Executive Correspondence - Letter from Monmouth County Upper Freehold Township Page: 2 of 3
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RESOLUTION 194-05
RESOLUTION URGING THE BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE
COMMISSION TO REJECT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PENTAGON
TO CLOSE FORT MONMOUJTH
WHEREAS, the Pentagon on May 13, 2005, proposed shutting down Fort
Monmouth, the 80 year old Central Jersey Army Electronics and Communications
Research Installation and one of the largest among the 33 military installations across the
Nation recommended for closure, to save money and improve military readiness; and
WHEREAS, the Pentagon predicted that closing Fort Monmouth would have
broad implications for the region's economy between 2006 and 2011, including the loss
of 620 military jobs, 4,652 civilian positions at the installation and 4,465 jobs that
indirectly support the bases and its missions; and
WHEREAS, with more than 5,000 workers, Fort Monmouth estimates that it has
an economic impact of about $3.2 billion in payroll and indirect benefits due to the
demands for goods and services from area businesses, and if it closes, that jobs would be
moved to other states; and
WHEREAS, Major General Michael R. Mazzucchi, Fort Monmouth's
Commanding General announced that the recommendations are not binding on the Base
Realignment and Closure Commission; and
WHEREAS, Fort Monmouth, with its 5,085 civilian and 467 military employees
ranks among the County's top employers' and
WHEREAS, the closing of Fort Monmouth would potentially create a disaster to
the network of defense contractors involved with the Post and many companies would be
forced to relocate or in some cases, close; and
WHEREAS, Fort Monmouth, which is home to the Army's Communications and
Electronics Command, has long been at the forefront of developing state-of-the-art
battlefield technology, including many devises currently being used by our troops in
Afghanistan and Iraq; and
WHEREAS, Fort Monmouth's contributions to the war in Iraq include electronic
jamming devices to interfere with the detonation of roadside bombs, airborne sensors to
provide troops with radar images of both stationary and moving targets and fielding
systems to locate enemy artillery pieces and prevent friendly fire casualties; and
WHEREAS, Fort Monmouth estimates that it is responsible for 22,774 jobs
statewide and pumps a staggering $3.24 billion a year into New Jersey's economy; andj
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