By Mark Rosman
Staff Writer
ENGLISHTOWN – The cost to connect to water and sewer service in Englishtown will increase under two ordinances that have been adopted by the Borough Council.
At their Oct. 26 meeting, council members voted unanimously to adopt an ordinance that will raise the cost of connecting to the borough’s water system from $2,869 to $2,913.
The ordinance states that “for all taps on installations from the main to the curb stop made by the Water Department, the owner shall be charged ($2,913) to be paid to the Water Department at the time of the issuance of the permit.”
Council members also adopted an ordinance that will raise the cost of connecting to the borough’s sewer system from $915 to $919.
The ordinance states that “the owner of every residential house, building and/or structure hereafter constructed, modified or improved in (Englishtown), which may be occupied or used by human beings, shall … be charged a connection fee of $919.”
No one from the public commented on the ordinances during the public hearing on each piece of legislation.
In other action:
• The council passed a resolution accepting the donation of a 2002 Ford 4×4 pickup truck from the Englishtown Fire District.
• Officials scheduled the governing body’s 2017 reorganization meeting for 6:30 p.m. Jan. 3 at Borough Hall.
• The council passed a resolution authorizing the sale of municipal surplus property on the online website govdeals.com. Items to be sold include a dump truck, a pickup truck, a pickup truck with a plow, a leaf machine, a leaf vacuum, a snow blower and a Ford Crown Victoria. The items are sold “as is” and govdeals.com takes a percentage of the sale price and remits the balance to the borough, according to municipal officials.
• Council members awarded a contract in the amount of $73,253 to Diamond Construction, Brick Township, for the reconstruction of various Americans with Disablities Act intersection improvements. Englishtown received a Community Development Block Grant in the amount of $114,862 for the project.
• Borough officials approved the expenditure of $3,510 for the purchase of body armor (i.e., bulletproof vests) for the Englishtown Police Department from Lawman Supply, Pennsauken. The borough has received $2,340 from the Bureau of Justice Assistance 2016 Bulletproof Vest Partnership.
