TC Agenda

The Bedminster Township Committee will be holding the December 16, 2024, meeting in the main meeting room of Town Hall at One Miller Lane, Bedminster, NJ and via Zoom.  Members of the public are invited to join in person or to register for the Zoom meeting by contacting the Municipal Clerk at (908) 212-7000 x 404, or by emailing [email protected] to register.  Participants will be asked to enter the Meeting ID and Password to join the meeting virtually using the link below:

 

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Topic:                                    Bedminster Township Committee Meeting

Time:                                     Dec 16, 2024, 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Meeting ID:                           845 4464 6606

Passcode:                            573695

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TOWNSHIP OF BEDMINSTER

REGULAR MEETING

December 16, 2024

 

1.                    Call Meeting to Order

 

2.                    Open Public Meetings Act Statement

 

Adequate notice of this meeting of the Township Committee was sent to the Courier News, Somerville, Bernardsville News, Whippany and to all subscribers and posted at the Township Municipal Building on January 5, 2024.  

 

3.            Pledge of Allegiance

 

4.            Public Comments – (comments limited to 3 minutes)

 

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5.            Approval of Minutes

 

a.    December 2, 2024 – Township Committee Meeting at 7:00 pm.

 

b.    December 2, 2024 – Executive Session Meeting at 8:01 pm.

 

6.                    Permits & Raffles

 

a.    Casino Night to benefit Basilone Memorial Foundation on February 7, 2025, from 7 pm to 11 pm located at Trump National Golf Club, 900 Lamington Road, Bedminster, NJ.

 

b.    Off-Premise 50/50 Raffle to benefit HSA Immaculate Conception School on March 15, 2025, at 10:30 pm located at Fiddlers Elbow Country Club, 811 Rattlesnake Bridge Road, Bedminster, NJ.

 

7.            Monthly Report Discussion by Subcommittee Chair

 

8.                    Administrator’s Report

 

9.                    Community Policing Report

 

10.                 Introduction of Ordinances

 

None.

 

11.                 Public Hearing of Ordinances

 

None.

 

12.         Consent Agenda (Consent agenda includes items of a routine nature on which consensus has been previously reached.  Committee members may remove any item from the prepared agenda for discussion & possible action later in the Meeting)

 

a.    Resolution No. 2024-156 Authorizes the execution of a Transportation Service Agreement with Somerset County for qualified Bedminster Township residents for purposes of grocery shopping and chore services for the period of January 1, 2025. through December 31, 2025.

 

b.    Resolution No. 2024-163Authorizes the refund of tax overpayments.

 

c.    Resolution No. 2024-164 – Establishes the Bedminster Police Benevolent Association (PBA) Local No. 366 Salaries for the year 2025.

 

13.                 Resolutions

 

a.    Resolution No. 2024-161 – Authorizes a professional services agreement between the Township of Bedminster and Phoenix Consulting Group, LOLC for Chief Finance Officer (CFO) Services.

 

b.    Resolution No. 2024-165 – Appoints Phoenix Consulting Group, LLC to serve as Temporary Chief Finance Officer for a one (1) year term.

 

14.                 Approval of Bill List

 

15.                 New Business

 

None.

 

16.                 Old Business

 

a.    Utilities

JCP&L, Altice and NJAW status of the service and repair projects in Bedminster

 

b.    Pluckemin Park Housing

 

c.    Somerset Hills Public Safety Committee

 

17.                 Township Committee Comments

 

18.                 Executive Session

 

            None.

 

19.                 Adjourn

 

 

 

 

 

20.                 Correspondence

 

·         Township of Bernards Ordinance No. 2567 – Amends, revises, and supplements the Code of the Township of Bernards, Chapter 21, “Land Development,” regarding uses permitted in the E-2 and E-4 Office Zones.

 

·         Township of Bernards Ordinance No. 2568 – Amends, revises, and supplements the Code of the Township of Bernards, Chapter 21, “Revised Land Use Ordinances,” to create a Film Studio and Community Campus Overlay Zone within the R-1 Zone.