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Warren Township open-space panel elects leaders and sets 2026 priorities
Summary
At its Jan. 23 meeting the Warren Township Open Space Committee elected Bill Gilbert chair, Shilpa Desai vice chair and Kevin Anderson secretary; members outlined 2026 priorities across planning, preservation and maintenance and set a monthly meeting schedule. Several follow-up assignments were made to ready materials and review DPW capacity.
Bill Gilbert was elected chair of the Warren Township Open Space Committee at its Jan. 23, 2026 meeting; Shilpa Desai was chosen vice chair and Kevin Anderson was named secretary. The committee, composed of township liaisons and appointed members, discussed priorities for the year and assigned follow-up tasks to support preservation and maintenance work.
The committee first reviewed documents from its prior ad-hoc incarnation, including a proposed maintenance plan intended for the Department of Public Works. Members said they would organize work around three primary buckets: planning for new preservation opportunities, preserving priority properties and improving stewardship and maintenance of existing open space.
Committeeman Daniel Croson and Mayor Shaun Fine, the committee’s liaisons, confirmed the group’s role aligning open-space work with the township master plan and local environmental goals. The panel agreed to meet on the second Wednesday of each month at 6:30 PM; Croson will send calendar invites and reserve the Union Conference Room.
Bill Gilbert was tasked with gathering additional documents to share with the committee and to speak with Mark Krane about available resources; Committeeman Croson will meet with Department of Public Works Director Doug Buro to review DPW capacity for the proposed maintenance list. The transcript does not specify the method used to elect officers or whether votes were recorded by roll call.
The committee noted prior acquisitions and stewardship efforts as background for 2026 work and identified outstanding items to carry forward. Public comment was on the agenda but no substantive remarks were recorded in the meeting transcript.
The committee adjourned at 3:10 PM.
