Sandy Cleanup Costs in Little Silver Hit $2.4 Million
Debris removal and overtime account for the bulk of the storm's expenditures.
Cleaning up after Sandy's quick and messy visit to the borough in October is costing Little Silver more than officials originally planned. The borough council amended a resolution passed in November that appropriated $1.7 million for cleanup costs to $2.4 million at its Dec. 17 meeting. According to Laura Geraghty, Little Silver's chief financial officer, the bulk of cleanup costs were for the removal of vegetative and household debris and overtime for police and public works staff. The borough hired AshBritt Environmental, a Florida-based, national rapid-response disaster recovery and special environmental services contractor, for both vegetative and debris removal, according to Geraghty. Little Silver was among four municipalities …
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Fred M
8:07 pm on Saturday, December 29, 2012
I feel bad for those people effected by Sandy...I hear the same FEMA stories from many people..What I hear is that FEMA won't cover underinsured property owners..FEMA needs to educate people on what they do and don't cover..Fema,s stance appears to be this..Make sure you have enough coverage...One person I met owns home in New York where he had $300,000 worth of damage..He only took out $70,000 … more ›