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WE'RE GOOD. YEAH GOOD EVENING. THIS IS THE MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE REGULAR MEETING OF
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THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 22ND 2023 THE TIME IS 7 P.M. THE MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER CALL, PLEASE.KEENAN HERE. HERE COMMITTEE MEMBER BARRAGAN COMMITTEE MEMBER TODD HOW MANY MEMBER ON. IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT. ADEQUATE NOTICE OF THIS MEETING WAS PROVIDED ON JANUARY 5TH 2023 TO THE COURIER NEWS AND THE STAR LEDGER POSTED ON THE MUNICIPAL BULLETIN BOARD AND FILED WITH THE TOWNSHIP CLERK. PLEASE JOIN ME AS WE SALUTE THE FLAG. CLINTON RELATIONS. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND SHE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD. BECAUSE OF ALL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. IT'S NICE TO SEE EVERYONE. IT'S BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT, SO IT'S A LITTLE LIGHT. USUALLY A PLACE IS PACKED RIGHT. SO THE FIRST ORDER
[1. Proclamation – Recognizing Montgomery Township Police Officers for Dedicated Community Service]
OF BUSINESS IS A PROCLAMATION. RECOGNIZING MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP POLICE OFFICERS FOR DEDICATED COMMUNITY SERVICE YOU WANT TO DO YOU WANT TO STAND BACK THERE? DO YOU WANT TO COME ON UP HERE? WELL, I READ IT, WHICH YOU PREFER. COME ON UP. WITH THE BOARD. YOU KNOW, GET YOU ON FILM. FOR YOU. REALLY? THIS IS WONDERFUL. YOU WEREN'T IN THE PICTURE BEFORE. HMM. OKAY LET ME JUST SCOOCH OVER HERE. OKAY WHEREAS TO EFFECTIVELY PROTECT THE RESIDENTS OF MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT MUST ENSURE THAT STRONG RELATIONSHIPS ARE BASED ON MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND TRUST IS BUILT . AND WHEREAS THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN BURGLARIES, SPECIFICALLY TARGETING THE PRIVATE RESIDENCES AND BUSINESSES OF ASIANS, ASIAN AMERICANS IN MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP AND THROUGHOUT NEW JERSEY AND WHEREAS ON OCTOBER 15TH 2023 MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SOMERSET COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE, MONTGOMERY BUSINESS ASSOCIATION IN MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE PERSON DENNIS ON HELD A COMMUNITY INFORMATION SHARING SESSION WITH THE ASIAN AMERICAN BUSINESS OWNERS OF MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP. AND WHERE IS THE MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT MEMBERS.LIEUTENANT ANDREW PERRY. DETECTIVE SERGEANT BRIAN HUFFAKER, DETECTIVE JOSEPH STACCATO SECURITY. OCADO. I GET IT RIGHT. THE SORRY, DETECTIVE ADAM VERDUCCI, AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE SOMERSET COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE, PRESENTED INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY AND HOW TO PROTECT THEIR PROPERTY AND THEMSELVES. AND WHEREAS THE LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS AND MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP RESIDENT MING ZHANG, ALSO KNOWN AS SUSHI, JOHN KINDLY OFFERED HIS BUSINESS. YEAH. YEAH NOODLES AS A MEETING LOCATION FOR THE EVENT. NOW THEREFORE BE IT PROCLAIMED THAT THE MONK TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY, SOMERSET COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, HEREBY RECOGNIZES THE OUTSTANDING EFFORTS OF LIEUTENANT ANDREW PERRY. DETECTIVE SERGEANT BRIAN HUFFAKER, DETECTIVE JOSEPH OCADO AND DETECTIVE ADAM VERDUCCI FOR DEDICATION TO THE COMMUNITY AND IN HELPING BUILD THE BOND BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT. LOCAL RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS OF MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP. WE'LL GET THEM. TOMORROW, OKAY? YOU ARE SO TO THE NEXT ONE. YOU'RE NOT. YOU'RE NOT EXCUSED YET. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS A
[2. Proclamation – Recognizing Montgomery Township Police Officers for Efforts Leading to the Arrest of Suspects in Local Burglaries]
PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP POLICE OFFICERS FOR EFFORTS LEADING TO THE REST OF SUSPECTS IN LOCAL BURGLARIES, WHEREAS THE MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT WORKS PERSISTENTLY AND TIRELESSLY PROTECTING LIFE AND PROPERTY, PRESERVING THE PEACE AND PREVENTING CRIME. AND WHEREAS DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS OF MAY 9TH 2023 OBVIOUS. ER, CONNOR TRAVEL WHISKEY. DETECTIVE SERGEANT BRIAN HUFFAKER. SERGEANT RYAN GRAY. SERGEANT DANIEL BELINSKY. DETECTIVE CHRIS BLESSING DETECTIVE JOSEPH SCOTTO OFFICER JAMES WARD, OFFICER CHRIS PARLOW AND OFFICER DEALIO . OH, NO. HOW AM I GOING TO 13 0? MY APOLOGIES. RESPONDED TO[00:05:03]
THE REPORT OF AN ACTIVE RESIDENTIAL BURGHLEY IN THE SKILLMAN SECTION OF MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP. AND WHEREAS UPON THE ARRIVING AT THE SCENE. OFFICER CHAPEL WHISKEY, CONDUCTED A MOTOR VEHICLE STOP AND QUICKLY TOOK TWO SUSPECTS INTO CUSTODY WITH THE ASSISTANT OF DETECTIVE SERGEANT HO FACTOR. SERGEANT BELINSKY AND OFFICER WARD AND WHEREAS AFTER RECEIVING A DESCRIPTION FROM THE RESPONDING OFFICERS, SERGEANT GRAY AND OFFICER CAN WE KNOW FOUND AND TOOK INTO CUSTODY A THIRD SUSPECT WHO HAD WALKED AWAY FROM THE SCENE. AND WHEREAS OFFICER CHAP WHISKEY OFFICER WARD, OFFICER KOHNO AND DETECTIVE RICARDO SEARCHED THE INTERIOR OF THE RESIDENTS TO ENSURE THERE WERE NO OTHER SUSPECTS. AND WHERE IS THE QUICK RESPONSE AND ACTIONS OF THE RESPONDING OFFICERS LED TO THE ARREST OF THREE SUSPECTS INVOLVED IN RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY AND OUR COMMUNITY? NOW, THEREFORE BE IT COMPLETELY PROCLAIMED THAT THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE OF THE TOWNSHIP, BACH, MONTGOMERY COUNTY OF SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY, HEREBY RECOGNIZES THE OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE OF OFFICER CONNOR CHAPEL WHISKEY.DETECTIVE SERGEANT BRIAN HOPE BECKER. SERGEANT RYAN GRAY. SERGEANT DAN DANIEL BELINSKY.
DETECTIVE CHRIS BLESSING, DETECTIVE JOSEPH STACCATO OFFICER JAMES WARD, OFFICER CHRIS PARLOW AND OFFICER DEALIO COONEY FOR THEIR QUICK ACTIONS AND COURAGEOUS RESPONSE, WHICH RESULTED IN THE SUCCESSFUL AND SAFE ARREST OF THREE BURGLARY SUSPECTS. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE GOVERNING BODY FOR RECOGNIZING THE OFFICERS FOR THEIR EFFORTS AND THEIR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO SAFEGUARDING AND PROMOTING PUBLIC SAFETY WITHIN THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY. THANK YOU TO THE SOMERSET COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE FOR ASSISTING US IN THIS COMMUNITY INITIATIVE. AND TO COMMITTEE ON FOR HELPING PROMOTE THE EVENT AND SUSHI JOHN FOR HOSTING THE EVENT AT HIS BUSINESS, YAYA NOODLES THE POLICE DEPARTMENT LOOKS FORWARD TO BUILDING UPON THIS INITIATIVE AND PROMOTING MUTUAL PARTICIPATION BETWEEN OUR COMMUNITY THAT POLICE TO FACILITATE COLLECTIVE SOLUTIONS AND REDUCING CRIME. THANKS PROUD OF YOU GUYS. PICTURES.
[3. Police Captain Report]
THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. CAPTAIN BECK. IT'S THE POLICE KEPT IN REPORT. GOOD EVENING.CAPTAIN'S REPORT TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO DO A PRESENTATION ON OUR RECENTLY IMPLEMENTED FIXED POSITION. UH, A L P R AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READER SYSTEM. THIS IS NOTHING NEW FOR US. AS FAR AS THE TECHNOLOGY WE HAVE BEEN USING THEM IN OUR VEHICLES FOR OVER 10 VEHICLES 10 YEARS.
THE DIFFERENCE HERE BEING AS THE FIXED POSITION CAMERAS, THEY MONITOR INGRESS AND EGRESS INTO OUR TOWNSHIP, AND THEY'RE WORKING 24 HOURS A DAY. THEY'RE SENDING ALERTS ON STOLEN VEHICLES AS WELL AS MISSING PERSONS, AND IT'S A VITAL TOOL FOR US IN SOLVING CRIMES AND LOCATING MISSING PERSONS. I THINK THAT THE PRESENTATION WILL GIVE YOU A BETTER IDEA OF HOW THIS INFORMATION IS PROCESSED AND UTILIZED. WONDERFUL THANK YOU, CAPTAIN THAT AGAIN. I'M JUST GONNA GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW THAT RIGHT IN FRONT OF THAT. DON'T YOU PULL IT AROUND IT? YEAH. THERE YOU GO. I'M JUST GOING TO BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OUR, UH, LPR PROGRAM AS IT STANDS NOW. UM. CAN YOU BRING UP THE FIRST LIFE? IS THAT YOUR ARE YOU PLUGGED IN? I WAS. THERE IS OKAY. GOT IT. WE ENTER INTO AGREEMENT WITH THE COMPANY FLOCKS. SAFETY FLOCK SAFETY IS A
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U. S COMPANIES ARE BASED AT A GEORGIA THEY CURRENTLY HAVE ABOUT 57,000 CAMERAS IN USE RIGHT NOW THAT'S ON THE FEDERAL STATE, LOCAL AND PRIVATE LEVEL. UM, THEY ARE SOLELY DEALING WITH THE LICENSE PLATE READING AND CAMERA SURVEILLANCE. UH TECHNOLOGY. WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOUR CAMERAS IN PLACE THAT ARE FIXED WITHIN THE TOWNSHIP. SO WHAT KIND OF WE GOT INTO THIS PROGRAM ON A BIGGER SCALE THAN THE MOBILE LPR IS? WE WANT TO EXPAND THE MULTIPLIER FORCE, SO IT ALLOWED US TO GET MORE INVESTIGATIVE LEADS MORE EVIDENCE RELATED TO CRIME AND THE DETER CRIME AND THAT WAS DIRECT RELATED TO NOT ONLY, UH, THE CRIME THAT WE SEE ON A NATIONAL AND REGIONAL STATE LEVEL BUT ALSO LOCALLY AS WELL, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO MOTOR VEHICLE THEFTS. OKAY? UM AND CERTAINLY WE WANT TO RESPONSE AND BE ABLE TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AND LET THEM KNOW THAT WE'RE ACTIVELY TRYING TO DETER AND REDUCE CRIME, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE PROPERTY LEVEL SO JUST JUST HOLD THE SECOND. CAN YOU HEAR IN THE ROOM OR NOT? YOU CAN HEAR. OKAY JUST WANNA MAKE SURE. OKAY, SO HOW DOES IT WORK? AH AGAIN. IT'S A STATIONARY FIXED CAMERA. IT IS AFFIXED TO A MODEL POLL THAT CEMENTED INTO THE GROUND. THE CAMERAS ATTACHED TO THAT POLE, AND IT RUNS OFF SOLAR ENERGY IS INFRASTRUCTURE FREE, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO TIE INTO A TRAFFIC SIGNAL OR UTILITY POLE AND ALLOWS US A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY AND WHERE WE CAN PLACE IT. THEY WORK 24 7 AND ALL CONDITIONS AND IT GIVES US A REAL TIME ALERT. SO HOW IT WORKS IS THE PICTURE THAT YOU SEE UP THERE. AS A VEHICLE GOES PAST THE CAMERA TAKES A PICTURE OF THE VEHICLE. THE LICENSE PLATE. IT COMPARES THAT PLATE AGAINST THE NATIONAL CRIME INFORMATION CENTER AND IF IT IS ATTACHED TO EITHER AN ACTIVE CRIME, A STOLEN VEHICLE STOLEN PLATE, A MISSING PERSON, AMBER ALERT OR A SILVER ALERT. IT THEN SENDS A REAL TIME ALERT TO THE POLICE OFFICERS THAT THAT'S WORKING THAT USUALLY DONE IN ABOUT 8 TO 35 SECONDS, SO IT GOES FROM THAT CAMERA. IT'S SENT TO THE POLICE OFFICER WORKING BY ONE OF THREE WAYS, EITHER THROUGH AN ACTIVE WEB BASED PORTAL IN THE COMPUTER IN THE CAR ON A TEXT MESSAGE OR THROUGH AN EMAIL AND LET'S THAT OFFICER KNOW WHAT PLATE CAMERA PICKED IT UP. WHAT DIRECTION OF TRAVEL A PICTURE OF THE VEHICLE SIMILAR TO THAT AND WHY THE HIT WAS THERE WAS STOLEN VEHICLE STONE PLATES, ETCETERA. SO THAT ALLOWS THAT OFFICER TO TAKE ACTIONABLE. UM RESPONSE TO THE TO THE ALERT. UM. A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE CAMERAS WHAT IT DOES AND WHAT IT DOESN'T DO SO IT'S NOT FACIAL RECOGNITION. OKAY? IT DOESN'T TAKE ANY PICTURES OF PEOPLE IS SOLELY BASED ON THE VEHICLE AND LICENSE PLATE. IT'S NOT TIED TO ANY PERSONAL IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION, SO IT'S NOT COLLECTING A SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, DRIVER'S LICENSE AND NAME ANY OF THAT. IT'S SOLELY TAKEN A PICTURE OF THAT LICENSE PLATE IN THAT VEHICLE, AND IT'S NOT USED FOR TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, SO IT'S NOT GOING TO GO OUT THERE AND WRITE A TICKET FOR AN EXPIRED PLATE OR INSPIRED INSPECTION OR SPEEDING . IT'S JUST STRICTLY FOR THE CRIME RELATED ASPECT OF IT. AND IF IT'S NOT TIED TO ANY ACTIVE PRIME OR ACTIVE INVESTIGATION AFTER 30 DAYS, TELEMATICS DELETED AND PURGED FROM THE SYSTEM, AND IT CAN'T BE RECOVERED. SO IF IT IS RELATED TO A CRIME, AND THE INVESTIGATING OFFICER HAS THE ABILITY TO RETAIN THAT INFORMATION AND KEEP IT FOR A LATER TIME, BUT IF IT'S NOT, THEN AUTOMATICALLY GETS PURGED OUT. TEMPERATURES THAT QUICK QUESTION AND I MEAN, GENERALLY, I THINK IT MAKES SENSE AND REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY, ESPECIALLY FOR THE VOICE OF THE RISKS THAT YOU MENTIONED BEFORE QUESTION I HAVE ON THE DATA WHO OWNS THE DATA SO THAT THERE'S A TOWNSHIP ON THAT DATA DURING THOSE 30 DAYS, IS IT BLOCK THAT OWNS THAT DATA, WHO WAS FULL CONTROL OF THE DATA OF THE MOVEMENT OF THE VEHICLE THROUGHOUT MONTGOMERY. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. SO THAT'S GOING TO COME UP IN A LATER SLIDE, BUT IT IS OWNED BY THE TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND ■THEY&-PY IN ITS RETAINED BY US, SO WE HAVE THE CONTROL WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO RETAIN THAT FOR AN INVESTIGATIVE PURPOSE, OR LIKE I SAID IT EXPIRES AFTER THAT 30 DAYS, BUT THE ONLY TIME WE'RE GOING TO SHARE THAT IS WITH ANOTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TORN A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. SO AGAIN, HOW DOES THAT HELP US AND DETER LENDING A CRIME AGAIN? IT GIVES US A PROACTIVE ALERTS SO WE CAN THEN, UH, DISPLAY RESOURCES TO THAT AREA WHEN A STOLEN VEHICLE COMES INTO TOWN. AND ALSO ALLOWS US WHEN A CRIME HAS HAPPENED AND WE GET A VEHICLE DESCRIPTION OR LICENSE PLATE AFTER THE FACT. THEN WE CAN GO INTO THAT SYSTEM WITHIN THAT 30 DAY PERIOD AND TRY TO PULL THAT DATA OUT SO WE CAN GET AN ACTION WILL LEAD. SO RISK GOING TO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE . ANYTIME OFFICER DETECTIVE DOES[00:15:03]
A SEARCH WITHIN THE SYSTEM FOR PLATE THEY HAVE TO PUT IN CERTAIN NECESSARY INFORMATION THAT USUALLY INCLUDES AN INVESTIGATIVE PURPOSE. WHY WHAT KIND OF CRIME? THEY'RE LOOKING INTO A CASE NUMBER AND ALL THAT INFORMATION IS AUDIBLE SO WE CAN GO BACK IN THERE OVER A 30 DAY, SIX MONTHS, THE LIFE OF THE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE AND DO AN AUDIT TRAIL TO SEE WHAT DETECTIVES WHAT OFFICERS ARE DOING THOSE SEARCHES WHAT THE REASONS ARE AND BE ABLE TO PRODUCE THAT INFORMATION AGAIN. IT'S NOT A FACIAL RECOGNITION SOFTWARE. IT CONTAINS NO PERSONAL INFORMATION, AND IT'S NOT USED FOR TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AND ALL SORT OF JUST TO FOLLOW UP AGAIN. IT'S NOT USED OR SOLD ANY THIRD PARTY SO IT DOESN'T GO TO CARFAX OR ANY OF THOSE TYPE OF COMPANIES AND IT'S NOT GOOD DOESN'T GO OUT TO THE D. M V AS WELL. UM THIS COMPANY ALSO HAS WHAT'S CALLED A TRANSPARENCY PORTAL, AND I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.IT'S NOT SET UP YET. WE'RE STILL IN DEVELOPMENT, BUT IT'S GOING TO COME OUT SHORTLY. HOPEFULLY TRANSPARENCY PORTAL ALLOWS US TO PUT A LINK ON THE TOWNSHIP WEBSITE THAT ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC AND GO TO GO TO THAT LINK, AND IT'LL ACCESS. UH THE INFORMATION RELATED TO OUR PROGRAM, SO WE'LL HAVE ALL THE STATE AND LOCAL POLICIES AND DIRECTIVES AND GUIDELINES GOVERNING THE LPR PROGRAM. IT WILL ALSO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF HOW MANY, UH PLATE READS. WE HAVE DONE HOW MANY HITS WE'VE HAD, AND ALSO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF A RY AS FAR AS WHAT TYPE OF CRIMES INVESTIGATIONS WERE SUCCESSFULLY SOLVED. BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT WE WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN FROM THE LPR PROGRAM. SO ONCE THAT PORTAL IS DONE, AND IT'S COMPLETED THAT WILL BE SHARED AND PUT OUT THERE , AND PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO GO IN THERE AND TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT OUR PROGRAM IS WHAT IT IS WHAT IT ISN'T AND BASICALLY A LOT OF THE SLIDES. YOU SEE HERE AS FAR AS WHAT THE PROGRAM CAN DO FOR THE POLICE, DEPARTMENT AND COMMUNITY WILL BE IN THERE. UM IT'S ALREADY SOLVING CRIME FOR US, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE THIS PROGRAM VERY, VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE WE HAD OUR DEDICATED FIXED CAMERAS IN PLACE. EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE HAD FIVE DEATH REPORTS OF ITEMS TAKEN FROM FRONT PORCHES AND RESIDENTS DOWN IN THE SCHOOL MAN NEIGHBORHOOD WERE ABLE TO ATTAIN A VEHICLE DESCRIPTION, BUT WE HAD NO PLATE ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
SO OUR DETECTIVES USED LPR DATA WITH SEARCH BASED ON THAT VEHICLE DESCRIPTION ALONE. THEY WERE ABLE TO GET A PLATE OF SUSPECT VEHICLE FOLLOW UP INVESTIGATION BASED JUST ON THAT PLATE LED TO AN ARREST. AND CRIMINAL CHARGES AND ALL FIVE TESTS INVESTIGATIONS WITHOUT THAT PLATE INFORMATION PULLED FROM THE LPR DATA. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY DIFFICULT TO ESTABLISH A SUSPECT BECAUSE ALL REALLY HAD WAS JUST THAT VEHICLE DESCRIPTION WITH NOTHING ELSE.
AH FLOCK SAFETY SHARED A COUPLE OTHER SUCCESS STORIES THAT THEY WANTED TO PROVIDE TO US. THIS CASE COMES OUT OF GEORGIA. IT WAS A STRANGER ON STRANGER ABDUCTION. A AMBER ALERT WENT OUT. YEAH, 12. 33 P M A LITTLE OVER HALF AN HOUR LATER OR LESS . SEARCH WAS CONDUCTED THROUGH FLOCK SAFETY GIVEN THE INFORMATION PROVIDED AT 2 30 PM A SUSPECT VEHICLE WAS LOCATED AT 503 PM THAT SAME DAY, AN ARREST WAS MADE AND BY 6 P.M. THAT EVENING. THE CHILD IS VERY UNITED. THE MOTHER AND IT WAS SUCCESSFUL. UM SO THAT AGAIN IS THAT SHOWS YOU THE QUICK TURNAROUND IN THE INFORMATION THAT COULD BE PROVIDED THROUGH THE SYSTEM? THIS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE LOCAL PERTH AMBOY HAS A LOT OF CAMERAS AND THE NEW YORK CITY HAD A SUBWAY SHOOTING BACK IN APRIL LAST YEAR. FLOCK SAFETY CAPPER CAPTURE THE U HAUL USED BY THE SUSPECT IN THE SHOOTING, AND THAT DETECTIVE WAS ABLE TO DO A TIMELINE OF THE SUSPECT ACTIVITIES INVOLVED IN THAT INVESTIGATION. AND THEN FLOCK SAFETY IN THE SIX MONTHS THAT THEY WERE IN PERTH AMBOY WERE ABLE TO RECOVER SEVEN STOLEN MOTOR VEHICLES. THREE STOLEN PLATES, MAKE 10 ARRESTS AND ALSO ASSISTED WITH 30. OTHER SEPARATE INVESTIGATIONS FATHER SPECIAL INVESTIGATION UNIT UM, JUST AN OVERVIEW OF SOME OTHER TOWNS AND SURROUNDING PROGRAMS ARE PROSECUTOR OFFICE HERE IN SOMERSET COUNTY HAS A HAS A PRETTY EXPANSIVE LPR PROGRAM. THEY DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE FLOCKED. THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT COMPANY, BUT BRIDGEWATER WARREN AND WATCHING ALL IN SOMERSET COUNTY HAVE FLOCKED CAMERAS AND HAVE THEM IN PLACE, AND BRIDGEWATER IS TRYING TO EXPAND THEIR PROGRAM NOW BASED OFF ARREST THEY HAD ABOUT A MONTH AGO FOR AN ACT OF BURGLARY IN PROGRESS, WHERE THEY ARRESTED FOUR PEOPLE SIMILAR TO OUR 5 18 BURGLARY CASE. FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP NEXT DOOR. THEY HAVE LPR PROGRAM OR PLAYING FIELD AND THEN IN HUNTERDON COUNTY, CLOSE BY RARITY, AND CLINTON, BOTH HAVING AS WELL AND THEN TO OUR SOUTH MERCER COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE. HOW'S IT SO WE'RE CERTAINLY NOT UNIQUE, UM BUT IN ORDER TO STAY AHEAD AHEAD OF THE GAME AND GET A ACTIVE INVESTIGATION GOING IS CERTAINLY THE PROGRAM WITH HER DEFINITELY HELPS US. UM UM, CERTAINLY HAPPY TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO YOU ON THE SLIDE OR ANYTHING
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ELSE. MAYBE IT DIDN'T COVER IN THAT IN THAT PRESENTATION, SO JUST TO BE CLEAR IF AFTER THE FACT WITHIN THE 30 DAYS, YOU CAN JUST GO AND INSERT. IT DOESN'T NOTIFY YOU IF SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT WHERE YOU SOMEBODY HAS GONE THROUGH AND THEN WITHIN THE 30 DAYS A CRIME WAS COMMITTED THAT THEY WERE ASSOCIATED WITH IT. LET YOU KNOW THAT OR DO YOU JUST HAVE IT AVAILABLE TO YOU TO SEARCH AVAILABLE TO ASSERT SO IF A PLATE AS ACTIVELY ENTERED INTO THE NATIONAL SYSTEM, IT'S UPDATED EVERY SIX HOURS. THAT WILL ALERT US TO THAT IMMEDIATE , UM, VEHICLE. IT IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS AFTER THE FACT AND WE CAN GO BACK IN AND SEARCH THAT PLAYER'S THROUGH THAT VEHICLE INFORMATION AND BE ABLE TO PULL THAT LATER ON. OKAY AND THEN, FINALLY, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE NEW JERSEY THE ROLE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IN THIS CAPTAIN. DIDN'T YOU SAY THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS SUPPORTED BY POWER. YEAH THERE'S A DIRECTIVE IN PLACE THAT CAME OUT IN OCTOBER OF 2022. OCTOBER OF 2022 . YOU SAID YES. AND OUR POLICY HERE LOCALLY MIRRORS THAT DIRECTIVE FROM THE A G S OFFICE. AND THAT DIRECTIVE COVERS A LOT OF THE IN HOUSE TRAINING THAT IS REQUIRED BY EVERY OFFICER. SO EVERY OFFICER IN MONTGOMERY NET NOW IS TRAINED ON THAT DIRECTIVE IN OUR POLICY. EVERY TWO YEARS. THEY HAVE TO REDO THAT TRAINING TO STAY ON TOP OF THAT, AND THEN ALSO, WE HAVE TO SUPPLY TO THE STATE AND AUDIT EVERY YEAR. UM THAT KIND OF COVERS, NOT ONLY THE IN HOUSE TRAINING THAT WE DO WITH ALL OUR OFFICERS, BUT HOW WE USE OUR PROGRAM, AND THEN ALL OF OUR CAMERAS HAVE TO GO OR LOCATIONS AND CAMERA INFORMATION GOES TO THE STATE POLICE. AND THEY HAVE TO APPROVE OF THE CAMERA LOCATION AND THE CAMERA USED PRIOR AS BEING IN PLACE, AND WE HAVE RECEIVED THAT ALREADY FOR ALL OUR CAMERAS, ANYWAY, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU BECAUSE THIS IS A CONCERN THAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING FROM PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW. I MEAN, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THERE BUT SEEMS LIKE NOW EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT IT . BUT THE FACT THAT YOU'RE EXPLAINING AND HOPEFULLY DISCOURSE OUT IN OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND IN OUR NEWSPAPER SO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE REACHING OUT TO US THAT THEY ARE CONCERNED THAT THIS IS HAPPENING AND IS IT NEW? YOU KNOW? ARE THEY KEEPING TABS ON US? IT'S GOOD THAT THIS EDUCATION IS HAPPENING AND YOU'RE LETTING US KNOW. AND THEN OF COURSE, WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT THIS COURT COMING GETS COMMUNICATED TO THE RESIDENTS AS WELL. THANK YOU.AND I THINK THAT TRANSPARENCY PORTAL THAT ONCE IT GETS UP AND ESTABLISHED AND WE CAN PUSH THAT OUT, AND I'LL ANSWER A LOT OF QUESTIONS BECOME PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY. DO YOU HAVE ANY TIMELINE FOR THAT LAUNCH OF THAT TRANSPARENCY PORTAL? I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH THEM TODAY, AND I HAVE ANOTHER SCHEDULED MEETING THEM PROBABLY EARLY NEXT WEEK, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO BUILD THAT OUT. I'M HOPING WITHIN WEEK TO WEEK AND A HALF. MAYBE SO. IT'S RELATIVELY SHORTLY, BUT LET'S TEST IT WITH FIRST. YEAH, THANK YOU, AND I THINK WE'LL PUT THAT ON. WE'LL PUT YOUR WHOLE PRESENTATION ON THE WEBSITE AS WELL. SO THE PUBLIC CAN GO BACK AND REFER TO IT IF THAT'S FINE BY YOU. WHAT ALRIGHT, WONDERFUL. WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH YOU MIGHT WANT TO. WILL YOU BE STAYING AROUND JUST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IN CASE THERE'S A QUESTION LITTLE OKAY, WONDERFUL.
[4. Presentation – Eagle Scout Service Project]
THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A PRESENT AN EAGLE SCOUT SERVICE PROJECTS PRESENTATION. TO COME FORWARD. HELLO. HELLO. MY NAME IS HUNTER GESTURE. UH, I MEAN BOY SCOUT ASSOCIATED WITH TRUE 46. I COME TO YOU TO PRESENT MY EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT. MY PROJECT CONSISTS OF REBUILDING AND FIXING THE AUTO KAUFMAN COMMUNITY CENTER. SIGN OUT FRONT. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'VE ALL SEEM THE DOCUMENT, UM , PROVIDED, BUT IT WOULD BASICALLY LOOK THE SAME AS IT DOES. IT WOULD LOOK RELATIVELY THE SAME, BUT OBVIOUSLY FIXED, UM HERE'S A PHOTO. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THE DOCUMENT OR NOT, BUT, UM YES, AND I'M SEEKING YOUR APPROVAL FOR THE PROJECT.WELL I HAVE TO SAY IT'S NICE TO SEE, UM MANY TIMES WE GET PEOPLE THAT DO NEW PROJECTS, WHICH IS NICE, BUT THEN WE THERE'S A MAINTENANCE ISSUE THAT COMES OUT. SO ACTUALLY, WE'RE THIS IS VERY EXCITING TO SEE SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF FIXING SOMETHING THAT ALREADY EXISTS. UM, THAT'S VERY DEFINITELY INTERESTED ME GLAD TO HEAR THAT. ANYONE UP? I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU. AND TO 46 FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO WITHIN THE TOWNSHIP. I MEAN, WE ARE SO BLESSED THAT THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE IN MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP AT 2 46 AND YOU YOUNG PEOPLE, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. SO IN TERMS OF YOUR PROJECT, UM, IS WHO'S
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OVERSEEING IT FROM THE ATTEMPTED PERSPECTIVE. UM THAT WOULD BE, UM, JOHN GRUGGER. OGRE IS OKAY.AND HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT WILL TAKE TO ACCOMPLISH IS SHOULD TAKE ABOUT, UM, ABOUT MAYBE TWO MONTHS. TWO MONTHS. AND ARE YOU ARE YOU DOING FUNDRAISING TO DO THIS AS WELL OR HOW? I WON'T BE DOING FUNDRAISING. OKAY OKAY. WHAT OTHER WOULD WHO ELSE WILL BE HELPING YOU IN THIS? THAT YOU'RE UM, MY FATHER, UM, SKETCH FROM THE TROOP AND THEN MY EGO ADVISOR MATERIAL ABOUT THOMPSON. SO WHEN YOU SAY TWO MONTHS JUST REMEMBER THE WEATHER, BUT ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A QUESTION? IS THERE SOMEONE WHO HAS LIKE THE TECHNICAL EXPERTISE TO HELP? PROVIDE THE OVERSIGHT FOR THIS, UM, BOTH MR BOB THOMPSON IS AN ARCHITECT, AND MY FATHER HAS A BIT OF EXPERIENCE AS WELL. UM YEAH, WELL, I THINK THAT SOUNDS VERY GOOD. I'M ALL FOR IT.
ABSOLUTELY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THINK YOU HAVE OUR PERMISSION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE LOOSE SIGN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE
[5. Floodwall and Plant Upgrade Construction Project Update]
AGENDA IS FLOOD WALL AND PLANT UPGRADE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT UPDATE.MORNING VISION AWAITING CLOSE THE BALKANS CAN WE GET ANOTHER MICROPHONE THERE. ONLY. ONE NO GOOD MICROPHONE THERE. I WOULD HAVE TO PLUG IT IN, DOES IT? DOES IT WORK? IF WE MOVE THAT OTHER ONE OVER SO THEY HAVE TO? THEY DON'T HAVE TO SHARE IT. HAVE TO FINISHED AT SEPARATE TABLES THINK THE ONE IN THE PODIUM MIGHT BE LONGER THAN THE ONE IN THE PODIUM MIGHT BE EASIER THAT OR. MHM NEXT TO THIS. YEAH EXACTLY. ALRIGHT. DO TESTING 1231. TESTING 123 SEEMS TO WORK. OK, WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M JIM COSGROVE FROM ONE WATER CONSULTING HAVE WORKED WITH THE TOWNSHIP FOR OVER 30 YEARS NOW. IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO GIVE YOU THIS PRESENTATION WASTEWATER. AFTER THE PRESENTATIONS YOU'VE ALREADY HAD. THEY WERE MUCH MORE INTERESTING, BUT I DO THINK WE HAVE AN INTERESTING UPDATE FOR YOU. WE WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT IS ALREADY ONGOING. YOU MAY RECALL WE SPENT A FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME ON THE STAGE TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT THAT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW, SO WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT. UM WE ALSO WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE. THIS IS AN ADVANCING.
HERE WE GO. THAT'S THE PROBLEM. OKAY WE ALSO WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE REVIEW OF THE HISTORY OF CONSOLIDATION OF TREATMENT PLANTS IN MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP, ALTHOUGH WHAT WE'RE TALKING TO YOU ABOUT TONIGHT, UM INVOLVES QUITE A BIT OF MONEY. UM IT ALSO INVOLVES QUITE ADMIT OF SAVING MONEY, SO WE'VE ALREADY SAVED QUITE A BIT OF MONEY ON CONSOLIDATING SOME OF THE TREATMENT PLANTS THAT OVER ALREADY. BEEN CONSOLIDATED. BUT WE'RE TALKING TO YOU TONIGHT ABOUT ANOTHER TREATMENT PLANT THAT THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO CONSOLIDATE, WHICH IS THE CHERRY VALLEY TREATMENT PLANT. WE'RE PROPOSING TO ABANDON THAT PLANT AND BRING THE FLOW INTO THE SKILLMAN VILLAGE TREATMENT PLANT , WHICH ALREADY HAS EXCESS CAPACITY. UM AND THEN ALSO THE PIKE BROOKE TREATMENT PLAN. WHICH IS PROPOSED TO UNDERGO AN EXPANSION AND AN UPGRADE. AND THEN ALL OF THAT, UM, MIKE IS GOING TO WORK HIS MAGIC AND TELL YOU HOW WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR ALL OF THAT. UM AND THEN WE'LL JUST QUICKLY SUMMARIZE OF THE NEXT STEPS SO FIRST WE WANTED TO START WITH THE STAGE TO FACILITY AND JUST GIVE YOU A VERY BRIEF UPDATE. WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE? AND CHRIS LALLA KADO, YOUR DIRECTOR OF WASTEWATER OPERATIONS, IT'S GOING TO DO THAT. ALRIGHT SO, UM, AS ADVERTISED. WORKING WITH OUTLET HAS BEEN EXCEPTIONALLY GOING WELL, UM, THAT IT'S EVIDENT IN THE IN THE SITE CLEARING HOW WELL THEY DID IN TERMS OF REMOVING THE TREES, TAKING ON ALL THE FILTER, BUILDING DEMOLITION AND GETTING RID OF ALL OF THE MATERIAL AND A VERY CONCISE AND CLEAN FASHION AND LEAVING THE SITE AND THAT CONDITION AS WELL. UM A LOT OF IT HAS BEEN DECONSTRUCTION, BUT WE DID GET THE LINING OF THE OUT FOLD ON WHICH NATIONAL WATER MAIN DID A WONDERFUL JOB WITH THAT AND A TOUGH CONDITIONS BECAUSE VERY MARSHY OUT THERE AND YOU CAN TELL GOOD QUALITY OF WORK. WE KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR, AND THEY FLARED OUT THE END OF THE PIPE, AND I KNOW THAT MAY NOT MAKE MUCH SENSE, BUT IT'S IT
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WAS REALLY WAS DONE PROPERLY. SO NOW THE ENTIRE OUTFALL PIPE WILL NO LONGER SEE ANY KIND OF RUDE INTRUSION IN IT FOR QUITE A LONG TIME, AND THEY DID IT IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, SO YOU CAN TELL IT WAS DONE WELL. ALRIGHT SO THAT'S THAT WAS ONE OF THE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS. UM, THEY STARTED WORKING ON THE EXCAVATION FOR THE WALL ITSELF. ONCE EVERYTHING WAS SORT OF DECOMMISSIONED IN THE SITE WAS CLEANED UP FOR THE TEMPORARY SYSTEMS. UM AND TWO ALLIES CREDIT T HARD PART. THEY WENT UP THE HILL, WHERE THE WHERE THE OUTCROPPINGS ARE IN THE ROCK. AND ALTHOUGH DYNAMITE WOULD MAKE IT A LOT EASIER AND CHARGES AND ALL THAT, UNFORTUNATELY, THE SEISMIC REVERBERATIONS INTO THE GROUND WOULD CRACK THE CONCRETE TANKS AND EVERYTHING SO THERE UNFORTUNATELY HAVING TO DRILL AND IT'S SLOW GOING, BUT THEY'RE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS AND IT'S UM , DIFFICULT WORK AND IN A TOUGH CONDITIONS SO GOOD ON THEM FOR CONTINUALLY WORKING ON THAT PART OF IT BECAUSE THE OTHER EXCAVATIONS WILL BE IN SOFTER SOIL SO SICK A LOT QUICKER, SO THAT'S WHERE THEY'VE BEEN WORKING THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. UM WHEN THEY DEMO, THE POST DURATION AND ALSO THE SLUDGE HOLDING TANK THEY BROUGHT IN TEMPORARY TANKS AND AN ACTUAL , HOWEVER, THE TEMPORARY TANKS ARE PERFORMING BETTER THAN THE TIMES THAT WERE THERE. I'M NOT SURPRISED IN SEEING THE HOW ALL THE OTHER ONES WERE. SO YOU GOT A CHANCE TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE BEFOREHAND. SO IT REALLY IT'S AMAZING. WE'RE GETTING BETTER PERFORMANCE NUMBERS OUT OF IT. IT JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU HOW DILAPIDATED THE EQUIPMENT WAS, YOU KNOW, BUT THAT'S SOME THAT'S SORT OF WHERE WE ARE AT THE MOMENT, AND, UM, THEY HAVE PLANS TO START DOING SOME VERY SERIOUS EXCAVATION. SO IF YOU WANT TO SEE IT SITE, TOO, ARE DEFINITELY BRING BOOTS BECAUSE IT'S GETTING PRETTY MUDDY DOWN THERE. SO AND THEN, IDEALLY, JIM THAT SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION IS SOMETIME IN MARCH OF 2025 SOURCE SOON. UM I'LL JUST SUM UP QUICKLY. WE WERE EXCITED TO SEE THE ROOF RIPPED OFF THE BUILDING . BECAUSE AMERICANS NEED TO GET A CHANCE TO SEE IT. THERE WAS FINALLY LIGHT INSIDE OF THERE, AND WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT HALF OF THAT STUFF EVEN LOOKED LIKE. SO THERE YOU HAVE IT. AND THEN JUST HOW THE EXCAVATION KIND OF CONTINUE. I'M SORRY. THE DEMOLITION CONTINUED. I JUST HAVE TO QUESTION THE STAGE TO, UM, HOW WE DOING AGAINST THE BUDGET SO FAR, MARK I'D ACTUALLY I'D SAY THAT WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD ANY ISSUES WITH THAT BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD TOO MANY INVOICES SUBMITTED JUST AS OF YET, SO I DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE FACING ANY KIND OF, UM, MAJOR CHANGE ORDERS AT THE MOMENT, BUT YOU KNOW, THIS IS THIS IS SOPHISTICATED ENGINEERING AND THINGS WILL CROP UP. I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT, BUT AT THIS MOMENT WE'RE GOING, OKAY. WHAT MONEY WE HAVE, LIKE A GOOD SORRY. SORRY. GO AHEAD. I THOUGHT I HEARD IN HER VOICE JUST DOWN THERE FROM DOWN THERE.YOU HAVE A QUESTION. WHEN WOULD WE HAVE LIKE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING AND HOW WE'RE DOING. YEAH SO GET GOT THE WHOLE TIME INVOICES, BUT WORK HAS BEEN GOING ON. SO I'M JUST TRYING TO KNOW LIKE AT WHAT POINT THIS YEAR WHERE WE HAVE, LIKE, HEY, WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO SPEND X MILLION. WE'RE ON TRACK OR BEHIND OR OVER. JUST TRYING TO THINK THAT'S PART OF THE UPDATED. WE ALSO NEED TO HAVE, SINCE THIS WAS A PRETTY MAJOR INVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY.
RIGHT NOW. PREVIOUS WARS THAT THEY HAVEN'T SEEN ANOTHER INVOICE CONSIDERING HOW MUCH.
GETTING THESE HMM. BREAK DOWN AND PRICES SO I'M EXPECTING THEM TO START SUBMITTING. ENFORCES, BUT RIGHT NOW. OKAY AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION WAS THIS. A SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION BY MARCH , 2025 WAS THAT THE ORIGINAL TIMING OR IS THAT YES, OKAY. THANKS. OKAY SO WHEN STAGE TWO IS COMPLETE THE REAL REMEMBER, THIS PLAN HAS BEEN FLOODED OUT. MANY TIMES IN THE PAST, SO THIS FLOOD WALL THAT'S GOING TO BE BUILT AROUND IT IS GOING TO PROTECT THAT PLAN. SO NOT ONLY ARE WE GOING TO PROTECT WHAT WAS THERE, BUT NOW WE'RE NOW IMPROVING. WHAT WAS THERE, SO IT'S A IT'S A WIN WIN. WHAT WAS THERE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN WORTH PROTECTING AFTER IDA B. QUICK EXACTLY EXACTLY. JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW ON THE HISTORY OF CONSOLIDATION. UM BACK WHEN I GOT INVOLVED IN THE LATE EIGHTIES, THERE WERE EIGHT WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS IN MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP. UM THAT'S NOT TRUE. CHERRY VALLEY WASN'T WASN'T EIGHT IN THE IN THE EIGHTIES, AND WE WERE LIKE MORE THAN HALF OF THE CURRENT POPULATION AS WELL AS WELL. WELL THERE WERE ALL OF THE EIGHT THAT ARE LISTED THERE WERE IN OPERATION IN THE LATE EIGHTIES, AND THEY CONTINUE. EXCEPT FOR CHERRY VALLEY. AND THEY CONTINUED UNTIL 2010 AND 2010.
THERE WAS STILL EIGHT WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS. WE SPENT MANY , MANY YEARS EVALUATING HOW WE COULD CONSOLIDATE THESE BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T ALL CLOSE TO EACH OTHER. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH EASIER IF THEY WERE CLOSE TO EACH OTHER. BUT BETWEEN 2010 AND 2020, WE WERE ABLE TO REMOVE FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS, THE RIVERSIDE FARMS AND OXBRIDGE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS AND THEN THE HIGH SCHOOL WHAT WAS CALLED THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE BURN HILL SCHOOL. THEY EACH HAD VERY SMALL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS, SO THEY WERE ELIMINATED. UM AND THEN, UM, SO, SO IN 2020
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. NOW WE HAVE FOUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS STAGE TO PIKE, BROOKS, SKILLMAN VILLAGE AND CHERRY VALLEY. THE PROPOSAL WITH I'M ABOUT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT NOW IS CHERRY VALLEY. CHERRY VALLEY. I WAS JOKING AS I WAS DRIVING OVER HERE THINKING THAT I STILL THINK OF CHERRY VALLEY IS THE NEW TREATMENT PLANT BECAUSE IT WAS NEW WHEN I WAS STARTING TO WORK AROUND HERE, BUT THAT'S SO MUCH ANYMORE. 25 OR 30 YEARS OLD. SOMETHING LIKE THAT. EXACTLY. UM AND SO CHERRY VALLEY IF WE WERE GOING TO DO NOTHING WITH RESPECT TO CONSOLIDATION, WE WOULD HAVE TO REBUILD CHERRY VALLEY. UM, IT IT IS. IT NEEDS A LOT OF WORK. SO WHEN WE LOOK WHEN WE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT WE? WE SAID OKAY. IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, MOVE THE FLOW FROM THIS TREATMENT PLANT SOMEWHERE ELSE. THE LOGICAL PLACE WITH SKILLMAN VILLAGE. THERE IS EXCESS CAPACITY THERE, SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE HAVE TO EXPAND SKILLMAN VILLAGE TO BE ABLE TO ACCEPT CHERRY VALLEYS FLOW, MR QUICK QUESTIONS FROM EDUCATION. YOU SAID THAT IT WOULDN'T CARRY VALUE, ALTHOUGH IT'S ONE OF THE NEWER ONES THAT WOULD STILL NEED A LOT OF WORK IS THAT BECAUSE OF AFTER 25 30 YEARS WE'RE GOING WE JUST NATURALLY YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO DO A MAJOR OVERHAUL, OR IS IT THAT HAS SOMETHING SYSTEMATICALLY CHANGED IN THE PROCESSES THAT REQUIRE A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH? SURE IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH. CERTAINLY THE AGES IMPACTING THE FUNCTIONING OF THE TREATMENT PLANT, BUT ALSO OVER TIME. THE EFFLUENT LIMITS GET MORE STRINGENT. SO FOR EXAMPLE, I'LL BE TALKING LATER ABOUT THE PIKE BROKE PLAN. ONE OF THE REASONS WE NEED TO UPGRADE THE PIKE. BROOKE PLANT IS BECAUSE OF THE PERMIT THERE WAS THERE. THE D P IS REQUIRING CERTAIN MORE STRINGENT EFFLUENT LIMITS, WHICH REQUIRES AN UPGRADE TO THE PLANT. SO IN IN CHERRY VALLEYS CASE THERE ALREADY ARE VERY STRINGENT LIMITS BECAUSE IT'S A RELATIVELY SMALL STREAM THAT IT'S DISCHARGING, TOO. UM, BUT BUT WE WOULD EXPECT THOSE LIMITS TO BECOME EVEN MORE STRINGENT IN THE FUTURE AND JUST FOR FURTHER EDUCATION, THE DPS CHANGE LIMIT IS THAT DID TO LIKE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS ARE, UM I SEE A LOT OF NODDING. YES IT IS AND STREAM STANDARDS HAVE CHANGED OVER TIME. SO FOR EXAMPLE, A FEW MONTHS AGO, NEW AMMONIA NITROGEN STREAM STANDARDS WERE ENACTED. WHAT THAT MEANS IS NOW EVERY PERMIT THAT GETS RENEWED IN THE FUTURE . THE DP WILL LOOK AT THE NEWS STREAM STANDARD. AND CALCULATE HOW MUCH THAT TREATMENT PLAN CAN DISCHARGE. THOSE NUMBERS WILL BE LOWER THAN WHAT ARE IN THE CURRENT PERMIT. LIKELY. THANK YOU. SURE. SO OUR INTENTION HERE IS THAT AFTER CONSOLIDATING CHERRY VALUE WOULD END UP WITH THREE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS, AND I DON'T THINK YOU WILL SEE ME AT ANY POINT IN THE FUTURE, SUGGESTING THAT WE GET RID OF ANY OF THOSE THREE. THE EFFORT TO CONSOLIDATE ANYMORE AFTER THAT WOULD JUST BE CRAZY BECAUSE OF THE DISTANCE AND TOPOGRAPHY BETWEEN THE FACILITIES. BUT GOING FROM 8 TO 3 IS CERTAINLY A BIG BENEFIT. OKAY UM, NOW LET ME GO SPEND A COUPLE OF MINUTES ON THE CHERRY VALLEY SKILLMAN VILLAGE CONSOLIDATION. CAN WE TAKE JUST A SETBACK? BECAUSE OF COURSE. WHAT ABOUT THE THERE ARE SOME PRIVATE FACILITIES IN IN THE TOWN, SO WE HAVE I MEAN, HACKENSACK, UH, HACKENSACK CARRIER. THAT'S ONE IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S ENOUGH SPACE FOR IT. AND I'M ASSUMING CAN VIEW HAS THEIR OWN AND THERE MIGHT BE SOME OTHERS THAT HAVE THEIR OWN. YES AND IT'S ALL TIED INTO THIS. SO LET ME HOLD THAT THOUGHT ON CARRIER FOR A MINUTE BECAUSE I WILL GET TO THAT IN A COUPLE OF SLIDES. BUT LET ME TAKE THE FORMER J AND J PROPERTY. WE HAD MANY YEARS AGO , WORKED WITH J AND J AND THEY HAD SOME INTEREST IN POTENTIALLY TYING INTO THE SKILLMAN VILLAGE TREATMENT PLANT. SO IF YOU LOOKED AT THE MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN, YOU WOULD SEE THAT THAT IT'S PROPOSED THAT J AND J MAY CONNECT AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE. NOW GIVEN WHAT'S GOING ON, WHO KNOWS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? BUT MY FEELING IS YOU SHOULD UTILIZE THE CAPACITY THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR THE TOWNSHIP AT THIS POINT, IF AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE J AND J OR CAN VIEW NOW WANTS TO CONNECT. YOU ADDRESS IT THEN AND THEY'RE THE ONES WHO WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT MIGHT BE THAT STRANGER, MORE STRINGENT THINGS THAT WE'VE PUT IN PLACE OR JUST[00:40:04]
WEAR A TEAR. OKAY, OKAY. THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU. SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE IS TO TAKE THE CHERRY VALLEY TREATMENT PLANT. PUMP THE WASTEWATER THAT IS CURRENTLY TREATED THERE NOW. UP ROUTE 601 AND THEN DOWN TO THE SKILLMAN VILLAGE TREATMENT PLANT. WHY DO WE WANT TO DO THAT? WELL MONEY COST SAVINGS ARE GRAY HERE. UM IF WE DIDN'T, UM. IF WE DIDN'T CONSOLIDATE. WE WOULD LIKE WE WOULD. WE WOULDN'T LIKELY WE WOULD HAVE TO UPGRADE THE CHERRY VALLEY TREATMENT PLANT. THE COST ESTIMATE FOR THAT WAS ABOUT $7.2 MILLION, IRONICALLY, AND THIS IS PURELY COINCIDENTAL THE COST TO PUMP UH , TO BUILD A PUMP STATION AND TO BUILD THE PIPELINE TO GET THE WASTEWATER TO SKILLMAN VILLAGE IS ABOUT $7.2 MILLION JUST COINCIDENTAL, BUT IT WAS ALMOST THE SAME NUMBER. SO BUT IF YOU BUILD A PUMP STATION AND A FORCE MAN TO GET THE WATER TO SKILLMAN VILLAGE, YOU'RE MUCH MORE EFFICIENT, TREATING AT ONE PLACE RATHER THAN AT TWO PLACES. YEAH OPERATION. YOU HAVE LESS STAFF. UM IT'S RIGHT NOW, THE SKILLMAN VILLAGE TREATMENT PLAN IS ACTUALLY UNDER SIDE. I MEAN, UNDER LOADED. IT'S NOT GETTING AS MUCH WASTE WATER AS IT WAS DESIGNED FOR. SO BY GETTING THE WASTEWATER FROM CHERRY VALLEY, I THINK THEY WILL ACTUALLY BE AN IMPROVEMENT IN EFFICIENCY AT THAT TREATMENT PLANT. UM SO THAT'S GOOD AND THE FACT THAT THERE IS AN EXCESS CAPACITY ALREADY THERE YOU'VE ALREADY PAID FOR. YOU KNOW THE CAPACITY THAT'S SITTING THERE TODAY. YOU'VE BEEN TYING IN, UM, WITH NEW CONNECTIONS FROM TAPESTRY AND OTHER PLACES IN TOWN, BUT BUT THERE'S STILL PLENTY OF CAPACITY THERE. UM ALSO, I YOU KNOW, THIS MAY NOT BE THAT BIG OF A DEAL, BUT THE LAND THAT THE CURRENT CHERRY VALLEY TREATMENT PLANT IS SITTING ON HAS VALUE AND YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET SOMETHING FOR THAT FOR THAT LAND. UM WE CALCULATED THE NET O AND M SAVINGS BY HAVING THE ONE TREATMENT PLAN VERSUS THE TWO AT ABOUT $60,000 A YEAR. I ACTUALLY THINK THAT'S VERY LOW. UM BUT IT'S A VERY CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE OF THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE COST SAVINGS BY HAVING THE ONE TREATMENT PLANT INSTEAD OF THE TWO IN TERMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS. UM YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD BE DEACON COMMISSIONING AN OLD TREATMENT PLANT THAT'S NOT FUNCTIONING AS WELL AS IT SHOULD, UM, WHERE IT COULD, UM RIGHT NOW YOU'RE DISCHARGED YOUR DISCONTINUING A DISCHARGE TO BEATEN BROCK. SO YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN ADVANTAGE TO THAT. UM AND SKILLMAN VILLAGES, A VERY ADVANCED TREATMENT PLANT. IT'S A MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR SYSTEM. SO IT TREATS THE WASTEWATER TO A MUCH HIGHER LEVEL THAN WHAT YOU HAVE AT MOST OF THE OTHER TREATMENT PLANTS. PIKE BROOKE IS ALSO A MEMBRANE SYSTEM. BUT SO WHAT YOU'RE DOING NOW IS NOT ONLY ARE YOU MOVING IT TO ONE PLACE AND THAT'S MORE EFFICIENT, BUT THE ONE PLACE YOU'RE MOVING INTO IS PROVIDING A HIGHER LEVEL OF TREATMENT. SO WHAT'S DISCHARGED A. MONTGOMERY'S STREAMS WILL BE A HIGHER QUALITY. IN TERMS OF COST AND SCHEDULE. UM THE COST TO DO THIS WORK IS ABOUT $10.4 MILLION. THAT INCLUDES THE SEVEN PLUS MILLION DOLLARS TO BUILD THE PIPELINE AND THE PUMP STATION, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES, UM ROAD PAVING AND, UM. SOME UPGRADES THAT ARE NEEDED AT THE SKILLMAN VILLAGE TREATMENT PLANT AS WELL. THOSE UPGRADES WOULD BE NEEDED ANYWAY FOR SOME OF THE WORK, BUT SOME OF IT IS DUE TO THE ADDED FLOW COMING IN AS WELL. SO THE TOTAL THE WHOLE PROJECT IS ABOUT $10.4 MILLION IN CONSTRUCTION COSTS. ARE THOSE UPGRADES NEEDED AT THE SAME TIME, OR CAN THOSE BE DEFERRED? THEY'RE NEEDED NOW. YEAH YOU HAVE WHEN IT COMES TO THINGS LIKE THE SLUDGE REMOVAL AND WHATNOT THAT DOESN'T DISAPPEAR JUST BY ELIMINATING THE PLANT THAT NOW MAKES IT PART OF SKILL MONS OPERATIONS, SO WE HAVE TO BUILD A LARGER SLUDGE HOLDING TANK. IT'S JUST REPLICATING JUST AT THE DIFFERENT DIFFERENT SPOT . SO BOTH SIDES HAVE TO HAVE THE SLUDGE REMOVED. SO YEAH, YOU HAVE TO BUILD THAT INTO IT TODAY HAS A SLEDGE HOLD REMOVAL. BUT JUST NOT ENOUGH FOR THE CAPACITY THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR WHEN YOU CORRECT? YEAH YOU'RE CERTAINLY IS CORRECT HIM. IT WOULDN'T HAVE IT. SO THERE'S SOME SLIGHT UPGRADES WOULD HAVE TO BE MADE JUST TO COMPENSATE[00:45:05]
FOR THAT. HMM OKAY. IT'S NOT A FULL REBUILD, THOUGH. AND. THAT'S A HISTORIC, UM, AREA THAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH. SO I'M ASSUMING THERE'S ARCHAEOLOGY THAT THERE'S GOT TO BE A LOT OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO FUNNY THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE THERE ARE OKAY WE SUBMITTED AN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY FOR THE ROUTE OF THE PIPELINE. TO THE NEW JERSEY D P. AND BASED ON THEIR REVIEW, THEY ASKED FOR AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDY, WHICH WE'VE BEEN PERFORMING VERY RECENTLY. THAT'S ABOUT TO BE COMPLETED AND WE'LL BE SUBMITTING THAT TO THE DP IN THE NEAR FUTURE. SO YOU SEE BELOW ON THE SIDE. HERE WE TALK ABOUT N J. D P PERMIT APPLICATIONS BEING SUBMITTED AND THE FACT THAT WE STILL HAVE TO GET USUALLY MAY 2024 IS WHEN WE EXPECT TO HAVE THE REMAINS. IN PERMITS. ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES IS THIS ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDY THAT HAS TO BE SUBMITTED AND REVIEWED AND THEN WE HAVE TO GET WETLAND PERMITS FOR PLACES WHERE WE HAVE TO DISTURB WETLANDS, BUT MOST OF THE ROUTE IS IN THE ROAD, SO THERE'S NOT A LOT OF DISTURBANCE ASSOCIATED WITH US. BASED ON WHAT YOU KNOW NOW. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WOULD COME UP IN THAT ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE THAT WOULD MAKE YOU HAVE TO SWITCH ROUTES. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT COME FORWARD YET. I THINK. FROM WHAT WE SEE. SO FAR, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE WITH THESE KINDS OF STUDIES OF THERE ARE NO GUARANTEES. UM BUT AT THIS POINT, WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN USE THE ROUTE AS DESIGN. FULL DISCLOSURE. USED TO BE AN ARCHAEOLOGIST. SO I UNDERSTAND IT SEEMED LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO JUST FOCUSING ON THE SCHEDULE FOR A SECOND HERE. I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT PART OF IT. BUT THE IDEA HERE HERE IS BASED ON THE MAY 2024 DATE FOR WHEN WE THINK WE COULD GET ALL THE PERMITS IN PLACE. WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THAT WE COULD ADVERTISE IN JUNE OF 2024 FORBIDS AND THEN IN SEPTEMBER, 2024 AWARD A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AND THEN YOU NEED, UH UH, PERIOD FOR CONSTRUCTION ITSELF, WHICH COMPLETES IN MAY OF 2026. I THINK IN A PERFECT WORLD, JUST LOOKING AT STAGE TO BEING COMPLETED BY MARCH OF 25. IT SOUNDS LIKE SOME OF THIS WORK MIGHT OVERLAP. I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT CASH IN SPENDING AND BONDS . YES, WE THOUGHT OF THAT, TOO.AND MIKE IS GOING TO DISCUSS THAT WITH YOU IN JUST A COUPLE MINUTES, BUT I ALSO JUST WANNA BESIDES, BEFORE WE GET THERE, IT'S VERY COGNIZANT OF ME. I'M JUST MAKING UP THE NUMBERS. IF WE'RE SPENDING ABOUT 5 MILLION PER YEAR, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT LIKE OVERLAPPING AND IN A GIVEN YEAR AND THEN HAVING TO TAKE OFF LIKE A BIGGER YOU KNOW, BITE OUT OF A BOND WARDENS OR SOMETHING THAT MAYBE WE COULD SPREAD OUT IF WE JUST IMAGINE A COUPLE OF WEEKS, SIX MONTHS UNLESS THERE'S A UNLESS YOU'RE TELLING ME UNLESS YOU GUYS TELL ME THAT IF WE DELAY SIX MONTHS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CATASTROPHIC ISSUE OR OR HIGHER RISK. BUT WE'LL GET TO THAT LATER. OKAY? ABSOLUTELY. OKAY, SO THAT'S CHERRY VALLEY. NOW LET ME SWITCH GEARS TO ONE OTHER PROJECT, WHICH IS THE PIKE , BROOKE EXPANSION AND UPGRADE. SO THERE ARE REALLY TWO MAIN REASONS WHY THIS WORK HAS TO OCCUR. FIRST WE JUST RECEIVED A NEW PERMIT FROM THE D E P A FEW WEEKS AGO. THAT PERMIT REQUIRES MORE STRINGENT NITRATE EFFLUENT LIMITS. WE KNEW THIS WAS COMING.
THIS WAS NOT A SURPRISE, BUT WE'VE STALLED THEM FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS NOW FOR THESE LIMITS TO BECOME EFFECTIVE, THERE'S NO MORE STALLING. A COURT CASE WAS RECENTLY LOST THAT, UM, TOOK SOME WIND OUT OF MY SAILS. AND UH, I THINK THAT IT'S TIME. YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD NOW. SO THOSE AFFLUENT LIMITS WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE. WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHEN THIS PERMIT WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE BECAUSE WE JUST HAVE A DRAFT NOW. BUT IT WILL LIKELY BECOME EFFECTIVE AROUND JANUARY, 2024 WHICH WOULD MEAN WE WOULD HAVE TILL THREE YEARS FROM THEN JANUARY, 2027 BEFORE WE WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THOSE NEW, MORE STRINGENT LIMITS. SO WE CAN DO THAT WE CAN GET THE WORK DONE THAT FAST. BUT IT'S NOT A LOT OF EXTRA TIME. THAT'S FOR SURE. THE SECOND REASON JUST MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND SO. LIKE THE DPS. DRIVING THIS NEW PERMIT. WHICH
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IS THEN DRIVING THE COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENT. CORRECT IT'S NOT LIKE SOMEONE'S DOING A PERMIT FOR CONSTRUCTION, WHICH THEN PULLS IS INTO HAVING TO DO SOMETHING TO HIGHER STANDARDS.NOW THESE THESE LIMITS WERE ACTUALLY PUT INTO YOUR PERMIT FOR PERMITS AGO, SO 20 YEARS AGO , AND I'VE BEEN ARGUING THEM FOR 20 YEARS, AND SO FAR I WAS ABLE TO GET THEM TO STAY THE LIMITS.
THE WHOLE WAY THROUGH. BUT THIS RECENT COURT THIS ALL COMES DOWN TO A STREAM STANDARD OF 10 MG PER LEADER FOR NITRATE, WHICH I THINK SHOULD ONLY APPLY AT DRINKING WATER INTAKES. BUT INSTEAD, NEW JERSEY APPLIES IT EVERYWHERE AND ALL STREAMS. SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS. 10 FT.
DOWNSTREAM OF THE PIPE BROKE DISCHARGE INTO PIPE BROKER PIKE RUN DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU WANT TO CALL IT. YOU HAVE TO MEET THAT STANDARD EVERY DAY ALL ALL DAY, EVEN IN THE DRIEST, LOWEST FLOW POINT OF THE OF THE YEAR. AND IF I COULD INTERJECT THE CREW AND I RENTED EQUIPMENT, AND FOR SEVERAL MONTHS WE TRIED TO RECONFIGURE THE PLANT AND LIKE AN A PROTOTYPE KIND OF EXPERIMENTAL FORM, AND WE RAN TESTS AND PROVIDED THEM TO JIM AND HIS TEAM AND WE COULDN'T GET THE PLAN TO PERFORM ANYMORE NEAR THAT OPTIMAL RANGE. WE GOT IT CLOSE, BUT NOT ENOUGH THAT WE COULD RELY ON IT. SO THE UPGRADES ARE NECESSARY. WE DIDN'T JUST GO WITH JUST THE PERMIT FROM THEM. WE TRIED NOW THE SECOND UPGRADE, MEET THE STANDARDS OR EXCEED THE STANDARDS EXCEED THE STANDARDS. DEFINITELY. WHILE YOU'RE SPENDING THE MONEY, I WANT YOU TO HAVE A BUFFER. THAT MAKES SENSE BECAUSE THEY DO GET MORE STRINGENT AS WE GO ALONG, AND THAT'S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE. ABSOLUTELY YEAH, SECOND AND VERY IMPORTANT REASON FOR THE WORK AT PIKE. BROOKE IS TO EXPAND THE FACILITY RIGHT NOW. THE FACILITY IS RATED AT 0.67 MG DAY 0.68.
0.68 YEAH. 0.68 MG DAY. SORRY. STAGE TWO IS 0.67. 0.68 MG D. UM, WE NEED TO GET THAT FLOW. M G D MEANS I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. LET'S SAY 670,000 GALLONS PER DAY THAT'S EASIER TO SWALLOW. UM AND THAT HAS TO BE EXPANDED UP TO 854,000. A DAY FOR TWO REASONS. ONE IS TO ACCOMMODATE FUTURE CONNECTIONS IN THE TOWNSHIP AND THE OTHER IS TO ACCOMMODATE CONSOLIDATING A PRIVATE. WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, WHICH IS THE CARRIER CLINIC, UM, WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAVE EVER SEEN THE DISCHARGE FROM THAT PLAN, BUT IF YOU SAW IT, YOU WOULD BE VERY ENCOURAGED THAT THAT PLANT WON'T BE FUNCTIONING VERY MUCH LONGER.
SMELL THE DISCHARGE SOMETIMES MORE THAN YEAH. UM SO THAT PLAN IS THERE IN THE SAME SITUATION THERE IF THEY WEREN'T GOING TO CONSOLIDATE INTO THE, UM, PIPE BROKE PLANT, THEY WOULD HAVE TO REBUILD THAT TREATMENT PLAN THEY HAD TO PUT IN A NEW TREATMENT PLAN EFFECTIVELY. SO WE'VE HAD MANY YEARS OF DISCUSSIONS WITH CARRIER OVER THIS AND THE THOUGHT WAS THEY WANT 75,000 GALLONS, AND SO IT'S RELATIVELY EFFICIENT FOR THE TOWNSHIP WHILE THEY'RE EXPANDING THE PLANT TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT 75,000 GALLONS A DAY. AND I KNOW CARRIER IS DOING A BIG PROJECT RIGHT NOW, UM, WITH THEY WERE GIVEN A LOT OF STATE MONEY TO SWITCH OVER AND DO SOME MAJOR CONSTRUCTION THERE. IS THIS TIED TO THAT IN ANY WAY. THE FUTURE FLOW CALCULATION IS TIED TO THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE PLANNING ON INCREASING THE NUMBER OF BEDS THEY HAVE AT THE FACILITY. SO THAT'S HOW THEY DERIVED RIGHT NOW. THEY'RE DISCHARGING ABOUT 36,000 GALLONS A DAY AND THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO GO UP TO OR AND THIS IS PROBABLY WELL INTO THE FUTURE. BUT 75,000 IS THE IS THERE BUILD OUT? THANK YOU. AND THIS IS ANOTHER FUTURE USERS. WHO ARE YOU SAID, PARTIALLY PAID BY CARRIER AND OTHER FUTURE USERS. WHAT DO YOU ENVISIONING THERE ARE OTHER THERE ARE OTHER DEVELOPMENTS. UH, THAT, UM. WHY CAN'T I THINK COUNTRY CLUB MEADOWS OVER TIME WILL BE CONNECTING MORE UM AND SO DO YOU MEAN THE PARTIALLY PAID PART? YES CAN YOU TICK OFF YOU MENTIONED THE OTHER DAY. SOME OF THE CONNECTION FEES YOU'RE EXPECTING. SOMETHING. YES.
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WEEKS.PROBLEM. NORTHEAST SECTION. ARE THERE ANY LARGE PLOTS OF LAND THAT WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT? ANY DEVELOPMENT COMING IN AND IN THAT AREA. I DON'T THINK SO.
WE HAVE OUR OPEN SPACE FOLKS BEHIND HIM LOOKING FOR THEM TO SAY. DO YOU SEE IT? WE COULD TALK ABOUT THAT TOO LATER ON, THEY WOULD KNOW IF THERE'S PROPERTY THERE. YEP. YOU READING THAT ONE. OKAY, SO. THE ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COST FOR THIS IS ABOUT $11 MILLION. UM.
YOU KNOW. UNFORTUNATELY THESE PROJECTS ARE CERTAINLY NOT INEXPENSIVE, BUT. YOU AGAIN HAVE ALREADY THIS PLAN IS A MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR AMONG THE BEST IN THE STATE, AND THAT WAS REALLY REQUIRED BECAUSE OF THE SMALL STREAM THAT YOU'RE DISCHARGING TWO AND THE HIGH QUALITY OF THE STREAM THAT YOU'RE DISCHARGING TOO. UM SO YOU KNOW, WE'LL TALK IN THE NEXT SLIDE ABOUT HOW HOW WORK PROPOSING TO FINANCE THESE COSTS LIKE YOU JUST SPEND A MINUTE MINUTE ON SCHEDULE HERE.
UM THE DESIGN FOR THIS UPGRADE IS ABOUT 90% COMPLETE. NOW THE TOWNSHIP IS GOING TO BE REVIEWING THOSE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. WE'RE EXPECTING THAT BY JANUARY OF 20 24TH. THE DESIGN WILL BE COMPLETE. UM WE ARE EXPECTING TO HAVE ALL THE PERMITS IN HAND IN JANUARY OF 2024 AS WELL. THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT ACTUALLY REQUIRES LESS PERMITS BECAUSE IT'S CONTAINED TO THE EXISTING PIPE BROOKE PLANT SO WE DON'T HAVE WETLANDS PERMIT ISSUES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. UM WE'RE PROPOSING TO WE HAVE TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS PROJECT. UM IT WOULD BE IN FEBRUARY OF 2024 IS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING, UM, ADVERTISED FOR BIDS IN MARCH OF 2024 AWARDED CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT IN JUNE OF 2025 4, AND THEN WE COULD COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION BY DECEMBER OF 2025. UM WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THAT SCHEDULE IS IT'S BASICALLY ONE YEAR AHEAD OF WHEN THE MORE STRINGENT EFFLUENT LIMITS BECOME EFFECTIVE. I WOULD NOT WANT TO CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE THAT IS BUTTING UP TOO CLOSE TO THAT, BECAUSE IF SOMETHING HAPPENS IF THERE'S SOME SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUE, AND YOU CAN'T GET SOMETHING, OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. YOU DON'T WANT TO BE IN A SITUATION WHERE AFFLUENT LIMITS BECOME EFFECTIVE AND YOU START VIOLATING AFFLUENT LIMITS, SO I THIS IS VERY INTENTIONAL TO PUSH THIS THROUGH AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN. UM SUCH THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING A PROBLEM WITH WITH MEETING EFFLUENT LIMITS WHEN THEY BECOME EFFECTIVE. I ALSO PLEASE I HAD A QUICK QUESTION, SO THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE. HOW CAN WE GOT TO THIS STAGE IN ALL THESE YEARS AND WE HAVEN'T LOOKED AT IT BEFORE? WHEN WE COULD HAVE DONE MAYBE SOME KIND OF REPAIR WORK AND NOT SPENDING 11 HERE AND A 10 THERE? I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IS TO HOW DO WE GET TO THIS? WE HAVE LOOKED AT THIS OVER MANY YEARS, AND IN FACT, THE PIKE BROOKE PLANT WAS UPGRADED.
SUBSTANTIALLY 2012 2012. THANK YOU. IT'S GREAT HAVING CHRIS SITTING NEXT TO YOU. HE HAS ALL THE NUMBERS, UM IN 2012, BUT YOU KNOW, TIE THE MEMBRANES, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE JUST REPLACE THEM BY OURSELVES THIS SUMMER, SO YOU KNOW IT. IT SEEMS LIKE THAT PLANT WAS JUST UPGRADED, BUT IT WASN'T JUST UPGRADED. IT WAS MORE THAN A DECADE AGO. SO UM, PLUS, THERE WAS NO TELLING THE SEEDS JIM FOUGHT WITH THE WITH THE STATE REGARDING THE NITRATE LIMITS, WHETHER OR NOT THAT WOULD ACTUALLY EVER TAKE PLACE SO THAT THAT WAS ONGOING. WHAT WE DIDN'T WANT TO DO IS I WAS
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VERY CONFIDENT 20 YEARS AGO THAT THEY WERE NOT GOING TO MAKE THE TOWNSHIP MEET THOSE LIMITS BACK THEN. IT WASN'T SO CONFIDENT THAT ULTIMATELY THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO MEET HIM. BUT IF YOU HAD 20 YEARS AGO, PUT IN FACILITIES TO REMOVE NITRATE, THEN I'D BE SITTING HERE TODAY TELLING YOU IT'S TIME TO REPLACE OR UPGRADE THOSE FACILITIES BECAUSE THEY WERE 20 YEARS OLD NOW, SO YOU HAD 20 YEARS WHERE YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE THOSE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS FOR NITRATE ANYWAY.UM SO, YEAH, WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME LOOKING AT THIS. BUT YOU MY POINT WAS NOT JUST THE NITRATE. BUT IN BETWEEN ALL THESE YEARS WE DID NOT YOU DIDN'T COME UP TO US. WELL I WASN'T HERE BUT TO US AND SAY THAT WE NEEDED TO GET THIS DONE. AND YOU KNOW WHAT ARE WE BUTTING AGAINST? I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE TIMELINE OF THIS. SURE WE DID DO THIS. WE HAD MEETINGS JUST LIKE THIS. BUT IT WAS MORE THAN A DECADE AGO. NOW WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT THIS MAJOR UPGRADE, AND IT WAS A MEMBRANE SYSTEM, WHICH WAS AN EX, VERY EXPENSIVE SOLUTION, BUT IT WAS THE SOLUTION THAT WAS NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE STANDARDS AT THAT TIME. NOW WE'VE GOT SOME NEW STANDARDS. THE GOOD THING IS WE MADE A VERY GOOD DECISION BACK THEN THAT THE PROCESS THAT WAS CHOSEN OVER A DECADE AGO IS STILL IN MY OPINION, THE RIGHT PROCESS FOR THAT LOCATION. UM, SO WE'RE UTILIZING EVERYTHING THAT'S THERE, BUT WE'RE EXPANDING BECAUSE WE NEED HIGHER FLOW AND WERE IMPROVING SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT'S THERE. OKAY YES. SO I THINK I'M JUST GONNA GO BACK TO THE TIMELINE. UM AND MAYBE WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS NOW, BUT I DO HAVE A CONCERN ON OUR ABILITY AND IT'S NOT A REFLECTION OF ANY INDIVIDUALLY. JUST SOUNDS LIKE ONE POINT WE'RE GONNA HAVE THREE MAJOR UPGRADES. UH, MASSIVE CONSTRUCTION TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF INVESTMENT, UM ALL HAPPENING WITHIN, LIKE A 24 MONTH PERIOD. SO I THINK WE DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THE RIGHT NOW. BUT BEFORE WE MEDIC, AT LEAST BEFORE, I'M READY TO MAKE A DECISION LIKE TO UNDERSTAND. LIKE HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THAT? HOW ARE WE GONNA GET RISK? YOU KNOW, AND BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE EVER IT DOESN'T LOOK FROM THAT TIMELINE. WE'VE HAD NEVER HAD THAT MAGNITUDE OF WORK HAPPENING ON ONE, SO NOT NECESSARILY TRUE. WHEN IT CAME TO SCUM AND PIPE BROKE, THEY WERE BOTH UPGRADED AT THE SAME TIME. ACTUALLY THAT'S MY NEXT SLIDE, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT LONG TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION. NO SORRY. SO ONE MORE QUESTION I HAVE IS, UM I LIKE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND, SO I THINK YOU KNOW , ONE OF THE DECISIONS WE HAVE TO DO IS ATTENTION COMMITTEES BALANCED COST AND RISK. UM AND YOU KNOW WHAT'S THE COST? WHAT'S THE, UH, WHAT'S THE COST OF PUSHING THE TIMELINE OUT BY SIX MONTHS, AND I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN ABOUT THE BUFFER, BUT I I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND LIKE IF WE IF WE PUSH THIS OUT SIX MONTHS AND ALSO NAMED GOD FORBID, YOU KNOW THERE'S A SUPPLY CHAIN ORDERS COVID OR SOMETHING RIGHT? AND WE GET PUSHED OUT A COUPLE OF MONTHS INTO 2027. LIKE WHAT IS CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHAT THAT RISK WOULD BE IF WE WERE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE ALL OF THE RIGHT WORK, AND WE WERE LIKE CLOSE TO COMPLETING ITS LIKE Q ONE OF 2027 THAT WERE DONE LIKE WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE RISK THE RISK? UH, THERE ARE DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. BUT FOR CHERRY VALLEY CONSOLIDATION. THE RISK IS THAT SOMETHING GOES BAD AT THE CHERRY VALLEY TREATMENT BROKE CHERRY VALLEY KIND OF GET , BUT I THINK I'M THINKING ABOUT LIKE THIS WHOLE PERMIT COMING IN. SO THE RISK AT PIKE BROOKE, IS THAT, UM, YOU SOMETHING GOES WRONG. AND YOU YOU'RE NOT READY TO MEET YOUR AFFLUENT LIMITS. UM THE OTHER ISSUE IS IF WE GET RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN OUR ALTHOUGH THIS SUMMER HASN'T BEEN VERY DRY , BUT WE'RE IN A RELATIVELY FOR WASTEWATER FLOWS WERE IN A WELL RELATIVELY DRY PERIOD. THERE HAVE BEEN YEARS IN THE PAST WHERE THE ANNUAL AVERAGE FLOW AT THE PIKE BROKE PLANT WAS BASICALLY AT CAPACITY. RIGHT NOW IT'S BELOW CAPACITY. SO IF WE GOT A WET PERIOD UM, AND LET'S JUST SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, 2024 HAPPENED TO BE VERY WET. AND UM , THE FLOWS AT THE PIKE BROOKE PLANT WENT UP 2.68 MG DAY. SOMEBODY CAME TO YOU AT THAT POINT FOR A NEW CONNECTION. YOU WOULD HAVE A PROBLEM SIGNING OFF ON APPROVAL FOR THAT CONNECTION , BECAUSE THEORETICALLY, HE DIDN'T HAVE YOU YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TREATMENT PLANT CAPACITY.
SO THE ISSUE IN MY MIND IS TWO THINGS. ONE IS YOU STILL HAVE A LITTLE CAPACITY LEFT AT THAT PLANT BASED ON THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WE HAVE NOW TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. AND TWO IS.
YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A BUFFER BEFORE THOSE EFFLUENT LIMITS BECOME EFFECTIVE. SO ONLY
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I THINK I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THE RISK OF WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF JANUARY 2027. WE STILL WEREN'T DONE. AND NOW WE'RE SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE AFFLUENT, BUT BUT I FEEL LIKE IN PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS, WE'VE ASKED THE QUESTION OF HOW WE ARE ON OUR CAPACITY AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. I FEEL LIKE I'VE HEARD LIKE, OH, NO, WE'RE GOOD. AND SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'M HEARING THAT THERE'S RISK THAT WE MAY BE. YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU'RE GOOD IF YOU COMPARE THE ANNUAL AVERAGE FLOW TODAY. WITH THE CAPACITY AT THE PLANT. YOUR GOOD THE PROBLEM IS A YEAR FROM NOW, IF IT STARTS RAINING, THE ACTUAL CAPACITY AT THE PLANT COULD BE ZERO. BASED ON THE HISTORIC DATA THAT WE'VE SEEN. SO WE DON'T WANT TO PUSH. OUR LUCK, I GUESS IS THIS IS THE BEST WAY TO SAY IT IN THAT YOU WOULDN'T WANT A SITUATION WHERE YOU RUN OUT OF CAPACITY BEFORE YOU HAVE THE EXPANSION DONE THAT THAT'S THE RISK MAY NOT HAPPEN. I'M NOT SAYING IT'S IT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE DIDN'T DO IT. BUT IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT, UM, AT THE END OF IT WENT PAST THE QUARTER. IF WE'RE IN THAT MUCH OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, I'M SURE IF WE APPROACH THEN J D P ABOUT OUR PERMIT LIMITS. AT THAT POINT , WE WOULD HAVE A GOOD CASE AGAINST THEM AND FORCING THEM AT THAT MOMENT. I CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT. I DON'T THINK THAT WE COULD, BUT I THINK THAT THEY WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE ON. WE'RE FAR BEYOND JUST ON THE PATHWAY WITH PAPERWORK. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF COMPLETING THE PROJECT AND WHATEVER DELAYS THAT WE FACED IF IT WAS SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES OR ANYTHING ELSE LIKE THAT, BUT JUST NOT HAVING ONLY HAVING A PLAN MAY NOT BE ENOUGH RIGHT NOW, AND CERTAINLY WOULD WOULD CAUSE US TO BE FOUND WHEN THE PERMIT REACHES THAT POINT, SO TO ANSWER THAT PART OF YOUR QUESTION, I ASSUME THAT THAT MOMENT WOULD BE OKAY. NORMALLY I WOULD HAVE SAID THAT ALREADY HELD BACK FROM SAYING THAT FOR ONE REASON, AND THAT IS BECAUSE NITRATE HAS BEEN IN THE PERMIT FOR 20 YEARS. I DON'T THINK THE EPA IS GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF SYMPATHY WITH US IF WE DON'T HAVE THE PLAN DONE IN TIME. I'M NOT SAYING I CAN'T. I WOULDN'T TRY AND I DON'T THINK I COULD DO IT. BUT BUT I WOULDN'T WANT TO COUNT ON THEM SAYING MY THING TO DO SOMETHING ON COMPLYING. JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE RISK, RIGHT? WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING LIKE A YEAR BUFFER AND I UNDERSTAND SO I'M JUST TRYING TO CONCEIVING MY HEAD LIKE A YEAR, SIX MONTHS, YOU KNOW, MOVING OUT LIKE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES AND MAYBE CASH FLOWS, BUT I THINK I UNDERSTAND RESPONSE. A GREAT THOUGHT PROCESS SO GLAD YOU'RE GOING THROUGH IT, AND WE'VE CONTEMPLATED QUITE A BIT OF IT, BUT I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT. SO THIS SLIDE. I'M GOING TO LET MIKE TAKE YOU THROUGH, BUT WE'VE WE'VE SORT OF SUMMARIZED THE DOLLARS HERE AND THOUGHT THROUGH HOW WE WOULD PAY FOR IT BECAUSE THE FUNDING WOULD LIKELY WELL, YOU HAVE OPTIONS FOR FUNDING. I'LL HAVE MICHAEL EXPLAIN IT TO YOU. THANK YOU, JIM. SO JUST LIKE THE FLOOD WALL PROJECT. UH FUNDING THAT KIND OF THAT KIND OF THE FUNDING THAT WE WOULD BE PURSUING, WITH MOST LIKELY BE THE NEW JERSEY INFRASTRUCTURE BANK. THE I BANK THE BENEFITS OF THAT, AND WE SPOKE ABOUT THIS BEFORE THE BENEFITS OF THAT IS REALLY HALF OF THE LOAN IS INTEREST FREE. SO YOU GET A BLENDED RATE. UM AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE BLENDED RATE WOULD BE UNDER 3% WHICH AGAIN? YOU ALL KNOW WHAT THE RATES ARE IN TODAY'S MARKET, SO IT WOULD BE A GREAT RATE, BUT WHO KNOWS IN A COUPLE OF YEARS? WE'VE GOT A LIST JUST AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT JAMES SPOKE ABOUT THE COSTS. PIPE BROKE WAS 11 MILLION CHERRY VALUE WAS 10.4 MILLION. THAT BRINGS US UP TO 24.21 0.4 MILLION. UM. SOME OF THE OFFSETS A COUPLE OF OFFICERS THAT WE HAVE IS THE SUPER CAPACITY CONNECTION. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LARGE REMARKS SPOKE ABOUT CARRIER THAT WILL BE COMING ON THE BOOKS. UM ALSO OF THAT WAS ABOUT $1.9 MILLION ALMOST $2 MILLION. WE ALSO HAVE PRIOR CAPITAL SITTING THERE FOR THIS FOR $2 MILLION, SO RIGHT THERE WILL DECREASE THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE PROJECT FROM 21,400,000 TO 17,420,000. WE BROKE IT OUT TO WHAT THAT WOULD BE IN ANNUAL DEBT BASED ON SOME PROJECTED RATES THAT'S ABOUT 871,000 COMING ON OUR SEWER BUDGETS BOOKS WHEN THESE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. THE WAY WE WOULD LOOK TO OFFSET THAT JUST FOR MY EDUCATION, AND THEN YOU TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PRAYER CAPITAL IS THAT CASH THAT WE ALREADY HAVE? BECAUSE WE'VE TAKEN SOMETHING TO BOND OR IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CAST CORRECT CURRENTLY ON HAND, OKAY, SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO COLLECT MORE INTEREST ON THAT CASH. IT'S JUST ALREADY HERE. IT'S ALREADY HERE . YEP. ALREADY HERE ON THEIR BOOKS SITTING FOR AND WAITING FOR US TO MOVE ON WITH THIS PROJECT OR WHATEVER WE DECIDE. UM SO THAT COMES OUT TO $871,000 A YEAR IN ANNUAL DEBT. UM HOW WE LOOK TO OFFSET SOME OF THAT. MARK AGAIN SPOKE ABOUT THE ANNUAL USAGE FROM KERRY CLINIC[01:10:02]
THAT WILL BE JUST UNDER $200,000 . BASED ON THE PROJECTIONS. IT'S 195,000 I PUT IT, THERE ARE ANNUAL INCREASE BETWEEN NOW AND BY THE TIME WE GET TO 2026 AND AGAIN I'M BEING CONSERVATIVE IS $200,000. WE HAVE LAPS IN THE EXPENSES OF $300,000 INCREASE USED THE SURPLUS. WE HAVE A HEALTHY SURPLUS AND SEWER SO WE WOULD USE THE SURPLUS AS NEED BE, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES, AND THEN JIM SPOKE ER ABOUT THE OPERATIONAL COST REDUCTION OF 60,000 THAT TAKES YOU THE $871,000 THAT BEING SAID, THOUGH . UM IDEALLY FROM IF THIS WAS AN IDEA WHERE WORLD FINANCIALLY THE BEST TIME FOR THESE PROJECTS TO COME ON THE BOOKS WOULD BE BETWEEN REALLY AROUND 2028 2029. BECAUSE AS YOU SEE IN THE FOOTNOTE AT THE BOTTOM BETWEEN THOSE YEARS BETWEEN 29 AND 30 WHEN WE ACTUALLY HAVE OVER $1.5 MILLION IN DEBT COMING OFF OUR BOOKS, SO KIND OF HOW, UM WE PURCHASED THIS BUILDING. UM WE PURCHASED AT THE PERFECT TIME WHERE, RIGHT AS JUST ABOUT $2 MILLION WAS COMING OFF OUR BOOKS IN THE CURRENT FUND. THIS CAME IN HENCE, YOU DON'T SEE ANY TAX RATES. HUGE TAX RATE INCREASE SPIKES IN THE ATTACKS IS BECAUSE OF THE WAY WE PLANNED IT. EVEN BEFORE THAT, WITH THIS $871,000 THE PLAN WE HAVE AGAIN WE'RE GONNA USE OUR SURPLUS A LITTLE MORE THAN YOU KNOW, IDEAL, BUT WE DO HAVE A HEALTHY SURPLUS. UM IT'LL GET US TO THOSE YEARS OF 2029. AND THEN WE CAN START, YOU KNOW, TAKING OUR FOOT OFF THE PEDAL AND THE SURPLUS REPLENISHING THAT SURPLUS LITTLE AND AGAIN THAT 1.5 MILLION COMING OFF THE BOOKS IS GOING TO BE A LIFESAVER FOR NOT ONLY THIS PROJECT, BUT AS WELL AS THE FLOOD WALL PROJECT. SO REALLY WE'RE WORKING TO GET TO THAT 2029 YEARS WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR FINANCES. UM WE'LL MAKE IT WORK. OUR SURPLUS WON'T OUR FUND BALANCE OR SURPLUS WON'T INCREASE THOSE YEARS WILL BE DRAINING A LITTLE. NOT NOT TO A POINT WHERE WE'RE CONCERNED.UM BUT IT'LL GET US TO THE POINT. WHERE NOW? ALRIGHT THERE'S DEBTS COMING OFF THE BOOK BOOKS, WE CAN REDUCE OUR SURPLUS A LITTLE AND MANAGER OPERATIONS. UM THE WAY THEY SHOULD. YEAH I THINK YOU KNOW THIS IS I THINK A GOOD FIRST PRELIMINARY PLAN. UM, BUT I DO THINK THAT THIS AND YOU KNOW THE OTHER USES OF CAPITAL BUT ALSO THE USES OF SURPLUS BECAUSE, FRANKLY, IN MY HEAD, I'M ALSO BEEN THINKING ABOUT SOME OF THE 2024 EXPENSES THAT AND WE'RE GOING TO GO UP AND MY MIND IS ALREADY KIND OF LIKE MY SCENES SURPLUS FOR THAT. MAYBE WE CAN HAVE A MORE DETAILED MEDIA WITH THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE TO GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILS THAN WE CAN REPORT BACK. POTENTIAL COMMITTEE. MICHAEL SOUNDS GREAT. YEAH I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT FOR US TO HEAR. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. YOU CAN GET ALL THOSE DETAILED QUESTIONS IN HELL SET. HEY THANK YOU. SO OUR NEXT STEPS ARE WE GONNA THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE ARE GOING TO COME BACK AND TAKE REALLY LOOK THROUGH. WHAT ARE THE RAMIFICATIONS OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS OF THIS? THAT MAKES PERFECT SENSE JUST FOR NEXT STEPS. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE'RE GOING TO FINISH THE UPGRADE DESIGN FOR THE PIKE, BROOKE PLANT. UH IN OCTOBER, WE WOULD BE READY TO SUBMIT THE LOAN DOCUMENTS. UH OBVIOUSLY, THAT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU DECIDE , BUT WE COULD BE READY IN OCTOBER TO SUBMIT A LOAN DOCUMENTS FOR THE TWO PROJECTS.
UM WE STILL HAVE TO GET REMAINING PERMITS. SO THAT'S ON HERE. WHAT'S IN RED? THERE IS OBVIOUSLY IF YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE PROJECTS, WE NEED BOND ORDINANCES FOR THEM. IN ORDER TO KEEP THE SCHEDULE THAT I PRESENTED THOSE BAND ORDINANCE WOULD BE NEEDED IN ABOUT FEBRUARY OF 2024. AND THEN CONSTRUCTION WOULD START IN 2024 ON ONE OF THE PROJECTS AND THEN THE OTHER 1 2025. I THINK THE OTHER THING I WOULD SUGGEST, AND ALSO, SINCE THERE'S WE DON'T HAVE THE FULL COMMITTEE HERE AT EITHER, AND THIS IS A PRETTY BIG DECISION. UM, I WOULD I WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU KNOW, CHRIS, LIKE A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THE WORK THAT HAS TO HAPPEN BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE WHEN WE FIRST STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE STORM STORM WALL ETCETERA WAS LIKE WE ALREADY FELT THAT THAT WAS PRETTY LARGE UNDERTAKING. WE TALKED ABOUT A NETWORK ROLLING UP TO OTHER MAJOR PROJECTS AND APPRECIATE THAT. MAYBE THIS HAS BEEN IN THE PAST, BUT I THINK WOULD BE GOOD FOR ALL OF US CONTACT KIND OF TAKE A LITTLE BIT OVER A TIMELINE OF HOW EVERYTHING IS COMING IN. AND WHERE THERE COULD BE LIKE SIGNIFICANT CRITICAL PASSWORD. CRAP AND MAYBE ARE THERE WAYS TO SPREAD THINGS OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE PUSHER PUSH FORWARD BACK SIX MONTHS JUST TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH BUFFER AND WE DON'T COME BACK, LIKE TWO YEARS FROM NOW, LIKE, OH, HEY, WE'RE WE HAVE TOO MUCH STUFF GOING AT THE SAME TIME OR WHAT IS IT THAT WE'RE DOING TO DO THE RISK? YOU KNOW, DELAYS? I JUST BEFORE I THINK YOU KNOW
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EVEN THAT'S FINANCIALS IS ONE THING, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE OPERATIONALLY WE HAVE THE RESOURCES THE CAPABILITIES TO MANAGE ALL THOSE PRICE, SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL EXPENDITURES AND RESOURCE INTENSIVE WORK AT THE SAME TIME. YEAH, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THAT COMMITTEE WENT.YEAH YOU NEED TO HAVE THAT BEFORE. WHEN CAN WE SCHEDULE A NEW TOUR TO FIND OUT JUST KIND OF GET CHICKEN FOR THE PROJECT? WHERE THERE EVERY DAY YOU SAY. I SAID WHENEVER YOU'RE AVAILABLE OR THEIR EVERYDAY, OKAY. I MEAN THAT, HONESTLY, IT'S WHATEVER WE WILL ADJUST OUR SCHEDULE AROUND . WHOEVER WANTS TO COME DOWN AND TAKE A LOOK. WELL, THERE'S CERTAIN TIMES THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO GET IN THE WAY OF CONSTRUCTION. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE IT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW. WE COULD. WE'LL TALK TO SLOW IT DOWN. IF IT'S THINGS ARE MOVING, YOU DON'T WANNA GET IN THE WAY THAT INTERESTED IN SEEING HOW IT'S GOING. WHAT YOU WAIT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WANT TO WAIT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? JUST WAIT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND PERFECT. YOU CAN BRING IT UP DURING PUBLIC COMMENT BECAUSE THAT'S NEXT. I THINK. GREAT WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, GUYS. BUT ONCE YOU DON'T GO TOO FAR, BECAUSE WE KNOW ALREADY WE RE
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PREVIEWED THAT THE WE'RE GOING TO MOVE OVER TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. SO YOU MIGHT HAVE A COUPLE. YEP SO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO ADDRESS THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE ON MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE TOWNSHIP WILL BE LIMITED TO FIVE MINUTES PER PERSON IF COMMENTS ARE SIMILAR TO THOSE ALREADY STATED, PLEASE INDICATE YOUR SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION. GROUPS ARE ASKED TO SELECT A SPOKESPERSON. SO IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT, COME UP JUST YOUR NAME. UM AND HOW IT'S SPELLED YOUR LAST NAME. HOW IT'S SPELLED, UM AND THEN IN TERMS OF JUST TRYING NOT TO GET INTO A WHOLE DIALOGUE BACK AND FORTH, BUT LET'S SEE WHAT YOU GOT CLINTON. MY NAME IS CLEMENT THEORY IN ITALIANO FLOWERS, HAVE I O R. I THANK YOU. BLOOMBERG. AND I HAVE, UM QUESTION AND THEN AN OBSERVATION. AND THE QUESTION . UM WELL, NEARLY 50 YEARS AGO WHEN I MOVED TO BLOW WINBERG UM I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE LANDSCAPE AND ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF THE ROAD AND SO ON ON THE VILLAGE. SO I ENLISTED THE HELP OF AT THAT POINT IN TIME, ALMOST EMINENT HISTORIAN. FROM THE VAN HARLINGEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, AND HER NAME WAS URSULA BRICK, NELL. HER DAUGHTER IS STILL VERY ACTIVE TOWNSHIP AFFAIRS. AND WE DID A, UM, APPLICATION TO THE STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND THE FEDERAL, UM. CLAIM YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO SPEAK INTO ANYTHING FEDERAL PROGRAM FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION. LOEWENBERG BROWNSBURG AS A HISTORIC DISTRICT, AND WE PUT TOGETHER PRETTY EXCELLENT, UM, PRESENTATION, WHICH WAS ACCEPTED BOTH FEDERALLY, AND, UH, STATEWIDE. AND INDEED IT'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL TO US EVEN AS RECENTLY AS EIGHT OR 10 YEARS AGO WHEN ROAD UM IMPROVEMENTS WERE BEING PROPOSED. AND APPROVED. UM BY ENGINEERING, OFFICIALS OF THE COUNTY AND SO ON FOR THE. THE MODIFICATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF SAFETY OF ROUTE 5 18 AT THE INTERSECTION OF GREAT ROAD AND SO ON. WE HAD. WE HAD LOTS OF INPUT ON THAT. AND WHAT WAS BEING PROPOSED AT THE TIME WAS A LOT MORE. AH IMPACTFUL ON THE VILLAGE WITH AND WHAT? THEY FINALLY ENDED UP BUILDING AND IT WAS A GREAT IMPROVEMENT IN THE INTERSECTION, BUT IT DID NOT COME THROUGH MY DINING ROOM AND WIDENING AND WE GOT SOME, UH, STORM DRAINS AND SOME OTHER GOOD THINGS THAT WERE DONE ALONG WITH IT, SO IT WAS VERY BENEFICIAL. MY QUESTION IS, UM NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE. UM THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION, THE ANTHOLOGY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. THE BLOOMBERG REFORMED CHURCH. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY HAS RECEIVED ANY UH, PUT HER ASK OR REQUEST FOR COMMENT ON THIS. IS THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE CONDUCTED. WILL IT BE COPIED TO THE STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE? WILL IT BE SHARED WITH THE LOCAL LANDMARKS COMMITTEE IN OUR TOWN COMMISSION? I BELIEVE, RIGHT? OR THE END OR THE VAN HARLINGEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY. OR THE REFORMED CHURCH. BLOOMBERG WHICH HAS A CEMETERY RIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION, WHICH IS ALSO PART OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT. WILL YOUR WORK BE SHARED FOR THEIR REVIEW AND COMMENT? LET ME JUST LET ME JUST CLARIFY, SAID THEY ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATION THAT'S CURRENTLY GOING ON. YOU WANT THAT SHARED WITH THOSE PARTIES OR AT LEAST ONE ASKING IF THEY WILL BE AND IF THEY'RE NOT? I THINK I'M REQUESTING THAT THEY DO. I THINK THAT'S A REASONABLE[01:20:01]
REQUEST. I'M NOT SURE IF THEY HAPPEN AUTOMATICALLY, MAYBE TO THE ONE GROUP I WOULD SAY LANDMARKS PROBABLY, BUT ANYBODY ELSE I'M NOT SURE. SURE. AT THE START. STUDY TO PUT THEM ON NOTICE. I ALREADY TALKED TO TERRY CREWS AND PLANNING OFFICE AS SOON AS WE HAVE RESULTS. I AM THE SHERIFF LANDMARKS, OKAY? THAT'S GREAT. UM WILL IT GO ALSO TO THE STATE HISTORIC COMMISSIONER? I BELIEVE SO. THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE DP PERMITTED WEIRD. THAT HAPPENS AS PART OF ANY DP PERMIT THAT GOES THROUGH HISTORIC AREA. OKAY WELL, THAT'S SORT OF THE PROCESS THAT HAPPENED WHEN THE COUNTY WAS, UH, PROPOSING THOSE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS. IT WAS UNTIL THE VERY END OF THE WHOLE PROCESS OF REVIEW PROCESS THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE SAID. HOLD ON. WAIT A MINUTE. WE HAVE REVIEW OF THIS. THIS IS IMPACTING HISTORIC DISTRICT SO I'M HOPING IT ALL PLAYS OUT THAT WAY. THE OTHER THING IS JUST A AS I SAID, I MOVED IN. ALMOST 50 YEARS AGO, WHEN THE WHEN THE CHERRY VALLEY UM APPLICATION WAS BEING REVIEWED AND IN PROCESS OF THE PLANNING BOARD. I PAID A FAIR AMOUNT OF ATTENTION TO IT.UM AND I DISTINCTLY RECALL. UM THE. UH THERE WAS AN ON SITE MEETING WHERE THE UM PLANT WAS ACTUALLY ONE MINUTE LEFT UP AND OPERATING AND THE PERSON WHO WAS PRESENTING THE EFFLUENT QUALITY OF THE PLANT AND IT'S 1/5, AND IT'S EFFECTIVENESS, ACTUALLY DRANK A GLASS OF THE AFFLUENT.
I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN DEMONSTRATIONS LIKE THIS SOMEWHERE OR OTHER AND SO ON, VOLUNTEERING TO TAKE THE FIRST. NO BUT WHAT I'M WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT. IS IF HE WAS DRINKABLE AT THAT TIME, AND IF THAT WAS ACCURATE, YOU KNOW, COMMENT, AND SO IT'S OVER. HOW COULD THE WATER QUALITY? UM UM, REGULATIONS AND NOW EXCEED THAT? THEY DO. THEIR THEIR POLLUTANTS THAT WEREN'T EVEN REGULATED BACK THEN THAT ARE NOW REGULATED THE GUYS STILL WELL, OKAY? I DON'T KNOW. ANYWAY, THAT WAS THAT WAS I JUST THINK IT'S IRONIC. CAN YOU WRAPPED? JUST WRAP IT UP? THAT'S IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO UM WE'LL KEEP ALL THOSE PARTIES AT LEAST THE LANDMARKS INFORMED AND THEN, UM MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AT THE VERY END OF THE PROJECT. ANYONE ELSE. PUBLIC COMMENT STILL OPEN . HI BARBARA PRESTON. I'M ACTUALLY SPEAKING, UM, AS A ROCKY HILL RESIDENT. UM, EVEN THOUGH I'M WITH THE MONTGOMERY NEWS, AND CLEM, MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE HAD THAT WATER TO DRINK. I'M THINKING I DON'T KNOW WHAT INFLUENCE NOW THAT THEY HAVE MORE THINGS THAT THEY'RE TESTING. UM BUT MY QUESTION IS ABOUT AN ITEM THAT YOU HAVE ON THE AGENDA REGARDING RESEARCH PARK THAT WERE ALL THERE. THE WALL STREET PLACE. UM APPARENTLY , UM, I WAS LOOKING AT THE AGENDA, AND IT SAID THAT THERE WAS AT ONE POINT GOING TO BE A NEW OFFICE BUILDING. PUT THERE AND NOW, UM YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? YOU'RE LOOKING AT ME LIKE SORRY. WHICH ITEMS ARE YOU? 23-257 23. IT'S ACTUALLY ABOUT RETURNING OF MONEY TO A DEVELOPER WHO WAS AT ONE POINT GOING TO BUILD AN OFFICE BUILDING. AND MY QUESTION WAS JUST WHY IS THE OFFICE BUILDING NOT GOING TO BE BUILT AND I AND I JUST WONDER WHAT THE OCCUPANCY RATE IS? OF THE BUSINESS PARK. THAT'S ALL. TURN IT OVER TO YOU, MARK. THIS IS PRETTY SMALL TIME HERE. BUT IT WAS AN EXPANSION OF ONE OF THE BUILDINGS. WHICH STATE YOU NEVER. LAMPS AND OTHER PUBLIC EXPIRED. AH! HE REALIZED THEY STILL HAVE MONEY. REQUESTING WHEN WE SEND A LETTER . YEAH. FOR TONIGHT. THANK YOU ANYONE ELSE? OKAY THAT I WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU.
THAT WAS HELPFUL TO HAVE YOU HERE.
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ONE NOW. OKAY? OKAY? OKAY THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA OR ORDINANCES, INTRODUCTION AND[8. Ordinances #23-1705 – Release, Extinguishing & Vacating the Rights of the Township in Emergency Access and Utility Easement Rights Located on Lots 46 and 77, Block 34001 ]
FIRST READING. THE FIRST WILL BE ORDINANCE 23 17 05. IT'S AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY OF SOMERSET, RELEASING, EXTINGUISHING AND VACATING THE RIGHTS OF THE TOWNSHIP IN EMERGENCY ACCESS UTILITY EASEMENT RIGHTS LOCATED ON LOTS 46. 77 BLOCK 3401. DO YOU GO? SURE MAYOR AS EVERYONE IS AWARE OF THE, UH, AS THE PUBLIC MAY NOT BE ON THE BLOCK AND LOTS BUT AS THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE IS AWARE, UM, THIS IS THE AREA OF THE MONTGOMERY PROMENADE AND AS PART OF THE PREPARATION FOR THE PLATTE FILING AND THE SUBDIVISION, UM.WE BECAME AWARE OF AN EMERGENCY ACCESS AND UTILITIES AND IT WAS GRANTED YEARS AGO BACK WHEN THE AIRPORT WAS DOING SOME WORK. UM, AND THESE EASEMENTS WILL NO LONGER BE NEEDED BECAUSE WITH THE NEW MAP, THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC LOOP ROAD THAT'S GOING TO GO THROUGH THE MIDDLE THAT'S GOING TO CONNECT. THE 5, 18 AND 206 AND NO AREAS ARE GONNA BE LANDLOCKED, REQUIRING ACCESS ACROSS AND WILL BE NEW. EASEMENTS THAT WILL BE FILED AS WELL FOR FUTURE UTILITIES, DRAINAGE BUFFER ZONES, ETCETERA , SO THIS IS KIND OF THE CLEANUP BEFORE. THE OTHER CONSTRUCTION CAN BEGIN IN NO OFFENSE TO THE UM, THE BILL WOULD LETTERS COMING IN, BUT THIS WE'VE HAD SOME FALSE STARTS ON THIS REPORT . SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN AFTER IF IT DOESN'T GO THROUGH? THE DEED IS BEING DRAFTED IN A WAY TO WHERE IT DOES NOT BECOME EFFECTIVE UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE NEW ROAD IS ACTUALLY ACCEPTED BY THE TOWNSHIP, BUT BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO PASS AN ORDINANCE TO VACATE IT'S A CHICKEN AND EGG. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. THAT DO HAVE A MOTION TO INTRODUCE ORDINANCE. 23 1705 MOVED. SECOND COLD VOTE COMMITTEE MEMBER BARRAGAN YES, DEPUTY MAYOR SING YES. CANON? YES. THE NEXT ITEM ORDINANCES FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING FINAL ADOPTION. THERE
[Consent Agenda]
ARE NONE. THE NEXT ITEM IS THE CONSENT AGENDA BEFORE I GO DOWN , IS THERE YOU HAD A QUESTION ABOUT SOMETHING? WAS IT ON THE ACTUALLY? UM, MAYBE TWO QUESTIONS. UM MAYBE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO MISS PRESTON ASKED REGARDING. 23-9 THAT'S 258. AND MAYBE MAYBE A LITTLE EDUCATION.OF COURSE I THINK. OH, THERE YOU ARE STILL HERE? UM CAN YOU JUST HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHEN THERE'S A GUARANTEED IMPROVEMENT IS NOT COMPLETED LIKE WHO'S GUARANTEEING THE IMPROVEMENT? IS IT? THE TOWNSHIP IS IT THE DEVELOPER? THEY GIVE US MONEY? WE HOLD IT IN ESCROW. SO JUST HELP WALK ME THROUGH, MAYBE FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE AND MAYBE FURTHER FOR THE TOWNSHIP BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS A GOOD GREAT QUESTION. IF THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE AN IMPROVEMENT, THEY'RE NOT DOING IMPROVEMENT. WHY REGAINING THEIR MONEY BACK OR I'M SURE IT'S PRETTY COMMON SENSE, BUT I'M MISSING IT RIGHT NOW. HMM DO YOU WANT TO? UM WELL, WE COULD EITHER PULL IT OUT FOR A SEPARATE CONVERSATION. OR UM, I THINK WE COULD THINK I CAN ATTEMPT TO ANSWER AND IF NOT, MARK, FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN AND CORRECT ME BUT GENERALLY WITH PLANNING BOARD APPROVALS FOR CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SITE , THERE'S OTHER IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE REQUIRE. SUCH AS IF YOU'RE BUILDING SOMETHING OR EXPANDING, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE YOU HAVE TO ADD IN THE SIDEWALK OR SOMETHING. THAT FACT. SO IF THE UNDERLYING IMPROVEMENT THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS WAS SEEKING TO DO ISN'T GOING TO BE DONE, THEN THE WHOLE APPROVAL FAILS AND OKAY FORWARD WITH THE SECONDARY IMPROVEMENT MAKES SENSE. THANK YOU. QUESTION ON SOMETHING ELSE. YES, UH, 23 NASH , NINE. THAT'S 261 ON THE CAR PERMIT FOR THE CAR SHOW. UM I JUST HAVE SOME QUESTIONS BECAUSE, UM THE LAST CAR SHOW THAT WE HAD, UM I AND ALSO RECEIVED A LOT OF COMPLAINTS UNTIL SIX. THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC. UM PEOPLE WHO ARE ATTENDING IT WERE BLOCKING THE BOX 5, 18 AND TOOLS AND TOOL SIX. UM I HAVE TO SAY IT WASN'T LOUD WHEN MY FIRST CONCERN FOR THE FIRST ONE, BUT I DO WANT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND SINCE THIS IS OCCURRING. IN A FEW DAYS. WE'RE BEING ASKED TO APPROVE THIS TONIGHT. UM WHAT? WHAT PROCESSES DO WE HAVE IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE SAFE TRAFFIC DIRECTION. ETCETERA AND THAT SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT
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WE HAD IN THE LAST CAR SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO REPEAT THEMSELVES, SO I DID HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH LIEUTENANT PERRY ABOUT THE CAR SHOW. THIS IS NOT THE SAME PROMOTER AS THE SHOW PRIOR, SO THIS IS ON A MUCH SMALLER SCALE. UM THAT ISN'T WAS A MUCH LARGER SHOW, SO THEY ARE. HE'S BEEN IN CONTACT. I'M REGULAR BASIS WITH THE PROMOTER TO GET UPDATES ON THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED CARS THAT WILL BE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF ATTENDEES THAT ARE PLANNED, AND SO THE SCALE OF THE SHOW IS MUCH SMALLER. SO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS IN COMMUNICATION WITH THEM TO PROPERLY PLAN AND PROVIDE THE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO ADDRESS ANY OF THE CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC SAFETY AND ENFORCEMENT. AROUND THE EVENT GOING ON AS WELL AS PEOPLE ENTER AND EXIT THE SHOW. YEAH, BUT YOU KNOW OUR POLICE GOING TO BE STATIONED AROUND. YOU KNOW WHAT I BECAUSE IT'S PART OF CONSENTED. GENERAL SHOULD I JUST PULL IT OUT? I THINK THE ISSUE IS THAT IT'S LIKE IN A COUPLE OF DAYS. I AGREE WITH MANY MEN THAT YOU KNOW THE DATE IS SO FAST AND WE'RE SEEING IT NOW. WELL THAT'S THE OTHER THING. WE NOT HAVING MUCH CHANCE TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT. SO LET'S PULL THAT OUT FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION MORE DISCUSSION, OKAY, OKAY, WE'LL GO BACK TO THE, UH PERRY IS STILL HERE THAT HE CAN COME BACK IN. AND YEAH, OKAY. GREAT SO WE'LL PULL PERFECT. IT'S RIGHT AT THE . NO IT'S NOT TO 62 TO 61. OKAY SO WITH THAT, DO I HOLD ON? OKAY THEN, WITH THAT DR EMOTION TO ADAPT THE CONSENT AGENDA. THAT COVERS RESOLUTIONS. 23-9 DASH 252 THROUGH. 23-9 DASH 262. I'M SORRY, 260. WE ARE GOING TO BE TAKING THE LAST ONE OUT FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION OF EMOTION TO ADAPT 2ND 2ND. ALL OF A COMMITTEE MEMBER. BARICAN DEPUTY MAYOR SAYING YES, CANAAN.YES. DISCUSS, UM. YES, WE WANT TO DISCUSS THE CAR. SHOW THE CAR SHOW ONE SO THE CONCERNS ARE FROM THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED. IT WAS THERE WAS A LOT OF ISSUES WITH TRAFFIC, AND WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT IT'S MUCH AND MUCH SMALLER. UM AND THEN SECOND, BARELY THE TIME THAT IT COMES IN FRONT OF US IS NOT REALLY SUFFICIENT, SO WE DON'T WANT TO SEE SOMETHING THIS CLOSE, AND I KNOW, CLEANING UP AND GETTING ON TOP OF CERTAIN THINGS. SO I DO KNOW WHERE THESE THINGS HAPPEN.
BUT GOING FORWARD. I THINK WE NEED A MUCH LONGER PERIOD OF TIME TO IN ORDER TO HAVE THIS KIND OF STUFF. IT FEELS LIKE IT JUST SMUSHED IN. SO IF EVEN IF IT'S BEEN AWAY, WE'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR A WHILE. LET'S MAKE SURE THAT ANYBODY THAT PUTS ONE THROUGH KNOWS WE HAVE WE NEED THE TIME. THANK YOU. SO IS OFFICER PERRY HERE? YES, LIEUTENANT ON HIS WAY BACK, AND WE CAN PROBABLY OKAY, SO WE'LL WE'LL COME BACK TO THIS ONE, THEN. OKAY OKAY. THE NEXT ITEM
[19. Authorizing Shared Services Agreement for Uniform Construction Code Inspection and Support Staff Services Between the Townships of Montgomery, Franklin, Branchburg and Hillsborough]
IS RESOLUTION. 23-9 DASH 262 AUTHORIZING SHARED SERVICE AGREEMENT FOR UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODE INSPECTION AND SUPPORT STATS SERVICES BETWEEN THE TOWNSHIPS OF MONTGOMERY, FRANKLIN, BRANCHBURG AND HILLSBOROUGH. THIS IS A SHARED SERVICE THAT WE ENTER INTO WITH THESE TOWNSHIPS TO COVER IF ONE OF OUR CODE OFFICIALS OR BUILDING INSPECTORS OR SUB CODE OFFICIALS IS OUT FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, SO OR WHEN WE RECIPROCATE WITH WITH THESE MUNICIPALITIES, SO THAT THERE'S NOT A DELAY IN REVIEWING BUILDING PERMITS AND DOING THE INSPECTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS? I ASK THIS QUESTION, BUT JUST TO PUT ON RECORD ON AS OF TODAY, RIGHT? IT SEEMS TO BE LIKE PRETTY MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL. WE'RE NOT SUBSIDIZING ANY OF THE OTHER TOWNSHIPS CORRECT. THAT IS CORRECT. WE MAKE SURE THAT THE RACE THAT WE HAVE IN THERE ARE COMPARABLE TO WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE'RE PAYING OUR EMPLOYEES AS OF THIS YEAR, AND I THINK WE ACTUALLY HAD ANY USE SO FAR. I'M THINKING THE MUNICIPALITY IN THE HILLS WOULDN'T USE THIS THIS YEAR WITH THAT. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO OPEN. MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 23-9 DASH 26 TO SOME MOVED. 2ND 2ND ROLL CALL VOTE COMMITTEE MEMBER BARICAN DEPUTY MAYOR SAYING YES, CANON SO WHY DON'T WE CIRCLE BACK? SO UM, LIEUTENANT PERRY, THIS IS WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING RESOLUTION 23-9[18. Authorizing Outdoor Assembly Permit – Car Show]
DASH 261. THIS IS AUTHORIZING THE OUTDOOR ASSEMBLY PERMIT FOR THE CAR SHOW THAT IS REQUESTING APPROVAL FOR AN EVENT ON SEPTEMBER 24TH 2023 AND THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS AND I'LL JUST HAVE YOU TURN OVER TO YOUR COMMUNITY LAST CAR SO THAT WE HAD, ALTHOUGH THERE WASN'T ANY[01:35:03]
NOISE ISSUES, BUT I PERSISTED AND HAD PEOPLE REACHING OUT TO ME ABOUT UM CAR SHOW ATTENDEES, UM, BEING VERY AGGRESSIVE ON THE ROADS LIKE, ESPECIALLY 5 18 INTO 206 TURNING BLOCKING THE BOX, ETCETERA. UM AND SO THE QUESTION I HAD ASKED IS, YOU KNOW, DO WE HAVE ANY ACKNOWLEDGING SOUNDS LIKE SMALLER SHOW, BUT I STILL FEEL LIKE PEOPLE STILL COME FROM A LONG WAYS AWAY TO COME TO THESE EVENTS. UM, WE HAVE LIKE ANY CHANGES IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE RIGHT TRACK THAT OR HAS THE PROMOTER LIKE THAN THE RIGHT FUNDING FOR EXTRA POLICE STAFF, ETCETERA TO MANAGE TRAFFIC ETCETERA SET WE CAN MINIMIZE SOME OF THOSE ISSUES SO I CAN SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS SHOW. THIS SHOW IS FITTED. THE LAST SHOW YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WAS LITTLE SCHOON EASE. THAT WAS A MUCH LARGER SHOW. OKAY YOU'RE TALKING IN EXCESS OF 3 TO 4000 ATTENDEES SO THAT SHOW TO SPECTATORS, NOT INCLUDING THE CARS THAT WERE IN THERE. UM WE DID RECEIVE SOME REPORTS OF TRAFFICKING DIGESTION RELATED TO THAT I AM FAMILIAR WITH THE ONE COMPLAINT ABOUT THE 206 AND 5 18 BEING BLOCKED OUT. I WAS WORKING THAT SHOW. UM BUT TIME WE GOT THERE WAS UNFOUNDED . TRAFFIC WAS FLOWN EASILY THROUGH THAT INTERSECTION. BUT THAT SHOW WAS BIG. THIS SHOW IS MUCH SMALLER THAN THAT, AS OF, UM, YESTERDAY THEY HAD WELL UNDER 500 ATTENDEES SCHEDULE AND EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE CONTAINED TO THE ACTUAL AIRPORT PROPERTY WHERE THE GOONIES WAS AT 10 60 ROUTE 206 RESEARCH PARK PARK, THE LONG 206. AND THAT CAUSED A LOT OF THE, UH, PROBLEMS. PROBABLY THAT YOU'RE REFERENCING. ON A SIDE NOTE. WE GOT INFORMED TODAY THAT THERE ARE POSTPONING THIS SHOW. OH IS NOT GOING TO BE SUNDAY BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER BELIEVE THEY REQUESTED THE DATE TO BE MOVED TO OCTOBER. 8TH I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS RELATED TO IT WAS NOT WHAT DAY OCTOBER? WELL THAT'S THE COMMUNICATE US THAT THEY WANTED TO BE. OCTOBER 8TH NOW THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO GET IN TOUCH WITH WITH YOU. THAT'S WHAT WE INSTRUCTED THEM TO DO THE PROMOTER SO THEY CAN BE RESCHEDULED, I GUESS AND PUT ON THE AGENDA FOR THE EIGHTH, NOT THE 24TH. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WANT TO PLAY THAT, BUT UH, THEY CANCELED THE OFFICERS THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO WORK FOR THEM SUNDAY. SO WHAT DO ITS SUGGESTIONS IF THEY'RE GOING TO CHANGE IT, AND THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT THE EIGHTH? WE HAVE ANOTHER MEETING BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, ANYWAY, SO I SAY WE JUST RETIRED THIS ONE. AND CONSIDER THAT DEFINITELY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THINK QUESTIONS. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANKS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, SO THAT MEANS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS CLARIFICATION FOR ME PULLING THIS AND JUST PULLING IT. NO ACTION THIS EVENING AND WE'LL RE CARRY 2 OCTOBER FIFTH. ASSUMING THEY GET BACK IN TOUCH WITH YOU. CORRECT THEM? YEAH. YOU MIGHT KNOW ANYTHING. I WOULD NOTE, AT LEAST, IS THAT IF WE'RE CARRYING IT TO OCTOBER, 5TH JUST KEEP THE SAME RESOLUTION NUMBER AND INDICATE THE AMENDMENT FOR THE DATE. AH. GOT IT. THANK YOU. RESOLUTION. 23-9 DASH 263 AUTHORIZING SHARED SERVICE[20. Authorizing Shared Services Agreement for Uniform Construction Code Inspection and Support Staff Services Between the Township of Montgomery and Princeton]
AGREEMENT FOR UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODE INSPECTION SERVICE BETWEEN THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY AND PRINCETON. I'M ASSUMING IT'S THE SAME IDEAS, THE OTHERS IN IS THIS TRUE? YES THE THIS IS JUST ADDING ANOTHER MUNICIPALITY TO THE MIX AND THE ONLY REASON THIS WAS NOT TOGETHER WITH THE FIRST SHARED SERVICES. THE FIRST SHARED SERVICE WAS AMONGST THOSE TOWNS TO EACH OTHER. THIS IS ONLY BETWEEN PRINCETON IN MONTGOMERY. OKAY? WITH THAT I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 23-9 DASH 263 SO MOVED. 2ND 2ND CALL PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER BARICAN[21. Authorizing Award of BID for Mechanical Repair Servicesfor Township Wastewater Treatment Facilities]
DEPUTY MAYOR SING YES. KEENAN? YES? RESOLUTION 23-9 DASH 264 AUTHORIZING THE AWARD OF BID FOR MECHANICAL REPAIR SERVICE FOR THE TOWNSHIP. WE SLAUGHTER TREATMENT FACILITIES. YES, THIS IS FOR THE BID THAT WE HAD ON SEPTEMBER 13TH FOR THE MECHANICAL REPAIRS FOR THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES . WE ONLY HAD ONE BID AND THAT WAS MUNICIPAL MAINTENANCE COMPANY WE'VE BEEN USING THEM THE PAST FEW YEARS REPUTABLE. THEY DO A GOOD JOB, AND THERE WERE THE LOWEST AND RESPONSIVE BITTER. LOWEST AND HIGHEST AND MIDDLE THAN EXACTLY. THAT DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 23-9 DASH 264 MOVED. 2ND 2ND CALL PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER. BARICAN YES, DEPUTY MAYOR SING YES. KEENAN RESOLUTION 23. SHOULD WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT 23-9 DASH 265? THANK YOU. SO WE'LL EDIT THAT, UM, AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF[22. Authorizing Purchase of a Mean Green Evo 74-Inch Electric Zero Turn Mower through Educational Services Commission of New Jersey (ESCNJ) for the Department of Parks and Recreation]
A MEAN GREEN EVO 74 INCH ELECTRIC ZERO TURN MOWER. SO THIS IS EXCITING. SO WE HAVE OUR[01:40:06]
FIRST. IS THIS OUR FIRST MOWER? THAT IS ELECTRIC? YES. THIS IS OUR FOR OUR FIRST PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. SO WE, UM WE THANK UM LAUREN, WHO'S HERE? TONIGHT SHE WAS INVOLVED, AND JOHN GRUGGER, OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR JOHN SNYDER. OUR PARKS , MORMON AND ART VILLANO, OUR SUPERINTENDENT, DPW WHO KIND OF ALL WORKED TOGETHER TO YOU KNOW REVIEW WHAT'S AVAILABLE OUT THERE AND ALL THE SPECIFICATIONS BECAUSE IT IS OUR FIRST ONE, SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE BUYING SOMETHING THAT WAS GOING TO LAST AND REALLY TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION TO YOU, MAYOR KEENAN AS WELL FOR REALLY ADVOCATING FOR THIS. UM AND I THINK ALL OF THE STAFF IS VERY APPRECIATIVE AND EXCITED TO KIND OF ENTER INTO THIS, UH, THIS NEW AREA FOR US. THIS IS EXCITING.MAYBE THE THREAT OF NOT SAYING WELL, IF IT STILL HAS A COMBUSTION ENGINE. WE'RE NOT GOING TO PROVE IT MAY HAVE HELPED TO ANY QUESTIONS, OK? WITH THAT TO HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 23-9 DASH 265. MOVED 2ND 2ND ROLL CALL, PLEASE REMEMBER BEAR AGAIN? YES, MAYOR
[23. Approval of Minutes]
SANG YES. CANON? YES. THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? DO I HAVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE REGULAR MEETING? MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 7TH 2023, SO MOVED 2ND 2ND ALL IN FAVOR. I MOTION TO APPROVE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION MEETING MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER. 7TH 2023 AS TO FORM ONLY PROMOTION 2ND 2ND ALL IN FAVOR. THE NEXT ITEM IS RESOLUTION. 23-9 DASH 266[24. Payment of Bills]
PAYMENT OF BILLS POSTED YES, MAYOR. THIS MEETING THE THREE HIGHEST BILLS ON THE BILL LIST ARE ON PAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF PAGE TWO. THE FIRST ONE IS BOARD OF EDUCATION 6,927,236. THE SECOND HALF IS 1,301,700. THAT WAS JUST SOME SICK ANY IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY. IT'S OUR DEBT PAYMENT FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL BUILDING AND THE FINAL. THE LARGEST IS 1,284,643. CENTS THAT WAS TO THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, AND THAT IS JUST OUR ANNUAL DEBT PAYMENTS RELATED TO OUR SERIES 2012 AND 2017 BONDS. OKAY ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS NOW THAT WE HAVE SINCE WE HAVE THE CFO HERE, ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY? WITH THAT WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 23-9 DASH 266 2ND ROLL CALL, PLEASE REMEMBER BERRIGAN DEPUTY MAYOR SING? YES. KEENAN? YES? THERE IS NO CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE COMMITTEE. NO NEW BUSINESS. WE WANT TO TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE REPORTS. WHAT? WHAT CAN WE DO A TIME CHECK WITH 8 43. WHO IT'S ALMOST NINE I'M GOING TO. I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT WE SKIP UNLESS WE DO IT NEXT TIME. DOES ANYONE HAVE SOMETHING THEY NEED TO BRING FORWARD RIGHT NOW? OKAY LET'S SKIP THE LET'S GET THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE REPORTS AND[28. Administrator’s Report]
WE'LL DO IT NEXT. NEXT ONE SPEAK FAST FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT. HOW'S THAT? JUST REMINDING EVERYONE THAT THE COMMUTER BUS AT THE HILLSBOROUGH PARK AND RIDE IS AVAILABLE FOR 6:30 A.M. AND 7:30 A.M. DEPARTURE TIMES INTO NEW YORK CITY? YES I SAW THE YES, I SAW THE MAYOR OF HILLSBORO TODAY. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE BUS, SO IT'S GETTING SOME PRETTY GOOD RIDERSHIP, BUT, YOU KNOW, KEEP IT. KEEP IT GOING. KEEP IT GOING , AND PEOPLE ARE SENDING US PICTURES. THEY SHOULD SEND IT TO THE NEWSPAPER. THAT'S GREAT IN THE BUS THREE IN TERMS OF FUTURE[29. Future Agenda Items]
AGENDA ITEMS, WHERE HAVE THE STATUS OF DEVELOPMENT FOR 2023? AND THE NEXT ITEM IS RESOLUTION[30. Executive Session]
23-9 DASH 267 FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION 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 CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS WITH RESPECT TO WHICH THE PUBLIC MAY BE EXCLUDED PURSUANT TO SECTION SEVEN B OF THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT. THE GENERAL NATURE OF SUBJECTS TO BE DISCUSSED IN THIS SESSION OR AS FOLLOWS. POTENTIAL ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR OPEN SPACE CONSERVATION, RECREATION AND OR MUNICIPAL PURPOSES. THAT INCLUDES BLOCK 8001.7 0.01 AND EIGHT THE STATS BLOCK 1101.12 BLOCK 1102, BUT. 36 BLOCK 1201 LOT 15 AND THE NEXT ITEM IS INTOXICATED PENDING LITIGATION.COUNTRY CLUB BENTOS VERSUS THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY. IT IS UNKNOWN PRECISELY WHEN THE MATTERS DISCUSSED IN THE 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.
THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE WILL RETURN TO REGULAR SESSION AND MAY TAKE FURTHER ACTION AND THIS
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RESIDENT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY. DO I HAVE EMOTION TO ADAPT RESOLUTION 23-9 DASH 267 MOVED. 2ND 2ND CALL, PLEASE REMEMBER BARICAN DEPUTY MAYOR SAYING YES. KEENAN? YES. GOOD.THANK YOU. WE'RE BACK. OKAY WELCOME BACK. DO I HAVE EMOTION TO CLOSE EXECUTIVE SESSION AND OPEN REGULAR SESSION? SO MOVED. 2ND 2ND ALL IN FAVOR. BY AND FINALLY DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED SECOND. ALL
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