Township of Montville

MONTVILLE TOWNSHIP ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 17, 2008

7:30AM

Note:  Quorum not achieved until 8:15AM

ROLL CALL

Vacancy                                                          Ron Cain, Jr. - present

Everett Vreeland - absent                                 Mark Tabakin - absent

Ron Soussa - present                                        Deane Driscoll - present

Jennifer Horowitz - present                               Carol Ann Soroko (Alt #2) - present

Anthony Speciale - absent

Liaisons:

Township Officials:       Linda White, Land Use Administrator - present

Planning Board Liaison:  Gary Lewis - absent

Township Committee Liaison:  Deb Nielson & Tim Braden - absent

OLD BUSINESS

• Notice from Clerk of movement of Deane Driscoll to Regular member

Mrs. White indicated that Mr. Driscoll was moved up to regular position, thus he can now serve as Vice Chair.

• Press Release for Montville Messenger

Mrs. White indicated she would write something up for December issue from EDC and send out for proof.

• Nomination of Planning Board for Chamber award

Mrs. White indicated she would write this nomination up from the EDC’s presentation at Morris County EDC and send in to Chamber.

• Update on contact for vacant building on Changebridge

No contact has been made at this time.  There are several members still attempting to find and/or reach owner to discuss redevelopment possibilities.

• Update on status of new information for posting on web

Nothing was available to review at this time.

ZONING STUDY UPDATES

Mrs.  White updated the current status of various applications and rezoning requests, as well as the upcoming master plan re-examination, and invited the EDC members to the presentations being made on Oct 6^th by the County Planning Board on Solid Waste and on October 25^th when the Highlands will be present.

NEW BUSINESS

Due to problems with quorum, Mr. Cain asked if moving the time back to 8AM would help.  Ms. Horowitz and Sorroco, Mr. Soussa, Cain, and Driscoll had no major objection, and Mrs. White was asked to circulate an email asking for input on this issue.  If the remaining board members had no objection, Mrs. White was asked to go forward with moving time to 8AM.

MINUTES

Adoption of EDC minutes of 8-20-08 – Eligible:  Mr. Soussa, Mr. Cain, Deane Driscoll, Mr. Tabakin, Ms. Soroko, Mr. Vreeland,  - Adopted unanimously.

Meeting adjourned.

Respectfully submitted,

Linda M.  White