Ramsey April 10. 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES IV • Page 7 Two three-year seats are available on the Ramsey Borough Council this year, and incumbent Republicans Vanessa Jachzel and Harry Weber have both filed for their party’s June 4 primary. No other candidates from either the Republican or the Democratic party filed by last week’s deadline. Independent candidates have until the day of the primary to announce their candidacy. Jachzel is a life-long Bergen County resident and has lived in Ramsey for the last nine years. She has three school-aged sons. The councilwoman received a bachelor’s degree in English magna cum laude from Montclair State College and a JD cum laude from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. She has a busy solo law practice dedicated exclusively to representing families of children with learning disabilities. In addition, she serves as Of Counsel to a New York State law firm, where she represents students in special education proceedings. She began her law career by clerking for an Appellate Division judge. She subsequently spent eight years in private practice at a New Jersey law firm, specializing in commercial litigation and public finance, before taking time off to raise her sons. She is also a small business owner of a retail computer service business in Midland Park that employs one full-time technician and one Primary election to be uncontested this year part-time assistant. Jachzel began her service on the council in 2008. She is currently the chairwoman of the council’s Finance and Administration Committee. She is responsible for preparing the borough’s annual budget and managing allocation of capital expenditure funds. She is also a member of the council’s Building, Planning, and Zoning Committee, liaison to the Ramsey Board of Adjustment, and a member of the Public and Governmental Relations Committee, which she chaired from 2010 to 2012. In 2012, she served as council president. Her accomplishments on the council include helping to develop the Ramsey Farmers Market, re-launching The Ramsey Journal, and introducing the Taste of Ramsey event to the borough. She helped develop last year’s first Softball for Veterans event as part of Ramsey’s Independence Day celebration. The softball program will continue this year. Jachzel is also a member of the Greater Ramsey UNICO Board of Directors and serves on the group’s various subcommittees, including the General Counsel, Public Relations, and Charity di Vino committees. She was a member of the Ramsey Junior Woman’s Club from 2006 to 2012 and a member of the Ramsey Centennial Committee from 2007 to 2009. She has been a Republican County Committeewoman since 2006 and is a member of the Ramsey Republican Club. Before joining the council, she was a member of the Ramsey Board of Adjustment. Weber has been a Ramsey resident for 17 years. He is employed by the New York Stock Exchange. Weber and his wife, Donna, have two children: a daughter who attends eighth grade at Smith School and a son who resides in Boston. He is currently managing director of trading services (continued on page 20) A public hearing on the Ramsey Council’s $22.8 million municipal-purpose budget for 2013 will be held on April 24 at 8:30 p.m. The session will be held at borough hall, which is located at 33 North Central Avenue. The budget will result in a $40 municipal-purpose tax increase for the owner of a home assessed at $431,467, the borough’s average value. This figure does not include property taxes associated with other entities, such as the local school district or Bergen County. This year’s total general revenues are $22,831,379, with $16,409,542 to be raised through taxation. The amount to be raised via taxes includes the minimum library tax of $1,128,247 and the local tax for municipal purposes of $15,281,295. The budget also includes $2,950,000 in surplus, April 24 budget hearing planned $2,971,837 in miscellaneous revenues, and $500,000 in receipts from delinquent taxes. In addition, the spending plan includes $8,971,400 for operating expenses: salaries and wages, $2,368,113 for deferred charges and other appropriations, $465,000 for capital improvements, and $374,800 for debt service. The reserve for uncollected taxes has been set at $1,500,000. The 2013 dedicated water and sewer utility budget has been set at $7,443,000, and includes $680,000 for capital improvements, $420,000 for debt service, and $5,560,000 in other expenses. This year’s dedicated swimming pool utility budget totals $310,000, and includes $14,000 in surplus and $296,000 in miscellaneous revenues.