Projected Sandy Costs Doubled in Ridgewood
Escalating costs put the village's budget in "a precarious position," according to Village Manager.
Originally estimated at around $700,000, the financial damage caused by Super Storm Sandy has doubled, Village Manager Ken Gabbert said at a special public meeting on Friday. According to a report in The Ridgewood News, the manager said the new damage estimate is up to $1.2 million. An emergency appropriation to cover the costs is expected with Ridgewood's budget currently "in a precarious position," the paper reported. Gabbert, on vacation this week, did not respond to requests for comment posed by Patch. Mayor Paul Aronsohn said all power-related damage is expected to be covered in full by FEMA, with other 75 percent of other costs potentially paid for by the federal government. He said Gabbert estimated a potential bill of "several …
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J.D. Luke
9:14 am on Thursday, November 29, 2012
Ah, excellent. So all I have to do is make a couple of dozen trips with my Volvo's trunk full of the branches that fell from my neighbor's yard onto mine. I assume the recycling center has vacuum cleaners available? OK, I exaggerate. I can probably make it in a dozen trips by using the station wagon instead. But seriously, those of us who don't have landscapers or pickup trucks are in a rather … more ›