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Woolwich committee approves salary ordinance, multiple grants and routine resolutions; denies proposed permit‑fee waiver
Summary
The committee adopted Ordinance 2025‑14 (salary adjustments) unanimously, approved a consent agenda of resolutions including NJDOT and paving awards, amended a Pickleball clinics resolution, and directed administration to require Aqua to pay construction permit fees rather than waive them.
Woolwich Township Committee members on Aug. 4 approved a package of routine measures including a salary ordinance and multiple resolutions on capital projects, grants and municipal administration.
Ordinance 2025‑14, amending the 2024 salary ordinance, passed unanimously (5–0). The committee then adopted a consent agenda that bundled resolutions R‑2025‑203 through R‑2025‑225, with several items removed for separate consideration. Items on the agenda included vacant‑property registration, acceptance/reduction of letters of credit for various Villages subdivisions, multiple police‑department elevations, and payment for Phase I development of Locke Avenue Park.
Separately considered items included R‑2025‑210 (authorizing the tax collector to extend the third‑quarter 2025 tax due date), which passed unanimously, and R‑2025‑220 (establishing Pickleball clinics and training). Committeeman Frederick proposed amending R‑2025‑220 to require a minimum of four people per session; the roll call showed Frederick ABSTAIN, Minhas YES, Williams YES, Nocentino ABSTAIN, Matthias YES. The committee approved bid awards for NJDOT municipal aid work (R‑2025‑221 to South State, Inc.) and Oakview Terrace improvements (R‑2025‑222 to Arawark Paving Co.), and approved Change Order No. 1 to the COAH administrative‑agent services agreement (R‑2025‑224).
Under new business, Administrator Jim Watson reported that Aqua requested a waiver of construction permit fees in exchange for a donated logo. After internal review showed permit fees would total about $500, Committeeman Frederick and Deputy Mayor Nocentino opposed the waiver. The committee directed Administrator Watson to inform Aqua that the permit fees must be paid.
The committee approved bills and purchase orders; Committeeman Frederick abstained on Verizon invoices and questioned multiple invoices from vendor R&V. The meeting adjourned at 10:01 p.m.
