REORGANIZATION
MEETING OF THE PLANNING BOARD
OF
JANUARY 8, 2007
7:30 PM
The reorganization meeting of the
Regular members present were: Gregory
Hickson,
Alternate members present were:
Members absent were:
Nancy Huster, Planning Board Secretary was
also present
APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS:
Oath of office was administered by
Township Administrator, Debby Turner Fox was
present to explain the “Fair and Open” Process administered to solicit requests
for Proposals for Professional Services.
Township Resident Henry Mayerfeld presented
his request for the board to re-bid for Planning Board Solicitor. Mr. Mayerfeld
spoke of the high bills he received from William L. Horner last year during his
application process and stated his Planner refuses to represent him in front of
Mr. Horner.
NOMINATION OF TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN
On a motion by Robert Widdifield and
seconded by Frank Pace,
Vote: All were in favor.
NOMINATION OF CHAIRMAN FOR THE YEAR 2007
On a motion by Peter Voros and seconded by William
Wright, Frank Pace was elected as Chairman for the year 2007.
Vote:
All were in favor.
NOMINATION OF VICE CHAIRMAN
On a motion by Peter Voros and seconded by Joseph
Lindmeier,
Vote: All were in favor.
NOMINATION OF SECRETARY
On a motion by Robert Widdifield and
seconded by Joseph Lindmeier, Nancy Huster was appointed as Secretary for the
Vote: All were in favor.
NOMINATION OF SOLICITOR
On a motion by Robert Widdifield and seconded
by Gregory Hickson, William L. Horner was nominated for
Vote: Yes - Robert Widdifield, Gregory
Hickson, Frank Pace, Kirk Craver, Jack Mihalecz,
No - Mayor
William L. Horner was awarded the contract
for Planning Board Solicitor for the year 2007.
NOMINATION OF ENGINEER
The board members discussed the proposals
received for the position of
A motion was made by Robert Widdifield and
seconded Kirk Craver to appoint Michael Fralinger as Planning Board Engineer
for the year 2007.
Vote: Yes-
Robert Widdifield, Kirk Craver, Gregory Hickson and William Wright.
No -
Abstained
– Frank Pace
The vote was four yes and four no.
The members discussed the tie vote and the
proposals.
A motion was made by Peter Voros and
seconded by Joseph Lindmeier to appoint Mark Brunermer from Sickels and
Associates as Planning Board Engineer for the year 2007.
Vote: Yes
– Peter Voros, Joseph Lindmeier, William Wright, Tom Figlio,
Jack Mihalecz and
No - Kirk Craver, Robert
Widdifield and William Wright
Abstained
– Frank Pace
Mark Brunermer was awarded the contract for
Planning Board Engineer for the year 2007.
DESIGNATION OF MEETING DATE AND TIME AND
REORGANIZATION MEETING DATE FOR 2007
Designated for Year 2006 was the 1st
Tuesday and 3rd Wednesday of each month.
On a
motion by Robert Widdifield and seconded by
The
Reorganization Meeting for the year 2008 will be held January 7, 2008.
Vote: All were in favor.
DESIGNATION OF OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
Designated for Year 2006 was Vineland Daily
Journal and Today’s Sunbeam.
On a motion by
Vote: All were in favor.
OTHER BUSINESS
The board members and secretary discussed
the application and escrow fees and provisions to improve the efficiency of the
board and the application process.
It was decided that Escrow Fee Determination
would be removed from the agenda and the office will bill the applicants when
the escrow balance is low.
A work session was scheduled for “Running
Deer Amended Final Site Plan application”, Block 1801,
The board requested that the secretary
survey other municipalities to compare escrow fees.
ADJOURN
There being no further business the meeting
was adjourned on a motion by Robert Widdifield and seconded by Greg Hickson.
All were in favor.
______________________
Nancy L. Huster
Land Use Administrator/Secretary