Township Committee — July 28, 2026
The Committee continued the community-based deer management program for 2026-2027, approved change orders on the Renda Roads repair contract (+$79,952.87) and the 2025 Reivax road program (+$31,701.57), and bought Public Works trucks, hooklift equipment and a van totaling about $851,000, all 5-0. Five people spoke, all on the former Lord Stirling School property.
- Environment
- Infrastructure
- Government
Meeting recording
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What happened
What the record shows
All five members were present: Asay, Hodges, McNally, Tompkins and Mayor Duarte McCarthy. There was no executive session. No ordinances were on the agenda. Every vote below was 5-0 (aye Asay, Hodges, McNally, Tompkins, Duarte McCarthy). The meeting adjourned at 8:19 p.m.
A proclamation recognized National Night Out on August 4, 2026, presented to the Police Department. Five Eagle Scouts of Troop 351 were honored: William Josling, Logan Murphy, John Reynolds, Ahil Thendral and Jake Anthony Valentin.
Resolutions
The consent agenda included:
- #2026-0343, approving the 2026-2027 Community Based Deer Management Program under the Deer Management Advisory Committee, acknowledging its annual report and authorizing an application for an extended season. (The resolution’s title refers to the 2024-2025 program, its body to the 2025-2026 program, and it prints the new season as “2065-2027”.) See deer management.
- #2026-0355, change order #1 on Renda Roads’ DPW road repairs: $79,952.87 (7.80%) more, for a new total of $1,104,952.87. #2026-0356, change order #3 on Reivax Contracting Corp.’s 2025 road improvements: $31,701.57 more, for total change orders of $49,222.91 (3.41%) and a new total of $1,492,332.91. See roads and paving.
- Public Works vehicles and equipment, mostly from capital Ordinance #2597: two Western Star cab-and-chassis trucks ($308,143.70), hooklift hoists, salt spreaders, plows and bodies for them ($447,186.00), an electric cargo van ($54,747.19) and a Dodge Durango ($41,240.00).
- #2026-0360, server and network storage upgrades, not to exceed $44,251.08.
- #2026-0353, discharging a Housing Rehabilitation Program mortgage on Baldwin Court after 35% was repaid under its depreciating terms.
- Hires: a patrol officer, a fire inspector and a roads crew chief.
Nitin Paranandi was appointed a junior member of the Liberty Corner Fire Company and Conor Davis a full member of the Basking Ridge Fire Company #1. See fire and EMS. The July 14 minutes were approved.
Public comment
No one spoke in the first period. In the second, five Riverside Drive residents commented on the property at 99 Lord Stirling Road (formerly Lord Stirling School): Anna Ford, Patty Kolshorn, Anne Kleinle, Todd Edelstein and Yuri Grabovsky. The minutes record no positions. Edelstein also spoke about National Night Out, the closing of Stop & Shop and his support for his neighbors’ comments. See the Lord Stirling School property.
Records
- Minutes (township document page)
- Agenda (township document page)
- Video on the township’s YouTube channel. This page follows the Committee’s minutes.