Dec 18, 2025 Township Committee

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CLOSE EXECUTIVE SESSION AND OPEN REGULAR. SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. SALUTE TO THE FLAG. PLEASE JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE 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. AND NOW IT IS OUR HONOR AND OUR

[1. Proclamation - Honoring Donald W. Matthews for Decades of Dedicated Service]

BUREAU OF FIRE PREVENTION, 1983 1987 TO 1990, 1992 TO 1994, AND ALSO 1997 BOARD OF FIRE PREVENTION TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE REP 2000 TO 2003. VETERANS MEMORIAL AD HOC COMMITTEE, 2002 TO 2004. VETERANS MEMORIAL COMMITTEE, TWO 2014 TO 2025. LANDMARKS COMMISSION LIAISON, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1999 TO 2003. CABLE TV ACCESS COORDINATOR 1992 TO 1993. BOARD OF HEALTH LIAISON 1994 TO 1995. OPEN SPACE COMMITTEE 1994 TO 1998. OPEN SPACE ACQUISITION TEAM 2000 TO 2001. SAUERLAND CITIZEN COUNCIL 2001. MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE 1993 TO 1998.

MUNICIPAL CROSS ACCEPTANCE 1997 TO 1999 AND NPDC AD HOC TASK FOR 1995 TO 2003. NPDC REDEVELOPMENT CONCEPT TEAM 2007. SITE PLAN COMMITTEE, 1993 2014 TO 2020. AIRPORT TECHNICAL REVIEW COMMITTEE 1985 TO 1990 1987. PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE 1986 TO 1990. POLICE ADVISORY

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TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE 1983 TO 2003. DEPUTY MAYOR 1984, 1992, 1995 AND 2001. MAYOR OF MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP 1985, 1986, 1993, 1996 TO 1997, AND 2000. LANDMARKS COMMISSION CLASS C 2004 TO 2025.

WHEREAS IN ADDITION TO HIS COMMUNITY SERVICE, DON HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN THE TOWNSHIP SUCCESSFULLY OBTAINING NUMEROUS LAND ACQUISITIONS FOR OPEN SPACE AND FARMLAND PRESERVATION.

WHEREAS DON'S SERVICE REFLECTS A RARE AND COMMENDABLE COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE THAT HAS SHAPED THE VERY FABRIC OF MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP, AND WHEREAS HIS CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE TOUCHED NEARLY EVERY ASPECT OF TOWNSHIP LIFE FROM PUBLIC SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP TO HISTORICAL PRESERVATION AND COMMUNITY WELLNESS, LEAVING AN INDELIBLE LEGACY OF THOUGHTFUL GOVERNANCE AND HEARTFELT CARE FOR HIS FELLOW CITIZENS. AND WHEREAS, DON'S DEEP INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE, COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT, AND TIRELESS ADVOCACY HAVE EARNED HIM THE RESPECT AND ADMIRATION OF HIS COLLEAGUES, OUR RESIDENTS AND REGIONAL PARTNERS ALIKE. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED THAT THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY, COUNTY OF SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY, ON BEHALF OF A VERY GRATEFUL COMMUNITY, DOES HEREBY EXTEND ITS DEEPEST APPRECIATION AND HEARTFELT CONGRATULATIONS TO DONALD W MATTHEWS FOR HIS DECADES OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AND WISHES HIM A JOYFUL, FULFILLING AND A WELL EARNED RETIREMENT FILLED WITH GOOD HEALTH, HAPPINESS, AND CONTINUED PURPOSE.

AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO, IF ANYBODY WANTED TO COME AND SAY A FEW WORDS FOR DON, ANYBODY, PLEASE. THANK YOU. HELLO EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS LORETTA PRUDEN, AND MY HUSBAND, TODD AND I WERE MEMBERS OF THE HARLINGEN COMMUNITY FROM 1987 TILL SOMETIME IN THE 2010 RANGE. DAN AND DON AND PAT WERE IN THEIR THROES OF THEIR OF THEIR TOWNSHIP ACTIVITY. AND I HAVE ALWAYS SAID THAT THEY PUT SOMETHING IN THE WATER IN HARLINGEN VILLAGE ABOUT PUBLIC SERVICE, BECAUSE I HAD NEVER GIVEN A THOUGHT TO IT BEFORE, AND THERE'S ONLY LIKE 12 OR 15 HOUSES THERE, AND MORE THAN HALF OF ALL OF US WERE INVOLVED IN SOME WAY OR ANOTHER IN TOWNSHIP ACTIVITIES AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES AND CONTINUE TO BE AND AND I KNOW IT'S BECAUSE OF DON. HE DOES LIKE. SPRINKLED IT ALL OVER. SO WE CAME HERE TONIGHT SPECIFICALLY TO HONOR HIM FOR HIS WORK. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANYONE ELSE? MY NAME IS LEAH FLORENTINE. YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO I'M HERE FOR DON MATTHEWS. JUST DECADES OF COMMUNITY SERVICE. I HAD ACTUALLY SENT THIS TO MY EDITOR, READ IT TO YOU. HE WAS TRULY TIRELESS WORKING FOR THE TOWNSHIP FOR DECADES, AND IT LITERALLY LOOKS DIFFERENT. BECAUSE OF HIS EFFORTS, HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN BLOCKING CONSTRUCTION OF AN AUTOMOBILE INSPECTION STATION NEAR WHAT'S NOW MH, AND ALSO SPENT YEARS NEGOTIATING WITH AND FINALLY FORCING THROUGH A SUIT SUIT THE STATE TO SELL NORTH PRINCETON TO THE TOWNSHIP RATHER THAN A DEVELOPER. CAN YOU IMAGINE? NO, ALONG WITH OTHER COUNTLESS ACCOMPLISHMENTS, THERE'S A PLAQUE ON THE HARLINGEN GAZEBO THAT RECOGNIZES HIM. WE WON'T SEE THE LIKES OF HIM AGAIN, OUR LOSS, BUT HE'S LEFT AN INDELIBLE LEGACY. THANK YOU SO

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AND HE REALLY, IN MANY WAYS DEFINES MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP, I THINK. AND WE'VE ALL BEEN SO FORTUNATE, THOSE OF US WHO HAVE SERVED IN, IN PUBLICLY TO FOLLOW IN HIS FOOTSTEPS AND BY HIS EXAMPLE, AND I KNOW THAT HE VERY MUCH INSPIRED ME TO BE IN PUBLIC SERVICE. SIX YEARS AGO, I HAD A CHANCE TO TELL HIS STORY, NOT ONLY AS A PUBLIC SERVANT, BUT AS A FARMER AND AS A FAMILY MAN. IN A VIDEO THAT I WAS PLEASED TO SEE WAS SHARED BY THE MONTGOMERY NEWS IN THEIR ANNOUNCEMENT TONIGHT. I ONLY JUST LEARNED A FEW HOURS AGO THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING TONIGHT, AND I HAD TO COME BECAUSE HE REALLY IS SUCH A SPECIAL PERSON. WE'RE SO LUCKY THAT HE'S BEEN A LEADER OF THIS TOWNSHIP THAT HE HAS. BEEN BEEN COMPLETELY BIPARTISAN IN HIS WAY OF WORKING. IF YOU KNEW HIM, YOU'D HARDLY KNOW THAT THERE WAS A PARTY LABEL ATTACHED TO HIS NAME. HE WAS HIS PARTY WAS MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP, THROUGH AND THROUGH, AND WE'RE ALL SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE WORKED ALONGSIDE HIM. SO I'M I'M SO PLEASED THAT WE CAN BE HONORING HIM TONIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. SO. SO I THINK WE DON'T THE PROCLAMATION WILL BE SENT TO DON MATTHEWS. SO HE'S NOT HERE WITH US TODAY, BUT I'M SURE HOPEFULLY HE WILL SEE ALL THE SENTIMENT OF EVERYBODY WHO WAS HERE. AND OF COURSE, WE ALL ARE SO GRATEFUL. AND AS BRAD SAID, WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING IN HIS FOOTSTEPS. SO,

[2. Proclamation - Recognizing Acts of Heroism by the Members of the Montgomery Township Police Department]

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THE OFFICERS THAT WERE RECOGNIZED THIS EVENING WITH PROCLAMATIONS. IF YOU COULD COME JOIN ME UP HERE IN FRONT OF THE THE TOWN COUNCIL, I'D APPRECIATE IT.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LIEUTENANT SEAN SULLIVAN. I AM THE PATROL DIVISION COMMANDER FOR THE MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT. I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME HERE TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF BACKGROUND ON EACH OF THE EVENTS THAT WERE DESCRIBED TO YOU THIS EVENING IN THE PROCLAMATION, AND TO RECOGNIZE THE FINE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT ON THAT MORNING OF JANUARY 21ST, 2025, WHEN SERGEANT JOHN CARLUCCI AND OFFICER SAL AND TILLEY ARRIVED ON SCENE OF THE DOG THAT HAD FALLEN THROUGH THE ICE, THEY QUICKLY FORMED A PLAN OF ACTION WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF JOHN SERGEANT CARLUCCI, OFFICER, UNTIL HE WAS ABLE TO MAKE HIS WAY OUT INTO THE ICE AND TO PULL THAT DOG OUT OF THE FRIGID WATER AND BACK TO SAFETY. THE ADDITIONAL OFFICERS THAT ARRIVED ON SCENE ASSISTED WITH WRAPPING THE DOG IN A BLANKET, AND HELPED IN CARRYING THE DOG TO A WAITING FIRE TRUCK. FIRE TRUCK FOR WARMTH. THE DOG'S OWNER, WHO WAS VISIBLY UPSET AND ON SCENE. NEEDED ASSISTANCE WITH BRINGING THEIR DOG TO A VETERINARY HOSPITAL. WITHOUT HESITATION, SERGEANT ADAM VERDUCCI AND DETECTIVE TOM CONNELL ASSISTED HER BY TRANSPORTING THAT DOG TO THE LOCAL VETERINARY VETERINARY HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. FROM THE EXPOSURE TO THE ELEMENTS AGAIN ON THE AFTERNOON OF JUNE 16TH, 2025, MDPD OFFICERS RESPONDED TO REPORTS OF A STABBING. THE FIRST OFFICERS ON SCENE IMMEDIATELY LOCATED. THE MALE VICTIM, RENDERED AID UNTIL EMS WAS ABLE TO ARRIVE AND COULD TRANSPORT HIM TO THE HOSPITAL WITH THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED BY WITNESSES AT THE SCENE, THEY WERE ABLE TO QUICKLY RADIO OTHER OFFICERS WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF THE SUSPECT VEHICLE. A PURSUIT WAS INITIATED ONCE THEY LOCATED THAT VEHICLE. DURING THE PURSUIT, WHICH ULTIMATELY ENDED IN SOUTH BRUNSWICK TOWNSHIP, THE SUSPECT HAD DISABLED ONE OF OUR POLICE VEHICLES WITH THE IMMEDIATE NEED TO APPREHEND THE FLEEING SUSPECT. AS HE RAN TOWARD THE HOTEL LOBBY, HE WAS QUICKLY TACKLED BY SERGEANT ADAM VERDUCCI, WHO WAS ASSISTED BY OTHER OFFICERS, INTO TAKING HIM INTO CUSTODY SAFELY. THROUGH THE ADDITIONAL EFFORTS OF OUR DETECTIVE BUREAU, WE WERE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY CLOSE OUT THIS INVESTIGATION AND BRING NUMEROUS CHARGES AGAINST THE PERPETRATOR. IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF NOVEMBER 7TH OF 2025, OFFICERS WERE DISPATCHED TO A RESIDENTIAL FIRE ON OPOSSUM ROAD. SEEING THAT THE HOME WAS BEING CONSUMED BY FLAMES. ONE OF THE FIRST ARRIVING OFFICERS, OFFICER VANESSA HUNTER, LOCATED

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THANK YOU SO. SO. THIS IS JUST SOMETHING. A FEW OF THEM ARE HERE. I HAVE.

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[3. New and Unfinished Business]

HI, JOHN. SO I ASKED JIM IRISH, MONTGOMERY, RESIDENT REPRESENTING VAN HARLINGEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, AND I'M HERE TO DISCUSS THE TERHUNE FARM WINDMILL, LOCATED ON TOWNSHIP PROPERTY. AND VAN ARLINGTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY WOULD LIKE TO ACQUIRE THE WINDMILL. AND THANK YOU FOR PUTTING ME ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING. TOWNSHIP PROPERTY IS SUBJECT TO NEW JERSEY LOCAL LANDS AND BUILDINGS LAW. A PROCEDURE NEEDS TO BE FOLLOWED IF THE TOWNSHIP IS CONSIDERED DONATING THE WINDMILL TO. THE ABANDONED WINDMILL IS A CIRCLE. 1920 ARROW MOTOR WINDMILLS WERE COMMON ON THE FARMS OF MONTGOMERY, AND THEIR SILHOUETTES COULD BE SEEN ACROSS THE LANDSCAPE. IT IS LOCATED ON WHAT MAY BE COMMONLY CALLED BY SOME LOCALS, THE TERHUNE FARM ON DEAD TREE RUN ROAD. THIS IS A 67 ACRE TRACT OF OPEN SPACE. THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE WILL MAKE THE FINAL DECISION. LAURIE SAVRAN, ADMINISTRATOR, ADVISED THAT THE PRUDENT PATH WOULD BE FOR THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION AND THE OPEN SPACE COMMITTEE TO WEIGH IN ON THE MATTER AND ENDORSE THE ACQUISITION. THIS WOULD ENABLE THE PROCESS TO HAVE THE MAXIMUM INPUT AND GOODWILL.

LANDMARKS COMMISSION VOTED TO ENDORSE THE TRANSFER AT A MEETING SEPTEMBER 24TH OF THIS YEAR, AND MEMORIALIZE THIS IN A LETTER DATED SEPTEMBER 30TH, OPEN SPACE COMMITTEE VOTED TO ENDORSE THE TRANSFER AT A MEETING OCTOBER 9TH AND MEMORIALIZE THIS. IN A LETTER DATED OCTOBER 30TH. NOW A NOTE ABOUT. VIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS A NONPROFIT, ALL VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF NEW JERSEY. THERE'S A BOARD OF TRUSTEES WITH EXECUTIVE POSITIONS AND MEMBERS. THE BOARD DECIDES ON THE DIRECTION OF THE SOCIETY. THE BOARD REVIEWS, FINANCES, MANAGES ASSETS, PLANS, PROGRAMS, AND EVENTS. THE SOCIETY WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1965. IT'S AN INSTITUTION IN MONTGOMERY SERVING THE COMMUNITY. THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOCUSES MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP AND THE WESTERN LOWER MILLSTONE RIVER VALLEY. THE SOCIETY COLLECTS HISTORICAL RECORDS, DEVELOPS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, AND SEEKS TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE PAST AND ADVOCATE FOR PRESERVATION OF MEANINGFUL SITES. THE SOCIETY IS RECOGNIZED IN NEW JERSEY BY OTHER HISTORICAL SOCIETIES. THE GULICK HOUSE, LOCATED ON ROUTE 601, IN THE DUTCH TOWN SECTION OF MONTGOMERY, IS OUR HOME. WE OWN SEVERAL ACRES OF LAND, ALL SURROUNDED BY SOMERSET COUNTY PARKLAND. IN ADDITION, WE OWN THE 1853 BENSENVILLE SCHOOLHOUSE AND HAVE THE FARM MUSEUM ON MONTGOMERY ROAD. WE OWN, MANAGE AND CURATE THE CONTENTS OF THE MUSEUM HAS A FORMALLY ADOPTED LONG RANGE PLAN TO DEVELOP THE GROUNDS OF THE HOUSE TO INCLUDE SEVERAL HISTORIC FARM STRUCTURES. THESE INCLUDE AN 1830 TIMBER FRAME WAGON HOUSE, A TIMBER FRAME BARN, A CORN CRIB, OUTHOUSE, CHICKEN COOP. ALSO THIS WINDMILL. WHY IS THIS WINDMILL IMPORTANT TO SAVE? AS I MENTIONED, WINDMILLS WERE PART OF THE LANDSCAPE INDUSTRY IN MONTGOMERY WAS FARMING. WINDMILLS PRODUCE POWER AND PROVIDED WATER. THIS TERHUNE FARM WINDMILL ON TOWNSHIP OWNED LAND IS THE LAST OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE A RELIC OF THE AGRARIAN PAST. AS IT STANDS NOW, IT IS ARGUABLY A LIABILITY TO STRUCTURES A TOWER WHICH MAY BE CONSIDERED UNSTABLE AND A DESTINATION FOR THRILL SEEKERS TO CLIMB. IN THIS SENSE, IT IS

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SO THEY'VE BEEN MOVING ALONG ON THIS MASTER PLAN FOR QUITE SOME TIME. SO WE'RE EXCITED. AND JIM HAD MENTIONED ABOUT THE THEY OWN A FARM MUSEUM. IT'S ON TOWNSHIP PROPERTY. THEY OWN THE BARN AND IT IS LOCATED BEHIND THE 1860 HOUSE ON MONTGOMERY ROAD. AND IT'S OPEN A FEW TIMES A YEAR OR. YEAH, YEAH, LAST POINT, PART OF THE TWO 50TH CELEBRATION. ONE OF THE OFFERINGS FROM THIS HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOR THIS COMING YEAR WILL BE TO HAVE MORE OPEN HOUSES. I THINK THE GENERAL AWARENESS FOR HISTORY WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH EFFORTS THAT YOU'RE MAKING AND OTHER COMMUNITY GROUPS, AS WELL AS SURROUNDING AREA. BUT THIS FARM MUSEUM THAT YOU SEE THERE, WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT OPEN HOUSE AT LEAST THREE TIMES THIS YEAR, AND WE HAVE THE MANPOWER TO DO THAT. AND THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE CAN OFFER THE COMMUNITY AS A RAISING AWARENESS OF HISTORY. THANK YOU JIM. AND THEN THE OTHER THAT I'M SURE YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH IS THE SCHOOLHOUSE, WHICH HAS A VERY ACTIVE PROGRAM WITH OUR LOCAL PUBLIC AND MAYBE PRIVATE SCHOOLS, TOO. I'M NOT SURE, BUT THEY OPEN IT UP. AND AND IT WAS INTERESTING WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THE PLAQUE, IT WAS ACTUALLY RESTORED IN 1976 FOR THE BICENTENNIAL. SO. AND HERE WE GO. TWO 50TH. IT'S IT'S REALLY, REALLY WONDERFUL RESOURCES THAT THEY HAVE. AND I THINK WE JUST WANTED TO ALSO HAVE THE OPEN SPACE AND LANDMARKS COMMISSION KIND OF TAKE A LOOK AT IT, WEIGH IN ON IT. YOU HAVE A MEMO FROM EACH OF THOSE COMMITTEES. THEY FULLY SUPPORT THIS PROJECT. THEY'VE COLLABORATED WITH VAN

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DO WE ARE WE GOING TO HAVE ANYBODY ELSE SPEAK ON IT. AND THAT'S NO. OKAY. THAT WAS IT.

UNLESS I DON'T THINK MARY. OKAY. AND NOW CAN VIEW PROPERTY UPDATE ENVIRONMENTAL RESOLUTIONS INC. I JUST AS I'M INTRODUCING ROHAN TADAS OF ERIE, I ALSO WANTED TO AGAIN REMIND THE RESIDENTS THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO GET YOUR FACTS FROM, YOU KNOW, THE TOWNSHIP WEBSITE, THE TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS, AND OF COURSE OUR STAFF. AND SOMETIMES WHEN YOU READ SOMETHING ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT IS REALLY NOT THE FACT. SO WITH FURTHER ADO, I WILL ASK YOU TO SPEAK, PLEASE, MR. ROHAN. TADAS. GOOD EVENING MAYOR. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ROHAN TADAS. I'M A LICENSED SITE REMEDIATION PROFESSIONAL. I WORK FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESOLUTIONS WITH MR. DARJI, WHO I'M SURE YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH. AT THE REQUEST OF MR. SAVRAN, I REVIEWED SOME AVAILABLE ONLINE DOCUMENTS OF THE FORMER JOHNSON AND JOHNSON PROPERTY KNOWN AS KENVUE. LOCALLY, THE PROPERTY IS A FORMER JOHNSON AND JOHNSON FACILITY THAT WAS SOLD AND PURSUANT TO NEW JERSEY DEP REQUIREMENTS, THE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON FACILITY FALLS UNDER WHAT'S KNOWN AS A SUBSET OF REGULATIONS CALLED EZRA INDUSTRIAL SITE RECOVERY ACT REGULATIONS, WHICH ARE A VERY ONEROUS, STRICT REGULATIONS ON CERTAIN TYPES OF PROPERTIES BASED ON THEIR USAGE. THE PROPERTY OWNER RETAINED A LICENSED SITE REMEDIATION PROFESSIONAL TO INVESTIGATE THE PROPERTY. THE FIRST STEP HE TOOK WAS DOING A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT TO LOOK FOR ANY POTENTIAL AREAS OF CONCERN. HIS INVESTIGATION LED TO 99 POTENTIAL AREAS OF CONCERN, OF WHICH TWO REQUIRED ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATION THROUGH SAMPLING AND ASSESSMENT. TYPICALLY, WHAT HAPPENS IS AN INDIVIDUAL LICENSED PERSON LOOKS AT A PIECE OF PROPERTY, SAYS, OKAY, THIS AREA REQUIRES MORE INVESTIGATION. THIS AREA DOES NOT. IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, TWO OF THE 99 AREAS REQUIRED ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATION. HE COLLECTED SAMPLES, FOUND SOME CONTAMINATION, WHICH HE REPORTED IN A SITE INVESTIGATION REPORT, AND THEN HE COLLECTED FURTHER SAMPLES IN THAT AREA TO DELINEATE THE EXTENT OF THE CONTAMINATION. DURING THAT INVESTIGATION, HE IDENTIFIED THE CONTAMINANTS AS BEING POTENTIALLY FROM AN OFFSITE SOURCE OR NATURALLY OCCURRING, BUT NOT NECESSARILY RELATED TO A DISCHARGE FROM THE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON FACILITY ONTO THE PROPERTY. HE TOOK APPROPRIATE STEPS TO ADDRESS THE OFFSITE CONTAMINATION, AND HE ISSUED WHAT'S KNOWN AS AN UNRESTRICTED USE RESPONSE ACTION OUTCOME FOR THE ENTIRE PROPERTY, WHICH IN ESSENCE SAYS, BASED ON WHAT I'VE SEEN, WHAT I HAVE HERE, I DON'T SEE ANY NEED FOR ANY FURTHER INVESTIGATION.

THE SITE IS, FOR LACK OF BETTER TERM, CLOSED. HOWEVER, I WILL CAVEAT THAT BY SAYING HE ALSO INCLUDED THREE NOTIFICATIONS WHICH HE IS OBLIGATED TO INCLUDE. EXCUSE ME. ONE OF THEM WAS THAT BUILDING INTERIORS WERE NOT ADDRESSED. IN ESSENCE, IF WE ARE INVESTIGATING A PROPERTY AND CONTAMINATION ENTERS THE BUILDING FROM AN OUTSIDE SOURCE, WE HAVE TO INVESTIGATE THE INTERIOR HERE, HE SAID. I DID NOT DO THAT BECAUSE NO CONTAMINATION FROM OUTSIDE THE BUILDING WENT INSIDE. HE ALSO OFFERED A OR INCLUDED A NOTICE FOR REGIONAL NATURAL BACKGROUND LEVELS BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE CONTAMINATION HE FOUND, WHICH HE FELT WERE RELATED TO SOURCES THAT ARE NOT RELATED TO DISCHARGES ON THE PROPERTY, AND THE THIRD IS HISTORICALLY APPLIED. PESTICIDES WERE NOT INVESTIGATED. THE DEPARTMENT ALLOWS PROPERTIES THAT ARE BEING INVESTIGATED IF THEY HAVE FORMERLY BEEN USED AS FARMING, WHICH I THINK MOST OF ANY ANYWHERE SOUTH OF NEWARK WAS PROBABLY USED AS FARMING IN NEW JERSEY. YOU CAN THEY THEY DEP ALLOWS AN INVESTIGATOR TO PUT A NOTICE IN THAT SAYS WE THINK THERE'S APPLIED HISTORICALLY APPLIED PESTICIDES HERE, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO INVESTIGATE

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AND FROM YOUR PROFESSIONAL OPINION ON THE REVIEWS, THERE'S NO ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS. IF THERE'S A IF THERE'S HOUSING OR DEVELOPMENT, THEN IT HAS TO BE ADDITIONALLY TESTING FOR PESTICIDES. BUT BESIDES THAT THERE'S NO ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS ON THE PROPERTY. THAT IS THAT IS MY YES. THAT IS MY AGREEMENT WITH WITH THE LZP. I AGREE WITH HIS ASSESSMENT OF THE PROPERTY. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO IN LAYPERSON'S TERMS, AT THIS POINT, YOU DID NOT FIND CONTAMINATION BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN GOING AROUND THAT WE HAVE BEEN HEARING. BUT.

WELL, I MEAN I DON'T WANT TO SPLIT HAIRS, I, I CONTAMINATION BUT I GOT YOUR THREE POINTS BUT WITHOUT THOSE THREE POINTS. YEAH. RIGHT. WITH IT'S IMPORTANT TO IDENTIFY THAT THERE'S NO DISCHARGE FROM THE PROPERTY THAT IS CREATED THE CONTAMINATION. BUT THE BUT THE CONTAMINANTS THAT WERE FOUND WERE RELATED TO AGAIN, NATURALLY OCCURRING CONTAMINANTS IN SOIL. YOU'LL FIND THAT VERY PREVALENT HERE IN THIS PART OF NEW JERSEY BASED ON THE TYPE OF SOIL THAT WE HAVE HERE. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN AND EXPLAINING. I WAS ALSO ASKED TO PUT TOGETHER A PRESENTATION OF THE WHOLE PROGRAM. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE TIME FOR THAT NOW OR YOU WANT TO DO. IT'S ABOUT 15 MINUTES LONG AND I DON'T WANT TO I DON'T WANT TO BORE ANYBODY, BUT WE CAN DO IT SOME OTHER TIME OR YEAH, WE COULD.

YEAH, MAYBE ANOTHER TIME SINCE IT'S JUST BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS AND WE YEAH, I DO WANT TO JUST POINT OUT SOMETHING IMPORTANT. AND YOU DID ADDRESS IT, BUT I JUST WANT TO POINT IT OUT.

THERE ARE CERTAIN TYPES OF BUSINESSES IN NEW JERSEY THAT UNDER THE INDUSTRIAL SITE REMEDIATION ACT, WHEN A PROPERTY IS TRANSFERRED, WHEN A BUSINESS CLOSES, THERE'S A CERTAIN TRIGGER TRANSACTIONS THAT REQUIRE AN LZP TO LOOK AT THE PROPERTY. SO IT ISN'T NECESSARILY BECAUSE THERE WAS A SPILL. IT'S NOT ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS. IT IS REQUIRED BASED ON THE NATURE OF THE BUSINESS AND A CLOSURE OF A BUSINESS. RIGHT. WOULD THAT BE ACCURATE? CORRECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. RIGHT. YOU WANT TO BE ON THIS SIDE OF THE IF YOU WANT TO NEXT TIME STARTED ON THAT SIDE. I'M HERE NOW. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME MAYOR. THANK YOU THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. GENERAL MONTGOMERY PLAQUE UPDATE. LORI. OKAY, I THINK WE WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF CONVERSATIONS HERE ABOUT THE GENERAL RICHARD MONTGOMERY DEDICATION PLAQUE. TAKES A MINUTE, TAKES A MINUTE. OKAY.

WE HAVE OUR I THINK OUR THIRD AND FINAL DRAFT, BASED ON ALL THE COMMENTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED. SO I WILL HOP RIGHT TO THE LANGUAGE. SO THIS IS THIS IS THE LANGUAGE THAT ADDRESSES IN THAT FIRST LINE BECAME THE FIRST FIRST PORTION, FIRST GENERAL. WE WE COULD WE CONVERTED IT TO BECAME THE FIRST GENERAL TO DIE IN BATTLE RATHER THAN THE OFFICER OF HIGH RANK. SO WE ARE MORE SPECIFIC TO HIS TITLE. EVERYTHING ELSE WE LEFT THE FULL GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON QUOTE IN. AND THEN THE OTHER TWO SECTIONS REFLECT THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS SUGGESTED BY SOME OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS HERE, SOME OF OUR REV 250 COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND, AND AND SO AND BRAD FAY, WHO HAD HAD ALSO BEEN WORKING WITH US ON THE DEDICATION LANGUAGE. IF WE'RE GOOD WITH THIS FINAL LANGUAGE, THEN WHAT I HAD SAID WE WOULD DO, WE WOULD UPDATE THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION, THE VETERANS COMMITTEE, THE VAN HARLINGEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, AND WE ARE GEARING UP FOR THE DECEMBER 31ST, 2:00, YOU KNOW, BRIEF CEREMONY THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE HERE AT THE BUILDING TO RECOGNIZE RICHARD MONTGOMERY. GENERAL MONTGOMERY'S DEATH, WHICH WAS ON DECEMBER 31ST OF 1775, AND THE PLAQUE WOULD BE COMING AFTER THAT PERIOD OF

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AND, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S IT'S NOT EXACTLY A MAJORITY AND OR EVEN MANY, IT'S MORE LIKE SOME. BUT THAT WAS I THOUGHT, THOUGHT SOMETHING WE WERE GOING TO DO. BUT. NICE WORK. SO MAYBE LAURIE, YOU CAN TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT IT JUST TO MAKE SURE. SO WE'RE CHANGING MANY TO SOME. SOME.

YEAH. SO ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU OKAY OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM ANYBODY. NO.

OTHERWISE LOOKS GREAT. THANK YOU. YEAH. I DON'T HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO CHANGING THE WORD MANY TO SOME. BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE INCLUSIVENESS OF THE LANGUAGE AND THAT IT, YOU KNOW, PAINTS AN ACCURATE PICTURE OF THIS GENTLEMAN'S CONTRIBUTION AS WELL AS OTHER ASPECTS OF HIS LIFESTYLE AND SOME OF HIS CONTEMPORARIES. YES. AND AGAIN, WE WANT TO THANK THE TWO 50TH CELEBRATION OR REV 250 COMMITTEE. AND, YOU KNOW, OUR TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE FOR GETTING THIS GOING. SO THANK YOU, LORI ALSO. AND SO FOR THE JUST FOR THE PUBLIC, WE HAVE THE SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION COLOR GUARD THAT WILL ALSO BE HERE ON THE 31ST DOING A SMALL CEREMONY. AND THEY'LL ALSO BE A WREATH THAT'S GOING TO BE PRESENTED AS WELL.

BRAD WAS WORKING ON THAT. SO IT SHOULD BE A VERY NICE SHORT, BRIEF PROGRAM THAT WE HOPE PEOPLE CAN COME OUT FOR AT 2:00 HERE AT THE BUILDING. YES, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S I THINK IT'S IN THE NEWSPAPER. IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE NEWSPAPER AS WELL. AND WE ARE GOING TO ALSO PROMOTE IT. SO HOPEFULLY WE HOPE TO SEE A LOT OF MONTGOMERY FAMILIES AT THE EVENT. SO WAS THERE A CONSENSUS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE LANGUAGE? YES. OKAY. AS LONG AS THAT MANY AND SOME AS THOSE CHANGES WOULD CHANGE AS SUGGESTED BY COMMITTEE. MARTIN. THANK YOU.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THEN LISA PROPOSED 2026 TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE MEETING SCHEDULE. YES.

SO IN YOUR PACKET, I HAVE A PROPOSED MEETING SCHEDULE. AND I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT I. THERE WERE MANY HOLIDAYS, SPRING BREAK, A LOT OF CONSIDERATION GIVEN TO MANY HOLIDAYS. SO THE PROPOSED SCHEDULE, I JUST WANT TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO MARCH, APRIL AND MAY WHERE WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF CONFLICT WITH EARLY VOTING DATES. SO THERE IS THE PROPOSED MAY 14TH MEETING DATE, BECAUSE MAY 21ST AND MAY 28TH ARE EARLY VOTING.

SO TO HAVE A MEETING ON THE SEVENTH, IT'S IT GIVES US FOUR WEEKS IN BETWEEN. SO I'M SUGGESTING MAY 14TH IF YOU GO TO MARCH AND APRIL, APRIL 2ND IS THE FIRST THURSDAY OF APRIL, AND IT IS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF PASSOVER AND GOOD FRIDAY. SO I SUGGESTED SUGGESTING TUESDAY, MARCH 31ST OF THAT WEEK. SO IT ALIGNS WITH OUR I'M TRYING TO ALIGN WITH OUR EVERY TWO WEEK MEETING SCHEDULE. SO THOSE ARE THE TWO. THOSE ARE THE THINGS I WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION REGARDING THE MEETING SCHEDULE. AND I'LL NEED A CONSENSUS ON APPROVAL SO I CAN NOTICE THE SCHEDULE FOR RE-ORG. DO YOU NEED THE CONSENSUS TODAY? OR WE CAN ALL TAKE A LOOK AND GET BACK. YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT AND THEN JUST GET BACK TO ME BY THE I WOULD SAY WITHIN A WEEK, BECAUSE I NEED TO PUT THIS IN THE PACKET. OKAY. SO MAYBE BY BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. YEAH, YEAH. WE SHOULD ALL MAKE ANY SUGGESTIONS TO ME AS WELL. OKAY. IF THERE IS ANY CHANGE OKAY.

THANK YOU LISA. THAT'S HELPFUL OKAY. AND NOW FOR ONE OF OUR WINS OF 2025, OUR INCLUSIVE

[4. Distribution of NJ State Assembly 16th Legislative District Citations of Commendation for Montgomery Township All-Inclusive Playground]

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THERE WE GO. YOU WANT TO DO YOU WANT TO OPEN OPEN THESE RIGHT. ALWAYS ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE THE STATE RECOGNIZING YOU IS A BIG THING. HELLO. HOW ARE YOU. THE LAST ONE I'M SORRY. I'M TALKING AND TRYING TO GIVE THEM A HUG. OH, YES. ASK ANY MEMBERS. OH, THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU. OKAY.

I'LL LET THEM KNOW THAT THERE'S JUST. YEAH. AND I WILL JUST OKAY MYSELF. DON'T WORRY. I'LL.

IT'S JUST IN THE PODIUM FROM THE PODIUM. OKAY. IF YOU HAVE. YEAH. YEP. THANKS, TOM. AGAIN.

THANK YOU. THANKS A LOT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS IS BIG. THIS NEEDS TO GO ON YOUR LITTLE OFFICE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT'S AMAZING. YOU GUYS. YEAH, YEAH. NO GOOD.

YOU WANT TO BE IN A PICTURE? WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN DOWN THERE. YEAH, SHE'S ALREADY FAMOUS. AND.

AND OF COURSE, LET'S NOT FORGET OUR TOWNSHIP ADMINISTRATOR. LAURIE, DON'T. DO NOT GO CLAP FOR LAURIE. THIS WOULDN'T HAPPEN IF WE DID NOT HAVE OUR TOWNSHIP ADMINISTRATOR. LAURIE, PLEASE HOLD THIS AND SHOW IT UP THERE. WHO? WHO? LAURIE. YOU SHOULD CALL OUT ALL OF THEM.

YOU'RE HERE NOW, BARBARA. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ONE AS WELL. NO, NO, NO, I MEANT THAT ONE. BUT BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE ALSO RECOGNIZED THE AMAZING TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE THAT WORKED TOGETHER. SO HERE WE HAVE. NOW, IT'S MY HONOR TO HAND THIS TO PAT TODD, WHO FROM THE STATE. AND THEN TO DENNIS ON. HERE WE GO, SIR. CITATION. AND TO COMMITTEEMAN MIKE MARTIN. OKAY. AND THEN SHELLY CRUZ WHO'S NOT HERE, OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR. OH, IT'S HER HUSBAND'S BIRTHDAY, SO SHE'S NOT HERE. AND OF COURSE, OUR DEPUTY MAYOR, WHO'S NOT HERE.

HE ALSO HAD A FAMILY COMMITMENT. AND AMAZINGLY, I GOT ONE TOO. SO YOU ALL GO DOWN. OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO ALL COME DOWN. BARBARA. LET'S ALL STAND TOGETHER. I SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT. SORRY. I WAS THINKING. OH, YEAH. YOU'RE LIKE, ALL RIGHT, YOU ALL TALK ABOUT. OKAY, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND GO. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. EVERYBODY GOING TO BE READY. THANK YOU. VERY. AND YOU CAN DO THAT. I DON'T THINK. OKAY. PUBLIC COMMENT. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO

[Items 5 & 15]

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SURE. SANTOSH, SATHYAN AND SHILPA. GOOD EVENING MAYOR. AND TO ALL THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE ARE PRESENTING OUR CASE AND STANDING BEFORE THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE. SO NOT REALLY SURE HOW TO PRESENT OUR CASE, BUT YOU KNOW, I'LL JUST STATE ALL THE FACTS AND BASICALLY TAKE IT FROM THERE. SO WE MOVED INTO MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP JUST LAST YEAR, SUMMER OF LAST YEAR, AND WHEN WE BOUGHT OUR HOUSE, THE PREVIOUS OWNERS MENTIONED TO US THAT THERE IS AN EASEMENT TOWARDS THE BACK OF OUR PROPERTY AND THAT THERE IS ACTUALLY A WOODED AREA THAT SEPARATES THE THE OTHER PROPERTY THAT'S AT THE BACK FROM OURS. AND THAT WOODED AREA IS WHERE THE EASEMENT LIES. AND THAT'S THE REASON ALL THOSE TREES WERE PLANTED THERE TO SORT OF INDICATE THAT THAT THAT WAS WHAT WE WERE TOLD WHEN WE BOUGHT THE HOUSE. AND WE RECENTLY GOT FENCING DONE AROUND OUR PROPERTY PERIMETER, THE ENTIRE PERIMETER. SO WE HAD GIVEN THE SURVEY DOCUMENTS OVER. WE HANDED IT OVER TO THE FENCE COMPANY AND TOLD THEM THAT, OKAY, THERE IS AN EASEMENT, BUT WE FIGURED THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD KNOW HOW TO READ A SURVEY BECAUSE WE AS LAYMEN, WE'RE NOT VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT. BUT ANYWAY, WE GAVE THEM THE DOCUMENT AND THEY HAD THE FENCE INSTALLED. BUT AFTER THAT, WHEN WE CAME BACK TO GET THE APPROVAL TO HAVE THE PERMIT CLOSED, WE WERE TOLD THAT SOME PART OF THE EASEMENT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN ENCLOSED BY OUR FENCE, WHICH FIRST OF ALL, WE WERE WE HAD NO IDEA ABOUT. WE WERE NOT AWARE OF IT AT ALL. AND AND THEN SO LIKE LIKE I SAID, WE'RE NOT AWARE. AND ONCE WE FOUND OUT, THE ONLY THING WE ARE HERE THIS EVENING IS TO REQUEST THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT ONE, BECAUSE OF OUR IGNORANCE AND WE DIDN'T KNOW.

IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN REQUEST THE TOWNSHIP TO SAY THAT IF WE PROVIDE A LEGALLY BINDING DOCUMENT TO SAY THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO TOUCH THE AREA OF THE EASEMENT FOR ANY REASON WHATSOEVER, AND ALSO GRANT THE TOWNSHIP COMPLETE ACCESS WHENEVER NEEDED, I DON'T KNOW THE OFFICIAL TERM. IS IT EGRESS OR WHATEVER THAT IS. SO ANYTIME THAT THE TOWNSHIP NEEDS TO ACCESS THE THE EASEMENT AREA, THEY HAVE COMPLETE PERMISSION. IF WE GIVE THAT IN WRITING IN A LEGALLY BINDING DOCUMENT. AND DO ALSO SAY THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO TOUCH THAT AREA, NOT DO ANY KIND OF DEVELOPMENT THERE, AND WE ABIDE BY THE LAW. IT'S JUST THAT THIS WAS, YOU KNOW, IGNORANT, LIKE WE DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE NOT AWARE. AND IF IF IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN DO THAT, THEN WE CAN DEFINITELY PROVIDE A DOCUMENT, WE CAN SIGN IT AND HAVE WHOEVER ELSE SIGN IT. AND IT'S NOT THE FENCE IS NEVER LOCKED, SO IT'S ALWAYS OPEN AND ACCESSIBLE. AND THE TOWNSHIP CAN COME IN AND GO WHENEVER THEY NEED TO. IF THEY NEED TO. WE WILL NOT HAVE ANY OBJECTION. WE WILL GIVE THAT IN WRITING. SO THIS IS JUST A SINCERE REQUEST. YEAH. USUALLY THAT'S ALSO YOU GO TO THE OPEN SPACE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION. HAVE YOU GUYS DONE THAT. SO WE WERE ADVISED TO COME HERE FIRST. AGAIN WE'RE NOT SURE OF THE PROCESS. THE ZONING OFFICER RECOMMENDED THAT WE COME BEFORE THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE AND PLEAD OUR CASE. AND IF YOU THINK THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE JURISDICTION TO AS A TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE, THAT'S THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE. MAYBE I'LL ASK OUR TOWNSHIP ATTORNEY. YEAH. PLEASE, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

WE'VE NEVER HAD A SITUATION LIKE THIS. OKAY. RIGHT. YEAH. THERE THERE IS A MEMORANDUM IN YOUR PACKET FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION. I BELIEVE IT IS IN RESPONSE TO CORRESPONDENCE. I'M SORRY. OPEN SPACE AND RESPONSE CORRESPONDENCE. OKAY. SO I THINK THIS IS MORE ABOUT STILL BRINGING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION. I DO, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'D LIKE TO JUST ASK A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. PLEASE DO. AND DO YOU MIND? IT'S WITH THIS I REMEMBER IT WOULD BE BACK WITH THE. IT'S SEVEN NUMBER 17. IT'S THE LAST. IT'S THE LAST PART IN YOUR PACKET OKAY. THAT'S OKAY. YES OKAY. SORRY ABOUT THAT. SO JUST FOR FOR MY EDIFICATION OKAY. SURE. PROPOSING IS ESSENTIALLY TO LEAVE A FENCE WITHIN A CONSERVATION AREA. BUT THEN THE PORTION THAT IS FENCED IN THAT'S STILL WITHIN THE CONSERVATION AREA. YOU'RE

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CORRECT. YES. THAT'S WHY WE PUT THE POOL AROUND THE PROPERTY. NO, NO. INDICATED THAT THAT YOU WOULD JUST LEAVE THE FENCE UNLOCKED. OPEN. YOU CAN'T DO THAT. OH, NO. NO. OKAY. I MEAN, IF. OKAY, NOW WE WILL LEAVE IT LIKE, IF NEEDED. I'M SAYING WHENEVER THE TOWNSHIP NEEDS ACCESS, IF REQUIRED, WE WILL UNLOCK IT. BUT. YEAH. YEAH, EVERYTHING IS BY CODE. UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO ANSWER. BUT HAVE YOU REACHED OUT TO THE FENCE COMPANY? IF IT WAS THEIR MISTAKE, THEY SHOULD BE FIXING IT FOR YOU. WE HAVE NOT. BUT. OKAY. YEAH, BUT LIKE I SAID, IF IF THIS IS AN OPTION, WE WOULD PLEASE, SINCERELY REQUEST THE COMMITTEE AND WHOEVER ELSE IF WE CAN GET THE WAIVER AGAIN, IT CAN BE ALL PART OF A LEGALLY BINDING DOCUMENT. SO THAT'S OKAY. WE CAN WAIT AND WE WILL COME IN. YEAH. AND PAST PRACTICE WE THIS THIS GOVERNING BODY HAS REQUIRED OTHER PEOPLE TO MOVE THINGS THAT WERE IN CONSERVATION EASEMENTS, PLAY STRUCTURES, OTHER, OTHER KINDS OF THINGS. SO THE PERMIT THAT WAS PRESENTED AND SIGNED OFF ON BY THE TOWNSHIP FOR THE POOL SHOWED THE FENCE, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT. OH, SO INITIALLY, I THINK THE WHAT THE TOWNSHIP HAD APPROVED THROUGH THE PERMIT PROCESS. RIGHT. INITIALLY WE WERE JUST PLANNING TO PUT THE FENCE AROUND THE POOL AREA LIKE MOST PEOPLE DO. SO I THINK THAT WAS WHAT. BUT THEN I THINK WE. YEAH. OR THE SURVEY WAS SUBMITTED TO THE TOWNSHIP. THEY APPROVED IT AND WE GAVE WE GAVE THAT TO THE FENCE COMPANY AND THEY THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW THE RIGHT. I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE TOWNSHIP ATTORNEY WAS ALLUDING TO, THAT IT'S ON THE FENCE COMPANY, BECAUSE THE PERMIT THAT THEY RECEIVED FROM THE TOWNSHIP SHOWS WHERE THE INSTALLATION OF THE FENCE NEEDS TO BE, AND THEY PUT IT IN THE WRONG LOCATION. SO BASED ON OUR PAST PRACTICE AND AND THE MEMO FROM THE OPEN SPACE COMMITTEE THAT HAD REVIEWED IT ALSO DID NOT THE MEMO IS WITH DID NOT COMMITMENT ON LEAVING THE FENCE IN THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT SO TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE COULD DELIBERATE ON IT AT, YOU KNOW, AFTER THEY'VE HAD A CHANCE TO, YOU KNOW, REALLY UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE FACTS. I JUST WANTED TO RAISE SOME SOME OTHER POINTS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST. I THINK WE'VE TAKEN ALL THE INFORMATION AND LIKE WE JUST SAID, THIS IS NOT USUALLY UNDER OUR JURISDICTION. WE HAVE A ROBUST OPEN SPACE COMMITTEE. AND OBVIOUSLY OUR ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION ALSO WEIGHS IN. SO AT THIS POINT, WE'VE HEARD YOU AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE GET MORE INFORMATION. AND THEN LORI SAVRAN, THE ADMINISTRATOR, WILL REACH BACK OUT TO YOU. BUT WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JIM WALTMAN. I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE WATERSHED INSTITUTE. AND TONIGHT I SIMPLY WANT TO THANK YOU AND COMMEND YOU FOR TAKING UP A RESOLUTION 409 THAT'S ENDORSING THE REMOVAL OF THE BLACKWELLS MILLS DAM FROM THE MILLSTONE RIVER. I WANT TO THANK THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION FOR FOR RECOMMENDING THE RESOLUTION AS WELL. SO THERE'S MANY REASONS TO REMOVE THE DAM, INCLUDING IMPROVING WATER QUALITY IN THE RIVER AND RESTORING THIS IMPORTANT FISH CALLED THE AMERICAN SHAD. WE'RE A COUPLE WEEKS NOW AWAY FROM THE SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL. WE ALL HAVE TO PRACTICE SAYING THAT WORD, WHICH MEANS THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY. SO I WANTED TO INJECT JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY, A LITTLE BIT OF AMERICAN HISTORY. THE AMERICAN SHAD HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN REFERRED TO AS AMERICA'S FOUNDING FISH BECAUSE IT WAS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT BOTH NUTRITIONALLY FOR FOR ITS NUTRITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS, BUT ALSO COMMERCIALLY. IN FACT, JOHN MCPHEE, WHO'S STILL LIVES VERY CLOSE TO HERE IN IN NEIGHBORING PRINCETON, WROTE A BOOK CALLED THE FOUNDING FISH. NOW, ALAS, MOST OF HIS BOOK IS WRITTEN ABOUT THE SCHUYLKILL RIVER AND THE DELAWARE RIVER. BUT THERE'S MORE HISTORY ABOUT THE FISH THAT I WANTED TO DISCUSS REALLY BRIEFLY. THERE WAS A TRAVEL LOG, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WRITTEN BY A GERMAN NAMED JOHANN DAVID SCHLUMPF ABOUT HIS TRAVELS IN THE MILLSTONE VALLEY AND THE AND THE NEARBY RARITAN FROM 1783 TO 1784, AND HE WROTE ABOUT THE MILLSTONE RIVER.

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THIS IS JUST A LITTLE BIT NORTH OF HERE, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCIES TO TRY TO REMOVE THAT DAM. WE'VE HIT A LITTLE BIT OF LOGGERHEADS, SO WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE TOWNSHIP PASSING THIS RESOLUTION TONIGHT. AND I HOPE TO COME BACK SOMEDAY AND WE CAN CELEBRATE THE RETURN OF AMERICAN SHAD TO MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP. WOW. THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE GOING INTO OUR TWO 50TH CELEBRATION FOR SURE. YOU NEED SOME SOME MORE READING ABOUT FISH, AND THIS IS PROBABLY THE ONE OF THE LEAST WELL READ OF JOHN MCPHEE'S BOOKS. HIGHLY RECOMMEND THE FISH. OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN.

YES, THOUGH YOU TAKE ME FISHING. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR SINGH TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE MEMBERS, I JUST WANTED TO ECHO THE COMMENTS FROM JIM WALTMAN, AND I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF YOUR PROPOSING THIS RESOLUTION AND HOPEFULLY PASSING IT. AND WE THANK MIKE MARTIN FOR BRINGING IT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE SINCE JIM IS HERE. I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION SOME ANOTHER ITEM THAT'S ON YOUR AGENDA ABOUT THE REGIONAL WATERSHED PLAN AND MANAGEMENT PLAN, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR TOWNSHIP HAS TAKEN THE LEAD ON. THANK YOU, LORI AND OTHERS, TO WORK WITH THE WATERSHED. AND IT'S JUST DELIGHTFUL THAT WE WERE ABLE TO RECEIVE THAT DEP GRANT TO TO SUPPORT THE WORK, TOO. IT'S IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S PRECEDENT SETTING IN OUR STATE.

AND IT'S REALLY EXCITING THAT MONTGOMERY IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF THIS TYPE OF REGIONAL PLANNING. SO I APPRECIATE BOTH ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. AND I WANTED TO JUST MENTION ONE OTHER THING. SINCE YOU BROUGHT UP PLAQUES, OUR ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION HAS BEEN CONSIDERING FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS THE IDEA OF HAVING A PLAQUE WITH OUR LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT ON IT, BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, WE ARE ON THE LAND OF THE LENNI-LENAPE AND WE'VE BEEN PATIENTLY WAITING FOR A BOULDER SO THAT WE CAN PUT OUR PLAQUE ON THE BOULDER. SO IF ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY INFLUENCE WITH 3 P.M. TO GET US A BOULDER, WOULD YOU PLEASE DO SO? BECAUSE WE HAVE AN ARTIST FROM THE LENNI LENAPE TRIBE IN BRIDGETON WHO WAS WILLING TO CREATE A PIECE OF ARTWORK FOR US TO PUT ON THIS PLAQUE AS WELL. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF FIGURING OUT HOW BIG THE BOULDER IS GOING TO BE. BEFORE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ASK HIM TO MOVE FORWARD. SO I THANK YOU ALL, AND I HOPE THAT YOU'LL HAVE A VERY PEACEFUL HOLIDAY SEASON. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND WISH THE SAME TO YOU.

THANK YOU FOR COMING IN. ANYONE ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY. OH. ALL RIGHT. ACTUALLY WASN'T GOING TO MAKE A COMMENT, BUT JUST THOUGHT I'D TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE TIME TODAY. I THINK THE LAST TIME I SPOKE, WE SPOKE ABOUT THE BOND ORDINANCE AND TAKING ON MORE TOWNSHIP DEBT. I THINK WE WENT AHEAD AND PASSED THAT ALONG WELL. KEEP A MIC A LITTLE CLOSER TO EXCUSE ME. YES? COULD YOU JUST STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD? YES. I GUESS I'LL TAKE THE TIME TO ONE SAY, THOSE ARE GREAT IDEAS. I REALLY LOVE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING HERE, ESPECIALLY THE IDEA ABOUT THE LENAPE PEOPLE. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO, YOU KNOW, REPRESENT A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE ROOTS HERE BEFORE US. ONE THING I WANTED TO MENTION TODAY, I THINK THERE WAS. A FEDERAL EXECUTIVE ORDER LOOKING TO RESCHEDULE MARIJUANA. I KNOW I'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH WHEN LOOKING AT THE BOND ORDINANCE AND SEEING HOW WE COULD PAY DOWN SOME OF THIS DEBT, AND LOOKING AT HOW MARIJUANA AND CANNABIS COULD ACTUALLY POSSIBLY DO THIS. I KNOW THERE WAS A MEETING BACK IN SEPTEMBER 2021 TO SPEAK ABOUT POSSIBLY ALLOWING CANNABIS BUSINESS IN THE TOWNSHIP, IN WHICH I BELIEVE THE THE COMMITTEE SAID

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I WAS WONDERING IF THEY'VE TAKEN ANY CONSIDERATION. I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS COULD MAKE I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S CALLED A RESOLUTION OR SOMETHING, WHERE THEY COULD POSSIBLY JUST ALLOW CERTAIN BUSINESSES VERSUS OTHERS. SO I'M JUST KIND OF WONDERING IF THERE'S BEEN KIND OF ANY THING THERE OR ANY OTHER POSSIBLE WAYS TO PAY DOWN SOME OF THIS TOWNSHIP DEBT, IF NOT LOOKING TO USE THE 95 FIVE RECLAIM AND THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IF THERE'S ANY OTHER THOUGHTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE NOT ANSWERING ANY. LILIANA ASKED. YES, I WANTED TO FIRST CONGRATULATE MAYOR SINGH ON BEING ONE OF THE NOMINATING OR BEING NOMINATED FOR THE GOVERNOR'S ELECT TRANSITIONAL TEAM. I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT, AND I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU, AND I HOPE YOU USE YOUR PLATFORM FOR GOOD AND REALLY TAKE IN WHAT WE'RE SAYING AT MCKINLEY COMMONS. AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO JUST I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE SHARING IT WITH THE PUBLIC, BUT LETTING THE PUBLIC KNOW ABOUT THE SURVEY THAT THE GOVERNOR ASKED THE GOVERNOR ELECT HAS TO SHARE WITH PEOPLE, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WE'VE BEEN SHARING THAT. AND IT'S AN IMPORTANT SURVEY. YES. THANK YOU. MAYBE WE CAN SHARE SURVEY ON TOWNSHIP SITE OR SOMETHING.

YEAH, WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT. THE SURVEY THE GOVERNOR ELECT HAS, WHICH IS GOING AROUND, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT AND WE'LL HAVE THAT ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THAT. THANK YOU. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY.

ORDINANCES, INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING. THERE ARE NO ORDINANCES FOR INTRODUCTION.

AND YES, MAYOR, WE DO HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT WAS ON FOR PUBLIC HEARING AND FINAL ADOPTION. BUT CANDIDLY, WE RECEIVED SOME SUGGESTIONS FROM THE STATE TO MAKE CHANGES TO IT.

OH, SO I WOULD ASK THAT. THEY HOLD OKAY, BRING IT BACK NEXT YEAR BECAUSE THE CHANGES, UNFORTUNATELY WERE SUBSTANTIVE. OKAY, OKAY. GOT IT. ALTHOUGH THEY DON'T CHANGE THE PROGRAM, IT WAS AN ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT. SO THAT'S THAT'S OUR PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE ORDINANCE 20 5-1767, WHICH WAS THE OKAY. SO WE'RE NOT DOING THAT ONE OKAY. PERFECT. I DON'T THINK WE CAN DO ANY. SO WE GO TO THE NEXT PAGE I WOULD ASSUME. CORRECT. YOU DON'T HAVE ROLL

[7. Ordinance #25-1768 - Amending Schedule XXII "Mid-Block Crosswalks" of the Code of the Township of Montgomery (1984) to Establish a Mid-Block Crosswalk at Brecknell Way - Public Hearing/Final Adoption]

OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. WILL THERE BE SIDEWALKS? IT'S ACTUALLY CONNECTING ON THE OTHER SIDE. THEY ARE SHOWN IN TAN THE, THE THAT'S THE THAT LITTLE STRIP THAT'S NEXT TO THE ROAD OKAY. THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE NEW SIDEWALKS. YEAH OKAY. VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD. THANK YOU.

OKAY. PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? WE JUST HEARD THE COMMENT. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPT ORDINANCE 20 5-1768. SO MOVED. SECOND. ROLL CALL PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER. MARTIN. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. ANNE. YES.

[8. Consent Agenda - Resolutions #25-12-407 to Resolution #25-12-413]

THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS. IF DISCUSSION IS DESIRED, THAT ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE? OKAY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE CONSENT AGENDA? RESOLUTIONS 25 DASH 12, DASH 407 TO RESOLUTION 25. DASH 12. DASH 413. SO MOVED SECOND.

OKAY, I DON'T HAVE A ROLL CALL. ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER. MARTIN. YES. COMMITTEE

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[9. Resolution #25-12-414 - Authorizing the Execution of Shared Services Agreement with the Township of Branchburg for Public Health Nursing]

THE EMERGENCIES COME UP THAT THE HEALTH OFFICER POSITION NEEDS TO RESPOND TO. WHEN OUR HEALTH OFFICER IS ON VACATION, THE BRANCHBURG HEALTH OFFICER IS PROVIDING THAT COVERAGE FOR MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP. SO IT'S VERY GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE WITH THEM. AND IN THE END, IT'S ALSO FISCALLY BENEFICIAL TO US. AND I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THE SHARED SERVICE IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALL HEARD FROM RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, MORE OF FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. SO IT'S GOOD TO HEAR THAT. OKAY. SO THAT IS MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2512 DASH 414 SO MOVED. SECOND. ROLL CALL PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER. MARTIN. YES.

COMMITTEE MEMBER. ANNE. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. TAYLOR. TODD. YES. MAYOR. SINGH. YES.

[10. Resolution #25-12-415 - Authorizing the Execution of Shared Services Agreement with the Township of Branchburg for Health Education Services]

SECOND. ROLL CALL PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER. MARTIN. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. ANNE. YES.

[11. Resolution #25-12-416 - Authorizing the Submission of a Grant Proposal to the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs Capital Improvements 2026 by Montgomery Township for Capital Improvements to Otto Kaufman Community Center and Senior Center]

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SO WE'RE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO A SPARKLING NEW, WELL, NEW ISH KAUFFMAN CENTER DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE BIGGER THOUGH. SO, OKAY, THAT THAT IS DEFINITELY ON THE AGENDA AS WELL. SO WE ARE GOING TO WORK ON THAT COMMITTEE, NOT THIS AGENDA. COMMITTEE MEN AND I ARE TALKING ABOUT OUR OWN AGENDA, THE PLAN ON THE PLAN. OKAY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2512 DASH 416 SO MOVED. SECOND. ROLL CALL PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER. MARTIN. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER

[12. Resolution #25-12-417 - Authorizing the Execution of a Transportation Agreement with Somerset County for Friday Shopping Bus]

WE'VE HAD IT FOR MANY YEARS. WE HAVE THE COUNTY PROVIDES THE BUSSING FOR THE SENIORS TO THE SENIOR CENTER ON A WEEKLY ON A DAILY BASIS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. HOWEVER THERE IS NO COUNTY SERVICE THAT RUNS FOR FOOD SHOPPING TRIPS. AND SO MANY YEARS AGO, THE TOWNSHIP ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT WITH SOMERSET COUNTY. SO THAT WE DO FRIDAY FOOD SHOPPING, BUS FOR SENIORS AND FOR ADULTS OVER 18 WITH DISABILITIES. IT'S DOOR TO DOOR SERVICE. WE'VE ADDED A MARKET.

IT USED TO BE JUST SHOPRITE, BUT WE HAVE TWO FOOD FOOD STORES NOW IN MONTGOMERY, SO IT'S 9 TO 1. IT'S LIKE I SAID, IT'S FREE. IT'S A 16 PASSENGER ACCESSIBLE BUS AND WE WE ARE GOING TO START PROMOTING IT A LITTLE BIT MORE WIDELY THAN WE HAD IN THE PAST. BUT IT'S IT'S A GREAT RESOURCE FOR OUR SENIORS TO HELP GET THEM SHOPPING. SO HOW DO YOU HOW DOES SOMEONE BOOK THE BUS? SO IF SOMEONE IS LOOKING TO GO GROCERY SHOPPING, THEY WOULD THEY WOULD REACH OUT TO A NUMBER THEY WOULD CALL THE. SO THE COUNTY STILL RUNS THE BUS RIGHT AND OPERATES IT. SO TO RESERVE A SPOT, YOU WOULD CALL THE COUNTY AT (908) 231-7115 OR EMAIL TRANSPORTATION D AT COUNTY DOT, SOMERSET, NJ, US. ALTHOUGH I WANT TO CHECK THAT BECAUSE THEY RECENTLY JUST CHANGED THEIR EMAIL ADDRESS. SO BASICALLY WE SHOULD TELL THE RESIDENTS WE'LL HAVE SOME UPDATED INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE. CHECK OUR E-BULLETIN.

WE'RE GOING TO BE PROMOTING IT. IT'S OBVIOUSLY ON OUR WEBSITE AND OKAY, SOUNDS SOUNDS GOOD.

THIS IS THIS IS GREAT FOR OUR RESIDENTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. CAN CAN I JUST ASK SO THAT YOU SAID DAILY. SO DAILY THERE'S A THE BUS RUNS AND THAT'S TO THE KAUFFMAN CENTER. BUT THEN SENIOR CENTER THE SENIOR SENIOR CENTER. AND THEN YEAH OKAY. GOTCHA. AND THEN AND THEN THIS IS A ONCE WEEKLY TO THE SHOPPING, TO THE FRIDAYS TO THE GROCERY ON FRIDAYS, FRIDAYS BETWEEN 9 AND 1. OKAY, OKAY. IT WAS ALREADY THERE BEFORE COVID. IT'S JUST IT'S I THINK A LOT OF RESIDENTS MAY NOT KNOW. AND THEN OF COURSE, IF WE FIND OUT THERE IS A WHOLE LOT OF DEMAND, A 16 SEATER BUS MAY NOT DO IT. SO WE'LL FIND OUT IF WE HAVE. YEAH. NO, THIS IS THIS IS GREAT.

I'M JUST HAPPY. HAPPY TO LEARN AND KNOW ABOUT IT. AND SO SO IF IT'S IT'S DOOR TO DOOR, PEOPLE CALL AND THEY SAY I'D LIKE TO GO TO GET A RIDE. JUST EXPLAINING THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE ALL OF THAT ON THE WEBSITE. WE'RE NOT SURE ABOUT THE NUMBER WHICH IS THERE. THAT MAY HAVE CHANGED. GOTCHA. NOT THE PHONE NUMBER, BUT THE THE LAST PART OF THE ADDRESS. I BELIEVE THE COUNTY MOVED TO A.GOV INSTEAD OF AN NJ US. SO I WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK.

THEY PROBABLY ARE STILL FORWARDING THOSE OLD EMAILS, BUT WE SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT.

BUT YOU'LL HAVE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE. IT'S THERE'S A FLIER THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PROMOTING. BUT YES YOU WOULD CALL AND THEN THEY SCHEDULE IT BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT SIGNED UP FOR THAT WEEK. GOTCHA. HOW HOW THEY'LL MAP THEIR ROUTE OUT, WHO THEY PICK UP, HOW THEY'LL DROP OFF. GOT IT. YEAH. THE COUNTY ORGANIZES ALL THAT. YEAH.

YES. THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE THEY HAVE A WHOLE TRANSPORTATION DIVISION. SO WE JUST ARRANGE FOR THAT SERVICE AND THEN THEY PROVIDE IT AND DO HAVE SOME FLIERS AT OUR SENIOR CENTER AND OF COURSE WITH LOU'S GROUP AND THEN OF COURSE, ALL THE OTHER PLACES WITH THE. OKAY, SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 22 DASH 12 417 SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER. MARTIN. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. ANNE. ABSTAIN.

[13. Resolution #25-12-418 - Amending Resolution #25-5-179 Authorizing a Professional Services Contract with One Water Consulting, LLC for the Creation of a Regional Watershed Management Plan]

[01:25:05]

THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED THAT WORK. OKAY. SO THEN THAT THAT WOULD NOT WORK. RIGHT. BUT THE WHAT WHAT'S WHAT'S EVEN BETTER THAN EIGHT TOWNS COMING TOGETHER TO PAY FOR THIS PLAN? THAT'S $254,000, IS WE TALK SO MUCH ABOUT UNFUNDED MANDATES FROM THE STATE. YES. AND HERE WE HAVE MARK HERMAN, OUR TOWNSHIP ENGINEER, AND LAUREN WASIKOWSKI, OUR OPEN SPACE AND STEWARDSHIP DIRECTOR, WHO WORKED WITH KIM FROM BRUNO ASSOCIATES, OUR GRANT WRITING FIRM, TO SUCCESSFULLY RECEIVE. AND THIS IS WHAT JIM ALLUDED TONIGHT, A A $280,000 GRANT WHICH COVERS DEP THAT WILL COVER COVER ALL OF THE COSTS THAT THE TOWNS WILL BE PAYING FOR THIS PLAN. SO WE'VE TURNED AN UNFUNDED MANDATE INTO A A UNFUNDED MANDATE. SO AND AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE STAFF. YOU KNOW, THIS IS OVER A YEAR'S WORTH OF EFFORT. YES. AND SO WHEN YOU SEE THAT KIND OF DETERMINATION FROM THE STAFF, IT JUST REALLY I'M SO PROUD OF THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE ON THIS BECAUSE THIS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THEM AT ALL. NO, I, I DO AGREE, AND I'VE SAT INTO THOSE MEETINGS WHICH THE WATERSHED LONG MEETINGS BUT REALLY, REALLY INFORMATIVE AND I REALLY THINK IT THIS IS REALLY GOOD THAT THIS IS HAPPENING AND THESE, THESE MANY TOWNS HAVE JOINED IN. AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, MARK HERMAN AND LAUREN FOR MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD FUNDING TOO. THAT'S AMAZING. THANK YOU. YEAH.

AND IF I COULD JUST ADD, IT'S NOT JUST THAT THEY'VE CONVINCED THESE TOWNS TO JOIN. THESE TOWNS ARE ASKING FOR THE SAMPLES OF YOUR RESOLUTION OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING. THEY'RE UTILIZING THE WORK THAT YOUR PROFESSIONALS, YOUR YOUR IN-HOUSE STAFF IS DOING HAS DONE. AND IT'S BEING BECOMING A MODEL. OH, THAT'S REALLY BE BE PROUD OF OF YOUR STAFF I THINK THAT'S AMAZING. THANK YOU. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2512 418. SO MOVED.

SECOND. ROLL CALL PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER. MARTIN. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. ANNE. YES.

COMMITTEE MEMBER. TAYLOR. TODD. YES. MAYOR. SINGH. YES. APPROVAL OF MINUTES. THERE ARE

[14. Resolution #25-12-419 - Payment of Bills]

AND PAGE TEN. PACT TWO, LLC. THIS IS THE PIKE BROOK EXPANSION AND UPGRADE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING. $441,182. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, OKAY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT

[01:30:04]

COMMITTEE MEMBER AND COMMITTEE MEMBER. TAYLOR. YES. MAYOR SINGH. YES. I GUESS THE CORRESPONDENCE WAS THE RESIDENTS REQUEST FOR WAIVER OF FENCE, WHICH IS ALREADY DONE SO

[16. Township Committee Reports]

THANK YOU SO MUCH. COMMITTEE, COMMITTEE. IT'S GETTING LATE. I KNOW, I KNOW. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. FIRST OF ALL, I ALWAYS SAY I LOVE WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, CELEBRATE GOOD NEWS. SO I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK ALL OF OUR POLICE WHO WERE HONORED TONIGHT FOR GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND THOSE STORIES. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NOTICED THAT ABOUT HALF THE FORCE WAS UP HERE. YES, I THINK THAT'S AMAZING. AND THESE WERE, YOU KNOW, YOUNG OFFICERS BECAUSE WE HAD FAMILIES AND, AND, YOU KNOW, LITTLE KIDS IN THE AUDIENCE. AND IT REALLY POINTS UP, YOU KNOW, TO YOU HOW HEROIC THEY WERE AND WHAT THEY RISKED BECAUSE THEIR CHILDREN AND THEIR, YOU KNOW, THEIR SPOUSES WERE HERE. AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY PUT THEMSELVES ON THE LINE EVERY DAY. SO I WANT TO EXTEND MY APPRECIATION TO, TO THEM. ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE DON MATTHEWS AS WELL. I GOT TO WORK WITH HIM WHEN I FIRST JOINED THE PLANNING BOARD IN 2021, AND ALSO WORKED WITH HIM ON PLANNING AFTER THAT AS A COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEMBER, AND ON LANDMARKS AS THE LIAISON. AND I CONFESS, I DID NOT KNOW MUCH ABOUT DON AT FIRST. RIGHT? I DIDN'T KNOW THAT HE WAS A LIVING LEGEND, AND I DEFINITELY KNOW THAT NOW. AND IT'S REALLY IT SHOULD BE ACKNOWLEDGED HOW MUCH EFFORT HE'S PUT INTO REPRESENTING THE TOWN FOR SO LONG. SO WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE HIM FOR HIS REMARKABLE CONTRIBUTION. AND THEN IN TERMS OF OUR TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE REPORTS, SO ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH, THEY HAD THEIR DECEMBER 10TH MEETING. THEY SUPPORTED RENEWING SHARED SERVICE AGREEMENTS WITH BRANCHBURG AND WITH ROCKY HILL. WE HEARD ABOUT BRANCHBURG TONIGHT, AND ROCKY HILL WILL BE ON THE AGENDA IN JANUARY. WE HAD A FOOD DISTRIBUTION DRIVE.

OVER 52 CARS WERE SERVED AND 200 PLUS FOOD BAGS WERE DISTRIBUTED ACROSS THE DRIVE THROUGH, AND TWO POP UP EVENTS AT AFFORDABLE HOUSING SITES WITHIN THE TOWN. AND I WANT TO THANK THE ENTIRE POPULATION THAT SUPPORTED THAT, AS WELL AS THE STAFF THAT SUPPORTED THAT.

I STOPPED BY THE SITE AND NOT ONLY WERE THE STAFF, YOU KNOW, REALLY WORKING HARD, BUT THEY WERE DOING SO WITH A SMILE AND THEY WERE REALLY IT WAS A VERY WELL OILED OPERATION AND EVERYBODY WAS REALLY HAPPY TO SERVE. THERE WILL BE TWO BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING ON THE AGE FRIENDLY LISTENING SESSIONS. THEY'RE GOING TO BE TWO SCHEDULED. ONE IS ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 8TH FROM 3 TO 4:30 P.M. THAT'S GOING TO BE HERE IN THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING. AND THE SECOND IS ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 27TH. AND THEY JANUARY 8TH IS 3 TO 430. TUESDAY, JANUARY 27TH IS 6 TO 730. BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT IF YOU ATTEND, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO GET SWAG. YES, AND I'M THE LIAISON. SO I HAVE THIS LOOK AT THIS.

YOU COULD GET THIS. YOU COULD EXERCISE YOUR HAND SO THAT YOU DON'T YOU KNOW, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO USE THIS TO OPEN, OPEN ALL THE DOORS. THAT'S RIGHT. AND I LIKE EXCLUSIVE. YOU CAN ONLY GET THIS IF YOU ATTEND. IF YOU ATTEND THAT LIST I LIKE THAT. THAT'S CALLED SELLING. THE SELLING DOING BECAUSE YOU CAN GET THAT TOO. ALRIGHT. SO THAT DATE AGAIN IT IS THE DATE. THE TWO DATES ARE C THE SWAG. EVERYBODY WANTS TO COME 3 TO 4:30 P.M. AND TUESDAY, JANUARY 27TH, 6 TO 7:30 P.M. HERE IN THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING. JOIN US TO DISCUSS OPPORTUNITIES AND

[01:35:03]

I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER IF THERE IS ANY OTHER HOLIDAYS, BUT YES, HAPPY NEW YEAR, OF COURSE. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT THERE WAS A REQUEST. THIS CAME KIND OF LATE. SO IT'S NOT WAS NOT IN OUR CORRESPONDENCE, BUT THERE WAS A LETTER FROM ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS WHO LIVES RIGHT HERE IN TOWN REQUESTING THE MAYOR AND DEPUTY MAYOR AND THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO RESPECTFULLY ASKING FOR A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21ST, 2025, AS WORLD MEDITATION DAY IN THE CITY OF MONTGOMERY. I DON'T SEE A REASON NOT TO TO SAY NO. I THINK IT'S A GREAT THING. RIGHT? SO IT'S A WORLD MEDITATION DAY. AND AND THEY SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE IS INCLUSIVE, COMMUNITY ORIENTED. WE WELCOME RESIDENTS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS. AND THEY ALSO TALK ABOUT THAT. THIS IS OPEN TO PEOPLE. SO I APPRECIATE THEM WRITING ALL THESE NICE THINGS THAT OUR TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE AND THIS HOLIDAY SEASON THEY WANT TO HAVE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING SOMETHING WITHIN TOWN SUPPORTING MENTAL HEALTH, RESILIENCY AND UNITY. AND. SHE'S ALSO GIVEN HER PHONE NUMBER, IF ANY OF THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE OR ANYBODY WHO'S HEARING THIS WANTS TO REACH OUT AND MAYBE BE PART OF THIS, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN REACH OUT TO HER NAME IS I THINK OUR CLERK HAS HER INFORMATION. AND IF ANYBODY THAT WOULD BE GREAT. YEAH. AND IF YOU CAN JUST SHARE THE LETTER WITH THE REST OF THE TOWN COUNCIL, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING I HAVE FORGOTTEN. I DON'T THINK SO. OH, RECREATION. I JUST WANTED TO MENTION IT WAS SO GREAT TO SEE OUR REC CHAIR, STEVE SHAY, AND OF COURSE, JOHN GROEGER AND JESS FROM RECREATION INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND, OF COURSE, BUT THE EVENTS OUR TOWNSHIP HAS IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, I WOULD SAY, HAVE DONE A LOT OF EVENTS AND I REALLY WANT TO. AND THIS YEAR TOO, WE HAD SOME AMAZING EVENTS WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER. SO I REALLY WANT TO THANK OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT RECREATION, OF COURSE. LAURIE SAVRAN, OUR TOWNSHIP ADMINISTRATOR. LET ME TELL YOU, PUTTING THESE EVENTS TOGETHER IS NOT EASY, BUT WE AT THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE FEEL REALLY STRONGLY THAT THE WHOLE POINT OF DOING ANYTHING IN TOWN IS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS GET A CHANCE TO COME AND MEET EACH OTHER, YOU KNOW, FEEL COMMUNITY. AND WE ARE ALL HERE ON THE DESK TO LISTEN TO PEOPLE. SO I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NEXT YEAR, PEOPLE GET A CHANCE TO COME TO OUR EVENTS. AND AS AS WAS MENTIONED BY COMMITTEEMAN ON ABOUT BEAT THE WINTER BLUES, THAT IS ONE OF OUR BIG ONES.

AND I'M HOPING ON THE 31ST OF JANUARY THAT YOU ALL MAKE A WE'RE TRYING TO GET A NICE SPEAKER FOR THAT AS WELL. SO HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE SOMEONE THERE. BUT THIS IS A GOOD ONE TO BRING KIDS BECAUSE AS WE ALL KNOW, RESILIENCY AND, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO OVERCOME A LOT OF WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN THE WORLD, ESPECIALLY ALL THAT OUR KIDS SEE ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

[01:40:03]

OF COURSE, THERE'LL BE A LOT OF VENDORS AND SWAG AS EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT SWAG, AND THERE'S GOING TO BE SWAG AT THE BEAT THE WINTER BLUES TOO. AND I THINK THAT IS ABOUT IT. I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY EVENT I'VE FORGOTTEN. IS THERE ANYTHING, LAURIE, THAT I'VE, I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE I THINK THAT'S THAT'S ABOUT IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU GUYS FOR SITTING THROUGH THE WHOLE. YEAH. AND WE HOPE TO AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU AT, AT THE EVENTS THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. WE WOULD LOVE TO FOR YOU AT THIS POINT IF SOMEONE IS WATCHING FROM HOME, WE HAVE TWO RESIDENTS WHO HAVE SAT THROUGH THE ENTIRE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE MEETING, AND WE ARE ACKNOWLEDGING THEIR PRESENCE HERE. PROCLAMATION A PROCLAMATION AT THE END FOR MAKING SURE WE THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND AND BOTH OF YOU HAVE REALLY COME UP WITH GREAT IDEAS, ASKED US TO LOOK AT STUFF THAT WOULD HELP THE REST OF THE RESIDENTS. SO I APPRECIATE IT. ULTIMATELY, US SITTING ON THE DAIS IS IMPORTANT ONLY IF YOU ALL ARE ENGAGED AND YOU CAN BRING WHAT YOU NEED TO SEE IN YOUR TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE AND IN YOUR TOWN. AND THIS IS WHY WE ALL ARE SITTING HERE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STAYING FOR THE WHOLE MEETING. WE APPRECIATE IT. SO OH, AND THE ONE THING I BEFORE I FORGET TODAY, THE TO LAURIE SAVRAN AND I WERE AT THE CARRIER CLINIC FOR THE HOLIDAY AND THEY TOLD US THAT THEY HAVE COLLECTED 300 POUNDS OF FOOD FOR MONTGOMERY FOOD PANTRIES. SO WE WANT TO THANK CARRIER CLINIC 300 POUNDS. I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A JOB TO PUT AWAY ALL THAT FOOD. SO SO AS COMMITTEE SAYS, WE NEED HELP ON THAT ISSUE. SO HERE WE GO. THAT'S IT FOR NOW. WE ARE GOING

[17. Administrator's Report]

[01:45:04]

SO EXPECT MORE OF THAT TO COME. THAT IS IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND WHEN YOU BROUGHT UP THE TRANSPORTATION, I REMEMBERED THAT WE WENT TO RUTGERS FOR THE PLAN FOR HEALTH NJ. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL MONTGOMERY RESIDENTS BECAUSE MONTGOMERY WAS ONLY ONE OF THREE MUNICIPALITIES THAT WAS SELECTED OUT OF 564, I BELIEVE, MUNICIPALITIES TO BE PART OF THIS STUDY. SO IT WAS A GREAT HONOR, AND WE WERE THE ONLY ONE SUBURBAN TOWN THAT WAS SELECTED AS WELL. AND IT WAS REALLY GOOD TO HEAR THE STUDENTS, TO HEAR THE PROFESSOR AND THE FACT THAT THEY WOULD HAVE A LOT OF KIDS FOR US TO LOOK THROUGH. THERE'S A MOBILITY KIT, AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF HEALTH STUFF TO DEVANSHI PATEL WAS THERE, AND OF COURSE, SHERRY CREWS FOR PLANNING, I JUST LIKED AND THE, THE, THE MERGER OR AND THE INTERSECTION. I WANT TO CALL OF PLANNING AND HEALTH BECAUSE THE ONE THING THAT WAS BROUGHT TO UP TO US ALL OVER IS EVERY TIME YOU'RE PLANNING A DEVELOPMENT OR THERE IS NOT THAT WE'RE PLANNING IN DEVELOPMENT, LET ME BE CLEAR, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY, ANYTIME THERE'S ANY DEVELOPMENT PLANNED, THE PLANNING HAS TO GO WITH HEALTH. BECAUSE IF WE LOOK BACK TO ANYTHING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD, PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS ASKING, HOW WOULD THESE RESIDENTS GET HEALTH CARE? HOW WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO GO TO A DOCTOR? HOW ARE THEY GOING TO ACCESS GET ACCESS TO A HOSPITAL? SO THOSE I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY MAJOR THINGS THAT I GOT OUT OF THAT. SO I REALLY WANT TO AND OF COURSE, LAURIE SAVRAN HAVING THE CONNECTION WITH THE PROFESSOR LAURIE, REALLY NICELY DONE. SO, YOU KNOW, AND THAT WAS REALLY GREAT. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO LOOKING AT THOSE MOBILITY KITS. OF COURSE, THE ENTIRE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE SHOULD LOOK AT WHAT THE STUDY DID AS WELL. AND I WAS HOPING THAT THE PLANNING BOARD, THAT THERE WOULD BE A PRESENTATION THAT THEY DID FOR US. I KNOW YOU WERE NOT ABLE TO BE THERE. IF THEY COULD HAVE THAT PRESENTATION AT ONE OF OUR PLANNING BOARD MEETINGS. I THINK THAT WOULD BE AMAZING, BECAUSE THEY BROUGHT UP SOME REALLY GOOD POINTS ABOUT WHERE MONTGOMERY IS RIGHT NOW, WHERE THEY SEE IT GOING, WHAT WHAT ARE THE THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. AND THEY DID A REALLY GOOD ASSESSMENT. I HAVE TO CONGRATULATE THE STUDENTS AT RUTGERS. I, I FELT I DIDN'T KNOW STUFF ABOUT MONTGOMERY THAT THEY BROUGHT UP TO TO LIGHT TO US. AND THANK I WANT TO THANK THEM AGAIN FOR INVITING US SO THAT THAT'S ONE THING I WANTED TO. AND OF COURSE, I DID WANT TO SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS ABOUT DON MATTHEWS. I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT HE WAS THE MAYOR FOR SIX YEARS AND A DEPUTY MAYOR FOR FIVE. CONGRATULATIONS TO HIM. BECAUSE HONEST TO GOD, THIS IS NOT AN EASY JOB. AND FOR HIM TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. AND I MET HIM AGAIN AS A COMMITTEE WOMAN, TODD SAID AT PLANNING. AND HE WAS ALWAYS WARM AND HELPFUL AND KIND EVERY TIME I MET HIM. SO, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WISH HIM A HAPPY RETIREMENT AND ALL THE YEARS THAT HE WORKED ON MONTGOMERY, YOU KNOW, WE WE ARE ALL GRATEFUL. SO THAT IS IT

[01:50:03]

SO HERE WE GO. AFFORDABLE HOUSING UPDATE IS DO WE HAVE ANY AFFORDABLE HOUSING UPDATE

[18. Affordable Housing Update]

THERE WAS A SUBMISSION SUBMITTED BY THE ATTORNEY FOR KENVUE ALONG WITH THE PLANNERS REPORT. ADDITIONALLY, ONE OF THE RESIDENT GROUP ATTORNEYS SUBMITTED A LETTER BRIEF EARLIER TODAY AS WELL AS MY OFFICE SUBMITTED ONE. AS I WAS DRIVING OVER HERE TONIGHT, MY ASSOCIATE WAS KIND ENOUGH TO PUT THE EXHIBITS TOGETHER TO SUBMIT IT. SO MORE TO COME.

WE'LL WE'LL SEE WHERE THE ULTIMATELY WE'LL MAKE OUR OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR POSITIONS KNOWN AND WHY. WE BELIEVE EACH PARTY IS CORRECT. AND THEN THE PROGRAM JUDGE BY DECEMBER 31ST IS TO SUBMIT HIS RECOMMENDATION BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF A SPECIAL ADJUDICATOR AS WELL TO THE COUNTY LEVEL COURT JUDGE AND MORE TO COME IN JANUARY FROM THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU

[19. Future Agenda Items]

OKAY. YEAH, I THINK WE DO DO LOSE SOME RESIDENTS BY THE TIME WE DO A FEW ORDINANCES. SO THEY STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THE RESOLUTIONS OR ANY OTHER MATTERS OF BUSINESS. BUT WE GET ALL OF THAT HOUSEKEEPING ROUTINE BUSINESS OUT OF THE WAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES. OKAY. SO

[Executive Session]

2512 FOR FOR 20 EXECUTIVE SESSION. YES. 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 CLOSED SESSION. THAT WILL BE LIMITED ONLY TO CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS WITH RESPECT TO WHICH THE PUBLIC MAY BE EXCLUDED. PURSUANT TO SECTION 11 B OF THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT, THE GENERAL NATURE OF THE SUBJECTS TO BE DISCUSSED IN THIS SESSION ARE AS FOLLOWS. PERSONNEL. 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.

THIS RESOLUTION SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION

[01:55:01]

YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. YES. COMMITTEE ME MOTION. OKAY. SO I'LL SAY, OKAY, I GOT YOU A MOTION TO. OKAY, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO MOVED SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION TO ADJOURN. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED SECOND. ALL IN

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.