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Township Council Extends Farmland Leases

Township Council Extends Farmland Leases

Two leases with township farmers were extended Feb. 24 by the Township Council. The council voted to approve the second of two one-year extensions to Albert Puchalek for Catalpa Farm on Old Vliet Road. The farmland consists of 50 acres, with a fee of $51.25 per acre, or $2,562.50 for the year. The council and […]

Updated: Final Proposed Township Budget To Carry ‘Lowest Tax Hike’ In Several Years

Updated: Final Proposed Township Budget To Carry ‘Lowest Tax Hike’ In Several Years

Update: The budget was introduced at the March 10 Township Council meeting. A public hearing has been set for April 14. Original Story: The $57.2 million township budget expected to be introduced next month will carry with it a 3 percent hike in the amount to be raised by taxes, the Township Council was told […]

Open Space Committee Wants To Share Laborers’ Cost With Township

Open Space Committee Wants To Share Laborers’ Cost With Township

Members of the township Open Space Advisory Committee are willing to shoulder some of the cost of laborers to help maintain township parks, but they want the township to chip in, too. The committee on Feb. 17 voted down a suggestion from the Township Committee that it shoulder the entire $100,000 cost of two new […]

Township Council Hears Requests For More Employees, Equipment At Second Budget Meeting

Township Council Hears Requests For More Employees, Equipment At Second Budget Meeting

The township’s payroll could grow by eight more positions this year, based on requests made at the Township Council’s second budget hearing on Feb. 12. Department heads presenting their budgets to the council also made requests for trucks, technology and other capital items during the four-hour hearing. In a process begun on Feb. 9, the […]

New Bus, Pickup Truck On Township Departments’ 2015 Budget Wish Lists

New Bus, Pickup Truck On Township Departments’ 2015 Budget Wish Lists

  Requests for a new bus for senior citizens and a new pickup truck for the township’s Fire Prevention department were made Feb. 9 during the Township Council’s first hearing on the proposed 2015 budget. The council heard from the heads of nine township departments during the session. The roughly $57 million proposed budget was put together […]

Township Council Votes On Spending More Than $1.8 Million For Products And Services

Township Council Votes On Spending More Than $1.8 Million For Products And Services

More than $1.8 million was earmarked for a number of suppliers for purchases for 2015 by the Township Council at its Feb. 3 meeting. Items approved were: $25,000 in engineering services to CME Associates of Parlin, The Reynolds Group of Raritan and Carroll Engineering of Hillsborough. $10,979.40 for two AutoCAD license updates to DLT Solutions of […]

Council Moves To Sell Churchill Avenue Land To Habitat For Humanity

Council Moves To Sell Churchill Avenue Land To Habitat For Humanity

[wpgmappity id=”18″]   The Township Council wants to sell two Churchill Avenue parcels to Raritan Valley Habitat for Humanity. An ordinance authorizing the sale of the township property, for a “nominal” fee, was introduced at the council’s Feb. 3 meeting. The parcels are 140 and 178 Churchill Ave. The land will be used to construct […]

Township Council Moves On 9/11 Memorial

Township Council Moves On 9/11 Memorial

A bond ordinance earmarking $18,500 for a 9/11 memorial was introduced Feb. 3 by the Township Council. The money is left over from a 2004 bond ordinance. A site near the township library has been targeted for the memorial. “It’s high time” the memorial was built, said Township Councilman Rajiv Prasad, (D-At Large). “I thank […]

Resurfacing Planned For Stretch Of Canal Road

Resurfacing Planned For Stretch Of Canal Road

[wpgmappity id=”17″]   Resurfacing of another portion of Canal Road is on the Township Council’s to-do list this year. Councilman Ted Chase, (D-Ward 1) said at the Feb. 3 meeting that money to resurface the road from Route 518 to Griggstown would be included in the 2015 capital budget. The project has been delayed, Chase […]

Planning Underway For July 4 Celebration

Planning Underway For July 4 Celebration

The architects of the township’s July 4 celebration are looking to expand the kind of entertainment offered to residents. Township Councilman Carl R.A. Wright (D-Ward 4), a member of the planing committee, said at the Feb. 3 council meeting that the group has “a  lot on the agenda.” “We’re looking at a $17,000 budget,” he said. […]