March 16, 2020 Middletown Township Committee Meeting: The CoronaVirus Edition

Last weeks meeting of the Middletown Township Committee meeting could be characterized as the 'Coronavirus" edition. The meeting lasted just over 17 minutes while Committee members, as well as the paid professionals took seats well spaced from each other, due to the potential contamination from the virus.

Here are the highlights:

Proclamations were read into the record due to no recipients to receive them.

An ordinance was adopted that allows the Township to exceed the municipal budget appropriation limits, if needed. Another ordinance was introduced to purchase property on the east side of Hubbard Ave., by Shadow Lake. There will be a public hearing and a vote to approve this purchase on April 6.

Resolutions were adopted to extend contracts for tree trimming, plumbing and electrician services with the current contractors. Other resolutions were adopted to permit the CFO to pay bills if public meetings are cancelled, to reaffirm the townships' opposition to the Northeast gas pipeline that is proposed to run in the Raritan Bay and another to apply for a grant to help the township become more energy sustainable.



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.

February 3 & 18, 2020 Middletown Township Committee Meetings

February 3, 2020 Middletown Township Committee Meeting

The Township Committee voted to make Sunnyside Road a through street and lowered the speed limit on the road to 25 MPH in two separate ordinances.

A new ordinance was introduced to increase the number of Deputy Police Chiefs to three and Members of the Committee congratulated the Mayor on his reception of the Spinnaker Award.

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.

February 18, 2020 Middletown Township Committee Meeting

The meeting began with an above capacity crowd. The room was filled, with the aisles packed and out into the lobby. It was an evening to celebrate the right for women to vote with the passing of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution on August 18, 1920. Women, who have been elected to office, attended as did five young ladies from Nut Swamp School.

If this was not enough, the Township Committee adopted an ordinance increasing the number of Deputy Chief of Police positions from one to three. Two new Police Chiefs were sworn into the new positions. Three other officers were sworn in as Sergeants and two other officers sworn in as Lieutenants. One of the Lieutenants just happened to be a women, the first women Lieutenant in Township history. Overall, it was an amazing night for women.

After all of the ceremonies were over, the Court Room cleared and the Committee continued with the business of the Township.

An ordinance was adopted that would restrict parking at Normandy Park. A parent spoke regarding his son parking there during school hours. The family lives in the HS North area, but decided that their son would go to HS South. To avoid paying for busing, they allowed their son to drive to school. Normandy Park is the closest place for the son to park because he is not a senior and only seniors are allowed to park on HS property. The Township Committee recommended that the father bring his concerns to the Board of Education. The Committee explained that the parking lot at Normandy Park is for park use only, according to Green Acres rules and the Township recently received Green Acres funding to upgrade the fields in the park.

Another ordinance was introduced to sell a small, unused lot to a developer who owns adjoining property. A different ordinance was introduced to regulate the amount of leaves and brush a homeowner can place at the curb for collection. The ordinance will limit the amount of debris placed at the curb to 4 cubic yards, or the size of a pickup truck bed filled to the top of the cab. A public hearing and a vote for adoption will be held at the March 2 Township Committee meeting.

As always you can download 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.

December 16, 2019 Middletown Township Committee Meeting

This past Monday night's meeting of the Middletown Township Committee was short filled with a bit of fluff. After closing out Township business for the year, members of the Committee that were present highlighted the activities they attended in the past month.



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.

December 2, 2019 Middletown Township Committee Meeting

I know It's been awhile but I haven't forgotten it's just been one of those couple of months. Anyway, here is the latest video of the Middletown Township Committee in action. This meeting took place on Monday night, December 2, 2019.

It was a quick meeting, lasting only 19 minutes, but a couple of significant things took place, namely a $5.145M appropriation to construct artificial turf fields at Normandy Park.

Do we need to spend more money on artificial turf field when there are so many other pressing concerns around town?

Watch the video:




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.

July 15, 2019 Middletown Township Committee Meeting

The July 15th meeting of the Middletown Township Committee was held at the Tonya Keller Recreation Center, in North Middletown. This meeting happened to be the only meeting of the month for the Committee. I'm still in the process of viewing the video but wanted to post it before to much time has gone by.

Here's a rundown of the night's event:

Members of the Ideal Beach Community Association were presented with a sign that will be mounted on the concession stand at Ideal Beach.

Ordinances were introduced to:

- appoint Debra Marchetti as the new Tax Collector
- reduce the speed limit on Broadway and Center Ave in Leonardo
- Place a stop sign on Cooper Rd where it intersects with McClees Rd
- Make Alexander Dr., in River Plaza, a no stopping or standing area
- Add right turn controls onto Roger Ave in Lincroft
- To borrow $29k in bonds to purchase a video pipe inspection camera
- To borrow $340k for the acquisition of easements for the Pt. Monmouth flood control project
- To borrow $170k for improvements to Grand Tour in the Hartshorne area
- To borrow $377k for various improvements in the township

Resolutions were adopted to:

- add grant monies received to the budget
- the filing of the municipal audit
- the appointment of the Deputy Tax Collector
- appointing an additional public defender
- approved grant applications for the Campbell's Junction Transit Hub Project and to make improvements to Holland Rd.

Residents spoke of newly installed no parking signs on their streets by the beach, leaving them with nowhere to park even though people are parking there to go to the beach and have issues of with illegal parking along Pt. Monmouth Rd, by Bayshore Waterfront Park and no police enforcement. The police chief explained that they were not equipped to handle this situation.



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.

June 3, 2019 Middletown Township Committee Meeting

Last Monday, the Middletown Township Committee, held it's monthly workshop meeting. The video description pretty much sums up what transpired during the meeting. If you have time, please watch. These videos are always very informative and at times educational for those wanting to know what goes on down at Town Hall:

"Freeholder Arnone came to present a shared services program run by the County. A group came to speak to Arnone regarding opioid addiction, but the Freeholder stated he had another meeting with the Howell Town Council to attend.

The Township Committee voted to introduce an ordinance to allow the volunteer fire department to elect their officers during the first week of December, in addition to the standard second week.

The group that came to speak to Freeholder Arnone continued their discussion with the Township Committee. The group was under the impression that the township adopted an ordinance banning medical marijuana distribution centers. They also stated that people being paroled from jail are being paroled to Middletown and Monmouth County in general. It was stated that the parolees do not have housing to live in and resort to living on the street, homeless and that the Township needs to take some responsibility and ensure that there is affordable housing for all.

A resident came in to show the Committee that people in her neighborhood are placing large amounts of brush out at the street after the scheduled collection time. She also said that there a re trailers parked on the street for extended periods of time and that there is no enforcement of existing laws."

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.

May 20, 2019 Middletown Township Committee Meeting

This past Monday at the Middletown Township Committee meeting, the Township Committee presented a proclamation to recognize the 2019 Mayors For A Day. Five elementary school students were selected from various schools in the township to represent their schools as Mayor for a day.

Ordinance 2019-3255 was adopted to provide the Army Corps of Engineers access to township owned property to aid in Phase 2 of the Pt. Monmouth flood control project. The properties designated are the former skate park and the commuter parking lot at the corner of Wilson Ave and Rt. 36.

A number of residents from the Hartshorne Woods area came to inquire when their roads would be repaired. They were especially concerned about Indian Hill Rd, which they said is washing away. The elected officials said the road would be paved by September.



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.

May 6, 2019 Middletown Township Committee Meeting

I failed to post videos from the past couple of months of video postings of the Middletown Township Committee here on the blog. Today I am posting the the May 6th workshop meeting. Interestingly, when i first saw this video a few days ago I notices that the meeting took place in the court house as opposed to the small conference room next to the Clerk's office. I'm assuming it was because the Township Committee adopted the 2019 fiscal budget at this meeting and they wanted to have extra room incase there was a bigger than normal turnout due to the budget adoption.

Anyway, here are the highlights from the meeting, but please watch the video (it's only 29 minutes long), it's alway enlightening to hear what members of the Committee and public have to say when giving comments:

• The governing body voted to approve the 2019 budget.
• An ordinance was adopted to sell various properties around town. An auction date was also adopted to set the date of the auction to May 22.
• Resolutions adopted include authorizing fireworks displays to Navesink Country Club on 5-26 and 7-3, Riverview Foundation on 7-3 and to Beacon Hill Country Club on 7-3.
• Discussion items included planting a tree at Bodman Park in honor of Bill Coyle and to modify the procedure to elect Fire Dept. officials. It was said that the current procedure is too restrictive.

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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The link to this month's Meeting Agenda also contains a copy of the adopted 2019 Fiscal Budget

February 19, 2019 Middletown Township Committee Meeting

In observance of President's Day, this weeks meeting of the Middletown Township Committee meeting was moved from Monday night, to the following night, Tuesday February 19th 2019. It was a relatively short meeting (I didn't attend, I watched the video) which lasted just under an hour.

Here are the highlights from the meeting as posted by Don Watson on the Patch:

- Fire Chief Fred Gorsegner was recognized for his 50 years of service with the MTFD.
- Ordinances were adopted that would re-appropriate borrowed funds to purchase radar units for the police, another for sidewalk improvements and amend summer recreation camps and gymnasium rentals.
- Ordinances were introduced to establish a refund policy for recreation fees and another to amend recreation preschool program fees.
- Some of the resolutions adopted include a change order for Thompson Ave, appoint a municipal prosecutor and ratify an agreement with the Superior Officers Association.
- A group of concerned residents came to express their concerns regarding a proposed crematory being constructed at Fairview Cemetery. Residents spoke about the potential effects of the exhaust that is produced when human bodies are cremated. The Township Committee informed the residents to bring their concerns to the Planning Board, for they could not comment on an application in front of the Planning Board.



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.

February 4, 2019 Middletown Township Committee Meeting

The February 4th workshop meeting of the Middletown Township Committee was uneventful and over after 30 minutes.

Here are the highlights:

• The Committee adopted a salary ordinance that provides salary increases to management and non-contractual employees and professionals.
• Ordinances were introduced to borrow funds to purchase radar equipment, repair sidewalks and increase recreation fees and reduce the time allowed to apply for refunds. These ordinances will be voted upon at the February 19 meeting.
• Resolutions were adopted to appoint a member to the Library Board and name Toll Brothers as the developer of the residential portion of the Circus Liquors Site, more commonly known at Village 35.

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.

January 22, 2019 Middletown Township Committee Meeting

Before tonight's monthly workshop meeting of the Middletown Township Committee, I need to post the monthly business meeting from January 22nd. The meeting that night lasted less than a half hour, which makes watching the video a breeze ... Haha

Here are the few highlights:

This was the first business meeting of the year and began at the new time of 7pm, as it was announced in Resolution 19-52 Annual Meeting Notice. All Township Committee meetings for this year will begin at 7pm.

The Management Salary Ordinance was introduced with a vote scheduled to take place at the February 4 workshop meeting. This ordinance defines the salaries for non-contractual officers and employees, statutory employees and elected officials.

A group of Pickle Ball enthusiasts came in to advocate for courts to play Pickle Ball. They were assured that courts would be drawn on existing tennis courts at Normandy Park initially. After the tennis courts are repaved at Tindal Park, courts would be drawn there. Eventually, they were told that courts would be drawn at Kunkle Park in Leonardo as they requested.



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.

December 17, 2018 Middletown Township Committee Meeting

With all of the holiday hustle and bustle, I never got around to posting the Middletown Township Committee meeting that was held on December 17th. This meeting was rather significant because at this meeting the Township Committee voted to move forward with the proposed new municipal complex that will cost residents over a $100M dollars when all is said and done. The public hearing on the project begins at approx. 29:30 to 1:15:15 of the video.

Another public hearing was held right afterwards concerning a redevelopment plan off of Half-Mile road. The Township committee voted to adopt the resolution even though the Township Planning Board voted against it's approval. That hearing begins approx 1:16:00 and finished at 1:56:02 of the video.

Comments from the Public began at the 2:12:20 portion of the meeting and continued until the end of the meeting some 30 minutes later.




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.

December 3, 2018 Middletown Township Committee Meeting

This past Monday night the Middletown Township Committee got together for it's monthly Workshop meeting. It was a typical December workshop meaning very little was discussed, however, an ordinance was adopted that will provide death benefits for EMS volunteers and another ordinance was adopted that would exempt veterans that are 100% disabled from paying property taxes.

Most of the runtime of the video below can be attributed to Public Comments, which I recommend watching. It's always good to hear what's on the minds of residents that motivates them to attend a Township Committee meeting. Comments being a little after the 25 minute timestamp on the video.





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.

September 17, 2018 Middletown Township Committee Meeting

I just finished watching the video of this past Monday night's Middletown Township Committee meeting. It started off as your regular, run of the mill monthly event. The Township promoted two police officers due to recent retirements and an ordinance was adopted to acquire property along Rt. 36 in Pt. Monmouth to be used as a vehicle impound facility. And an ordinance to amend the redevelopment plan for the new municipal complex was moved to the November 19 meeting.

The most interesting part of this meeting and the real highlight of it that should interest everyone, was the Public Comments portion of the video, which starts at the 22:14 minute mark of the video.

Many local residents came out to passionately voice their opposition to the proposed sports complex that is being planned for Stevenson Park, off of West Front Street in Lincroft.

After the first person voiced their opposition to the plan, acting mayor Kevin Settembrino started that members of the Township Committee will be meeting with residents of Shady Oaks in the coming days to answer any questions that residents living there would have. He then stated that if those he called upon to speak to the committee refrain from asking or rehashing questions about the sports complex. As you can expect, that comment didn't go over well and residents continued with their line of questioning.

During much of the questioning, those speaking were interrupted incessantly and often combatively, by both acting deputy-mayor Tony Fire and acting-mayor Kevin Settembrino.  In the end however, more than a dozen people, which included Blondie lead singer Debbie Harry, voiced their opposition to this complex being built at Stevenson Park.

Will their voices be heard? Based on responses by members of the Township Committee, probably not.  We'll have to stay tuned.




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.

September 4, 2018 Middletown Township Committee Meeting

This month's Workshop meeting of the Middletown Township Committee took place on Tuesday night September 4th. It was held in the courtroom of Town Hall this week due to the large crowd that wished to speak at the public hearing that was conducted on the  proposed development of Stevenson Park.

Stevenson Park is located on W. Front Street and is an undeveloped park on the western end of Shadow Lake.  The Township is proposing to construct up to 9 soccer fields in the park. There were many people attending to express their concerns, on both sides of this project.

Also at this meeting, ordinances were adopted to increase the amount of money the town will borrow to provide more playground and remote control equipment in the parks, land swaps within the Bamm Hollow development project for utility easements and to provide death benefits to EMS volunteers.

Ordinances were also introduced to amend the municipal complex development plan and to purchase more property along Rt. 36 in Pt. Monmouth.





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.

August 20, 2018 Middletown Township Committee Meeting

Last Monday night's marathon meeting of the Middletown Township Committee lasted until the wee hours of the morning. There was an overflow crowd that spilled out into the lobby and the Township Fire Marshall was there to ensure that the Court Room did not exceed the maximum number of people.

The reason for circus like atmosphere was the public hearing regarding ordinance to determine if the redevelopment plan proposed for the Village 35 property was consistent with the Township Master Plan. This was the first time that many residents were allowed to speak on the matter and many attended this meeting to voice their concerns regarding the Plan. At the end of the night, the Township Committee accepted the recommendation of the Planning Board and voted to approve this ordinance.



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.

July 16, 2018 Middletown Township Committee Meeting

At this weeks Middletown Township Committee meeting, realtor Patricia Snell was appointed to fill the open seat on the Committee that was vacated by Mayor Stephanie Murray, when she suddenly resigned last month.

By appointing another member of the Township Committee, the majority of the Committee has not been elected by the residents of Middletown. Come November, there will be 3 seats up for grabs during this year's general election.

Also at this meeting:

• 7 ordinances were adopted permitting the township to borrow over $7M for various projects.
• An ordinance was introduced to accept the the plan which is now being called the Circus Liquors Redevelopment Plan, formerly know as the Shoppes, Village 35 and the Towne Centre. 

A number of residents attended this meeting to gather further information about the project, only to be told that because of pending litigation the Committee was not able to provide information.




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.

May 21, 2018 Middletown Township Committee Meeting

I'm a little late posting this (it's been a rough month so far), but really all you need to see from the May 21st meeting of the Middletown Township Committee video happened during Public Comments.

During this portion of the meeting Tricia Maguire stood in front of the Township Committee, as a concerned citizen, discuss the township's master plan for redevelopment and the impact that the Village 35 project will have on Middletown.  Ms. Maguire was berated and ridiculed for her comments by the the Township Attorney and others sitting on the dais.     

After Tricia Maguire stepped away from the podium, the next speaker took offense to how Maguire was spoken to and stated how he would never let anyone speak to his wife that way, while pointing at Brain Nelson, the Township Attorney. Our acting mayor, Stephanie Murray then chimed in, excusing Nelson's behavior by stating that Maguire's statement was politically charged and that she was running for office, which in and of itself, is reprehensible on Murray's part.

No one deserves to be spoken to from the dais that way regardless whether or not they are seeking office.  I've witnessed many times in the past, residents being disrespected by our elected (and appointed) officials on the dais, both in person and on video.  There is no excuse for it.




Other buisness included:

• An ordinance was adopted to fund preliminary expenses relating to the new municipal complex that is being planned. This ordinance appropriates $250K for this purpose.
• The other 3 ordinances that were introduced at the previous meeting, on May 7 were not brought forward for action.
• Members of the public came forward to inquire about different aspects of the Village 35 project. The Committee did not answer any direct questions due to pending litigation with this project.

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.

May 7, 2018 Middletown Township Committee Meeting

Here are the highlights from last Monday night's Workshop meeting of the Middletown Township Committee. Interesting to note that committee members Stephanie Murray and Rick Hibell were not present for the meeting:

• An ordinance was introduced to allocate $250k towards the new municipal complex that is under development.
• An ordinance was introduced to revise floodplain maps according to FEMA mandates.
• An ordinance was introduced to designate certain intersections as stop intersections.
• An ordinance was introduced to limit parking on various roads.
• All ordinances will have a public hearing at the May 21 meeting, after which a vote will be taken on each.
• Various resolutions were adopted in the consent agenda.
• Of all the items on the agenda for discussion, there were only two that drew any discussion.
• The Township Attorney mentioned that there should be some resolutions granting easements on some properties.

During Public Comments, members of the public expressed concerns about the pavement on the dunes at Ideal Beach, security guards hired by the Board of Education, lines of sight at various intersections and thanking the township for supporting the R.A.G.E. group in opposing the power lines along the train tracks.



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.

April 16, 2018 Middletown Township Committee Meeting

I meant to get this posted the much sooner but I was busy last weekend celebrating my birthday and I was unable to get to it until now.

Here is the latest video from the Middletown Township Committee. The Committee held it's monthly meeting on April 16th and approved the new FY2018 budget. Prior to the adoption, a public hearing was held.  A few people asked about different line items in the budget that have had extreme fluctuations over the past couple of years. The CFO provided clear explanations for those line items.

A couple of other highlights included the "swearing" in of a new police K-9 with his handler. Another public hearing was held for a bond ordinance, from last year, that was reintroduced and adopted due to incorrect wording in the original ordinance and a few Resolutions were adopted, one of which renewed a lease that allowed Oasis Therapeutic Life Centers to use a portion of Stevenson Park to farm.




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.