AGENDA

TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE MEETING
January 14, 2008

7:00 P.M.

1.  Pledge of Allegiance

2.  Open Public Meetings Act Notice

3.  Roll Call

4.          Reports and Communications

                  --Mayor

                  --Members of Committee

                  --Subcommittees

5. Agenda Additions/Changes

6. Regular Committee Minutes for December 17, 2007

7. Resolutions

a) Resolution # R 01-08-015 – Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Clerk to execute a Shared Services Agreement between the County of Middlesex and Cranbury Township for health services from January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2009 ($17,847).

b) Resolution # R 01-08-016 – Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Clerk to execute an Agreement with Paul Cowie & Associates for services in conjunction with the Township’s 2008-2013 Community Forestry Management Plan ($4,500).

c)  Resolution # R 01-08-017 – Resolution authorizing Cranbury Township  to match a grant, in the amount of $3,000, from the “Community Forestry Management Plan” under the NJDEP Division of Parks & Forestry.

d) Resolution # R 01-08-018 – Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Clerk to execute an Agreement for the “Municipal Partnership Program for Consumer Electronics” with the County of Middlesex. 

e)   Resolution # R 01-08-022 – Resolution authorizing the Lease by Auction of the farmed portions of Township property known as the “Frosztega Property”.

f)    Resolution # R 01-08-023 – Resolution authorizing the Lease by Auction of the farmed portions of Township property known as the “Fischer Property”.

      8.                  Resolutions

                               Consent

a)Resolution # R 01-08-019 – Payment of Bills.

                           b)      Resolution # R 01-08-020 – Resolution authorizing a reduction of

                                    a Performance Guarantee for Jen-Dar Realty (Block 2, Lot 10).

      9.        Ordinances

                  First Reading

CRANBURY TOWNSHIP ORDINANCE 01-08-01 –AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF CRANBURY, IN MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, CONSENTING TO THE EXTENSION OF THE “NO PASSING ZONE” ON MIDDLESEX COUNTY ROUTE 615 /CRANBURY NECK ROAD (FROM SYMMES COURT TO WYNNEWOOD DRIVE) Second Reading, January 28, 2008).

CRANBURY TOWNSHIP ORDINANCE 01-08-02 – AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF CRANBURY, MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, AMENDING CHAPTER 5 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF CRANBURY, “POLICE DEPARTMENT,” TO CREATE THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND APPOINT AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR (Second Reading, January 28, 2008).

    10.      Reports from Township Staff and Professionals

       11.      Reports from Township Boards and Commissions 

       12.      Work Session

b. Monthly Report by Police Chief Jay Hansen

   Police Chief Jay Hansen will present the Police Department’s monthly report for December to the Township Committee members.   

b.   Discussion of 2008 Liaison Assignments by Township Committee

The Township Committee will discuss the 2008 Township Committee members’ liaison assignments.

    13.      Public Comment

 14.      Closed Session - Closed Session – Resolution # R 01-08-021

---  Litigation; Discussion of the status of real property tax appeal       litigation.

    15.      Mayor’s Notes

        16.     Adjournment

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