Aug 21, 2025 Township Committee

[1. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER]

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ORDER. THIS IS THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE. CALLED TO ORDER AT 7 P.M. ROLL CALL PLEASE. MAYOR SINGH HERE. DEPUTY MAYOR BARRAGAN HERE.

COMMITTEE MEMBER. TAYLOR TODD. COMMITTEE MEMBER ON HERE. COMMITTEE MEMBER. MARTIN. HERE.

NOTICE OF MEETING IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT. ADEQUATE NOTICE OF THIS MEETING WAS PROVIDED ON JANUARY 10TH, 2025 TO THE COURIER NEWS AND THE STAR LEDGER POSTED ON THE MUNICIPAL BULLETIN BOARD AND FILED WITH THE TOWNSHIP CLERK. SALUTE TO THE FLAG.

PLEASE JOIN US IN 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. NOW WE'LL HAVE A PRESENTATION. DEER MANAGEMENT

[5. PRESENTATION – Deer Management Program]

OKAY. THAT'S MY FAULT. THERE WE GO. OKAY, HERE WE GO. GOOD EVENING. I AM LAUREN WESLOWSKI, THE OPEN SPACE AND STEWARDSHIP DIRECTOR FOR THE TOWNSHIP. THIS IS JAMIE MCQUAID. HE IS THE CHAIR OF THE WILDLIFE COMMITTEE. WE'RE GOING TO GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW TONIGHT OF THE DEER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND THE RESULTS OF OUR RECENT DEER POPULATION STUDY. SO JUST SOME BACKGROUND FOR EVERYONE WHO'S NOT FAMILIAR WITH OUR DEER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND THE DEER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES IN GENERAL. WE MANAGE THE DEER POPULATION IN THE TOWNSHIP FOR THE THREE MAIN REASONS OUTLINED ON THE SLIDE THERE. THE FIRST ONE BEING PUBLIC HEALTH. WE HAVE A LOT OF INSTANCES OF TICK BORNE DISEASES. WE HAVE OVER 580 CASES OF LYME DISEASE IN MONTGOMERY SINCE 2010, AND SOME OTHER DISEASES THAT ARE LISTED THERE THAT I WILL NOT ATTEMPT TO PRONOUNCE. AND THEY ARE LESS PREVALENT, BUT STILL HAPPENING IN TICK BORNE. PUBLIC SAFETY IS ANOTHER HUGE ASPECT OF WHY WE MANAGE THE DEER POPULATION. MOST PEOPLE, IF YOU'VE LIVED IN THIS AREA OF THE STATE LONG ENOUGH, HAVE UNFORTUNATELY HAD SOME SORT OF CONTACT WITH YOUR CAR AND A DEER. WE HAD TWO FATALITIES IN THE TOWNSHIP IN 2014 THAT WERE RELATED TO DEER VEHICLE COLLISIONS, AND WE ALSO MANAGE THE DEER POPULATION TO HELP PROTECT OUR FORESTS. THE DEER LIKE TO BROWSE ALL THOSE TASTY SMALL PLANTS THAT THEY CAN EASILY REACH, AND THEY RUB THE BARK OFF OF THE TREES. AND THAT MEANS THERE'S NO NEW GENERATION OF TREES IN OUR FORESTS. THEY, OF COURSE, PREFER THE NATIVE PLANTS AND ALLOWS FOR ALL THE INVASIVES IN THE PAST THAT WE DON'T WANT TO KEEP PROLIFERATING. THE WILDLIFE COMMITTEE WAS FORMED IN 1992 AS THE HUNTING COMMITTEE. WE'RE NOW KNOWN AS THE WILDLIFE COMMITTEE. IT'S AN AD HOC COMMITTEE WITH MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR. THERE ARE LIAISONS ON THE COMMITTEE FROM THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE. MIKE MARTIN IS OUR LIAISON FOR THIS YEAR. THE OPEN SPACE COMMITTEE, THE AGRICULTURAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE. AND WE ALSO HAVE A LIAISON FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE TO CONTROL THE DEER POPULATION IN THE TOWNSHIP. WE TRACK THE DEER HARVEST REPORTING EVERY YEAR. WE REVIEW THE ANNUAL SURVEYS THAT ARE SUBMITTED FROM THE HUNTERS WITH THEIR COMMENTS, WHICH CAN BE, YOU KNOW, PROPERTY FOCUSED, WHERE THEY'RE HAVING ISSUES ON A PARTICULAR PROPERTY, OR THEY CAN BE LIKE A HOLISTIC KIND OF COMMENT ABOUT OUR PROGRAM. AND THEN THE WILDLIFE COMMITTEE WORKS WITH ME TO REVIEW ANY NEW PROPERTIES THAT WE ACQUIRE AS OPEN SPACE TO DECIDE IF THEY'RE SUITABLE TO ADD TO OUR HUNTING PROGRAM. ALL RIGHT. SO MY NAME IS JAMIE MCQUADE. I'M THE CHAIR.

IS THAT TOO LOUD? OF THE I JUST WANTED TO GO OVER THE HUNTING SPECIFIC THINGS THAT IN SOME OF THE STATISTICS WE HAVE FROM, FROM THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. SO EVERY YEAR WE HOLD AN ANNUAL SAFETY ORIENTATION. WE DID THAT A COUPLE WEEKS AGO IN THIS VERY ROOM. WE HAD THE NEW JERSEY DEP HERE, WE HAD THE POLICE, WILDLIFE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND STAFF. LAUREN WAS HERE, LISA WAS HERE. AND WE GO OVER ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE EXPECTED OF THE HUNTERS WHILE THEY'RE IN, WHILE THEY'RE HUNTING, EACH HUNTER HAS TO PROVIDE PROOF OF THEIR OWN $1 MILLION INSURANCE, PROPERTY OR POLICY SO THAT WE DON'T. THEY ARE COVERED. SHOULD SOMETHING HAPPEN. WE HAVE AN

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SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY DOING THIS IN THE STATE, IT'S GETTING LOWER. AND IT'S IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE ARE BROUGHT UP DOING ANYMORE. IT'S IT'S VERY DIFFERENT. SO HUNTER RECRUITMENT IS IS ALSO IS OFTEN DIFFICULT TO TO KEEP PEOPLE ENGAGED. WE DO HAVE I THINK THIS YEAR TWO YOUNG ADULTS I'LL CALL THEM IN THE PROGRAM WHICH IS GOOD. AND YOU KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE OTHER PEOPLE TO BRING THEIR THEIR KIDS OR GRANDKIDS OR WHATEVER IT IS, BUT WE DO. WE THAT IS AN ISSUE, SOMETHING WE BUILD INTO OUR PROGRAM. WE DO HAVE YOUTH PERMITS FOR EACH PROPERTY. SO IF SOMEONE WANTS TO INTRODUCE A NIECE OR NEPHEW, A DAUGHTER OR A SON TO IT, THEY HAVE THAT ABILITY AND WE'VE HAD PEOPLE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. YEAH, DEFINITELY. SO IN 2021, THERE WAS ALSO YOU'VE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT THIS BEFORE. THERE'S EPIZOOTIC HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE IN THE IN THE STATE. AND BASICALLY WHAT THIS DID IS IT REALLY KILLED OFF A LOT OF DEER AND IT KILLED THEM OFF RELATIVELY QUICKLY IN THE FALL OF LATE SUMMER OR FALL OF 2021.

WE ALSO EXPERIENCED THIS ACROSS CERTAIN PROPERTIES IN THE TOWNSHIP PROGRAM. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE STATEWIDE ISSUES. BUT NOW SOME OF THE NUMBERS OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS. A QUICK QUESTION. WE'VE TAKEN 2106. OH, GO AHEAD. SORRY. I THINK GOING BACK TO THE LAST SLIDE, YOU KNOW, I AND I KNOW THIS IS A HUGE ISSUE OR YOU KNOW, I THINK OR IT ALMOST FEELS LIKE SOMETIMES LIKE IN THE MILITARY YOU HAVE LESS YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO ENLIST, YOU KNOW, ARE MORE PART OF LIKE YOU KNOW, THEIR FATHER, THEIR GRANDFATHERS. AND THEN THEY GET SMALLER. AND I FEEL LIKE I, YOU KNOW, I GREW UP WITH FAMILIES WHO ARE HUNTERS. BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, THIS HAPPENS. I HAVE FOUND THAT SOMETIMES IT'S IT'S NOT SO MUCH LIKE, HEY, I FIND SOMEONE, BUT SOME PEOPLE JUST MAY BE INTERESTED, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO OR HEY, LIKE, WHAT DO I BUY? OR, YOU KNOW, IS THERE LIKE, SOMEONE WHO WILL TAKE ME UNDER HER WING AND SHOW ME THE WAYS AND THEN I CAN GO ON MY OWN? HAVE WE EVER THOUGHT ABOUT. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR, FOR THE WHOLE TOWNSHIP, BUT WE KNOW THIS HAS BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL IN THIS TOWNSHIP. LIKE, MAYBE WE COULD FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO, LIKE AN OPEN HOUSE OR SOMETHING, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE. YEAH, I MEAN, I'D BE HAPPY TO SIT AT ANY TABLE AND RECRUIT PEOPLE. I'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE WE ALSO HAVE AND THIS IS A RECREATIONAL THING. THEY HAVE AN ARCHERY COURSE OR AN ARCHERY THING THAT'S THAT HAPPENS OVER THE SUMMER. YEAH, WE HAD AN ARCHERY PROGRAM THIS SUMMER. IT WAS VERY POPULAR. IT SOLD OUT AND THE PARENTS WERE ALL ASKING, ARE YOU GOING TO OFFER ANOTHER SESSION? SO THAT COULD BE A WAY TO GET KIDS MORE ENGAGED IN IT? I MEAN, WE'RE SEEING THE EFFECT OF THAT MOVIE FRANCHISE WHERE SHE HAD THE BOW AND ARROW, OH, THE HUNGER GAMES, HUNGER GAMES, LIKE THE HUNGER GAMES, I DON'T KNOW. LET'S BE CAREFUL ABOUT THAT ONE. ARCHERY. THAT'S RIGHT. KIND OF LIKE THE STEPPING STONE INTO HUNTING. YEAH, YEAH, BUT I LIKE THE DEPUTY MAYOR'S POINT OF, LIKE, A MENTORING. IF SOME PEOPLE KNOW THAT THERE IS A MENTORING KIND OF A PROGRAM, BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE TRYING

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IT WENT FROM LIKE BASICALLY I THINK 1,012% TO LIKE 20%, WHICH IS IN LINE WITH WHAT THE, YOU KNOW, THE THE STATE OR THE TOWNSHIP, THE PRIVATE TOWNSHIP. LOWELL TOWNSHIP AS A WHOLE. SO THAT WASN'T HORRIBLE, BUT IT COULD, YOU KNOW, WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT WE SAW IN A COUPLE SLIDES ABOUT HOW THAT HAS CHANGED. SO IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WE'VE INCREASED THE AMOUNT OF LAND IN THE PROGRAM ABOUT 60%, WHICH HAS ALLOWED US ACCESS TO DIFFERENT AREAS AND TO DIFFERENT DEER. THE LAST COUPLE YEARS WE APPLIED FOR AND RECEIVED COMMUNITY BASED DEER MANAGEMENT GRANTS FROM NJDEP, AND THAT'S LARGELY IN PART TO TO LAUREN. AND ACTUALLY, WHEN I TALK TO MY FRIENDS IN DEP, THEY ALL BRAG ABOUT HOW PROFESSIONAL WE APPROACHED THE THE APPLICATION. AND LIKE, THEY HAVE NO ISSUE WITH GIVING US MONEY FOR THAT, WHICH IS GREAT.

SO IN 20 IS IT 2024 I GUESS WE CONDUCTED WE USED THE GRANT MONEY TO CONDUCT A POPULATION SURVEY. I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST YEAR. WE WERE GOING TO TRY AND DO THAT. SO WE DID THAT IN 2025. AND WE ALSO HAD GRANT MONEY TO PAY FOR BUTCHERING COSTS OF THE DONATED DEER. SO THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT HELP HELP PEOPLE TAKE MORE DEER. THEORETICALLY, THE DEER

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JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME COMPARISON, THE LAST, SEVERAL, LAST SEVERAL SURVEYS THAT WE DID. SO IN 2001 WHEN THE PROGRAM WAS IMPLEMENTED, THERE WAS 88 DEER PER SQUARE MILE.

THE SURVEY AT THAT POINT WAS FROM AN AIRPLANE DRIVING OVER OR FLYING OVER, NOT DRIVING, BUT FLYING OVER AND COUNTING. IN 2021, WE HAD ANOTHER SURVEY DONE, A THERMAL SURVEY. WE HAD 69 DEER PER SQUARE MILE. AND THEN THIS LAST SURVEY WE HAD WAS WENT UP. AND TO BE HONEST, WE'VE HAD THREE SURVEYS FROM THREE VENDORS WITH THREE DIFFERENT SCIENTIFIC METHODS OF DOING THESE SURVEYS. SO WHEN THE WHEN THE TIME COMES OR DID WE ALREADY DO THAT IN 2026 WE APPLY. SO WHEN THE TIME COMES, THE NEXT TIME THAT GRANT COMES AROUND WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND APPLY AGAIN. SO AT LEAST WE GET TO COMPARE APPLES TO APPLES WITH RARITAN VALLEY PROCEDURES.

AND AND LAUREN AND I MET WITH THEM TO TALK ABOUT THIS BEFORE PRESENTING HERE TONIGHT, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ON PAR WITH WHAT WE THOUGHT. IT'S KIND OF WAY OUT OF WHERE WE THOUGHT WE WERE. WE WERE HOPING IT WAS GOING TO STAY PRETTY STEADY AROUND THAT 69 DEER.

RIGHT. SO WE WERE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TALKING TO THEM ABOUT WHAT METHODOLOGY DID YOU USE? HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT DOUBLE COUNTING? AND THEY REALLY HAD A VERY RIGOROUS METHOD THAT THEY USED. AND THEY FEEL VERY CONFIDENT IN THEIR NUMBER. THEY OBVIOUSLY CAN'T SPEAK TO THE METHODOLOGIES USED BY THE OTHER TWO COMPANIES. SO IT WOULD BE NICE TO REPEAT THE SURVEY IF WE CAN GET THE GRANT FUNDING AGAIN IN 2026, THEN YOU ARE COMPARING APPLES TO APPLES. SO YEAH. YEAH THAT MAKES SENSE. ALL RIGHT. SO THE TRENDS DEER HARVEST TRENDS IN THE TOWNSHIP OVER THE THE COURSE OF YOU KNOW I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS THIS IS TEN YEARS. YOU CAN SEE THAT THE HARVEST IS OBVIOUSLY FOR IS GOING UP. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE LITTLE LINE THERE. SO THE BLUE BAR GRAPH IS THE PERCENTAGE OR THE NUMBER OF DEER THAT WERE TAKEN IN TOTAL IN THE TOWN, INCLUDING MUNICIPAL DEER. IF YOU LOOK AT THE ORANGE, THE ORANGE BAR, THE ORANGE BAR IS THE THE AMOUNT OF DEER THAT WE TOOK, MEANING JUST THE MUNICIPAL PROGRAM. AND THAT LITTLE LINE THERE SHOWS WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE TOWNSHIP'S DEER THAT WERE HARVESTING. AND IT'S AGAIN, IT'S STICKING OVER 55% IN THAT AREA, 5,455%, WHICH IS GOOD, PARTICULARLY WHEN AND YOU'LL SEE IT IN A COUPLE MINUTES. WHEN YOU THINK THAT WE'RE ONLY HUNTING ON 8.06% OF THE LAND. SO THAT'S THAT'S A REALLY BIG NUMBER. AND WE'RE DOING A LOT MORE GENERALLY THAN THE REST OF THE PEOPLE THAT HUNT IN THE TOWNSHIP. THIS IS OUR PROGRAM. AND I WANTED TO INCLUDE THIS JUST TO SHOW, LIKE AS I MENTIONED ALREADY, WE REALLY PROGRAM OR WE REALLY EMPHASIZE HARVESTING ANTLERLESS DEER. AND YOU CAN SEE IN THIS GRAPH THAT THE THE NUMBER OF ANTLERED DEER JUMPED LAST YEAR THAT WERE HARVESTED, BECAUSE AGAIN, WE COUNTED THAT TOWARDS THE QUOTA. WHAT THE SURVEY SHOWED US IS THAT WE'RE NOT DOING THAT AGAIN. AND I GET MY WAY BACK AND WE'RE GOING BACK TO SONY. SO I MEAN, PEOPLE CAN SHOOT BUCKS, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO COUNT. THE NUMBER OF DEER WILL COUNT, BUT IT WILL NOT BENEFIT THEM IN ANY WAY TO SHOOT IT, SHOOT A BUCK. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE. ALL RIGHT.

THIS SLIDE IS BASICALLY JUST TO SHOW YOU OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS THAT OUR HARVEST RATE IS CONTINUES TO GO UP, WHICH IS GOOD. AND AGAIN THIS IS A MUNICIPAL DEER PROGRAM. THIS THIS IS ONLY THIS IS ONLY OUR PROGRAM. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE STARTED TO SEE AS WE STARTED TO HARVEST MORE DEER, THE NUMBER OF AUTOMOBILE COLLISIONS WENT DOWN. WE THINK THAT THIS TREND IS SIMILAR, BUT THERE'S NOT DATA AVAILABLE NECESSARILY TO TO FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, I GUESS, WHERE WE GET TO DRAW THE DATA FROM AND 2024 DATA IS NOT COMPLETE FROM NJ DOT. THEY HAVE AN ONLINE SYSTEM WHERE WE CAN KIND OF DOWNLOAD THAT DATA, AND THEY DON'T HAVE COMPLETE DATA SETS AND TRYING TO FIND OUT WHY. BUT YOU CAN SEE THE TREND HERE. AND THE DEP, YOU KNOW, ASSURED US THIS IS A NICE CORRELATION THAT THEY LIKE TO SEE THAT AS OUR HARVEST INCREASES, THE ACCIDENT NUMBERS ARE DECREASING. SO WE'RE HOPING THAT OR EVEN STAYING STABLE, IF

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WE'RE EMPHASIZING THAT PEOPLE SHOOT THOSE, SHOOT AS MANY DEER AS THEY CAN, AND THEY ARE AND AND, YOU KNOW, OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE GOTTEN RID OF SOME DEAD WEIGHTS THAT WERE IN THE IN THE PROGRAM. AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE, LIKE ME WHO ENJOY BEING OUT THERE IN, IN HUNTING. SO I THINK WE'VE REALLY IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS, WE'VE MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE NUMBERS. SO OBVIOUSLY MORE ACCESS TO MORE LAND, WE CAN PROBABLY MAKE A BIGGER DIFFERENCE. BUT THAT'S WHERE LAUREN COMES AS JUST A QUESTION. SO THAT MEANS ABOUT 45% OF THE DEERS HARVESTED ARE ARE JUST ON PRIVATE PROPERTIES. YES. LIKE PRIVATE COUNTY OR STATE. YEAH OKAY. SO IT'S OKAY. SO BASICALLY EVERYBODY BUT MUNICIPAL PROPERTY GOT IT GOT SO SO THERE'S OTHER IF YOU LOOK AT THE BIGGEST CONTRIBUTOR IN THIS TOWNSHIP IT'S US BY BY A LONG SHOT. BUT WHAT WOULD BE THE SECOND. IS IT LIKE PRIVATE PROPERTIES. PRIVATE. YEAH. LIKE SO LIKE SOMEONE HAS A LOT OF LAND PRIVATE. AND THEN SOMEBODY HAS A FARM. RIGHT. MAKES SENSE.

AND IS THAT, IS THAT WELL REGULATED LIKE. YEAH. OH YEAH. OKAY. SO REGULATED. WE FOLLOW THE STATE'S REGULATIONS IN OUR PROGRAM. SO THERE'S SAFETY BUFFERS FROM ANY STRUCTURE THAT PEOPLE OBSERVE THE HOURS. QUOTE UNQUOTE ACCOUNTING BETWEEN KIND OF THE HALF HOUR BEFORE SUNRISE, HALF HOUR AFTER SUNSET. ALL THAT KIND OF GOES WITH THE STATEWIDE REGULATIONS THAT WE FOLLOW. SO I KNOW WE FOLLOW THAT. BUT THE PRIVATE PROPERTY, THE PRIVATE PROPERTIES, PRIVATE PROPERTIES, SOMEONE SHOOTS AN ARROW IN THE WRONG DIRECTION, YOU KNOW, GOES TO THEIR NEIGHBORS. YEAH. SHOULD BE FOLLOWING THAT. I MEAN, YEAH, FISH AND GAME. THEY TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY. THEY HAVE GAME WARDENS THAT. YEAH, THEY CHECK PEOPLE'S LICENSES. THEY SPOT CHECK PEOPLE'S HARVESTS. I THINK THEY THEY TEND TO KEEP IT PRETTY TIGHT. IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO THAT BETTER. YEAH. I THINK, YOU KNOW WE'VE WHERE I'VE PERSONALLY HAD SOME ISSUES WITH THE FISH AND GAME AND HAD SOME PEOPLE LIKE KIND OF POACHING OR TRESPASSING WE'LL CALL IT. AND I GOT FISH AND GAME INVOLVED AND THEY TOOK CARE OF IT. THEY SET UP AN OPERATION. THEY APPREHENDED THE PEOPLE, THEY FINED THEM. THEY REMOVED THEIR ABILITY TO HUNT FOR TEN YEARS, THAT SORT OF THING. OKAY. SO, YOU KNOW, WE ALL WORK WITH THAT. AND AND HONESTLY, TRUST ME, WHEN, WHEN SOMETHING GOES WRONG WITH ONE OF THE HUNTERS, THE FIRST THING THEY DO IS CALL ME. I ALWAYS TELL THEM TO CALL THE POLICE FIRST, BUT THEY ALWAYS CALL ME SO. AND USUALLY WHEN I'M HUNTING. SO KIND OF ANNOYING, BUT WHATEVER. ANYWAY. ALRIGHT, SO ONE OF THE BIG BENEFITS OF THE PROGRAM, AND I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LOT, IS THAT THE ABILITY TO DONATE THE DEER, WE DONATE, THERE'S, THERE'S A PROGRAM CALLED HUNTERS HELPING THE HUNGRY. IT'S A IT'S A STATE PROGRAM. IT BEGAN IN 1997. AND TO DATE IT'S BASICALLY DONATED 2.5 MILLION MEALS. SO THAT'S A LOT THAT'S A LOT OF PROTEIN. IN 2024, THERE WERE 2025. LAST SEASON THERE WERE 1291 DEER WERE DONATED TO THE PROGRAM, WHICH RESULTED IN 40 40,000 POUNDS OF VENISON, WHICH YIELDS ABOUT 161,000 SERVINGS TO FEED THE HUNGRY. SO THAT WAS STATEWIDE IN OUR PROGRAM, WE DONATED 82 DEER TO THE OF THE DEER THAT WE HARVESTED, WHICH WAS ABOUT 6.4% OF THE TOTAL DONATION FOR THE PROGRAM STATEWIDE. AND I WILL TELL YOU, THAT NUMBER IS DOWN. OUR OUR DONATION LEVEL IS THE SAME. BUT FOR SOME REASON,

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I WAS SURPRISED BY THAT. I THINK THEY RESPECT OUR PROGRAM. YEAH, THEY EVEN THOUGH OUR COST OF THE SURVEY CAME IN INITIALLY LOWER THAN WHAT WE HAD APPLIED FOR, THEY SAID, OH, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS KIND OF $2,000 DIFFERENCE. DO YOU WANT TO APPLY THAT TO THE BUTCHERING? SURE. YEAH. YEAH. WE'LL TAKE ANYTHING. YOU'LL GIVE US PLUS MONEY, RIGHT? YEAH. AND JAMIE, YOU MAY WANT TO TELL THAT THIS YEAR WE HAD OVER ABOUT 15 PEOPLE ON A WAIT LIST, SO. OH, YEAH, PEOPLE WANT TO HUNT HERE. YEAH, PEOPLE DO WANT TO HUNT HERE. AND WHEN PEOPLE AREN'T GRANDFATHERED, THERE'S SPACES THAT ARE AVAILABLE. AND IT GETS, I WON'T SAY COMPETITIVE LIKE THEY'RE OUT THERE, BUT PEOPLE COME EARLY. THAT'S T. SOME PEOPE TO ADMIT IT, SOME PEOPLE HAVE SLEPT OVERNIGHT OUTSIDE WAITING FOR THIS TO START IN THE MORNING. OH WOW. SO IT YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO TELL THEM NOT TO DO THAT. BUT SOME PEOPLE YOU CAN'T CONTROL. BUT IT IS IT'S A POPULAR PROGRAM. IT'S A RECOMMENDED PROGRAM. DEP RECOMMENDS THIS PROGRAM TO OTHER PEOPLE. OTHER PEOPLE COME FROM KIND OF ALL OVER THE PLACE TO GET IN THIS PROGRAM. SO IT'S

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LOOK OUT FOR THE TRUCKS. IF YOU SEE SOMEONE HUNTING OR YOU HEAR THE SOUND OF A GUN, IT'S BECAUSE YEAH, YEAH. SO I THINK THAT'S THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND IF I CAN ADD TO THAT. SO MONDAY WE SEND A NOTIFICATION OUT TO 1800 RESIDENT PROPERTY OWNERS TO NOTIFY THEM WITHIN 500FT OF EACH MUNICIPAL PARCEL TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THE HUNTING PROGRAM WILL COMMENCE SEPTEMBER 14TH THROUGH FEBRUARY OR SEPTEMBER. YEAH, 13 THROUGH FEBRUARY 14TH OR 24TH. SO THAT LETTER DID GO OUT. WE HAVE OUR IN ALL OF OUR INFORMATION POSTED ON THE WEBSITE. THEY CAN MY NUMBER IS ON THE LETTER SO THAT IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, THEY CAN REACH OUT TO ME. AND I FORWARD THEM TO LAUREN AND JAMIE. SO I FEEL AND ALSO THROUGH THE E-BULLETIN, WE WILL BE PUTTING OUT THAT OUTREACH AS WELL. AND TAMMY WILL POST WHAT'S NECESSARY ON THE WEBSITE, SO WE SHOULD I THINK WE'RE VERY WELL TRANSPARENT AND INFORMED WITH OUR WITH OUR OUTREACH, SENDING THAT LETTER OUT TO RESIDENTS THAT ARE WITHIN 500FT OF ANY OF THE HUNTING PROPERTIES AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN HERE. OKAY. AND IF TURN OVER, RIGHT, PEOPLE GOING IN AND OUT OF TOWN OR YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO RENT THEIR PROPERTIES. YES. SO WE JUST KEPT THAT PRACTICE GOING BECAUSE IT KEEPS PEOPLE INFORMED. AND JAMIE HAS EVEN GOTTEN CALLS AND HAVE GONE AND HAVE GONE TO PEOPLE'S HOMES AND EXPLAINED AND WALKED THROUGH AND WALKED THROUGH PROPERTIES WITH THAT, LIKE, LISA WILL CALL ME AND I'LL CALL THE PEOPLE AND IF NEED BE, I'LL GO THERE AND I'LL TALK TO THEM. OKAY. WE GET A LOT OF COMPLAINTS TO THE TOWNSHIP, BUT THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY FROM OUR HUNTERS.

THEY'RE ALMOST ALWAYS FROM PRIVATE HUNTERS. SO I'LL GO THERE AND I'LL TELL THEM WHAT THE RULES ARE AND HOW WE'RE NOT THE ONES DOING THAT. BUT IT BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M THE ISSUE WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING IT, RIGHT. YEAH. WE I'VE GIVEN A LOT OF ADVICE THAT WAY. I'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE THAT HAVE CONCERNS. AND I WILL SAY WHEN WE GET NEW PROPERTIES, SOME OF THE PROPERTIES ARE RELATIVELY SMALL, AND IF THEY'RE TUCKED INTO OR NEAR NEIGHBORHOODS, BASICALLY WE PUT PEOPLE THAT WE KNOW ARE GOOD. OKAY? SO LIKE WE DON'T EVER LET EXPERIENCED EXPERIENCED. YES. YEAH, YEAH. SOME OF THE PLACES I GO BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO DO OR I MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S SOMEBODY WHO IS ON THAT PROPERTY WHO WE HAVE 100% OR MAYBE 120% TRUSTED. SO WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT, NO OFFENSE, WE CALL ONE OF THE GUYS IN THE PROGRAM THE MAYOR, BECAUSE HE CAN GO ANYWHERE WITH ANYTHING OVER. AND I'VE SEEN HIM PULL A CART OUT OF THIN AIR TO GIVE HIS CAR TO SOMEBODY. I'M NEVER OH, REALLY? OKAY. IT WAS IT WAS AMAZING. BUT HE CAN SMOOTH OVER ANYTHING. AND AND HE IS ONE OF THE GUYS THAT WILL SEND TO LIKE, THESE NEW PROPERTIES AND SMALLER PROPERTIES. YEAH. IT'S NEVER ANYBODY WHO'S BRAND NEW TO OUR PROGRAM. SOMEBODY IF YOU HAVE A PROPERTY THAT HAS BEEN THE PROGRAM FOR A WHILE, WE DO HAVE THESE ON SITE MEETINGS WITH THE NEIGHBORS, AND IT'S HELPFUL FOR THEM TO PUT A FACE WITH IT TO SAY LIKE, OH, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, A REGULAR PERSON. THIS ISN'T SOME SCARY PERSON COMING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOING TO BE NOT SAFE. SO I THINK WE'VE ALWAYS HAD THOSE MEETINGS AND AFTER THOSE MEETINGS NEVER HAD A PROBLEM. ONCE THEY GOT TO MEET THE HUNTER AND ASK A FEW QUESTIONS AND GET MORE COMFORTABLE WITH IT. RIGHT. AND DO YOU SEE A VALUE IN SENDING SOME OF THESE, SENDING THESE LETTER TO ALL THE HOAS? THEY MAY NOT BE NEXT TO THE HUNTING, BUT THERE MAY BE PEOPLE WHO ARE WALKING AROUND WHATEVER HIKING.

SO I MEAN, LISA AND TAMMY KEEP A WHOLE DATABASE OF THE HOA. SO IF THEY GET JUST A LETTER SAYING, HEY, LET YOUR RESIDENTS KNOW IF YOU KNOW THAT THEY'RE HUNTING SEASON HAS STARTED IN MONTGOMERY. SO THEN THERE IS THAT WAY THEY GET THE INFORMATION OUT TO THE RESIDENTS. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH, THANKS. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I HEAR.

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[6. PRESENTATION – Stage II Wastewater Treatment Plant Flood Protection Project Update]

IT'S OPEN HERE. AND SAY THIS IS ONE OF THE HUNTING PROPERTIES IN MONTGOMERY. YEAH.

THAT LOOKS LIKE IT. THAT'S REALLY NICE. WHERE IN MONTGOMERY? I WANT TO GO. YEAH.

I THOUGHT I KNEW HOW TO WORK IN THE THEATER. ANYWAY, GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW ME, I'M MARK HERMAN, THE TOWNSHIP ENGINEER. TO MY RIGHT IS CHRIS LOCURTO, THE DIRECTOR OF WASTEWATER OPERATIONS FOR THE TOWNSHIP. IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT SINCE WE'VE GIVEN AN UPDATE ON THE STAGE TWO FLOOD PROTECTION PROJECT. SO TONIGHT WE'RE HERE.

OUR PRESENTATION IS NOT AS FANCY AS LAUREN'S. I'M SORRY. THE FANCY ONE. BUT, YEAH, WE GOT A COMPLICATED PROJECT ON OUR HANDS. WE FIGURED WE COME IN WITH SOME SOME PHOTOS SO EVERYBODY CAN SEE THE PROGRESS ON WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST, WHAT, TWO AND A HALF YEARS? YEAH. SO THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN ABOUT A YEAR AGO. I KNOW IT'S HARD TO SEE. WE PUT THE DRONE UP IN THE AIR TO TAKE A TAKE A PHOTO. AT THIS POINT A YEAR AGO, WE DID NOT HAVE A FLOOD WALL. WE HAD A TANK OFFLINE. WE HAD OTHER WORK UNDER REHABILITATION. WE HAD THE FILTER BUILDING OUT OF COMMISSION, WHICH MANY OF YOU KNOW, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING HURRICANE IDA AND HAS BEEN OFF LINE EVER SINCE. ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAD COMPLETE IS THIS WHITE STRUCTURE AT THE TOP RIGHT CORNER. THAT WAS THE THE SLUDGE STORAGE TANKS. BUT NOW, FAST FORWARD TO TODAY. WE NOW HAVE A FLOOD WALL. NICE. THAT'S GOOD. THERE'S BEEN A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF PROGRESS IN THE LAST YEAR. I AM GOING TO FLIP THROUGH THESE A LITTLE BIT QUICKLY, BUT THIS GIVES A BETTER VANTAGE POINT. THERE'S SECTIONS OF THE WALL IN THIS PHOTO THAT AREN'T COMPLETED, BUT THOSE SECTIONS OF THE WALL ARE UP NOW. SO AS IT STANDS TODAY, WE NOW HAVE A PROTECTED FACILITY. THAT'S GREAT NEWS. GREAT. THAT'S EXCELLENT. SO I FIGURED THE PICTURES WOULD HELP BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE PROBABLY DO NOT WANT TO GO TO A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. I DON'T LIKE GOING DOWN THERE. I DON'T KNOW HOW HE WORKS THERE. EVERY DAY.

WE ARE GRATEFUL TO CHRIS. NOT BY CHOICE. YEAH. SO THIS IS A VIEW OF THE ENTRANCE INTO THE PLANT. THEY FINISHED THE SHEET PILE WALL. THAT'S THE PLASTIC LOOKING WALL ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE. IT EVENTUALLY, AS YOU MOVE UP THE DRIVEWAY, TRANSITIONS INTO THE CONCRETE FLOOD WALL. ONCE YOU GET TO THE BACKSIDE OF THE TREATMENT PLANT, THAT WALL IS ABOUT 15FT HIGH.

DURING IDA WE HAD AT THE LOWER END ABOUT SIX SEVEN FEET OF WATER IN THE PLANT. SO THIS WALL WAS DESIGNED WITH FREEBOARD ABOVE THE 500 YEAR STORM TO ACCOUNT FOR CLIMATE CHANGE AND AS A RESILIENCE STRATEGY. THESE ARE JUST A FEW PICTURES IN THE PLANT. I'LL GO THROUGH THEM AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS. THERE'S A FEW BEFORE PHOTOS THAT I'M GOING TO SNAP BACK TO, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK, BUT IT'S THE ENTRANCE TO THE PLANT. YOU KNOW, IF YOU WERE TO GO OUT THERE A YEAR AGO, A LOT OF THESE TANKS WERE STILL RUSTED. SOME OF THEM HAD LEAKS.

THE FILTER BUILDING WASN'T EVEN UP. THAT'S THE BUILDING YOU SEE ON THE LEFT. RIGHT THERE. THE THE ONE AT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PHOTO IS THE ONE THAT WAS DAMAGED DURING IDA. NOW WE HAVE THE SUPERSTRUCTURE UP. WE REBUILT IT ON THE EXISTING FOUNDATION. SO WE WERE ABLE TO REUSE THAT. AND YOU CAN NOW SEE THE FLOOD WALLS BEHIND IT. THIS IS JUST A PHOTO OF THE CLARIFIER TANKS. THEY'VE BEEN COMPLETELY REHABILITATED TO THIS POINT. AND THAT'S ANOTHER PHOTO OF THE FILTER BUILDING. JUST TO GIVE YOU A CLOSE UP VIEW. WE'RE STILL WAITING ON

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YOU SHOULDN'T BE FLUSHING CERTAIN THINGS DOWN THERE. BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN WHEN YOU DEAL WITH A PROJECT LIKE THIS, YOU START TURNING THINGS THAT WEREN'T INTENDED TO BE USED IN ONE OPERATION. YOU TURN IT INTO SOMETHING ELSE. WHEN THE TANKS WERE OFFLINE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CHRIS AND HIS CREW HAD ENGINEERED TO COME UP WITH TO KEEP THE IT. BASICALLY WHAT KEEPS BUBBLES IN THE IN THE TANKS TO HELP MANAGE SOME OF THE ODOR. AND IT'S PART OF THE TREATMENT PROCESS. THEY HAD TO COME UP WITH A TEMPORARY WORKAROUND TO KEEP THE AERATION SYSTEM WORKING. AT THIS POINT WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME OF THE NEW EQUIPMENT IN, BUT IT'S NOT SET UP TO WORK WITH THE OLD EQUIPMENT. BASICALLY, IF THEY TURNED ON A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE WERE WAITING 50, TWO, 54 WEEKS FOR, IT PRETTY MUCH WOULD BECOME DAMAGED AND USELESS. AND THEN WE'D HAVE TO START THE CLOCK AGAIN. SO THAT WELL, MARK, YOU SAID THAT. WELL.

IT'S JUST ANOTHER PICTURE WHERE IT'S TIED UP BECAUSE RIGHT NOW EVERYTHING'S ON BYPASS. CHRIS, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. SO IS THAT THE THE BYPASS AND ALL THE REASON THAT WE'VE HAD SOME RESIDENTS HAVE, YOU KNOW, CONCERNS ABOUT SMELL IS THAT BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO GET INTO THE NEW FILTRATION SYSTEM AND IS THE LONG WINDED ANSWER, OKAY, I'LL SHORTEN IT UP FOR YOU AS MUCH AS I CAN. SURE. FOR WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING AT, IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO THAT, THAT'S THE WHAT WE CALL THE OLD HOFFMAN BLOWER. THERE WERE TWO OF THEM. AND IN THE AERATION BASIN, WHERE THE BIOLOGIC TREATMENT TAKES PLACE, THE OXYGEN DIFFUSION WAS A LARGER BUBBLE. AND THE MICROORGANISMS TEND NOT TO REACT TOO WELL WITH THE LARGER BUBBLES. OKAY, OKAY.

WHAT HAD HAPPENED WAS WE WERE ABLE TO INSTALL THE NEW STATE OF THE ART DIFFUSERS. JUST PICTURE THEM LIKE RUBBER BANDS, OKAY? THE ELASTICITY TO THEM. THEY PRODUCE A VERY FINE BUBBLE.

AND THE MICROORGANISMS LIKE THAT, THAT FORM OF OXYGEN. WE HAD TO MAKE THE OLD BLOWER TO THE NEW SYSTEM, WHICH WAS A VERY CONTENTIOUS CONVERSATION BETWEEN EVERYONE INVOLVED IN TERMS OF HAVING THIS MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR SYSTEM THAT COULD POSSIBLY RUPTURE ON STARTUP. SO WE WENT THROUGH QUITE AN ORDEAL AMONGST OURSELVES, COMING UP WITH A PLAN, WHICH YOU KIND OF SEE HERE IS KIND OF RIGGED TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT THE PROCESS COULD CONTINUE FOR THE DISCHARGE PERMIT AND THE BUGS WOULD BE FINE. OKAY. THE MICROORGANISMS WILL BE ABLE TO REPRODUCE AND DETOX THE SLUDGE AND ALL THAT, BUT WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE ODOR CONTROL ISSUE WAS THAT FOR ABOUT SIX WEEKS, WE WERE PRODUCING REALLY GOOD SLUDGE. NOW, FOR ABOUT THE SEVEN, ALMOST EIGHT YEARS I'VE BEEN IN MONTGOMERY, I'VE BEEN STUDYING THE SLUDGE UNDER THE MICROSCOPE. IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT HAS TO HAPPEN. TO BE ABLE TO JUDGE WHAT THE SLUDGE IS, IS WHERE IT'S HEADED, WHERE, YOU KNOW, THESE SORTS OF THINGS THAT ARE DONE IN THE LABORATORY. AND I HAD NEVER SEEN IT TAKE LIKE THAT BEFORE. IT WAS DOING EXCELLENT. AND I BELIEVE IT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THE SYSTEM THAT WE PURCHASED. OKAY, OKAY. SO ONCE THIS SLUDGE GETS CONDITIONED, IT'LL CONTINUALLY PRODUCE HIGH QUALITY EFFLUENT AND NOT PRODUCE ANY ODORS. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE ANOTHER SYSTEM THAT WAS ONLINE AT THE SAME TIME THAT IS MODERN FOR OUR DRINKING WATER STANDARDS FOR THE STREAM THAT WE HAVE TO MEET FOR NITRATE REDUCTION. THE COMBINATION OF THE TWO SYSTEMS TOGETHER AND THEN 105 DEGREE HEAT CAUSED A DISRUPTION OF THE MICROORGANISMS REPLICATION AND THEIR SEEMINGLY THEIR ENVIRONMENT GOT LIKE LIKE THEY GOT CHOKED OUT. I DON'T I'M TRYING NOT TO SAY IT LIKE UNSOPHISTICATED. IT'S ALMOST LIKE PUTTING A BAG OVER THEIR HEAD. OKAY. THE TECHNICAL TERM IS KNOWN AS ENDOGENOUS RESPIRATION. THEY CAN NO LONGER BREATHE, THEY CAN NO LONGER PROCESS. AND THERE'S OXYGEN IN THE TANK, BUT IT'S GOING RIGHT UP TO THE ATMOSPHERE. SO I'M SORRY IF THIS IS AN ULTRA TECHNICAL, BUT WHAT IT DID WAS IT BASICALLY CAUSED A MASS DIE OFF, AND THE ONLY WAY TO GET IT TO COME BACK WAS TO TURN THE SYSTEM ONLINE, WHICH WE DID,

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BUT. WHY IT WON'T OKAY IS BECAUSE ONCE THE SLUDGE BECOMES CONDITIONED, IT'LL REMAIN ACTIVE DURING THOSE PERIODS OF HIGH HEAT. THE SETUP THAT WE HAD WAS NOT OPTIMAL. SO ONCE THE NEW SYSTEM IS BROUGHT ONLINE AND THE SLUDGE HAS WEEKS AND WEEKS OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, IT HAS LIKE A BACKBONE TO IT. SO IT WON'T JUST DIE OFF JUST BECAUSE IT GETS HOT. ALTHOUGH I HAVE SEEN SYSTEMS DO THIS WHERE THEY GO INTO ENDOGENOUS RESPIRATION JUST WITHOUT THE ODOR. OKAY. SO I SUSPECT THAT THAT PROBABLY WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN. AND IF IT DID, IT WOULD BE SOME LEVEL OF A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE ENTIRE SYSTEM. AND I MEAN THAT NOT FROM LIKE FLOODWATERS. I JUST MEAN LIKE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A SELF-DESTRUCTION OF THE, OF A, OF A BLOWER OR A RUPTURE OF THE MEMBRANES. BUT THAT'S A PRETTY EXTREME SCENARIO. OKAY. SO MAYBE MICHAEL, I KNOW LAURIE'S ON VACATION, BUT MAYBE WE COULD JUST TRIPLE CHECK THAT THAT INFORMATION IN A CONCISE MANNER THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST PROVIDE DOES GET PROVIDED TO THE RESIDENTS WHO WHO CAME AND COMPLAINED. BECAUSE I KNOW, MARY, YOU WEREN'T HERE, BUT IT WAS LIKE TWO MEETINGS AGO WHEN I WAS PRESIDING. WE DID HAVE SOMEONE COME IN AND AND NOT THAT I WAS EXPECTING OUR TOWNSHIP TO HAVE THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL, BUT I DIDN'T GET THAT ANSWER. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, YOU KNOW, HEY. ISOLATED INCIDENT. YES.

PERPETUATED BY THE EXTREME HEAT BEFORE WE HAVE OUR FULL SUITE DEPLOYED, YOU KNOW, SO I THINK THAT'S JUST A GOOD FRAMING FOR, FOR THE COMMUNITY. YOU SAID IT BETTER THAN I COULD. YEAH. I'VE, I'VE TALKED TO HER FAIRLY REGULARLY. I, I FEEL FOR HER. THIS WAS A VERY COMPLICATED THING TO BE IN SUCH PROXIMITY TO. OKAY. GREAT. BUT YEAH, THE EXPLANATION WOULD BE GOOD FOR, YOU KNOW, JUST TO HAVE THAT AND FOR THE RESIDENTS WHO CAME BY BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS PROMISED, I DID WATCH IT, OR MAYBE AT LEAST A LETTER TO OR AN EMAIL TO ALL THE RESIDENTS AROUND THE AREA AND THE I'M SORRY. I'VE ALSO SPOKEN WITH THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR FROM ROCKY HILL.

THEY'VE BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE AND THEY ALSO PROVIDED STUFF ON THEIR WEBSITE. OH, THEY DID OKAY, OKAY, I SHOULD PROBABLY LOOK THAT UP WITH YOU. YEAH. ARE WE GOING TO. OKAY. THANK YOU CHRIS. THAT'S HELPFUL. THANK YOU. YEAH I BELIEVE THAT ALL HAD BEEN BEEN ADDRESSED IN THE EXPLANATION WAS SENT. I'M PRETTY SURE. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. I THINK THE DEP EVEN WENT TO VISIT THE COMPLAINANT AND TALK TO THEM BECAUSE THEY HAD DONE INSPECTIONS COMING, OPEN AIR TESTING, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND CHRIS WAS ACTUALLY THE ONE THAT REACHED OUT TO DEP TO MAKE SURE THEY WENT OUT THERE. SO THEY UNDERSTOOD WE WERE BEING PROACTIVE. OKAY.

THANK YOU. ANYWAY, SO THIS IS KIND OF WHAT WE WERE DEALING WITH BEFORE. THIS WAS EARLIER ON IN CONSTRUCTION. THIS WAS ACTUALLY BEING HELD BACK BY A TEMPORARY SOIL BERM. WE ASKED THE CONTRACTOR TO BUILD BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AS WE KNOW, THIS PROJECT HAS HAD MANY CHALLENGES.

IT YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO WORK IN THESE CONDITIONS. AND WE DID NOT WANT ANY OF THE NEW INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE DAMAGED WHILE WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF CONSTRUCTION, AND THAT THIS ISN'T FROM A NORMAL FLOOD. THAT WAS JUST A TYPICAL RAINY DAY AT THE TREATMENT PLANT. PLANT. SO THIS IS ALL BEFORE THE THE WALL WENT UP. YOU CAN SEE THE CONDITIONS THEY WERE WORKING IN. WOW. NOW WE DON'T HAVE THAT PROBLEM. SO OVER TO THE RIGHT OF THE PHOTO. THAT'S WHERE YOU WERE SEEING IT FLOOD BEFORE. AND NOW NOW WE HAVE THIS. SO IT WAS GOOD TO GET SOME GREEN IN THERE. NO I'M JUST KIDDING. IT'S COMING BACK.

AND THERE'S STILL TREE PLANTING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING TOWARDS THE END OF THE PROJECT THIS FALL. YEAH. BUT ANYWAY YEAH I'LL START TO SHOW A COUPLE PICTURES. I'LL MOVE THROUGH THIS QUICKLY. YOU CAN SEE WE HAD OLD DILAPIDATED EQUIPMENT. I MEAN, THIS IS NOT UNCOMMON. THE FACILITY IS 50, 60 YEARS OLD. I THINK IT WAS BUILT IN THE EARLY 70S. SO THIS

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YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH METAL REBAR IS JUST GOING INTO THIS. AND THIS IS JUST FOR THE FOUNDATION SLAB. WOW. THIS IS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THIS, THEY STARTED GOING VERTICAL WITH IT.

YOU CAN SEE THE KIND OF EQUIPMENT THEY NEEDED TO DO. THEY NEEDED TO BRING IN THE SPECIALTY EQUIPMENT TO POOR SECTIONS OF THE WALL. THAT'S HOW THEY WERE TRANSFERRING THE CONCRETE. IF YOU SEE THE SIZE OF THIS TANK, IT'S 12 12FT TALL MAYBE. JUST ANOTHER PICTURE OF HOW HARD THE CREWS ARE WORKING. AND NOW WE HAVE THAT COMPARED TO WHAT WE USED TO HAVE.

CONCRETE TANK, YOU KNOW, WE WON'T HAVE THE SAME RUST ISSUES WE HAD BEFORE. THIS CAPACITY IS LARGER. THIS TANK IS GOING TO OPERATE AT A STATE OF THE ART, YOU KNOW, IN A STATE OF THE ART MANNER. AND THAT'S JUST ANOTHER VIEW OF IT COMPLETED. THAT. THAT'S THE BLOWER BUILDING.

THIS IS I KNOW, I KNOW, I HAD MENTIONED TO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, WE DO HAVE AN UPCOMING CHANGE ORDER. WE'RE GOING TO REROOF THIS BECAUSE THE GUTTERS ARE HANGING OFF IN THE ROOF IS STARTING TO SHOW SIGNS OF LEAKS. MOST OF THE EXPENSIVE ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT THAT RUNS THE FACILITY IS GOING TO BE IN THIS BUILDING. SO THIS CHRIS HAS SAID THIS ONE BUILDING HAS BASICALLY BEEN THE KEY TO KEEPING THIS PLANT ALIVE THE WHOLE TIME. THAT IS WHERE ALL THE BLOWER UNITS AND MAJOR ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT ARE STORED. SO NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE THE FLOOD WALL, WE ALSO HAVE TO HAVE TWO PUMP STATIONS WITHIN THERE. WHEN THE PLANT OPERATES, WHETHER IT'S DISCHARGING TREATED EFFLUENT OR, YOU KNOW, ANY RAINWATER THAT FALLS IN, IT'LL STILL CONTINUE TO FLOW OUT NORMALLY. BUT WHEN WE HAVE A FLOOD SCENARIO, THE THE TREATMENT SYSTEM CAN DRAIN AND NEITHER CAN THE STORMWATER DRAINAGE SYSTEM. SO WE HAVE TWO PUMP STATIONS NOW THAT'LL BE GOING ACTIVE THIS FALL TO ACTUALLY PUMP OVER THE WALL OR THROUGH THE WALL TO KEEP THE PLANT IN OPERATION. THIS IS JUST SOMETHING TO SHOW YOU THE THE LEVEL OF CRAFTSMAN WORK WE'RE GETTING OUT OF THE CONTRACTOR. THEY THEY ARE VERY NEAT. THEY ARE THEY'RE CONCRETE WORK. THEY'RE FORMWORK. IT'S INCREDIBLE. THAT'S REALLY GREAT WORK. YEAH. FEW PICTURES OF THE STORMWATER PUMP STATION. THERE'S A GATE TO CONTROL KEEP WATER FROM COMING BACK IN. AND THAT CAN BE OPENED TO ALLOW GRAVITY FLOW OUT BECAUSE IT'S NOT OPERATIONAL YET. THAT ORANGE GODWIN PUMP OVER TO THE SIDE IS TO HANDLE ANY STORMS THAT POTENTIALLY COME IN. WE SAW WHAT HAPPENED IN WATCHUNG THE OTHER DAY. WE MISSED THAT BY A COUPLE MILES. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A VERY DIFFICULT THING, YOU KNOW, BUT WE'RE PREPARED IN CASE IT HITS. MARK WAS SAYING SIMILAR TO THE FALL, AND I DON'T WANT TO OVERSTEP WHAT HE SAID, BUT WE THINK WE'LL HAVE THIS OPERATIONAL PROBABLY BY MID NEXT WEEK. OH WONDERFUL. DOUBLE TIMING BECAUSE OF THOSE STORMS. AND I REMEMBER WE HAVE A STATE OF EMERGENCY PROBABLY ABOUT A WEEK OR TWO AGO. RIGHT. AND ALLIED OPERATES OUT OF HARLAN AND THEY HAD SIX INCHES FALLEN AN HOUR YOU KNOW. SO NOT EVERYTHING IS ABOUT THE TREATMENT SO MUCH.

AND THIS IS THE STORMWATER SIDE OF IT. AND THAT'S WHY THE WALL IS THERE TO PROTECT THE TREATMENT SIDE. BUT THE THE POTENTIAL FOR THESE STORMS IS BECOMING FAR MORE FREQUENT.

RIGHT, RIGHT. RESISTANCE. SO I'M GOING BACK TO THE SHORT. SO IT PROOF IN THE PUDDING. THAT'S SINCE WHAT WAS IT 2000 2021 WHERE I'D HAVE HIT. IT'S BEEN FOUR YEARS AND I'VE BEEN TRUCKING ALONG. NO YOU'RE RIGHT. WE MISSED THE ONE TO WATCH AREA. REALLY GOT HIT. THANK GOD WE MISSED IT. BUT YES, TO BE PREPARED IS IS THE BATTLE. YEAH. NO. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. THIS SYSTEM IS CRITICAL BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THE WALL WILL KEEP THE WATER OUT ON THE RIVERSIDE, WE'RE ACTUALLY LUCKY THAT WE DON'T HAVE A SITUATION WHERE WE HAD TO BUILD A WALL ON ALL FOUR SIDES, BECAUSE THEN YOU NEED AUTOMATED GATES, AND WE WOULD HAVE NEEDED A MORE EXTENSIVE FLOOD WALL INSTEAD OF JUST HAVING IT ON TWO SIDES LIKE WE HAVE IT NOW. BUT THIS IS TO HANDLE ANYTHING THAT COMES OFF THE MOUNTAINSIDE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PLANT AND ANYTHING THAT FALLS, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE PLANT AREA, BASICALLY FROM THE DRIVEWAY COMING IN. THERE'S JUST MORE PHOTOS OF THE PUMP STATION SO YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH IS INVOLVED AND THE SIZE OF THE PIPE THAT GOES OVER THE WALL. FOR WHEN THIS THIS SYSTEM KICKS ON. SO AS I WAS MENTIONING TO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS EARLIER, THERE WILL BE AN UPCOMING CHANGE ORDER. THIS THIS IS THE ONE THAT PROBABLY HIT US THE HARDEST. SO WHEN THEY WERE FORMING THE WALL

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THEY WE CAN HOLD THE PRICE AFTER THAT. THEY'RE ALLOWED TO NEGOTIATE IT. THAT'S TYPICAL FOR LOCAL PUBLIC CONTRACTS LAW. EVEN THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS SIMILAR LANGUAGE IN IN THEIR STANDARDS. MOST OF THE TIME A CONTRACTOR WILL NEGOTIATE FOR AN INCREASE.

IN THIS CASE, WE ACTUALLY GOT THEM TO HOLD THE PRICE UP TO THAT 120%, AND THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO REMOBILIZE THIS CONTRACTOR AS LONG AS THEY KEPT WORKING AND THEY WERE ABLE TO CUT THEIR OPERATION AND PROFIT MARGINS DOWN A LITTLE BIT TO HELP THE TOWNSHIP OUT, BECAUSE EVEN THEY UNDERSTOOD THIS WAS UNFORESEEN. SO IT WAS ADDITIONAL 710 ABOUT 715, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. OKAY. AND THIS IS THE ONE THAT WE WERE THE STAFF WAS ABLE TO GET A GRANT, ALSO $1 MILLION. YEAH, I WAS GOING TO TOUCH ON THAT LATER. SO YEAH, WITH WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING WITH THE FILTER BUILDING BEING DAMAGED BACK IN 2001 WITH IDA, AND THE PARTS OF THE SYSTEM WERE STILL ON BYPASS UP THROUGH THIS CONSTRUCTION, WE ONLY HAD GOTTEN ABOUT MAYBE $100,000, A LITTLE BIT MORE IN INSURANCE CLAIMS. THAT'S ALL WE WERE ABLE TO GET. SO BETWEEN CHRIS, MYSELF, THE OEM OFFICE AND MILLENNIUM STRATEGIES, WHO'S BEEN HELPING US THROUGH THIS, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM SINCE THIS HAPPENED. SO IT'S BEEN ABOUT A THREE AND A HALF YEAR PROCESS. AS YOU KNOW, A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, THEY ACTUALLY FINALLY OBLIGATED US A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY. I THINK IT WAS 1.13, $2 MILLION. AND AS OF ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO, WE HAVE MOST OF THAT IN HAND. WE HAD ABOUT A MILLION, $70,000 CHECK COME IN. SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE THAT IN HAND. AND SO THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE USED TOWARDS SOME OF THESE PROJECT INCREASES.

SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE MORE IN HAND THAN THAN YOU THAN YOU ORDER. AND MIKE HOW DOES THIS AFFECT THE THE BUDGET AS FAR AS SO IT DOESN'T IMPACT THE BUDGET. SEEING HOW WE HAVE THE THE THE FUNDS ON HAND, IT'S NOT GOING TO FORCE US TO GO OUT FOR MORE DEBT, GO THROUGH THE EYE BANK, NOTHING LIKE THAT. NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE THE FEMA, THE THE FEMA GRANT, WHICH AGAIN, WE DID A CHAPTER 159 A COUPLE A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO, BUT WE ALSO HAVE OTHER RESERVES. BUT THE FEMA GRANT ITSELF WILL COVER THIS CHANGE ORDER. SO AGAIN, THERE'S NO IN TERMS OF THE FINANCIAL ASPECT, THERE'S NO RED FLAGS, NOTHING THAT THAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT HANDLING THIS. THIS CHANGE ORDER OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS I THINK YOU KNOW AND I KNOW THE TOWNSHIP ADMINISTRATOR IS NOT HERE AND I'M NOT SEEING ANYONE, BUT THEY COULD PROBABLY ALL ACCOUNTABLE ON THIS AS WHEN WE APPROVE THIS BUDGET, THE PROJECT ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT IS HAVING REGULAR UPDATES. I DON'T THINK THERE'S BEEN ONE THIS YEAR. I DON'T REMEMBER WHEN THE LAST ONE WAS, AND I AND IT SOUNDS LIKE OBVIOUSLY THIS IS SOMETHING THAT UNFORESEEN HAS TO HAPPEN, ETC. BUT I THINK THIS GOES BACK TO LIKE THE GOVERNANCE OF THIS PROJECT, YOU KNOW, BETTER, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSION, TRANSPARENCY, DISCUSSIONS ON HOW THESE THINGS ARE DEVELOPING. WHEN I, WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THE THE MILLION DOLLAR FEMA, I WAS LIKE, THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S $1 MILLION MORE THAT MAYBE WE COULD DO SOME MORE ROADS, ETC. I WASN'T AWARE THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, OFFSET, YOU KNOW, A CHANGE ORDER. AGAIN, NOTHING AGAINST THE MERITS OF THE CHANGE ORDER. BUT I THINK THIS IS WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE FREQUENCY. SO, SO I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE PROBABLY NEED TO BRING UP WITH THE WITH LORI TOUCH ADMINISTRATORS. HOW

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OKAY. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. I DO THINK BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE DO HAVE A RESOLUTION FOR TODAY, I THINK I THINK WE'RE GOING TO THIS IS THE DISCUSSION TODAY AND YOU'RE DOING THE PRESENTATION, YOU KNOW, AND OF COURSE THE TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS, EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT HERE, THEY CAN SEE THAT ONLINE. IF PEOPLE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THEY CAN COME TO THE NEXT MEETING, LORI WILL BE THERE AT THE NEXT MEETING AND THEN WE'LL, YOU KNOW, VOTE ON IT IN THE NEXT MEETING. I THINK WE ALREADY DISCUSSED THAT. BUT WE APPRECIATE YOU, YOU KNOW, BRINGING AND I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT ALSO, MIKE, IF THERE COULD BE SOME KIND OF I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE THERE AT THE NEXT MEETING OR LORI CAN THE FACT THE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, ASSET OUR SEWER PLANTS ARE TO OUR BUDGET AND TO MONTGOMERY BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE QUESTIONS FROM PEOPLE WHO WANT TO KNOW, WHY ARE WE DOING THIS AND WHY DON'T WE HAVE ONE OF THE UTILITIES DO IT? AND, YOU KNOW, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE REALIZE THAT IT'S ACTUALLY AN ASSET. AND THIS IS WHY WE PROTECT OUR ASSET, BECAUSE THIS IS MONEY FOR OUR BUDGET. SO IF WE CAN HAVE A LITTLE MORE ON THAT, MIKE WOULD BE GREAT. JUST SO THAT THE RESIDENTS KNOW, BECAUSE MOST OF THE PEOPLE, HONEST TO GOD, DON'T KNOW. AND THEY WONDER WHY WE MAINTAIN THESE OURSELVES. SO YOU ARE CORRECT. AND I WOULD ALSO JUST ADD TO THAT, I'VE HEARD YOU SPEAK ABOUT HARDENING OUR SYSTEMS AND MAKING SURE THESE THINGS ARE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY SHOULD BE. MONTGOMERY IS IN AN EXCELLENT POSITION. WE'RE NOT CONNECTED TO ANY OTHER TOWN. I MINUS THE ROCKY HILL COMPONENT. AND WITH THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, THE MONEY THAT'S BEING REINVESTED, THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST STATE OF THE ART SYSTEMS IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY. THE POWERHOUSE EFFLUENT QUALITY THAT COMES OUT OF SKILLMAN AND PIKE BROOK.

STAGE TWO WILL HAVE THAT SOON. AND IF WE DO EVER REACH THE POINT OF CLOSING CHERRY VALLEY, WHICH STILL DOES VERY WELL FOR THE TECHNOLOGY THAT IT IS, AND SEND THAT TO SKILLMAN, THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE MOST PREMIER SYSTEMS THE STATE HAS. WONDERFUL. THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR.

YEAH, NO, BUT AS I SAID, A LITTLE MORE OF THE EDUCATION FOR OUR RESIDENTS AS WELL, BECAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE WONDERING WHY ARE WE INVESTING SO MUCH MONEY IS JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, THE SYSTEM IS AN ASSET. OH, OF COURSE, I MEAN, THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT IS JUST TO DEMONSTRATE WHAT'S BEEN PLANNED. I MEAN, THE FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR THIS WAS DONE BACK IN 2012. THAT JUST GOES TO SHOW HOW LONG THIS HAS BEEN PLANNED, BECAUSE AT SOME POINT WHEN YOU HAVE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW, IF IT GETS DAMAGED AND DAMAGED, WE'VE SEEN THAT INSURANCE BASICALLY HAS NOT BEEN BEEN PAID, PAYING FOR US, EVEN WITH A FEMA NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE POLICY, THEY CONSIDER, BECAUSE A LOT OF THIS IS AT SUCH A LOW ELEVATION. USUALLY THESE SYSTEMS ARE BY THE STREAMS. THEY BASICALLY EQUATE IT TO EVERYTHING WE HAD AT THE FACILITIES BEING A BASEMENT. AND THEY SAID, WELL, YOU'RE NOT REALLY SUPPOSED TO HAVE A BASEMENT, BUT WELL, YEAH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S THE WAY IT, IT WAS LOOKED AT. SO, YOU KNOW, IF THIS WAS DAMAGE WORSE THAN IT WAS DURING ANY STORM, YOU KNOW, LET ALONE IDA. I MEAN, YOU SEE HOW LONG PLAN CONSTRUCTION TAKES? WHAT IF THE WHOLE SYSTEM WAS TAKEN OFFLINE? I MEAN, WE CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE A MUCH WORSE DISASTER THAN DEALING WITH, YOU KNOW, WE'D HAVE SEWAGE IN THE, YOU KNOW, IN THE STREAMS AND PROBABLY WORSE ODOR ISSUES THAN THE TEMPORARY HICCUP. THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PHOTOS BECAUSE IT JUST GIVES YOU SOME PERSPECTIVE ON HOW LARGE THAT WALL IS. AND THE TANKS. YEAH, OKAY. I'LL MOVE THROUGH QUICKLY. I KNOW. YEAH, I THINK WE'RE GETTING TO IT'S BEEN TWO

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YOU CAN SEE THAT'S CALLED A CLARIFIER. THAT WHAT'S IN THERE DOES NOT LOOK VERY CLEAR. AND YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THE COMPONENTS ARE RUSTED, BUT THEY TOOK IT DOWN, HAD A BUNCH OF LEAK REPAIRS, FIXED THAT. THEY THAT VERTICAL ARM, THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT AT THE BOTTOM THAT HOLDS THE SCRAPER ON THE BOTTOM, THAT THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT, LIKE THERE WERE COMPONENTS THAT WERE JUST COMPLETELY WORN AWAY. BUT THEN WE REHABILITATED IT. LEAK PROTECTION. CORROSION PROTECTION. AND AS THE TANK STARTED FILLING UP AGAIN, LOOK AT THE WATER IN THAT NOW. NOW IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S DOING WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO LOOK. NO, THIS IS VERY, VERY HELPFUL. OKAY.

YEAH. THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE OTHER TANKS. THIS IS THE AERATION BASIN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER. BUT THIS WAS ONE OF THE CHALLENGES. ONE OF THESE TANKS, THEY HAD TEMPORARILY TURNED INTO ONE OF THESE. THAT WAS ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS THEY HAD TO DO DURING THIS PROCESS IS TURN, TURN SOMETHING INTO SOMETHING IT WAS NOT INTENDED TO BE. NOW. NOW IT'S REHABILITATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS OUT INSPECTING THE NEW EQUIPMENT AND TANKS FULLY ON OPERATION ON BOTH SIDES NOW, ISN'T IT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. BUT IT JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU THE INVESTMENT. YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IS NOW WORKING AS INTENDED. THAT MIDDLE ZONE IS WHERE IT'S EXTRACTING THE AIR THAT WILL HELP DEAL WITH THE NITRATE PERMIT REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE SET. AND THAT'S GOING TO HELP WITH DRINKING WATER STANDARDS. SO IT'LL MAKE THINGS EASIER FOR THE WATER INTAKE DOWNSTREAM FOR NEW JERSEY AMERICAN WATER. AND THERE WILL BE A PLACE ON THE WEBSITE WHERE YOU'LL HAVE THIS PRESENTATION, MAYBE WITH A LITTLE MORE OF THE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE DISCUSSED AS WELL, MAYBE ONCE, ONCE WE'RE DONE SO THAT, YOU KNOW, IF PEOPLE WANTED TO GO AND SEE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE ACCESS. YEAH, WE CAN PUT A BIT OF A NARRATIVE UP. OKAY. OR, YOU KNOW, EVEN CONTACT INFORMATION. IF PEOPLE WANT TO CALL US, THEY CAN CALL US, ASK QUESTIONS. THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE. I CAN PUT THESE INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE. AND THEN IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS, THEY CAN CALL YOU PEOPLE YOU KNOW, WOULD. IT IS HUNTABLE LAND AROUND THE TREATMENT FACILITY. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. YEAH, YEAH. MY WALK AROUND THE TREATMENT FACILITY, POST WALL CONSTRUCTION. AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PROVISIONS TO MAKE SURE WATER IS NOT GOING TO COME BACK IN THROUGH THE STORMWATER PIPES. THOSE ARE DUCKBILL VALVES. BUT YOU KNOW THAT THAT'LL HELP WITH THIS. AND THIS IS THE LAST SLIDE I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SHOW THE SCALE OF THE WALL, BECAUSE CHRIS IS A LITTLE OVER SIX FEET TALL. THAT'S HIM NEXT TO A 15 FOOT WALL. I THINK WITH ALL THE CHALLENGES AND FRUSTRATIONS AND MIRACLES HIM AND HIS STAFF HAVE DEALT WITH, JUST TRYING TO KEEP THE SYSTEM IN OPERATION, I LIKE TO THINK HE'S OUT THERE LOOKING FOR THE MEANING OF LIFE, YOU KNOW? BUT BUT NICELY DONE CHRIS AND MARK THIS. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE THE PRESENTATION. AND AS I SAID, IF YOU CAN HAVE THIS ON THE WEBSITE WITH A LITTLE BIT OF NARRATIVE, WHAT YOU JUST GAVE US WOULD BE GREAT. SURE, SURE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. IT WAS A LOT OF WORK, SO APPRECIATE IT. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS ANYONE. YOU GOOD OKAY. THANK YOU SO

[7. PUBLIC COMMENT]

AT LEAST ON ONE OCCASION FOR EACH RIDE. VIOLATED BY BY A MOTORIST, THERE'S MARCH 2022

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AND BUT UNFORTUNATELY, SINCE THEN, I HAVEN'T I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING FROM THE FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. BICYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS ARE ARE VULNERABLE ROAD USERS. AND WHAT I'VE SEEN COMING FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS, HAS BEEN MOSTLY FOCUSED ON EDUCATING, QUOTE UNQUOTE, EDUCATING THOSE VULNERABLE ROAD USERS BASICALLY TO THE EFFECT OF WATCH OUT FOR CARS WHEN WHEN IN FACT, THE THE STATUTE THAT I'M REFERRING TO THIS FOUR FOOT PASSING LAW REALLY DIRECTS ATTENTION TO THE MOTORISTS THEY'RE DRIVING. THEY'RE OPERATING ESSENTIALLY A DEADLY WEAPON ON THE ROADS. AND US BICYCLISTS AND, AND PEDESTRIANS. NEED THE SUPPORT OF THE LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATING THOSE MOTORISTS AND FOR SUPPORTING US IF WE COME TO THEM WITH A COMPLAINT. SO THESE ARE THE THINGS I'M ASKING THE DEPARTMENT TO DIRECT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO COOPERATE, TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND SUPPORT THIS PARTICULAR STATUTE.

NJAC 39 FOUR DASH 92.4 OTHERWISE, AGAIN KNOWN AS THE FOUR FOOT PASSING LAW. THANK YOU, MR. WALTZ. I THINK LISA MAY HAVE SOME INFORMATION. I YOU HAD LEFT US THE FOUR FEET, YOU KNOW, INFORMATION AND I BELIEVE AT A FARMERS MARKET AND OTHER PLACES WHERE WE'VE HAD OUR TOWNSHIP TABLE, THAT INFORMATION HAS BEEN PASSED AS FAR AS THE TOWN AS THE PDS CONCERNED. WE CAN TRY AND GET SOME ANSWERS. LISA, IF YOU CAN GET MR. WALTZ, YOU KNOW, CONCERNS THE QUESTION ON WHAT ROADS YOU HAVE THE MOST CONCERNS ON THAT YOU TRAVEL, WHICH ROADS ARE CONCERNED. YEAH, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MATTER ANY ROAD. RIGHT. BUT YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S MORE OF A ROAD THAT YOU'RE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT, MAYBE WE CAN ASK THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO PUT LIKE A SIGN OUT OR, YOU KNOW, OR, OR ONE OF THOSE LIGHT SIGNS AND JUST EXPRESS THAT FACT, BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM, A LOT OF MOTORISTS AREN'T PROBABLY MONTGOMERY RESIDENTS. RIGHT? SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO INFORM ANYBODY TRAVELING ON, ON OUR ROADS. SO I'M JUST CURIOUS ON WHAT ROADS WERE YOUR MOST CONCERNED? I KNOW IT'S ALL THE ROADS, BUT MAJOR ONES. ANY IDEAS THOUGHTS YOU IF YOU CAN. WELL, BELLAMY GRIGGSTOWN ROAD IS ONE.

GOODNESS GREEN AVENUE EVEN WITH THE BIKE LANE ON ON GREEN AVENUE. YEAH. BELLAMY GRIGGSTOWN IS PROBABLY A UNIQUE ONE. 10I WANT TO SAY HARLINGEN ROAD AS WELL AS A PERSONAL PERSONAL ISSUE THERE AGAIN. RIGHT RIGHT OFF RIGHT OPPOSITE THE UPPER SOCCER FIELDS. AND THAT THAT WAS A PARTICULAR POINT OF WHY I WANTED THE MEETING WITH THE MAYOR AND THE LIEUTENANT, BUT NOT TO AIR THAT HERE. BUT YEAH, THAT THAT HARLINGEN ROAD IS LIKE A REALLY NARROW ROAD. AND THE BICYCLISTS ARE. SUPPOSED TO RIDE AS FAR TO THE RIGHT AS PRACTICABLE. AND I'D SAY ON, ON HARLINGEN ROAD RIDING CENTER TO A THIRD OF THE WAY INTO THE LANE. THE PARTICULAR LANE IS THE MOST PRACTICABLE PLACE TO RIDE. AND THEN SO IN ORDER FOR A VEHICLE TO MAINTAIN A FOUR FOOT CLEARANCE, THEY REALLY HAVE TO CROSS THE DOUBLE YELLOW LINE INTO THE OTHER LANE. BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT IS. RIGHT? SO I WE APPRECIATE THAT. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFICATION ON CERTAIN MAJOR ROADS AND WE WILL HAVE, YOU KNOW, LISA AND AND REACH OUT TO POLICE DEPARTMENT TO FIGURE OUT THE ROADS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BICYCLING IS A CONCERN. AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AMAZING ROADS AND AMAZING SIGHTS AND SCENERIES THAT ARE ARE GREAT IN OUR TOWN AND WOULD LOVE TO HAVE EVERYBODY RIDE BICYCLE CYCLE SAFELY THROUGHOUT

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OKAY. I'M BRINGING THIS TO SHOW YOU. THIS IS 35 YEARS. YOU MAY WANT TO USE ONE OF THE THE THE MICROPHONE. YOU CAN HAVE A SEAT MARK IF YOU CAN HELP THEM WITH THE. OH YES. AND IF YOU CAN.

YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH LIZ. IF YOU CAN SAY YOUR FULL NAME. YES. YES. OKAY. LIZ PALEY IS AND I WANTED TO TALK TO TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE ABOUT THIS CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT FOR DEALING WITH THE GRIGGSTOWN BRIDGE. I'VE READ IT. IT'S PERFECTLY RIDICULOUS. AND NONE OF THESE SITUATIONS, NONE OF THE SUGGESTIONS THAT THEY MAKE WILL WORK IN THE LEAST. AS YOU KNOW, 35 YEARS OF DEALING WITH THE COUNTY TO TO PRESERVE RIVER ROAD, THE HISTORIC DISTRICT TO GET THE RIVER DISTRICT FORMED OR WHATEVER. AND AND WE I CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE THE TOWNSHIP NOT SIMPLY TO ACCEPT ANY OF THIS, WHICH IS NOT GOOD, BUT TO COME UP WORKING WITH A SOLUTION THAT MIGHT HELP. NOW, I KNOW FOR 40 YEARS IT'S BEEN CUSTOMARY FOR THE LOCAL POLICE NOT TO TICKET INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVE IN TOWN. HOWEVER I HAVE. IT'S TRUE. YOU CAN ASK ANYONE, INCLUDING THE POLICE, BUT LATELY IT'S BECOME REALLY IMPOSSIBLE AND THAT'S WHAT CONTRIBUTES TO THE DANGEROUS SITUATION IN THE ROAD. PEOPLE SIMPLY DO NOT STOP FOR STOP SIGNS. PEOPLE DO NOT NOT CROSS PAST SOMEBODY OVER A DOUBLE YELLOW LINE. YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S YOU KNOW, IT JUST GOES ON AND ON. THEY DON'T STICK TO THE SPEED LIMIT AND NOBODY GETS TICKETED. AS FAR AS I COULD TELL. AS FAR AS THE POLICE IS WILLING TO SAY, NOBODY GETS TICKETED. THIS IS WRONG. AND BECAUSE THERE IS NO PUNISHMENT FOR PEOPLE WHO BREAK THE LAW IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM, THEY FEEL PERFECTLY COMFORTABLE DOING IT ALL THE TIME. AND THAT ADDS TO THE CONFUSION AT THE BRIDGE, WHERE YOU FINALLY GET A LOT OF PEOPLE TOGETHER AND EVERYBODY SAYS, NO, IT'S MY RIGHT. I HAVE TO TELL YOU. WITHIN THE MONTH WE WERE ALMOST KILLED AT I WAS ALMOST KILLED MY SON TOO. HE WAS IN THE CAR WITH US. SO WAS THE DOG. BUT COMING DOWN. I LIVE SPITTING DISTANCE OF THE BRIDGE IN VERY CLOSE TO HOUSES. SECOND HOUSE DOWN FROM THE BELLE MEAD GRIGGSTOWN ROAD. SO WE HAD COME BACK FROM SHOPPING AND WE CROSSED THE BRIDGE FROM FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP TO MONTGOMERY AND, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO GO SOUTH AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE BELLE MEAD GRIGGSTOWN ROAD. A WHITE CAR WAS COMING DOWN THE ROAD. A LARGE WHITE SEDAN WAS COMING DOWN THE ROAD. THERE'S A STOP SIGN THERE. I GUESS THE DRIVER SAW THAT THERE WASN'T A PARTICULARLY LONG LINE OF CARS WAITING TO GET OVER THE BRIDGE, SO IT NEVER STOPPED RIGHT IN FRONT OF US. AND I THIS CLOSE, LITERALLY THIS CLOSE RIGHT TO BEING WIPED OUT. OKAY. THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING DONE TO MAKE SENSE AND TO MAKE IT SAFE AND COMFORTABLE FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY. NO, THANK. THANK YOU. MISS BAILEY IS MAKING A SILK PURSE OUT OF A SOW'S EAR. THIS IS A RIDICULOUS PLAN. IT PROBABLY IS PARTLY ILLEGAL. IT WASN'T WELL THOUGHT OUT. THEY'RE THINKING OF ADDING ANOTHER ROADWAY. MISS BAILEY, IS. HAVE YOU WRITTEN TO THE COUNTY AS WELL, OR AS A TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE? WE CAN GET YOUR. I'M SORRY. I'M JUST SAYING. HAVE YOU WRITTEN TO THE COUNTY AS WELL? BECAUSE YOU'VE LIVED HERE AND YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK IN, IN, IN TOWN, BUT THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE CAN DEFINITELY REACH OUT ON, ON YOUR BEHALF. AND I'VE BEEN ON THAT BRIDGE AND IT IS DEFINITELY A MESS. BUT MAYBE THAT THAT'S THE FIRST STEP TO TRY. AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THAT IT IS THE PROPOSAL IS OUT THERE AT THIS POINT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP IS ON BOARD WITH THEIR PROPOSAL RIGHT NOW. SO I DON'T THINK IT IS MOVING FORWARD, AS WE HAD, YOU KNOW, HEARD. AND OF COURSE, WE BRING YOUR CONCERNS TO THE COUNTY AS WELL. SO BASICALLY WITH THE WITH THE ONE LANE BRIDGE ITSELF, OKAY, THERE CAN BE A SOLUTION THAT'S WORKED OUT THAT DOESN'T HANG BIG MODERN RED LIGHTS ALL OVER THE PLACE AND FLASHING ALL KINDS OF

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, LISA. IF YOU CAN CONNECT MISS PAGLIA'S WITH THE, YOU KNOW, SEND HER THE NEXT LANDMARKS COMMISSION MEETING INFORMATION. AND THEN THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ANYONE ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY. ORDINANCES, INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING. THERE ARE NO

[9. ORDINANCES – PUBLIC HEARING/FINAL ADOPTION]

SORRY ABOUT THAT. OKAY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 5-1762. SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER. MARTIN. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. ANN. YES.

DEPUTY MAYOR. BARRAGAN. YES. MAYOR. SING. YES. OKAY. OKAY. NOW, IF YOU IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK YOUR NAME AND THEN WE'LL GET TO YOUR COMMENT. MY NAME IS HAVENS. JESSE HAVENS. YES.

LUDLOW AVENUE. AND I CAME HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I GOT A CHANCE FOR A RIDE, AND. BUT I UNDERSTOOD THAT WE MIGHT BE TALKING ABOUT THE BRIDGES OVER THE RIVER. AND SO IT'S A GOOD TIME TO TALK. WE HAVE PROBLEMS, AND YOU CAN PUT UP ALL THE SIGNS YOU WANT. YOU CAN DO ALL THE ORDINANCE YOU WANT, AND YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU PLEASE ABOUT THOSE BRIDGES AND THAT RIVER, AND YOU GOT A PROBLEM. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT THERE BE OTHER REMEDIES CONSIDERED. AND THE MOST OBVIOUS ONE IS PEOPLE'S POCKETBOOKS. AND THE SOLUTION IN MY BOOK IS THAT DURING RUSH HOUR, YOU MAKE THOSE TOLL BRIDGES, PARTICULARLY THE BRIDGE SPAN BRIDGE, MAKE IT A TOLL BRIDGE. YOU'LL BE AMAZED HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL FIND SOME OTHER WAY TO GET ACROSS THE RIVER. THAT'S AN INNOVATIVE SOLUTION. THANK YOU. YEAH, SO THAT IS MY MESSAGE FOR YOU. IT'S NOT THE CUSTOMARY USE IN THE STATE, BUT I KNOW IT. YOU DON'T CONTROL THE BRIDGES. YOU DON'T CONTROL THE RIVERS. BUT YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IF YOU JUST GO TO WORK AND GET THEM TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. AND THE TOLL OVER THE BRIDGE AT RUSH HOUR WOULD DO MIRACLES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT'S DEFINITELY JESSE. I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO MENTION, YOU KNOW, THE POLICE, BUT I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BRING UP WITH THE CHIEF, BECAUSE, I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO TELL THE POLICE HOW TO DO THEIR JOB, BUT ON RIVER ROAD, THAT'S VERY DANGEROUS. AND IF WE HAVE RESIDENTS WHO ARE OPERATING DANGEROUSLY, THEN THEY SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO THE LAW. ABSOLUTELY. I AT LEAST MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN HAVE ON OUR REMINDER. YEAH, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. LIZ AND JESSE EVANS. OKAY. CONSENT AGENDA. ALL MATTERS

[10. CONSENT AGENDA]

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[11. RESOLUTIONS]

COMMITTEE MEMBER. MARTIN. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER AND DEPUTY MAYOR BERRIGAN. YES. MAYOR.

SAYING YES. RESOLUTION NUMBER 25, DASH NINE, DASH 268 AUTHORIZING INSERTION OF SPECIAL ITEM OF REVENUE IN THE MUNICIPAL BUDGET PURSUANT TO NJSA 40, A 487 CHAPTER 159 PL 1948 FISCAL YEAR. LEGISLATIVE GRANT, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT, MIKE. YES, MAYOR, THIS WAS A $500,000 LEGISLATIVE GRANT THAT WAS PLACED INTO THE STATE'S FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE STILL IN THE EARLY PLANNING PHASES TO DETERMINE THE EXACT PROJECTS. BUT IT WAS A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, LEGWORK BY THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE TO TO ADVOCATE FOR THIS GRANT FOR THE RESIDENTS OF MONTGOMERY. THANK YOU. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR, OUR OUR ASSEMBLY MEMBERS, ROY FREEMAN AND MICHELLE DRULIS AND OUR SENATOR ANDREW ZWICKER, FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND HOPEFULLY CONTINUED SUPPORT. HALF A MILLION. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL IT THE FLOOR, AND HOPEFULLY IT CONTINUES TO GROW AND GET SOME OF THAT INVESTMENT BACK INTO MONTGOMERY. YEAH, WE SECOND THAT. THAT'S GOOD. OKAY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 20 5-92 68. SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL PLEASE.

COMMITTEE MEMBER MARTIN. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. ANN. YES. DEPUTY MAYOR BERRIGAN. YES.

MAYOR. SINGH. YES. RESOLUTION 20 5-9. DASH 269 AUTHORIZING INSERTION OF SPECIAL ITEM OF REVENUE IN THE MUNICIPAL BUDGET PURSUANT TO NJSA 4487. CHAPTER 159 PL 1948. DEER MANAGEMENT GRANT. YES, THIS IS ANOTHER GRANT WE RECEIVED. THIS WAS FOR $7,650. A DEER MANAGEMENT GRANT SPEARHEADED BY LAUREN. AND WE WILL BE ADDING THIS INTO THE BUDGET AS WELL. THAT'S WONDERFUL TO HEAR MORE GRANTS MAY. YEAH. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 20 5-92 69.

SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER MARTIN. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. ANN. YES.

DEPUTY MAYOR BERRIGAN. YES. MAYOR. SAYING YES. RESOLUTION 20 5-9-2 70 AUTHORIZING A FIVE YEAR AGREEMENT WITH MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC. FOR BODY WORN CAMERA VIDEO AS A SERVICE UNDER NJSA 40, A 1115 FIVE. YES, MAYOR. THIS IS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS. CAMERAS. THIS IS THE CLOUD SOFTWARE, THE DATA PROCESSING SOFTWARE. THIS IS A FIVE YEAR AGREEMENT AND IT WILL NOT EXCEED $20,700. AND THIS IS FOR THE BODY CAMERAS AND ALL THEIR OTHER CAMERAS. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 20 5-92 70. SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER. MARTIN. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. ANN. YES. DEPUTY MAYOR BERRIGAN.

YES. MAYOR. SINGH. YES. RESOLUTION 20 5-9. DASH 271 AUTHORIZING DONATION OF RECREATION PROGRAM INSTRUCTOR COMPENSATION TO MONTGOMERY HIGH SCHOOL. COUGAR ROBOTICS TEAM.

YES. THIS IS AN INSTRUCTOR FOR THE RECREATION RECREATION PROGRAM. IT IS A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT ON KHURANA. THEY ARE DONATING THEIR SALARY TO THE TOWNSHIP SO THE TOWNSHIP CAN JUST BASICALLY COMPENSATE THE HIGH SCHOOL'S ROBOTICS TEAM INSTEAD. THIS IS A GENEROUS DONATION BY THAT. THAT. OH, AND I BELIEVE THIS CHILD WAS ON OUR YOUTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL, SO IT'S GOOD TO SEE HIS NAME HERE. THAT'S REALLY NICE. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT? RESOLUTION 20 5-92. 71. SO MOVED. SECOND. ROLL CALL PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER. MARTIN. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. ANN. YES. DEPUTY MAYOR BERRIGAN. YES. MAYOR. SINGH. YES. RESOLUTION 20 5-9. DASH

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MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 20 5-92 72. SO MOVED. SECOND. ROLL CALL PLEASE.

COMMITTEE MEMBER. MARTIN. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. AND YES. DEPUTY MAYOR BERRIGAN. YES.

MAYOR. SINGH. YES. RESOLUTION 20 5-9-2 73 AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF ONE BUCKET TRUCK FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS FROM NATIONAL AUTO FLEET GROUP. I GUESS THAT'S THE RIGHT NAME, CORRECT? MAYOR. YES. THIS WAS THE ONE THAT WAS APPROVED LAST WEEK. NOTHING'S CHANGED OTHER THAN THE VENDOR NAME AND ADDRESS. OKAY. THIS WAS RELATED TO CAPITAL PURCHASE. OKAY.

THANK YOU. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 20 5-92. 73. SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER. MARTIN. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. ANN. YES. DEPUTY MAYOR BERRIGAN.

YES. MAYOR. SINGH. YES. RESOLUTION 20 5-92 74. AUTHORIZING OUTDOOR ASSEMBLY PERMIT FOR IQBAL WEDDING. SO THIS IS AN APPLICATION FOR AN OUTDOOR ASSEMBLY FOR A WEDDING AT 92 HILLS DRIVE ON OCTOBER 11TH. ALL DEPARTMENTS HAVE NO OBJECTION. NO OBJECTIONS FROM ANY OF THE DEPARTMENTS. OKAY. AND I GUESS THIS IS BECAUSE THE IS IT BECAUSE WE'RE DOING THIS THIS OVER 200 PEOPLE? YES. CORRECT. OKAY. NEIGHBORS NOTIFIED. YES. SO THEY PROVIDED THE APPLICANT DID PROVIDE A TRAFFIC PLAN TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO THEY ARE FINE WITH THAT. ALSO HAVE CONTACTED THE CODE DEPARTMENT REGARDING THE TENT REQUIREMENTS. AND THERE'S NO NEED FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT APPROVALS BECAUSE THIS IS A PRIVATE EVENT. SO THEREFORE THERE'S NO NEED FOR HEALTH DEPARTMENT APPROVALS FOR A FOOD PERMIT. OKAY. TO COMMITTEE ON QUESTION. I'M SURE THEY HAVE LET THE NEIGHBORS KNOW EVEN THOUGH, OH YES, SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS ARE GOING GOING TO BE INVITED TO BE INVITED TO THE WEDDING. OKAY.

YES, THAT MAKES SENSE. HE DID SAY OKAY. THANK YOU. SORRY. SORRY ABOUT THAT. THAT WASN'T INVITED. BUT LET ME JUST GO. IS THAT A REQUIREMENT? I MEAN, I THINK IT'S JUST. OR IS THAT JUST A NICE TO HAVE THAT, THAT THE NEIGHBORS ARE NOTIFIED? THAT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT IN OUR ORDINANCE, RIGHT? NO. BASICALLY THE WAY THE RESOLUTION READS NOW, IT IT YOU'RE APPROVING IT, ADVISING THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DO GET THE NECESSARY AND REQUIRED APPROVALS PER THE PER THE ORDINANCE. SO WHEN I SPEAK TO ANYBODY HAVING DOING AN AMPLIFICATION PERMIT FOR A PARTY, I ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT THEY FOLLOW UP WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS AND PARKING. BECAUSE OF FIRST RESPONDER ACCESSIBILITY, ETCETERA, AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. SO, OKAY, WE CAN AMEND THE ORDINANCE IF YOU CHOOSE. BUT NO, I THINK I JUST WANTED TO MAKE YEAH, THE PARTY AND I THINK THEY'VE DONE THE EGRESS AND WHAT IS IT.

INGRESS. YEAH. THE TRAFFIC. YEAH. TRAFFIC. BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT THE NEIGHBORS STUCK BECAUSE THEY NEED TO GET OUT. AND NOW AND HILLS DRIVE IS ONE OF THOSE ROADS THAT THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO GET IN. AND THAT'S WHY THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE TRAFFIC FLOW PLAN TO THE PD.

OKAY. THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU. SO THE TRAFFIC BUREAU HAS APPROVED WHAT THEY PROVIDED OKAY. THAT'S THAT'S GREAT. HOPE THEY HAVE A GREAT WEDDING. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 20 592 74. SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER. MARTIN. YES.

COMMITTEE MEMBER. ANN. YES. DEPUTY MAYOR. BARRAGAN. YES. MAYOR. SING. YES. RESOLUTION 20 5-9. DASH 275. AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF ONE 2026 FORD F-350 SUPER CAB 4X4 PICKUP WITH SNOW PLOW THROUGH THROUGH THE MCRPC CONTRACT. YES, MAYOR. THIS IS PART OF THE DPW CAPITAL BUDGET WAS BUDGETED FOR, AND IT'S GOING THROUGH A CO-OP. OH, OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 20 5-92 75. SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER.

MARTIN. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. ANN. YES. DEPUTY MAYOR BERRIGAN. YES. MAYOR. SING. YES. APPROVAL

[13. RESOLUTION #25-9-276 – Payment of Bills – Posted]

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COMMITTEE MEMBER. ANN. YES. DEPUTY MAYOR BERRIGAN. YES. MAYOR. SING. YES.

CORRESPONDENCE. THERE'S NO CORRESPONDENCE. THERE'S NO MATTERS. UNDER NEW AND

[16. TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE REPORTS]

THAT'S WHY THAT'S WHY THEY, EVERYBODY'S AT THE, AT THE PARK. AND THEN JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY, WE'VE BEEN HAVING FREE YOGA IN THE PARK ON SUNDAYS 830 ONWARDS. WE'VE GOT A GOOD AMOUNT OF PEOPLE COMING IN. THE LAST SESSION. IS THIS THIS SUNDAY, 830 TO 930. SO INVITE EVERYONE TO PLEASE COME TO THE THE SESSION AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A HOUR. WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT IN THE NEXT MEETINGS ABOUT OUR VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION THAT'S COMING UP IN SEPTEMBER. AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE. AND WE ALL APPRECIATE ALL THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEES AND BOARDS AND OF COURSE, ALL OUR NONPROFITS THAT WORK WITH THE

[17. ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT]

AND ADMINISTRATOR REPORT. WE WILL GO TO MIKE FOR THAT. THERE WAS NO ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT FOR THIS MEETING. SORRY, NO ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT FOR THIS MEETING. WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE NEGOTIATIONS IN CLOSED SESSIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. I DON'T THINK ANYTHING IS LISTED JUST AS A NOT FUTURE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE, BUT SOMEWHAT JUST AS A REMINDER, THERE IS THE TOWN HALL ON MONDAY. OH, THAT'S A GOOD POINT. YES. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT TO OUR ATTENTION. ON MONDAY THE 25TH, WE HAVE OUR ANOTHER TOWN HALL FOR OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND WE INVITE ALL RESIDENTS TO PLEASE COME AND ATTEND AND GET INFORMATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT REMINDER. AND WHERE ARE WE? NO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. RESOLUTION 20 592 77

[19. RESOLUTION #25-9-277 -– Executive Session]

ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY AND SETTLEMENT OF LITIGATION SHALL ONLY BE APPROVED BY THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE IN A PUBLIC SESSION. THIS RESOLUTION SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 25? DASH NINE. DASH 277. SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER. MARTIN. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBE

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