Freeholder Director Commits to Lower Taxes, Introduces New Initiatives
Two new freeholders were also installed at the Burlington County reorganization meeting on New Year's Day.
Delivering a “State of the County” address that underscored a continuing commitment to lower taxes and that officially unveiled three new initiatives, including the creation of a new Department of Cultural Affairs, Joe Donnelly, a Cinnaminson resident, was sworn in as director of the Burlington Board of Chosen Freeholders for the second time in his five-year tenure. Pledging to make “county government a stronger player in the economic and social well-being of our constituents,” Donnelly made cultural diversity a theme of his message. He said the new department would ensure that county government recognized and fostered “a culturally rich, inclusive and inviting climate, whether the issue be education, the arts or human needs.” The …
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