TRAINING CLASSES!!

All classes held at NJGCA HQ -- 4900 Route 33 West, Wall Township, NJ 07753

                                                                                                                                                               

 CLASSIFIEDS! -- FOR SALE & HELP WANTED ADS


FOR SALE:

Business For Sale: Monmouth County gas station and repair shop in business since 2001 is for sale. Owner is relocating out of state and is interested in selling business and equipment. Owner is open to limited financing. Business has a strong 10 year lease. The building has two repair bays and the gas pumps are leased to a large independent tenant. Repair shop business currently employs a Manager and two full-time Technicians. For inquiries and more info, please call Mark at 908-670-7798.

Business established in 1980. Fully equipped repair shop with 5 lifts including an alignment rack with a 2-year-old Hunter Hawkeye alignment machine. New Hunter tire machine & wheel balancer. AAA aproved and very busy.

Pumping over 1,000,000 gallons per year. 100x300 lot with plenty of parking. Excellent location!!! Call Jim @ 201-851-3084.

         

                                                                                                                                                                         

NEWS AROUND THE STATE: THE NEWS YOU SHOULD KNOW

09/05/2017:
Rescinding DACA could cost 700,000 workers their jobs and employers $6.3 billion in turnover costs
On Tuesday, the Trump administration announced plans to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The Obama-era program currently allows about 800,000 young undocumented immigrants who were brought to the US as minors with no documentation to live and work in the country legally. DACA recipients are eligible to receive an employment authorization document (EAD), giving them certain protections to work in the US. According to a report from left-leaning Center for American Progress (CAP) over the past five years, 91% of DACA recipients have found gainful employment and currently work for companies across the US. Eliminating DACA will undoubtedly have an impact on these workers, who would be stripped of their ability to work in the US, as well as their employers. As Business Insider previously reported, a recent CAP study found that roughly 700,000 workers could lose their jobs over the next two years if DACA were repealed. The report estimates the loss of their labor could cost the country $460.3 billion in economic output over the next decade.
 
09/05/2017:
Speedway to Remain Fully Integrated Part of Marathon Petroleum
Marathon Petroleum Corp (MPC) has decided to not hang a for-sale sign on its retail network, Speedway LLC. According to Findlay-based MPC, its board of directors has determined that maintaining Speedway as a fully integrated business within MPC provides the best opportunity for enhancing long-term shareholder value. The board's decision came at the recommendation from its independent special committee. "Our board has a well-established track record of taking bold and transformative actions to drive value and will continue to do so when it's in the best interests of shareholders. Following a rigorous review led by an independent committee of the board, the board has unanimously concluded that shareholder value is best optimized with Speedway remaining part of our integrated business," said Gary R. Heminger, MPC chairman and CEO. He thanked the committee for its efforts in performing a comprehensive review of options to ensure the company is positioned to deliver the greatest possible long-term value for its shareholders. MPC has returned $1.55 billion to shareholders including share buybacks and dividends through June of this year alone.
 
09/05/2017:
Amazon's Total Domination Overstated: Online sales only account for 10% of overall US retail sales
Between the launch of its convenience store concept Amazon Go, the debut of Instant Pickup, a need-it-now pickup service, and a recent acquisition of Whole Foods Market, Amazon has been generating buzz of domination in the retail channel. However, one retail analyst has maintained a rational view. Moody Analytics, a financial services company, analyst Charlie O’Shea doesn’t deny the impact Amazon has had on the retail channel, but thinks the hype is out of control. According to the analyst, Amazon is still a long way from dominating the US retail market, and simple math shows it is even further away from taking over food retail. "Many see Amazon's purchase of Whole Foods as more evidence that the online giant is dominating US retail and the company is likely to remain the pre-eminent player in online shopping," O’Shea said in a report released Aug. 30. "But online sales still account for only about 10% of overall U.S. retail sales, with a much lower percentage in the grocery segment, leaving the big brick and mortar retailers, led by Walmart, still really formidable competitors in the industry."

08/31/2017:
U.S. judge strikes down Obama administration overtime pay rule
A federal judge in Texas on Thursday struck down an Obama administration rule that would have extended mandatory overtime pay to more than 4 million US workers, siding with business groups and 21 states that had challenged it. The decision came after the same judge last year blocked the rule from taking effect pending his final decision. The Trump administration had already said it would make changes to the rule, which riled trade groups and companies when it was adopted. The rule would have doubled to about $47,000 the maximum salary a worker could earn and still be automatically eligible for overtime pay.  U.S. District Judge Amos Mazzant in Sherman, Texas, said the salary level was set so high that it could sweep in some management workers who are supposed to be exempt from overtime protections.  Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt, who represents the 21 states that sued over the rule, applauded the decision in a statement. He said the rule would have forced states to spend millions of dollars on overtime pay and led to private-sector job losses. The ruling also drew immediate praise from business groups.

                                                                                                                                                                 

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TMP Energy Solutions

Another Way to Save on Your Energy Bills

We have had a number of NJGCA members successfully reduce their rate per kWh signing up through our energy saving program. We know it's difficult to collect 12 months worth of previous electric bills to get an "accurate" analysis when comparing a variable rate to a fixed rate, but we now have another option available. 

This new solution is a power purchase option; the other program is still in full force and has saved members thousands of dollars. If you sign up for the power purchase option, you will be grouped with other NJGCA members until the minimum kW demand is acquired. By pooling the member's usage together, you will be able to take advantage, as large energy users do, and receive a lower kWh rate.

Each member will receive their own contract. Each member is responsible to sign and return the agreement the day it is received in order to secure the price for their group.

Please do your due diligence, so when you receive the proposal and the agreement you will be able to make an intelligent decision.

If by chance, you still want us to assess you bills, to give you a price to compare, we will require 12 months of your most recent utility bills.

There are no bills required, but we would still like to have one bill per meter on file to check account #'s, meter #'s  service addresses and other pertinent information incase there is a problem.

The term of the agreement is for 12 months. During this term period, you will have price protection against any energy price increases along with a low fixed kWh rate.

If you are interested in becoming part of this power purchase option, please contact Greg Cannon at the NJGCA.

Remember when you sign up your energy through the NJGCA Energy Program, TMP makes a considerable donation to the NJGCA Scholarship Fund through their proceeds. This has no affect on your rate, and costs you nothing out of pocket.

We hope to help hundreds of NJGCA members reduce their utility costs by participating in this and our other cost reduction programs.  Our purpose, in the endeavor, is to help NJGCA members lower their energy costs while supporting the NJGCA Scholarship Fund. 

Contact GREG CANNON at 732-256-9646 or email Greg at greg@njgca.org. Mention that you are interested in saving money on your energy bills. NJGCA & TMP Energy Solutions will handle all the rest.