FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – A $21,369 contract has been awarded by the Township Committee for emergency work to clean, repair and restore a Freehold Township building that was damaged by water.
Committee members passed a resolution on Jan. 15 authorizing the contract with Albitron to immediately clean up and make the necessary repairs to the Freehold Township Recreation administrative building in Michael J. Tighe Park, Georgia Road.
According to the resolution, the emergency work to clean, repair and restore the building was due to excessive water damage from a flood in the men’s restroom. The resolution states the repairs were needed immediately due to public health and safety concerns.
In other business, the committee authorized a contract for the furnishing and installation of a sound and video system for the Freehold Township Senior Center, Jackson Mills Road, with JD Audio Visual Integration Corporation (doing business as JD Sound & Video). The contract is in the amount of $20,417.
Additionally, committee members authorized the execution of an updated shared services agreement with Freehold Borough for code enforcement, building inspection and plan review services. Freehold Township will provide those services to Freehold Borough.
In other business, the committee authorized an application for and approved participating with the state’s Safe and Secure Communities Program for fiscal year 2019. The program is administered by the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice, Department of Law and Public Safety.
According to a resolution, municipal officials are seeking to apply for $60,000 for a project under the 2019 Safe and Secure Communities Program. The project is a joint effort between the Department of Law and Public Safety and the Freehold Township Police Department.
The program, according to the state, provides municipalities with funding to add law enforcement personnel necessary for police operations and crime-related strategies and allows for the funding of additional police officers or funding of law enforcement support personnel, giving officers the opportunity to engage in direct law enforcement activities.
Finally, committee members introduced an ordinance that, if adopted, will amend the fee for water meter readings to determine if a meter is not working properly from $16 to $65. According to the ordinance, the fee will be returned if the meter is found to not be working properly. A public hearing on the ordinance was scheduled for Jan. 29.