Squan DPW Proposes $1.7 Million Budget
Figures mostly flat from 2011, but department asking for $93,000 portable generator
The Manasquan Department of Public Works is asking the Borough Council for a $1.7 million operating budget in 2012. At the council’s budget work session on Saturday, DPW Superintendent Tom Nicastro and Borough Administrator Joseph DeIorio presented a line-by-line budget request, breaking down the needs of the department into several categories. Public parks and playgrounds, waterways, water and sewer, roads, vehicles and salary and wages all factored into the discussion, with needs totaling $1,665,921. While several requests remained identical to the DPW’s 2011 budget, Nicastro and DeIorio said that because of the way recent major weather events — the blizzard of late 2010 and last summer’s hurricane — the borough had to take extra steps …
