December 4th 2023 the noce requirements provided for in the open public meetings act have been satisfied notice of this meeting was properly given by transmission to the Ury Park Press the Middletown sun and the tour of her times and by posting at the Middletown Township Municipal Building and filing with the Township Clerk all on January 5th 2023 committe man Clark hereit women cats here commit men s bro here Deputy Mayor hell here mayor Perry here please rise for the pled of Allegiance I pledge allegiance to the flag the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all at this time I'd like to ask for a moment of silence to honor the troop serving worldwide defending our constitutions freedoms and way of life thank you our first item on tonight's agenda we have a public hearing of proposed ordinance 2023 - 3399 an ordinance establishing fair market value for property identified as block 835 part of lot 18 within the township of Middletown and authorizing acquisition of this property by purchase or eminent domain for the purpose of maintaining open space and enhancing public recreational opportunities any member of the public wishing to speak on public ordinance number great let me tell you anyway um like you said I've been out of the loop for a little while and I was just wondering where block 835 is this those our GS GIS map store are not working correctly this is the Treader property um yeah that helps me too uh it's it's over like whipper will Valley Road okay back back there um several long before I think any of us were on the township committee actually the township purchased part of that property that's back there and this would close that out so that now the township would own the entirety of the trader property um and preserve it for the purposes of open space cool okay thank you you're welcome thanks done any other member of the public wishing to speak on public ordinance number 2023 3399 seeing no other member of the public stepping forward move the close the public portion and approve second committee man Clark yes committee pretz yes committee man s brino yes Deputy Mayor HBO yes mayor Perry yes motion carries to pass this ordinance on second and final reading our next time already our next item on tonight's agenda we have introduction of proposed ordinances we have ordinance 2023 3400 an ordinance authorizing always stop at Wilson Avenue and Main Street in Port Mammoth including no left turn restrictions from Wilson Avenue Northbound and suffk Avenue and a no right turn restriction from Main Street eastbound motion to introduce second committee man Clark yes committeewoman Katz yes committeeman s brino yes Deputy Mayor hell yes mayor Perry yes motion carries pass this ordinance on first reading with a public hearing to be held December yeah December 18th 2023 at this time we have ordinance 2023 3401 an ordinance reappointing the township of Middletown certified tax collector Deborah marchetti with tenure motion to introduce second commit Clark yes committee women cratz yes commit Senate brino yes Deputy Mayor hell yes mayor Perry yes motion carries to pass this ordinance on first reading with a public hearing to be held December 18th 2023 our next ordinance 2023 3402 an ordinance amending ordinance number 2021 3313 to revise the deed of dedication and Perpetual flood protection Levy easement area and the temporary work area easement area on block 265 lot 6.01 block 268 Lots 2 7 and 28 block 27 uh excuse me block 276 Lots 47 and 77.0 to1 and writes away on Woodstock Avenue Campbell Avenue Broadway and Main Street and authorizing the granting of a deed of dedication and Perpetual flood protection levy easan on block 276 lot 77.0 to2 on portions of Township owned property pursuant to the ren Bay and hook Bay hurricane and storm damage reduction project Port Mammoth New Jersey Phase 2 contract 4 that's a fun way to way to go Heidi thanks FR I'm looking at that on the agenda I'm like yeah everybody got that need Heidi to repeat it motion denied yeah motion to introduce second read one more time committee Clark yes committee woman Katz yes committee s bro yes Deputy Mayor hell yes mayor Perry yes motion carries pass this ordinance on first reading with a public hearing to be held December 18th 2023 where Heidi will'll have to repeat it again in case anyone is interested anybody missed it we have H our next ordinance 2023-24 03 an ordinance authorizing entry of entry or of purchase and sale agreement with the mammoth conservation foundation for acquisition of block 202 Lot 10 at 120 Thompson Avenue for open space preservation purposes motion to introduce second committee man Clark yes committee woman craats yes committee man s bro yes Deputy Mayor hell big yes mayor Perry absolutely yes motion carries to pass this ordinance on first reading with with a public hearing to be held December 18th 2023 before we do the consent agenda I'm just going to read through the uh proclamations for the record Proclamation recognizing November 25th 2023 a small business Saturday in the township of Middletown a proclamation recognizing December 7th 2023 is the Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day in the township of Middletown and a proclamation recognizing December 202 20 23 as impaired driving prevention month in the township of Middletown at this time I'd like to ask the township committee if they would like to adopt a consent agenda which would include resolutions 23- 286 resolution 23- 299 Heidi I'm gonna make a motion on that but can we please withdraw resolution um 23- 297 for the purposes of an amendment absolutely motion second commit mclark yes comme woman cron yes commit sen brino yes Deputy Mayor hbel yes mayor Perry yes motion carries to adopt consent agenda and now we have resolution 23- 297 resolution establishing America 250 committee to commemorate our nation's 250th anniversary a motion to approve with an amendment to add two additional seats one seat U for the township administrator and a second seat for the communications director of the township Middletown second okay so the motion is to amend resolution uh 23- 297 to uh motion and adopt with Amendment the amendment addition addal C for T administrator and communications director of middl okay comman Clark yes committee woman crafts yes comman sen brino yes Deputy Mayor hell yes mayor Perry yes motion carries pass this ordinance uh excuse me adopt this resolution 23297 at this time we have Township committee comons committee Clark GNA hold my comments to the next meeting okay committee Seno nothing toight mayor thank you Moman cracks I'll hold my comments also mayor thank you Deputy Mayor same thing mayor thank you all right um just want to thank uh all the Departments that were involved yesterday uh or Saturday and Sunday I should say on kicking off the holiday season with the Santa faery ride and as well as our tree lighting I hope everybody can also make time for and I just want to make sure I get this right um for our manura lighting which is happening next weekend uh next Sunday thanks Laura uh trying to find the time I got it 4:30 December 10th at 4:30 at the Middletown Art Center all right um with that I'll open it up for public comment any member of the public wishing to make a public comment may do so we just ask that you state your name and address for the record and that you keep your comments to 5 minutes at four minutes I'll let you know that you have one minute remaining with that being said any member of the public wishing to make a public comment seeing no member of the public stepping forward move the close the public portion and adjourn Rick there we go sorry no somebody's got a second second okay hey surprised time yeah surprised making sure we were listening committee M Clark yes committee women cratz yes commit srino yes Deputy Mayor hell yes mayor Perry yes motion carries to adjourn have a great night everybody thank you all so much