2 19 13 Middletown Township Committee Meeting

This past Monday night February 19, 2013,  the Middletown Township Committee got together for its monthly meeting. The meeting was short and sweet, lasting only 45 minutes, so those that wish to watch the video below shouldn't have much trouble doing so.

Here are the few highlights that come out of this meeting:

A couple of unscheduled presentations were made at the beginning of the meeting. Besides presenting Middletown Police Sgt. Colangelo with the Employee Of The Month Award for December, the Lions Club presented the Hurricane Sandy Relief Fund with a check for $2,000 and the Port Monmouth Fire Co. presented the Township Committee with their Hurricane Sandy themed t-shirts that they are selling to raise funds for their company.

During Public Comments  resident Melanie Elmiger commented why there was no detailed information available regarding chargebacks the Township imposed on the Library for past years. The Township has said the Library was not paying their fair share for employee benefits in past years as justification in adding an additional $380K to the Library bill for this year.

Another resident asked when construction would begin on the Bray Ave. bridge and how that construction would affect the residents living by the bridge. The Administrator said that design plans have not been submitted by the County and did not know when work would begin.

Someone else from the audience inquired about the reasoning behind contracting Ashbritt Environmental to clean up storm debris instead of finding local companies to do the work for less cost. The Township said Ashbritt had the means and manpower to do the work immediately.




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