The Bedminster Township Committee will be holding the June 2, 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
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Topic:
Bedminster Township Committee Meeting
Time:
June 2, 2025, 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Meeting ID:
867 5830 6743
Passcode:
938498
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TOWNSHIP OF BEDMINSTER
REGULAR MEETING
June 2, 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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a.
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5.
Approval of Minutes
a.
May 19, 2025 – Township Committee Meeting at 7:00 pm.
b.
May 19, 2025 – Executive Session Meeting Minutes at 7:33 pm.
6.
Permits & Raffles
a.
Social Affair Permit to benefit New Jersey Conservation Foundation on June 11, 2025, from 3 pm to 9 pm located at Hamilton Farm Golf Club, 1040 Pottersville 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. 2025-003 - Authorizes appropriating $5,000.00 for Building Access Control Upgrades.
b.
Ordinance No. 2025-004 - Authorizes appropriating $100,000.00 for Facility Improvements, including but not limited to the Police, DPW and Town Hall facilities.
c.
Ordinance No. 2025-005 - Authorizes appropriating $46,240.00 for various equipment for the Bedminster Township Police Department.
d.
Ordinance No. 2025-006 - Authorizes appropriating $9,000.00 for various firefighting equipment for the Pottersville Volunteer Fire Company.
e.
Ordinance No. 2025-007 - Authorizes appropriating $41,600.00 for various firefighting equipment for the Far Hills-Bedminster Fire Department.
f.
Ordinance No. 2025-008 - Authorizes appropriating $7,564.50 for various equipment for the Far Hills-Bedminster First Aid Squad.
g.
Ordinance No. 2025-009 - Authorizes appropriating $50,000.00 for HVAC replacement and upgrades for Bedminster Township facilities.
h.
Ordinance No. 2025-010 - Authorizes appropriating $5,000.00 for telephone equipment upgrades for the Bedminster Township municipal offices.
i.
Ordinance No. 2025-011 - Authorizes appropriating $15,000.00 for repeater equipment for the Bedminster Township Office of Emergency Management (OEM).
j.
Ordinance No. 2025-012 - Establishing requirements and regulations for residential rental dwellings lead-based paint inspections.
k.
Ordinance No. 2025-013 – Bond Ordinance appropriating $665,000.00 and authorizing the issuance of $631,000.00 Bonds or Notes of the Township for the acquisition of a tanker for the Far Hills-Bedminster Fire Department.
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. 2025-086 – Authorizes submission of an incidental modification to the project scope to the New Jersey Department of Transportation (DOT) for the Tuttle/Riverwood Road Improvement project.
b.
Resolution No. 2025-087 – Authorizes the hiring of Camp Bedminster Seasonal Employees for the Recreation Department June 27, 2025 through August 8, 2025.
c.
Resolution No. 2025-088 – Authorizes Somerset County Hazard Mitigation Plan.
d.
Resolution No. 2025-089 – Authorizes 2025 Employee Salaries effective January 1, 2025.
e.
Resolution No. 2025-090 – Authorizes the renewal of Cold Spring Liquor Corp. (DBA Pluckemin Inn) liquor license for the period of July 1, 2025, until June 30, 2026.
f.
Resolution No. 2025-091 – Authorizes the renewal of Delicious Heights Enterprises Corp. liquor license for the period of July 1, 2025, until June 30, 2026.
g.
Resolution No. 2025-092 – Authorizes the renewal of Fiddler’s Elbow Country Club liquor license for the period of July 1, 2025, until June 30, 2026.
h.
Resolution No. 2025-093 – Authorizes the renewal of Pluckemin Liquor LLC (DBA Colonial Liquors) liquor license for the period of July 1, 2025, until June 30, 2026.
i.
Resolution No. 2025-094 – Authorizes the acquisition of a new Ford Interceptor Police Utility SUV to Nielsen Ford through the Morris County Cooperative Pricing Council.
j.
Resolution No. 2025-095 – Authorizes the acquisition of milling, paving and materials from Tilcon New York through Morris Couty Cooperative Pricing Council (MCCPC).
13.
Resolutions
a.
Resolution No. 2025-085 – Authorizes the Agreement between the Township of Bedminster and LEW Environmental Services, LLC to provide administrative and testing services for lead-based paint.
b.
Resolution No. 2025-096 – Award of Contract for the construction of the Bedminster Community Garden to ADS Site Contractors, Inc. in the amount not to exceed $424,735.50.
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.
Executive Session
a.
Contract Negotiations
The Friends of the Jacobus Vanderveer House
19.
Adjourn
20.
Correspondence
•
Borough of Far Hills (Planning Board) – Public Hearing on Monday, June 2, 2025 to review application for minor subdivision approval with a bulk variance.
•
Somerset County Commissioners – Notice of the reduction of speed limits for both directions of traffic along Main Street, Peapack Road and Liberty Corner Road, County Route 512 in Peapack Gladstone Borough, Bedminster Township, and Far Hils Borough.
•
Borough of Peapack & Gladstone (Land Use Board) – Public Hearing on Wednesday, June 4, 2025 on Master Plan Housing Element & Fair Share Plan.
•
Township of Bernards (Planning Board) – May 20, 2025, Notice of Adoption of Master Plan Housing Element & Fair Share Plan