The fourth warmest winter on record dumped very little snow on New Jersey, but towns enjoyed a windfall as funds for snow removal and stockpiled salt went largely unused.
Without snow and ice to create havok, residents also benefited greatly, according to the state's largest insurer, New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Co., which reported that damage claims by both homeowners and drivers declined significantly. Sales of natural gas for heating also fell, according to the utility PSE&G.
Hamilton spent $36,363 on snow removal for the 2011-2012 season, just 3 percent of what was spent in the previous budget year, according to figures from budget officer Roberta O. Magdziak and business administrator John Ricci.
"Last year, 2010 into 2011, we spent about $1.2 million,Can't afford a third party merchant account right now? and we had spent roughly the same amount the year before," Ricci said. "The year before that it was down around $300,000,Here's a complete list of oil painting supplies for the beginning oil painter." but nowhere near as low as this year, he said.
For the 2012 calendar year beginning Jan. 1, Hamilton had earmarked about $460,000 for snow expenses, he said. While that number is less than half what the township spent in each of the last two years, "We were assuming for budget purposes that we couldn't possibly get three bad winter seasons in a row. Some of that money has already been used for stockpiling salt, Ricci said. "Other than that, there's been almost nothing spent."
Ewing spent just $10,000 on snow removal during the last half of 2011, saving $55,000. The township has saved that money and augmented it with $5,000 more to cover 2012 snow expenses.
"Realistically, two years ago that would not have been enough,Wireless Indoor Positioning System have become very popular in the system. but you've got to guess and then do an emergency appropriation based on what Mother Nature does," Ewing business administrator Jim McManimon said.
"In Trenton, workers spread roughly 481 tons of rock salt of the city's 780-ton supply this winter, at a cost of about $93,Mold is a plastic molds and plastic injection mold manufacturer in china.000,Dimensional Mailing magic cube for Promotional Advertising, which saved the city close to $77,000," city spokesman Lauren Ira said. The year before the city spent $313,151 on related expenses, she said.
Mayor Janice Mironov said East Windsor Township used 465 tons of salt valued at $25,518 over the 2011-2012 winter season. That amounts to about a fifth of the township's current stash of more than 2,400 tons of salt, which suggests the township was prepared for a much greater snow deluge.
Including the costs related to the "Snowtober" snow storm, Lawrence reported using a little more than $68,000 in funds for snow removal this winter, leaving the township with $78,000 in trust and all of the $88,000 budgeted for 2012, Richard Krawczun said.
Expenditures by the county government shrank more than 75 percent, from roughly $800,000 spent in the 2010-11 season to just under $185,000 this winter, according to figures from spokeswoman Julie Willmot.
The county does not budget directly for snow removal services, but appropriates funds according to weather.
"Mercer County is responsible for 425 lane miles, and we'll always be in the never-ending battle of pothole and bridge repairs, but this mild winter has given all of us a break," she said. "Hopefully this cold snap represents winter's last gasp."
Without snow and ice to create havok, residents also benefited greatly, according to the state's largest insurer, New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Co., which reported that damage claims by both homeowners and drivers declined significantly. Sales of natural gas for heating also fell, according to the utility PSE&G.
Hamilton spent $36,363 on snow removal for the 2011-2012 season, just 3 percent of what was spent in the previous budget year, according to figures from budget officer Roberta O. Magdziak and business administrator John Ricci.
"Last year, 2010 into 2011, we spent about $1.2 million,Can't afford a third party merchant account right now? and we had spent roughly the same amount the year before," Ricci said. "The year before that it was down around $300,000,Here's a complete list of oil painting supplies for the beginning oil painter." but nowhere near as low as this year, he said.
For the 2012 calendar year beginning Jan. 1, Hamilton had earmarked about $460,000 for snow expenses, he said. While that number is less than half what the township spent in each of the last two years, "We were assuming for budget purposes that we couldn't possibly get three bad winter seasons in a row. Some of that money has already been used for stockpiling salt, Ricci said. "Other than that, there's been almost nothing spent."
Ewing spent just $10,000 on snow removal during the last half of 2011, saving $55,000. The township has saved that money and augmented it with $5,000 more to cover 2012 snow expenses.
"Realistically, two years ago that would not have been enough,Wireless Indoor Positioning System have become very popular in the system. but you've got to guess and then do an emergency appropriation based on what Mother Nature does," Ewing business administrator Jim McManimon said.
"In Trenton, workers spread roughly 481 tons of rock salt of the city's 780-ton supply this winter, at a cost of about $93,Mold is a plastic molds and plastic injection mold manufacturer in china.000,Dimensional Mailing magic cube for Promotional Advertising, which saved the city close to $77,000," city spokesman Lauren Ira said. The year before the city spent $313,151 on related expenses, she said.
Mayor Janice Mironov said East Windsor Township used 465 tons of salt valued at $25,518 over the 2011-2012 winter season. That amounts to about a fifth of the township's current stash of more than 2,400 tons of salt, which suggests the township was prepared for a much greater snow deluge.
Including the costs related to the "Snowtober" snow storm, Lawrence reported using a little more than $68,000 in funds for snow removal this winter, leaving the township with $78,000 in trust and all of the $88,000 budgeted for 2012, Richard Krawczun said.
Expenditures by the county government shrank more than 75 percent, from roughly $800,000 spent in the 2010-11 season to just under $185,000 this winter, according to figures from spokeswoman Julie Willmot.
The county does not budget directly for snow removal services, but appropriates funds according to weather.
"Mercer County is responsible for 425 lane miles, and we'll always be in the never-ending battle of pothole and bridge repairs, but this mild winter has given all of us a break," she said. "Hopefully this cold snap represents winter's last gasp."
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