Priorities
Local Positions For Berkeley Heights
These issue areas stay focused on municipal decisions: spending, development, infrastructure, transparency, and whether residents can inspect the record before the vote. Each position page carries the record and the plan.
Overdevelopment & Housing
Where Edmund Tom Maciejewski stands on overdevelopment and the state Fourth Round affordable-housing obligation in Berkeley Heights.
Taxes & PILOTs
Edmund Tom Maciejewski on Berkeley Heights property taxes, municipal spending discipline, and PILOT tax agreements that bypass local schools.
Roads & Drainage
Edmund Tom Maciejewski's infrastructure plan for Berkeley Heights: roads, storm drainage, flood mitigation, and honest public reporting on the sewer system.
Transparency
Edmund Tom Maciejewski's transparency record and plan: open meetings, accessible records, and Council decisions residents can inspect before the vote.
Public Safety
Edmund Tom Maciejewski on public safety in Berkeley Heights: fully supporting the police department, fire companies, EMS, and school and traffic safety.
Independent Leadership
Edmund Tom Maciejewski is running an independent, local-issues campaign for Berkeley Heights Township Council — records before rhetoric.
What I Would Push For
These are campaign commitments that will be expanded in source-backed articles as each issue comes up on the calendar.
PILOT standards before new tax deals
Require independent financial review, school-impact analysis, public audits, and roll-call votes before any long-term tax exemption moves forward.
Affordable-only first
Prioritize 100% affordable tools before inclusionary projects multiply market-rate construction across town.
Quarterly housing and PILOT report
Put housing credits, court-order deadlines, agreements, service charges, and audit status in one plain public report.
Infrastructure basics
Focus council attention on roads, drainage, sewer, flooding, and the public works residents deal with every day.
Source-backed transparency
Make agendas, votes, records, and the reason for each major decision easier for residents to inspect before the vote.
First-90-day discipline
Start with concrete ordinances, public reporting, and specific questions instead of slogans that disappear after Election Day.