August 19, 2013 Middletown Township Committee Meeting

Here is the video of the latest meeting of the Middletown Township Committee that took place last week on Monday night August 19th.  It was a long meeting, a lot took place most notability was the comments made by Gerry Scharfenberger pertaining to the Township cutting back the hours of part-time employees to avoid having to comply with the terms of the Affordable Care Act. Scharfenberger's comments can be found at the 1:18:15.

Here are the points of interest from the meeting:

• The Township swore in 8 new police officers, declared September 28 Middletown Day and the beginning of the 350 year celebration of the founding of Middletown.
• An award was presented for the Middletown 350 logo contest conducted last Spring.
• September was declared Paint the town teal for ovarian cancer awareness.
• The Pt. Monmouth Fire Company presented the Middletown Disaster Relief Fund with a check and gift cards that will be used for a family in Oklahoma affected by the tornado, that the fund adopted.
• An ordinance was passed that authorizes the township to outsource payroll services.
• An ordinance was introduced that redefines the fees that are levied to use sports facilities in town.
• Another ordinance was introduced to regulate the type of signs businesses can use to advertise.
• Resolutions were adopted to increase the cost of the artificial turf field and to purchase equipment to convert the Conference Room into an emergency command center, among others.
• The mayor announced that part time employees' hours will be cut to avoid providing them with health insurance.
• Residents brought concerns regarding conditions on Beacon Hill Rd., Pine St., Texas Ave., events surrounding the recent library closings and how the Library Board operates, requirements surrounding woman police officers' working conditions and dedicated police impound yards.

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.