Kinnelon Council agrees not to get into the business of towing cars and comes to consensus on a new possible location for police vehicle seizure and evidence lot.
The Kinnelon Council seemed to agree on two things regarding the proposed vehicle seizure and police evidence lot that seemed to cause some controversy last month: that the lot's location should be moved closer to the Department of Public Works (DPW) garage and away from the recreation field and that an impound lot should not be included. The new location proposed for the vehicle seizure lot is near where recyclables are collected and leaves are deposited. The leaf pile would be moved and the area would be fenced in on a graveled portion of the land. But an impound lot would not be included in that location. "Going into that business is something that, I don't think, is going to be enough of a benefit to this borough," Councilman Stephen …
Kinnelon Council tables voting on police vehicle seizure lot behind borough municipal building.
Several Kinnelon residents spoke passionately Thursday night against the borough council's consideration of creating a lot where police could store seized vehicles and evidence behind the borough municipal building and across from a municipal field on Kinnelon Road. "It's disgusting. It's disgusting that I'm going to have to explain to my son about having an impound yard across from where he plays football," resident Olga Gilhooley told the council. The council has spent the past three months discussing the lot after Kinnelon Police Chief John Finkle has said a lot is needed to store the vehicles and equipment currently taking up at least six spaces in the parking lot directly behind the municipal building. As Mayor Robert Collins …
Kinnelon Council discusses future development of lot as revenue-gaining measure.
The Kinnelon Council could vote Thursday to approve a seized vehicle impound lot behind the borough municipal building where Kinnelon police can store vehicles taken after being involved in crimes. The council discussed the lot after hearing from Kinnelon Police Chief John Finkle at the Oct. 11 work session meeting. Finkle told the council the lot would be used to store the vehicles, as well as some police department equipment currently stored behind the police department and taking up parking spaces that could be used for the municipal building. He said the lot is a necessity. "I need this lot for the storage of these vehicles," Finkle said. If approved, the lot would be located in the lower parking lot behind the Kinnelon Municipal …
Eddie Haskell
8:41 pm on Saturday, October 20, 2012
Where should Kinnelon Police Department store the vehicles that are impounded for various reasons including the drug trafficking? In Butler or Bloomingdale or Riverdale? Vehicles that are impounded usually don't look any different than most of the cars and trucks that pass by on the 2 miles of Butler's Route 23 business district or on Kinnelon Road, Boonton Avenue, Fayson Lakes Road or even the … more ›