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Green Township Committee adopts 2025 municipal budget, approves salary schedule and capital steps
Summary
The Green Township Committee unanimously adopted the 2025 municipal budget and approved routine resolutions including a salary schedule, transfers in the capital fund, and support and opposition resolutions on federal municipal bond tax treatment and a state planning preemption bill; two capital ordinances were introduced and set for May 5 public hearings.
The Green Township Committee on April 21 adopted its 2025 municipal budget and approved a set of routine resolutions and introductions of capital ordinances.
The Committee adopted Resolution 2025-76 following a public hearing that drew no speakers. The budget shows $3,094,610 to be raised by taxation for municipal purposes and total revenues of $4,307,410.91. Margaret Phillips moved to close the hearing and adopt the budget; the motion was seconded by James DeYoung and passed on a recorded roll call vote with all five members voting in the affirmative.
The Committee also approved a package of resolutions: Resolution 2025-77 (accepting the Developers Escrow Trust bill list); Resolution 2025-78 (urging preservation of the federal tax-exempt status of municipal bonds); Resolution 2025-79 (opposing S-1408/A-2757, legislation that would preempt local planning to permit certain office-park/retail-to-mixed-use conversions); Resolution 2025-80 (cancelling $195,000 of specified General Capital Fund balances and transferring $175,000 to fund balance and $20,000 to the capital improvement fund); and Resolution 2025-81 (setting 2025 salaries and wages).
Resolution 2025-81 lists annual salaries including Township Clerk/Registrar Mark Zschack at $134,140 and municipal elected member stipends of $1,750 for the mayor and $1,500 for each committee member; hourly and other stipends are enumerated in the resolution. The cancelation and transfers in Resolution 2025-80 identify three ordinance line items and reallocations summing to $195,000.
The Committee introduced two capital ordinances and scheduled public hearings for May 5: Ordinance 2025-03 would appropriate $80,000 from the General Capital Reserve for preliminary engineering for drainage improvements in Lake Tranquility; Ordinance 2025-04 would appropriate $301,236 for improvements to Yellow Frame Road, funded by $20,000 from the general capital improvement fund, $100,000 from general capital reserve for roads, and a $181,236 NJDOT 2025 Municipal Aid grant (the Clerk announced the grant award during the meeting). Both ordinances were introduced and will return for public hearing and final adoption at the May 5 meeting.
The meeting also included routine approvals (consent agenda acceptance) and an executive session (Resolution ES2025-07) held to discuss attorney-client matters, township property, potential litigation, committee funding and personnel. After returning from closed session, the Committee adjourned at 8:25 p.m. The next regular Township Committee meeting is scheduled for May 5, 2025.
Actions recorded at the meeting (motions, seconds and vote outcomes) are documented in the minutes and include the recorded unanimous votes on the items summarized above.
