(TONIGHT) TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE MEETING at 7:00 P.M. TOWN HALL MEETING ROOM

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http://cranburytownship.org/TC-Documents/2010/Agenda042610.pdf

Of Note:

*Old Trenton Road 35 MPH
*Baseball Field Update
*Bus line between Plainsboro, Cranbury, and Jamesburg

TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE MEETING
April 26, 2010
7:00 P.M.
TOWN HALL MEETING ROOM
23-A NORTH MAIN STREET
CRANBURY, NEW JERSEY



1. Pledge of Allegiance

2. Open Public Meetings Act Notice

3. Roll Call

4. Regular Township Committee Minutes of April 12, 2010

Closed Session Committee Minutes of April 12, 2010

5. Reports and Communications
--Mayor
--Members of Committee
--Subcommittees

6. Agenda Additions/Changes

7. Ordinances

First Reading

CRANBURY TOWNSHIP ORDINANCE # 04-10-04 – A BOND
ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR VARIOUS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS OF
THE TOWNSHIP OF CRANBURY, IN THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX,
NEW JERSEY, APPROPRIATING $146,755 THEREFORE AND
AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $139,418 BONDS OR NOTES OF
THE TOWNSHIP TO FINANCE PART OF THE COST THEREOF (Second
Reading, May 10, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.).

CRANBURY TOWNSHIP ORDINANCE # 04-10-05 – AN ORDINANCE OF
THE TOWNSHIP OF CRANBURY IN MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NEW
JERSEY ACCEPTING THE DEDICATION BY CRANBURY HOUSING
ASSOCIATES OF THE “PIN OAK” PROPERTY SITUATED ON OLD
CRANBURY ROAD AND DESIGNED ON THE CRANBURY TOWNSHIP
TAX MAPS AS BLOCK 20, LOTS 11 AND 12.01, AND A PORTION OF LOT 13.01 (Second Reading, May 10, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.).

Second Reading

CRANBURY TOWNSHIP ORDINANCE #04-10-02
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF CRANBURY AMENDING “AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE SALARIES, WAGES AND BENEFITS FOR VARIOUS OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE TOWNSHIP OF CRANBURY PROVIDING FOR THE MANNER OF PAYMENT THEREOF, AND RATIFYING SALARIES AND PAYMENTS TO EMPLOYEES AND OFFICIALS PREVIOUSLY PAID”.

Second Reading (cont’d)

CRANBURY TOWNSHIP ORDINANCE # 04-10-03
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A SPECIAL EMERGENCY
APPROPRIATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $125,000 FOR THE
PREPARATION AND EXECUTION OF A COMPLETE MASTER PLAN
UPDATE IN AND BY THE TOWNSHIP OF CRANBURY, IN THE COUNTY
OF MIDDLESEX, NEW JERSEY.

9. Resolution

Consent Resolutions

a). Payment of Bills Resolution # R 04-10-058.

b). Cranbury Township Resolution # R 04-10-059 – Resolution approving
an increase in field fees for the Board of Recreation.

c). Cranbury Township Resolution # R 04-10-060 – Resolution providing
for the insertion of a Special Item of Revenue in the Municipal Budget
of the Township of Cranbury pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:4-87 (Chapter
159, P.L. 1948) for Body Armor Replacement.

d). Cranbury Township Resolution # R 04-10-061 – Resolution
authorizing the issuance of $125,000 special emergency notes for the
Revaluation Program of the Township of Cranbury, in the County of
Middlesex, New Jersey.

e). Cranbury Township Resolution # R 04-10-062 – Resolution adopting
changes to the Township’s Personnel Manual.

f). Cranbury Township Resolution # R 04-10-063 – Resolution to affirm the Township of Cranbury’s Civil Rights Policy with respect to all officials, appointees, employees, prospective employees, volunteers, independent contractors and members of the public that come into contact with municipal employees, officials and volunteers.

10. Resolution

a). Cranbury Township Resolution # R 04-10-064 – Resolution requesting the County to change the speed limit on Old Trenton Road to 35 m.p.h.

11. Reports from Township Staff and Professionals

Administrator’s Report

12. Work Session

a). Presentation by Mr. Steven Fittante, Middlesex County on new “M6 Jamesburg, Cranbury, Plainsboro Community Shuttle”.
Mr. Steven Fittante, Middlesex County, will present and discuss with the

12. Work Session (Continued)

a). Presentation by Mr. Steven Fittante, Middlesex County on new “M6 Jamesburg, Cranbury, Plainsboro Community Shuttle”(cont’d).
Township Committee and the public, the new “M6 Shuttle Service” which will be available to the residents starting on May 15, 2010.

b). Discussion of Cranbury Township’s Possible Participation in the
Preservation of the “Kurek Farm”
The Township Committee will discuss the Township’s possible
participation in a farmland preservation application to the Middlesex
County Agriculture Development Board for the Kurek Farm.

13. Reports from Township Boards and Commissions
Marilynn Mullen, Director of The Cranbury Public Library, will give the
Library’s Annual Report.

Report from Chairperson Beth Veghte, Board of Recreation Commissioners on outstanding baseball field items.

14. Public Comment

15. Mayor’s Notes

16. Closed Session Resolution - Cranbury Township Resolution # R -04-10-065
----- “N.J.S.A. 10:4-12b (7) – /Contract negotiations: Discussion of terms of
contract for dispatching services”;

----- “N.J.S.A. 10:4-12b (7) - /Contract negotiations: Discussion with Township Committee regarding potential Shared Services Agreement.
17. Adjourn.

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What happened at the meeting last night? Thanks

[Dan Mulligan]

A Quick Summary of last nights meeting...

-Old Trenton Road going to 35 MPH

-The Baseball field which has been called the "Babe Ruth Field", then the "Regulation Ball Field", was referred to last night as the "Village Green Field". At the end of last year the town received another 175k grant to complete work. Last night the Rec Committee proposed 87k of that money be spent on a scoreboard, bleachers, dugouts, and a well for irrigation. Based on my quick calculations we have now spent 596k on this project with 25k coming directly from Cranbury and the balance coming from County Taxes. Based on the last grant we still have another 88k to be spent on the project potentially. Total for the field could reach 675k when its all said and done if all the grant money is spent on this project. One good point to be made for this latest spend is Committeeman Win Cody made sure the well which is going in for irrigation has been designed for enough capacity to also water the soccer fields at some point if they are ever hooked up.

-NJ Transit gave a presentation on a new public bus line which will be running from Jamesburg, then through Cranbury, Plainsboro and finally ending at Princeton Junction Train station. The plan is for the line to run 6 days a week (Mon-Sat) from 6AM to 7PM. The one planned stop in Cranbury is Park Place with the bus stopping additionally for anyone that waves them down.

-The library gave a presentation about what they are doing for the community as well as presenting a summary for their budget from I believe was the last five years. They said that it would be posted on their web site so everyone can see. One point to be made the library is facing cuts from the state level which will jeopardize the inter library sharing which last year allowed Cranbury residents to borrow 1400 books from other towns libraries. This is one cut which concerns me as we do have a small library shared with the school and it is impossible to house a large number of books for every topic. The loss of this service will negatively impact many residents and I agree this cut should not happen and should be reversed.

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The township of Cranbury only spent 25k on the ball field? That sounds like one hell of a deal. What is everyone complaining about?

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It was explained by Ms. Stave last year that the county gets a request from us and if approved simply sends us a check for the work. It is then up to us to do the work. If we do it for less we keep the money. This was the difference between the grant and a DOT project.

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Why so much for a baseball field? How many residents will actually use this field which cost us over $500,000 of our local and county tax dollars? Just think of all the other recreation improvements we could have had in town with that much money? Why has the township council been neglecting everyone else and only catering to the baseball field crowd?

As a resident who has lived here for over 20 years with no children and someone who likes to run, walk, bike, play tennis and paddle ball I would like to see bike paths, walking paths, improved tennis courts, and even a paddle ball court. We could have done most if not all of those things with the $500,000 we wasted on this baseball field.

What about the rest of us who pay local and county taxes why have we been neglected?

This money is not free from the county its our tax dollars and this is the only way we could see fit to spend it?

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[Just my 2 cents]

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