Owners and attorney ask council to reconsider Baymont Suites license revocation; employees and local security official urge second chance

Several speakers used the public‑comment period to press the council to reconsider the revocation of the Baymont Suites hotel license. Manjit Sassi (speaker 8), representing the family that owns the hotel, said the family had invested nearly $10 million in the property over 10 years and asked for compassion after the owner's recent death. "We are committed to bringing in an experienced professional management company to oversee the hotel operations and ensure full compliant compliance with all township regulation," Sassi said, asking the council for "a second chance."

An employee, Robin (speaker 4), described nearly 20 years at the property and recounted traumatic workplace experiences tied to incidents at the hotel, saying she "saw what no one else should have ever seen." Bob Maltz (speaker 10), a former police chief and a Jordan resident, said he had been offered the role of security director if a license reinstatement were allowed and offered to act as a local in‑person security contact.

Megan Rogers of Larkin Hoffman (speaker 12), counsel for Baymont Suites, asked council either to reconsider the revocation or to amend it to allow conditional reinstatement subject to staff‑listed controls and to consider a 60‑day extension so a third‑party management company could apply for licensing. "We are not asking you nor is it appropriate at this forum for you to make a decision this evening," Rogers said; she asked the council to work with staff on a collaborative solution.

Council did not take immediate action on the licensing request at the meeting and asked speakers to provide documentation to staff for follow up.