Two campaign helpers walked around with sandwhich board signs.

Jenny Crumiller

Hello Internet! Thank you for visiting my website.

As a current Borough Council member, I was honored to earn the endorsement of the Borough and Township Democratic Municipal Committees.  I hope to earn your support as well.   I will be walking our neighborhoods, reaching out to voters and holding weekly open door meetings at my home, 187 Library Place, on Mondays, 5-7pm. I hope you can stop by!  Click here if you’d like to contact me by email or phone.

My friend Virginia Kerr is hosting a morning coffee next Saturday, May19 – please join us!  I’d love to meet you!

Jon and I are giving organic composting it a try!

Princeton is trying out a program for residential pickup of organic waste.  Residents are given a designated garbage can and a bucket for use inside to collect organic waste, and it’s picked up once a week and carried to a composting center.  Unlike most home composting, this program allows all organic waste to be composted, including meat, fat and bones.  In the Township, residents can sign up for this program as part of their private garbage pickup.  Borough residents, whose garbage is picked up by the municipality, can sign up to help promote the program for $20 a month.  We’re hoping to demonstrate the viability of a program so that next year, when we consolidate and all residents will be served by the municipality, we might have the option of offering residential composting.

Information below is from  this flyer (pdf)

Why Join?

• Eye Opener! You will see your trash in a whole new light!

o Many homes have cut their regular trash pick up in half!
o 60 tons of food/organic waste saved from landfills since June 2011

• Save Municipal Money on trash disposal fees!

o 60 tons = $7,500 saved since June 2011!

• It’s the Future of waste hauling. Landfills are full/closing all over the U.S.
• Free Items to all participants!

o A kitchen collector and food waste bags for collector
o Curbside food/organic waste container – it’s green and on wheels!
o Compost available in Spring 2012

• Easy to Do, not icky!

Sign Up TODAY!

• Costs: Township residents: $30/month for trash and food waste; $20 for food waste pick up only. Borough residents: $20/month for food waste pick up only.

• Email or call Janet Pellichero at the Twp. Public Works Department: jpellichero@princeton-township.nj.us  609-688-2566

For more information about Princeton’s curbside food waste program, see www.sustainableprinceton.org

Currently, the taxpaying public benefits from a large right of way and easement for transit use that encumbers Princeton University property where the Dinky station, train tracks and parking lot currently exist.  Shown below, the right-of-way and easement is held by New Jersey Transit. The right of way my colleagues and I hope to retain for the public benefit is only a small portion.

I believe that if New Jersey Transit cedes this right of way, it is giving away a valuable real estate asset that is currently held in the public domain. Doing so would not be in the public interest.

As you can see from the outlines of the buildings, the existing track and Dinky station would not impede the proposed arts buildings.  The current parking lot area does interfere with a building, but the right-of-way in our ordinance is smaller and narrower to facilitate the tracks and station only, ceding the parking lot to make way for University buildings. (see the last page of the ordinance).

Download agenda and meeting documents for Feb 7th meeting.

An ordinance will be considered to create a rail transit zone, which would preserve the current publicly owned right of way under the Dinky tracks and train station. The transit zone would not interfere with the University’s arts campus buildings. While the transit zone may not prevent Princeton University from moving the Dinky station, it would be prevented from placing buildings on the area. A transit zone would preserve a possible route for a rail connection to Nassau Street in the future.

Draft Transit Zone Ordinance (pdf)
Princeton University map showing right-of-way (pdf)

An ordinance creating a Special Improvement District that would place an assessment on Princeton University’s Alexander Road properties will be considered.

Draft SID ordinance (pdf)

You can send your information by email to

Andrea L. Quinty, Borough Clerk at lquinty@princetonboro.org or
Linda McDermott, Township Clerk at lmcdermott@princeton-township.nj.us

Student Arts Campus (click image for details)

1984 Sales Agreement between Princeton University and NJ Transit

PU January 31 presentation to the community on the merits of the Student Arts Campus Expansion(pdf)

PU Presentation on proposed zoning changes for Princeton Borough(pdf)

PU Presentation on proposed zoning changes for Princeton Township(pdf)

PU Arts and Transit Website– includes Jan 31  speech by President Tilghman

Architect Stephen Holl’s renditions of plans

Revaluation Commission Meeting Schedule

Documents and Links

State Division of Taxation reference material on appraisals – a list of useful links and information
Appraisal Systems letter explaining many aspects of the revaluation (pdf)
Appraisal Manual Vol I (pdf) — Official manual used by appraisers, explains methods
Appraisal Manual Vol II (pdf)
Borough Neighborhood Map (pdf)
Township Neighborhood Map (pdf)
Township FAQ on revaluation (pdf)
Contract with Appraisal Systems(pdf)
Revaluation FAQ from the NJ Office of Legislative Services (pdf)
Title 54 – Property Tax Code (Word Document)
Borough Sales Study - Excel – Information on Borough properties including sales, assessment, land/ improvement breakdowns etc.
Township Sales Study - Excel
Revaluation Relief Act of 1993 (Word)
Statute on Assessments (pdf)
Mercer County Chapter 123 Rates
Reassessment Program FAQ (pdf)– Document from Bridgewater, NJ which uses an annual reassessment program to keep revaluations current

ASI website- Borough
ASI website – Township

Legislation pending that would allow interior property inspections every 8 years instead of 4.

Google Earth Maps illustrating property values and shifts

To view the maps offline on your own computer, click on the link, then download and install Google Earth and then click on “open in Google Earth” which will download the map file.(maps were created by Jon Crumiller using Google Earth. If you would like the code he used to translate the data into the visual information on the maps he’d be happy to share it, use contact form)

NJ Property Tax Assessments – color coded map showing housing values based on assessments on residential properties

Code: Dark red = less than $250,000 Pink = $250,000 – 500,000 Yellow = $500,000 – $1,000,000 Green = $1,000,000 – $2,000,000 Blue = greater than $2,000,000 Dot in the middle of the icon = Borough.

Increase/ Decrease from Revaluation – color coded map showing increases and decreases as a result of revaluation

Code: Blue > 30% tax decrease /Green between 0% and 30% tax decrease / Yellow between 0% and 30% tax increase /Pink: between 30% and 60% tax increase /Dark Red: > 60% tax increase / Dot in the middle of the icon = Borough. / White means no data