Dec 15, 2022 Township Committee

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GOOD EVERYONE. THIS IS THE AGENDA FOR THE MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE MEETING OF DECEMBER 15TH 2022. THE TIME IS 705. PM IT IS A TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE'S INTENTION TO CONCLUDE THIS MEETING NO LATER THAN 11. PM ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MAYOR KEENAN HERE, DEPUTY MAYOR SING HERE, PERSON BARICAN HERE PERSON TAUGHT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT NOTICE OF THE TIME AND PLACE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED AND SENT TO THE OFFICIALLY DESIGNATED NEWSPAPERS . WE'LL START WITH A SALUTE TO THE FLAG. ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD. PRETTY INJUSTICE. THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ACCEPTING COMMITTEE PERSON MARVIN CHILDREN WHOSE

[1. ACCEPTING COMMITTEEPERSON MARVIN SCHULDINER’S RESIGNATION]

[2. APPOINTMENT OF SERGEANT – Dewitt Giles ]

THE HONORABLE POLICE. FIND YOURSELF OKAY. I'LL HOLD IT UP SOON. I CHARLES SOLEMNLY SWEAR YOU SAW MS WORD THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION FOR THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF NEW

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SORRY, SERGEANT SERGEANT ACCORDING TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, ACCORDING TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, SO HELP ME GOD. CONGRATULATIONS.

ONE OF THEM. TAKE SOME PICTURES OF HIM, DO IT. OKAY? THIS ONE. GOOD EVENING. I WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO THANK EVERYONE FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE TONIGHT AND BEING PART OF BEING PART OF THIS IMPORTANT MOMENT IN MY CAREER. SECONDLY I WANT TO THANK MAYOR KEENAN AND ATTENTION COMMITTEE BUSINESS ADMINISTRATOR LORI SAFFRON AND DONNA KUKLA FOR BEING PART OF SERGEANT PROMOTIONAL PROCESS AND SELECTED ME AND GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AND REPRESENT THE TOWNSHIP. POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR GREAT COMMUNITY AS SERGEANT.

I WANT TO THANK MY COMMAND STAFF. FOR INSPIRING ME. MENTORING ME AND BEING ROLE MODELS THROUGHOUT MY 17 YEARS. I AM HUMBLED AND GRATEFUL FOR THIS ACHIEVEMENT AND LOOKING FORWARD , WORKING SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH YOU ALL TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO MY FAMILY. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR LOVE AND SUPPORT. AND ALWAYS BEING THERE WHEN I NEED YOU. I AM SURELY BLESSED TO HAVE SUCH A GREAT FAMILY. LASTLY TO MY WIFE AND DAUGHTERS. WORDS CANNOT EXPRESS HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE YOUR LOVE AND SUPPORT. THANK YOU FOR

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OVERTURN AIMS? YES. TO RAISE IT. IT'S NOT FOR YOU, IT IS WHAT IT IS. WOW. THAT WAS A FULL HOUSE.

MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE KEPT THEM. OH THANK THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANKS. EXCELLENT. OH, OKAY, SO WELL. JUST PUTTING HIS CHILD. YOU HAVE TO TELL. PEACHES DONE THAT FOR ME THE PICTURES GOOD.

[4. PUBLIC COMMENT]

ADDITIONALLY IF YOUR COMMENT IS ARE SIMILAR TO COMMENTS ALREADY MADE, INSTEAD OF REPEATING THEM AT LENGTH, WE ASK THAT YOU HAD SAID INDICATE THAT YOU JOIN IN OR SUPPORT. THOSE COMMENTS PREVIOUSLY MADE GROUPS ARRESTED SELECT A SPOKESPERSON TO SPEAK ON THEIR BEHALF. ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT. HI, EVERYBODY. I'M JEFFREY GRANT SIX. LIVINGSTONE DRIVE VERY CHRISTMAS, KWANZA. POPULATED TO WALLY CATATONIC AND ALL THOSE OTHER GREAT HOLIDAYS THAT ARE OUT THERE. UM I COME HERE WAS ALWAYS DO. MY EFFORT IS TO HELP THIS TOWN BECOME A BETTER TOWN BY EXTENSION TO HELP OUR COUNTRY BECOME A BETTER COUNTRY. AND WHATEVER MAY BE TAKEN OUT OF MY REMARKS. THAT'S FUNDAMENTALLY WHAT I AND JEFF GRANT IMMORAL ABOUT. PROTECT DEFEND AND ADVANCE OUR COUNTRY AND DO THAT THROUGH THE TOWN. ADMINISTRATIVE THINGS, AND THEN I HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THE MEETING LAST WEEK CANNOT GO ON ADDRESSED. TWO WEEKS AGO. CAN I GO UNADDRESSED? UH FIRST AND ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS PERTAINING TO AN EXPENDITURE DATED. OCTOBER 3RD $6,605,000 IN CHANGE, TITLED BOARD OF EDUCATION TAXES SECOND HALF YEAR LIKE AN EXPLANATION OF WHAT THAT'S ABOUT $6,605,000 AND CHANGE. SECONDLY, I REMEMBER SOME REMARKS FROM, UM ADMINISTRATORS SOVEREIGN ABOUT WAITING FOR A PART FOR OUR COMCAST PUBLIC ACCESS. UPLOAD UTILITY AND JUST TO BRING EVERYBODY UP TO SPEED ON WHERE WE WERE WITH COMCAST ON 10 YEARS AGO. WE FOUND OUT THAT AS PART OF THE, UM FRANCHISE AGREEMENT. COMCAST PAYS US FOR PUTTING THIS UP ON THE WEBSITE OR UP ON THE PUBLIC CHANNEL, AND THAT IS PART OF COMCAST FRANCHISE DEAL THERE ARE OBLIGATED TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE, SO WHATEVER PART WE'RE MISSING, IT SHOULD NOT BE AN EXPECTED AN EXPENSIVE TOWN AND HOPEFULLY OUR PUBLIC ACCESS CHANNEL IS UP AND RUNNING. SO NOW ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO TWO WEEKS AGO, I MADE SOME REMARKS THAT WERE NOT TAKEN KINDLY BY THE COMMITTEE COMMITTEE TO QUITE A RECESS AND I WAS SUMMARILY EXITED OUT FROM THE COMMITTEE.

AND I NOTICED THAT THE PART OF THE COMMENT TODAY ARE PART OF THE PROCEEDINGS. STUDY DEALS WITH THE HOLIDAYS COMING UP AND FREEDOM OF RELIGION AND TO REMIND THIS TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE ABOUT THE FIRST AMENDMENT FREEDOM OF RELIGION, FREEDOM OF SPEECH. FREEDOM OF PRESS FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY WITHOUT FREEDOM OF SPEECH. THERE IS NO FREEDOM. MY FREEDOM LAST WEEK WAS SUMMARILY CANCELED, AND IT'S NOT MY FREEDOM I'M CONCERNED ABOUT. IT'S THE FREEDOM OF EVERYBODY IN THIS TOWN, SOME 19,000 VOTERS AND BY EXTENSION THE FREEDOM AS WHEN WE REALIZED OUR US CONSTITUTION, SO I THINK IT WAS COMPLETELY OUT OF LINE BY THE TOWN BY THE MAYOR TO HAVE ME EXITED FROM THE MEETING BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T APPRECIATE WHAT I WAS SAYING DID OR DID NOT

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BY JEFF GRANT BEING ESCORTED OUT OF THIS BUILDING BY AN ARMED OFFICER, AND WITH THAT I MADE MY STATEMENT WISH YOU ALL AGAIN HAPPY HOLIDAYS. THANK YOU. AND YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE LARGE BILL FOR THE BOARD OF ED. SO THE TOWNSHIP AS YOU'RE LIKELY AWARE , AS YOU LIKE TO SCHOOL US ON TOWNSHIP MATTERS IS THAT WE COLLECT THE TAXES FOR THE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR THE EDUCATION.

WE JUST LIKE WE COLLECT THE TAXES AND WE GIVE THEM TO THE COUNTY. SO THAT'S WHAT THAT BIG NUMBERS FOR. THAT SIX MILLION SO IN THE SECOND ITEM THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT WAS, UM OH, YES, THE PART HAS BEEN RECEIVED FROM COMCAST, AND IT'S LIVE STREAMING NOW. OKAY THAT HAPPENED MAYBE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. BUT WHEN SUSAN HAD STILL BEEN ASKING, THANK YOU. AND THEN AS FAR AS PUBLIC COMMENT, IT'S ABOUT MATTERS THAT ARE GERMANE TO THE BUSINESS OF THE TOWNSHIP. UM AND NOT ABOUT YOUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS AND BEING ABLE TO SPEAR THE INDIVIDUALS UP HERE IN YOUR PERSONAL OPINIONS ABOUT SOMETHING. IT IS ABOUT PUBLIC MATTERS SUCH AS THE ONES YOU ASKED ABOUT THE PAYMENT TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AND SO FORTH. SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? HELLO CHRIS NEWMAN SPRINGHILL ROAD. I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. AND HOW THRILLED I WAS THAT I DIDN'T HAVE TO LISTEN TO THE MISOGYNISTIC RANTINGS DIRECTED AT YOU, MAYOR KEENAN FOR I DON'T KNOW THE 10TH TIME. I THINK HIS FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS WERE NEVER ABRIDGED BECAUSE WE HAVE TO LISTEN TO IT EVERY MEETING AND IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH RUNNING THIS TOWN AND I, FOR ONE AM SICK OF IT. I IMAGINE SOME OTHER PEOPLE ARE, TOO AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE OBSESSION AND IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH PROTECTING THIS TOWN. IT HAS TO DO WITH INSULTING YOU. AND FRANKLY, I WISH HE'D GET OVER IT BECAUSE HE WASTE ALL OUR TIME.

UM, HAPPY HOLIDAYS. HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO YOU AS WELL. SURE. I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU MAKE A CREEPY VIDEO OF ME EVERY TIME HE POSTED ONLINE, BUT IT'S REALLY WEIRD. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT. OKAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH WITH THAT WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.

[3. A PROCLAMATION FOR THE DECEMBER HOLIDAY SEASON]

AND WHERE IS THE FESTIVAL OF HANUKKAH IS BEING CELEBRATED ON DECEMBER 18TH THROUGH DECEMBER 26TH 2022 BY THE JEWISH COMMUNITY THROUGH THE LIGHTING OF THE MENORAH, SYMBOLIZING THE IDEALS OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND OFFERING A BEACON OF HOPE TO ALL OF THOSE WHO ARE STILL SUBJECTED TO SPIRITUAL OPPRESSION. AND WHEREAS YOU WILL THE WINTER SOLSTICE IS A CULTURAL CELEBRATION THAT GOES BACK THOUSANDS OF YEARS AND IS BELIEVED TO HAVE ORIGINATED BUT ORIGINALLY BEEN CELEBRATED BY THE DRAMATIC PEOPLE'S OR GERMANY AND SCANDINAVIA AND IS ONE OF THE EARLIEST HALL DATES TO CELEBRATE WINTER. AND WHERE IS THE SPIRITUAL MEETING OF WINTER SOLSTICE IS TO CELEBRATE THE LONGEST AND DARKEST NIGHT AND TO HONOR THE SLOW RETURN OF THE SUNLIGHT AS THE DAYS GET LONGER, BRINGING LIGHT TO DARKNESS. AND WHEREAS ON DECEMBER 25TH CHRISTIANS AROUND THE WORLD CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS AS THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST, CONSIDERED THE FOUNDER OF CHRISTIANITY AS AN ANNUAL RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL CELEBRATION, BRINGING FAMILIES, FRIENDS AND COMMUNITIES TOGETHER WITH METHODS OF PEACE. AND WHEREAS KWANZAA IS A CULTURAL HOLIDAY, BASED ON TRADITIONAL AFRICAN HARVEST FESTIVALS THAT ARE CELEBRATED DURING DECEMBER, 26TH THROUGH JANUARY 1ST THAT CELEBRATES AFRICAN HERITAGE AND IDENTITY AND THE VALUES OF UNITY , SELF DETERMINATION, COLLECTIVE WORK AND RESPONSIBILITY. COOPERATIVE ECONOMICS, PURPOSE, CREATIVITY AND FAITH. AND WHEREAS ALTHOUGH THE HOLIDAY SEASON MAY LOOK DIFFERENT FROM FAMILY TO FAMILY ONE SIMILARITY MAY REMAIN DESPITE THE FAMILY OR THE HOLIDAY THAT THEY CELEBRATE TIME SPENT WITH LOVED ONES NOW, THEREFORE, I MAYOR DEBORAH KEENAN ON BEHALF OF THE MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE COUNTY OF SOMERSET IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE THE CULTURAL, RELIGIOUS AND HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MANY CELEBRATIONS THIS SEPTEMBER. I MEAN THIS DECEMBER AND THAT THIS DECEMBER HOLIDAY SEASON AND IS

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[5. CONSENT AGENDA]

[13. BUDGET TRANSFER RESOLUTION]

[14. AWARD OF BID – Proprietary Membrane Replacement ]

[15. AUTHORIZING THE USE OF THE PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY BY PLANET NETWORKS, INC.]

[16. AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF VARIOUS DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOMERSET COUNTY IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY’S SOMERSET MUNICIPAL BANC PROGRAM]

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ARE THERE ANY CONCERNS THAT WE BROUGHT IN A WHOLE BUNCH OF NEW POLICE VEHICLES, AND NOW WE'RE DOING THIS NEXT NOW, OR IS THIS JUST AVAILABLE TO? YOU KNOW WE'RE JUST REPLACING WHAT WE HAD. THERE ARE CARS THAT ARE COMING CLOSE TO END OF LIFE THAT WE WILL DO. WELL, NOT DECOMMISSIONED, BUT MOVEMENT, TOO. OUR ROAD JOB CARS. CARS WILL GO TO AUCTION WE PLAN ON GIVING ONE TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. THE PROBLEM IS RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 13 CARS. UH SIX OR ONE SIDE OF THE WORLD. THE TWO SQUADS THAT WORK AND SEVEN ON THE OTHER OF THOSE 13 CARS THREE OR FOUR OF THEM ARE OUT WITH POWERTRAIN ISSUES OR COMPUTER ISSUES. THE PROBLEM IS ONCE THE CAR ONCE WE RECEIVE THE CAR. THE DEALER RECEIVES THE CAR. WE'RE WAITING 56 MONTHS BY THE TIME IT'S OUTFITTED OR UP, FITTED WITH LIGHTS, ALL THE EQUIPMENT AND THEN ALSO, THAT DURATION HAS BEEN PROLONGED BECAUSE OF THE INTEGRATION OF BODY WORN CAMERAS AS BE INTEGRATED INTO THE CAR. UM ONE OF HER ADMIN, UH, TAHOE'S JUST WENT IN FOR A RECALL, WHICH WAS NEW LIFTERS. SO WE'RE A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED. WE LOOKED INTO IT BECAUSE CHEVY PUT OUT A TSB THAT THEY HAD SOME ENGINE FAILURES. THIS CAR HAD LESS THAN 10,000 MILES, SO THEY WERE DOING THE EASIEST TIME EFFECTIVE AND COST EFFECTIVE WAS ENGINE REPLACEMENT . SO MY CONCERN IS WE HAVE TWO OF THEM ONE. WE JUST GOT THE OTHER ONE IS ACTIVE DEALER SO WE'RE JUST CHECKING TO SEE NOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE AFFECTED BY THAT RECALL AND HOW LONG WE WON'T HAVE THEM. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? OKAY GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

WITH THAT WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SOME MOVED. 2ND 2ND COPLEY'S PERSON TIED YES, PERSON. BARICAN YES, DEPUTY MAYOR SING. YES, YES. THE NEXT ITEM IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.

[17. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

THERE'S A PARAGRAPH NUMBER THREE THAT JUST NEEDS TO BE DELETED. PARAGRAPH NUMBER THREE. LIKE A FEMALE OF A DOCTRINE OF NECESSITY THAT THAT WAS A CARRYOVER FROM PREVIOUS BEAUTY, OKAY? IT JUST DIDN'T GET MOVED OUT. BUT THAT WOULDN'T BE THE ONLY CORRECTION. IS THAT FELICIA? OKAY SO WITH THAT DELETION REMOVED, SO ITEM NUMBER THREE DO I HAVE, UM. SO THERE IS THIS ONE MINOR CORRECTION. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE MINUTE WITH THAT CORRECTION SOME OF SECOND ALL IN FAVOR, I GUESS. HMM. I UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I WAS NOT HERE, OKAY? THE NEXT ITEM IS

[18. PAYMENT OF BILLS]

OKAY SO, UM, I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE PAYMENT TO SOMERSET COUNTY FOR SOME OF THE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS SEEM TO RECALL THERE WAS AN EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE AGREEMENT THAT WAS BASED ON NOT PAYING THE TENT, THE COUNTY FOR SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDE TO EVERY OTHER MUNICIPALITY EXCEPT OURS. THAT WERE WHY I THOUGHT WE WERE NO LONGER PAYING FOR THAT. SO I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHY THAT IS AND I'D LIKE TO FIND OUT HOW WE GET A REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE COUNTY WILL LOOK INTO THAT, OKAY? YES WE HAD A MEETING TODAY ON TRANSPORTATION. SO THERE WAS THAT AND IT WAS ALSO SOMETHING AND I THINK THIS MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO THE TO THE NEWER MEMBERS ON THE BOARD. SO THERE WAS THERE'S A PAYMENT HERE. REIMBURSEMENT FOR, UM MILLPOND.

NOW THE REIMBURSEMENT FOR SNOW REMOVAL, RIGHT 2021 SNOW REMOVAL FOR HILL FOR HILL HILLSIDE. I

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THE MUNICIPALITIES MUST PROVIDE. EITHER THE EQUIVALENT SERVICES OR REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE COST THAT IT WOULD HAVE COST THE TOWNSHIP TO PROVIDE CERTAIN SERVICES TO PRIVATE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATIONS THAT HAVE THEIR INTERNAL PRIVATE ROADS IF THE ROADS ARE NOT DEDICATED TO THE TOWNSHIP, THE TOWNSHIP WOULD, UM GIVE THE REIMBURSEMENT AT THE RATE OF WHAT IT WOULD COST YOU.

THE SERVICES THAT WOULD BE REIMBURSED ARE THE ONES PROVIDED BY THE TOWNS SUCH AS STREET LIGHTS THAT IN THE TOWNSHIP THAT INTERSECT WITH THE PUBLIC ROAD AS WELL AS, UM SNOW REMOVAL PROVIDED. OKAY. THANK YOU ANY QUESTIONS AT ALL FROM VERSATILITY? OKAY WITH THAT. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO PURCHASE REAL QUICK? WE'RE GOING TO REMOVE THE AT SOMERSET COUNTY APPROVAL AND TOLL YOU GET SPONSORS. BUT I DO THINK THAT THE PAYMENTS THAT WE DO NOT NO LONGER MAKE ARE TO BRING THE SENIORS TO THE COUNTY SENIOR CENTER HERE IN MONTGOMERY , THAT THIS SHOPPING TRIP PAYMENT. MAYBE SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF THAT SCOPE. OKAY AND SO I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S AN ERROR, BUT I WILL LOOK INTO IT SO I DON, I GUESS WE WOULD. WE WOULD INSTRUCT THEM TO HOLD THAT.

BILL, CHECK. MHM YEAH, AND WE'LL BE MEETING WITH THE COUNTY IN JANUARY, AND SOME OF THAT WILL BE ON OUR LIST OF ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT. SINCE THERE WAS A LOT OF TRANSPORTATION THAT WE NEED AND DO NOT GET HERE. IT'S WHAT WE DO. WE DO NOT WANT TO BE PAYING FOR THINGS THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING THE SERVICES FOR. WE PAY IT IN OUR TAXES, AND WE'D LIKE TO SEE PAGES THAT ARE THAT IS ON THE BOTTOM OF PAGE TO CHECK NUMBER 82006. $3576. TREASURER. YOU SEE THAT? OKAY? SO THAT DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL BUT THAT NUMBER I DON'T KNOW. SO MOVED. 2ND 2ND WE'LL CALL PLEASE. PERSON TIED. YES PERSON VARY AGAIN. YES DEPUTY MAYOR SING. YES MAYOR KEENAN? YES IS THERE ANY COMMITTEE CORRESPONDENCE? DOESN'T LOOK LIKE. NO OKAY UNDER

[NEW & UNFINISHED BUSINESS]

THANK YOU AND PATTY GRAVATT OR DEPUTY CLERK IS HAS RESIGNED AS OF JANUARY. 3RD 2023. SO, UM AS FOR THOSE POSITIONS, WE NEED TO ACCEPT THOSE RESIGNATIONS. I THINK WE CAN DO IT BY A VOICE VOTE, SO I WOULD ASK THAT THE COMMITTEE ASKED FOR MAYOR IF YOU COULD ASK FOR A MOTION TO ACCEPT THOSE RESIGNATIONS, AS THEY ARE TOWNSHIP APPOINTED POSITIONS, A SECOND AND THEN A VOICE BOOK.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE RESIGNATIONS? SECONDS? SECOND CALL, PLEASE. MANY PERSON TAUGHT. YES, BARICAN. DEPUTY MAYOR SING YES. OH KEENAN. YES ADMINISTRATORS REPORT SO WE HAVE

[ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT]

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SO FOR THAT ROAD THAT WOULD CONNECT TO VILLAGE DRIVE, SO YOU'LL SEE SOME WORK. THEY'RE GOING ON. GREAT UM, AND THEY HAD WORKED WITH OUR TOWNSHIP ENGINEER TO COME UP WITH A PLAN TO PROVIDE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS. AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO CONNECT, UM NOT SO MUCH THROUGH VILLAGE DRIVE, BUT IT WILL CONNECT THROUGH BRACKNELL WAY AND TAMWORTH, WHICH IS BEHIND THEIR SHOPPING CENTERS. PART OF SHARP BELL'S GREAT SO THEY'RE HOPING TO START PAVING BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. AND IF NOT, THE ASPHALT PLANTS CLOSED DOWN SO IT WILL BE IN MARCH, BUT EVERYTHING WILL BE IN IN PLACE. WHILE THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THEM TO START PAVING SO GREAT. THANK YOU. UM AND, UH, I KNOW, UM, I WANTED TO JUST BRING UP THAT THE TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE WHICH WHICH COMMITTEEMAN SHOULDER AND HER HEAD SAT ON, THEY MEET. I THINK IT'S FOUR TIMES A YEAR. THEY DID JUST MEET AND ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS, DOCTOR RAGA NAUGHTY, NAUGHTY. HE HAD HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE GRIGGS TOWN BRIDGE, THE LEADING UP TO THE CAUSEWAY THAT CONNECTS MONTGOMERY TOO. UH FRANKLIN, AND HE HAD BEEN LOOKING INTO A STUDY THAT THE COUNTY IS UNDERTAKING TO LOOK AT WHAT COULD BE DONE WITH THAT BRIDGE. THE BRIDGE IS NOT THAT OLD. IT HAS BEEN REPLACED. I THINK WITHIN THE LAST 20 YEARS OR SO, SO, UM THEY ARE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES. AND SO HE WE MET, HE WAS ABLE TO COME TO THE TRAFFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND MAKE A EXPLAIN HIS CONCERNS THAT HE HAS AND STAFF WERE THERE. UM, AND THE PROCESS WILL BE THE COUNTY REALLY NEEDS TO FINISH THAT STUDY. SO WE'RE OUR TOWNSHIP ENGINEER IS CALLING PERIODICALLY TO FIND OUT WHEN THE STUDY THERE THERE AREN'T ALTERNATIVES. THAT WE CAN OFFER UNTIL THE STUDY IS DONE BECAUSE THE STUDY WILL LOOK AT ALL THE ALTERNATIVES, SO RIGHT NOW, IT'S JUST ENCOURAGING THE COUNTY TO FINISH THAT STUDY. FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP IS OBVIOUSLY ALSO VERY INTERESTED IN SOLVING THAT TRAFFIC ISSUE THAT WE HAVE, UM AND WELL. IN THE MEANTIME, WE'LL ALSO BE UPDATING AND CRASH COUNTS THAT WE HAVE. SO, UM SO ACTING LIEUTENANT PERRY WILL WILL BE WORKING ON THAT AND WORKING IN COORDINATION WITH FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP POLICE TO DO THAT, SO WE'LL HAVE THAT INFORMATION TO THEIR ALREADY.

THE COUNTY HAD ALREADY REQUESTED IT WHEN THEY STARTED THE STUDY, BUT WILL PROVIDE UPDATED INFORMATION TO THEM AS WELL. RELATED TO TRAFFIC TO QUESTIONS . SO UM, WE'VE HAD A REQUEST FROM THE PUBLIC FOR LOOKING AT THE INTERSECTION OF 5, 18 AND 6 TO 1. AND LOOKING AT TO DECREASE THE TRAFFIC TO THE MOST POWER TO ME, 25. IT IS A VERY DANGEROUS INTERSECTIONS. I'D LIKE TO GET THOSE NUMBERS. OF COURSE IT'S THE INTERSECTION OF TWO COUNTY ROADS. IT'S UP TO THEM, BUT WE WANT TO REACH OUT TO THE COUNTY AND REALLY PUSH FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. SO IF WE CAN GET THOSE NUMBERS AS WELL, IN ADDITION, THE BRIDGE THAT IS ON ZION WORDS BILL ROAD. THERE'S NOTHING HAPPENING THERE, SO WE NEED TO EITHER HAVE A WE NEED TO HAVE SOME KIND OF TEMPORARY FIX. IT'S BEEN QUITE A LONG TIME. THERE WAS, OF COURSE, A LOT OF ACTION THAT HAPPENED AND THEN I CAME AND WIPED IT ALL AWAY, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING . BUT WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING AND WE NEED TO, AT LEAST AT THE VERY LEAST, GET SOME KIND OF TEMPORARY PASSAGE THAT WAY AS WELL. SO IF YOU COULD LOOK INTO THAT THAT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT. I WAS ON THE COUNTY MEETING TODAY, AS WAS OUR ENGINEERING PLANNING PLANNING COORDINATOR TO DISCUSS OUR NEEDS FROM A MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP IN TERMS OF THEIR DOING SOME OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITIES, WHICH WAS GREAT TO SEE SOME OF THE NEEDS THAT WE HAD FLOODING, TRANSPORTATION, BRIDGES AND SO FORTH, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT STUDY HAPPENING AS WELL. OKAY. THANK YOU QUESTIONS. NO I JUST HAD A COMMENT ON THE BRIDGE THAT IS ACTUALLY REALLY CONCERNING ITS BUILT IN THE LAST 10 YEARS, AND IT'S OUR WAY TO GET TO THE GRID . STONEBRIDGE IS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. RIGHT ONE. THEY BUILT IT AGAIN AS A ONE WAY AND A LOT OF BUILT BY PAST 15 TO 17 YEARS. 15 YEARS THAT LONG, OKAY.

BUT THEY BUILT IT AND IT'S STILL QUITE LOW AND IT FLOODS ALL THE TIME. SO I KNOW A LOT OF RESIDENTS FROM BELLE MEADE AREA HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES WITH IT, SO IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE WORKING ON IT. SO THE BRIDGE ITSELF DOESN'T FLOOD AS MUCH AS THE ROAD LEADING. BUT THE PROBLEM IS, PEOPLE HAVE TO GO ON THAT ROAD TO GET TO THE BRIDGE, AND THE ROAD IS SO LOW IT FLOODS, RIGHT. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY? THE UPCOMING MEETINGS. THIS IS IT FOR THE YEAR. THE NEXT

[RESOLUTION TO CLOSE MEETING TO THE PUBLIC]

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