{"id":1177,"date":"2016-03-10T00:15:22","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T05:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/?p=1177"},"modified":"2016-03-10T01:22:08","modified_gmt":"2016-03-10T06:22:08","slug":"lavallettes-quest-for-town-hall-reimbursement-moves-to-national-panel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2016\/03\/lavallettes-quest-for-town-hall-reimbursement-moves-to-national-panel\/","title":{"rendered":"Lavallette’s Quest for Town Hall Reimbursement Moves to National Panel"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Lavallette council’s 2016 reorganizational meeting gets underway in the borough’s new municipal complex. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n

Lavallette’s officials and professionals are currently writing an appeal to a national panel at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, seeking reimbursement for the $4.5 million that was spent building the borough’s new municipal building.<\/p>\n

FEMA’s regional appeals panel had already denied the borough’s appeal, but recently released a report determining how much damage the agency felt the building suffered during Superstorm Sandy”, kicking off a 60 day deadline for the national appeal to be filed.<\/p>\n

“I read through the report\u00a0and they determined our borough hall suffered $225,000 of damage,” said Mayor Walter LaCicero who, naturally, said the determination was incorrect given the damage to the building, and the multi-million dollar effort it would have taken to try and restore the old building.<\/p>\n

“You can\u2019t even build a handicap bathroom for $225,000,” said LaCicero. “My question to them is, ‘where were you during the storm?'”<\/p>\n

Previously, FEMA\u2019s determination was that the site had suffered about $100,000 in damage. The borough estimates it would have had about $2.5 million in costs to repair the damaged building, and build a new facility that includes what FEMA would call \u201ccritical infrastructure\u201d such as a police station.<\/p>\n

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