A few more items may be cut from the Millburn proposed 2011-12 school budget during Monday's school board meeting. The Millburn Board of Education meets on Monday at 7:45 p.m. at the Education Center. The school board since January has been deliberating on the proposed budget, which would go to a public vote in April. School officials are looking for a way to close an approximate $6.5 million between the expenses and revenues when assuming a 2 percent increase in taxes. A 2 percent increase is the highest allowed under state law. School officials already have cut approximately $4.7 million …

The Millburn Township Committee doesn't have a long agenda Tuesday night, but there is one item that will provoke a lot of discussion—the contract for conceptual designs for a downtown parking garage. The committee meets at 8 p.m. at Millburn Town Hall. There is an agenda item to hire Tim Haahs to complete the conceptual designs of a garage on either Lot 2, which is at the corner of Lackwanna Place and Essex Street, or Lot 7, which is along Glen Avenue, for the Millburn Train Station. The contract is not to exceed nearly $105,000. The contract is for phase one of the design process, which is …

If you're looking for new and updated Millburn school budget documents, they'll be available at the school board meeting Monday night. The board meets at Glenwood Elementary School at 7:45 p.m. One of the discussion items is further deliberations on the proposed 2011-12 school budget. Those attending will be able to receive an updated "cut sheet," which will have a few special education and high school related items. There will be an enrollment chart showing figures from the past and projections moving forward. Something that has been requested in the comments section in several Millburn-…

After unveiling the gap they need to fill before the end of March, school officials will start showing how they intend to do that during Monday's Millburn Board of Education meeting. The school board meets at 7:45 p.m. at the Education Center. Among the agenda items is further budget deliberations. During the last school board meeting, Schools Supt. James Crisfield unveiled the district had a $6.4 million budget gap between its expenses and the amount of money it could raise through revenue, including taxes. A new state-mandated cap allows school districts to raise taxes by no more than 2 …

The Millburn Township Committee's commuter parking subcommittee plans to discuss its work during Tuesday's meeting. The committee meets at 8 p.m. in town hall. The conference items include a report from the subcommittee. The township committee voted in December to send out a request for proposals for a parking garage for the Millburn Train Station. The proposals would be for conceptual designs for both Lot 2, which is at the corner of Lackwanna Place and Essex Street, and for Lot 7, which is along Glen Avenue. Once the conceptual designs were complete, the committee would need to choose which…

 The Millburn Board of Education will meet Monday at 7:45 p.m. at Hartshorn Elementary School to begin talking about the school district’s 2011-12 budget.  But school officials have said since last spring that they are expecting a budget gap – a difference in the amount of money they are able to raise from taxes and what they need to spend to run the school district. In previous years, the district has plugged its gap with state aid and surplus funding.  Last spring, estimates on the upcoming budget gap varied. Some officials said it could be as much as $5 million. Others predicted it would …

Many communities hold their reorganizations and swearing-in ceremonies on Jan. 1, but Millburn waits until its first scheduled committee meeting of the year. The Millburn Township Committee holds its reorganization meeting on Tuesday at 8 p.m. in town hall. Ted Bourke and Thomas McDermott both won three-year terms on the committee in November and will take the oath of office during the meeting. It'll be McDermott's sixth term after 15 years on the committee. It's Bourke's first term. He replaces Daniel Baer, who did not run for re-election in November. Millburn doesn't have an election for …

Tuesday night's Millburn Township Committee is the final one before the end of the year, which means it's the final one of the current session. The committee meets at 8 p.m. Tuesday in Town Hall. The committee finished the ordinances that needed to be approved before the end of the year during its last meeting. There are items on the agenda, though, leftover from that meeting. The committee has the valet parking contract on its agenda with Twilight Parking. During the Dec. 7 meeting, there were concerns about Twilight's bid for the contract and if it had provided all of the necessary …

Two zoning issues affecting the township are on two separate agendas tonight, and one is in an adjacent township. The Livingston Township Council meets at 8 p.m. at Livingston Town Hall, and the Millburn Zoning Board of Adjustment meets at 7 p.m. at Millburn Town Hall. The Livingston council will be holding a public hearing and vote on a zoning change for the property at the corner of White Oak Ridge Road and South Orange Avenue. Changing the property from commercial to residential is a stipulation of the settlement agreement between the Livingston council and TMB Partners. TMB Partners …

The Millburn Board of Education won't be taking up its formal budget discussions until 2011, but a piece of what could be included is on Monday's agenda. The school board meets at 7 p.m. on Monday at the Education Center. The board is meeting earlier than its normal start time. One of the items up for discussion Monday night is the class size guidelines. The board's finance committee charged the program committee to review the district's guidelines months ago. The program committee is ready to present its findings, and the board will discuss them during the meeting. Class size is one of …