The Spring Conference will be held at the Breakers Hotel in Spring Lake, from Wednesday afternoon, May 21 through Friday morning, May 23.  The same place and basic format as in 2007 - a very successful and enjoyable conference!   Come and enjoy not only a thoughtful and educational program but also good fellowship and just plain fun.

There is a special registration form for the conference including all lodging and meal arrangements – this is a “package deal” worked out by the Association with the Hotel so all purchase orders and vouchers go to the Association for processing.  

• Spring Conference Registration Form

• Hotel Website

Please note: the Association has reserved 60 rooms at the hotel plus meeting rooms and related facilities.  Since the Association must guarantee to the hotel the actual room and meal count by May 2, 2008, there will be no refunds for any cancellations after that date.  Rooms not required will then be made available to the general public at the prevailing rates.  Consequently it is important that NJMMA members complete this registration process for the Conference as soon as possible to guarantee a room.  If you cannot process a purchase order by May 2, you must fax or email  the registration form indicating your attendance to the Executive Director.  Fax:  at 973-927-1591, Email:  njmmaexdir@aol.com .  

Those staying overnight at the hotel will be responsible for any incidental costs incurred (e.g. telephone, extra meals, etc.)   All meals, coffee breaks, and social activities (including cocktail hours and hospitality areas) are included in the registration fee.  If a member wishes to stay over Friday or for the weekend, he/she should contact the hotel directly at 732-449-7700, indicate that you are attending the NJMMA Conference and want to stay over additional nights.

Program Highlights: 

Wednesday afternoon - registration from 1:00 p.m. on with the program starting at 2:00 p.m. with an opening session on the 4% Tax Levy and related budget issues by Susan Jacobucci, followed by concurrent sessions on PERC or COAH issues.  That evening one of the program highlights - our dinner speaker will be U. S. Attorney Chris Christie

Thursday morning - starting at 9:00 a.m. a major session with Bill Dressel on legislative issues followed by concurrent sessions on human resource management or technology changes.  In the afternoon there will be a session on NJMMA - "what do we want to be when we grow up" followed by concurrent sessions on Police [Chief vs. Director} and Shared Services [focused on school relations]. 

Thursday late afternoon / Evening-  a boat trip on the Delta Queen on the Manasquan River and Barnegat Bay with hors d'oeuvers and beer/wine/soft drinks.  After the boat trip the dinner speaker will be Paul Mulshine, a Star Ledger Columnist [who had a very successful program last year on state issues - guaranteed to be topical and humorous].

Friday morning - starting with a breakfast at 8:30 AM, there will be a discussion with Matthew Boxer, the newly appointed State Comptroller who will hopefully explain the operations of this new office and how it will interface with municipalities, especially in contract review. 

Exhibition Area - In addition to the Program outlined above, on Thursday there will be exhibits by 15 vendors who provide specialized services to municipalities.  They will be available to talk to you in a less frantic mode than what occurs at the League Conference.