August 2010 Township Committee Meeting Minutes-Walpack Township, NJ

Walpack Township
9 Main Street
Walpack Center, NJ 07881
Fax: (908) 841-9513
Office Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

The meeting of the Walpack Township Committee was called to order at 8 p.m. by Mayor Fuller who stated this meeting was being held in compliance with the Open Public Meetings Act having been duly advertised.

Present were: Committeeman Maglio and Mayor Fuller

Absent: Committeeman Heigis

Also in attendance: Michelle LaStarza, Virginia Fuller

Committeeman Maglio made a motion to approve the July 2010 minutes seconded by Mayor Fuller.

Mayor Fuller made a motion to approve the vouchers for payment seconded by Committeeman Maglio. The following bills were approved for payment:

2141	3	Century Link	PO 157	908 076 1437		2.20
			PO 156	973 948 4872		34.64
			PO 155	973 948 6861	27.83	64.67
2142	68	County of Sussex	PO 181	Primary		95.10
2143	5	County of Sussex	PO 168	Health Tax		68.09
2144	6	County of Sussex	PO 169	Library Tax		193.34
2145	4	County of Sussex	PO 167	Purpose Tax		2397.60
2146	16	JCP&L	PO 158	Utilities		3.35
2147	13	Laddey Clark Ryan	PO 161	Retainer		333.33
2148	8	Municipal Software	PO 162	Computer Services		100.00
2149	15	Sprint	PO 159	Long Distance		8.10
2150	9	Town of Newton	PO 178	2010 911 Services		946.50
					Total	4209.98

The clerk mailed a letter to the National Park Service requesting their attendance at this meeting. There was no response from the National Park Service. Mayor Fuller stated he would make an appointment with Superintendent Donahue to discuss the scheduled October closing of the National Park Building in the township. Mayor Fuller will update the committee at the next regularly scheduled meeting.

The committee discussed the Best Practices toolkit initiative sent by Governor Christie. It is a guide that is to assist municipalities with improving efficiency and manage budgets without raising property taxes. Participation and compliance will determine the amount of aid received in state aid. Each municipality needs to meet an established percentage of the checklist items. The clerk and chief finance officer are reviewing the material.

The committee reviewed the correspondence.

There being no one in attendance and no further business to discuss, Committeeman Maglio made a motion to adjourn the meeting seconded by Mayor Fuller. The meeting was adjourned at 8:14 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,