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Washington Township Planning Board elects Sabino chair, approves attorney, engineer and planner for 2025
Summary
At its Jan. 2 reorganization meeting the Township of Washington Planning Board elected Len Sabino chairman, Bill Carroll vice chairman, took oaths of new members and approved appointments for board attorney, engineer, planner and secretary for 2025; the board recorded no hourly-rate increases for its consultants compared with 2024.
The Township of Washington Planning Board on Jan. 2 elected Len Sabino chairman and Bill Carroll vice chairman and approved resolutions naming the board attorney, engineer, planner and secretary for 2025 during its annual reorganization public meeting.
The reorganization meeting, conducted in accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act, opened with oaths of office for new and continuing members including the swearing-in of a Class II member, Vladimir Wilczuransky, appointed by Mayor Calamari for a term running Feb. 1, 2025, through Dec. 31, 2025. After nominations, the board voted to elect Len Sabino as chair and Bill Carroll as vice chair; the roll calls recorded approval of the nominations as reflected in the meeting record.
The board approved Resolution PB25-01 (transcribed as “d E 20 4 25-01” in the meeting record) appointing Lula Matina, Esq., as planning board attorney for 2025. The board then approved Resolution PB25-02 appointing Paul Azulina of Azulina & Fiore Engineering, Inc., as planning board engineer for 2025; members moved to accept that resolution with a clerical correction to a date printed in the draft resolution. The board next approved Resolution PB25-03 appointing Burgess of Burgess Associates Inc. as planning board planner for 2025. Finally the board approved Resolution PB25-04 appointing Grace Gage as planning board secretary for 2025 (the meeting record contains an alternate spelling of the secretary’s name in one place). All four professional appointments were approved by motion, second and roll-call votes as recorded in the transcript.
During the appointments the board chair noted that the hourly rates for the board attorney and engineers “have not increased for 2025” and remain consistent with 2024 rates, as recorded in the meeting.
The board opened the public portion for non-agenda items and received no speakers; the public portion was then closed. With no further business the Planning Board adjourned the reorganization meeting.
The actions taken set the board’s leadership and retained the professionals who will advise the board on zoning and development matters during 2025. The meeting record shows unanimous procedural approvals on the listed resolutions; no substantive land-use applications were heard at this session.
