Burlington Township awarded grant for park development, council bids housing inspector a happy retirement
Eileen Liss will retire from the municipality this year
In approval of the seventh round of funding for municipal-level land acquisitions to be used for parks, conservation and farmland preservation, Mayor Brian Carlin and Township Clerk Anthony Carnivale will accept a $200,000 count grant.
The Municipal Park Development Program, created by the board of chosen freeholders to assist its partner municipalities in the development and improvement of public land, awarded the funds to Burlington Township for tennis court rehabilitation in various locations.
As for other township business dealings, select township property owners will be pleased to hear that refunds of tax charges were resolved at the Nov. 28 council meeting. Tax collector Lan Chen Shen requested on Nov. 20 that properties on Blocks 143.07, 143.03, 30, 109.13, 114.04, 145.06 and 147.51 receive tax refunds totaling about $57,000. The properties were eligible due to premiums paid on tax sale certificates and overpayment of 2017 water and sewer charges.
Council awarded Timothy P. Bryan Electric Co., Inc. a contract to replace the emergency generator at Wyngate Wastewater Pump station. Councilman Robert Jung said the cap on the contract was set at $49,900, subject to certification by CFO Dawn Bass that the funds are available and clearance by the state Department of Labor and Industry.
Council also approved the purchase of a Stalker DSR Radar System for the police department for no more than $44,413.
Carnivale said the radar will be used by BTPD to detect traffic speeds.
In 1989, the New Jersey Governor’s Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse established the Municipal Alliances for the Prevention of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse to impact drug and alcohol education and prevention on a hyperlocal level throughout the state, according to council.
Last Tuesday, an application for funding to the group was submitted in recognition of the pervasive nationwide substance abuse problem plaguing communities. To align itself with the prevention and treatment efforts of Burlington County, council authorized the submission of a strategic plan for the township’s municipal alliance grant for 2019.
In its closing statements, council unanimously wished housing inspector Eileen Liss a long, healthy retirement.
“Eileen has definitely proven herself to be an asset to Burlington Township and a very hard worker,” Councilwoman Patricia Siboczy said. “She will be missed.”
