Andrew Coppola, Washington Township, Morris County, was nominated Secretary at the 5/30/2011 meeting. He joins Howard Thompson, President, John Cummins, Vice President, and Eve Marks, Treasurer to round out the 2011 Officers.

The state has awarded the Council of Governments $73,980 to partner with the Warren County Regional Chamber of Commerce to coordinate shared service efforts. The CoG, an all-volunteer group, has reached an agreement with the chamber which will provide staff to: document existing shared services and quantify their financial effect, coordinate meetings amongst municipalities, study potential shared services and make recommendations, identify available grant funding and provide other administrative support.

As a result of a study undertaken by the five members of the Warren-Morris Council of Governments (the Town of Hackettstown, Borough of Washington Township of Mansfield and Township of Washington), Warren County has agreed to enter into a shared service arrangement for document management.

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The Warren-Morris Council of Governments has been awarded non-profit status from the IRS. As a non-profit entity the council can now apply for a regional coordination grant from the state of NJ to further its shared service efforts.