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Somerset County commissioners approve grouped resolutions, appoint planning board member and move to closed session over grant and CPACE financing
Summary
The Somerset County commission approved several grouped resolutions and an appointment to the planning board by roll call, heard one public comment, and voted to enter an executive session to discuss a grant application, contract negotiations and possible CPACE financing for a 90‑acre park parcel.
Somerset County commissioners approved multiple grouped resolutions and an appointment to the county planning board and subsequently voted to enter an executive session to discuss confidential land and finance matters.
At the meeting the chair introduced an appointment to the planning board and asked for a motion and roll call. The board then approved several grouped resolution blocks (listed in the meeting transcript as series beginning with 26‑5‑00 through 26‑5‑08; 26‑5‑09 through 26‑5‑17; 26‑5‑18 through 26‑5‑52; and 26‑5‑54 through 26‑5‑58). During roll calls, the commissioners recorded affirmative votes; the roll‑call names recorded in the transcript are Commissioner Greener, Commissioner Marrano (also transcribed as Murano in one call), Commissioner Sui, Deputy Director Drake and Director Robinson.
A member of the public, who identified herself as Ellen Malvin, spoke during the public comment period and told the board the county had already adopted a "Trust Act" resolution and asked the board to consider county properties and facilities in that context. No other members of the public spoke and the chair closed the public portion after a motion and vote.
Later in the meeting the board voted to enter an executive session under the New Jersey Open Public Meetings Act (N.J. Stat. Ann. 10:4‑12). The board stated it would discuss matters exempt from public meetings, including a grant application for public land in PBAC Gladstone, contract negotiations and potential CPACE financing related to a 90‑acre parcel identified in the transcript as "Nadarar." The transcript indicates the board said it would take no public action directly after the closed session and would adjourn from the executive session.
The meeting record in the transcript shows unanimous recorded 'yes' responses on the grouped roll calls by the commissioners present; no vote tallies showing negatives or abstentions are recorded in the transcript excerpts provided. The meeting adjourned after the executive session motion passed.
