Red Bank Neighborhood Pride members are voicing concerns over the recent elimination of the Red Bank codes officer position.
About 20 RBNP members met following the Red Bank Council-approved elimination to hear Commissioner John Roberts explain that codes enforcement will still continue.
“We are really disappointed the majority of commissioners decided to eliminate the codes officer and not raise property taxes,” said Red Bank Neighborhood Pride co-chair Erin Creal. “The codes officer is brand new, so he was not given much of a chance to make a difference.”
Creal said the city of Red Bank will not be able to attract new residents or new businesses without good city services.
“We cannot have good services at the current tax base where they cut services rather than improve,” she said. “For the commissioners that voted against the tax increase, I think that was a shortsighted idea. If they are not interested in making the tough decisions to raise taxes to improve our city, then we are not going to improve.”