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Lebanon committee adopts $875,000 capital-improvements ordinance, OKs road grant applications
Summary
Lebanon Township adopted Ordinance o6-2025, appropriating $875,000 from its 2025 capital improvement fund for roads, equipment and other projects, and approved several grant applications and resolutions, including NJDOT submissions for Maple Lane and Hickory Run resurfacing.
Lebanon Township’s committee adopted an ordinance on July 9 authorizing $875,000 in capital improvements and approved multiple grant applications and related resolutions.
Ordinance o6-2025, adopted after a public hearing, authorizes funds from the township’s 2025 capital improvement fund for projects that the committee said include road resurfacing, a chip-seal program, public works equipment and an electric sign for the police department. Mayor Robert Frostburg said the ordinance text and line items were published in advance and that the spending plan is “all laid out there.” The ordinance was adopted by roll call.
Why it matters: committee members described the appropriation as part of routine capital maintenance and said the township must pursue outside grants and careful budgeting to meet infrastructure needs in a tight local fiscal environment.
During the same meeting the committee approved Resolution 114-2025 and Resolution 115-2025, authorizing submission of grant applications to the New Jersey Department of Transportation for the Maple Lane and Hickory Run resurfacing projects. A committee member praised the Maple Lane application as “complete,” noting the township is seeing more organized grant packages from consultants and expects the applications to improve the town’s competition for state funds.
Votes at a glance (as recorded at the meeting): - Ordinance o6-2025 (capital improvements appropriation, $875,000) — adopted by roll call. - Resolution 114-2025 (NJDOT Maple Lane resurfacing grant application) — approved by roll call. - Resolution 115-2025 (NJDOT Hickory Run resurfacing grant application) — approved by roll call. - Resolution 117-2025 (bill list authorization for $500,072,404.19 as read aloud) — approved by roll call.
The township emphasized the importance of grants to supplement a limited local tax base; one member said the municipality retains roughly 11.5% of the local tax revenue after county and school allocations and that securing outside funds is essential to preserve services without raising property taxes.
The committee also discussed routine items on the agenda including license renewals, contract awards and committee appointments before moving to public comment and an executive session vote to discuss litigation, contracts and personnel.
The committee voted to enter executive session at the end of the public meeting to consider litigation, contract negotiations and personnel matters; no timings or outcomes from that session were discussed on the record.
