Township Committee — December 23, 2025
A 23-minute afternoon meeting, with two members joining by phone. The Committee adopted Ordinance #2590, a riparian conservation easement on Briar Lane, cancelled $4,000,000.00 of unspent 2025 appropriations to fund balance, set the 2026 parks and recreation fees and renewed the shared municipal court for 2026-2028, all 5-0. One person spoke.
- Taxes
- Environment
- Government
Meeting recording
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What happened
What the record shows
The meeting began at 1:30 p.m. and adjourned at 1:53 p.m. All five members were present: Duarte McCarthy, Tancredi and Mayor Fields in the room, Asay and McNally by phone. There was no executive session. Every vote below was 5-0 (aye Asay, Duarte McCarthy, McNally, Tancredi, Fields).
Ordinance
- #2590, accepting a riparian zone conservation easement at 24 Briar Lane (Block 3402, Lot 9) from 301 Garrett, LLC: adopted after a hearing with no comments. See parks and open space.
Resolutions
The consent agenda included:
- #2025-0446, cancelling unexpended 2025 Current Fund appropriation balances totaling $4,000,000.00 and crediting them to fund balance. The largest lines were legal services ($300,151.00), utilities ($251,897.93), employee group insurance ($210,628.01), code enforcement other expenses ($209,884.99) and snow other expenses ($189,000.00). #2025-0447 cancelled $112,714.00 of completed or grantor-cancelled public health grant balances. See budget and taxes.
- #2025-0434, the 2026 fee schedule and policies for parks and recreation: facility, picnic shelter, court and field rentals, artificial turf ($55 resident and $80 non-resident per hour, March to December), commercial rates, equipment kits and non-profit special events. See parks and recreation.
- #2025-0451, renewing the shared services agreement for a shared municipal court with Peapack and Gladstone, Bernardsville and Bedminster, January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2028, with Bedminster as host. The minutes print no dollar figure.
- #2025-0444, an electronic message trailer from Applied Concepts, Inc., not to exceed $19,501, paid from a public health grant and recommended by the Police Department.
- #2025-0445, architectural design for the Municipal Building open stairway alterations by PS&S, not to exceed $10,700.00.
- #2025-0452, raising the Weldon Materials road materials contract by $5,000.00 to $90,000.00.
- #2025-0436, a special event permit and street closures for the Community Holiday Sing on December 24, 2025.
- A disabled veteran’s full property tax exemption and refunds (#2025-0448, #2025-0450) and a refund to Verizon (#2025-0449).
- The bill list (#2025-0443), $1,833,659.91 in 148 payments.
The December 9 minutes were approved; Mayor Fields, absent on December 9, abstained.
Public comment
One person spoke: Todd Edelstein of Riverside Drive, on street lights, snow removal, public comment and the message trailer resolution, #2025-0444. No one spoke at the hearing on #2590.
Records
- Minutes (township document page)
- Agenda (township document page)
- Video on the township’s YouTube channel. This page follows the Committee’s minutes.