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TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON, WARREN COUNTY
Regular Meeting
August 16, 2005
The regular meeting of the Township Committee was held this date at the Municipal/Police Building located on Little Philadelphia Road. The meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. by Mayor David Dempski.
SUNSHINE LAW COMPLIANCE - The Mayor noted that this meeting was being held in compliance with the Open Public Meetings Law of 1975 in as much as a notice had been published in the Star Gazette and transmitted to the Express Times and posted at the municipal building.
ROLL CALL: Dempski, present; Horensky, present; Kovacs, present; Mueller, present; and Strunk, present. Township Attorney Edward J Glynn, Township Clerk Mary Ann O’Neil were also present.
SALUTE TO FLAG
AWARD OF BID
Cemetery Hill Road & Rymon Road Reconstruction - Robert Miller, Township Engineer, by letter, recommended that the bid be rejected, because it exceeds the amount of the funds available for the project. Horensky made a motion that the Committee accept the letter recommending the bid from Tilcon be rejected , Strunk seconded.
ROLL CALL: Horensky, yes; Strunk, yes; Kovacs, yes; Mueller, yes; Dempski, yes..
Kovacs made a motion that the project be rebid, Strunk seconded.
ROLL CALL: Kovacs, yes. Strunk, yes; Horensky, yes; Mueller yes; Dempski, yes.
Strunk will discuss this matter with the Township Engineer to rebid.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Strunk made a motion to approve the Executive Minutes of July 19, 2005, Mueller seconded.
ROLL CALL: Strunk, yes; Mueller, yes; Horensky, yes; Kovacs, yes; Dempski, yes.
The Mayor said, on the Regular Minutes, he had a correction on Page 4, second paragraph, 4th line, first word should be changed to could. Kovacs made a motion that the Regular Minutes of July 19, 2005, as amended, be approved, Strunk seconded,
ROLL CALL: Kovacs, yes; Strunk, yes; Horensky, yes; Mueller, yes; Dempski, yes.
OLD BUSINESS
Discussion on Leasing vs Sale of Administration Building, as well as lot on Asbury Anderson Road. The Mayor said that Michael Schmidt, Tax Assessor, although he could not give an appraisal of the property, did prepare information on leasing opportunities. This analysis was on what the Committee could achieve by leasing the property over a 10 year period and showed the difference between leasing and selling the building.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
It was the consensus of the Committee to go into Executive Session to discuss the acquisition or pending sale of the building. Kovacs made a motion to go into Executive Session at 7:40 p.m., Strunk seconded.
ROLL CALL: Kovacs, yes; Strunk, yes; Horensky, yes; Mueller, yes; Dempski, yes.
The doors were opened. Strunk made a motion to come out of Executive Session at 7:45 p.m. , Horensky seconded. All were in favor.
The Mayor asked for a motion to lease the Administration Building on the corner of Brass Castle and Route 57, there was none.
Kovacs made a motion that after the move is made from the Administration Building, that the Township put the Administration Building at the corner of Brass Castle and Route 57 out to auction and the property be sold as soon as possible once it is vacated, Horensky seconded. Kovacs said he withdrew the second part of the motion, because there is a possibility that the Township may be able to do this before the move on the building, with the understanding that they are in until the other building is ready, if the bidder would be willing to accept those terms. Horensky amended his second to the motion.
ROLL CALL: Kovacs, yes; Horensky, yes; Mueller, yes; Strunk, yes; Dempski, yes.
The Mayor said, in the future when this is put into action, a resolution would be created for a meeting which would include that it would be a public auction, with a minimum, down payment or deposit required, auction date, time and place, with a rejection clause and any subdivision requirements. This will comply with NJSA 40A: 12 and 13, which requires a public auction, with two public notices with the second notice no earlier than 7 days prior to the sale.
SURPLUS PROPERTY ON EAST ASBURY ANDERSON ROAD NEAR NEW HAMPTON ROAD
The Mayor said this property is approximately 3.5 acres and there was discussion that the Recreation Commission and the Fire Department not wanting to use for a station. The Mayor asked if there was any interest in selling the property. The Mayor said a neighbor could buy it to increase their buffer or a single house could be built on property. Strunk said he would like to hold on to it. Horensky asked if there was anything in writing from the Recreation Commission or Fire Department stating they are not interested in the property. If not, he would like to have it before anything is done. The Mayor said he has an e-mail from Ray Berry of the Recreation Commission saying they have no interest in the property. Horensky will get something in writing from the Fire Department. Kovacs agreed with Strunk and said there was no need to move quickly on this matter at this time.
ORDINANCES
The Mayor said the public hearing had been held on Ordinance 05-17 Bond Ordinance Providing for Renovations and Improvements to Block 30, Lot 15, A.K.A. the Brown and Brown Building in the Township of Washington, County of Warren, State of New Jersey, Appropriating Funds in the amount of $375,000 and Authorizing the Issuance of Bonds and Notes in the amount of $356,250 at the July meeting. Strunk made a motion that Ordinance 05-17 be approved after second reading, Kovacs seconded. Horensky said he would like the Committee to move forward on this project as soon as possible and they should take a look at the funds ($100,000 left over) and start the work, not waiting for this money to become available, but start right away doing something.
ROLL CALL: Strunk, yes; Kovacs, yes; Horensky, yes; Mueller, yes; Dempski, yes.
Kovacs made a motion to open Bond Ordinance 05-18 for the Purchase of Public Works Equipment in the Township of Washington, County of Warren, State of New Jersey, Appropriating Funds in the amount of $266,000 and Authorizing the Issuance of Bonds and Notes in the amount of $252,700, to the public, Horensky seconded. All were in favor. Nobody from the public wished to be heard.
Horensky made a motion to close the public hearing on Bond Ordinance 05-18, Mueller seconded. All were in favor. Kovacs made a motion to adopt Bond Ordinance 05-18 after second reading, Horensky seconded.
ROLL CALL: Kovacs, yes; Horensky, yes; Mueller, yes; Strunk, yes; Dempski, yes.
RESOLUTIONS
The Mayor advised that any item for discussion should be removed prior to approval. Otherwise, one motion will cover all items on Consent Agenda. The Tax Collector had asked that 05-124 be removed from the list. Kovacs made a motion that Resolutions 05-115 through 125 be approved, excluding 05-124, Horensky seconded.
ROLL CALL: Kovacs, yes; Horensky, yes; Mueller, yes; Strunk, yes; Dempski, yes.
05-115 Appointment of Safety Coordinator & Alternate Safety Coordinator to the PAIC Fund
05-116 Chapter 159 Budget Amendment/ANJEC Smart Growth Planning Grant
05-117 Cancel Taxes/Refund Overpayment Bl 6, Lot 24.03
05-118 Cancel 2005 Taxes, Bl 30, Lot 15
05-119 Refund of Overpayment, Bl 74, Lot 2Q
05-120 Refund of Overpayment, Bl 74, Lot 3Q
05-121 Refund Resolution, Refund of Overpayment, Bl 66, Lot 20.11
05-122 Refund Resolution, Refund of Overpayment, Bl 300, Lot 3
05-123 Resolution for Warren County Chamber of Commerce to hold fireworks at the 2005 Hallow Festival at Warren County Community College.
05-125 Chapter 159 Budget Amendment, You Drink and Drive You Lose Grant
Horensky made a motion to approve Resolution 05-126, Resolution to Authorize and Approve Salaries and Wages for Certain Employees, (William Heerswagen Jr), Strunk seconded.
ROLL CALL: Horensky, yes; Strunk, yes; Kovacs, yes; Mueller, yes; Dempski, yes.
OTHER
The Mayor said that traditionally the first week of August is National Night Out Program and he wanted to take time to thank the Organization Committee for the Washington Township National Night Out. It was very well run and a great example of Community Coming Together in the Township. He wanted to thank the following people who are on the Committee that organized it: Nancy Rhinehart, Marilyn Whitney, Colleen Vaughn, Karen Grass, Heather Jones, Suzanne Jeffries, Washington Township Police Department, especially Officer Todd Pantuso. There were many volunteers and sponsors who helped make it a great event.
PUBLIC QUESTIONS/CONCERNS (7:55 p.m.)
Frank Cregan, 62 Merlin Drive, said, as he said at the last meeting, it is the Township Committee’s responsibility to sell surplus property, so he was delighted to hear that the Committee voted in favor of this in terms of the Administration Building. He is a little concerned about the Asbury Anderson Road Property and holding it for 10-15 years does not seem to be acceptable. He thinks this should be revisited every year or so. He can understand and appreciate holding it for possibly use as a fire house, but it should be revisited every year. With respect to the improvement on Rymon Road and Cemetery Hill, he suggested when the guard rails are replaced that they look at the rust colored rails, as opposed to the aluminum guard rails. It is generally accepted that they are more attractive and conducive to the area.
Cregan said he had a very harrowing experience on Mill Pond Road. He was traveling from Route 57 up through and across the railroad crossing. As he was coming up the road, there is a blind spot, and a youthful driver was coming down and almost crashed on top of his car and was totally surprised that he was there. The upper portion of Mill Pond Road has recently been repaved, but there are no lines, no signs to speak of approaching the curve that brings you to the railroad crossing. Cregan said that when you repave a road it increases the speed automatically and everybody does it. He wanted people to take a hard look at the crossing. He didn’t think it would have to be redone, but appropriate signs about the coming trestle and keep right at all times should be put up, with double lines and reduced speed limits as you go across it. There is one speed limit on the upper portion of the road that says 35 mph, but it is downhill and very easy to exceed. Mueller said the speed limit sign is not going to make any difference. He uses the road a lot and without the lines people tend to drive where they want to go. de Boer, Public Works Manager, said he will get in touch with the Township Engineer and they will go out and look at the area. de Boer said he had planned on putting in the yellow lines when he does the other roads, providing there is money in the budget. Cregan suggested a stop sign at the railroad crossing because you really have to stop to go across.
Cregan said that on a lesser matter, the street sign identifying Mill Pond Road, the blue signs spell it differently than the gray signs. Mill Pond is one word on the blue signs and two words on the gray signs.
(Ended 8:05 p.m.)
OTHER
The Mayor said he had an update on the Pohatcong Superfund Site Clean Up. A public meeting was held by DEP on August 4, 2005. They presented several different options to clean up the soil and ground water. They selected what they refer to as Soil Alternative SO3, and Ground Water Alternative GW2. The overall cost was approximately $12 million dollars with 4-1/2 years to complete.
OLD BUSINESS
Discussion on Meadow Breeze Park/NOV
The Mayor said that NJDEP did acknowledge receipt of his letter. They have a list of acknowledgments that the Township did to correct the areas they said they would correct. The outstanding issue now is that there is a deed restriction in an area of the new section of the park on the two lots. There are two options, (1) the Township will get a fine and order to do it or (2) enter into an ACO, which is a settlement to say this outstanding area will be corrected and perhaps pay a modest or no fine. Originally, the date to complete this was tonight, but he called NJDEP Enforcement and they agreed to give the Township 90 more days to pursue this matter in an efficient and correct manner. The Mayor said they may have to lose the one practice soccer field.
The Mayor said that if the Township wanted to get a Transition Waiver to use that field it would probably be in the area of $5,000 to $10,000, if it would even be granted. He has a call into Lou Catuna, NJDEP Land Use License Individual, asking him if he would consider a Transition Waiver. The Township could prepare both a deed restriction with an exemption and one without, but there would have to be a significant amount of funds allocated to get the exception waiver. Horensky said he was not inclined to spend a lot of money getting waiver when we have already gotten direction from the State saying it would be an extremely uphill battle. Mueller and Kovacs agreed with Horensky. The Mayor asked authorization for himself and Glynn to create the proper deed restriction and file it. Horensky made a motion that the Mayor and Glynn be authorized to create the proper deed restriction and file with the DEP, Mueller seconded.
ROLL CALL: Horensky, yes; Mueller, yes; Kovacs, yes; Strunk, yes; Dempski, yes.
NEW BUSINESS
Item 1 Residents Mary and Ed Freeze, 155 Harmony-Brass Castle Road. Freeze said they have lived here for 18 years and repeatedly asked Comcast to run a cable line, as she consults for IBM and needs high speed access. Comcast has repeatedly denied them, even though they have offered to pay to run the line. Recently Freeze discovered that Service Electric is about a quarter of a mile up the road from their house and Freeze was asking for a waiver from the Township to allow them to pay Service Electric to run the service to them. Service Electric has told them if they had a letter from the Township and picked up the $2,000 tab they would run high speed internet to their house. The Mayor said that when the Township recently renewed their Comcast Franchise it was pointed out that there were four houses which they could not service and it would be about $40,000 for them to run a line to these houses. Kovacs said the Committee would need a letter from Comcast since the Township has a Franchise Contract which states they have no objection to allowing this. The Mayor said that he did contact Comcast and advised that there are four houses that will go to Service Electric unless service is provided. The representative has not responded to his e-mail yet. The Mayor said the Township cannot do anything until there is a release from Comcast. Strunk made a motion that a letter be sent to Comcast requesting a letter stating they did not have any problem with the Ed and Mary Freeze or four houses going with Service Electric, Kovacs seconded. All were in favor. Freeze asked for a copy of the letter once it is received, because Service Electric said they just need to see a letter from the Township and Comcast.
Item 2 Authorize Mayor to sign NJ Smart Future Planning Smart Grown Application - Kovacs made a motion to authorize the Mayor to sign the NJ Smart Future Planning Smart Growth Application for a Go Green Grant to investigate solar power for the new municipal building, Horensky seconded. All were in favor.
Item 3 Horensky made a motion to approve the raffle and tricky tray application for Abilities for October 21, 2005, Mueller seconded. All were in favor.
Item 4 Horensky made a motion to approve the Autumn Fest 5K Run/Walk for October 2, 2005, Kovacs seconded All were in favor.
Item 5 Horensky made a motion to approve William Heerwagen Jr, new fire inspector, receiving a set of keys to the Administration Building, Dempski seconded. All were in favor.
Item 6 Mueller made a motion to approve the raffle application from the Warren Hills Wresting Club for the season, Strunk seconded. All were in favor.
Item 7 Kovacs made a motion to approve the request from the WTYA to use the meeting room at the Police/Municipal Building on October 7 from 7 pm to 9 pm and October 8 from 10 a.m. until noon for basketball sign ups, Horensky seconded. All were in favor, except Dempski who abstained.
Item 8 Horensky made a motion to approve the request from the Township Clerk to attend the Fall Conference September 21, 22 and 23 in Trenton, NJ, Strunk seconded. All were in favor.
Item 9 Mueller made a motion to approve the raffle application from NORWESCAP, Horensky seconded. All were in favor.
Item 10 Proposals submitted by CFO/Collector on Policy Procedures was pulled for discussion later.
Item 11 Kovacs made a motion to approve the Warren County Chamber of Commerce holding a 2005 Hallow Festival at Warren County Community College on September 30, October 1 and 2, Horensky seconded. All were in favor.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
The Mayor said the Committee would be going into Executive Session at this time. Strunk made a motion to into Executive Session at 8:20 p.m. for the purpose of litigation discussion, Horensky seconded.
ROLL CALL: Strunk, yes; Horensky, yes; Kovacs, yes; Mueller, yes; Dempski, yes.
The doors were opened. Strunk made a motion to come out of Executive Session at 8:45 p.m., Mueller seconded. All were in favor.
Glynn asked that the record reflect that the Committee received a briefing from Attorney James Broscious who is handling the AJR Litigation. The Township Committee is about to vote on the conditional settlement that Broscious explained to the Committee and to take action on the updating of the Wastewater Management Plan and financing and the cost of that.
OTHER.
Strunk made a motion that Crew Engineering and Bruce Smith, Sewerage Consultant, investigate and prepare bids to update the Wastewater Management Plan, Horensky seconded.
ROLL CALL: Strunk, yes; Horensky, yes; Kovacs, yes; Mueller, yes; Dempski, yes.
Strunk made a motion to authorize the Mayor to sign the contract regarding the SACD Farmland Preservation, Fee Simple Purchase, for the AJR Property, Horensky seconded.
ROLL CALL: Strunk, yes; Horensky, yes; Kovacs, yes; Mueller, yes; Dempski, yes.
The Mayor said that the Committee has received several complaints about signs on Route 31 and improper display of them. He had sent a letter to Tom Bocko, Zoning Officer, and asked him to attend this meeting. Bocko said he agreed with the Committee that there are a lot of signs on Route 31 that should not be there. He said that Strunk had asked him to do a sign inventory back in the fall of last year, which he has not completed yet. Bocko said Section 123:24(6) of the ordinance is being abused. The Mayor asked Bocko if he wanted the Land Use Board review this section and tighten it up if necessary, to either remove it or strengthen it so it cannot be abused. Horensky said he and Mueller were going to be working on this matter. Kovacs said he had an example sign ordinance to bring for review as well. Horensky said he Mueller will meet and if possible, have something drafted for discussion by the September meeting. Bocko said, if there is a new sign ordinance done, he would like to make sure that the illegal signs that are up now are not grand fathered into the ordinance. Horensky said he suggested they be given a certain period of time in which to come into compliance with the ordinance. After that time period, they would be in violation and a violation notices would be issued.
Item 10 Proposal submitted by CFO/Collector on Policy Procedures-The Mayor said that a few weeks ago there was an issue where there was insufficient funds and one of the Township checks was refused. The Mayor asked Strunk to talk with the CFO and Tax Collector and get their solutions to what would be necessary to create a written policy to avoid this in the future. A suggestion was received by the CFO and a more written and structured policy from the Tax Collector. In addition, the Tax Collector has given the Mayor some strong feedback that the Committee should not consider resolution for various reasons, including the amount of money that is transferred, amount of transactions, getting the maximum amount of interest for the tax collection dollars, that his policy should be considered over the CFO’s. The Mayor asked how the Committee wants to proceed and what policy they want in place. The CFO wanted the Committee next year to amend the 2006 Cash Management Resolution and Evan had a written plan with a little more detail, which has very strong reasons why his should be the final policy followed for fund transferred. Both parties are aware of the proposals being made by each of them, but they have not sat down and had any discussion. Horensky asked for a copy of the Collector’s position and his justification, which the Mayor will send to each one. This will be discussed at the September meeting.
REPORTS FROM OFFICIALS
John Horensky said he met with the Fire Commissioners at their last meeting they will be coming to the Township Committee in the near future regarding procedures on how to go forward with some of the issues.
Michael Kovacs said the Recreation Commission would like, on the tennis court issue, to meet with Robert Miller, Township Engineer, to tell them what they are looking for and get a price and come back to the Committee. They are asking for permission from the Committee to talk with Miller and will come back with an estimate from him on what it will cost to do that, then it is up to the Committee to approve or disapprove it. This will be for redoing the two existing tennis courts. Kovacs asked the Clerk to contact whoever is on the Recreation Commission Sub Committee on tennis courts to go ahead with the meeting with Miller, get an estimate on what it would cost to put the spec together and come back for approval at the next meeting.
There has been some miscellaneous vandalism in the park. They have tried hand sanitizer, paper towels, etc., for people to wash hands, but they are just ripped off the walls and thrown around. They don’t know what the solution is yet.
At the last meeting he was going to suggest that maybe the Township not charge Warren Hills to use some of the facilities and athletic fields, because they have the worst facilities in the Skyline Conference. Last year they were playing soccer on the football field, which is in poor shape to begin with. They did have the boys play a few games down at the Township Fields and he was going to suggest at that time that any fees be waived for them to use the soccer fields. Then, he was advised that Warren Hills has already made arrangements to play at the fields and agreed to the fee schedule. In the future, the Committee may want to consider waiving these fees.
Barry Mueller said the Economic Development Commission has organized. Alan Lowcher was elected Chairman and Vanessa Galante is secretary. They will be meeting on the last Thursday of the month. They discussed many ideas at the initial meeting and realize since they do not have a lot of money, they are probably going to try to get something on the web site. They need two additional members, one from a service organization such as the Rotary, Womens Club, etc and the other would be a member of labor (involved in unions). Mueller will continue to search for the additional members.
Mueller said there are two items regarding the DPW that he wanted to discuss. de Boer would like to purchase, when funds are available out of the Bond Ordinance approved tonight, the mower for $13,800 from Rymons. Mueller made a motion that the mower from Rymons at $13,800 be approved and purchased when funds are available, Horensky seconded.
ROLL CALL: Mueller, yes; Horensky, yes; Kovacs, yes; Strunk, yes; Dempski, yes.
de Boer would like to take surplus vehicles and equipment to an auction in Sparta. He would gather this equipment up and take to Sparta. Horensky made a motion that de Boer be allowed to gather surplus vehicles and equipment and take to auction in Sparta, Mueller seconded. All were in favor. de Boer will get a list together for approval at the next meeting.
RJ Strunk said the new police traffic radar sign is in and being used. They will be developing a priority list of streets where the most needs are for this sign. This sign, through the software, can track on a timely basis all types of speeding hours, traffic counts and can be used for other things.
On the Brown and Brown Building, the architect is hoping to have final plans done by August 26th. There has been glitches with the American Disability Act and for fire, it had to be determined whether it would be a sprinkler or doing renovations. Glynn asked if the architect is meeting with anybody from any federal agencies as far as ADA Compliance. Strunk said there have been telephone calls with the people that write the code at the State level and Ohio where the code comes from. The State has advised what they must do at a minimum.
Mayor David Dempski said the next Public Assistance Meeting will be September 12th.
On Affordable Housing, the Land Use Board Planner is starting to work on the Fair Share Plan and Housing Element Plans which will be due in December for the third round certification. To date, they have collected almost $26,000 from the Affordable Housing Trust Fund Fees, which will allow the Township to ship a portion of the Affordable Housing Obligations to other areas.
On Open Space Advisory Committee, they have received a $1000 grant from ANJEC. They had their first kickoff meeting last month. In attendance at the meeting was ANJEC, NJ Conservation and Development Organization, Warren County Planning and Warren County Morris Canal Historic Commission.
For the Youth Association, field hockey is on the way and soccer is still organizing.
Two things that he received in the mail which were interesting to him were: Communications regarding the NJ Conference of Mayors and NJ Economic Development Administration Loan Pool. He will try to get more information on the Loan Pool.
Information was received from the New Jersey Municipal Employee Benefits Fund, which could be a possible cost savings in terms of health care management.
A notice was received that in 2006 the Public Employees and Police and Firemen Retirement Pension Funds will increase anywhere from 97% to 110%. For the PERS, the 2006 increase will be $12,000 and the Police and Firemen the increase will be $36,000.
PAYMENT OF BILLS
The Mayor said that before the Committee approves the payment of bills there are a few vouchers that need two more signatures. Also, he received some vouchers for some open space work from the Open Space Trust Fund for the Port Colden Field, which was being done with the Elementary School to get another practice field down in that part of the township. He is supposed to sign the vouchers, but wanted authorization to do so from the Committee, because it would be coming out of the Open Space Trust Fund and would be approximately $7,859. The Committee authorized the Mayor to sign the vouchers and start the paperwork trail, pending availability of funds.
The Mayor said he needed a motion to pay the bills, but said there may be some exceptions made on payment of bills. After further discussion, purchase order 13441 for $64.90 and 13443 for $64.90 were pulled from the bill list because they were not signed by any Committeeman. The Mayor asked that the motion made reflect that these two purchase orders would not be paid. Horensky made a motion to pay the bills, with the exception of purchase order 13441 for $64.90 and 13443 for $64.90 which had no signatures for payment, and were removed, Mueller seconded.
ROLL CALL: Horensky, yes; Mueller, yes; Kovacs, abstain. Strunk, yes; Dempski, yes.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
Kovacs made a motion to go into Executive Session at 9:25 p.m for discussion on litigation and personnel issues., Horensky seconded. All were in favor.
The doors were opened. Horensky made a motion to come out of Executive Session at 10:05 p.m., Kovacs seconded. All were in favor.
Glynn asked that the record reflect several matters discussed in Executive Session that need to be summarized. With regard to the Hidden Valley Law Suit, the Township is going to look at the possibility of calling the bond and taking legal action in order to either force the developer to remediate the sinkhole problem or allow the Township to contract to do the same at the expense of the bond. With regard to the recent law suit filed on behalf of Hackett, Glynn will file an answer to counts 1 and 2 and the carrier will assign the law firm of Gebhardt and Kiefer to defend on count 3. On Baker Residential, there is no need to do anything at this time, the focus is still on the Boro which denied the application. On the labor dispute with the teamsters, there is a proceeding scheduled for the first week in September in Trenton which he will attend with de Boer or an associate will attend the meeting The AJR law suit was summarized earlier by Attorney Broscious. Glynn said with regard to the request for a Special Meeting, the Committee has decided to hold a Special Meeting on Thursday, September 8th at 7:30 p.m. at which time they will discuss in Executive Session personnel matters and may also take action in open session that evening.
Strunk made a motion that a Special Meeting be held on Thursday, September 8th at 7:30 p.m. for the purpose of personnel and possible other action after the Executive Session, Horensky seconded.
ROLL CALL: Strunk, yes; Horensky, yes; Kovacs, yes; Mueller, yes; Dempski, yes.
The Mayor asked for a motion authorizing the Township Attorney to begin the proceedings to recall the Maintenance Bond SO5689M held by First Indemnity of American Insurance Company in the amount of $250,373.84 in regards to the Dowel/Wyckoff Associates for failure to perform and remediate karst activity on the property. Strunk asked that this motion be moved, Kovacs seconded.
ROLL CALL: Strunk, yes; Kovacs, yes; Horensky, yes; Mueller, yes; Dempski, yes.
There being nothing further to come before the Township Committee Horensky made a motion to adjourn at 10:15 p.m., Strunk seconded. All were in favor.
Respectfully submitted,
Mary Ann O’Neil RMC/CMC
Township Clerk
