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have now,” Jackson said.“Our anticipation is that we

don’t see anyone losing theirjob over this. Most of the peo-ple will be absorbed underthe township or we mighthave to transfer someone to aposition other than in theMUA,” Craig said.

“The majority of council hasweighed the pros and consand we feel it is in the bestinterest of the township andthe rate-payers,” Craig said.

The MUA will most likelybecome a Department ofWater and Sewer, separatefrom the Public WorksDepartment, Craig said.Craig said the priorities of thetownship are to identify theareas in Lower that are mostin need of water service andto find grant money throughthe state and federal govern-ment to assist residents withcosts.

“The bottom line is that it(the MUA) can become a rev-enue-generating depart-ment,” Craig said.

He explained as a separateauthority, the MUA “wouldn’tnecessarily have access to themoney available that wouldbenefit the township and therate-payer in terms of stabi-lizing the rates and theenhancement of additionalhookups and services.”

“We’ve talked to severaltownships and boroughs thathave assumed control of theirMUA and it would appearthat with most of them therates stayed the same and insome cases the rates actuallywent down.”

Jackson contacted othermunicipalities where theMUA was dissolved, such asStafford Township, to use asan example. “The consensuswas that in each case whenthe MUA was dissolved thelocal government prosperedbetter with the dissolution oftheir MUA,” Craig said.

“First we will need to bringin an RFQ (Request ForQualification) and an attor-ney or law firm with expert-ise in this area.”

Craig said the ordinance tochange the MUA into adepartment would probablybe presented in late Januaryor early February.

“There’s no intention ofselling the water to theAmerican Water Company,”Craig said.

“There have been rumors ofintent to sell it out to thecounty MUA, with absolutelyno truth to that.

“That should at least allaysome of the fears of the work-ers that their positions are injeopardy because I think peo-

ple know when companiescome in they reduce staff andthat’s not our intent,” Craigsaid.

“By virtue of the fact thatwe are a township, we haveaccess to larger sums ofmoney to be able to expandand enhance the services ofthe utility department,” headded.

“The illumination of someof the duplications of servicessuch as the professional serv-ice contracts will save severalthousand dollars immediate-ly.

“The report by the state in2001 reported that the overallsavings could be well inexcess of three quarters of amillion dollars per year,” hesaid.

“The issue of informationcame up and at one point weindicated that we have beenasking for information forover a year and we don’t seemto get it.”

Craig said the townshipfaces contamination fromvolatile organic material andsalt-water intrusion of partic-ular wells.

“This is a situation occur-ring that should have beenhandled in a pro-active man-ner and I guess we havealways taken water and otherissues for granted, and now

here we are in a reactivemode,” Craig said.

“Hopefully we can turn theMUA around at some point in

the future so that it’s not in areactive mode and so we areacting proactively to ensurefuture expansion and potable

water throughout the town-ship.”

but music is one way I reallyenjoy relating to people.”

Among a family of musi-cians, LaManna was raised in

Sea Isle City, where helearned piano from his for-mer babysitter and landlordRace Hoover, a concert

pianist from Woodstown.“My first memories are of

being shown music notes andpiano keys. I can’t remember

a time when I didn’t knowhow to play,” he said.

Doubling as a sculptor,LaManna designed the art-

work for two of his albumcovers.

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LaManna produced thealbums on his own label,

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Mariah’s, Tommy’s Folly atCongress Hall, The Whale’sTale in Cape May and on hisWeb site www.SteveLaManna.com where quotesfrom fans are posted.

One fan describesLaManna’s music as “puremusic played passionately.”

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