Politics & Government
Sparta Council Votes to Stop Staffers' Personal Use of Town Equipment
Until Tuesday, it was legal for Sparta employees with permission to borrow town-owned equipment for their personal use.
The Sparta Township Council voted unanimously at its meeting Tuesday night in favor of a resolution to bar town employees from using municipal equipment for anything other than official government business, the New Jersey Herald reports.
The vote calls for a change in the Township of Sparta Policies and Procedures Manual to discontinue the longstanding practice of allowing staffers with a supervisor's okay to use township property for personal use, the article said.
Tuesday's vote appears to be a council response to a Herald report from last summer that identified several employees alleged to have used township generators in their homes—with permission from Sparta's director of public works—following Superstorm Sandy last October.
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Last month, Mayor Gil Gibbs and the Township Council discussed the matter and decided to amend the policy.
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