On May 11, 2010 there will be a Municipal Election to fill a total of four (4) seats. The seats will be for a four (4) year term. The terms of Michael Kevie Feit, Adam Gussen, Elie Y. Katz, and Lizette P. Parker will expire on June 30, 2010. All candidates run as council members-at-large. The Mayor and Deputy Mayor are elected by Council.

The nominating petitions will be available after 8:00 AM on January 4, 2010, in the Municipal Building Clerk's Office for all those interested in being a Councilmember. A minimum of 256 valid nominating petitions must be filed to secure a position on the ballot.

All candidates must be a Teaneck resident for a minimum of one year as of the date of the Municipal Election, a registered voter, a citizen of the United States and at least 18 years of age.

All petition signers must be registered voters in Teaneck. Signed petitions must be returned to the Clerk's office no later than 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 18, 2010.

If you have any questions, call the Municipal Clerk's office at 201-837-1600, extension 1027.

The Bergen County Housing, Health, and Human Services Center, located at 120 South River Street in Hackensack opened on October 1, 2009.   The shelters located at 21 East Kansas Street and at Peter's Place in Hackensack have closed their doors and services (shelter, drop-in center, and community lunch & dinner programs) have been transferred to this new location. 

The Center will place people who are homeless into housing and provide the support services needed to ensure placement is permanent.  The Center also will act as a single point of entry and provide care management, health and human services, financial assistance, and many other services.  The contact number for the Center is (201) 336-6475.

It has come to the New Jersey Public Advocate’s attention that some tenants are being inappropriately forced out of their homes when the building in which they are living has been foreclosed. Under NJ law, most tenants have the right to remain in their homes during and after a foreclosure.

Clicking on the link will take you to our Hot Issues webpage where you can access our Tenants’ Rights During Foreclosure

http://www.state.nj.us/publicadvocate/public/issues/tenants_during_foreclosure.html.

Finally, if you know of a tenant in a foreclosed property who requires assistance, please have them contact the Department of the Public Advocate, Office of Citizen Relations, at (609) 826-5070.

William Broughton, a Teaneck native and former  Teaneck Police captain, assumed his role as Township Manager on May 13.
Broughton 47, replaces Gregory Fehrenbach who has served as part-time interim manager since February.

Now in office, one of his top-priorities is to confront Teaneck's current financial position and to prepare for 2010 and subsequent years.
"These are very challenging times financially. Everyone will have to pull together and make sacrifices. I want to have a good relationship with labor so that we can be more progressive and efficient," said Broughton.

Broughton was born and raised in Teaneck; attending Teaneck Public Schools and graduating from Teaneck High School in 1980. Broughton's long civil service career likewise started in town, with the Teaneck Police department where he began as a Patrolman in 1983 and worked his way through the ranks to captain in 2002. He left the department in 2005 for a position with the Bergen County Sheriff's department.

When the Township began its search for a new township manager, Broughton received numerous calls urging him to apply.

"I saw a void that I believe that I have the skills and ability to fill and to be instrumental in helping Teaneck grow," said Broughton, who is a certified municipal manager and has also earned a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from New Jersey City University and a master’s degree in administrative sciences from Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Broughton's appointment was the culmination of a search by the Council that yielded more than 30 applications and from them 8 interviews with 3 candidates returning for a second interview.

"We are very excited about this choice," said Mayor Kevie Feit to the Teaneck Suburbanite. "He has experience managing budgets and experience with the civil service commission. He is a product of Teaneck and understands the issues affecting us."

Broughton is excited to be returning to Teaneck.

"I look forward to leading the wonderful work force that we have there and to making Teaneck a model in efficiency and excellence," Broughton said to the Suburbanite.

If you are a registered voter living in District 12, please note that Temple Emeth will no longer serve as a polling place.  For all future elections, Benjamin Franklin Middle School, which is located at 1315 Taft Road (Front Lobby) will serve as the polling place for Districts 9 and 12.