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Good Thing Nothing Happened….

At least that we know of.

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Taylor rules broken

for Mayor’s Ball

No insurance provided!

The Mayor’s Ball was required by the rules for the lease of Taylor pavilion to have insurance for the event. We can see that the requirement was checked off as having been met on the form where Colleen Connolly, Borough Administrator, approved the use of Taylor pavilion by Colleen Connolly of the Mayor’s Ball Committee.

A few readers here noted that no insurance information was provided by the Committee on that same application (which was published here a couple of weeks ago):

One of them decided to OPRA the insurance information that would have been required for the approval:

And shared with us this response:

 

A few readers have also noted that although Taylor has a capacity of 200 persons, the application states that 250 would ne attending the event.

20 Comments

  1. OLD MAN wrote:

    No They wouldn’t make that mistake. Can’t be.

    Friday, July 21, 2017 at 9:21 am | Permalink
  2. dizzy wrote:

    I was harassed for not wearing underwear. Does that count as emotional abuse and can I sue the mayor for bringing up the topic? I have whiplash of the lower extremities.

    Friday, July 21, 2017 at 10:11 am | Permalink
  3. anon wrote:

    Well it’s always so much easier to get approved when you are approving your own request. This gang still can’t shoot straight when it comes to protecting the taxpayers. Perhaps the Russians interfered. Better think about Tort Claim notices. Talk about conflicts of interest!

    Friday, July 21, 2017 at 10:26 am | Permalink
  4. Anonymous wrote:

    So Colleen used her position as BA to ok an event (where she was listed to receive keys) to be held, even though all requirements to lease the pavilion were not met. Can you say ethics problem ?!!!

    Friday, July 21, 2017 at 11:21 am | Permalink
  5. Guest wrote:

    This is very simple. This was an official borough event and was covered by the borough’s insurance. Well doesn’t this now open up another can of worms?

    Friday, July 21, 2017 at 11:26 am | Permalink
  6. admin wrote:

    When I OPRAed the list of sponsors and the amounts they contributed I was told it wasn’t an official Borough event.

    Friday, July 21, 2017 at 11:30 am | Permalink
  7. Anonymous wrote:

    #4- you may be correct. Take a look at NJ Statute 40A:9-22.5 (Provisions requiring compliance by local government officers,employees)

    Friday, July 21, 2017 at 11:49 am | Permalink
  8. Guest wrote:

    “Houston, we have a problem”

    Friday, July 21, 2017 at 11:57 am | Permalink
  9. Tulip wrote:

    So the law in this town applies

    only to the residents and not

    the law breakers. Interesting?

    Friday, July 21, 2017 at 12:49 pm | Permalink
  10. Guest wrote:

    No liability here … just 250 people with a 4-hour full open bar. So, service of spirits is now allowed at Taylor Pavilion? Also, what’s with the use of an out of town liquor establishment supplying liquor and the bartenders? More layers of the onion to be unpeeled.

    Friday, July 21, 2017 at 1:04 pm | Permalink
  11. Eugene Creamer wrote:

    Belmar needs a lot more than $1,000,000 to cover the damage caused by the Mayor’s Balls.

    Friday, July 21, 2017 at 1:47 pm | Permalink
  12. Peeps wrote:

    I saw bartenders from La Dolce Vita working the event.

    Friday, July 21, 2017 at 1:58 pm | Permalink
  13. Guest wrote:

    12 – Oh this is about to get very interesting!

    Friday, July 21, 2017 at 2:20 pm | Permalink
  14. Anonymous wrote:

    1099’s surely will be filed due to the videos all the video taking at all the other cash businesses in Belmar? Tips taxed? Donations? Who knew dirty doherty would become a pseudo revenuer?

    Friday, July 21, 2017 at 3:54 pm | Permalink
  15. Anonymous wrote:

    Four hour full open bar….and then people drove home…Scary. And me, who needs insurance for the event??????

    Friday, July 21, 2017 at 4:09 pm | Permalink
  16. With each recent posting exposing (or questioning) a new round of violations, excesses, or unilaterally created “rules” for life in Belmar my head is spinning. Perhaps most importantly, the brazen sale of Belmar and its resources to the highest bidders and/or friends/associates/supporters of Doherty and his political coherts, has tipped my disbelief level up to the max. We all recall early discussions of whether the Taylor Pavilion would be rebuilt, what we were building, how much it would cost, what could FEMA money be used for in terms of rebuilding a public, ocean side building and the specific approved uses for that space. I don’t remember any discussion of a privately company using it as a wedding venue. I can’t recall Belmar residents being told they would be banned from using the outdoor porch, or a portion of the beach, in deference to a private vendor making money off OUR PUBLIC pavilion, which was paid for with a Bond that shot our debt level sky high. I don’t know the extend of the legal .. and civil rights .. violations that may/may not need to be addressed, but perhaps this is another issue that the residents of Belmar must take upon themselves, and examine the facts and our options for a collective action to challenge the actions and directions the Mayor and Council have/are taking Belmar.

    Friday, July 21, 2017 at 4:09 pm | Permalink
  17. belmarguy wrote:

    Admin: Interesting post on Jewish Club in Belmar.

    http://www.app.com/story/news/crime/jersey-mayhem/2017/07/21/belmar-camp-emzee-closed/500659001/

    Friday, July 21, 2017 at 5:45 pm | Permalink
  18. Peeps wrote:

    They must not have delivered enough student votes in last Belmar election. http://www.app.com/story/news/crime/jersey-mayhem/2017/07/21/belmar-camp-emzee-closed/500659001/

    Friday, July 21, 2017 at 6:45 pm | Permalink
  19. Tom Dilberger wrote:

    #15 – I’m sure they had a legal waiver furnished by the shade tree commission allowing them to drive drunk for a certain amount of hours/days following the event.

    Saturday, July 22, 2017 at 7:14 am | Permalink
  20. Anonymous wrote:

    Like everything else in Belmar it will be after the fact that the Belmar Mayor’s Ball purchases an insurance policy indemnifying the Borough of Belmar against any claims caused by the Belmar Mayor’s Ball organization.

    Remember the Bean Rule, no after the fact voting.

    Sunday, July 23, 2017 at 9:24 pm | Permalink

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