TENAFLY -- The borough will decide next week how it will pay a settlement reached in a legal battle over a religious enclosure.
Mayor Peter Rustin said the council on Tuesday is expected to approve using cash reserves for a portion of the $325,000 in legal fees to the Tenafly Eruv Association.
The borough's insurance will cover one-third, or about $110,000, of the amount. The remaining $215,000 will come from tax reserves that the borough routinely sets aside.
"It will not affect taxes," Rustin said.
The Tenafly Eruv Association filed suit against the borough in 2000 after the council voted to prohibit the Orthodox Jewish group from attaching lechis, plastic strips resembling electrical tape, to utility poles.
The eruv creates an enclosure for Orthodox Jews that extends the perimeter of the home into the street. The expanded border allows them to perform tasks -- such as pushing strollers or carrying books -- from the home to the outside world, which is prohibited on the Sabbath.
From the start of the lawsuit until the borough voted to allow the eruv in January, the borough has spent about $200,000 in legal fees.
My favorite part of the article:"It will not affect taxes". Are you kidding?
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