While we're on the subject of township meetings, there was a meeting of the Middletown Township Committee last night. It was the last regularly scheduled meeting of the year for the Township Committee.
The meeting opened up with certificates of appreciation for members of the Township's building inspections department, who were named the Employees of the Month for their efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.
Public hearings were conducted and subsequently, ordinances were adopted to control the height of buildings in flood prone areas as outlined by FEMA and to increase the fees charged for the use of sports fields in the various parks. The new fees collected are to be used specifically to maintain the fields. A member of the public spoke and wanted more information about how these new fees will effect the leagues and their members, that use the fields.
Township Committee Comments start around the 25:30 comments were kept brief for the most part, with Committeeman Gerry Scharfenberger and Deputy Mayor Massell mentioning the tragedy that took place the last Friday,but if you've been living in a bubble for a few days you wouldn't have known that they were speaking about the Sandy Hook School shooting in Newtown Ct. Mayor Fiore however cleared it up when he also mentioned the tragedy in Newtown and said the Middletown School Superintendent William George issued a statementt earlier in the day reassuring parents the safety of the districts 10, 000 students is his top concern.
Public Comments started at 33:40 into the meeting and a few residents were concerned about the new building outlines that FEMA now deems necessary in the wake of all the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy. Unfortunately, the Township Committee didn't have many good answers due to the newness of FEMA's just issued requirements.
There was also a question about one of the resolutions that was passed earlier in the night about the issuance of a $14 million worth of notes, the notes are being issued to Middletown from Middletown. The Township decided to use funds from its surplus to purchase Storm Emergency Notes from itself in order to bridge the funding gap for storm related costs that the Township is waiting for from the State and Federal government. You can watch and listen to this explanation around 48 minutes into the video.
To end the meeting resident Richard Holder (think that was his name), who along with a neighbor and the foundations that they established, The Holder Foundation and the Scarey Foundation, donated $10,000 to the Middletown Sandy Relief Fund and certain first responders.
This donation was met with applause and gratitude from all those in attendance.
As always, you can download a copy of the meeting agenda that contains the discussion items and the proposed resolutions and ordinances that were voted on or presented during the meeting. A box around an item is a link, bringing you further into the document to that resolution or ordinance. At the end of the resolution there will be a link bringing you back to the agenda. Attached to this agenda is also the monthly bill list, so that everyone can see how the Township is spending our tax dollars.
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I've just noticed that the video is not working properly, there is audio but picture. Sorry for the inconvenience I'll try to get it fixed.
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