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From YouTube: State of the County and Budget Message 2.16.21
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At
the
top
of
this
list
is
the
extraordinary
job
of
pat
diamond
and
our
division
of
public
health.
They
have
worked
around
the
clock
to
provide
testing
and
contact
tracing
public
health
has
been
providing
vaccination
clinics
at
the
atlanta
cape
community
college,
where
they
will
soon
be
completing
second
doses.
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The
community
college
vaccination
site
will
be
closed,
we're
just
doing
second
vaccinations
now
our
staff
and
our
resources
will
be
moved
over
to
the
mega
center
in
atlantic
city.
At
the
convention
center,
nearly
thirty
thousand
atlanta
county
residents
have
already
been
vaccinated.
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Just
imagine
the
heartbreak
that
many
of
the
family
members
had,
because
their
loved
ones
could
not
be
visited,
and
if
you
don't
think
that
takes
a
toll
on
the
staff
think
again,
residents
who
depend
on
home,
delivered
meals
have
been
able
to
receive
them.
Thanks
to
the
efforts
of
alan
newton
and
supportive
services,
despite
the
closure
of
senior
centers
and
nutrition
sites,
chris
wilson
and
the
division
of
intergenerational
services
have
continued
to
assist
seniors
and
the
disabled
warden
david
kelsey
and
the
staff.
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Human
resources,
director
liz
dancona
and
purchasing
director
paul
mcconnover
continue
to
supervise
the
purchase
and
distribution
of
the
ppes.
In
addition
to
keeping
employees
informed
and
with
our
updated
policies,
planning
department
head
john
peterson
county
engineer,
mark
shorts
have
continued
an
aggressive
road
and
bridge
program,
sometimes
with
skeletal
crews,
but
they've
done
this
without
a
hitch.
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Forest
gilmore
and
family
and
community
development
have
addressed
an
increased
demand
for
welfare
programs.
Imagine
what's
going
on
right
now,
with
the
workforce.
Depleted
and
the
people
that
have
never
applied
for
assistance
ever
you
know
are
now
coming
on
for
help.
They
experienced
a
41
increase
for
general
assistance
and
food
stamps,
an
11
increase
in
child
support
cases
and
a
50
percent
increase
in
new
medical
applications.
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Fran,
kuhn
and
the
workforce
development
board
are
offering
job
training
opportunities
to
help
the
unemployed
and
also
the
dislocated
workers,
and
the
acia
headed
by
john
lamey,
is
administering
2
million
in
economic
assistance
for
low
to
moderate
income
residents
and
also
for
businesses
impacted
by
the
pandemic
county
treasurer,
bonnie,
lindau
and
the
treasurer's
office
continue
to
maintain
records
of
all
covet
19
expenses
during
a
very
unusual
year.
I
want
to
just
to
shout
out
to
the
treasurer's
office,
putting
together
this
budget
and
with
this
under
the
circumstances.
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Right
now,
I
think
you'll
all
be
very
pleased
county
council.
Jim
ferguson
is
working
to
consolidate
our
municipal
courts
to
provide
cost
savings,
but
to
be
successful,
we
will
need
the
cooperation
of
municipal
officials,
many
of
whom
are
reluctant
to
give
up
home
rule
home
rule.
Is
this
archaic
idea
here
in
this
state
that
you
know
you're
the
master
of
your
own
domain
and
that
worked
for
a
while,
but
we're
grown
so
incredibly
and
our
taxes
have
gone
up
so
much
that
we
have
to
start
considering
sharing
services.
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Now,
that's
an
incredible
fact
when
you
digest
it
and
consider
that
well,
delaware
for
a
two
hundred
thousand
dollar
home
their
average
property
tax
bill
is
eleven
hundred
new
jersey.
For
that
same
two
hundred
thousand
dollar
home.
Your
tax
bill
is
about
fifty
five
hundred,
so
we're
going
to
save
money
and
stop
people
from
leaving
this
state
in
droves,
the
highest
tax
state
in
the
country.
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This
excludes
three
important
items:
one
the
certified,
2020
casino
gross
gaming
revenues,
2
the
2021
election
costs
that
may
include
additional
expenses
for
voting
machines
available
10
days
prior
to
election
day.
As
you
know,
we
no
longer
have
election
day.
We
have
election
weeks
or
election
month
and
consequently
it
is.
It
is
quite
expensive.
Just
consider
the
district
freeholder
commissioner
elections
in
egg
harbor
township.
For
just
one
section.
It
will
be
a
hundred
thousand
to
redo
that
election.
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Our
projected
revenues
are
50.8
million
down
2.1
million
due
to
losses
of
1
million
at
meadowview,
from
the
suspension
of
admissions
and
3
million
from
the
casino
revenue
fund.
Due
to
the
decision
to
close
the
casinos
for
three
months
and
then
open
them
with
limited
capacity,
the
current
value
of
the
county
is
32.2
billion
dollars.
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Only
three-tenths
of
a
penny
where
we
have
total
control
over
our
past
practices
as
pay
as
you
go,
have
put
us
in
a
more
favorable
position
than
most
our
low
net
debt.
Conservative
management
and
long-term
planning
provide
stability.
Atlanta
county
continues
to
have
some
of
the
lowest
taxes
in
the
state
of
new
jersey.