By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer
Princeton Township Committee has authorized committees to provide citizens input on municipal finance matters and to evaluate the status of the township’s seasonal deer management program.
Since 2000, the township has instituted a deer culling and management program and is scheduled to commence lethal deer removal Jan.19, using wildlife management organization, White Buffalo Inc. The program generated vocal opposition at its outset from within the community, and in 2002, the township established an ad hoc citizens committee to evaluate the culling program.
Noting the last comprehensive review of the deer management program was conducted by an Ad Hoc Deer Management Program Evaluation Committee four years ago, the township re-appointed the committee Monday to look at the program’s progress and make recommendations for it in the future. Princeton Township residents Dr. Mark E. Branon, Dona Schneider and Steven Frakt were appointed to serve on the committee.
The Township Committee also voted to reconvene a Citizens Finance Advisory Committee, which it initially created to provide input in 2008. The advisory committee provides assistance to the township on the municipal budgeting process and other tax and finance issues related to the township.
Those appointed to serve one-year terms on the Finance Advisory Committee in 2009 are Cristopher Drive resident Diantha Johnson Allenby, Dodds Lane resident Zvi Eiref, Linwood Circle resident Jason Peterson, Battle Road resident Scott Sillars and Castle Howard Court resident John Wynne.
Resolutions establishing both citizens committees passed the Township Committee unanimously.
The Township Committee also unanimously adopted bond ordinances appropriating $322,100 for sewer repairs of defective sewer laterals involving properties along Edgerstoune Road and Winant Road and $230,790 for repairs of defective sewer laterals involving properties located along Cedar Lane, Southern Way and Western Way. Property owners will be assessed 100 percent of the cost of the projects, according to the ordinances.
A public hearing on the sewer repairs and on sidewalk repairs along Cedar Lane, for which the township appropriated $7,400, will be held Feb. 23, said Princeton Township Mayor Bernie Miller.

