The Bedminster Township Committee will be holding the July 7, 2025, 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: July 7, 2025, 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Meeting ID: 858 6854 9204
Passcode: 969752
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TOWNSHIP OF BEDMINSTER
REGULAR MEETING
July 7, 2025
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 7, 2025.
3. Pledge of Allegiance
4. Public Comments – (comments limited to 3 minutes)
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5. Approval of Minutes
a. June 2, 2025 – Township Committee Meeting at 7:01 pm.
b. June 2, 2025 – Executive Session Meeting Minutes at 7:49 pm.
c. June 16, 2025 – Township Committee Meeting at 7:00 pm.
d. June 16, 2025 – Executive Session Meeting Minutes at 8:44 pm.
6. Permits & Raffles
a. Special Use Permit for Cold Stone Creamery to request temporary outdoor seating from April to October, located at the The Hills Village Center, 428B Route 202/206, Bedminster, NJ.
b. Fireworks Permit for a fireworks display scheduled for July 12, 2025 at approximately 9:15 pm at Hamilton Farm Golf Club, 1040 Pottersville Road, Bedminster, NJ.
c. On Premise 50/50 Raffle to benefit The Timothy J. Piazza Memorial Foundation, Inc. on August 11, 2025, from 9 am to 9 pm located at Fiddler’s Elbow Country Club, 811 Rattlesnake Bridge Road, Bedminster, NJ.
d. On Premise Merchandise Raffle to benefit The Timothy J. Piazza Memorial Foundation, Inc. on August 11, 2025, from 9 am to 9 pm located at Fiddler’s Elbow Country Club, 811 Rattlesnake Bridge Road, Bedminster, NJ.
e. Off Premise 50/50 Raffle to benefit The Center for Contemporary Art, Inc on October 10, 2025, from 7 pm to 10 pm located at The Center for Contemporary Art, 2020 Burnt Mills 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
a. Ordinance No. 2025-014 – Amending Chapter 2 entitled “Administration” Section 2-9. Entitled “Police Department” of the Township of Bedminster General Ordinances.
b. Ordinance No. 2025-015 – Amending Chapter 2 entitled “Administration” and establishing Section 2-26 Entitled “Jacobus Vanderveer House Commission”.
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. 2025-113 – Authorizes the hiring of a Seasonal Part-Time Violations Clerk in the Shared Municipal Court.
b. Resolution No. 2025-114 – Authorizes the hiring of Camp Bedminster Seasonal Employees for the Recreation Department June 27, 2025 through August 8, 2025.
c. Resolution No. 2025-115 – Amends Resolution No. 2025-089 establishing 2025 employee salaries effective January 1, 2025.
d. Resolution No. 2025-116 – Amends Resolution No. 2025-002 authorizing the re-appointment for Special Police Officers, Class II, for 2025.
13. Resolutions
a. Resolution No. 2025-111 – Authorizes replacement of a boiler system by Manhattan Welding company, Inc. through a Hunterdon County Educational Services Commission (HCESC) cooperative contract.
b. Resolution No. 2025-112 – Authorizes the submission of a grant application and execution of a grant contract with the New Jersey Department of Transportation for the “River Road Improvement Project”.
c. Resolution No. 2025-117 – Authorizes Township endorsement in support of the New Jersey Department of Transportation “Route 287 north bound bridge over Route 202/206 Project”.
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 Senior Housing
c. Somerset Hills Public Safety Committee
17. Township Committee Comments
18. Adjourn
19. Correspondence
· Township of Bernards Ordinance No. 2582 – Amending the revised General Ordinances of the Township of Bernards Chapter 21-27.1 Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control.
· Chester Township Planning Board – Notice of Public Hearing to consider the adoption of the Housing Element and Fair Share Plan at the Center Township Municipal Building, 1 Parker Road, Chester, NJ on Tuesday, July 8, 2025 at 7:00 pm.
- Township of Readington Planning Board – Notice of Public Hearing to consider the adoption of the Housing Element and Fair Share Plan at the Township Municipal Building, 509 Route 523, Whitehouse Station, NJ on Thursday, June 26, 2025 at 7:00 pm.