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Montville assesses $24,700 supplemental municipal lien after demolition and site work at 19 Montgomery Avenue
Summary
The Township Committee accepted a supplemental final report of expenditures and assessed $24,700 as a municipal lien for additional site work after demolition at 19 Montgomery Avenue, adding to a previously assessed $28,340.
The Montville Township Committee on June 23 accepted the Acting Public Officer's Supplemental Final Report of Monies Expended for work at 19 Montgomery Avenue (Block 125.13, Lot 5) and assessed a supplemental municipal lien of $24,700 for additional site work and tree/shrub removal.
Town minutes recount that the structure had been declared unsafe, a demolition contract awarded to Hoff, Inc., and demolition completed April 8, 2026. A prior municipal lien of $28,340 was assessed for demolition and towing/extraction costs. The supplemental $24,700 covers additional work (removal of driveway asphalt, import of clean fill, backfilling, compacting, fine grading and tree/shrub removal) performed by Hoff, Inc., and is authorized under cited state statutes and township code (N.J.S.A. 40:48‑2.5(f)(2), N.J.S.A. 40:48‑2.14 and Section 287‑33(H) of the Montville Township Code).
The resolution directs the Tax Collector to add the supplemental assessment to the tax duplicate, to bear interest at the same rate as taxes from the date of the resolution, and requires the Township Attorney and Clerk to serve certified notice on the parties of interest. The property owners are listed in the minutes as Daniel Lin and Wenshan Lee. The committee adopted the resolution by unanimous roll call.
Next procedural steps: the Tax Collector will add the assessment to the tax records and the township will serve certified notice on the owners as prescribed in the resolution.
