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Contracts for new police cars and cleanup services were approved November 28 by the Township Council. The Council approved a contract worth $319,709.60 with Nielson Ford of Morristown for seven Ford Police Interceptors. The Council also approved a contract worth $150,000 with Panfietti Construction of Phillipsburgh for property cleanup as needed. The contract is effective through November 2025, and cannot …

A long-term tax abatement plan for a township low-income senior citizen apartment building was approved by the Township Council recently. The Payment in Lieu of Taxes, or PILOT, program was deemed necessary by the Council to aid in the rehabilitation of the Wilentz Senior Residence at the Wilf Campus for Senior Living on DeMott Lane. The Council approved on second …

Contracts worth more than $941,679 for goods and services were approved November 13 by the Township Council. The contracts awarded were: A $24,900 and a $6,300 contract to Francen Contracting of Branchburg for rehabilitation of 26 Tamarack Road. A 2-year, $200,000 contract to Fyr-Fyter Sales & Service of Pennington for Central Station Monitoring. Maintenance, Repair and Testing Security Systems, Sprinkler …

A contract worth more than $65,000 for fitness equipment for Naaman Williams Park was awarded September 12 by the Township Council. The company that will supply and install the equipment is MRC of Spring Lake. Among the equipment being purchased is a captain’s chair for $4,692, recumbent cycle for $6,658, vault bar ($619) and push-up ($1,150) stations, cardio walker for …

CDBG GRANTS – Deborah Mitchell, administrator of the Township’s Community Development Block Grant program, discusses this year’s program at the Township Council meeting. An application for more than $348,000 in federal Community Development Block Grant money was approved July 11 by the Township Council. The program, overseen by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, is designed to help …

UPDATE: All of the bond ordinances were approved at the May 23 meeting. Bond ordinances totaling nearly $20 million for capital improvements and purchases were introduced by the Township Council at its May 9 meeting. The largest, $6,225,000, is earmarked for improvements to the water utility. Among the projects included in the bond are the East Millstone water main replacement, …

Contracts worth nearly $2.8 million were awarded by the Township Council at its May 9 meeting. The largest, for $1,874,520, went to Shauger Property Services of East Orange for the MacAfee Road water main replacement. Capital Paving & Contracting of Annandale was awarded a $746,683.95 contract for the repaving of Equator Avenue. Pellegrino Chevrolet of Westville was awarded a $168,000 …

BUDGET INTRODUCTION – Township Manager Robert Vornlocker broke down the proposed 2023 township budget at the April 11 Township Council meeting. Update: The Council adopted the budget at its May 9 meeting The $66.3 million 2023 budget introduced on April 11 by the Township Council carries with it a 1 percent increase in the amount of local purpose taxes to …

BUDGET QUESTION – Township Councilman James Vassanella asks a question about an aspect of the proposed 2023 budget requests. The final municipal departments made their 2023 budget requests to the Township Council at a special March 21 budget hearing. As is the norm, Township Manager Robert Vornlocker presented the departments’ proposed budgets with respective representatives on hand to answer any …

RISING WATER … RATES – Mayor Phil Kramer said increases in what the Township pays for water forced its hand in raising rates to township customers. An ordinance amendment that calls for a 15 percent increase in water rates was introduced on first reading at the March 14 Township Council meeting. The hike would be the first such increase in …