READY? I'M TELLING YOU, WE'RE READY. YEP. OKAY GOOD EVENING, THIS IS THE REGULAR MEETING OF
[Call to Order]
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MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE CALLED TO ORDER AT 7 A.M. AND THIS IS OUR REGULAR MEETING. PM SORRY, PM AND THIS IS OUR REGULAR MEETING FOR JUNE 6TH, 2020 FOR ROLL CALL, PLEASE.MAYOR SINGH HERE, MAYOR BERRIGAN HERE, MEMBER KEENAN HERE. COMMITTEE MEMBER TAYLOR. TODD HERE. COMMITTEE MEMBER ON HERE. IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETING MEETINGS ACT, ADEQUATE NOTICE OF THIS MEETING WAS PROVIDED ON JANUARY 12TH, 2024 TO THE COURIER NEWS AND THE STAR LEDGER POSTED ON THE MUNICIPAL BULLETIN BOARD AND FILED WITH THE TOWNSHIP CLERK.
PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE I. ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. OKAY SO WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING EAGLE SCOUTS LUCAS
[1. Proclamation - Recognizing Eagle Scouts Lucas Clark, Joshua Darrow, Benjamin Edelstein, Jai Narula, Samuel Orshan and Zachary Rizzi]
CLARK, JOSHUA DARROW, BENJAMIN EDELSTEIN, JAY NARULA, SAMUEL ASHTON, AND ZACHARY RIZZI, WHEREAS LUCAS CLARK, JOSHUA DARROW, BENJAMIN EDELSTEIN, JAY NARULA, SAMUEL ORSHAN, AND ZACHARY RIZZI HAVE ATTAINED THE PRESTIGIOUS RANK OF EAGLE SCOUT WITH THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA.AND WHEREAS THE STANDARDS ESTABLISHED FOR THIS HONOR ARE HIGH AND VERY DIFFICULT TO ACHIEVE, AND WHEREAS THOSE WHO HAVE WORKED DILIGENTLY TO ACHIEVE THIS RANK HAVE EXHIBITED EXCELLENCE IN LEADERSHIP AND A DEEP COMMITMENT TO THEIR COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS LUCAS CLARK'S INSTALLATION OF A UNITED STATES FLAG RETIREMENT BOX AT THE MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP MUNICIPAL BUILDING, SKILLMAN, NEW JERSEY IS AN OUTSTANDING AND INNOVATIVE USE OF TOWNSHIP RESOURCES, OFFERING THE COMMUNITY A WAY TO RESPECTFULLY RETIRE WORN AND TATTERED FLAGS.
AND WHEREAS JOSHUA DARROW'S CONSTRUCTION OF A PRAYER GARDEN AT STONEHILL CHURCH, 1025 BUNN DRIVE, PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY, IS AN OUTSTANDING USE OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES, OFFERING AN ADDITIONAL PLACE FOR WORSHIP AND REFLECTION, INVITING INDIVIDUALS TO CONNECT AND FIND TRANQUILITY IN THE BEAUTY OF NATURE. AND WHEREAS BENJAMIN EDELSTEIN'S CONSTRUCTION OF RAISED PLANTERS FOR THE DAYCARE FACILITY AT THE SYNAGOGUE SHALOM, BELLMORE IS AN OUTSTANDING AND INNOVATIVE USE OF TOWNSHIP RESOURCES, PROVIDING ESTHETIC APPEAL, IMPROVED SOIL CONDITIONS, HEALTHIER HARVEST WATER MANAGEMENT, PEST CONTROL AND AN EXTENDED GROWING SEASON. AND WHEREAS JAY NARULA'S CONSTRUCTION OF A GAGA BALL PIT AT MONTGOMERY VETERANS PARK IS AN OUTSTANDING USE OF TOWNSHIP RESOURCES TO PROMOTE BOTH SOCIAL INTERACTION AND PHYSICAL FITNESS TO VISITORS OF THE PARK. AND WHEREAS SAMUEL AUCHAN'S CONSTRUCTION OF A MOVABLE GARDEN AT THE JEWISH CENTER OF PRINCETON, 345 NORTHWEST PRINCETON IS AN OUTSTANDING USE OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES, OFFERING INDIVIDUALS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GROW PLANTS IN CONTAINERS THAT CAN BE READILY MOVED AND REPOSITIONED, AND WHEREAS ZACHARY RIZZI'S CONSTRUCTION OF A GARBAGE AND RECYCLING ENCLOSURE AT ROCKY HILL PARK AND TOWN HALL IS AN OUTSTANDING USE OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND OFFERS A MEANS OF SEGREGATING TRASH AND RECYCLABLE BY MINIMIZING POLLUTION AND REDUCING RESOURCE DEPLETION FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED ON THE SIXTH DAY OF JUNE 2024 THAT WITH GREAT PRIDE, THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY, COUNTY OF SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY, HEREBY EXTENDS SINCERE CONGRATULATIONS TO LUCAS CLARK, JOSHUA DARROW, BENJAMIN EDELSTEIN, JAY NARULA, SAMUEL ARCHAMBAULT, AND ZACHARY RIZZI ON THIS MILESTONE ACHIEVEMENT AND OFFERS BEST WISHES FOR CONTINUED SUCCESS.
CAN WE GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO THE EAGLE SCOUTS? WHO'S HERE FROM THE TROOP? BUT IF YOU CAN JUST COME UP AND.
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YOU WANT.TO. OKAY NOW WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING JUNETEENTH. WHEREAS
[2. Proclamation - Recognizing Juneteenth]
OUR COUNTRY IS COMPRISED OF PEOPLE FROM EVERY NATION ON EARTH WHO ARE DECLARED EQUAL AND NOT ONLY IN FREEDOM, BUT ALSO IN JUSTICE, BOTH OF WHICH ARE ESSENTIAL FOR A HEALTHY HUMAN CIVILIZATION. AND WHEREAS OUR NATION WAS CONCEIVED ON JULY 4TH, 1776 WITH THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE PROCLAIMING, WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT, THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED, CREATED EQUAL, THAT THEY ARE ENDOWED BY THEIR CREATOR WITH CERTAIN UNALIENABLE RIGHTS THAT AMONG THESE ARE LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. AND WHEREAS AT 2 P.M. ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, JANUARY 1ST, 1863, USING HIS WAR POWERS AS PRESIDENT, ABRAHAM LINCOLN SIGNED THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION, PROVIDING THAT ALL PERSONS HELD AS SLAVES WITHIN ANY STATE OR DESIGNATED PART OF THE STATE SHALL BE THEN THENCEFORWARD AND FOREVER BE FREE. AND WHEREAS THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION ABOLISHED SLAVERY, THE UNION WAR AIM, AND PROVIDED THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE EMANCIPATION OF NEARLY ALL 4 MILLION SLAVES, AS THE UNION ARMIES ADVANCED, AND WHEREAS HEARING OF THE PROCLAMATION, MANY SLAVES ESCAPED TO THE UNION LINES AS THE ARMY UNITS MOVED SOUTH. WHEREAS WHEN UNION ARMY GENERAL GORDON GRANGER LANDED AT THE TEXAS PORT CITY OF GALVESTON IN 1865, AS THE CIVIL WAR DREW TO A CLOSE, ONE OF HIS FIRST ACTIONS WAS TO READ GENERAL ORDER NUMBER THREE, WHICH STATED THAT ALL SLAVES ARE FREE AND THAT FORMER MASTERS AND SLAVES HAVE ABSOLUTE EQUALITY OF PERSONAL AND PROPERTY RIGHTS, AND WHEREAS FOLLOWING THIS STATEMENT, JUNE 19TH, JUNETEENTH BECAME THE EMANCIPATION DATE OF THOSE LONG SUFFERING FOR FREEDOM. AND WHEREAS SINCE THEN, AS THE OLDEST KNOWN CELEBRATION COMMEMORATING THE END OF SLAVERY IN AMERICA, THE TRADITION OF CELEBRATING JUNETEENTH HAS REMAINED STRONG WELL INTO THE 21ST CENTURY. TO RECOGNIZE THE TRIUMPH OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT OVER THE CRUELTY OF SLAVERY, AND TO HONOR THE STRENGTH, ENDURANCE, AND FAITH OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ANCESTORS. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED THAT THE MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE HEREBY DECLARES JUNE 19TH, 2020 FOR JUNETEENTH, FREEDOM DAY IN[00:10:01]
MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP AND ENCOURAGES RESIDENTS, SCHOOLS, BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY GROUPS TO CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH AS A DAY OF REMEMBRANCE, LIBERATION AND CELEBRATION. I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY HERE THAT SAM IS GOING TO BE THE MUSEUM HERE, IS GOING TO HAVE AN EVENT ON[3. Proclamation - Recognizing June as LGBTQIA+ Pride Month]
JUNE 15TH. PLEASE LOOK AT OUR WEBSITE FOR THE DETAILS. SO NOW WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING JUNE AS LGBTQ, IA AND PRIDE MONTH. WHEREAS LGBTQ, IA AND AMERICA AND PLUS AMERICANS HAVE LONG MADE AND CONTINUE TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HEALTH AND VITALITY OF OUR NATION SINCE ITS FOUNDING. AND WHEREAS THE MOVEMENT PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT NEW JERSEY AND WHEREAS AMERICANS CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE WITH DISCRIMINATION AND INJUSTICE. AND WHEREAS THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY IS DESIROUS OF CELEBRATING THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE LGBTQIA PLUS AMERICANS ACKNOWLEDGING THE SORROWS EXPERIENCED, RECOGNIZING THE WORK THAT REMAINS TO BE DONE, AND DEMONSTRATING SUPPORT AND ACCEPTANCE BY PROUDLY DISPLAYING THE RAINBOW PRIDE FLAG. AND WHEREAS, THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY AFFIRMS ITS COMMITMENT TO CONTINUED JUSTICE, INCLUSION AND EQUITY FOR THE LGBT IKEA PLUS AMERICANS BY DECLARING JUNE 2020 FOR LGBTQ IA PLUS PRIDE MONTH, NOW, THEREFORE, IT BE PROCLAIMED THAT THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY OF SOMERSET, STATE OF NEW JERSEY, HEREBY DECLARES JUNE 2024 LGBTQIA PLUS PRIDE MONTH TO COMMEMORATE THE STRIDES MADE AMONGST LGBTQIA PLUS AMERICANS AND DEMONSTRATES SUPPORT FOR CONTINUED JUSTICE, INCLUSION AND EQUITY. THE SIXTH DAY OF JUNE 2024. NOW WE HAVE RESOLUTION[4. Resolution #24-6-187 - Authorizing Appointments to the 2024-2025 Youth Leadership Council]
NUMBER 24, DASH SIX, DASH 187. AND THIS IS SOMETHING VERY CLOSE TO OUR HEARTS AUTHORIZING THE APPOINTMENTS TO THE 2024 TO 2025 YOUTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL. OKAY. THE YOUTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL, OR WILK, IS AN AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT GIVES STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP MUNICIPAL VOLUNTEER BOARDS ALONGSIDE ADULT MEMBERS. HERE, THEY CAN SHARE IDEAS WHILE IMPROVING THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT. WHILE SHE GIVES MONTGOMERY'S YOUTH GREAT EXPOSURE TO THE WORKINGS OF THE MUNICIPALITY WHERE THEY LIVE, AND ALLOWS THEM TO SERVE AS A VESSEL OF INFORMATION BETWEEN TOWNSHIP GOVERNMENT AND ITS YOUTH AND ALL ITS RESIDENTS. THEIR MISSION IS TO AMPLIFY YOUTH VOICES IN MONTGOMERY AND CONNECT YOUTH RESIDENTS WITH LOCAL LEADERSHIP, IMPROVING TRANSPARENCY OF TOWNSHIP BOARDS IN THE EYES OF THE COMMUNITY. THEIR SUBCOMMITTEES AMPLIFY TOWNSHIP MESSAGING THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, PODCASTS, AND WRITTEN MATERIALS, WHILE C MEMBERS ARE RESIDENTS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 13 TO 18 WHO APPLY AND ARE COMPETITIVE TO BE SELECTED FOR A ONE YEAR TERM.THE LAST TWO YEARS HAVE SEEN OVER 100 APPLICANTS EACH MONTH, ALL MEMBERS ATTEND ONE MEETING SHARING WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED IN ADDITION TO THEIR ASSIGNED TOWNSHIP BOARD MEETINGS SUCH AS BOARD OF HEALTH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SHARED TREE, OPEN SPACE, ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION, RECREATION, INCLUSION AND EQUITY, AND THE VETERANS COMMITTEE MEMBER ARE EXPECTED TO VOLUNTEER AT LEAST 15 HOURS IN THE COMMUNITY DURING THEIR TERM. IN RECENT YEARS, WHILE MEMBERS HAVE BEEN INTEGRAL VOLUNTEERS ASSISTING AT PUBLIC EVENTS INCLUDING THE CONSTITUENTS FAIR ART AND CULTURAL EVENTS, VETERANS HONORING EVENTS, VARIOUS HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL FAIRS AND CLEANUPS, AND TRIBAL TRAILS DAY. THIS YEAR THEY HAVE BEEN PARTICULARLY HELPFUL IN SPREADING THE WORD ABOUT THE MAYOR'S WELLNESS CAMPAIGN AND ASSISTING IN EVENTS THAT ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO PARTAKE OF THE MANY SAFE, HEALTHY ACTIVITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY. OKAY, SO BE IT. RESOLVED BY THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY OF SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY, THAT THE FOLLOWING ARE HEREBY APPOINTED TO THE MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP YOUTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL FOR 2024. I'M GOING TO SAY THEIR NAMES AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THEM COME UP FOR THE OATH. SO ANAYA AHMED, REIHAN ANSARI, ADAM BARUT, ANGELINA BUSH, AHANA DATTA, CAMILA VILANOVA, CASTRO, INSHAN CHATTERJEE, PAUL COCOS, PETER PETER HILDERMAN, SHASHI ABHISHEK , KANURI, DINO KASIMATIS, ANISH KHURANA, EMILY LIU, JONATHAN MAO, MADDIE. MORRIS, VIVIAN PANDEY, RIHAAN PATEL, ROHAN PATEL, UMMANTE, AVANTIKA PATTAM,
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PALI, AYUSH. RAI, VARSHA. SENTHIL. KUMAR, MAHI. SETHI, NISHA NISHKA, SRIRAM CAN WE HAVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THEM? OH, AND ONE MORE THAT I THAT THE DEPUTY MAYOR JUST POINTED OUT THAT I MISSED IS SAJANA VINOD. SO IF YOU CAN ALL COME UP. PLEASE. WE'RE GOING TO DO A OATH WITH ALL OF YOU AT THE SAME TIME . AND I UNDERSTAND ONE OF THE, YOUTH LEADERS IS THEIR BIRTHDAY TODAY. MAHI SETHI. A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY. HAPPY. GOOD.NIGHT AND. I WILL SAY. I DIDN'T THINK. AND THE GOVERNMENT THAT THE GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED STATES AND INDIA AND. AND JUST. ALL. ALL ALL. OF THE.
HOPEFULLY WE COULD JUST STAND UP AND BE IN THE BACKGROUND. YOU KNOW WHAT? MAYBE WE SHOULD DO THAT. DO YOU WANT US TO JUST STAND UP IN THE BACKGROUND AND GIVE WE. ARE WE DOING THAT? ARE WE GOING TO BE ON A PLANE? OH SLIDE OVER. NO NEED TO MAKE THE. OH, YEAH. SEE? YEAH. WE CAN BALANCE.
YOU JUST STAND UP. WHAT? DO YOU JUST DO THIS FOR THE REST OF. STAND UP BEHIND YOU. I THINK WE SHOULD STAND ON THIS. BREAK IT SO THAT WE COULD GET CLOSER. I GIVE HIM A SECOND. OH, THEY'RE ALL LEAVING. I'M DOING OKAY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 24, DASH SIX, DASH 187. SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY, ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER ON. YES.
COMMITTEE MEMBER. TAYLOR. TODD. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. KENAN. YES. DEPUTY MAYOR BERRIGAN. YES.
MAYOR SINGH. YES. OKAY RESOLUTION NUMBER 24, DASH SIX, DASH 188, AUTHORIZING TOWNSHIP
[5.Resolution #24-6-188 - Authorizing Township Committee Appointments to the Zoning Board of Adjustment]
COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS TO THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. OKAY . MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I GUESS THAT'S WHEREAS A VACANCY FOR REGULAR MEMBER EXISTS ON THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS. AND[00:20:06]
WHEREAS THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE IS DESIROUS IN FILLING SAID VACANCIES, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY, COUNTY OF SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY, THAT THE FOLLOWING APPOINTMENTS SHALL BE MADE AS LISTED EILEEN BURNS, REGULAR MEMBER, UNEXPIRED FOUR YEAR TERM DECEMBER 31ST, 2027 MICHAEL URBANSKI, ALTERNATE NUMBER ALTERNATE MEMBER, ONE UNEXPIRED TWO YEAR TERM TO DECEMBER 31ST, 2025 SRI PAUL SHAH ALTERNATE, SECOND MEMBER, UNEXPIRED TWO YEAR TERM TO DECEMBER 31ST, 2024. CALVIN MEHTA, ALTERNATE, THIRD MEMBER, UNEXPIRED TWO YEAR TERM TO DECEMBER 31ST, 2025. AND THEN I GUESS WE HAVE A VACANCY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 24? DASH 6-188. SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER ON. YES COMMITTEE MEMBER. TAYLOR. TODD. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. KENAN. YES DEPUTY MAYOR BERRIGAN. YES. MAYOR. SINGH. YES AND IF I CAN ASK, EILEEN AND I GUESS MICHAEL URBANSKI IS HERE, IF YOU CAN PLEASE COME UP. AND MAKE IT.YOU CAN JUST YOU CAN SWEAR THEM IN. YOU CAN SWEAR THEM IN TOGETHER. JUST RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, AND MAYOR WILL READ YOU THE OATH FOR YOUR NEW APPOINTMENTS. DID I? AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL. OBLIGATION. AND TO THE GOVERNMENT. THE GOVERNMENT. AND UNDER THE CONSTITUTION. AND I. IMPARTIALLY. AND BEFORE ALL OF THESE NOMINATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF LOCAL BOARD. CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. AND ALSO.
OKAY. OKAY. RESILIENCY EFFORTS. UPDATE. JUST GIVE ME A MINUTE. I HAVE SOME STUFF HERE. ACTUALLY,
[6. Resiliency Efforts Update]
THAT'S ON ME. I HAVE A PAPER HERE SOMEWHERE. THANK YOU. OKAY, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS TIME TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE ACTIONS THE GOVERNING BODY IS TAKING ON TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA PORTION OF THE MEETING, WHICH REALLY SHOWS HOW MONTGOMERY HAS PRIORITIZED RESILIENCY EFFORTS TO MITIGATE THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE. THIS INCLUDES MEASURES AND INCLUDES ADVOCACY EFFORTS TO OUR COUNTY, STATE AND FEDERAL PARTNERS WITH A RESOLUTION TO THE STATE ADVOCATING FOR REGIONAL SOLUTIONS TO THE FLOODING WITHIN OUR AREA. PLANNING EFFORTS, INCLUDING ACCEPTING A GRANT FROM SUSTAINABLE JERSEY TO PREPARE A WATERSHED IMPROVEMENT PLAN, WHICH WILL RESULT IN WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS AND REDUCED FLOODING. IN MONTGOMERY, AND PROJECTS LIKE FLOODPLAIN RESTORATION, WHERE TONIGHT WE ARE ACCEPTING 1.5 MILLION GRANT AWARDED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND RECOMMENDED BY CONGRESSWOMAN BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN TO REMOVE THE OLD MUNICIPAL BUILDING AND THE PARKING LOT, WHICH IS IMPERVIOUS SURFACES WITHIN THE STREAM CORRIDOR AND A FEMA FLOOD HAZARD AREA. THE RESTORATION OF THE[00:25:02]
FLOODPLAIN WILL INCREASE CAPACITY OF THE STREAM AND MINIMIZE FLOODING ISSUES OF THE ROADWAY AND SURROUNDING AREAS. AND AS WE HAVE DISCUSSED AT PREVIOUS MEETINGS, THE TOWNSHIP IS ALSO IMPROVING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE TO WITHSTAND EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS. EVENTS.WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FLOOD WALL AT THE STAGE TWO WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT IMPLEMENTING GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS SUCH AS THE CONVERSION OF A TWO MUNICIPALLY OWNED OUTDATED STORMWATER DETENTION BASINS INTO BIO BASINS WITH A GRANT FROM NJDEP, AND EXPLORING HOW THE TOWNSHIP CAN WISELY INVEST IN RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES TO REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS, INCLUDING AN UPCOMING PROPOSAL WE WILL BE RECEIVING TO INSTALL SOLAR PANELS HERE AT THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING AND A FEW OF OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES, AND ADDING EV CHARGING STATIONS TO THIS PROPERTY. THESE EFFORTS DEMONSTRATE A COMMITMENT TO SAFEGUARDING OUR COMMUNITY, HOMES AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE RELATED CHALLENGES AND THE PROACTIVE STEPS MONTGOMERY IS TAKING TO STRENGTHEN OUR CAPACITY TO WITHSTAND AND RECOVER FROM THESE CHALLENGES. I DO WANT TO SAY FOR THE PROJECT 1.5 MILLION GRANT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WHICH WAS RECOMMENDED BY CONGRESSWOMAN BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN THAT THE FORMER MAYOR, DEBORAH KEENAN, COMMITTEEWOMAN, REALLY WORKED HARD ON THAT.
THANK YOU. OKAY OKAY. NOW WE ARE TO PUBLIC COMMENT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO ADDRESS THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE ON MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE TOWNSHIP WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON IF COMMENTS ARE SIMILAR TO THOSE ALREADY STATED, PLEASE INDICATE YOUR SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION GROUPS ARE ASKED TO SELECT A SPOKESPERSON. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE? OKAY, OKAY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT SECOND OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY. SO ORDINANCES AND INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING. I GUESS WE DON'T HAVE ANY INTRODUCTIONS TODAY. ORDINANCES, PUBLIC HEARING,
[8. Ordinance #24-1732 - An Ordinance Establishing A Comprehensive Salary and Wage Plan for the Township of Montgomery, Somerset County, and to Provide for its Administration in 2024 - Public Hearing/Final Adoption]
FINAL ADOPTION ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 4-1732A COMPREHENSIVE SALARY AND WAGE PACKAGE FOR THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY, SOMERSET COUNTY, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THIS ADMINISTRATION IN 2024. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC OR THE COMMITTEE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT? HI, BARBARA PRESTON, THE MONTGOMERY NEWS, HOW ARE YOU ALL, I JUST HAD A QUESTION, EVERY YEAR I ALWAYS HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF, TROUBLE WHEN I REPORT ON THE SALARIES BECAUSE OF. IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT A COMMITTEE MEMBER MAKES SOME $6,307, AND THAT'S THE MAYOR.THAT'S THE MAYOR. OH, MAYOR. CORRECT AND IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT THE COMMITTEE MEMBER MAKES $4,728, BUT IT STARTS GETTING A LITTLE STRANGE WITH THE TITLES. TOWNSHIP ADMINISTRATOR, SLASH PLANNING DIRECTOR, POLICE DIRECTOR, SLASH TOWNSHIP ADMINISTRATOR, WHICH YOU WOULD NEVER HAVE THAT IN MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP. SO WE DID. WE DID YEARS AGO. I DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND WHY THAT'S, IF WE CAN HAVE THE. YES. SO THERE HAVE THE SALARY AND WEIGHT ORDINANCE LISTS, ALL OF THE POTENTIAL POSITIONS THAT MAY BE HAD WITHIN THE TOWNSHIP. SO AT ONE POINT, SEVERAL ACTUALLY MORE THAN ONE POINT IN THE HISTORY OF THE TOWNSHIP, THERE WAS AN ADMINISTRATOR, POLICE DIRECTOR, SO. THE SCHOOL OF THOUGHT FOR THIS IS THAT IF YOU HAVE IT THERE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO AMEND IT. IF SOMEBODY HAS TO TAKE ON AN ADDITIONAL ROLE, IT'S ALREADY CALLED FOR IN THE ORDINANCE. OTHERWISE EVERY TIME THAT YOU CREATE A NEW ROLE, YOU WOULD HAVE TO ADOPT IT INTO THE SALARY ORDINANCE OR IT WOULDN'T EXIST. SO THERE ARE SOME VARIATIONS THAT ARE HERE THAT AT SOME POINT MAY EXIST WITH AN EMPLOYEE AND SOME POINT MAY NOT, BUT THEY THEY'VE ALL EXISTED AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER. OKAY. I WAS JUST CURIOUS. AND SINCE I'M HERE, I THOUGHT I'D GET THE EXPLANATION. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE MAY I SPEAK. WENDY? YES, PLEASE. GO AHEAD. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, WENDY, DO YOU JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT THIS ORDINANCE, THE PUBLIC HEARING, WAS CARRIED BECAUSE THERE WAS AN AMENDMENT TO THIS ORDINANCE AT THE LAST THE MAY 16TH MEETING WHERE THERE WAS A, TITLE THAT WAS ADDED. SO THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CARRIED.
OKAY, SINCE THERE'S NO ONE ELSE, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? SO MOVED SECOND.
OKAY. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY, THAT THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE BE HER OF J, 2024, AND THAT THE ORDINANCE SUMMARY BE PUBLISHED IN AN OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER AS REQUIRED BY LAW. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 20
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4-1732, AS AMENDED. SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER. ALAN. YES.COMMITTEE MEMBER. TAYLOR. TODD. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. KENAN. YES. DEPUTY. MAYOR. BERRIGAN.
[9. Ordinance#24-1733 - An Ordinance Amending Chapter XII“Sewer and Water” ofthe Code ofthe Township of Montgomery (1984) to Establish the 2024 Sewer Capacity Charges and Service Rates — Public Hearing/Final Adoption]
YES. MAYOR SINGH. YES. ORDINANCE NUMBER 24, DASH 1733. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 1112 SEWER AND WATER OF THE CODE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY, 1984 TO ESTABLISH THE 2024 SEWER CAPACITY CHARGES AND SERVICE RATES. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC OR COMMITTEE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT? OKAY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? SO MOVED. SECOND, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY, THAT THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE BE HEREBY ADOPTED THE SIXTH DAY OF JUNE, 2024, AND THAT THE ORDINANCE SUMMARY BE PUBLISHED IN AN OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER, AS REQUIRED BY LAW. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 4-1733. SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER ON. YES COMMITTEE MEMBER. TAYLOR. TODD. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. KENAN. YES DEPUTY MAYOR BERRIGAN. YES. MAYOR. SINGH. YES ORDINANCE NUMBER 24. DASH 17341.[10. Ordinance #24-1734 - Bond Ordinance Providing for the Pike Brook Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade and Expansion Project in and by the Township of Montgomery, in the County of Somerset, New Jersey, Appropriating $14,600,000 Therefor and Authorizing the Issuance of $14,600,000 Bonds or Notes of the Township to Finance the Cost Thereof — Public Hearing/Final Adoption]
ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE PIKE BROOK WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT UPGRADE AND EXPANSION PROJECT IN AND BY THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY IN THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY, APPROPRIATING 14,000,006. 600,000 THEREFOR AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF 14,600,000 BONDS, OR NOTES OF THE TOWNSHIP TO FINANCE THE COST THEREOF. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC OR THE COMMITTEE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT? OKAY, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? SO MOVED SECOND. OKAY. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY, THAT THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE BE HEREBY ADOPTED THIS SIXTH DAY OF JUNE, 2024, AND THAT THE ORDINANCE SUMMARY BE PUBLISHED IN AN OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER AS REQUIRED BY LAW? MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 4-1734. SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER. ANN. YES COMMITTEE MEMBER. TAYLOR. TODD.YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. KENAN. YES DEPUTY MAYOR BERRIGAN. YES. MAYOR. SINGH. YES. CONSENT
[Consent Agenda]
AGENDA. ALL MATTERS LISTED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION. THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS. IF DISCUSSION IS DESIRED, THAT ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE? MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO REQUEST A RESOLUTION 20 4-6194. ALSO G BE REMOVED SO WE CAN HAVE CONVERSATION. 19441 OKAY. IT'S GOING TO DO YOU WANT IT A LITTLE MORE DISCUSSION ON THAT. IS THAT WHAT IT IS. SO WE JUST NEED WE PULL IT. WE JUST NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS AMENDED, WITH THE REMOVAL OF RESOLUTION 20 4-6194194. OKAY. IS THAT A MOTION? I'LL DO THE MOTION. DO I HAVE TO TAKE IT OUT HERE OR I GUESS I'LL DO THE ASK FOR THE MOTION AS AMENDED. SO 194 WILL BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY AFTERWARDS. OKAY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS AMENDED? RESOLUTIONS NUMBER 24 61892 24 6193. SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER ANN. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. TAYLOR. TODD. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. KENAN YES. DEPUTY MAYOR[16. Resolution #24-6-194 - Authorizing New Hires]
BERRIGAN. YES. MAYOR. SINGH. YES OKAY. NOW WE CAN CONSIDER 24 6194. OKAY. SO SO MY QUESTION ON THIS, THIS RESOLUTION, THIS IS THE AUTHORIZING NEW HIRES IS THE THIRD THE SECOND NAME DOWN THERE , IS A PART TIME FINANCIAL AID FOR PEOPLE, WHY ARE WE HIRING SOMEBODY FOR ANOTHER MUNICIPALITY? THIS IS OUR, SHARED SERVICE THAT WE HAVE WITH PEAPACK-GLADSTONE. SO OUR PART TIME FINANCE AIDE RETIRED, AND SO WE'RE REPLACING THAT, PERSON. BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS WHEN WE DO SHARED SERVICE AGREEMENT, IT'S ALSO TO HELP KIND OF OFF IF WE HAVE EXTRA, FOR EXISTING STAFF, HAVE EXTRA BANDWIDTH TO USE IT THAT WAY VERSUS HIRE SOMEBODY, WE THIS PERSON IS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE TOWNSHIP WHO, WHO WORKS AND WHO IS HOUSED IN PEAPACK GLADSTONE. AND THE SHARED SERVICE PAYS FOR THEIR POSITION THERE. THEY ARE ON SITE IN PEAPACK PART TIME HANDLING THE COUNTER AND PAYMENTS. THAT'S THAT'S HOW THE SHARED SERVICE HAS BEEN FROM THE BEGINNING.[00:35:04]
RIGHT? I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PEAPACK WE WELL, EITHER WE DECIDE NOT TO DO IT OR THEY DECIDE NOT TO HAVE A CONTRACT. WE HAVE WE HAVE HIRED A PERSON FOR THAT. THIS POSITION IS BASED OFF THE SHARED SERVICE. SO IF THAT SHARED SERVICE WERE TO GO AWAY, THIS POSITION WOULD, WOULD NO LONGER, BE A POSITION THAT WE WOULD HAVE. THE POSITION WOULD GO AWAY. OKAY THANK YOU.OKAY. SO WE SHOULD CONSIDER THAT NOW. OKAY. OKAY. SO MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE CONSENT AGENDA RESOLUTION NUMBER 24, DASH SIX, DASH 194. SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
COMMITTEE MEMBER. ANN. YES COMMITTEE MEMBER. TAYLOR. TODD. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. KENAN.
YES DEPUTY MAYOR. BERRIGAN. YES. MAYOR. SINGH YES. OKAY. RESOLUTION NUMBER 24, DASH SIX,
[17. Resolution #24-6-195 - Endorsing NJDEP Treatment Works Approval (TWA) Application—Malvern School Properties, L.P. (Block 28010, Lots 57-58, Proposed Lot 57.01)]
DASH 195 ENDORSING NJDEP TREATMENT WORKS APPROVAL TWA APPLICATION MALVERN SCHOOL PROPERTIES LP BLOCK 28010. LOTS 57 TO 58. PROPOSED LOT 57.01. ANYTHING ON THIS, LAURIE. NO, JUST. THIS IS NORMAL. HOUSEKEEPING. WHERE? MALVERN SCHOOL IS THE DAYCARE CENTER THAT WAS APPROVED, AT THE CORNER OF BRICKNELL BOULEVARD AND 518. AND SO IN ORDER FOR THEM TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THEIR SEWER CONNECTION, THEY NEED TO MAKE THIS APPLICATION TO DEP CALLED THE TREATMENT WORKS APPROVAL. OKAY. THANK YOU. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 4-6-195. SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER. ANN. YES.COMMITTEE MEMBER. TAYLOR. TODD. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. KENAN. NO DEPUTY. MAYOR. BERRIGAN. YES.
[18. Resolution #24-6-196 - Authorizing Execution of Construction Sequence Agreement for HMH Carrier Clinic, Inc., Expansion of Adolescent Building (Block 2001, Lot 2 and Block 1001, Lot 14.02)]
MAYOR. SINGH YES. RESOLUTION NUMBER 24. DASH SIX, DASH 196. AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCE AGREEMENT FOR H. CAREER CLINIC, INC. EXPANSION OF ADOLESCENT BUILDING BLOCK 2001, LOT TWO AND BLOCK 1001. LOT 14.02. THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WAS. APPROVED BY THE PLANNING BOARD, WHERE? CARRIER CLINIC, WHICH IS AT THE CORNER OF MOUNTAIN VIEW, I'M SORRY, EAST MOUNTAIN AND 601 IS EXPANDING AND RECONFIGURING, PORTION OF THEIR FACILITY. AND SO WE, ONCE THE BOARD PLANNING BOARD HAS MADE THEIR APPROVAL, THEN OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT WORKS WITH THE TOWNSHIP ATTORNEY TO DRAFT A CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCE AGREEMENT. AND SO THIS IS AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF THAT CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCE AGREEMENT. OKAY MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 24, DASH SIX, DASH 196. SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER. ANN. YES COMMITTEE MEMBER. TAYLOR. TODD. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER.KENAN. YES DEPUTY MAYOR BERRIGAN. YES. MAYOR. SINGH. YES RESOLUTION NUMBER 24. DASH SIX,
[19. Resolution #24-6-197 - Authorizing a Sewer Participation Agreement in the Pike Brook Sewage Treatment Plant with 18 Cleef Drive, LLC, for 18 Cleef Drive (Block 7002, Lot 19)]
DASH 197 AUTHORIZING A SEWER PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT IN THE PIKE BROOK SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT WITH 18 CLIFF DRIVE, LLC FOR 18 CLEAVE DRIVE, BLOCK 7002, LOT 19. THIS IS AUTHORIZING 18 CLIFF DRIVE TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT TO, HOOK TO THE HOOK UP TO THE SEWER THERE WITHIN OUR SEWER SERVICE AREA, AND SO IT'S BEEN ALLOCATED TO ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN. THERE'LL BE A FEE THAT THEY PAY TO, TO ENTER INTO OUR, SEWER SERVICE AREA. OKAY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 24, DASH SIX, DASH 197. SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER.ANN. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. TAYLOR. TODD. YES COMMITTEE MEMBER. KENAN. YES. DEPUTY MAYOR
[20. Resolution #24-6-198 - Authorizing Change Order #1 (Final) for BID #B05 -2023 — 2023 Road Improvements (Decrease) and Time Extension]
BERRIGAN. YES. MAYOR. SINGH. YES. RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 4-6198, AUTHORIZING CHANGE.ORDER NUMBER ONE, FINAL FOR BID. NUMBER B05. DASH 202 3 TO 2 023. ROAD IMPROVEMENTS. DECREASE AND TIME EXTENSION. MAYOR IT'S NOT OFTEN THAT WE GET TO DO A CHANGE ORDER WITH A DECREASE, BUT THAT IS WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH THIS PROJECT. THERE'S A NET DECREASE OF $84,685.16, AND THAT IS RELATED TO SOME ADJUSTMENTS THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE IN THE, ESTIMATED QUANTITIES FOR THE PROJECT. OKAY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 24, DASH SIX, DASH 198.
SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER. ANN. YES COMMITTEE MEMBER. TAYLOR.
TODD. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. KENAN YES. DEPUTY MAYOR BERRIGAN. YES. MAYOR. SINGH. YES
[21. Resolution #24-6-199 - Authorizing the Settlement of a Tax Appeal Regarding Lot 1 in Block 6001]
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RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 4-6199 AUTHORIZING THE SETTLEMENT OF A TAX APPEAL REGARDING LOT ONE IN BLOCK 6001. YES, MAYOR. THIS IS, THE AUTHORIZATION FOR A TAX APPEAL SETTLEMENT THAT REQUIRES THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE AUTHORIZATION TO SETTLE, IT WAS FOR A NEW ASSESSMENT AFTER AN IMPROVEMENT. SO THE APPEAL WAS BASED ON THE ADDED ASSESSMENT WITH THE FINAL, NEGOTIATED, SETTLED, ASSESSED AMOUNT BEING $6 MILLION. OKAY CAN I JUST ASK? AND ORIGINALLY IT WAS 10 MILLION. AND THEN IT WAS NEGOTIATED DOWN. SO DURING THE APPEAL PROCESS, THE, THE PROPERTY OWNER SUBMITS THEIR EVIDENCE AND THAT IS BASED ON THE RENT ROLLS. SO THERE WAS A INFORMATION SUBMITTED IN TERMS OF AND THE RENT THAT IS THE PROPERTY IS ABLE TO RECEIVE IS HOW THE ASSESSMENT ULTIMATELY AND CERTAIN COMMERCIAL CASES IS, IS APPLIED. AND THAT'S JUST BASED ON FULL OCCUPANCY. IT'S NOT IF THEY'RE JUST PARTIALLY OCCUPIED. I KNOW IT IS FULLY OCCUPIED RIGHT NOW OKAY. SO IT DOESN'T OKAY. I JUST WANT TO SEE IF THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK. OKAY. THANK YOU. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 24. DASH 6-199. SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER ANN. STAIN. COMMITTEE MEMBER TAYLOR. TODD YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. KENAN. YES. DEPUTY MAYOR BERRIGAN. YES. MAYOR. SAYING[22. Resolution #24-6-200 - Authorizing Award of Contract to Gabrielli Truck Sales for One 2025 Kenworth Model T480V Dump Truck]
YES. RESOLUTION NUMBER 24. DASH SIX, DASH 200 AUTHORIZING AWARD OF CONTRACT TO GABRIELLI. TRUCK SALES FOR ONE 2025. KENWORTH MODEL T 480 V DUMP TRUCK. THIS WAS A PURCHASE APPROVED THROUGH OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR THE YEAR, AND WE ARE USING OUR, A COMPETITIVE PRICING THROUGH OUR CO-OP TO PURCHASE THE DUMP TRUCK , AT A COST OF NOT TO EXCEED $245,000. OKAY MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 24, DASH SIX, DASH 200. SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER ON. YES COMMITTEE MEMBER. TAYLOR. TODD. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER KEENAN.YES DEPUTY MAYOR BERRIGAN. YES. MAYOR SINGH. YES RESOLUTION NUMBER 24. DASH SIX, DASH 201
[23. Resolution #24-6-201 - Authorizing Award of Contract to Riverview Paving, Inc. for Road Resurfacing — Dutchtown Zion Road and Benjamin Boulevard]
AUTHORIZING AWARD OF CONTRACT TO RIVERVIEW PAVING INC FOR ROAD RESURFACING DUTCH TOWNSEND ROAD AND BENJAMIN BOULEVARD. THIS IS PART OF OUR 2024 CAPITAL ROAD PAVING PROJECT, FOR THESE TWO PARTICULAR ROADS. AND SO WE ARE USING THE MORRIS COUNTY COOPERATIVE PRICING AND WE WILL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH DUTCHTOWN, ZION AND I BELIEVE A PORTION OF BENJAMIN BOULEVARD.OKAY MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 4-6-201. SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER ON. YES COMMITTEE MEMBER. TAYLOR. TODD. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. KENAN. YES DEPUTY MAYOR BERRIGAN. YES. MAYOR. SINGH. YES. RESOLUTION NUMBER 24. DASH
[24. Resolution #24-6-202 - Amending Resolution #24-5-168 Designating Specific Tracts of Municipally-owned Parks and Open Spaces to be included in the Montgomery Township Deer Management Program for 2024- 2025 to Amend the Nicolaysen parcel to include Block 34001, Lot 40 (“Jefferso n”)]
SIX. DASH 202. AMENDING RESOLUTION NUMBER 24. DASH FIVE, DASH 168. DESIGNATING SPECIFIC TRACTS OF MUNICIPALLY OWNED PARKS AND OPEN SPACE TO BE INCLUDED IN THE MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP DEER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR 2024 TO 2025. TO AMEND THE NICHOLSON PARCEL TO INCLUDE BLOCK 34001, LOT 40, JEFFERSON MAYOR. THIS IS A PROPERTY THAT THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE RECENTLY APPROVED FOR PURCHASE, AND WE CLOSED ON IT. AND YOU OPEN SPACE PROPERTY. SO IT'S BEING ADDED INTO THE PROGRAM. OKAY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 4-6-202. SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER ANN. YES COMMITTEE MEMBER TAYLOR. TODD.YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. KENAN YES. DEPUTY MAYOR BERRIGAN. YES. MAYOR. SINGH. YES RESOLUTION
[25. Resolution #24-6-203 - Authorizing Award ofa One-year Contract for Professional Grant Services to Bruno Associates, Inc.]
NUMBER 24. DASH SIX, DASH 203. AUTHORIZING AWARD OF THE ONE YEAR CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL GRANT SERVICES, MAYOR, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE PUT FORTH, FOR THE BUDGET THIS YEAR TO, EXPAND OUR OPERATING GRANT OPPORTUNITIES TO HIRE A GRANT, A GRANT MANAGEMENT AND WRITING COMPANY. WE PREVIOUSLY HAD BEEN WORKING WITH MILLENNIUM, AND WE FELT THAT WE WANTED TO EXPLORE WHAT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES WERE OUT THERE. MANY MUNICIPALITIES ARE USING ANOTHER FIRM CALLED BRUNOT ASSOCIATES. SO MYSELF, THE CFO, MICHAEL PITTS, AND THE MAYOR ALL INTERVIEWED BOTH FIRMS AND RECEIVED PROPOSALS. AND BRUNOT ASSOCIATES, WAS THE FAVORABLE, PROPOSAL THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACCEPT. AND SO WE ARE AUTHORIZING A ONE YEAR CONTRACT WITH THEM. THIS WILL, INVOLVE GRANT MANAGEMENT. AND ALSO ONE OF THE STIPULATIONS THAT WE HAD[00:45:08]
WAS BEING PROACTIVE, WORKING WITH THE TOWNSHIP, ON IDENTIFYING GRANTS THAT WE MIGHT NOT BE AWARE OF AND UTILIZING SORT OF THE WISH LIST THAT WE HAVE OF PROJECTS THAT ARE IN NEED OF FUNDING TO WORK WITH US PROACTIVELY TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP FILL THOSE FUNDING GAPS THAT WE HAVE. OKAY. CAN I ASK IS THIS ARE WE PAYING THEM OUTRIGHT, OR IS THIS AS A PORTION OF THE GRANTS THAT THEY FIND JUST THIS IS, THIS IS NOT PER GRANT NECESSARILY. IT WILL ALSO BE FOR SERVICES TO HELP MANAGE THE GRANTS, SO IT WILL BE BILLABLE HOURS AS WELL, AND, AND WORKING MORE DIRECTLY ON GRANT MANAGEMENT WITH US. CAN YOU GIVE AN EXAMPLE JUST OF THAT OF THE GRANT. LIKE WHAT KIND OF GRANT WHICH GRANTS LIKE PREVIOUS ONES WE'VE DONE? ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WOULD. WELL, WE'RE WE WERE SETTING OUR FIRST MEETING WITH THEM SINCE WE'RE APPOINTING THEM TONIGHT, BUT, THE $1.5 MILLION FLOODPLAIN GRANT, FOR INSTANCE, THOSE, HAVE A LOT OF MANAGEMENT AND PAPERWORK AND DIFFERENT OVERSIGHT. SO THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO HELP TAKE SOME OF THE LOAD OFF OF THE STAFF THAT, YOU KNOW, AND MAKE SURE STAY ON TOP OF DEADLINES AND REPORTING THESE, THESE DIFFERENT. SO WE'VE NEVER HAD THAT FUNDING LEVEL BEFORE.AND ALSO THE THREE GRANTS THAT WE HAVE, THAT, THAT WE SECURED, YOU SECURED THROUGH THE STATE FOR THE RADIOS, THE TREE PLANTING, ALTHOUGH THAT ONE WAS IS UNDERWAY AND THE, THE 3 MILLION WON FOR THE OTHER PIECE. OKAY SO THEY'LL BE ABLE THEY'LL OVERSEE ALL OF THAT STUFF. IT'S NOT JUST GOING FORWARD. YES. YES, THAT'S THAT'S THE THAT'S THE GOAL. AND WE WILL REPORT BACK AFTER OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR FIRST MEETING WITH THEM. BUT THAT IS AND THAT'S AN IMPORTANT GOAL BECAUSE SOMETIMES ALL OF THIS IS DONE. AND THEN THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THEY HAVE THE BACKGROUND. AND THEY WERE ABLE TO TELL US THAT THEY'VE DONE THIS WITH OTHER TOWNSHIPS AS WELL. AND I BELIEVE THEY WORK WITH A LOT OF, CENTRAL JERSEY TOWNS AS WELL. AND THEN WE PAY THEM, SORRY, WE DON'T PAY THEM IN ONE ONE BULK. IS IT A NO MONTHLY PAYMENTS? NO. OR IS IT LIKE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PAYMENT? IT'S A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT. SO THEY IT'S NOT A FLAT FEE BUT IT'S THEIR HOURS. YES. GREAT. THANK YOU. SORRY. YEAH I JUST THINK THIS IS A, YOU KNOW, THE INVESTMENT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR SOME TIME. BUT I THINK ALSO WITH THAT, LET'S MAKE SURE WE HAVE GOOD SUPERVISION OF THAT, BUT ALSO HAVING THE RIGHT METRICS THAT WE EXPECT OUT OF THEM, BECAUSE IDEALLY THIS COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT CONTRACT TO GET LARGER IF THEY'RE ABLE TO DELIVER LARGER GRANTS. RIGHT, IF NOT, WE COULD LOOK FOR SOMEONE ELSE. SO I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF, YOU KNOW, PROGRESS. I DON'T KNOW HOW IT HAS TO BE AFTER THE FIRST MEETING, BUT AT LEAST, LIKE QUARTERLY JUST TO SEE HOW THAT'S DELIVERING. AND THEN WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION, YOU KNOW, WHETHER WE WANT TO KIND OF ANTE UP IF THEY'RE ABLE TO DELIVER LIKE HIGHER NUMBERS THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST. NO, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THE DEPUTY MAYOR. WHAT WE HAD WITH MILLENNIUM WAS NOT SUFFICIENT. SO I THINK THIS WAS VERY IMPORTANT. AND WE WERE ABLE TO ALSO LOOK AT THEIR RESUME OF WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING WITH THE OTHER TOWNSHIPS. AND THAT LOOKED LIKE SOMETHING WE SHOULD PURSUE. OKAY MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 24? DASH 6-203. SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER ON. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. TAYLOR. TODD. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. KENAN. YES. DEPUTY MAYOR BERRIGAN. YES.
[26. Approval of Minutes]
MAYOR. SAYING YES, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE EXECUTIVE SESSION MEETING MINUTES OF MAY 16TH. SO MOVED SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES OF MAY 28TH. SO MOVED SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE[27. Resolution #24-6-204 - Payment of Bills - Posted]
RESOLUTION NUMBER 24, DASH SIX, DASH TWO ZERO FOR PAYMENT OF BILLS POSTED, MAYOR, I'LL POINT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE THREE HIGHEST BILLS, ON PAGE THREE, WE HAVE OUR FIRST AND SECOND QUARTER TAXES TO THE COUNTY, THE LIBRARY AND THE COUNTY, AND THE OPEN SPACE. COUNTY OPEN SPACE, WE HAVE $4,154,010.29 TO SOMERSET COUNTY. THE LIBRARY TAX OF 576,999 AND $0.78, AND THE FIRST AND SECOND QUARTER COUNTY OPEN SPACE TAX, $415,267.16. AND ON PAGE SEVEN WE HAVE, TWO ALLIED CONSTRUCTION. THIS IS OUR STAGE TWO FLOOD PROTECTION PROJECT OF $432,520.03. OKAY I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR THE FIRST ONE THAT WAS THE TO THE COUNTY. WHAT PAGE WAS THAT? THAT WAS, THE THREE COUNTY PAYMENTS ARE ON PAGE THREE. ON PAGE THREE. AND THAT WAS ALL TOGETHER. YOU SAID[00:50:01]
ABOUT 4 MILLION. OKAY, COUNTY TAXES WERE 4,154,000, $10.29. THE LIBRARY TAX $576,999.78. AND THE COUNTY OPEN SPACE, $415,267.16. OKAY. JUST WAS WANTING TO GO OVER THE COUNTY TAXES AGAIN. OKAY MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 4-6-204. SO MOVED.SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER ON. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. TAYLOR. TODD.
YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER KEENAN. YES. DEPUTY MAYOR BERRIGAN. YES. MAYOR SINGH, YES. SO,
[28. Correspondence]
CORRESPONDENCE, SOMERSET COUNTY YMCA HAS SENT A REQUEST FOR USE OF FORMER MUNICIPAL BUILDING.THE TOWNSHIP HAS RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM SOMERSET COUNTY YMCA SEEKING THE TOWNSHIP TO CONSIDER A DONATION OF THE OLD MUNICIPAL BUILDING TO SERVE AS A FULL SERVICE YMCA FACILITY IN MONTGOMERY, WENDY, DID YOU WANT TO. SURE, MAYOR, SO I SAW THE REQUEST, BUT I WOULD CAUTION THE GOVERNING BODY THAT THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT NEED TO BE LOOKED AT BEFORE YOU CAN FULLY CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT TO CONSIDER THE REQUEST. I BELIEVE THERE'S, GRANT MONIES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PROPERTY THAT COMMITTEEWOMAN KEENAN HAD BEEN A PART OF ACQUIRING, SO WE'D HAVE TO SEE WHAT THE IMPACTS TO THAT WOULD BE. ADDITIONALLY, MAYOR SINGH HAS BEEN LOOKING FOR GRANT MONIES FOR EXPANSIONS TO THE TOWNSHIP RECREATION FACILITIES AND RECREATION CENTER, SO YOU WOULD ALSO WANT TO WAIT TO SEE WHAT THE OUTCOME WOULD BE ON THAT APPLICATION, TO SEE THE IMPACT ON YOUR OWN RECREATION ACTIVITIES AS WELL, AND A COUPLE OF OTHER BUILDING TYPE OF USES AND CONSIDERATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PART OF THE MASTER PLAN, SO TO SPEAK, OF THE TOWNSHIP PROPERTIES AS THE YEARS HAVE GONE BY. SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF SPACE TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO LOOK INTO THE PENDING APPLICATIONS AND USES BEFORE CONSIDERING ALTERNATE. OKAY. ANY COMMENT? NO, I'M SORRY YOU SAID I'M SORRY. WENDY FOR YOU TO LOOK INTO IT OR FOR US. NO, AS WELL FOR THE, THE TOWNSHIP, PROFESSIONALS AND STAFF THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING ON, ON CERTAIN ACTIVITIES, FOR EXAMPLE, INTO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GRANT FUNDING THAT YOU HAD HAD BEEN A PART OF. OKAY, OKAY. BUT I MEAN, I THINK WE NEED THE DUE DILIGENCE. OKAY BUT BEFORE THAT, WE'LL HAVE A CONVERSATION TOO, ABOUT CORRECT. I'M ASKING FOR A LITTLE TIME FOR US TO BRING THE DUE DILIGENCE TO YOUR TABLE. SO THAT YOU ALL CAN CONSIDER, WHEN YOU HAVE ALL THE FACTS BEFORE YOU. WELL, WOULD WE EVER CONSIDER JUST ONE? I MEAN, SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING WE WOULD NOT JUST LOOK AT ONE, ONE PARTY. SO ARE WE GOING JUMPING THE GUN IN TERMS OF DUE DILIGENCE ON THIS? IF WE HAVEN'T DECIDED THE FINAL, I THINK THAT WOULD INCLUDE LOOKING AT IF THERE WERE ANY, ANY OTHER OPTIONS FOR THE THERE'S A LOT OF. RIGHT. SO I'LL BACK UP JUST A LITTLE BIT. SO AS FAR AS THIS PARTICULAR REQUEST, SINCE IT'S RECREATION SPECIFIC, I NOTED SOME OTHER ITEMS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT WITH YOUR OWN INTERNAL RECREATION PROGRAMING, BUT I'M ASSUMING THAT YOU COME TO A, A, YOU REACH A LEVEL OF COMFORT THAT OTHER GRANTS AREN'T AFFECTED BY SOMEBODY ASKING FOR THIS PROPERTY. THEN IT WOULD BE YOUR DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD AS A TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER WHERE DO YOU WANT TO GO WITH THIS PROPERTY AND WHAT WOULD BE THE USE IF YOU WANTED TO CHANGE WHAT YOU HAD ALREADY PREVIOUSLY CONSIDERED? SO IF YOU WERE TO EXPAND OR IF YOU WERE TO LOOK TO DIVEST OF THIS PROPERTY, THEN THERE'S A WHOLE OTHER HOST OF CONSIDERATIONS AS FAR AS HIGHEST AND, AND BEST BID FOR THE PROPERTY, ETCETERA, ETCETERA. BUT I DON'T EVEN THINK YOU'RE AT THE POINT OF THAT CONSIDERATION YET BECAUSE OF SO MANY OTHER BALLS THAT ARE IN THE AIR. YEAH.
SO I WOULD, YOU KNOW, SAID ANOTHER WAY, THOSE ARE THE CONSIDERATIONS IN THE ABSTRACT IF YOU DECIDE TO CONSIDER IT, IF WE DECIDE TO CONSIDER IT, IF WE DECIDE TO CONSIDER IT AT ALL.
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. CORRECT. RIGHT. BASICALLY WE JUST NEED TO DO A FULL STUDY ON THE PROPERTY. YOU KNOW, WHAT'S BEST FOR THE TOWN, WHAT'S BEST FOR, YOU KNOW, WE REPRESENT EVERYBODY. SO JUST GIVE IT FIGURING OUT EVERY OPTION FOR THE PROPERTY AND DECIDE THING.
BUT THAT'S IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FROM THE I'M JUST I'M JUST CONFUSED. LIKE, HAS THIS TRIGGERED US TO DO A BUNCH OF WORK WHEN BASICALLY WE WERE LOOKING AT. SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO A BUNCH OF OTHER WORK JUST BASED ON THIS THING? WE'RE GOING TO NOT JUST ON THIS APPLICATION. NO NO, ON THIS LETTER. I MEAN, SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER BALLS THAT ARE IN THE ABSOLUTELY ALREADY. YES, THAT WOULD I WOULD ADVISE THAT YOU WAIT TO EVEN CONSIDER THIS UNTIL YOU HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF EVERYTHING ELSE THAT IS
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ALREADY, YOU KNOW, IN THE AIR, SO TO SPEAK, AND ALSO JUST TO REMEMBER THAT, YOU KNOW, LAND IS NOT A RENEWABLE RESOURCE, RIGHT? SO IF YOU HAVE LAND IN THE TOWNSHIP'S COFFERS BEFORE, YOU WOULD CONSIDER GIVING IT TO SOMEBODY ELSE OR SELLING IT TO SOMEBODY ELSE, YOU WOULD ALSO NEED TO LOOK INTO WHAT DOES THE TOWNSHIP NEED FOR ITSELF. BECAUSE AGAIN, LAND IS NOT RENEWABLE. RIGHT. AND WE'VE WE'VE DONE SOME OF THAT. SO THAT WOULD COME OUT IN THIS. THERE'S NO OBLIGATION FOR US TO CONSIDER ANY REQUEST THAT COMES IN THAT'S WE DO THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD DO.I'M SORRY I MISSED THE FIRST OF WHAT YOU SAID. WE'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO CONSIDER REQUEST JUST BECAUSE THEY COME IN. BUT IF WE DO, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER.
CORRECT? OKAY. YES. AND I THINK YOU HAD MENTIONED ALSO WITH THE PROPERTY FLOODING AND THE NEED OF, YOU KNOW, FLOOD THAT WE ALREADY. YES, YES, IT'S OKAY. OKAY AND THEN, OF COURSE WE HAVE ANOTHER CORRESPONDENCE, WHICH IS A PLEASANT THANK YOU FROM MICHAEL STENZEL, THE FILMING AND STROUDSBURG AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM, THE TOWNSHIP RECEIVED A THANK YOU EMAIL FROM MICHAEL STENZEL. THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR A FILM PRODUCTION THAT WE, AS WE ALL KNOW, TOOK PLACE AT SAM, I DO WANT TO ADD A PERSONAL NOTE HERE THAT PEOPLE ARE VERY EXCITED, ESPECIALLY I GUESS THE STAR IS TIMOTHY CHALERM OR PEOPLE WERE CALLING, TRYING TO GET TO THE LOCATION. SO I GUESS MONTGOMERY IS IN THE NEWS, SO MICHAEL EXTENDED GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION FOR THE COORDINATION AND COOPERATION IN THE FACILITATION OF SEAMLESS PRODUCTION TO ALL TOWNSHIP DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED. AND THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE, HE SAID, WE ARE SO HAPPY TO HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO FILM IN A PLACE AS SPECIAL AS MONTGOMERY AND CANNOT WAIT TO RETURN ON THE FUTURE PROJECTS. SO I JUST WANTED TO UPDATE THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT MOVIES? NO, ABOUT MOVIES IN GENERAL. I KNOW MOVIES COMING TO MONTGOMERY. OKAY, NEW BUSINESS
[29. New Business and Old Business]
AND OLD BUSINESS. I GUESS THE WIND TURBINES IS, YOU KNOW, LORI, IF WE CAN START WITH THE MUNICIPAL CENTER, GREEN INITIATIVE ADVISORY COMMITTEE WHILE I LOOK FOR MY NOTES ON THE. SURE. OKAY. THANK YOU, SO I UNDER NEW OLD BUSINESS, WE HAVE AN UPDATE FROM THE MUNICIPAL CENTER GREEN INITIATIVE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WE MIGHT WANT TO WORK ON TRYING TO EVEN TRYING TO MAKE AN ACRONYM. IT'S VERY LONG, BUT, THEY MET ON MAY 25TH TO DISCUSS SOME LANDSCAPING RECOMMENDATIONS. SO I PREPARED A MEMO FOR YOU TO FOLLOW ALONG. IF YOU IF YOU HAD MAYBE READ IT AHEAD OF TIME, THERE WERE REQUESTS REGARDING LANDSCAPING THAT WAS INSTALLED WHEN THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 2021. SO I'M LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK AND DIRECTION TO GIVE LAUREN WAZOWSKI SO THAT SHE CAN THEN ADVISE STAFF, VOLUNTEERS, CONTRACTORS PRIOR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION, AND SO THE THREE AREAS I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT TONIGHT, WERE THE CHINESE JUPITER SHRUBS. THESE ARE THE SHRUBS THAT YOU SEE IN SURROUNDING SOME OF THE PLANTING BED AREAS. THEY ARE ARE, WHIMSICAL IN NATURE BECAUSE OF THEIR THE WAY THEY GROW WITH, WITH THESE WINGS ALMOST. BUT THEY ARE DO NEED SOME TRIMMING, I WILL SAY, HOWEVER, TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE MEMBER DEBORAH KEENAN DID IDENTIFY THEM AS BEING NON NATIVE, AND THERE WAS A SUGGESTION FOR THEIR REMOVAL. SO I WANTED TO JUST CLARIFY BECAUSE I THINK WHEN I TALKED ABOUT THE REMOVAL, IT IS WITH A PLAN AND NOT TO COME IN ONE DAY AND REMOVE THEM ALL, BUT SPECIFICALLY WE'RE WE'VE GOT A COUPLE WHERE WE'RE DOING LIKE THE RAIN BARREL STUFF. I MEAN, NOT THE RAIN BARREL, THERE'S A RAIN GARDEN AND THEN AND THEY'RE JUST BIG, HUGE. AND THERE'S TOO MANY OF THEM. THEY'RE IN THE WAY OF CURRENT PROJECTS. SO THE MEMO IS NOT, QUITE ACCURATE IN TERMS OF JUST, YOU KNOW, NOT LOOKING. I MEAN, PERSONALLY, I THINK THEY'RE UGLY AND I THINK THEY I'D LIKE TO SEE THEM GONE ALL AT ONCE, BUT THAT'S NOT FEASIBLE.RIGHT. SO WE SHOULD HAVE A PLAN WHERE ALL OF THOSE. SO THE ONES THAT WE DO HAVE A PLAN FOR, I'D LIKE TO SEE THEM, AND WE HAD WE TALKED ABOUT INSTEAD OF DOING ALL OF THEM JUST LIKE EVERY INTERMITTENT ONES OR RANDOM ONES THAT ARE IN THE WAY OF OUR EXISTING THINGS AND GET THEM SO THEY'RE NOT. SO, SO HOW BIG ARE THESE SHRUBS? RIGHT. THEY'RE THEY'RE GREEN. THEY'RE EVERYWHERE. THE ONE IN THE FRONT. YEAH, THEY'RE THE EVERGREEN THING THAT AND THEY GROW. THEY'RE THEY'RE VERY UBIQUITOUS THINGS. DO THEY DO THEY ABSORB WATER, THEY ABSORB WATER SOMEWHAT. OKAY THE ONES THAT I'M LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW ACROSS THE DOORS. YES YES. SOME OF THOSE MY DAUGHTER LOVES THEM ARE, I WAS ALSO GOING TO ADD THAT, COMMITTEEWOMAN KEENAN IS RIGHT. THERE WAS DEFINITELY THE GREEN INITIATIVE COMMITTEE DID BRING UP THE FACT THAT WE
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SHOULDN'T REMOVE THEM TILL WE HAVE, NOT ALL OF THEM. SO WE DON'T LEAVE LIKE BARREN LAND FOR PEOPLE TO LOOK AT BECAUSE PEOPLE COME TO THE BUILDING AND NOW SUDDENLY THERE'S JUST WHAT, MUD.I DON'T KNOW, SO I THINK THE PLAN THAT WAS DISCUSSED WAS MAYBE THE ALTERNATE AS COMMITTEEWOMAN KEENAN SAID. SO THAT THAT'S UP IN THE THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE ASKING US. AND THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE IS RIGHT HERE. RIGHT. AND WE JUST HEARD THAT DEPUTY MAYOR'S DAUGHTER LOVES THEM. SO THAT'S DEFINITELY A CONSIDERATION, THERE'S A LOT OF THEM TO LOVE THE CAN WE TRIM THEM LIKE AREN'T THEY. THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. THAT'S TOO. BUT THEY HAVE TO BE. THERE'S SOME LIKE THAT ARE IN THE WAY REMOVE PLANTS AFTER. BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE BUILDING ON THE SIDE OVER THERE, MAYBE AFTER THE MEETING THERE'S A RAIN GARDEN BACK THERE THAT IS BEING ENCROACHED UPON BY ALL OF THEM. SO WE NEED TO MOVE THEM BACK AND CUT SOME OF THEM OUT. THERE'S A LOT OF THEM IN A SMALL SPACE. THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ON THE TRIMMING. RIGHT. SO THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE GROUP WAS, WHILE THERE WAS NO CURRENT CONSENSUS ON REMOVING ALL OR HALF, WHICH WOULD BE EVERY OTHER AT THIS TIME FOR THAT SPECIFIC SPOT, I'M NOT TALKING CORRECT.
AND THAT'S A SPECIFIC SPOT. YES. THE GROUP WAS COMFORTABLE WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT STAFF FIRST COMPLETING A TEST PRUNING OF THE JUNIPERS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING. YES. AND THEN THE GROUP CAN EVALUATE AT THE LOOK AT THEIR NEXT MEETING, AND THE PRUNING WILL CLEAN UP AND ENSURE THERE'S NO INTERFERENCE WITH THE SIDEWALK, WHICH WAS RAISED. AND SARAH ROBERTS IS ASKING LARRY KOPLIK TO HELP PRUNE THE CHINESE JUNIPERS IN HER TWO PLANTING BEDS IN THE FRONT BY THE LIBRARY THAT SHE MAINTAINS, BECAUSE SHE DID HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT HER NATIVE PLANTS NOT BEING TRAMPLED ON AND DISTURBED. RIGHT, AND THEN THE GROUP WANTED TO REVISIT THAT. THEY MEET AGAIN JULY 16TH, I BELIEVE. AND, FURTHER, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE TABLING THE MAYOR KEENAN'S, SUGGESTION. I THINK THEY JUST WANTED TO TAKE IT IN STEPS THAT THAT'S. YEAH. AND I WANTED TO ANSWER, COMMITTEEMAN, DENNIS ON HE BRINGS UP A GOOD POINT ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, WHY CAN'T WE TRIM IT SO THAT AS, THE ADMINISTRATOR SAID, THERE IS A PLAN TO DO THE ONES ON THE WEST SIDE. RIGHT. AND WE CAN ALL TAKE A LOOK AT IT BEFORE THEY TRY TO DO THAT TO. SO THE CONCERN WAS WOULD IT LOOK FINE TRIMMED BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF HAS A WHIMSICAL IT'S THE WORD WHIMSICAL QUALITY TO IT. SO ONCE THEY TRIM THEM WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AND, YOU KNOW. YEAH. AND I GUESS WHAT SOME OF THE THINKING WAS IS THAT THE WHEN THIS BUILDING WAS BEING DESIGNED, THERE WAS A FULL, LANDSCAPE PLAN THAT WAS MUCH WAS ACTUALLY NATIVE PLANTS AND GREEN AND ALL THAT STUFF. AND FOR SOME REASON, WHEN IT WENT TO THE COUNTY, IT DID NOT GO OUT TO BID WITH THAT. IT CAME WITH A STANDARD KIND OF THINGS. SO THE IDEA IS TO GO BACK TO WHAT MANY PEOPLE IN THE TOWN AND WE PAID PROFESSIONALS TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND START TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THOSE THINGS AND UNDO SOME OF THESE KIND OF RANT, YOU KNOW, NOT VERY ATTRACTIVE LOOKING THINGS IN OVERTIME, BUT THAT'S IT REALLY.
A LOT OF THIS INITIATED WITH ALL OF THE WORK THAT HAD BEEN DONE AND REALLY JUST DID NOT GET, DIDN'T GO OUT TO BID. SO, OKAY, SO AT THIS POINT, EVERYBODY ON THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE KNOWS ABOUT THIS. AND, SO THERE IS NO PLAN TO REMOVE THEM ALL, THERE IS A PLAN TO TRIM ON THE WEST SIDE AS A AND IN THE FRONT AS WELL, AND THE FRONT AS WELL. OH, THAT'S LARRY COMPLEX JOB. HE DIDN'T WANT. YES. RIGHT. HE, HE, THEY WANTED TO BE A LITTLE MORE DELICATE. CORRECT. OKAY. AND THE NON-NATIVE BOXWOODS, THESE ARE PLANTED AROUND THE PLAZA OUTSIDE THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS THAT, THEY THOSE WERE ALSO IDENTIFIED AS NON-NATIVE AND, THE DISCUSSION WAS WHETHER THEY SHOULD BE REMOVED. THE GROUP AT THIS TIME WAS COMFORTABLE REMOVING THE DEAD AND DYING BOXWOODS. THERE'S I WANT TO SAY, MAYBE 4 OR 5 THAT HAVE HAVE STARTED TO DIE. AND THEY SUGGESTED LEAVING THE REST UNTIL THERE IS A PLAN AND FUNDING TO REPLACE THEM. SARAH SUGGESTED ADDING BLACK EYED SUSANS WHERE THE DEAD AND DYING BOXWOODS WOULD BE REMOVED BECAUSE THIS WOULD ADD COLOR AND THEY BLOOM FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. THEN THE GROUP LIKED THIS AS A TEMPORARY MEASURE TO FILL THOSE GAPS THAT WOULD BE CREATED FROM THE REMOVAL, SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY WAS COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. THEN MAYOR SINGH HAD EXPRESSED A DESIRE FOR MORE COLOR AND FLOWERS. I AGREE, I ASKED FOR COLOR, SO SARAH MENTIONED THAT HER TWO PLANTING BEDS HAVE BEEN DESIGNED TO OFFER SOMETHING IN BLOOM THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND SHE OFFERED TO BRING SOME BLUE FLAG IRIS THAT FROM A GARDEN SHE CREATED AND MAINTAINS AT THE VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SHE DESCRIBED HER GARDENS AS, AS YOU KNOW, SHE'S VERY CREATIVE AND RESOURCEFUL. SO SHE CREATES THEM BY SORT OF SALVAGING PLANT MATERIAL AT NO COST. SO I HAD SUGGESTED I'D ASKED IF IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF WE HAD SOME FUNDING THAT SARAH COULD THEN PURCHASE, MAYBE MORE MATURE PLANTS, OR PROVIDE HER THE ABILITY TO BE MORE DELIBERATIVE
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WITH HER NATIVE PLANT SELECTION IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE SORT OF THIS COLOR AT ALL TIMES OF THE YEAR.SO, SO TO HELP SARAH IMPLEMENT HER VISION, YOU KNOW, AND SO THAT WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT THEY WERE GOING TO CONSIDER. THERE WASN'T ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR TO DECIDE UPON. AND THEN THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT ADDING A SHADE TREE IN THE PARKING LOT. ON THE MAP THAT WE'VE SHOWN, IT'S A CORNER OF THE SOUTH WEST CORNER OF THE PARKING LOT. WE'RE TABLING THIS UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING ON JULY 16TH. THIS MEETING THAT WE HAD WAS HELD PRIOR TO THE OPENING OF THE FARMER'S MARKET. SO WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WASN'T ANYTHING NEEDED. WE WERE PLANNING TRASH AND RECYCLING RECEPTACLES THERE, AS WELL AS DOG WASTE STATIONS WHICH ARE NOW IN, BUT THEY WEREN'T IN AT THE TIME. SO I DON'T THINK THERE WOULD BE ANY INTERFERENCE SINCE WE'VE HAD THE ONE FARMER'S MARKET, BUT WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE COMING UP THIS SATURDAY. SO, THAT BUT WE DID NOTICE THAT WITHIN THE DETENTION BASINS, THERE ARE, I THINK, 1 OR 2 TREES THAT ARE DYING. SO WE MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT REPLACING THOSE. OKAY. THAT'S THANK YOU SO MUCH, LORI. I THINK THAT BRINGS EVERYBODY UP TO SPEED ON THE GREEN. GREEN, INITIATIVE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, SO MY, REPORT IS ON THE, WIND TURBINES. SO AT THE DIRECTION OF THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE, THE MASTER PLAN COMMITTEE HAD REVIEWED A REQUEST BY DOCTOR VAN BEVEREN TO MODIFY THE TOWNSHIP'S ZONING CODE TO PERMIT A WIND TURBINE TO BE INSTALLED ON AN ONE ACRE RESIDENTIAL LOT, WHERE CURRENTLY THE REQUIREMENT IS A MINIMUM OF SIX ACRES. THE MASTER PLAN COMMITTEE MET WITH DOCTOR VAN BEVEREN ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS TO DISCUSS HIS PROPOSAL AND REVIEW THE MATERIALS THAT HE SUBMITTED. THE MATERIALS PROVIDED BY DOCTOR VAN BEVEREN. BEVEREN, OKAY, TO THE MASTER PLAN COMMITTEE, WERE INSUFFICIENT TO DETERMINE NOISE IMPACTS, WHICH WAS A CONCERN, WHICH WAS A CONCERN THAT NOISE GENERATED BY THE WIND TURBINES ON A ONE ACRE LOT COULD IMPACT ADJACENT PROPERTIES IF THE ZONING REGULATIONS WERE LOW, WERE TO LOWER THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE. MICHAEL SULLIVAN, BOARD PLANNER, FOLLOWED UP ON THIS MATTER BY CONTACTING THE WIND TURBINE MANUFACTURERS PROVIDED BY MR. VAN BUREN TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL NOISE LEVEL INFORMATION. BUT THE MANUFACTURERS DID NOT RESPOND TO HIS REQUEST. IN THE ABSENCE OF ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION, SPECIFICALLY WITH REGARD TO THE NOISE, PART OF NOISE POLLUTION, THE MASTER PLAN COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE ORDINANCE REMAIN AS WRITTEN, AND DOCTOR VAN BEVEREN COULD APPLY FOR A VARIANCE. A VARIANCE APPLICATION WOULD ALLOW THE HOMEOWNER TO PRESENT EVIDENCE FOR THE SPECIFIC PROPERTY, ITS IMPACT ON HIS NEIGHBOR ON THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES, AND DETERMINE IF THE IMPACT IS NEGLIGIBLE. SO THAT'S IT FOR WIND TURBINES. I AGREE. I MEAN, THERE'S TECHNOLOGY THAT KEEPS CHANGING. SO THERE ARE BETTER AND BETTER WIND TURBINES OUT THERE, BUT YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY GOT TO CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, AND AS THE WIND BLOWS FASTER OR HARDER AT 50 RPMS, YOU GOT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE AMBIENT NOISE IS. BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE A NEIGHBOR WHO'S GOING TO GET IMPACTED, THAT'S THAT'S A CONCERN. WELL, IF I COULD DIRECT YOU TO SOME RESOURCES THAT I FOUND AFTER THE MEETING AND I PASS IT ALONG TO PEOPLE, IT'S WIND SOURCE AT ENERGY.GOV. SO THE US GOVERNMENT HAS A WHOLE WEBSITE ON THIS, INCLUDING SOUNDS, YOU KNOW, ALL SORTS OF STUDIES ON SOUND LOCATION AND SO FORTH. SO IT'S A VERY, VERY ROBUST ONE, WHERE IT'S LACKING PERHAPS ARE MORE THINGS THAT ARE JUST ATTACHED TO A HOUSE. I WAS LOOKING FOR SOME RESOURCE ON THAT, BUT WHEN I GET IT, I'LL, I'LL JUST SHARE IT IN CASE THIS COMES UP AGAIN TO. YEAH. NO, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I THINK WHEN THEY START TALKING ABOUT THE NEIGHBORS AND NOISE, AS WE ALL KNOW, THERE ARE CERTAIN HEALTH CONDITIONS WHERE IT CAN GET REALLY HAVING A LOT OF NOISE WITH THE WIND TURBINE WOULD BE VERY DETRIMENTAL. SO GOING FOR A VARIANCE MAKES IT THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO GET THE OKAY FROM THE NEIGHBORS. SO I THINK THERE IS A WAY TO MAKE IT EASIER ON THE ON THE RESIDENT AND HIS NEIGHBORS. SO JUST TO CONFIRM. SO, DOCTOR VAN BEVEREN HAS BEEN INFORMED THAT BALL IS ON HIS COURT. YES. TO TAKE THE FOLLOW UPS. AND IF HE WANTS TO CONTINUE PROCEEDING ON. YES, SIR. OKAY.
YEAH. IF HE WANTS TO GET A VARIANCE. YES, I GUESS WE HAVE THE PRECISION AUTO WORKS LLC APPLICATION FOR OUTDOOR ASSEMBLY AND AMPLIFICATION PERMIT. LISA IS GOING TO SPEAK TO ME. SO AS YOU IF YOU RECALL, PRECISION AUTO WORKS AT THE MAY 16TH MEETING, I BELIEVE REQUEST BID SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS FOR A CAR SHOW, OUTDOOR ASSEMBLY CAR SHOW AT PRINCETON AIRPORT AND THAT, APPROVAL WAS DENIED. THEY HAVE SINCE RETURNED WITH A MORE COMPLETE APPLICATION FOR AN OUTDOOR ASSEMBLY WITH ALL THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION, WHICH I'VE SUBMITTED TO THE TOWNSHIP
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COMMITTEE FOR THIS MEETING FOR REVIEW, AND IT WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENTS TOMORROW. POLICE, FIRE MARSHAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT I HAVE RECEIVED A LAYOUT FOR SANITARY, THE SANITARY PLAN, THE TRAFFIC LAYOUT PLAN, AS WELL AS, I'M TRYING TO THINK OF WHAT ELSE AND THE AMPLIFICATION AMPLIFICATION PERMIT WAS ALSO SUBMITTED FOR, THE TOWNSHIP ADMINISTRATOR APPROVAL. SO THIS FOR NOW IS FOR YOUR INFORMATION AND REVIEW. AND THERE WILL BE A RESOLUTION ON THE JUNE 20TH MEETING FOR CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL. THE SHOW IS JULY 6TH, JULY 14TH FROM NOON TO SIX. THERE'S A PROPOSED DATE I SHOULD SAY. SO THE, JUST A QUESTION ON RENTED LOT, WOULD THEY HAVE A SHUTTLE THAT GOES FROM BECAUSE THESE PARKING LOTS ARE PRETTY FAR APART. ARE PEOPLE GOING TO BE WALKING ACROSS TO OH SIX IS MY CONCERN. I BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE. YEAH, POLICE CAPTAIN. BET THE POLICE WILL REVIEW THE TRAFFIC PLAN. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT? OKAY. NEW JERSEY MOTOR VEHICLE COMMISSION, MOBILE, MOBILE UNIT, JULY 3RD, 2020 FOR LISA. SO, AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE IN THE PAST LAST YEAR WE'VE HAD THE NEW JERSEY MOTOR VEHICLE COMMISSION PROVIDES THE MOBILE BUS UNIT FOR CONVENIENCE OF RESIDENTS TO USE FOR RENEWING LICENSES, APPLYING FOR REAL IDS, REGISTERING, TITLING, THEY ARE ASKING TO COME AGAIN ON JULY 3RD FROM 9 TO 2. THEY WILL USE THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS HERE TO FOR RESIDENTS OR VISITORS TO, FILL OUT THEIR APPLICATIONS. AND THEN THE MOBILE BUS WOULD BE OUT IN OUR PARKING LOT. SO I'M JUST LOOKING FOR A GO AHEAD. OKAY. FROM THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE TO LET THEM KNOW THEY'RE WELCOME.YEAH I WOULD BE GREAT IF EVERYBODY OBJECTIONS? YES, I THINK THEY WERE HERE QUITE A BIT, LAST YEAR I GOT MINE DONE WITH THE VERY CONVENIENT AND VERY CONVENIENT. OH NO. SO THE MAYOR AND THE. YES YOU DO? YES. HAVE BOTH USED IT. YES. YOU WILL NEED AN APPOINTMENT AND IT IS AVAILABLE ON THE NEW JERSEY MOTOR VEHICLE SITE, AND WE'LL HAVE IT IN OUR BULLETIN AND UP ON OUR WEBSITE. AS I JUST WANTED TO GET THE MARCHING ORDERS FROM TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE FIRST. LISA, CAN WE CONFIRM IF, LIKE MONTGOMERY RESIDENTS HAVE LIKE, PRIORITY FOR THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I MEAN, I'LL EVEN KIND OF THROW OUT A BONE TO ROCKY HILL, BUT, IF I CAN. WE DID LAST YEAR. WAS WE JUST LET WE INFORM MONTGOMERY RESIDENTS FIRST, AND THEN WE STAGGERED. IT WAS IT WAS STAGGERED. WE COULDN'T WE COULDN'T LEGALLY NOT WE COULDN'T WE COULDN'T. DO IT THAT WAY. SO YES, WE DID STAGGER IT. SO WE ACTUALLY STAGGERED OUR PARKS. YEAH. WE ALSO STAGGERED OUR PARKS SIGNUPS IN CASE OUR RESIDENTS ARE LISTENING, THAT OUR MONTGOMERY RESIDENTS GET FIRST DIBS ON ANY, PARKS, YOU KNOW, RESERVING ANY OF THE PARKS. AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE ONCE THAT 1 OR 1 AND A HALF MONTH PERIOD IS DONE, THEN WE OPEN IT UP TO PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIVE IN TOWN. SO YES. OKAY. SO YES. THAT'S GOOD. LISA. OKAY. BOARD AND THEN, BOARD OF HEALTH ORDINANCE NUMBER 24 TO 2020 4-02 ADDING CHAPTER 20 BODY ART LICENSING AND PROCEDURES. WENDY.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. THIS IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES. AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE BOARD OF HEALTH IS SEMI-AUTONOMOUS AND THEY HAVE THEIR OWN ORDINANCES. THAT'S ON THE BACK END OF THE TOWNSHIP CODE ON E CODE. SO THIS IS A BOARD OF HEALTH ORDINANCE THAT WAS ADOPTED TO PROVIDE FOR LICENSES FOR BODY ART, ESTABLISHED AGENTS. AND THOSE TYPE OF ESTABLISHMENTS ARE CALLED BODY ART BECAUSE THEY ARE ALSO INCLUSIVE OF NOT JUST TATTOOS, BUT BODY PIERCING OR, PERMANENT COSMETIC, YOU KNOW, THE EYEBROWS, ETC. SO THERE'S BEEN INTEREST FROM SOME BUSINESSES TO COME TO TOWN. AND IT WAS BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH THAT THERE WAS NO ORDINANCE TO LICENSE SUCH BUSINESSES. SO THIS ORDINANCE WOULD ALLOW THEM TO DO SO IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH REGULATIONS FOR THE BUSINESSES. OKAY, ANY ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE A TATTOOING WHAT IS THIS, PERMANENT TATTOOING OR IS IT, LIKE HENNA OR THAT KIND OF, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S PERMANENT. IS IT PERMANENT? SO FROM, MY KNOWLEDGE OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH MEETINGS, IT'S BASICALLY, MAKEUP, TATTOOS.
OH, SO IT'S LIKE KIND OF QUOTE UNQUOTE PERMANENT, MAKEUP, LIKE EYEBROWS, BUT THAT'S THE PERMANENT COSMETICS. YES. RIGHT RIGHT. BUT IT HAS THE SAME TITLE UNDER THE DEFINITIONS OF THE STATE REGULATIONS. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S TITLED AS BODY ART LICENSING AND PROCEDURES, BECAUSE BOTH WOULD BE COVERED UNDER THE SAME, HENNA TATTOOS DON'T REQUIRE THE SAME LEVEL.
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YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT NEEDLES OR WHATNOT. SO IT WOULDN'T BE UNDER THE SAME REGULATIONS. YEAH, YEAH. THE EYEBROW, IT IS. PEOPLE AREN'T DOING. YEAH. BUT THE. YES. AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE INTERESTED IN COMING ARE THE, THE COSMETIC SIDE, NOT THE TATTOO SIDE. RIGHT. BUT THIS DOES COVER BUT THEY COULD COME. IT WOULD JUST A TATTOO. THEY COULD COME IN. I MEAN, THIS ALSO COVERS THAT, RIGHT? YEAH. BUT THEY'RE BOTH NEEDLES. THEY'RE BOTH, YOU KNOW, INK INTO SKIN. SO THEY'RE COVERED UNDER THE SAME REGULATIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. OKAY SO. ANYTHING THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS THERE'S NO ONE IN TOWN THAT'S DOING THIS TYPE OF THING ALREADY. THAT'S A GOOD LOOK. THE BEAUTY SALONS WE HAVE HERE, APPARENTLY NOT NOBODY ELSE HAD HAD REQUESTED A LICENSE FOR THIS TYPE OF ACTIVITY. OKAY THAT WE KNOW OF. OKAY AND, SOMERSET COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REQUEST FOR FILM READY CERTIFICATION FOR MONTGOMERY. AS YOU UNDERSTOOD, HOLLYWOOD IS NOW COMING TO MONTGOMERY ALL THE TIME. SO. OKAY, SO IN, I GUESS CONNECTION WITH THE RECENT FILMING AT SAM, THE, HERE THE LIAISON FROM THE SOMERSET COUNTY FILM COMMISSION, LIAISON, MR. BANANA HAS REACHED OUT TO, REQUEST OR, SEE IF MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP IS INTERESTED IN BECOMING A FILM READY TOWN. AND THROUGH THE NEW JERSEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, THERE IS A CERTIFICATION PROCESS WHICH I'LL JUST HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THE STEPS, THERE'S WE WOULD BASICALLY HAVE TO DESIGNATE A FILM LIAISON DIRECTOR HERE AT THE TOWNSHIP. WE'D HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN ORDINANCE, WE'D ALSO THEY ARE REQUESTING US TO COME UP WITH A LIST OF, I GUESS, AREAS IN THE TOWNSHIP THAT WOULD BE FILM WORTHY. I GUESS HE'S REQUESTING THE LIST BY MONDAY, BUT WE OBVIOUSLY KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. SO IT'S BEFORE THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE FOR JUST CONSIDER FOR INFORMATION AT THIS POINT, AND I CAN GATHER MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROCESS FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE INTERESTED IN PURSUING THIS DESIGNATION, OR DO YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING? YEAH. IF YOU IF YOU WOULD GET US MORE INFORMATION ON THAT. YEAH. SO JUST WE KNOW. YES. AND I GUESS ECONOMICALLY WHEN THEY ARE COMING HERE TO FILM, WE'RE MAKING MONEY. THERE YOU GO. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT IT'S NOT A VOLUNTEER VOLUNTEERING THE TOWNSHIP. RIGHT. SO ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS IS ALSO TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE PROCEDURE. AND ORDINANCES WILL GENERALLY HAVE A PERMIT FEE FOR IT. OH, OKAY. AND THAT'S WHERE THE REVENUES WOULD COME IN. BUT IN KEEPING IN MIND THAT IT ALSO USES YOUR RESOURCES. RIGHT. SO IN THE LAST FILMING YOU HAD A ROAD CLOSURE AND WHATNOT. THIS WOULD ALLOW YOU TO BE A LITTLE MORE PROACTIVE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU DECIDE TO GET CERTIFIED FOR FILM READY. IF HOLLYWOOD IS KNOCKING YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE REGARDLESS SO THAT AT LEAST YOU CAN RECOUP YOUR COSTS THROUGH A PERMIT PROCESS. AND I JUST WANTED TO BRING UP SOMETHING THAT I HEARD FROM SOME OF THESE KIDS. I THINK THE YOUTH COUNCIL KIDS. ONE KID WAS MENTIONING, THEY WANTED A DRIVEWAY, I BELIEVE THEY NEEDED A DRIVEWAY.AND THEY WERE TRYING TO RENT AND I HEARD THAT THEY OFFERED 30,000 FOR SOMEONE'S DRIVEWAY, FOR THE SHOOTING OF THE FILM. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IF THESE ARE THE AMOUNTS WHICH ARE GOING AROUND THAT WE ALSO CHECK ON OUR PERMIT FOR FILM READY. THANK YOU. WE DO HAVE A LOT OF HISTORICAL SITES AND AREAS IF THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, CAN BE VERY CONSCIOUS OF OUR NOT DAMAGING ANYTHING. YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE FILM COME IN SOME KIND OF REGULATION. AND WITHIN MY DRIVEWAY. YEAH. DEPUTY MAYOR IS GOING TO BE OFFERING THIS DISCUSSION. I'LL GET MORE INFORMATION AND SUBMIT TO THE TOWNSHIP. THANK YOU. LISA, I THINK I THINK THERE IS CONSENSUS ON PURSUE DOING THIS AND THEN SEEING WHERE WE LAND. SURE. AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO UPDATE US ON THE NEW OPRAH LEGISLATION. SURE. SO, AT THE LAST MEETING, I SPOKE BRIEFLY THAT THERE WAS NEW LEGISLATION REGARDING MODERNIZATION OF THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT. I'M SORRY, OPEN PUBLIC RECORDS ACT. GOVERNOR MURPHY DID SIGN THAT LAW INTO DID SIGN THAT LAW ON JUNE 5TH. AND I'M JUST THE PURPOSE OF THIS TONIGHT IS TO JUST LET YOU KNOW THAT THAT LAW DID GET SIGNED. AND I'M ATTENDING A TRAINING SESSION ON JUNE 11TH, WITH THE NEW JERSEY LEAGUE OF MUNICIPALITIES. I DID SEND IT TO ALL OF THE STAFF THAT IS INVOLVED IN OPEN OPRAH, SO I WILL REPORT AT THE NEXT MEETING WITH THE UPDATES. BASED ON THAT MEETING. I THINK YOU BROUGHT HIM SOME NOTES HERE, JUST TO EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THE PREVIOUS
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OPRAH LAWS STILL IN PLACE, THE NEW ONE TAKES EFFECT, I GUESS JUST AFTER LABOR DAY. YEAH, I'M JUST GOING TO SAY IT'S 90 DAYS. IT'LL TAKE EFFECT IN 90 DAYS, SOMETIME ON OR ABOUT SEPTEMBER 4TH AND. RIGHT. THAT'S CORRECT. DEPUTY MAYOR OF, ALL OF THE CURRENT EXISTING LAWS REMAIN IN[30. Township Committee Reports]
EFFECT UNTIL THAT TIME. OKAY THANK YOU. I GUESS WE ARE AT THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE REPORTS AND COMMITTEE MEN ON, YEAH, WE HAD OUR FIRST FARMERS MARKET THIS PAST SATURDAY. I WAS GREAT, A LOT OF MUSIC LIVE MUSIC, A NEW ENERGY. NEW VENDORS BOUGHT, LIKE A WHOLE BUNCH OF PICKLES. IT WAS GREAT, I LOVE PICKLES. BUT, BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE IT'S EVERY WEEK. IT'S EVERY WEEK NOW, EVERY SATURDAY. AND AND, WE'D LOVE FOR EVERYBODY TO COME OUT, ENJOY THE MUSIC, ENJOY THE, THE, THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, I THINK IT'S A GREAT BRIDGE FOR OUR FOR OUR TOWN, AND THEN THE EDC IS ALSO LOOKING TO TRY TO DO A BUSINESS, SEMINAR WITH NJ ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, SBA TO GIVE, CLASSES ON GRANT POSSIBILITIES, MARKETING AND OTHER SUPPORT THAT BUSINESSES CAN CAN GET FROM OUR TOWN. SO, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S IT. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. SO I REALLY DON'T HAVE MUCH TO REPORT FROM MY COMMITTEES, BUT I DO WANT TO SHINE A LIGHT ON, OUR PROCLAMATIONS FOR JUNETEENTH, AND TO INVITE YOU ALL TO COME TO SAM'S ANNUAL JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION ON JUNE 15TH, YOU KNOW, I SAID LAST YEAR, AND I'LL PROBABLY SAY IT EVERY YEAR THAT I'M UP HERE, THAT IT'S AMAZING TO HAVE, AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY RIGHT HERE IN TOWN BECAUSE AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY IS AMERICAN HISTORY. AND, YOU KNOW, THE RESOLUTION LAYS OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT JUNETEENTH IS, BUT BUT AT THE SAME TIME DOESN'T. BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE FACT THAT THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION WAS ON JANUARY 1ST AND PEOPLE DIDN'T FIND OUT UNTIL JUNE, OH, THAT'S SIGNIFICANT. SO IF YOU COME ON OUT TO THE SAM EVENT, IT'S ALWAYS A JOYFUL EVENT BECAUSE JUNETEENTH IS A TIME OF JOY, BECAUSE THAT'S SOME JOYFUL NEWS. AND BY THE SAME TOKEN, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT JOY. WE ALSO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PRIDE AND JOY. THEY GO TOGETHER. SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE LGBTQIA PLUS PRIDE MONTH FOR ALL WHO. WELL, EVERYBODY CELEBRATES IT, RIGHT? EVERYBODY AND THEN FINALLY, WE DID HAVE OUR INCLUSION EQUITY COMMITTEE MEETING YESTERDAY, AND I WAS GLAD TO SEE THE YOUTH LEADERSHIP, COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE TODAY, ALL 300 OF THEM, AND WE DID HAVE THREE OF THEM, VISIT OUR MEETING, LAST NIGHT, IT WAS EMILY, YVONNE AND SAUJANA, AND THEY BROUGHT NEW ENERGY, AND WE, WE ENJOYED HAVING THEM. AND WE HOPE THAT, THEY'LL CONSIDER, SUPPORTING OUR COMMITTEE. ALL RIGHT, THAT'S IT. OKAY ON SATURDAY, MAY 18TH AND 19TH, THERE WAS A MONTGOMERY ARTS COUNCIL ARTS AND CRAFTS SHOW, WHICH WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED AND I GOT TO SIT WITH SOME OF THE LEADERSHIP FOLKS AND HELP PEOPLE WALK IN THE DOOR BECAUSE NOT ALL OF THEM SHOWED UP. SO BUT YES, IT WAS A GREAT SHOW AND HOPE TO DO IT AGAIN. THERE WERE WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL ARTISANS THERE, AND IT WAS A TWO DAY EVENT, OF COURSE WE HAD MEMORIAL DAY AND I KNOW YOU'LL BE COVERING IT, BUT, I WAS ABLE TO GO OUT AND CHEER ON OUR, OUR FIRE DISTRICTS THIS YEAR. EMS DID NOT, PARTICIPATE FOR THE HOPEWELL BOROUGH THING. SO NEXT YEAR I'M GOING TO WE'LL GET IT OUT EARLY SO PEOPLE CAN. I'M NOT THE ONLY PERSON JUMPING INTO THE STREET CHEERING FOR THEM. SO THERE'S THAT, I WAS VERY HAPPY THE CAPTAIN BROUGHT ME OUT TO THE FIRING RANGE. I GUESS YOU'D SAY TO CHECK IT OUT. AND I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO COMPARE IT TO, BUT, IT LOOKS GREAT. AND I KNOW THEY'RE VERY PROUD OF THIS RANGE. TO HAVE IT RIGHT HERE IN MONTGOMERY, DPW WAS VERY IS A PARTNER IN HELPING DO A LOT OF THIS WORK, BUT I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUTS TO, SERGEANTS DEWITT GILES AND RYAN GRAY AND LIEUTENANT JASON LARSON, WHO WERE REALLY, LEADING SOME OF THE CHARGES ON THIS ONE. SO IT WAS, IT WAS INTERESTING. AND IT WAS I'M GLAD I WENT OUT THERE. MAYBE IT'LL HELP ME. I WASN'T DOING ANYTHING WITH A GUN. SO, YOU KNOW, WE JUST WANT TO BE SURE, BECAUSE I'M GOING TO BE READING ABOUT GUN SAFETY. AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS IT WAS REALLY. YEAH I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL ANYBODY TO GO OUT THERE. IT WAS REALLY NOT ANYBODY, SPEAK TO THE POLICE FIRST. NO EXCUSE. SKI SHOOTING THIS TIME. NO NEXT NEXT YEAR.BUT YEAH, THEN WE HAD THE, ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION HAD A MEETING TUESDAY OF THIS WEEK, AND WE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF THE STUFF WE'D ALREADY TALKED ABOUT HERE, WE ARE WORKING ON A LENNI LENAPE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT, WE'VE REACHED OUT TO LANDMARKS COMMISSION AND THE INCLUSION AND EQUITY COMMITTEE THAT HAS GIVEN SOME FEEDBACK ON IT. SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH SOME TYPE OF
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PHYSICAL MARKER, BOULDER, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WITH SOME, WITH DOING THIS LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT. SO WORKING WITH THE LENNI LENAPE TO FIGURE OUT WHEN WE DO IT AND HOW IT LOOKS IS THERE'LL BE MORE TO COME ON THAT ONE, TALKED ABOUT, THE, THE ALSO SOME OF THE GRANTS AND I KNOW WE GOT THE SUSTAINABLE JERSEY GRANT, BUT WHAT WAS NOT MENTIONED IS THAT DURING THE CONFERENCE, LAUREN, OUR OWN LAUREN ZALESKI WAS A SPEAKER, AND SHE DID A FABULOUS JOB ON THAT ONE. AND WE ALSO GOT THE COMMUNITY BASED DEER MANAGEMENT GRANT, WHICH IS GOOD. SO WE GOT ANOTHER 5000 TO OFFSET THE BUTCHERING COST. AND ABOUT 14, A LITTLE BIT MORE, CLOSE TO 15,000 TO FUND A NEW POPULATION DENSITY SURVEY. SO THOSE ARE GOOD, JUST IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO BRING IN MORE MONEY. SO, AND THEN FINALLY, THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT ABOUT, THE, THE TOWNSHIP PROPERTY, THE TREE, THE TREE PROJECT, THE $75,000 ON THAT IN TERMS OF THE USE OF WHOLESALE VERSUS THAT WHERE SO WE COULD JUST GET AN UPDATE ON WHERE THAT SITS AND WHERE THAT'S GOING TO GO. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALREADY KNOW. OR WE COULD DO IT AT A FUTURE DATE. YEAH, MAYBE WE CAN DO IT FOR THE NEXT MEETING. UNLESS YOU HAVE IT. LORI, I THINK IT'S IN THE, MEETING SUMMARY THAT LAUREN WROTE, AND WE SENT AROUND FOR THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. OH, I REMEMBER SEEING THAT. I'M LOOKING FOR IT IN THE. OKAY, I GUESS WE CAN. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE COMING, YES. AND THEN THE BIORETENTION BASINS, I GUESS THEY WERE MOWED. AND THE QUESTION IS, IS WHY WERE THEY MOWED, BECAUSE THIS ISN'T THE TIME OF YEAR TO DO THOSE THINGS. BUT LIKE, THE QUESTION IS, IS THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME KIND OF DISCONNECT HERE. SO TRYING TO FIGURE OUT YOU KNOW, WHO'S IN CHARGE OF SOME OF THE MOWING AND THEN WHEN TO DO IT AND WHO'S DOING SOME OF THE GROUNDSKEEPING HERE. SO LAUREN DID FIND THE MANAGEMENT EACH EVERY, EVERY DETENTION BASIN HAS A MAINTENANCE MANUAL. SO SHE, SHE DID FIND THE MAINTENANCE MANUAL. IT DOES CALL FOR MOWING, AND SO WHAT WE WHAT WE'VE DONE IS THE IRISES THAT ARE GROWING IN THERE WERE STAKED SO YOU COULD SEE THAT SOME OF THEM WERE NOT MOWED, BUT SOME OF THEM WERE. SO THE LANDSCAPE COMPANY THAT WE HAVE IS COMING TO THE NEXT GREEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING TO DISCUSS THIS MORE IN DEPTH. SO STAFF WILL BE THERE. OKAY. SO IT'S TIMING IS TIMING AND HOW OKAY. GOOD. GREAT. YEAH. SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO TOUCH BASE MORE IN DEPTH ON THAT AT THAT JULY 16TH MEETING. GREAT. AND, THE, THE, THE MINUTES I'M SORRY. THEY'RE NOT MINUTES. IT'S A SUMMARY OF THE MEETING THAT WE HAD THE LAST GREEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING. AND FOR THE $75,000 TREES, I THINK WE ARE GOING WITH THE GROUP AGREED THE PROCESS WAS PREFERRED THAT WE WILL SOURCE AND PURCHASE THE MATERIALS WHOLESALE, WHICH BARTOLONI THE POINT PERSON. AND HE'S WORKING WITH AVA ZACK ON THAT. THAT IS EXCELLENT NEWS. WE'LL GET A LOT MORE TREES. SO THIS IS GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. GOOD. OKAY. DEPUTY FOR, I THINK THAT'S IT FOR MINE. THANK YOU. YEAH. I DIDN'T HAVE ANY COMMITTEES SINCE THE LAST TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE MEETING, BUT WE DID, HAVE OUR MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY AS THE COMMITTEE. WHEN AKIN MENTIONED IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY, I THINK WE HAD A REALLY, UNEXPECTED HIGH TURNOUT, AND MEMBERS OF THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE, ASSEMBLYMAN ROY FREEMAN ALSO JOINED US, IT WAS JUST A REALLY NICE EVENT, IT'S ALWAYS GREAT WHEN, OUR RESIDENTS COME TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE THAT SOME, HOLIDAY WOULD BE REMISS TO IF I DIDN'T MENTION THAT, YOU KNOW, TODAY IS ALSO THE EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE D-DAY LANDINGS IN WORLD WAR TWO. AND AS WE TALKED ABOUT, LIKE, THE GREATEST GENERATION, YOU KNOW, COMING TOGETHER, I HEARD A STORY ON, ON THE NEWS TODAY AND TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, AN OFFICER FROM, LIKE, KENTUCKY WITH A TRUCK WHO WAS, WHO WAS, DEPLOYING TO D-DAY WITH A, YOU KNOW, A TRUCK DRIVER FROM FROM NEW JERSEY. AND YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT, LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, A TYPE OF DIVERSITY, AND PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER, OBVIOUSLY, THE MILITARY AT THAT POINT WAS VERY SEGREGATED. SO I WANT TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR ON THAT ONE TRANSPARENT. BUT IT WAS A TIME WHERE PEOPLE FROM ALL KIND OF DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY WOULD COME TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, IN COMMON GOAL. AND I'M HOPING THAT, YOU KNOW, AS WE CELEBRATE THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY, THAT, EVERYONE CAN KIND OF REFLECT AND SEE, YOU KNOW, HOW HE COULD BETTER COME TOGETHER THAN DIVIDED. AND I'M REALLY PROUD THAT OUR PRESIDENT WAS THERE, CELEBRATING, WITH WHICH MAY POTENTIALLY BE THE LAST TIME SOME OF THOSE VETERANS WERE NOW, YOU KNOW, THE YOUNGEST ONES ARE LIKE AT THE LATE 90S, ARE ACTUALLY ABLE TO ATTEND, WITH THAT, I ALSO WANT TO, YOU KNOW, COMMEND, OUR CLERK, LISA, FOR EXECUTING A FANTASTIC EARLY VOTING, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, I THINK WHEN YOU DON'T HEAR ANYTHING, IT MEANS THAT YOU'RE DOING A FABULOUS JOB. SO THANK YOU. AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE POLL WORKERS WHO CAME IN DAY IN AND DAY OUT ON WEEKENDS, TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS EVERY THANK YOU. TK YOU. YEAH THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR. THAT IS REALLY TRUE. LISA, AGAIN, THANK YOU. AND OF COURSE, OUR POLL WORKERS, IT IT[01:30:05]
WAS WE DIDN'T HEAR ANY COMPLAINTS. SO THAT'S ALWAYS REALLY GOOD. SO, I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS, THE COMMITTEEMEN, DENNIS, ANN AND I WERE AT THE COUNTY WHERE, WE WERE, I GUESS HONORED WITH THE AARP 2024, CELEBRATION, AND THERE WAS A PROCLAMATION EVENT. SO WE REALLY WANT TO THANK THE COUNTY, THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS INVITED US, SO THAT WENT REALLY WELL, THEN.AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, ROLLING THUNDER CAME INTO TOWN AND, THE DEPUTY MAYOR WAS NOT, IN TOWN, BUT I WAS THERE AND, WELCOMED THEM. THEY REALLY WERE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF SUCH A GREAT GROUP OF VETERANS, VERY FOCUSED. THERE WERE JUST SOME AMAZING I THINK THERE WAS, OLD ARMY TRUCK, WHICH WAS THERE, WHICH I GOT TO VISIT AND CLIMB INTO. AND IT WAS IT IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING.
AND, THANK YOU TO THEM FOR COMING INTO OUR TOWN. AND, AND THEY WERE VERY THANKFUL THAT OUR TOWN IS SO WELCOMING, TO THEM. AND, ALSO, I GUESS THE DEPUTY MAYOR AND I WERE AT THE, EAGLE SCOUTS THAT JUST CAME THEIR CEREMONY, WHICH WAS ACTUALLY, REALLY, REALLY PROFOUND AND NICE. AND SEEING ALL THESE YOUNG MEN, WORK TO DO SO MUCH THAT THEY DO FOR THE TOWNSHIP IS AMAZING. AS COMMITTEEMAN ANN MENTIONED, WE DID HAVE THE FARMERS MARKET. I WAS THERE TOWARDS THE TAIL END, BUT IT WAS NICE TO SEE ALL THAT WAS HAPPENING THERE. AND THEN I WAS, THERE FOR A LITTLE BIT AT THE, AT THE TRAILS DAY, WHICH SEEMED TO GO REALLY, REALLY WELL. THERE WERE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE WHO WERE INTERESTED IN DOING THAT. TWO MILE TRAIL. AND, SO I GUESS WE ARE VERY BLESSED TO HAVE THESE OPPORTUNITIES IN MONTGOMERY FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE. I DO HAVE TO COMMEND YOU, MAYOR, BECAUSE THAT SATURDAY WAS A VERY BUSY DAY. YOU AND I WERE BOTH AT THE, AT THE EAGLE SCOUT CEREMONY, AND I JUST MADE IT TO THE FARMER'S MARKET WE MADE THERE AND TO THE TRAILER. AND THEN I MADE IT TO TRAILS DAY, AND I WAS LIKE, YEAH, IT WAS. IT IS SO NICE, I THINK, TO ENCOURAGE OUR RESIDENTS TO COME. AND I HOPE ALL THE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES WHICH ARE COMING THAT THEY, ESPECIALLY THE FARMERS MARKETS, WHICH ARE GOING TO BE EVERY, SATURDAY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE KNOW THAT THERE ARE SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES AND I RECREATION, OF COURSE, I SHOULDN'T FORGET, BEING ON THE REC COMMITTEE THAT WE ARE, PROMOTING, THE FIREWORKS AND WE'RE HOPING TO SEE, ALL OUR RESIDENTS THERE. THAT IS OUR BIG EVENT. I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO SAY ABOUT 8000 PLUS RESIDENTS COME TO THE FIREWORKS. SO, LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING EVERYBODY THERE AND CELEBRATING, OUR, DAY OF JULY 4TH FOR US. AND, THE OTHER THING, THE REC COMMITTEE, IS DOING IS JUNE 21ST, IS INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY, AND WE WILL HAVE A LITTLE CELEBRATION AT, BEHIND THE OAK, OTTO KAUFMAN, AND, IT WOULD BE, WE HAVE ONE OF OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES WHO'S GOING TO BE DOING FREE YOGA, SUNSET YOGA AT SIX. WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THE FLIER GOES OUT, IT'S I THINK IT'S ALREADY ON OUR WEBSITE, AND IT'S A FREE EVENT FOR OUR RESIDENTS RECOGNIZING INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY, MAYOR'S WELLNESS. SO WE HOPE TO SEE, ALL OUR RESIDENTS THERE. SO THOSE ARE. NO, THAT'S A GOOD POINT, I HAVE TO AGREE WITH COMMITTEEWOMAN KEENAN THAT I DON'T THINK WE CAN GET 23,000 PEOPLE. 24,000 PEOPLE. BUT TWO YEARS AGO, WHEN WE DID THAT, WE DID GET ABOUT 30 PEOPLE, AND THEY WERE FINE BECAUSE WE COULD, YOU KNOW. AND NOW NOW, LET ME TELL YOU THAT SINCE THE OLD, POND THERE WAS A POND BEHIND THE SENIOR CENTER, I'M NOT SURE IF ANYBODY'S VISITED THAT UNFORTUNATELY, WAS LEAKING. IT WAS NOW IT HAS BEEN, FILLED IN, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE GRASSY AREA. SO MAYBE THIS TIME WE CAN HAVE 40. I'M HOPING EVERYBODY ON THE DAIS IS GOING TO BE COMING FOR THIS, YOGA EVENT. SO WHAT WAS THE DAY AGAIN? 21ST JUNE, INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY. SO HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY CAN NOT. WELL, YEAH, WHOEVER CAN MAKE IT. OKAY, MAYOR, JUST SO YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE. SO CHRIS NEWMAN IS, DOING A PROJECT OUT THERE AND HELPING TO CLEAN UP SOME OF THAT AREA. THANK YOU. THAT'S AND, THANK YOU. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND I THINK ALL ALL THE WHOLE COMMITTEE APPRECIATES IT BECAUSE PEOPLE DO USE IT. AND NOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE ALL THOSE PATHS AND THE SENIORS ARE SO EXCITED. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THAT. I THINK IT'S A NICE AREA.
IT'S A VERY SMALL AREA AS COMMITTEE WOMAN KEENAN SAID. BUT IT'S STILL IT'S STILL NICE AREA.
AND THEY I KNOW, DENISE HAD SAID THAT THEY SHE'S GOT I THINK SOMEBODY FROM BLOOMBERG MIGHT BE A GROUP FROM BLOOMBERG MIGHT BE COMING TO CLEAN IT UP. I THREW IN, I WENT OUT AND I PUT IN A BUNCH OF FLOWERS, BUT I FORGOT TO TELL ANYBODY, SO THEY MIGHT BE DEAD BY THIS TIME, SO. OH
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THAT'S REALLY GOOD. IF YOU DID FLOWERS, BECAUSE I KNOW, FORMER MAYOR LOUISE WILSON HAD ALSO REACHED OUT AND SHE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING ON ON THE BACK OF, ORDER. KAUFFMAN. SO HOPEFULLY ONCE EVERYTHING IS DONE, WE CAN DO LIKE A, MAYBE A GRAND OPENING WITH ALL OF US ON THE DAIS THERE. WELL, THESE AREN'T GREAT CLEAN UP EVENT, LIKE A, LIKE, LIKE A GATHERING EVENT LIKE HOW WHAT ARE WHAT ARE YOU DOING? I'M JUST CURIOUS. NOW, ON ON. CHRIS IS DOING HIM OR DO YOU WANT ME TO JUST ANSWER? YOU'RE DOING A PROGRAM THAT, THAT SHE'S GOT GETS A NUMBER OF HOURS TO DO. AND SO SHE'S WORKING ON THAT AREA TO HELP IDENTIFY SOME OF THE NATIVES, NON NATIVES AND CLEANING THEM OUT THAT AREA. SO THAT'S A AND BUT THE COMMUNITY THING IS JUST BLOOMBERG THEY'RE DOING IT FROM THEMSELVES. THEY'RE JUST WANTED SOMETHING FROM LIKE A TEAM BUILDING THING. THEY THEY'RE COMING OUT TO DO A PROJECT. OKAY SO THAT'S IT'S LIKE A PRIVATE GROUP. THAT'S. YEAH. YEAH OKAY. AND THAT IS OPEN TO ALL OUR RESIDENTS BECAUSE, I THINK YEAR AND A HALF, TWO YEARS AGO, MY OFFICE WAS THERE DOING WEEDING AND CLEANUP. SO ANY, ANY RESIDENTS WHO FEEL THAT THEY WANT TO SUPPORT US AND WANT TO HELP OUT, LARRY KOPLIK AND HELP WITH THE WEEDING, WE'RE ALWAYS VERY APPRECIATIVE. OKAY. SO I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY, WHICH, WAS FRIDAY, JUNE 2ND. IT IS OBSERVED THE FIRST FRIDAY IN JUNE. THE DAY IS DEDICATED TO RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT THE ISSUE OF GUN VIOLENCE IN THE US. IT ALSO SERVES AS A REMINDER OF THE DEVASTATING IMPACT THAT GUN VIOLENCE HAS ON INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE NATION. I ALSO WANTED TO MAKE RESIDENTS AWARE THAT THE BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES REQUIRES PSC NG TO PERIODICALLY REPLACE METERS TO ENSURE SAFE AND RELIABLE DELIVERY OF SERVICE TO EACH RESIDENT AND CUSTOMER.THE CLERK'S OFFICE HAS BEEN ADVISED THAT SOME MONTGOMERY RESIDENTS HAVE NOT RESPONDED TO CNG METER REPLACEMENT REQUEST, SO PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT CNG WILL BE FOLLOWING UP WITH TWO MORE LETTERS. THE FIRST, A SHUT OFF OF GAS SERVICE PENDING GAS METER REPLACEMENT REQUIRED, AND A SECOND LETTER IF STILL NO RESPONSE WOULD BE FINAL. NOTICE YOUR GAS SERVICE IS SCHEDULED TO BE SHUT OFF. GAS METER REPLACEMENT REQUIRED. PLEASE CONTACT OUR TOWNSHIP CLERK, LISA FOURNIER IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS. I'M HOPING THAT THIS IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE PUTTING ON OUR WEBSITE. WE'LL SEND IT IN AN E-BULLETIN AND WE ARE HOPING SINCE MONTGOMERY NEWS EDITOR IS HERE, THAT SHE WOULD ALSO PUT THAT ON HER SOCIAL MEDIA. THANK
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YOU, ADMINISTRATORS REPORT, ON MAY 30TH, THE FRONT DOOR THRESHOLD MODIFICATION PROJECT WAS COMPLETED. SO THE DOOR WAS CLOSED FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AND ENTRY WAS MADE THROUGH THE LIBRARY PROGRAM ROOM. THERE WERE NO ISSUES REPORTED WHILE THE WORK WAS GOING ON. AND NOW THAT THRESHOLD IS NO LONGER ANY IMPEDIMENT TO ANYONE WITH MOBILITY ISSUES, WE RECEIVED ON MAY 30TH, WE RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION FROM AN EROSION CONTROL INSPECTOR FROM SOMERSET UNION SOIL CONSERVATION DISTRICT REGARDING AN ONGOING SOIL DISTURBANCE ISSUE FOR A PROPERTY ON BELLE MEAD GRIGGSTOWN ROAD, WHERE A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOME HAS BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THAT OFFICE CONFIRMED WITH USDA, NRCS, THAT'S THE CONSERVATION SERVICE AND WITH MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP THAT THERE ARE NO APPROVALS OR PLANS FOR THIS PROPERTY RELATED TO THE TREE CLEARING FOR FARMING PURPOSES WITHIN THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT AREA AND WITHOUT AN APPROVED PLAN FROM NRCS, THIS MATTER BECAME A. THIS BECAME A MATTER OF ENFORCEMENT FOR DEP.THE SOIL CONSERVATION DISTRICT IS REQUIRING AN UPDATE TO THE PROPERTY OWNER'S CURRENT CERTIFICATION, SHOWING THIS ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCE AND SHOWING THE PROPER EROSION CONTROLS ARE TO BE INSTALLED ON SITE. THIS WORK WILL PUSH THE PROJECT INTO REQUIRING AN NJDEP 5G3 STORMWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT. THE SOIL CONSERVATION DISTRICT HAS SET A DEADLINE OF JUNE 12TH FOR THE DISTRICT TO RECEIVE EITHER AN APPROVED NRCS CONSERVATION PLAN OR AN UPDATED SOIL EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL PLAN. TO ADJUST. THE CERTIFICATION SHOULD THESE REQUIREMENTS NOT BE MET. A STOP CONSTRUCTION ORDER WILL BE ISSUED FOR THE PROPERTY AND HE'S ADVISED THAT THE ORDER WILL RESTRICT ALL WORK BEING DONE ON THE PROPERTY, ON THAT SIMILAR PROPERTY, THERE WAS ANOTHER AREA ON THE PROPERTY WHERE MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP HAD JURISDICTION OVER ENFORCEMENT. OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HAD TO, VIOLATE THE PROPERTY OWNER FOR CLEARING AN AREA IN A DIFFERENT AREA, THAT WAS HAD AN EASEMENT ON IT, AND THE ISSUE WAS NOT REMEDIED. SO WE UNFORTUNATELY HAD TO TAKE THE PROPERTY OWNER TO MUNICIPAL COURT. THE PROPERTY OWNER WAS FOUND GUILTY AND REQUIRED TO RESTORE TO THE AREA OR PAY A FINE, THE PROPERTY OWNER DID
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COMPLY WITH THE CONSENT ORDER. THIS WAS BACK IN JANUARY. THIS EVENT TOOK PLACE AND THEY RESTORED THE AREA IN QUESTION. THAT WAS CONFIRMED. SO ON THE CURRENT VIOLATIONS ON THE OTHER PORTION OF THE PROPERTY, WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED AS WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT, THE CAMP MEETING ROAD BRIDGE AT THE JUNE 1ST FARMERS MARKET, I SPOKE WITH A RESIDENT WHO LIVES WITHIN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE CAMP MEETING ROAD BRIDGE. THIS IS THE ONE LANE BRIDGE ADJACENT TO OTTO KAUFFMAN CENTER. THE BRIDGE, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY NOT RECALL OR HAVE HEARD IT WAS ONCE DELIBERATED OVER AS AN ORPHAN BRIDGE WHERE NEITHER SOMERSET COUNTY NOR CSX, BECAUSE THE BRIDGE TRAVELS OVER THE TRAIN TRACKS. WE'RE TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE BRIDGE AND THE BRIDGE IS IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT. THE STATE NJ DOT AGREED TO REPLACE THE BRIDGE, AND SOMERSET COUNTY WILL TAKE OVER FUTURE MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE REPLACEMENT. SO WE KNEW THAT AS OF LAST YEAR, THAT WAS A STEP. BUT I WANTED TO BRING A STATUS BECAUSE THIS RESIDENT HAD BROUGHT IT TO MY, YOU KNOW, HAD TO ASK FOR AN UPDATE. SO THE NJDOT HAS COMMITTED TO RELOCATING THE OLD BRIDGE THAT WE CAN THEN USE, AS A FOR A PATHWAY SOMEWHERE OVER A STREAM BECAUSE OF THE HISTORIC STATUS, THE NEW BRIDGE WILL HAVE TWO 14 FOOT WIDE BIKE COMPATIBLE LANES WITH A SIX FOOT WIDE SIDEWALK ON THE NORTH SIDE. CONSTRUCTION WOULD BE IN THE SUMMER TO AVOID, SCHOOL BUS TRAFFIC AND NJDOT PREDICTS DESIGN COMPLETE IN 2026 AND CONSTRUCTION IN 2027. ON MAY 29TH, I MET WITH LARRY KOPLIK TO DEBRIEF ON THE SPRING STREET TREE PLANTING PROJECT. HE'S PREPARING A FALL STREET TREE PLANTING PLAN AND WILL COME TO THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE TO ADVISE ON SHADE TREE COMMITTEE'S SUGGESTIONS, WE'RE WORKING OUT A FEW KINKS IN THE PROCESS THAT WE'VE BEEN AMENDING, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, ON ANY SORT OF FIELD CHANGES THAT MAY NEED TO TAKE PLACE ONCE THE CONTRACTOR IS ENGAGED. AND THERE MIGHT BE SOME ISSUES, BUT, LARRY WILL COME TO A MEETING AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THAT. I WANTED TO ALSO RAISE WE TALKED ABOUT THE FARMERS MARKET, AND WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE ABOUT NATIVE PLANTS TONIGHT, THAT SARAH ROBERTS, WHO'S ON OUR ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION, SHE AND OUR PLANNING BOARD, SHE WILL BE AT THE THIS WEEK'S FARMER'S MARKET TALKING ABOUT NATIVE PLANTS. SHE'LL HAVE A TABLE. SO PEOPLE SHOULD DEFINITELY STOP BY AND TALK TO SARAH. WE HAVE TWO, COUNTY SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM INTERNS. WE HAD ONE LAST YEAR. VICTORIA, YOU MET HER BECAUSE WE. SHE RECEIVED AN AWARD AND, SHE'S COMING BACK, SO SHE'LL COMPLETE THE TREE INVENTORY AND WORK ON SOME OTHER THINGS. AND ACTUALLY, AVI, ONE OF OUR, YOUTH LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE. COUNCIL, STUDENTS THAT WAS HERE TONIGHT. HE APPLIED FOR THE PROGRAM AND MATCHED. WE SNATCHED HIM UP REALLY QUICK. WE HE'S BEEN ACTUALLY VOLUNTEERING AND WORKING WITH TAMMY GHARRAFA ON THE ONLINE BUSINESS DIRECTORY UPDATE. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE BOTH OF THEM. AND BOTH ARE BEING PAID THROUGH SOMERSET COUNTY'S PROGRAM. WONDERFUL, THE ELK'S PANTRY FOOD PANTRY HAS A POP UP. THEY HAVE THREE POP UP DATES, ONE WAS TONIGHT. THEY HAVE ONE COMING UP NEXT THURSDAY, JUNE 13TH FROM 6 TO 830. AND KAYLIE CRUZ, OUR LOCAL HEALTH OUTREACH COORDINATOR, WILL BE THERE REPRESENTING THE TOWNSHIP AND MEETING, THE FOLKS THAT UTILIZE THAT FOOD PANTRY, I WANTED TO WHAT DATES WERE THEY AGAIN? I'M SORRY. WHAT WERE THE DATES, I HAVE TO GET YOU THE LAST DATE, BUT IT'S TONIGHT. IT'S NEXT THURSDAY THE 13TH. AND THERE'S A THERE'S A THIRD DATE, WHICH I WILL GET TO YOU THE TIME, NEXT THURSDAY. IT'S FROM 6 TO 830.AND THE OTHER DATE IS, IT IS JUNE 24TH FROM 4 TO 7 P.M. OKAY SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT AS A REMINDER THAT THE LOCAL HEALTH OUTREACH COORDINATOR POSITION IS GRANT FUNDED BY THE STATE, WHILE IT STARTED AS A COVID FOCUSED POSITION, THE STATE HAS AGREED THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH DEEWANGI TO EXPAND THOSE DUTIES. SO THE, MODIFIED JOB DUTIES REQUIRE THIS FLEXIBILITY. SO SHE'S BEEN WORKING WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AT THE STATE LEVEL, THE GRANT RUNS THROUGH JUNE 30TH WITH AN EXTENSION THROUGH TO THE 31ST. SO WE, DEVON HAS BEEN WORKING ON THAT COME JULY 1ST, THAT THIS ROLE WILL BE EXECUTED A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY, BUT THE POSITION WHEN MORE RECENTLY, THEY BECAME A PART OF THE OEM TEAM, WHICH WAS VERY HELPFUL. THEY ASSISTED IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT DIFFERENT, TASKS TO SUPPORT OEM.
THERE IS WORK UNDERWAY ON A NEW SIDEWALK PATHWAY ALONG SKILLMAN ROAD. SO LAUREN RADZILOWSKI, OUR OPEN SPACE AND STEWARDSHIP DIRECTOR, RECEIVED A GRANT FROM THE STATE. AND THAT IS PHASE TWO
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OF THE SKILLMAN ROAD PATHWAY, OTHER RESIDENTS THAT I TALKED TO AT THE FOOD AT THE FARMER'S MARKET WANTED TO KNOW WHEN THE CONNECTION, THE PHASE THREE, WHICH CONNECTS FROM THE INTERSECTION OF 601 AND SKILLMAN ROAD SOUTH TO THE HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE A LOT OF STUDENTS ARE WALKING THERE, AND THAT ONE IS A LITTLE MORE EXPENSIVE. WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED A GRANT YET TO HELP KIND OF COVER THOSE COSTS, BECAUSE THERE'S A WETLAND CROSSING AND I THINK MAYBE A STREAM AS WELL, A SMALL STREAM OR SOMETHING, SO THAT WE HAVE THE ENGINEERING COSTS. WE HAVE A BRIDGE NOW. SO WE YEAH, GET DOT TO MOVE THAT BRIDGE. WE WANT THAT TWO LANE AND WE WANT TO, AND SO WE DID RECEIVE NOTIFICATION FROM XFINITY THAT XFINITY CUSTOMERS IN OUR MUNICIPALITY ARE RECEIVING A NOTICE THAT ON JULY FIRST, THERE WILL BE A CHANGE TO SENIOR DISCOUNTS IN NEW JERSEY. AND IT WILL CHANGE TO 10% OFF LIMITED BASIC CABLE AND CUSTOMERS.HOWEVER, WHO ARE CURRENTLY RECEIVING A SENIOR DISCOUNT WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THEIR SAME DISCOUNT UNTIL IF THEY WERE TO CHANGE THEIR SERVICE. AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEND TO DENISE AND TO LOU VACCARO'S, YES. OKAY. WE CAN WE CAN SHARE THAT WITH THEM. OKAY AND DID WE DID. OH YEAH. OH YOU DID. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND LASTLY, THE PROMENADE, THE MONTGOMERY PROMENADE, STORMWATER BASIN AND STRUCTURE INSTALLATION IS CONTINUING ON SITE WITH CONTINUED ROUGH GRADING ACROSS THE ENTIRE SITE, THERE WAS ON MAY 30TH, ONE OF THE SITE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS DID HIT AN UNMARKED ABANDONED GAS SERVICE LINE NEAR THE ENTRANCE ON 206.
HOWEVER, IT WAS IN ABANDONED LINE, LIKELY FROM THE FORMER CAR DEALERSHIP THAT WAS IN THAT LOCATION AND THE ACTIVE GAS LINE WAS PROPERLY MARKED AND NOT IMPACTED. BUT PSEG CREWS ARRIVED. OUR OEM WAS OVERSEEING IT, ALONG WITH, ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE INC. THEY'RE ON SITE, INSPECTORS WHO ARE ARE DOING THE INSPECTION THERE FOR US. NO BUSINESSES WERE AFFECTED. THE ROAD WAS REOPENED BY LUNCHTIME AND FIRE AND POLICE RESPONDED AS WELL. THAT'S MY REPORT. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO ADD THE TWO THINGS THAT SLIPPED MY MIND IS THE SECOND GRADERS WERE AT THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING, ON, WHEN WERE THEY HERE? TWO DAYS AGO. AND THEY WERE QUITE EXCITED.
THEY WENT TO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. THEY CAME TO MEET THE MAYOR. I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE SECOND GRADERS. THEY WERE HERE FROM 10 TO 12. AND THE QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAD WERE JUST AMAZING. WHAT WE ARE DOING IN RECREATION, THINGS ABOUT THE PARKS. I ALMOST FELT THAT THEY THEY HAD HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH PARENTS. ONE CHILD DID ASK ME WHAT WERE HIS TAXES PER DAY. AND, SO I DID TELL HIM, WE'LL GET BACK TO HIM ON THAT. I WAS VERY IMPRESSED. A SECOND GRADER, YOU KNOW, I GUESS WE HAVE BRILLIANT KIDS IN MONTGOMERY, AS WE FIND OUT DAILY AND, AND THE OTHER THING WAS, TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE, HOSTED, CONGRESSWOMAN BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN AND, THE COMMISSIONER DIRECTOR, CHANEL ROBINSON FOR OUR HEALTH AND WELLNESS FAIR.
VERY WELL ATTENDED, PEOPLE HAD A CHANCE TO ASK QUESTIONS IS, ALL ALL OF THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE WAS THERE. AND, WE'RE VERY THANKFUL TO EVERYONE WHO CAME AND WE STILL HAVE ALL THOSE RESOURCES ON OUR WEBSITE FOR PEOPLE WHO COULDN'T MAKE IT. SO THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS I DID WANT TO BRING UP. MAYOR, MAY I SPEAK? YES CIRCLING BACK TO THE FOOD PANTRY, JUST FOR THOSE MAYBE WHO MIGHT NOT BE NEW TO MONTGOMERY OR NOT KNOW WHAT IS THE FOOD PANTRY POP UP EVENT? OH I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS. ONE. SO I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO STOP BY AND SEE. BUT, I'M NOT SURE IF ANYONE ELSE HERE HAS, BUT IT'S, OPEN HOURS WHEN THE ELKS FOOD PANTRY IS OPEN FOR DROP IN, IF YOU WILL. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE TO HAVE AN APPOINTMENT, BUT I CAN LOOK INTO THAT. AND, IF ANYBODY IS WANTS TO FOLLOW UP WITH ME. OKAY, BUT I BELIEVE THEY INVITE SOME GROUPS TO APPEAR, LIKE HOW OUR, OUR HEALTH OUTREACH COORDINATOR WILL WILL COME AND PROVIDE INFORMATION AND INTERACT WITH ANYONE COMING TO THE FOOD PANTRY IF THERE'S ANY NEEDS THAT THAT WE CAN BE A FURTHER ASSISTANCE FOR. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. THAT MAKES. YEAH THANK YOU. OKAY, FUTURE
[32. Future Agenda Items]
AGENDA ITEMS, ANIMAL CONTROL SOLUTIONS, THIS IS OUR MID-YEAR REVIEW. SO. YES, WE'RE, WE WILL BE PROVIDING YOU AT EITHER PROBABLY THE MEETING IN JULY, KIND OF A SIX MONTH EVALUATION OF HOW THAT CONTRACT IS GOING. BECAUSE IF YOU RECALL, AT THE END OF LAST YEAR WHEN OUR ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER LEFT, WE ENTERED INTO THIS THIRD PARTY AGREEMENT WITH ANIMAL CONTROL SOLUTIONS,[01:50:02]
WHICH IS A PRIVATE COMPANY THAT PROVIDES ANIMAL CONTROL, SERVICES TO MANY MUNICIPALITIES IN OUR AREA. AND SO WE WANTED TO BRING YOU AN UPDATE TO SEE HOW IT'S BEEN GOING. OKAY OKAY.WOULD YOU SAY I'M THAT'S GOING TO BE IN THE FUTURE? I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK. YEAH, THAT THAT'S JUST A KIND OF AN FYI. OKAY. THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING US THIS INFORMATION. YES. SOUNDS GOOD. NOT TONIGHT. NO, NO THAT'S FINE. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE ASKED THAT QUESTION ABOUT
[33. Resolution #24-6-206 - Executive Session]
ANIMAL CONTROL. I GUESS IN THE SUMMER AS WELL. OKAY. THAT'LL BE GOOD. THEY'LL LOOK FOR IT.RESOLUTION NUMBER 24. DASH SIX, DASH 205, 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 MEETING ACT, THE GENERAL NATURE OF THE SUBJECTS TO BE DISCUSSED IN THIS SESSION ARE AS FOLLOWS. POTENTIAL ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR OPEN SPACE CONSERVATION. RECREATION AND OR MUNICIPAL PURPOSES. SEWER EASEMENT. ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE. PUBLIC CONTRACT CONTRACTING. POTENTIAL POTENTIAL LITIGATION. UNFAIR PRACTICE CHARGE. COUNTRY CLUB. MEADOWS UPDATES. 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.
THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE WILL RETURN TO REGULAR SESSION AND MAY TAKE FURTHER ACTION. THIS RESOLUTION SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 24.
DASH SIX. DASH 205. SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER ON. YES.
COMMITTEE MEMBER. TAYLOR. TODD. YES COMMITTEE MEMBER. KENAN. YES. DEPUTY MAYOR. BERRIGAN.
YES. MAYOR
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