June 2013 Township Committee Activities

As readers of the Springfield Patriot will recognize, this is what the Township Committee accomplished last month:

Workshop Meeting of June 10th. 

·         As usual, all reports from the department heads were reviewed and discussed.

·         Members of the Flood Mitigation Committee expressed concern over the needed re-silting of the Rahway River (a DEP permit has been applied for and its progress is being monitored by the Assistant Engineer).

Legislative Meeting of June 11th.

·         All the volunteers and township employees who made Memorial Day such an outstanding event were recognized and thanked.

·         Payroll and vendor invoices were approved.

·         An ordinance was adopted which makes permanent a previously temporary position benefitting the offices of Emergency Management and Finance by centralizing the acquisition of all data needed for funding and re-imbursement on the federal, state, and county levels, especially in the aftermath of extraordinary events such as Super storm Sandy. 

Legislative Meeting of June 25th. 

·         A Traffic Ordinance which clarifies parking regulations for snow removal was enacted.

·         The BID (Business Improvement District) made a presentation on the exciting new Springfield App.

·         Our wonderful township clerk, Linda Donnelly, was re-appointed for three more years. 

·         We entered into an energy aggregation agreement which will save each resident as much as hundreds of dollars per year.

·         We contracted with our township engineering firm for the design phase of a road improvement project. 

To contact us:

ü  Regularly scheduled meetings: every second and fourth Tuesday each month at the Main Court Room in Town Hall

ü  Every Monday before the second Tuesday (not necessarily the second Monday) each month at the Joseph Pepe Training Room in the Fire House

ü  Our township email addresses: David.Amlen@springfield-nj.us, Richard.Huber@springfield-nj.us, David.Barnett@springfield-nj.us, Margaret.Bandrowski@springfield-nj.us, and Ziad.Shehady@springfield-nj.us

ü  Via regular mail at 100 Mountain Avenue, Springfield, NJA 07081.