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previously financed Bond Ordinance 19-09 and there is also a JAG Grant. Mr. Mayerowitz stated that his comments still stand.

SEAN GIBLIN – 515 SO. COOKSBRIDGE ROAD asked Mr. Del Turco if it would have been easier to just respond that this was already a Bond Ordinance from 2009. He stated that in his leadership he sometimes misleads Council and the Public and believes he should have all the information and not just answer off the cuff. Administrator Del Turco stated that he will have someone here to talk about this at the next meeting. Mr. Giblin asked if these will be in the patrol cars and not in the detective’s cars which they are allowed to take home and use if there’s an emergency. They have no need for the radar. Administrator Del Turco stated that he will ask the Chief to answer that question, so he doesn’t mislead anyone. Mr. Giblin asked Mr. Gilmore about the recycling contract and when you go out to bid are you bound by the bid if, for instance, Council says no I’m not doing it, can they do that? Mr. Gilmore stated it depends on the notice to bidders and that you cannot reject a bid just because someone doesn’t like it. If the bid is within the engineer’s estimate you have to have good cause not to accept the bid unless it exceeds the estimate. Mr. Gilmore stated that you can put that in the notice to bidders. Mr. Giblin asked Administrator Del Turco to ask the Mayor to put some of these suggestions into the bid. He also stated that all the garbage can be commingled now and public works just has to bring it to the County, it is not like it was four years ago. He goes on to say this is a lot on money, lets’s do it right. Administrator Del Turco stated that he received a call today that Ocean County is going to single stream and there will be a few things that are beneficial to the Township and there will be revenue sharing as well.

wanted to remind Council that there are things at Public Works that need to be addressed desperately. There are valve stems that cost $3.00 that we cannot get replaced. We have a loader at the compost site that we have to send someone out every day to fill the tire with air. There are parts that we cannot get for trucks to fix potholes. We have a hot box that sat all winter because we cannot get parts, so we have no hot mix and we are using cold press to fix potholes and that is being shoveled out of a pickup truck. He stated that you’ve asked the TWA how to save money and we made many suggestions as to what we could do at the compost site or the transfer station and two years, and a quarter of a million dollars in payroll later, we still have not adjusted the hours at the compost site and at the transfer station. He believes that it’s a problem when they cannot get a three-dollar part to fix equipment, but we are buying new radar.

PAUL MAYEROWITZ – 91 CYPRESS POINTE LANE asked Attorney Gilmore about Mr. Giblin’s questions regarding acceptance or rejection of a bid. He wants to know if we receive one or two bids can we reject and readvertise? Attorney Gilmore stated the general rule is if a bid comes in under the engineer’s estimate and the Town has the money in its budget you cannot reject it because you only receive one or two bids. Mr. Mayerowitz asked if we have to put a dollar amount in the recycling contract how do we protect ourselves to ensure we get appropriate bids. Attorney Gilmore stated that you can put wording in that the Township has the right to reject any and all bids based upon its analysis of whether it’s economically feasible or have its Public Works Department pick up the recyclables.

GARRY BLACK – LEWIS LANE is hoping that he heard wrong before when Mr. Giblin was speaking about how much money we can get back on tickets with the radar. Attorney Gilmore stated that utilization of the radar does enhance public safety. Council Vice President Rivere stated that she’d like to hear a police explanation of this or at least put it on hold.

JOHN GASKILL – 25 NO. LAKESIDE stated that he believes that the clause Attorney Gilmore just spoke of should be in every bid.

MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING, RESOLUTIONS ONLY BY: MARTIN MOTION SECONDED BY: RIVERE YES: BRESSI, MARTIN, UPDEGRAVE, RIVERE, & KAFTON