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THE GAVEL. YES, YES. GET THIS DOCTOR. OKAY CALL OPEN THE MEETING. THIS MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AUGUST 3RD 2023 IS CALLED TO ORDER MARY KEENAN. ABSENT. DEPUTY MAYOR SING YES, COMMITTEE MEMBER BARICAN HERE, MEMBER TODD HERE. REMEMBER ON ABSENT, HMM. THE GREATEST. IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT. ADEQUATE NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN PROVIDED ON JAN 5TH 2023 TO THE KOREAN NEWS AND THE STAR LEDGER POSTED ON THE MUNICIPAL BULLETIN BOARD AND FILED WITH THE TOWNSHIP CLERK SALUTE TO THE FLAG. ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IS SAYING ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE AND JUSTICE.
OKAY? AH PUBLIC COMMENT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO ADDRESS THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE ON
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MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE TOWNSHIP WILL BE LIMITED TO FIVE MINUTES PER PERSON. COMMENTS ARE SIMILAR TO THOSE ALREADY STATED . PLEASE INDICATE YOUR SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION GROUPS ARE ASKED TO SELECT A SPOKESPERSON. OKAY. PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. HI MY NAME'S VIVEK, SIR. GIVEN A MAMET 11 COURT, LEBED 11 COURTLAND PLACE. IF YOU DON'T MIND, UM, SPELLING YOUR NAME FOR THE CLERK. WE'RE NOW ASKING ALL OF THE RESIDENTS TO DO SO TO MAKE SURE THE NAME IS SPELLED APPROPRIATELY IN THE RECORD. B B E. K E K. AND MY SURNAME S U G A V A. N A. M. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANKS. PLEASE GO AHEAD. GREAT. THANKS SO I'M HERE TO ASK ABOUT . RESIDENTS RIGHT TO WALK AROUND THE BUILDING. A FEW WEEKS AGO, WHILE I WAS WALKING AROUND THE BUILDING, A POLICEMAN STOPPED ME. HE SAID THAT RESIDENT LIKE THAT. NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO WALK AT THE BACK OF THE BUILDING. THIS THEMED. UNNECESSARY AND ILLOGICAL. I WOULD APPRECIATE. I WOULD LOVE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHY RESIDENTS ARE BARRED FROM LATIN AROUND THE BUILDING. THIS BUILDING AND THE LAND IN IT. WAS PURCHASED WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE RESIDENTS OF THIS TOWNSHIP. AND THE BIG GREAT TO UNDERSTAND WHY THE BENEFIT BLOCKING RESIDENTS FROM THEIR OUTWEIGH THE COSTS. WOW I THINK, UM, WE USUALLY WAIT TILL THE END OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT TO ANSWER YOUR AND I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE ASKING FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WROTE TO ME AND THEN YOU WROTE TWO WINS AS WELL. DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT? SO I SPOKE TO MANY WOMEN IN CONTEXT AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING. FIRST OF ALL, SO I DID REACH OUT TO THE TOUCH ADMINISTRATOR AND DID CONFIRM THAT THERE'S NUMBER ONE IS, UM IN THE BACK. THERE'S NO UNAUTHORIZED VEHICLES INTENDED TO COMMIT. I THINK THAT'S THE SIGNAGE THAT THERE IS OUT OUTSIDE, AND THAT'S REALLY TO KIND OF PROTECT THE MOVEMENT OF THE EMPLOYERS ARE PARKED THERE AS WELL AS THERE IS SOME PORTION OF THE POLICE VEHICLES IN CASE OF EMERGENCY THAT TO PULL OUT, AND THAT'S ALSO ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THERE'S UM BUT I THINK IT'S A POLICY. IT'S BEEN CONFIRMED. YOU KNOW THAT IN ORDER NOT TO HAVE RESIDENTS WALKING AROUND THROUGH THE PARKING LOT ITSELF BECAUSE OF A SAFETY REASONS IN CASE THE POLICE VEHICLES HAVE TO UM, EXIT OR ENTER, YOU KNOW AN EMERGENCY OR, YOU KNOW, OR PROTECT THE PRIVACY OF INDIVIDUALS WHO MIGHT BE IN POLICE CUSTODY. UM SHE'S NOT HERE TODAY. I'M SO SORRY THAT I DIDN'T RISE BECAUSE I SPOKE TO THE TASHA MINISTER ON MONDAY, LITERALLY ABOUT THIS AND BRINGING UP THIS ISSUE. UM AND I'LL ASK HER, YOU KNOW, SO NOTED THE FOLLOW UP WITH YOU BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS ON YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL FOIL IT IN THE BACK, ETCETERA. AND SO THERE'S WORK ON FUNDING AND GRANTS TO TRY TO OPEN UP SOME ADDITIONAL PATHWAYS. YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN IT, YOU KNOW, RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE STREETS, ALL THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IN GETTING THE SIDEWALKS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE APPROPRIATE, UM, AREAS FOR ALL RESIDENTS AND PEOPLE COME TO THE LIBRARY TO BE ABLE TO WALK AROUND AND ENJOY THE GREENERY, WHICH THAT'S THE INTENT, AND THERE ARE PATHWAYS IN THE BACK BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO CONNECT IT. SO I'LL ASK YOU TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THAT. I THINK THE ONE THING THAT THEY ARE TRYING[00:05:02]
TO MANAGE IS YOU KNOW INDIVIDUALS WALKING THROUGH THE PARKING LOT BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY CONCERN WITH THE POLICE VEHICLES IN AROUND AND I THINK THAT'S STANDARD OF UNAUTHORIZED PERSONNEL BEHIND WHERE THE COPS ARE PULLING OUT AND STUFF. WE JUST DON'T HAVE A SIGN THERE.IT'S A NEW BUILDING. BUT I'LL ASK WENDY TO AS WELL. SHE'S TOWNSHIP ATTORNEY, RIGHT. SO I DID SPEAK WITH AFTER YOUR CONCERNS CAME IN. I DID SPEAK WITH THE TOWNSHIP ADMINISTRATOR, AND THEY'RE LOOKING INTO QUOTING PROPER SIGNAGE TO ALERT THE PUBLIC INTO AREAS WHERE IT'S UNSAFE AND IT IS BECAUSE OF THE POLICE VEHICLES BEING KEPT BACK THERE. THERE'S A GARAGE UNIT THAT COMES IN AND OUT AS WELL, AND IT'S REALLY A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE. SO AS A T C MEMBER, BERGEN WAS SAYING PART OF THE IDEAS TO COME UP WITH PATHWAYS THAT WILL MAKE USE OF THE ENTIRETY OF THE PROPERTY. BUT NOT IN THE PARKING LOT. AREA GOT IT. OKAY THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENT, THOUGH, BECAUSE IT'S OBVIOUSLY NEW BUILDING, AS THE DEPUTY MAYOR SAYING, AND THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS THAT DON'T COME TO LIGHT UNTIL THEY COME TO LIGHT. SO NOW THERE'S PEOPLE LOOKING AT AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. AND JUST ADD TO THAT. I LIVE ACROSS THE STREET.
THERE'S A FAIRLY LARGE POPULATION THERE. AND THERE AREN'T ANY PARKS OR OTHER AREAS WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE. SO EVEN IF YOU COULD DO SOMETHING TEMPORARY, JUST WITHIN YOUR SIGNAGE SAY PEOPLE COULD WALK CAN ONLY WALK ON WALKWAYS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THAT MIGHT BE A GREAT TEMPORARY SOLUTION. IF IT'S POSSIBLE. NO, I THINK I THINK THAT'S A GOOD SUGGESTION BECAUSE I'VE ALWAYS FELT ABOUT THAT DEVELOPMENT AND BY THE WAY COMMITMENT WITH BARGAIN LIVES THERE THAT THERE'S NO PARK AND I HAVE GONE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND KIDS ARE ON THE STREET PLAYING, SO I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND AND IF WE CAN HAVE SOME GREEN AREAS FOR PEOPLE TO WALK OR, YOU KNOW, WALK WITH THEIR KIDS. WOULD WE WOULD DEFINITELY DO THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING. THANK BEFORE WE MOVE ON. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT CONCERNS TO LIGHT.
I HAD NOT HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THAT PARTY TONIGHT, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING TO OUR ATTENTION AND ALSO FOR THE VERY REASONED AND WELL RESEARCHED RESPONSE OF MY FELLOW COMMITTEE MEMBERS. I HOPE IT WAS HELPFUL. THANK YOU. IT WAS VERY HELPFUL AND IF I COULD JUST PROVIDE SOME BROADER CONTEXT. WHEN I WENT DOWN THERE THEY WERE. A FEW OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE WALKING BY.
I WAS SINGLED OUT BY A POLICEMAN WHO WAS THERE WHICH MADE ME FEEL VERY UNWELCOME WITHIN MY OWN TOWNSHIP. SO OKAY. OTHER PUBLIC PEOPLE PERSONNEL WALKING AROUND OR WAS IT THERE WAS SOMEONE WHO WAS JUST WALKING BY WHEN THE POLICEMAN STOPPED ME. OH DID NOT WANT TO ARGUE WITH A POLICEMAN WITH A GUN. OKAY GOT YOU. WE WILL LOOK INTO THAT THAT IF YOU WERE THE ONLY PERSON AND THERE WERE OTHER PEOPLE WALKING AROUND, DEFINITELY WILL TAKE A LOOK. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING, THOUGH. THANKS. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. OKAY UM, WITH THIS, I GUESS THERE'S NOBODY HERE SO WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. OKAY SO, UM. GO INTO THE INTRODUCTION AND FIRST
[1. Ordinance #23-1704 An Ordinance Creating a New Section 7-3.8 “Public Parking Spaces for Electric Vehicles” – Introduction/First Reading]
READING ORDINANCE NUMBER 23 17 04 AND ORDINANCE CREATING A NEW SECTION 7 POINT 3.8 PUBLIC PARKING SPACES FOR HEAVY VEHICLES OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY IN MUNICIPAL COURT.BE IT RESOLVED BY THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE OF THE TOWNSHIP IN MONTGOMERY, THAT THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE WE HEREBY PASSED ON FIRST READING, AND THAT THE SAME BE PUBLISHED ACCORDING TO LAW WITH A PUBLIC HEARING AND A VOTE SCHEDULED FOR THE MEETING OF AUGUST 17TH 2023. YES DEPUTY MAYOR. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE THAT HAD BEEN RAISED A FEW MEETINGS AGO, PROBABLY JUST BEFORE SUMMER , AND WHAT IT WILL DO IS ALLOW FOR THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN INSTALLED IN TOWN, UM AND IS ALREADY FORWARD THINKING FOR ANOTHER LOCATION THAT'S DESIGNATING THE BUILDING THAT HASN'T BEEN INSTALLED YET, BUT IT IT SETS THE RATES AND CHARGES AND TIMES FOR PARKING SO THAT IT CAN BE PROPERLY SIGNED AND THE TOWNSHIP CAN START GETTING COLLECTING MONIES FROM THE FOLKS USING IT SO THAT YOU'RE REIMBURSED FOR THE ELECTRICITY. OH, THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S LOOKING FOR ANY CHARGES NOWADAYS, SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO INTRODUCE ORDINANCE NUMBER 23-17 04 MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
REMEMBER TODD COMMITTEE MEMBER BERRIGAN? YES NURSING? YES. OKAY? THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING
[2. Ordinance #23-1703 Amending Ordinance #23-1702 Establishing a Comprehensive Salary and Wage Plan for the Township of Montgomery, Somerset County - Public Hearing/Final Adoption]
ORDINANCE. PUBLIC HEARING. FINAL ADOPTION ORDINANCE NUMBER 23 17 03 AMENDING ORDINANCE DASH 23 THAT 17 02 ESTABLISHING A COMPREHENSIVE SALARY AND WAGE PLAN FOR THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY, SOMERSET COUNTY. BE IT WAS, UM FIRST THE MOTION MOTION TO CLOSED OPEN AND THEN EMOTION. MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING MOVED. SECOND AH , SINCE NOBODY'S HERE, MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, MOVED SECONDED RESOLVED BY THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY THAT THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE WE HEREBY ADOPTED THIS THIRD DAY OF AUGUST[00:10:02]
2023 AND THAT THE ORDINANCE SUMMARY BE PUBLISHED IN AN OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER, AS REQUIRED BY LAW. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 23 17 03. SECOND LOCAL COMMITTEE MEMBER TODD YES, HARRIGAN. YES, YES. CONSENT AGENDA. ALL MATTERS LISTED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA[Consent Agenda]
CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION THERE REALLY NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS. IF DISCUSSION IS DESIRED. THAT ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND CONSIDER SEPARATELY MOTION TO ADOPT CONSENT. AGENDA RESOLUTIONS DASH 23 THAT NUMBER 23-8 DASH TO 10 THROUGH 23-8 DASH 2 13. EMOTION, OKAY? SO MOVED SECOND OKAY? COMMITTEE MEMBER TODD ROLL CALL, PLEASE NEVER TAUGHT COMMITTEE MEMBER BARRIGA. YES. SING? YES. OKAY?[7. Amending Resolution #23-7-187 2023 Salary Resolution (Non-Union Employees)]
RESOLUTION 23-8 DASH TO 14 AMENDING RESOLUTION 23-7 DASH 187. 2023 SALARY RESOLUTION.NONUNION EMPLOYEES BE IT RESOLVED THAT RESOLUTION NUMBER 23-7 DASH 187 ADOPTED JULY 6TH 2023 WILL BE AMENDED TO REFLECT THE FOLLOWING 2023 SALARIES. SO DEPUTY MAYOR AND T C MEMBERS.
THIS IS NOW THAT THE ORDINANCE WAS ADOPTED THAT WAS AMENDING THE SALARY AND WAGES FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES THAT THEIR TITLES WERE WRONG ON THE ORIGINAL. UM, THIS WILL NOW ALLOW YOU TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION WITH THOSE EMPLOYEES , SALARIES AND I SHOULD MENTION ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES WAS JUST SOMEONE THAT WAS HIRED AFTER THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE HAD BEEN INTRODUCED. OKAY DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 23-8 DASH 2 14 2ND. CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER TODD COMMITTEE
[8. Authorizing Award of Bid for Chemicals for Wastewater Treatment]
MEMBER BARICAN NURSING? YES. RESOLUTION DASH 23 NUMBER 23-8 DASH TO 15 AUTHORIZING AWARD OF BID FOR CHEMICALS FOR WATER WASTEWATER TREATMENT SO THE TOWNSHIP HAD PREVIOUSLY GONE OUT TO BID FOR CHEMICALS THAT ALLOW FOR YOUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS AND EACH ONE OF THOSE CONTRACTS HAD A ONE YEAR EXTENSION OF MUTUALLY AGREED TO THERE WAS TWO CHEMICALS OR A FEW CHEMICALS THAT THAT WE HAD TO GO OUT BACK OUT TO BID BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT AN EXTENSION OF THE CONTRACT. SO THIS IS THE AWARD OF THE NEW CONTRACT BASED ON THE NEW BID. OH, OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 23-8 DASH TO 15 MOVED . SECOND CALL, PLEASE MEMBER TODD. YES SING YES. RESOLUTION 23-8 DASH TO 16 AUTHORIZING A WALL OF BID B ZERO TO DASH 2023[9. Authorizing Award of Bid #B02-2023 – Mill Pond Boardwalk Rehabilitation Phase 2]
MILLPOND. BOARDWALK REHAB REHABILITATION PHASE TWO. WHERE IS THE FALLING BIDS FOR THE MILLPOND? BROAD WALK REHAB, RIGHT. SO AGAIN. THIS IS ANOTHER AWARD OF A CONTRACT. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE RESOLUTION. THERE WAS THREE BIDDERS AND THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT IS TO AWARD THE BID TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER, WHICH WOULD BE BREAKOUT INK, AND THIS RESOLUTION WOULD AUTHORIZE THAT. OKAY DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 23-8 DASH TO 16 SO MOVED SECOND CALL, PLEASE. REMEMBER TODD? YES HARRIGAN?[10. Authorizing Relief Request from Township Code, Chapter 12, Sewer and Water, Section 12-3.2, Single Connections for Block 26001, Lot 26 by Ant Jenndi, LLC]
YES, MAYOR SING? YES. RESOLUTION 23-8 DASH TO 17 AUTHORIZING GROUP RELIEF REQUEST FROM TOWNSHIP CODE CHAPTER 12 SEWER AND WATER SECTION 12-3. TWO SINGLE CONNECTIONS FOR BLOCK 26 001 26 BY ANJA NEEDY LLC. YES T . C SO THIS IS A RESOLUTION. THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY ALREADY HAD THREE UNITS AT THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE SAME SEWER LATERAL CONNECTION. UM, THOSE UNITS ARE BEING SEPARATED INTO A COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL SPACE . YOUR TOWNSHIP CODE WOULD REQUIRE THAT THAT HAVE SEPARATE LATERALS. HOWEVER, THERE IS A FUNCTIONING SYSTEM AND THE DEVELOPER HAS TAKEN, UM ASSURANCES OVER ANY LIABILITY OR ANY FUTURE BREAKDOWN IN THE SYSTEM, IN PART OF ASKING FOR THIS RELIEF SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO REDO SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY THERE AND LOOKING OKAY. AH DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 23 DASH H DASH TO 17 SO MOVED SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER TODD YES, MEMBER BARICAN? YES, DEPUTY[11. Authorizing the Retention, Transfer and Usage of Posted Escrow Funds for the Estates at Montgomery Development]
MAYOR SING. RESOLUTION 23-8 DASH TO 18 AUTHORIZING THE RETENTION TRANSFER AND USAGE OF POSTED[00:15:03]
ESCROW FUNDS FOR THE STATES AT MONTGOMERY DEVELOPMENT. SO WITH THIS ONE, YOU HAVE A DEVELOPER WHO HAS NOW CEASED TO EXIST. THE DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN CREATED THE COMPANY THAT, UM SET FORTH THE PERMIT APPLICATIONS HAS SINCE BEEN DISSOLVED. HOWEVER, THERE WAS A COUPLE OF ITEMS LEFT ON THE PUNCH LIST THAT HADN'T BEEN RESOLVED. THERE ARE MONEY IS LEFT IN THE MAINTENANCE GUARANTEES, SO IT'S REQUESTING TO PUT THE MAINTENANCE GUARANTEES INTO YOUR FUNDS SO THAT WHEN YOU HAVE PROJECTS IN THE AREA, YOU CAN GO BACK AND FINISH THE ADDITIONAL WORK. OKAY DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 23-8 DASH TO 18 MOVED. SECOND. YES. YES SIR.[12. Approval of Minutes ]
SING YES. APPROVAL OF MINUTES MOTION TO APPROVE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION MEETING MINUTES OF JULY.20TH 2023 AS TO FORM ONLY. SO DO I ASK MOTION ALL IN FAVOR. RESOLUTION 23-8 DASH TO 19
[13. Payment of Bills ]
PAYMENT OF BILLS POSTED THAT'S YOU? YES DEPUTY MAYOR JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THE THREE LARGEST ITEMS ON THIS BILL LIST ON THE VERY FIRST PAGES ARE PAYMENTS AS CENTRAL JERSEY HEALTH INSURANCE.FOR 162,000. $806 THIS IS OUR MONTHLY HEALTH BENEFIT PAYMENT THAT COVERS THE MONTH OF AUGUST.
AND NEXT ON PAGE FIVE. THIS IS PART OF OUR 2023 CAPITAL PLAN. IS A PAYMENT TO CHIFFON. OH, CONSTRUCTION. AH FOR $321,341.20 . THIS WAS FOR WORK AND SUPPLIES TO PAVE KOT ROAD. AND LASTLY, ON PAGE EIGHT. IS A PAYMENT SCHEDULE TO ZENON ENVIRONMENTAL 4 777,000. $380. THIS IS TO REPLACE THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT MEMBRANE OVER PIPE BROKE. OKAY? THANK YOU. UH DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 23-8 DASH TO 19 SO MOVED SECOND. CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER TODD COMMITTEE MEMBER BARICAN DEPUTY MAYOR SAYING YES. DO WE HAVE ANY CORRESPONDENCE? LISA THERE'S. ONE OF CORRESPONDENCES RESIDENT EMAIL OF ACCOMMODATION FOR THE, UM TAG EMPLOYEES IN THE TAX OFFICE, CAROLYN BAUER AND GINA ROW JACK SENIOR FINANCE AID JUST COMMENDING THEM ON THE SERVICE THAT THEY PROVIDED TO THIS RESIDENT JUST FOR THE ATTENTION COMMITTEES.
INFORMATION THANK YOU SO MUCH. LISA. I THINK THIS IS GREAT WHEN WE HEAR FROM OUR TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS THAT THEY HAVE GOTTEN REALLY GOOD SERVICE, AND I THINK WE SHOULD MAKE AN EFFORT TO RECOGNIZE THESE EMPLOYEES. MAYBE AT A T C MEETING. MAYBE QUARTERLY. THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. THANK YOU, LISA. I'M SURE AH, DO WE HAVE ANY NEW BUSINESS? HMM. I GUESS WE MOVE
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ONTO TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE REPORTS. CAN WE START? GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I AM BILL LIAISON TO BOTH THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION AND THE INCLUSION EQUITY COMMITTEE AND SO ON BEHALF OF LANDMARKS COMMISSION WE MET FOR A REGULAR MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 26TH, AND THERE WERE NO MATTERS OF NOTE TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION, EXCEPT THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT THERE IS A UH, FORUM. PUT FORTH BY THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF NEW JERSEY ON AUGUST 4TH ABOUT THE STATE OF D E AND I IN NEW JERSEY, AND ONE OF THE FEATURED SPEAKERS WILL BE ONE OF OUR OWN MONTGOMERY RESIDENTS. TOM BRACKEN, WHO IS A NEW JERSEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEMBER. SO YOU WANT TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION. IT IS AUGUST 4TH. SO YOU STILL HAVE TIME TO CHECK THAT OUT IS TOMORROW AND THEN THE INCLUSION EQUITY COMMITTEE ALSO MET FOR HIS REGULAR MEETING ON AUGUST 2ND. AND AS YOU KNOW, THE COMMITTEE IS WORKING ON A FEW DIFFERENT INITIATIVES AND TWO OF THEM I CAN REPORT ON. THERE ARE ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE CLASSES COMING TO THE LIBRARY, OUR VERY OWN LIBRARY HERE IN THE FALL. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN WORKING ON AND WE UNDERSTAND IT'S GOING TO LAUNCH IN THE FALL, SO LOOK OUT FOR THAT. AND ALSO THE CHINESE SCHOOL. PLEASE FORGIVE ME. I CANNOT PRONOUNCE THE ACTUAL NAME OF THE CHINESE SCHOOL. UM, ONE OF THE PEOPLE ON OUR COMMITTEE. VIVIAN WANG IS ONE OF THE LIAISON TO THE CHINESE SCHOOL AS SHE WANTED EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT THE CHINESE WHO WILL BE OFFERING CHINESE AS A SECOND LANGUAGE CLASSES IN THE FALL FOR BOTH ADULTS AND CHILDREN, AS WELL AS CULTURAL CLASSES IN MARTIAL ARTS AND THAI CHI. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. WELL, THAT'S REALLY NICE TO HEAR. WOW. CHINESE IS SECOND LANGUAGE. GO AHEAD, AND THERE'S BEEN NO ADDITIONAL[00:20:01]
COMMITTEES THAT I SERVE ON MEETINGS SINCE OUR LAST MEETING AND THEY GOT. EVERYONE IS OFF FOR AUGUST, SO I WON'T HAVE ANY REPORTS UNTIL SEPTEMBER. OKAY UM , ACTUALLY, I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT I AM PART OF THE SAFETY COMMITTEE, AND WE'VE BEEN MEETING SO WE SHOULD HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION, BUT AT THIS TIME, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE PD DID, UM, A CAMPAIGN WHICH WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL. THEY HAD PAMPHLETS AND THEY WENT TO THE SCHOOLS AND TALKED ABOUT PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE SAFETY ENGINEERING. DID A ROAD ALL IT ENGINEERING ENGINEERING IS ALSO CONTACTED THE COUNTY ROADS AND WE SHOULD HAVE A FOLLOW UP THIS MONTH. AND WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO D O T FOR 206, WHICH, AS WE ALL KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION GOING ON AND YOU KNOW, TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO WALK. WE HAVE ALSO REACHED OUT TO THE COUNTY PARA TRANSIT. THAT IS A TRANSIT SERVICE THAT THE SOMERSET COUNTY PROVIDES, AND IT IS FREE TO RESIDENTS. I BELIEVE YOU DID DO NEED SOME INSURANCE AND WE'RE CHECKING INTO THAT AND WE'LL BE REACHING OUT TO THE RESIDENTS. AND I'M HOPING BUT WE WILL HAVE MORE TO SHARE ON THE WEBSITES AS WELL. WE DID, UH, ADD A USE CROSSWALK, DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE AT BRACKNELL WAY AND ROUTE TWO OR SIX. WE ALSO RECENTLY PUT AN ELECTRONIC SIGN AT TWO OR SIX JUST BEFORE YOU TURN ON OR NEAR. UM, UM, THE I THINK IT'S AH I'M TRYING TO SEE IT'S MARIA. ONE OF THE RESTAURANTS, YOU KNOW, JUST BEFORE YOU REACH THE INTERSECTION OF, UM, SHOP RIGHT ? THERE'S A BIG SIGN NOW ELECTRONIC TELLING PEDESTRIANS TO BE CAREFUL AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND WE'RE DOING SOME ENHANCED TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT. WE WILL HAVE SOME VISIBILITY OF OUR COPS. WHO WILL BE THERE AS AVAILABLE AND I THINK I HAVE HEARD FROM THE T C MEMBER VINCE BARRAGAN THAT YOU'VE SEEN PEOPLE CROSSING SO AND THEN FROM COMMITTEEWOMAN, BARICAN TAUGHT AS WELL. SO WE ARE WORKING ON THAT. WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON SOME POSTERS AND FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. I WILL HAVE MORE TO REPORT ON THE MEETING AT 17TH, BUT I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW. THE TOWNSHIP IS AWARE THAT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION. WE HAVE DEVELOPMENT GOING ON, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR RESIDENTS ARE SAFE. SO WE ARE WORKING TO ENSURE THAT SO PLEASE LOOK FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE AND I HOPE TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON AUGUST 17TH.THANK YOU. IT'S ON ME. OKAY, UM ADMINISTRATORS REPORT WILL NOT BE HERE SINCE LAURIE IS NOT HERE AND FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. IS THERE ANYTHING THERE? LISA NO, NO. OKAY SO RESOLUTION FOR
[14. Executive Session]
EXECUTIVE SESSION. UM BE IT RESOLVED THE ENTIRE THING BE IT RESOLVED BY THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY OF SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY, AS FOLLOWS THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE WILL NOW CONVENE IN A CLOSED SESSION THAT WILL BE LIMITED ONLY TO THE CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS WITH RESPECT TO WHICH THE PUBLIC MAY BE EXCLUDED PURSUANT TO THE SECTION SEVEN B OF THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT. THE GENERAL NATURE OF THE SUBJECTS TO BE DISCUSSED IN THIS SESSION ARE AS FOLLOWS. AND HIS RAIDED PENDING LITIGATION. COUNTRY CLUB MEDALS WERE SISTAN SHIP OF MONTGOMERY UPDATE IT IS UNKNOWN PRECISELY WHEN THE MATTER DISCUSSED IN THIS SESSION WILL BE DISCLOSED TO THE PUBLIC ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY AND SETTLEMENT OF LITIGATION SHALL ONLY BE APPROVED BY THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE IN A PUBLIC SESSION, OKAY. THE TOWNSHIP WHEN HE WILL RETURN TO REGULAR SESSION AND ME TAKE FURTHER ACTION. THIS RESOLUTION SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY. DO HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION. WHERE AM I? GO BACK? CORRECT MOTION TO MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION. THIS ONE. OKAY 23 AT DASH EIGHT DASH TO 20. MOVED. SECOND CALLED, PLEASE REMEMBER TODD? YES, MEMBER OF ARROGANCE. DEPUTY MAYOR SAYING, OKAY? JUST DO I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSED. THE EXECUTIVE SESSION MOVED. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC MEETING? SO MOVED. SECOND DO I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC MEETING ADJOURNED THE PUBLIC MEETING. IN FAVOR. HI HI. OKAY WE'RE GOING HOME. WE'RE* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.