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Administrator details municipal building repairs, Montgomery Promenade progress and recycling tote rollout delays
Summary
Township officials reviewed stabilization needs for an older municipal building (seeking historic‑preservation grants), reported renewed utility work at Montgomery Promenade and explained a countywide delay rolling out new single‑stream recycling totes because of a truck backlog.
The township administrator briefed the committee on several operational and capital items affecting township properties and services.
Administrator updates and staff remarks included: - The original municipal building in Harlingen requires structural stabilization, roof repairs and painting; staff said the project is a likely candidate for Somerset County Historic Preservation grants and the New Jersey Historic Trust and that cost estimates are being obtained. - Montgomery Promenade construction progress is advancing: major utilities (PSE&G and New Jersey American Water) are remobilizing, and the administrator said vertical construction of retail buildings is expected to begin as contractors remobilize. - County recycling changes: the administrator explained the county is transitioning to taller single‑stream recycling totes with lids that require special collection trucks. The county has ordered additional trucks but faces a backlog of about 1.5 years, so some neighborhoods will receive totes sooner than others under a phased rollout. Staff explained there are two types of totes in use and that residents’ concerns about windblown recycling are part of the motivation for the lid‑equipped totes.
Committee members asked clarifying questions, and staff said they would continue pursuing grant matches for preservation work and coordinate with county recycling officials on rollout timing.
Why it matters: The municipal building repairs affect a historic township asset and staff operations; progress at Montgomery Promenade affects local economic development and jobs; the recycling tote rollout affects resident service and collections in multiple neighborhoods.
What’s next: Staff will obtain contractor quotes and pursue grant funding, and the township will coordinate communications about the phased county recycling tote deployment.
