Township Committee — October 27, 2026
A regular meeting. The agenda lists recognitions of National Disability Employment Awareness Month and First Responders Appreciation Month, the reappointment of the shared municipal court judge, a final change order reducing the 2025 Reivax road contract by $73,236.70, and a snow removal contract. The township had not posted minutes of this meeting as of Nov. 1, 2026.
- Infrastructure
- Government
Meeting recording
Recording plays on the township archive
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What happened
What the agenda lists
The Township Committee held a regular meeting on Tuesday, October 27, 2026 at 7:30 p.m. in the Warren Craft Meeting Room. The township had not posted minutes of this meeting as of Nov. 1, 2026; the Committee normally approves minutes at its next meeting, set for November 10. The items below are the agenda’s listing, not a record of what happened.
Presentations
- #2026-0415, recognizing National Disability Employment Awareness Month and local businesses that employ disabled adults.
- #2026-0419, recognizing October as First Responders Appreciation Month. See fire and EMS.
- #2026-0432, acknowledging the township’s responses to the state Division of Local Government Services CY2026/SFY2027 Best Practices Inventory.
Consent agenda
- #2026-0427, change order #4 and final for the 2025 road improvements by Reivax Contracting Corp., a decrease of $73,236.70 (5.07%). See roads and paving.
- #2026-0430, a bid award for snow removal at municipal facilities to Research and Design Landscape LLC of Bernardsville.
- #2026-0429, unleaded gasoline through a Somerset County co-op, not to exceed $100,000.00.
- #2026-0422, reappointing the Hon. Katherine E. Howes as judge of the shared municipal court of Bedminster, Peapack and Gladstone, Bernardsville and Bernards for three years from January 1, 2027.
- #2026-0421, renewing the clothing recycling bin agreement with American Recycling Technologies Inc., October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2029. See trash and recycling.
- #2026-0424 and #2026-0425, appointing Carol Ackerman as Human Resources Manager and Jackie Barber as Assistant Human Resources Manager; a vacation payout.
- Special event permits for the Basking Ridge Business Alliance Winter Market and Tree Lighting (December 5, 2026) and the Almost Winter Classic 5K (November 7, 2026); a Fieldstone Drive block party; a tax refund to Verizon; and the bill list.
- Approval of the October 13 minutes.
What the Committee decided, and any public comment, will be summarized from the minutes once the township posts them.
Records
- Agenda (township document page)
- Video on the township’s YouTube channel. LocalWhy summarizes meetings from the written record, not the video.