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Committee introduces ordinance to spend $275,700 from farmland trust for Spanella conservation easement
Summary
Colts Neck introduced Ordinance 2025-13 to appropriate $275,700 from the farmland preservation trust fund to purchase a conservation easement on the Spanella property using a cost-share grant program involving the Navy, the county and Mammoth Conservation Foundation; introduction approved and hearing set for July 9, 2025.
The Colts Neck Township Committee introduced Ordinance 2025-13 on June 25 to appropriate $275,700 from the farmland preservation trust fund to acquire a conservation easement on the Spanella property. The administrator said the appropriation is part of a cost-sharing readiness and environmental protection integration program grant in partnership with the Navy, Monmouth County and the Mammoth Conservation Foundation.
A committee member noted the public agenda listed an incorrect sum; the correct appropriation is $275,700. The easement would preserve a portion of the property and is available to properties within the military-influence area as part of efforts to avoid development that is incompatible with military operations.
The ordinance was introduced by title and the committee scheduled a public hearing for July 9, 2025. Committee members framed the purchase as an opportunity to increase preserved acres in the township's inventory and to secure matching grant support.
The measure was presented as a first reading only; final adoption requires action after the public hearing.
