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I I I wwwM(jy ijm mfmmmmmtmmmmmmmmm Jackson For New Boaru Searching Superintendent Ocean County Business General News Thura. Sept. 6. 1979 JACKSON TOWNSHIP The Board of Education has begun the search tor a new school superintendent. The board last night ratified a settlement with former School Superintendent Gerald Savage, who agreed to resign last week.

The complete details of the settlement are not expected to be made public until today, when the agreement is signed by Savage and filed with the board. Board President Charles Monjoy said the board wanted to speak with acting Superintendent Nicholas Sciarappa before deciding what course to take. The options are appointing Sciarappa as superintendent permanently or looking for someone else. The board met with Sciarappa last night to discuss a possible pay increase because of his increased duties as acting superintendent. Savage, who had been superintendent for 13 years, resigned Aug.

29 after an 18-month battle with the board. In a 4-3 vote in February 1978, the board voted to file 21 charges against Savage, the only way he could be removed from his position because he was tenured. Only two of the board members, Monjoy and board Vice President Frank Reilly, are still on the board. The board eventually reduced the Officials Split on Asbury Park Pre County Asks Bus System Vote New High Toms River East Business teacher Dorothy Lepo (above) points out a typewriter procedure to clerical office student Donna Duckworth, 16, of Ortley Beach on the first day of classes at Toms River High School East. Principal Richard Piscal said things ran smoothly.

The opening of the $10.9 million school on a 79-acre tract off Duned'n Street eliminates split sessions in the district's two other high schools. The only problem was caused by programming of the loudspeakers. Instead of having "The Star-Spangled Banner" played on the inside loudspeakers, the recording was played on the outdoor loudspeakers and woke up some of the school's neighbors, Piscal said. Pinelands Regional At right, students gathered yesterday in the commons area of Pinelands Regional High School, Little Egg Harbor Township, to help inaugurate the county' newest school district. "Super" was the way principal Clement Crea described the first day of classes, which included an unscheduled fire drill after a construction worker accidentally set off the fire alarm.

"It happened right at the end of an assembly program, and the kids cleared the school like they'd been doing it all their lives," Crea said. Pinelands Regional's first day included assemblies for each of the five grades attending the school, plus abbreviated classes to allow teachers and pupils to become acquainted. Nor-, mal class schedules begin today for the 1,037 students. Related photo of the new school on Page B2. As part of the settlement, both sides agreed not to discuss the agreement.

When the vote on the settlement was taken at last night's meeting, Savage was not mentioned by name although it was made public Aug. 29 that the board would ratify the agreement with him last night. Once Savage signs the agreement, it will be filed with board secretary Rosalie Gange-mi and made public, Monjoy said. Monjoy said he expects Savage to sign the settlement immediately and return It to the board by today. Savage was not at last night's meeting and has not been reached for comment sine his resignation.

Those are the projections Connors used in drafting the public question he recommended. Freeholder Hazel S. Gluck, a Republican, joined Democrats Gasser and George J. Hoffman in approving the referendum. Mrs.

Gluck said she agreed with Connors, but as a proponent of the initiative and referendum concept supported letting the public decide the issue. She said later she expects the referendum to be defeated. Hoffman, replying to Connors' criticism of the question approved, said the intent is not to hide the costs of a bus system from the public but to establish a realistic figure. "We have to live with whatever figure we use," said Hoffman. Gasser said the public is intelligent enough to know that costs increase.

He termed the latest projections speculation. Had the freeholder board implemented the 1974 plan in 1975 there would only be a $500,000 deficit, Gasser said. "I regret in 1975 we didn't bite the bullet then," said Gasser, "I'm not going to share those regrets again." Wolf said the main purpose for which riders used the three pilot bus routes operated this summer could not be determined. Gasser said, however, ridership is developed by first providing the service. The pilot programs were planned by county officials but financed by municipalities, businesses and a 50-cent fare.

Pollock said the Normandy Beach route averaged about 200 passengers a day and the Long Beach Island route slightly less. Both services were provided through Labor Day. "The figures are not as important as the trend," said Pollock, adding that ridership increased gradually. County officials will attempt to continue the Island Heights route through the rest of the year. Pollock said that route had the lowest ridership, about 50 persons a day, which remained constant.

Section B- Asbury Park Press charges to five complaints and Savage was charged with: failing to standardize curriculum in elementary schools; executing contracts without board approval; hiring employees without board approval; failing to get performance from employees and failing to evaluate the staff realistically. He denied all the charges and state Department of Education hearings started in November. After 13 sessions, the hearings ended Aug. 29 with Savage's resignation. In return for his resignation, the board agreed to drop the charges and give Savage, who earned $38,110 a year, approximately $67,000 in severance pay.

Referendum a total county project," Wolf said in recom mending against a non-binding referendum and creation of a comprehensive county system. "I have a personal fear it will be rejected, voted down, which may be the end of mass traasit in Ocean County," he added. He said the municipalities in the county are eligible for up to $200,000 over the next year to operate regional bus routes connected to existing commercial routes, primarily along Route 9 and the Hooper Avenue-Brick Boulevard stretch in Dover and Brick townships. The state will take over the operations of Transport of New Jersey in January, Wolf noted, so county officials will ask the state to expand the former TNJ service. Pollock said later it would "make sense for the state Department of Transportation to expand the service to include routes such as the Normandy Beach and Long Beach Island service.

Using federal grants available to non-urban communities. Wolf's plan would provide bus service for southern Ocean County, the Lakehurst-Manchester Township area, Plumsted and Jackson townships, and Lacey and Berkeley townships. Wolf said he was unaware the referendum issue would be on the agenda of the meeting yesterday. The non-binding referendum had to be approved before tomorrow, the deadline to place public questions on the ballot. Connors recommended delaying the referendum to give Wolf a chance to arrange the bus system.

If there is to be a referendum, the question ought to include the projected expenses over five years to give the public a better idea of how the system costs will increase, he said. Connors said the question ought to say bus system spending will not exceed the following schedule: First year 3 cents on the equalized tax rate ($2 million). Second year 3.5 cents on the tax rate Third year 4 cents on the tax rate Fourth year 4.5 cents on the tax rate Fifth year 5 cents on the tax rate Connors' figures were based on the latest projections made by the planning department. Planners updated cost figures of a 1974 bus system which forms the basis of the question approved yesterday. Pollock said, though, he revised those projections upward again to take into account inflation during the two years that would pass between the time the system is approved and the time it starts.

Students today in the sheriff's identification bureau. He had been a police dispatcher in Brick Township but had to give up that job when he was installed as a councilman there in July. Although the township form of government is non-partisan, Jones is a Democrat. Anderson, another Democrat, is a member of the county Board of Health. He was recommended for the Private Industry Council post, which pays $15,800 annually, by County Employment and Training Administration director Edward A.

Far-rell and the council chairman, William G. Dalton, Freeholder Robert A. Gasser said. The council was created under the national CETA program of emphasizing training to place the unemployed in jobs instead of directly filling public service jobs subsidized with federal funds. The council is to try to match the needs of area employers by training the unemployed to provide the needed skills.

v. k-jt Freeholders Hire Radiological Officer Schools Greet devices such as X-ray machines to ensure there are no harmful emissions; and to give immediate guidance in the event of accidents at the Oyster Creek nuclear generating station, or anywhere in the county involving radioactive materials. Freeholder Director Leonard T. Connors Jr. has said Ocean County is believed to be the first in the state with a radiological officer.

Half of Maschuci's salary is being paid through a federal grant. Maschuci is coordinator of cooperative industrial education for the Middlesex County Vocational-Techalcal Schools. He has served as an Air Force instructor in nuclear, chemical and biological warfare. He is a captain in the New Jersey Air National Guard and chief of the 108th Tactical Fighter Wing nuclear, chemical and biological planning and training disaster preparedness office at McGuire Air Force Base. Jones was to begin his job Dowd, a landlord who wants to evict a tenant must obtain an eviction notice through the courts, which he said usually takes about six weeks.

Under the bill, however, once the Judge makes a determination, he can make an immediate eviction of a seasonal tenant if necessary. The legislation was prompted by the Committee for a Better Belmar, a group that has lobbied since its inception last September for legislation to control disturbances by rental groups. Sheila Lass, a leader of the committee, said the proposed law would be aimed at transient residents who come to the shore simply cause trouble. In Seaside Heights, municipal officials have cracked down on problem group rentals by holding the landlord responsible for his tenants. The Borough Council adopted an ordinance this summer that allows the council to revoke, after a hearing, the mercantile license of any merchant against whom three complaints have been signed.

This will enable the council to close down any apartment building housing overly boisterous renters. While all shore resort areas don't share the same problems, many residents claim that visitors are disturbing the peace by drinking alcoholic beverages in public, sleeping in cars or on the beach, creating excessive noise and trespassing on the beach after hours. Others complain visitors urinate In public and use loud and abusive language. TOMS RIVER What may be the only county radiological officer in the state was quietly hired by the Ocean County Board of Freeholders yesterday. Just as quietly, the board hired Brick Township Councilman Ronald W.

Jones Jr. as an identification officer in the Sheriff's Department. And the freeholder board is expected to act on a recommendation to hire another official from Brick Township, Charles E. Anderson, as coordinator of the Private Industry Council. Joseph N.

Maschuci, 1821 Patterson Manchester Township, was hired as the radiological officer at an annual salary of $17,500. Maschuci has a 10-year military background in nuclear, chemical and biological training. The freeholders wanted a radiological officer to monitor the transportation of radioactive materials through the county; inspect By FRED SIMMONDS Press Staff Writer TOMS RIVER Ocean County transportation planners are devising a bus system different from the one voters have been asked to approve in a non-binding referendum. Despite a surprise, last-minute, recommendation not to place the question on the ballot in November, the Board of Freeholders yesterday voted 3 to 2 to approve the referendum. The public will be asked: "Are you in favor of a countywide public transportation system to be financed from general county revenues at a cost not to exceed three cents on the equalized tax rate of the county ($2 million) for the first year of operations?" "I think the figure of three cents is a little too high," said Freeholder Robert A.

Gas-ser, a proponent of a countywide bus system, who believes costs will be lower. "I think that the proposal as set forth does not tell the people of Ocean County what the ultimate plans are going to cost," said Freeholder Director Leonard T. Connors Jr. Nevertheless, Freeholder Warren H. Wolf and Steven L.

Pollock, the county planning director, said they are trying to organize a system employing intermunicipal bus routes, similar to ones which operated this summer between Long Beach Island and Stafford Township, Normandy Beach and the Ocean County Mall, and Island Heights and the downtown section here. "We know of no subsidies at this time for MASCHUCI JONES Anderson's and other CETA appointments were delayed by the freeholders. Freeholder Hazel S. Gluck said the board wanted first to discuss corrective measures the CETA agency has taken to improve the screening of candidates and employment prerequisites for important staff positions. Gasser said he did not expect the delay to hurt Anderson's chances for the post.

and the evening during summer months. The judge has been strict and often has imposed the maximum fine of $500 against offenders, Donovan said. Seaside Heights Police Commissioner Guy Mazzanti Jr. said that increased police patrols and recently adopted ordinances are helping to crack down on rowdy, all-night partying. He said there has been a fourfold increase In the number of summonses issued this year compared to last year.

The borough also hired 44 temporary patrolmen, eight more than last year, to assist its 16 permanent patrolmen, Mazzanti said. A noise control officer patrols daily, using decibel-measuring devices, he said. Other ordinances adopted to ensure the safety of residents and tourists include an ordinance prohibiting tatooing except by physicians, and one which regulates the hours, place and amount of solicitation on the boardwalk, and forbids such conduct as chanting, dancing and shouting. It has been common for members of some groups to hand a passerby a religious artifact and harass the person until a donation of $5 or so is made, Mayor George W. Tompkins said.

Other seaside resort towns claim they have few problems compared to other areas. Point Pleasant Beach is one such municipality. Mayor Dennis Swanson attributes the peace and quiet in his borough to the elimination of rock bands in local taverns. About two years ago, the Borough Council began reviewing liquor licenses more if a) ff Inside. Ocean County Brick Assures HUD Funding B2 Required Gym Class Protested B2 Women's Panel Sets Pace B3 Noise Ordinance Considered B3 Death Ruled a Suicide B3 Business Bl 1-1 3 Cor Offers Doing the Job 1 1 Whole Life Policy No Bargain 1 2 Solutions to College Costs 1 3 Shore Municipalities Crack Down on Abuse by Summer Visitors stringently and placed conditions on taverns that changed the type of operations from nightclubs with rock bands to quiet, restaurant-type establishments.

In Asbury Park, Mayor Ray Kramer and Police Chief Edward Moses agree that the city has few problems with nuisance ordinance offenders. Kramer said the biggest problem is with loiterers who drink and said this type of group is drawn to the rock concerts Friday and Saturday nights on the Boardwalk. "But we don't send our police running down the beach after hours to chase people off who are sleeping on the beach," Kramer said. "We don't have the kind of luxury where we can worry about loiterers," Moses said, adding that police must deal with more serious crimes. Surf Dty Mayor Leonard T.

Connors Jr. said his community is peaceful and has few problems with renters. He said Surf City has no boardwalk, no hotels or motels, except one built in the 1940s, and no amusements, except a miniature golf course built before an ordinance was adopted prohibiting amusements. "We're not really interested in arresting our summer visitors," Connors said. Police first warn any violators before making any arrests, he said.

Police patrol the beach at night to protect residents and strictly enforce ordinances prohibiting drinking in public, he said. Most residents and visitors are just looking for some peace and quiet at the shore, Connors said, and many echo his statement. By BONNIE ZUKOFSKI Press Staff Writer Labor Day traditionally marks the end of the summer season at the shore, when summer visitors load up their cars and head back to their normal routines of campus and career. However, many visitors have left their mark on the shore communities where they have spent the summer. Landlords often return to the houses and apartments they have rented out to survey damage done by overzealous party guests.

Year-round residents and local police breathe a sigh of relief that they again can have some peace and quiet. Some shore communities, in an effort to maintain the peace and quiet the winter offers all year round, have stepped up enforcement of group rental and nuisance ordinances during the summer season. In Belmar, municipal officials, residents and state legislators are attempting to help relieve group rental problems which have plagued the municipality for years. Assemblyman William F. Dowd.

R-Mon-mouth, along with nine co-sponsors, introduced legislation Aug. 20 that would amend the state Landlord-Tenant Act to speed the eviction process for seasonal tenants. The bill passed in the Assembly and may be Introduced In the Senate session Monday, Under current legislation, according to Some shore municipalities are cracking down on these nuisance-type problems as well. In Manasquan, group rental problems and violations of nuisance ordinances keep local police busy throughout the summer. Police Chief William A.

Morton said that during the summer six policemen patrol the beach area and 12 patrol on weekends. Manasquan Mayor William W. Donovan said the borough has stepped up its activity over the past three years. Donovan said the problem with summer renters grew out of hand three years ago. In an attempt to curb the problems, he and Morton met with local real estate agents in the fall and spring to advise them to be more careful in screening prospective tenants, Donovan said.

The police were given copies of the names and addresses of those leasing the property and ordinances were distributed to renters by real estate agents, he said. Two years ago, the Borough Council adopted a revised noise ordinance and local police trained in the use of decibel meters now monitor noise levels at the premises of those who allegedly violate the ordinance. The occupancy code, which limits the number of persons who sleep in a house according to certain space standards, has been strictly enforced and It Is not unusual for police to make early-morning spot checks. "We've been following up in court on complaints," Donovan said. There are often 50 or more persons in court for violating ordinances, he said, adding that court is held both in the morning.