MEDFORD TOWNSHIP
COUNCIL MEETING
March 14, 2006 7:30 P.M.

The Medford Township Meeting of the above date was convened by Mayor Post, followed by the salute to the flag and reading of the Open Public Meetings Act Statement.

COUNCIL ROLL CALL

Mr. David Brown Present
Mr. Christopher Myers Present
Mr. Walter Urban Present
Deputy Mayor Scott Rudder Present
Mayor Lisa A. Post Present

PROFESSIONALS PRESENT

Michael Achey, Acting Township Manager
John Crafchun, Manager's Office
Richard Hunt, Township Solicitor
Christopher Noll, Township Engineer

MINUTES

Public Session and Executive Session Minutes of February 28, 2006

Mr. Brown moved for approval of the Public Session minutes of February 28, 2006. The motion was seconded by Mr. Myers.

Roll call vote for approval as follows: Mr. Brown, aye, Mr. Myers, aye, Mr. Urban, aye, Deputy Mayor Rudder, abstain, and Mayor Post, aye.

MANAGER'S REPORT

NONE

ENGINEER'S REPORT

Mayor Post asked Mr. Noll to respond to a letter from the 8th legislative District regarding funding for various Department of Transportation projects.

Mr. Noll gave a status report on the Dixontown Road bike lane. Mr. Noll has requested an extension on the grants until the end of 2006 for Dixontown Road and the Hartford Road/Route 70 intersection projects. Requests have been made to PSE&G to have the poles along Dixontown Road moved, but to date nothing has been done with the poles.

Mr. Brown asked if a letter could be sent to PSE&G regarding the poles to be moved. Council has requested a letter to be sent in this regard.

Mayor Post wants to ensure that the grant funds are held in place by extensions or allotted to other projects so the funds are secure. Mr. Noll will take the necessary steps to ensure that the funds are not in jeopardy of being recalled.

Mr. Urban stated some concern that the funds might not be available because of the large State budget deficit and the possibility that the Governor could institute an Executive Order to pull funds to fill gaps in the budget.

SOLICITOR'S REPORT

NONE

PUBLIC

NONE

ORDINANCES FOR INTRODUCTION

NONE

ORDINANCES FOR PUBLIC HEARING

NONE

RESOLUTIONS

RESOLUTION 77-2006 "Authorizing the Township Council to Call Performance Bond Posted by Rita's Garden Center, SPR-5502F"

Mr. Myers moved for approval of the resolution, seconded by Deputy Mayor Rudder.

Mayor Post opened the meeting for public comments.

There were no public comments.

Mr. Urban asked if all avenues of communication have been exhausted with the applicant so the bond doesn't have to be called.

Letters have been sent to the applicant but there has been no response to the letters.

Roll call vote for approval as follows: Mr. Brown, aye, Mr. Myers, aye, Mr. Urban, aye, Deputy Mayor Rudder, aye, and Mayor Post, aye.

RESOLUTION 78-2006 "Authorization to Submit Recycling Tonnage Grant Application to New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection"

Mr. Urban moved for approval of the resolution, seconded by Mr. Brown.

Mayor Post opened the meeting for public comments.

There were no public comments.

Roll call vote for approval as follows: Mr. Brown, aye, Mr. Myers, aye, Mr. Urban, aye, Deputy Mayor Rudder, aye, and Mayor Post, aye.

RESOLUTION 79-2006 "Approving 2005 Appropriation Reserve Transfers"

Deputy Mayor Rudder moved for approval of the resolution, seconded by Mr. Myers.

Mayor Post opened the meeting for public comments.

There were no public comments.

Roll call vote for approval as follows: Mr. Brown, aye, Mr. Myers, aye, Mr. Urban, aye, Deputy Mayor Rudder, aye, and Mayor Post, aye.

RESOLUTION 80-2006 "Approving Request for Final Release of Maintenance Guarantee, WAWA, Inc., SPR-5531"

Mr. Brown moved for approval of the resolution, seconded by Mr. Myers.

Mayor Post opened the meeting for public comments.

There were no public comments.

Roll call vote for approval as follows: Mr. Brown, aye, Mr. Myers, aye, Mr. Urban, aye, Deputy Mayor Rudder, aye, and Mayor Post, aye.

RESOLUTION 81-2006 "Filling Vacancy on Planning Board"

Deputy Mayor Rudder moved for approval of the resolution, seconded by Mr. Myers.

Mr. Brown will replace Mr. Rudder on this committee.

Mayor Post opened the meeting for public comments.

There were no public comments.

Roll call vote for approval as follows: Mr. Brown, aye, Mr. Myers, aye, Mr. Urban, aye, Deputy Mayor Rudder, aye, and Mayor Post, aye.

COMMUNICATION

NONE

OLD BUSINESS

NONE

NEW BUSINESS

1. Volunteer Firefighter Application - David Curry
2. Volunteer Firefighter Application - Kyle Johnson

3. Catering Permits- Carrera Catering
April 1, 2006
April 8, 2006
May 20, 2006.

Deputy Mayor Rudder moved to accept the applications for the firefighters and the three catering permits, seconded by Mr. Brown with all members in agreement.

PUBLIC

NONE

Mr. Myers moved to close the public portion of the meeting, seconded by Deputy Mayor Rudder.

The motion to close the public portion of meeting was duly made, seconded and affirmatively voted upon by all Council present.

EXECUTIVE SESSION MEETING

Mayor Post advised that the purpose of the Executive Session is to discuss litigation and property acquisition.

Resolution 82-2006 "Authorizing Executive Session"

Mayor Post moved for approval of the resolution, seconded by Mr. Brown.

The motion for approval to adjourn to Executive Session at 7:45 P.M. was duly made, seconded and affirmatively voted upon by all Council present.

Mayor Post provided that action may or may not be taken in Executive Session.

RECONVENING OF MEETING

Mayor Post reconvened the meeting at 8:40 P.M.

She reported litigation and property acquisition issues had been discussed in Executive Session and that action had taken place.

RESOLUTION 83-2006 "Resolution Authorizing Execution of a Lot Maintenance Agreement with Redeveloper For Medford Crossing North and Medford Crossing South"

Mr. Myers moved for approval of the resolution, seconded by Deputy Mayor Rudder.

Mayor Post opened the meeting for public comments.

There were no public comments.

Roll call vote for approval as follows: Mr. Brown, aye, Mr. Myers, aye, Mr. Urban, aye, Deputy Mayor Rudder, aye, and Mayor Post, aye.

ADJOURNMENT

There being no further business Mr. Brown moved that the meeting be adjourned at 8:45 P.M., seconded by Deputy Mayor Rudder with all members in agreement.

Respectfully submitted,

Joyce F. Frenia, RMC
Township Clerk


**Next meeting scheduled for: April 12, 2006

**The regularly scheduled meeting of April 11, 2006 has been rescheduled to Wednesday, April 12, 2006. There will be a special open public meeting at 6:00 PM followed by the regular agenda meeting at 7:30 PM. Adequate notice of this change was published in the Central Record on Thursday, 23, 2006.