budget Committee approves Beck/Buono Transparency Bill

Here is the link to the full press release:
Senate Budget Committee approves Beck/Buono Transparency Bill

This bill requires all local and regional authorities and commissions to maintain an Internet website for the purpose of providing increased public access to each entity’s operations and activities. The following information must be posted on each website:

1. a description of the entity’s mission and responsibilities;
2. the adopted budget for the current fiscal year and three preceding fiscal years;
3. the most recent Comprehensive Annual Financial Report or other similar financial information;
4. the annual audit for the most recent fiscal year and three preceding fiscal years;
5. the entity’s rules, regulations, resolutions, and official policy statements;
6. notice, posted at least five business days prior to a meeting of the entity’s governing body or any of its committees, setting forth the time, date, location, and agenda of the meeting;
7. the approved minutes of each meeting of the governing body and its committees;
8. the name and phone number of a principal executive officer having overall responsibility for the operations of the entity; and
9. a list of all full-time and part-time employees of the entity.

I would love to see this bill signed into law in 2011 !!