[0:02] rise and join me in saying the pledge. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

[0:09] United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation

[0:14] under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

[0:25] So, uh, agenda item number three is public comment. Any persons wishing to

[0:30] make public comment during this meeting on any items not listed on the agenda

[0:34] may do so at this time. Comments on agenda items will be solicited

[0:39] as they are discussed with our virtual meeting. This is how you will indicate

[0:44] that you would like to speak. Please click the raise hand button in teams

[0:50] during the meeting and or type I would like to speak in the Q&A panel. Your

[0:55] requests will be seen by the moderators and is uh and they will be addressed in

[0:59] the order in which the requests are received. How speaking will work. When

[1:04] it's your turn, your micro microphone will be enabled. Please state if you're

[1:09] a township resident or a business owner. One speaker will be heard at a time and

[1:15] the cameras for attendees will remain off.

[1:20] Is there any public comment at this time on any uh agenda item that is not or any

[1:27] any item that is not on the agenda

[1:31] » moderators? Do we have any?

[1:36] » No. >> Okay.

[1:38] » All right. Well, then we'll move on to agenda item five.

[1:46] Wait, no. Four. Sorry, I have multiple side pages here.

[1:53] Um, we want to make an announcement of our virtual meeting this evening. Uh,

[1:58] due to the unpredictable winter storm, the board of supervisors agreed to hold

[2:03] a virtual board meeting as an emergency to ensure the safety of all of our

[2:07] participants. Um, I'll entertain a motion to authorize this virtual meeting

[2:12] as an emergency based on the significant weather impact for Monday, January 26,

[2:17] 2026 at 7 p.m. >> Chair, uh, Chair Bamper, I just wanted

[2:21] to state one thing. Uh, we were asked about this. One of the things we did

[2:26] have as a precaution just to make sure it was totally compliant with the

[2:29] secondass township code is there was an opportunity for if someone physically

[2:33] showed up at the township building there's staff there to let them in and

[2:37] join this virtual meeting. Uh and everyone I just wanted everyone to be

[2:40] aware of that and that it be on the record. Thank you.

[2:43] » Point. Thank you. Solicitor Kilkenny.

[2:47] So I'll I'll move to authorize the virtual meeting. Is there a second?

[2:51] » Second. Any public comment?

[2:57] All those in favor say I. >> I.

[3:01] » I. >> Any opposed?

[3:04] Motion carries.

[3:08] » Moving on to our consent agenda. Agenda item number five.

[3:14] I'll entertain a motion to approve the consent agenda as presented for the

[3:17] following. The minutes of the January 5th, 2026 board of supervisor meeting.

[3:22] payment of bills for January 26, 2026 and the Meadows at Park View end of

[3:28] maintenance period. >> Do I hear a motion?

[3:32] » So moved. >> Thank you. Any discussion?

[3:38] Any public comment? Hearing none. All those in favor say I.

[3:45] I. >> Any opposed?

[3:49] Motion carried. Moving on to planning and zoning.

[3:55] Agenda item number six, applications for the 2025 Tree City USA

[4:01] reertification and growth award. Maryanne McConnell, director of planning

[4:04] and zoning. >> Thank you. Um, the Tree City USA program

[4:09] is sponsored by the Arbor Day Foundation in cooperation with the USDA Forest

[4:15] Service and the National Association of State Foresters. gives national

[4:19] recognition for urban and community forestry programs in towns and cities

[4:23] that meet the following four standards. A tree border department, a tree care

[4:28] ordinance, a community forestry program with an annual budget of at least $2 per

[4:33] capita, and an Arbor Day observance and proclamation. The application process is

[4:38] completed online at arborday.org. Attached is the application signature

[4:42] page and the 2025 annual work plan. Montgomery Township has received the

[4:47] Tree City recognition for the last 28 years and has received the growth award

[4:52] for 24 of those years.

[4:57] » It doesn't seem to be an action that the board needs to take. Was this just this

[5:01] was justformational? Correct. >> Just anformational. Yes. No action is

[5:06] needed. >> Okay. Wonderful.

[5:09] Is there any board discussion or any questions?

[5:13] All right. hearing. Now we'll move on to the next agenda item.

[5:19] Uh this is public safety agenda item number seven. Authorization to purchase

[5:23] and uh replacement police department vehicles. Chief Peoples.

[5:32] » Okay. Can you guys hear me right now? >> Yes.

[5:34] » I apologize. I'm having some last minute technical difficulties.

[5:38] Uh police vehicles. In 2026, the police department is scheduled to replace two

[5:42] police vehicles. After researching available models and powertrains, the

[5:45] police department proposes purchasing two 2026 Ford Police Interceptor utility

[5:51] hybrid models and equipment as approved in the 2026 final budget. The 2026 Ford

[5:57] Police Interceptor utility models will replace the following police vehicles.

[6:01] Uh patrol call 4710, which is a 2020 Ford Police Interceptor utility with

[6:06] 97,543 miles. The other vehicle is patrol car

[6:10] 4711 which is a 2021 Ford police interceptor utility with 79,046

[6:16] miles. Attached uh two quotes stated January 9th 2026 from Fred Breen Ford

[6:23] Lincoln and authorized vendor under the CoStar's cooperative purchasing program

[6:28] to provide the requested vehicles at a cost of 93,344.

[6:32] This cost is 8.87% 87% off the manufactured total suggest a retail

[6:36] price of $105,210 and represents the savings of $11,866.

[6:43] The equipment meets the specifications prepared by the police department. Also

[6:47] attached are quotes updated January 17th from Havis Incorporated, an authorized

[6:51] vendor under the Co-Star Cooperative Purchase Program to provide a requested

[6:56] vehicle equipment and installation at a total cost of $47,963.50.

[7:02] This cost is 8.8 8% off of the manufacturers's total suggested retail

[7:06] price of $54,474

[7:10] representing a savings of 60 $6,510.50. The equipment meets the specifications

[7:17] prepared by the police department. Uh total cost to replace two police

[7:21] vehicles including all the equipment and installation is $141,000.

[7:27] Uh I'm sorry 141307.50.

[7:32] Uh the total in the budget was $139,91510

[7:37] which was included in the 2026 approved final budget. The police department

[7:41] capital replacement to purchase police vehicles and emergency equipment. It is

[7:46] recommended that the board of supervisors approve the award of the

[7:49] contracts for the reference purchases per the 2026 approved final budget.

[7:56] » Thank you, Chief. So just a little bit over budget, but not too bad.

[8:00] » Yeah. $1,392.40, but I think the price is actually going

[8:04] to go down because we're changing a couple of the uh the way we're doing the

[8:08] vehicles. So, I think I'm actually going to come in under budget, but I couldn't

[8:11] get that paperwork in time for tonight. >> Oh, no. Thanks for sharing that update.

[8:16] Um, are these actually going to be delivered this year?

[8:20] » They will. Um, obviously everything's going to be extended, but we will have

[8:24] them for the end of the year. Uh we did let them know that we're moving forward

[8:28] it so at least we have something earmarked with them.

[8:32] » Fantastic. Any other uh board questions or discussion?

[8:37] » I'm just glad I want to um highlight the fact that they're hybrid. That's a very

[8:41] good environmental aspect. So I'm going to give you a thumbs up on that.

[8:44] » Yep. This is our second round. The ones we got last year were hybrid as well and

[8:48] they they've been doing fine. No problems at all.

[8:52] » Great. All right. Well, there are two separate

[8:56] motions for the two different uh vehicles.

[9:00] So, I'll read the first one. Um I'll move to award the contract for the

[9:05] purchase of two 2026 Ford Police Interceptor utility hybrid vehicles from

[9:11] Fred Bean's Ford Lincoln and authorized vendor under the CoStars cooperative

[9:15] purchase program at a total cost of $93,344

[9:19] per their quote. Is there a second? >> Second.

[9:22] » Second. Second. >> Um any public comment?

[9:31] Hearing none. Um all those in favor say I.

[9:35] » I. >> I.

[9:36] » All right. And the second motion is to award the contract for the purchase and

[9:39] installation of equipment. Sorry, it's not. So two separate motions u one for

[9:45] the vehicles. The second one is for the equipment

[9:49] um for these vehicles from Havis Inc. an authorized vendor under the CoStar's

[9:54] cooperative purchase program at a total cost of $47,963.50

[10:00] per their quote.

[10:03] » Second.

[10:07] » Any discussion or questions? Public comment

[10:13] hearing none. All those in favor say I. I. I. I.

[10:18] » Any opposed? Motion carries.

[10:26] » All right, chief. And now we have the review of the Penn. LTAP technical

[10:30] assistance report for Grace Lane. >> Thank you. After receiving public

[10:35] comments concerning the Shaen installation on Graze Lane and the

[10:38] subsequent removal, the board supervisors saw quotes for traffic

[10:42] caling study of the area. Pendal was identified as having the means to do a

[10:46] study at no cost to the township. Um it's called LTAP which it stands for

[10:50] local technical assistance program. Um their review of the whole situation was

[10:56] they gave us different options that we could do as far as trafficcoming. One of

[11:00] the biggest things they identified is having an actual trafficcoming policy.

[11:04] Um and part of this policy um puts some of the u partnership into the community

[11:10] with what it is they're looking for um with buyin from the community. So, we

[11:16] are in the process of working on a trafficcoming policy right now. Uh, the

[11:20] highway safety unit has already developed it and it's been reviewed by

[11:24] myself and the township manager and this policy is going to be going forward to

[11:27] the public safety committee on the February 4th meeting. Um, hopefully, you

[11:33] know, we'll have everything buttoned up and ready for you to review it on the

[11:36] February 9th township meeting. >> Thanks. So, I I know that, you know,

[11:42] this is a topic of of great interest for people who live along Grace Lane, um

[11:48] myself included. So, I would highly encourage anyone who has an interest in

[11:54] uh reviewing that traffic calming policy to attend that next public safety

[11:58] meeting. And um you know, thank you for providing

[12:02] this report. Any other uh board discussion or comment at this time?

[12:06] There's no action required on this agenda item.

[12:10] Just to be clear, this could apply to any of the residential or roads in

[12:13] Montgomery Township eventually. >> Um, well, the way the trafficcoming

[12:18] policy works is it actually identifies what qualifies for traffic coming and

[12:22] what doesn't. So, there's a bunch of parameters that you have to have for the

[12:26] trafficcoming policy to um to fit that. So, one of them being 25 miles per hour

[12:33] speed zone. Um, another one being it has to be a side road, not a major road. Um,

[12:38] but again, there's a bunch of things in there. So, not every single street that

[12:42] someone's going to say that they'll do traffic coming that would qualify for

[12:46] it. >> Thank you.

[12:48] » But nothing is specific. Yeah. Nothing specifically says Graze Lane. It's just

[12:52] kind of um very high level as far as Okay.

[12:55] » But Graze Lane does fall within the parameters for the traffic policy.

[13:00] » Yes. >> I have a question, Chief. just uh so

[13:04] we'll put this policy into place and then are we going to discuss the options

[13:08] that LTEP uh gave to us for Grae Lane specifically after that point?

[13:13] » Yes, absolutely. >> Okay. And do we're going to do that in

[13:16] the public safety committee and then bring it back to the board.

[13:19] » Uh we can certainly discuss the policy and the different options that are there

[13:23] and go with the recommendation. >> Okay. Thank you.

[13:27] » Thank you. But is part of the policy to you know communicate with the residents

[13:32] of the you know the specific areas. >> There is the one portion of it is the

[13:37] person that's bringing the traffic coming they want it forward is that

[13:41] there's actually a petition that they get a certain amount of the people that

[13:45] live in the area to sign off for it. And then after the implementation of what

[13:50] we're going to actually do for the trafficcoming we have an open hearing

[13:53] where people allowed to come in and say their piece about what they think about

[13:56] it. And so would that same process have to

[14:01] be implemented for Gray's Lane or would could we act more immediately?

[14:08] » The one thing I would say the what we're ahead of the game on this one for uh

[14:12] traffic coming for Grace Lane is that we can skip ahead because we already have

[14:16] all the traffic study done. So we don't have to take the three to four months to

[14:20] do the traffic study and get all the information. We have all that data

[14:24] already. So, I would say with that one, we're going to be able to move forward

[14:27] faster than if it was just a new street that we don't have a history with.

[14:32] » Okay. Well, thank you so much for that update.

[14:35] » Yep. >> Okay.

[14:38] » Uh, moving on to agenda item nine. This is uh for our IT department. Authorize

[14:45] the purchase of the police department server. Rich Greer, director of IT.

[14:53] » Good evening. Uh, all right. Staff included $30,000 in the

[14:59] 2026 IT budget under account 3407700 for police window server replacement.

[15:08] The existing server has reached end of life. It is no longer supported,

[15:12] creating operational and security risks. A quote from Dell dated January 5th,

[15:16] 2026 was obtained for the purchase of a Power Edge R760

[15:21] with server licensing and 5-year Pro support. The total cost for the quote is

[15:27] $48,42063.

[15:31] Due to market price increases, the cost exceeds the budgeted amount. However,

[15:36] delaying purchase would likely result in further cost escalation and increased

[15:41] risk to police department operations. To confirm price trend, staff obtained a

[15:46] follow-up quote on the 20th, so just six days ago, uh, which showed an continuing

[15:51] increase of $843. Uh, staff has also reached out to the

[15:56] vendor and asked about these price increases and were told that their

[16:00] quarter is ending soon and that we should expect 10% increases across the

[16:06] board for all their products. So, a total of $30,000 was included in the

[16:10] 2026 budget uh for the server. The actual cost of $48,42063

[16:18] exceeds the budget amount requiring approval to proceed. It is recommended

[16:23] that the board of supervisors approve the quote from Dell for $48,42063

[16:30] to replace the police department server. A little more background on this. When

[16:36] we did our budget in August, we've obtained quotes for this uh pretty much

[16:41] identical server. And at that time it was $27,000.

[16:45] Staff knew there was going to be some increases so we put in 30 and we were

[16:50] woefully uh under that number and we do not see this um changing. Uh we worked

[16:58] with chief, we worked with staff and determined what items were required and

[17:02] this was one of them. The police server is one of those products we wanted to

[17:05] get in beforehand before the prices even got worse. So, um, we are looking up and

[17:11] down our inventory and our replacement schedule to ensure they're not, um,

[17:16] missing out on anything that's mission critical, but we'll figure out a

[17:19] solution, uh, to deal with these price increases for those other items.

[17:25] » Rich, is Dell is Dell the only place that this is available at?

[17:29] » Uh, no. No, we can get servers from other

[17:34] vendors, but we're seeing these increases across the board.

[17:37] » Okay. Okay, it >> has to do with the memory. That's where

[17:41] we're seeing a lot of those a little bit uh in the other silicon that comes

[17:44] inside the server uh with the hard drives and whatnot, but really the

[17:48] memory and that's across the board. Uh we're starting to see it in

[17:51] workstations, laptops, tablets, all that, if you will. So,

[17:57] » and it it would be we we just can't really delay this any further, right?

[18:02] » That's what we determined. >> Yeah,

[18:04] » something we wanted to get ahead of. Um, unfortunately, uh, the plan, uh, to

[18:08] replace the server that we purchased in 2017, so 9 years ago this month, we

[18:13] replaced the server that's in place was $120,000.

[18:19] And the reason that server was so expensive is because we were doing

[18:22] things like body cams, uh, in-house closed circuit te television. All of our

[18:27] records management was all internal. And I remember the chief at the time saying,

[18:30] "Can't we go cloud?" I said, "Your next server, I promise you, in 10 years be

[18:35] much smaller because you're going to be cloud everything

[18:38] » for your body cams, for your closed circuit cameras," which is true. The

[18:42] records management is all up in the cloud. And the plan was to spend around

[18:47] $20,000. So from 120,000 down to 20 and get another 10 years out of it.

[18:52] Unfortunately, uh, that just didn't work out.

[18:58] » Thank you. So, so the 8431 is factored into that 48,420 that

[19:04] increase that you mentioned rising by 84101 from the

[19:10] earlier. >> No, no, that's if we were to go ahead

[19:12] and recquote it. >> Okay.

[19:14] » Yeah. So, they were they were mentioning that it even requeded

[19:20] the 30 days, they would actually cancel the order and make you recode at a

[19:23] higher cost. >> Recquote. Gotcha.

[19:25] » Yes. But we are confident we are going to get this server for the price that we

[19:29] have here in the budget. >> Yeah, that's a huge increase from

[19:32] August. >> That is crazy.

[19:34] » It is. >> Yes.

[19:38] » Any further discussion? >> All right. I'll move to award the

[19:43] purchase of a new Dell Power Edge R760 server with Windows Server 2025

[19:48] licensing and a 5-year pro support under co-stars 003-E22-603

[19:55] per the quote dated January 5th, 2026 for $48,42063.

[20:01] Is there a second? >> Second.

[20:05] » Second. >> Any public comment?

[20:11] Hearing none. All those in favor say I. >> I.

[20:15] » I. >> Any opposed?

[20:19] Motion carries. All right. Agenda item 10. Approve the

[20:26] upgrade to the township building admin wing door access control. Rich Greer,

[20:30] director of IT. >> Thank you. Uh, the township buildings

[20:34] administration wing currently uses an outdated access control system that

[20:38] requires modernization to maintain security and operational efficiency. The

[20:43] police department's access control system was upgraded in the fourth

[20:46] quarter of last year and this project will bring administrative wing for the

[20:50] township building to that same standard. The proposal upgrade will transition the

[20:55] system to a vigilant cloud, install new control panels, convert existing access

[21:00] control doors, and replace 16 standard car readers with multi-technology

[21:05] readers. Existing proximity cards, the fob on your keychain. They will remain

[21:11] functional, but they'll have now have an option to upgrade with future

[21:14] enhancements. This upgrade strengthens building security, improves reliability,

[21:19] and ensures consistency across township facilities. Funds for this project are

[21:24] included in the 2026 IT budget. Allocation of 25,000 for admin access

[21:30] control. The proposal dated January 23rd, 2026 from CM3 Building Solution

[21:37] totals $24,184, which is within the approved allocation.

[21:42] It is recommended that the board of supervisors approve the quote from CM3

[21:47] Building Solutions under the Co-Stars CO cooperative purchase program 040E25284

[21:54] at a total cost of $24,184 per their proposal.

[22:04] » Any board discussion? Any questions?

[22:10] Okay. I'll move to award the contract for the upgrade of the township building

[22:14] administration wing door access control system to CM3 Building Solutions under

[22:19] the CoStars cooperative purchase program contract number COSTARS-040-E25-284

[22:28] at a total cost of $24,184 per their quote. Is there a second?

[22:35] » Second, Becca. Any

[22:39] public comment

[22:43] hearing? None. All those in favor say I. >> I.

[22:47] » I. >> Any opposed?

[22:50] Motion carries. Right. Agenda item 11, approval for the

[22:56] replacement of main and staff entrance doors. Rich Greer, director of IT.

[23:02] » Thank you. So along with the actual access control, we are talking about

[23:06] physically replacing original doors that were installed in 1995. So the

[23:10] administration building requires replacement of the main entrance and

[23:14] staff entrance doors to improve security, accessibility, and aesthetics.

[23:20] Proposals have been received from advanced door service for both

[23:23] locations, including automation and entry assist pedestal work at the main

[23:28] entrance. This purchase will come from the capital

[23:32] reserve fund 349700 building and grounds. It is recommended

[23:36] that the board of supervisors approve the purchase installation of main

[23:40] entrance doors, staff entrance doors, and the handicap pedestal from advanced

[23:45] door services for $37,11322.

[23:50] So, we talked about the access controls in the last um proposal. The doors that

[23:55] are currently in place are definitely showing their age. Um, but they were

[23:59] retrofitted. These doors are going to be out of the box compatible with our

[24:04] access control system. So, automated panic bars. We're currently relying on

[24:08] magnet system, which is a little bit outdated [snorts] and flawed uh when it

[24:12] comes to security, but these doors will be all new and compatible with all those

[24:16] systems. I've seen people struggle with our

[24:20] existing doors and I'm excited to see that we have this on the agenda today uh

[24:25] to modernize and you know upgrade those. >> Any other board discussion?

[24:35] » All right. [clears throat] I'll move to approve and award the purchase and

[24:38] installation of the main entrance doors, staff entrance doors, and accessibility

[24:43] accessibility pedestal hardware at the Montgomery Township Administration

[24:47] building to advanced door service under the co-stars cooperative uh purchasing

[24:52] program in the total amount of $37,11322

[24:57] with funding from the building maintenance GL account. Is there a

[25:01] second? Becca.

[25:06] » Any public comment?

[25:10] » Hearing none. All those in favor say I. >> I.

[25:14] » I. >> Any opposed?

[25:17] » Motion carries.

[25:23] » And one more item for you, Rich. Item number 12, request authorization to

[25:28] purchase and install network switch replacements for the recreation center.

[25:33] Thank you. Uh, the recreation center currently utilizes a Cisco 3650

[25:39] switch stack that has reached the end of life. To maintain network reliability

[25:43] and security, staff recommend replacing these switches with Fordet models. This

[25:48] upgrade will ensure compatibility with existing infrastructure and support

[25:52] future network demands. A quote from Omega Systems Co-Stars 03

[25:57] E29636 dated January 20th, 2026 outlines the

[26:02] hardware and services required for this project. Proposal also includes switch

[26:06] configuration installation and project management services. Funding for this

[26:12] project is available in the 2026 IT budget under fund 30 capital reserve

[26:17] department recreation with a budgeted amount of $14,500.

[26:21] The proposed expend expenditure of $14,2365

[26:27] for this purchase and installation of Fordet switches as quoted by Omega

[26:31] Systems falls within this approved allocation. It is re recommended that

[26:36] the board of supervisors approve the quote from Omega Systems under the

[26:40] Co-Stars cooperative purchase program 003E23636

[26:46] at a total cost of $14,2365.

[26:53] Thank you, Re. Any board discussion or questions.

[27:00] All right. Hearing none, I'll move to award the contract for the purchase and

[27:04] installation of network switch replacements for the recreation center

[27:07] from Omega Systems under the CoStars Cooperative Purchase Program. Contract

[27:11] number COSTASR-003-E23-636

[27:17] at the total cost of 14,2365

[27:21] per their quote. Is there a second? >> Second.

[27:24] » Second.

[27:27] » Any public comment?

[27:32] Hearing none. All those in favor say I. >> I.

[27:36] » I. >> Any opposed.

[27:40] » Motion carries. >> Well, thank you so much.

[27:43] » Thank you, Rich. And I I just feel like we need to give a

[27:49] big shout out to Rich who also coordinated on uh at last minute notice

[27:54] uh having our meeting virtual today. And as always, uh, he and his team do an

[28:00] excellent job for us. So, thank you, Reg.

[28:02] » Thank you. >> You're here.

[28:06] » All right. And moving on to administration and finance.

[28:12] Agenda item 13, the adoption of the sewer rate ordinance amendment. Carolyn

[28:16] McCreary, Township Manager. >> Good evening. Uh at your January 5th

[28:21] public meeting, the board reviewed a memorandum from uh Municipal Sewer

[28:26] Authority Executive Director Shannon Drazzn requesting the board's approval

[28:29] to advertise an ordinance amendment for sewer rental charges. She noted that

[28:34] historically the rates have been updated by ordinance. However, that's not an

[28:37] industry standard and the authority is proposing to move towards industry

[28:41] standards which would allow them to dictate their future rate increases

[28:45] which would be approved by a resolution of their board and it would no longer be

[28:48] adopted by a township ordinance. The board authorized the advertisement of

[28:52] the proposed ordinance amendment and it was properly advertised by the township

[28:55] solicitor's office. So we are now recommending that the board adopt the

[28:59] ordinance amendment and upon adoption we would make the municipal the Montgomery

[29:03] Township municipal sewer authority aware of this including their solicitor.

[29:08] Thank you Carolyn. Any board questions or discussion?

[29:16] Hearing none, I'll move to adopt ordinance number 26-355

[29:21] amending section 187-78 uh.13

[29:26] of the Montgomery Township Code, sewer rental chargers. Is there a second?

[29:33] [clears throat] >> Second.

[29:37] » Any public comment?

[29:42] hearing none. All those in favor say I. I.

[29:46] » Any opposed? Motion carries.

[29:50] » Thank you. >> Thank you.

[29:54] Moving on to agenda item 14. Review of the time frame for the 2025 audit and

[29:59] 2026 audit information. Blaine Bergie, director of finance.

[30:04] » Thank you. Evening everyone. Uh per the information provided by our audit firm

[30:09] Mey LLP, the audit plan is to issue the report by June 30th, 2026.

[30:16] And then there's a little table there that summarizes the schedule. Um staff

[30:21] has everything to them by beginning of March. They will start procedures a week

[30:27] after that and they will have it issued by June 30.

[30:32] Uh and also uh note on the 2026 audit uh per the recommendation of McGomery

[30:39] Township's elected auditors, a request for proposal will be issued for the 2026

[30:45] audit. The committee acknowledged the high quality of the work that Mey does

[30:50] for the township and the excellent reputation of the firm but feels that

[30:54] bidding the audit every 3 to five years is a good practice. Mey will be included

[30:59] on the RFP as well as three other firms. So the elected auditors met last week.

[31:06] Uh Audrey was there. Um they actually all seemed quite experienced in terms of

[31:13] auditing at different places. Um two of them knew me spoke very highly of them

[31:20] but it just felt like fitting the audit would be a good

[31:25] practice. >> So let me make a correction. I was not

[31:27] at the meeting with the auditors. I was at our um finance committee meeting.

[31:32] » Oh, right. Right. I'm sorry. Yeah. Yeah, that's right. Where we Yeah.

[31:35] » Right. And we did talk about it there and I think it's a great best practice.

[31:40] Absolutely think it's a great best practice.

[31:44] » So, I don't think anything is required by the board for that. But

[31:48] » yes. So, there's no action uh necessary, but I really appreciate you coming and

[31:52] giving us that uh report and the timetable for this year's audit. I think

[31:57] it's a it's an important thing to communicate proactively. So, uh well

[32:01] done. Thank you, Blaine. >> Welcome.

[32:04] » And also, um I'm sorry, it should be noted that um GFOA's deadline to submit

[32:10] the report to them is June 30th. So, we expect that we'd be able to meet that

[32:14] without any issues this year. >> Okay. Wonderful. We we received an

[32:18] extension last year because of the fact that we had a period of time where we

[32:22] didn't have a finance director as well as me having some staffing challenges a

[32:26] as well as a lot of the other accounting firms.

[32:30] » Mey um this year will they be presenting the audit to us?

[32:35] » They can if that's the board's desire. >> I I have always enjoyed their

[32:41] presentations in the past. Uh I I know that they were short staffed though and

[32:46] I didn't know if that had um if that was you know part of the reason why they

[32:50] didn't come and present it to us this year.

[32:53] » They have not presented the last five years. So since I've been there they

[32:56] haven't they have not presented the audit. It's typically been done by

[33:00] myself and the finance director but we can certainly bring them in and let them

[33:04] go over the report with you. >> So I'm just I'm remembering pre Carolyn

[33:09] McCreary uh presentations. [clears throat]

[33:13] So, um, you know, that's so funny though this like I I have this very distinct,

[33:18] you know, recollection of them coming and making those presentations and, um,

[33:21] but apparently I didn't miss it all that much. Um,

[33:24] » well, you have to remember too, I came in 2020 and a month and a half later, we

[33:29] had a pandemic as this is why we were able to run a team's meeting so smoothly

[33:34] because we have experience with this. >> So, I think that that probably stopped

[33:38] it and then we just didn't continue. But we can certainly when we're there invite

[33:42] them to come to a public meeting and present.

[33:45] » Well, >> is it usually the person that actually

[33:48] conducts the audit that would present? >> Um, or is it just, you know, any one of

[33:55] their I mean, I don't know if this is something you can answer, Caroline, if

[33:57] you didn't actually experience it here. >> Oh, in my experience, when an when an

[34:00] auditing firm has come in, um, it's been one of the partners who's come in.

[34:04] typically the partner who oversees um the manager, but they also might send

[34:09] the manager of the the engagement in as well, but it's not someone who just

[34:12] doesn't have any um tie in with the work.

[34:15] » Okay.

[34:19] » So, [clears throat] we can we can revisit, you know, who

[34:23] makes the presentation at a at a later date. Um but this is certainly not a

[34:26] reflection on you, Carolyn. Um because uh I I know especially with your finance

[34:31] background, uh that you have this well underhand. So, and thank you for all of

[34:35] your hard work on this. >> Oh, that's fine. It's our pleasure.

[34:38] Thank you. >> Any further questions or discussion

[34:43] before we move on to agenda item 15?

[34:48] Okay, then I will um move on to the prof ratification of participation as a

[34:54] co-signer of amicus brief interest for business privilege and merkantail tax.

[34:59] Caroline McCrae, township manager. We received an email from Patrick

[35:04] Hitchens who is an attorney at our solicitor's firm advising of an appellet

[35:08] case involving Rner Township and Lincoln Financial. Lincoln Financial was arguing

[35:13] that the local tax enabling act or LITA does not specifically authorize interest

[35:18] for gross receipts tax. The court vacated the assessment, but they didn't

[35:22] rule on the interest question. So Rner Township has appealed a decision to the

[35:26] Commonwealth Court and due to the negative consequence of not being able

[35:30] to collect interest on these delinquent taxes, it was suggested by the firm that

[35:34] an Amikas brief be filed. The decision to participate was time-sensitive as the

[35:38] brief had to be filed by January 22nd. So based on the fact that we collect not

[35:42] only business privilege but merkantal tax and we rely on those taxes and we

[35:46] also feel that delinquent taxpayers should have to pay interest. Um, we

[35:51] agreed to participate in the filing. The township would share the cost of the

[35:55] preparation and filing of the brief with other municipal clients of Kilkenny Law

[36:00] who would be impacted by this. Now, staff is recommending that the board

[36:04] ratify my approval of our participation in the filing.

[36:09] » Well, I I think it makes good sense uh for the township to participate. Um, any

[36:16] other board questions or discussion on this?

[36:21] All right. Then I'll move to ratify the participation as a co-signer in the

[36:25] amicus brief in support of Rner Township. Is there a second?

[36:29] » Second. >> Any public comment?

[36:35] All those in favor say I. >> I.

[36:37] » I. >> Any opposed?

[36:41] » Motion carries. Right.

[36:46] Agenda item 16, authorization to advertise the revised 2026 budget.

[36:50] Carolyn McCreary, Township Manager. >> Thank you. The revised budget being

[36:55] presented to the board this evening includes the following changes from the

[36:59] original. A 1 mil tax increase allocated as files instead of 1.71 mills.11

[37:05] to go to the general fund, 044 to go to the fire fund, and 045 to go to the

[37:10] capital reserve fund. The real estate tax revenue for the capital reserve fund

[37:14] is now being shown separately as a revenue line item like the other funds

[37:19] as opposed to an inner fund transfer. The only interfund transfers that will

[37:23] show up going forward will be those that the board authorizes based on any

[37:27] surplus that the general fund might have and that the board wishes to put into

[37:31] capital reserves. The total real estate tax revenue decreased slightly as the

[37:35] latest township assessment report from the county shows our total valuation has

[37:39] declined. The salary and benefit lines for the fire protection fund now reflect

[37:44] no change in staffing levels from 2025. However, we added an expenditure line

[37:49] that has been added for potential new hires. That line matches the additional

[37:53] amount of revenue that would be coming into the fire tax fund. And since the

[37:57] board has commissioned a fire services study, a determination of future hires

[38:02] and when would be done by the board after they have time to review the study

[38:05] and hear it presented to them at a public meeting. The real estate tax

[38:09] revenue changed slightly in the park and recreation and debt service funds due to

[38:13] the homestead exemption being allocated differently because of the new millage

[38:17] rates. The beginning fund balances, while they're still preliminary until

[38:21] the audit is issued, have been updated based on the latest year-to-ate numbers.

[38:25] Staff is recommending that the board of supervisors authorize the proposed

[38:28] revised 2026 budget as being available for public inspection with the adoption

[38:33] scheduled for the February 9th public meeting. This would make us six days in

[38:38] advance of the required February 15th deadline that has to be in place when

[38:41] you reopen a budget. Um Blaine is available to answer any questions

[38:46] specifically about the numbers. Um in the budget that you were presented, the

[38:49] numbers that changed were highlighted in yellow to make it easier for you to to

[38:53] see. He also added a number of footnotes. So Blaine, I'm going to let

[38:57] you um talk about your footnotes as well as any changes that you feel the board

[39:01] needs to be made aware of other than what we put into their summary.

[39:07] Uh, okay. So, the footnotes are on page one, the fund summary.

[39:14] Um, it just kind of explains how the tax is

[39:18] calculated. It's a little confusing with the homestead exemption because the

[39:22] homestead exemption doesn't just come off the assessment. You kind of it's

[39:26] it's like a tax deduction versus a credit on your personal taxes. you know,

[39:33] you kind of have to calculate the tax first based on the assessment and then

[39:37] factor in the homestead exemption after that. So, that explains that a little

[39:41] bit. Um like Carolyn mentioned in her overview,

[39:46] um the capital reserve fund was always shown at so the real estate tax we

[39:52] allocated for that has always been shown as a fund transfer at the end of the

[39:57] year whereas fire fund street lights was always done quarterly as the tax came

[40:03] in. So I don't know. I guess that was just done in the past to show

[40:08] specifically the amount going from general fund to capital reserve.

[40:14] So I just talked about with Carolyn and um you know she suggested handling the

[40:20] capital reserve real estate tax like we handle the other funds which I think

[40:24] makes the most sense. Uh so that just changed from the first

[40:30] budget. It would have changed the amount that showed up in the general fund

[40:35] real estate revenue line because before it was all going in there and then

[40:40] coming over via transfer. Now it's going straight into capital reserve but did

[40:45] not change the bottom line at all. And then uh the last footnote there just

[40:52] kind of shows the math a little bit of how the real estate taxes are

[40:56] calculated.

[40:59] the homestead exemption um basically being allocated to each fund based on

[41:04] the percentage that that fund gets of the real estate

[41:09] tax. >> I hope that makes I hope that makes

[41:13] sense. >> And I think it's important Blaine I

[41:16] think it's important to know too that the we what we put in our summary that

[41:20] the valuation of the township changes regularly. So, every time you see um a

[41:25] tax appeal coming in and you know the school district because they're impacted

[41:29] the most, a lot of times they will negotiate a settlement because they

[41:32] don't want to risk that they could potentially lose going before the board

[41:36] of assessment appeals and actually end up getting less in real estate tax

[41:40] revenue. Ours is the smallest piece, but it adds up. You know, we're I I think

[41:45] was Miss DNO said in her budget presentation, we're 98% built out, so we

[41:49] don't have that growth piece. Um the one exception was um recently the apartments

[41:54] that are known as the Luxor apartments which are off of Stump Road. So

[41:59] obviously that was a bare piece of land. Those um apartments were built and then

[42:03] the assessment was redone. So that brought us up but even with that because

[42:08] we're the smallest piece of the tax pie um we it doesn't affect us as much but

[42:13] it does move constantly. So every month we get a report from the board of

[42:17] assessments that says here's the changes that have been done. um if somebody does

[42:21] an addition or some kind of improvement to their house, we notify the county,

[42:25] you know, that the building permit was issued and the value of that building

[42:28] permit and then their assessment can change as a result of it. But most of

[42:32] the times what we're seeing is we're seeing commercial and industrial

[42:35] properties saying, you know, I think I'm not worth as much as I'm being assessed

[42:40] at. Um that argument is for a higher power than me. Um I still think you know

[42:46] um you're there and you're functioning whether you're functioning at full

[42:49] capacity doesn't impact the land because as we all know um we are in a very um

[42:54] valuable area you know having the highways we do that make us adjacent to

[42:58] Philadelphia that make us um attractive for um commercial you know having a

[43:03] commercial carter um but this impacts us every month. So a number that we present

[43:08] today, we could get a report as of the end of January that changes a little bit

[43:12] going up or a little bit going down won't affect our taxes in a material

[43:16] way, but it will still affect them. So it's always sort of a moving target and

[43:19] that's why we try to cite the report that we use when we put that number in.

[43:24] » Yeah, I did reduce the total tax slightly from the original budget

[43:29] because we got an assessment from McGomery County in December. So,

[43:32] normally that wouldn't have made it into the budget, but um since we already had

[43:37] it open, I used those numbers. It was a very small amount, but

[43:44] » Okay, thank you so much for that detailed explanation.

[43:48] » Oh, there was one I'm sorry, there was one other footnote there, a note on the

[43:51] fund balances. Um the projected ending fund balances for 2025 I updated and put

[43:59] in here. Um, they still will probably change some with any audit adjustments,

[44:05] but uh, we should be closer than we were a couple months ago.

[44:11] » Thank you, Blaine. >> Any board discussion, questions?

[44:21] » No. Okay. I'll move to authorize the advertisement of the proposed revised

[44:25] 2026 budget, all funds, as being available for public inspection. Is

[44:29] there a second? second. >> Okay. Any public comment.

[44:40] Okay. Hearing none. All those in favor say I.

[44:46] » I. >> Any opposed?

[44:50] Motion carries.

[44:57] Agenda item 17. authorized to advertise ordinance for the establishment of a

[45:02] fire tax. Carolyn McCreary, Township Manager.

[45:07] » Result of your discussion and approved motion at your January 5th business

[45:11] meeting, the fire tax ordinance adopted on December 15, 2025 has been amended to

[45:17] reflect in a reduction in millillage from 1.71 mills to 1 mil. Previous 0.56

[45:22] mills was internally allocated to fire services. The addition of 04 mil point44

[45:28] mills brings the dedicated millage to one mill. It's estimated that one mill

[45:32] will generate $2,15,000 in real estate tax revenue which is

[45:37] shown on page 15 of the 2026 budget. This ordinance amendment would then be

[45:42] able to be adopted at your February 9th public meeting. Staff is recommending

[45:45] that you authorize the advertisement of the ordinance amendment.

[45:50] And this ordinance amendment was prepared by this township solicitor's

[45:53] office. Any

[45:57] questions from the board? Board discussion.

[46:00] » And this is the amendment from the 1.71 to1. Correct.

[46:05] » That's correct. >> Okay.

[46:13] Any further questions or discussion?

[46:17] All right. Hearing none, I'll move to authorize the advertisement of an

[46:21] ordinance amending ordinance 25-353 which established and levied a fire

[46:27] services tax on all real property in Montgomery Township. Is there a second?

[46:32] » Second. >> Any public comment

[46:37] [clears throat]

[46:42] » hearing? None. All those in favor say I. I. I. Any opposed?

[46:50] Motion carries.

[46:53] All right. Agenda item 18, appointment of deputy tax collector for Montgomery

[46:58] Township. Blaine Bergie, finance director.

[47:01] » On January 5, Tina Stole was sworn in as tax collector from Montgomery Township.

[47:07] Miss Stole wishes to appoint Christian Fusco or Fusco, the bonded tax collector

[47:13] of Toemenson Township as her deputy tax collector for McGomery Township should

[47:19] she be unable to perform her duties for any reason. Staff recommends the board

[47:23] approve the appointment of Mr. Fusco.

[47:29] » I believe this is standard protocol for tax collectors to appoint other deputy

[47:33] tax collectors. So >> yes, it is. Um, I'm happy to move to

[47:38] approve the appointment of Christian Fusesco as the deputy deputy tax

[47:42] collector for Montgomery Township. Is there a second?

[47:45] » Second. >> Any public comment?

[47:52] Hearing none. All those in favor say I. >> I.

[47:56] » Any opposed? Motion carries.

[48:04] All right. Agenda item 19, new business department reports.

[48:09] Um, at this point, the township staff has prepared reports for the month of

[48:12] December. If there are any questions, the department uh directors will be

[48:16] available to answer them at uh on this meeting or if you're if you have

[48:20] questions and you want to submit them to the township. I'm sure our any of our

[48:24] department heads would be happy to follow up with you following this

[48:27] meeting. Um this is an opportunity though for staff to bring items or

[48:32] issues of interest to the board of supervisors um which they need input or

[48:36] direction on. Um Carolyn, do we have uh an update on public works

[48:43] in the wake of the storm? >> We are hoping that public works is

[48:47] safely tucked into their respective beds after I'm sure they had to go home and

[48:50] clean out their driveways and sidewalks um you know after a long arduous um

[48:56] time. I believe this is the third successive weekend where they have been

[48:59] called out um for some type of weather event. Um as you know we were um

[49:04] scrambling last week along with a lot of other municipalities. I know it was

[49:07] highlighted I think in North Penn now. Um I am pleased to report that we did

[49:10] get our salt deliveries um and we are expecting more. So um we are situated

[49:15] well there but salt only works at as I've learned this at certain

[49:19] temperatures. So, um because we're going to see the next successive I think 5 to

[49:23] seven days of um I think we're un we're usually in the 40s this time of year and

[49:28] we're going to be in the 20s as a high and the winds are not helping. Um if if

[49:32] ground was just a little bit wet, the wind helps because it dries it. If

[49:36] ground is wet with a little bit of a sheen on it, the wind is not helping.

[49:40] So, we would just encourage everybody to just exercise caution when you go out on

[49:44] the roads, even if you think it looks clear and to just be patient with them

[49:47] because they have um 73 miles of roads to do. Um even though we're 10 square

[49:52] miles, we have a lot of neighborhoods and um we also have 20 miles of

[49:57] sidewalk, which I didn't realize it was 20 miles. Um you know, we um tell our

[50:02] residents, you know, we they have to clear off after a storm. Um we also have

[50:05] to do it and um it's a lot. Plus, they take care of our buildings. So, um, that

[50:09] was one of the reasons why we didn't open today because I wanted to give them

[50:12] a chance to get the roads done to their satisfaction and then come in and tackle

[50:17] our parking lot and our sidewalks. But, um, on another note, since we don't

[50:21] officially have a department report, um, as you know, Derek Mueller um, resigned

[50:26] his position as public information officer late last year to become

[50:30] director of parks and recreation in Quakertown Burough. And I'm pleased to

[50:33] announce that Ava Komas, who um works with Derek, has accepted the role as um

[50:39] we're changing it from public information officer to interim community

[50:43] engagement manager. Um the reason it's interim is to give us both a chance to

[50:47] see if this is something that Ava likes the because there's an administrative

[50:50] side, not just the communication side. Um Ava flourishes um not only with her

[50:56] articulateness, but her creativity. Um, I think she's going to do phenomenal in

[51:00] this position and she's she's the great story because she came to us as an

[51:04] intern. You know, we were looking for an intern just for some help and then last

[51:08] January we offered her a position and a year later now she's going to be running

[51:12] everything. So, um, congratulations to Ava and I know everybody on the staff

[51:17] um, supports her and is really looking forward to seeing her flourish and doing

[51:20] what we can to support her in that. >> Absolutely. Ava is someone who strikes

[51:26] me as uh not only highly capable but incredibly personable and and highly

[51:31] competent in all areas of communication. So I wish her well in this new role.

[51:37] » Thank you. That's all I have. >> Okay.

[51:45] » Moving on to agenda item 20. Then we have uh new business. And under new

[51:53] business, we have our committee board liaison reports. Uh I'll go ahead and

[51:59] start and say uh well, first of all, these were reorg meetings I think for

[52:04] the most part this month and uh we had the sewer authority uh met and reorged

[52:11] and it maintained the same officers. Congratulations to them all. um all of

[52:16] our boards and uh commissions and committees that gathered uh we we

[52:21] presented our volunteer members with a token of our appreciation for their

[52:26] service. Every member received a township umbrella and uh and our

[52:34] expression of appreciation for all the work that they put into their their

[52:39] boards and committees and commissions. Uh just want to extend our thanks again

[52:43] to them uh for all they do to help the township uh continue to run and um and

[52:49] and be a wonderful place uh to to live, work and play. Uh our BDP, our business

[52:56] depart uh development partnership committee actually did not meet however

[53:01] and we will be having that reor meeting in February.

[53:08] » Okay, I'll go next. if that's okay. Uh the parks board uh

[53:13] met just the day before the umbrellas were delivered. So we'll be delivering

[53:17] those appreciation uh tokens in uh the February meeting. Uh but we did meet

[53:24] last week to plan our priorities. Of course did our reorganization again same

[53:29] leadership um planning our prior uh priorities

[53:33] including funding for um the farmhouse project. looking at kind of unique

[53:39] opportunities for funding including grants and fundraising and other ideas.

[53:43] So, we're just getting our ourselves started with that. Uh our EAC

[53:48] environmental advisory committee will be meeting tomorrow, but we didn't wait to

[53:53] meet to be be e extra busy this month. Um we have a residential lawn

[53:58] replacement program with native pollinator gardens. Um it's a program

[54:03] that we um actually learned about through um at our Autumn Fest last year.

[54:07] I have a little flyer here that you can't see, but it's on on the on uh FA

[54:12] social media and on our website. Um it it was offering a seminar um which will

[54:21] be this Wednesday, January 28th, 7 p.m. at the rec center. for those who will

[54:27] attend this and then uh prepare, which obviously right now it's hard to prepare

[54:33] anything because we have several inches of snow on the ground, but they need to

[54:38] prepare their beds for these gardens that are going to replace the lawns. And

[54:43] um they can be ready to plant and care for 28 uh native plants that are

[54:49] pollinator plants. They'll be delivered in mid to late May um free of charge.

[54:55] So, this was limited to 50 people. It sold out in one day. Um, I will say to

[55:00] everyone that's listening that was disappointed they didn't get this that

[55:03] we do have a waiting list. And so, if you are interested in this, you can

[55:07] certainly find out more information. We may be offering something similar in the

[55:12] future, but also um there may be people that decide this isn't something they're

[55:16] going to be able to attack this year. So, maybe we'll be able to move into our

[55:20] waiting list for those who are interested. So, um trying to kind of put

[55:25] forward uh instead of having lawns which really serve little to no purpose um to

[55:31] make making our our uh properties a little more useful to our wildlife. Um

[55:37] so that's that effort. Um the other issue uh other uh committee that I meet

[55:42] with is a uh recycling consortium that we meet four times a year and I have

[55:49] news. I think Caroline, you know this already, but um the D issues checks to

[55:55] um each municipality based on activities and um efforts that we do for recycling,

[56:01] which is required by the way. Um but then they give us money back for for um

[56:07] for doing these these events and activities. Um they finally received our

[56:13] our consortium has received the check from 2023.

[56:17] So they're a little far behind. Um we're trying to encourage them to get the 2024

[56:21] checkout a little class since we're in 2026 now. Um but our share will be

[56:26] available soon. Uh I don't think they've made any promises but they're going to

[56:29] be divvying up that to the consortium members which are there are 11

[56:32] municipalities that participate. So of which we are the biggest actually. So we

[56:36] will get the biggest check out of that. So looking forward to that coming to our

[56:40] our banks account soon. So that's all my that's my uh are there any questions?

[56:48] Okay, I'll check off here.

[56:52] » So, I'll jump in. Eric, if you're okay with that.

[56:56] I um so we had u Blaine actually pretty much gave all of the updates for the

[57:01] finance committee. Um they did get their umbrellas. Um and um so we had a good

[57:08] meeting again. He just uh pretty much shared some of the things he shared um

[57:12] this evening. Uh my seniors, they did not get their umbrellas yet. Um

[57:17] unfortunately, um Deb wasn't well that day and she um had them in her office.

[57:22] But um so they will get them. I told them about them. So they'll get them get

[57:25] them next month. Um but they really appreciated the notes that um or the

[57:32] note I guess it was me. I wrote them. Um one board member or one committee person

[57:38] said that it was the reason why he came back. So, um, so that was nice to hear.

[57:43] I I'm always about writing a note, so it was really good to hear. And then, um,

[57:49] we actually have, and she was there, a potential new committee person. Um, but,

[57:56] uh, I'm going to follow up because I thought she said she sent her

[58:00] application in, but, she did join us. So, I'm not going to say names or

[58:03] anything until she's officially with us. But, um, we did have a new person that

[58:07] came. Actually we had two people that came but one person interested in in

[58:12] joining us. Um but we spent time of course like everyone mentioned

[58:16] reorganing the commission uh committee um both meetings and then um our seniors

[58:23] debriefed of course on our Santa breakfast and the sheer success of it.

[58:28] Um we laughed about a few things. this little girl that was following because

[58:31] we had a um and forgive me, I don't know the characters, but somebody was dressed

[58:35] as something different that we've never had before and this little girl followed

[58:39] him around the whole time. So, we laughed about that cuz we we were

[58:43] tickled by her just anywhere he was, she was. Um and then we just talked about

[58:49] some really neat stuff that they brought up out of the blue just that we might be

[58:55] looking at trying to do this year. So stay tuned for that. This my senior

[59:00] committee has taken off here in in a good way. Um that was it. That's it.

[59:08] Thank you. >> All right. I'll uh jump in now. Um did

[59:13] have a meeting with the community and rec center uh committee. Uh good news on

[59:19] on there. The building's being used quite a bit. Facility usage is is really

[59:23] good. Uh membership is pretty steady. Pickle ball obviously is a a huge draw

[59:29] there. Um so the floor is uh in decent shape. Uh everyone loves the new floor.

[59:37] The one thing that Floyd's working on is uh figuring out how to clean it um do

[59:43] that. There's some scuffing and things like that, but that's being taken care

[59:47] of. There are some big expenditures uh potentially popping up. One is the

[59:53] parking lot lights. Um, as we all know, if we've ever been there

[59:58] at night, it's pretty dark there. So, um, that's that's a big expenditure

[1:00:02] coming up. And then the next one probably for 2027 is to be thinking

[1:00:06] about replacing the fitness equipment that's there because it is, I think,

[1:00:10] original to the building. Um and that is not un knowing

[1:00:16] commercial fitness equipment. It is not inexpensive but uh the amount of usage

[1:00:20] that we get there and we could add additional uh fitness equipment based on

[1:00:24] the space that we do have because the machines are spaced

[1:00:29] 6 feet or more apart from 2020 times. Um, so that's something for us to keep

[1:00:36] in the back of our minds um as a board and as a township that that that expense

[1:00:40] is coming up. But the the the the good news, like I say, it's it's getting used

[1:00:46] and um so that that's a great thing. Um there and the um public safety committee

[1:00:53] has not met yet. They will have their first meeting on February 4th and so we

[1:00:58] have some things to talk about there. So that's what I have.

[1:01:06] » All right. Thanks everyone. Uh that's all for our agenda. Uh do I

[1:01:13] have a a motion to adjurnn? >> Can I just um just for the record

[1:01:18] because I don't know if you have mentioned it or not that Candace Chimera

[1:01:21] um is not on with us. Um she's away and currently experiencing a power outage

[1:01:27] where she's at. So, I just wanted the record to show that she wasn't at the

[1:01:30] meeting due to um from power issues. >> Thank you, Audrey.

[1:01:37] » And we certainly hope that uh Supervisor Chimera is safe and warm with her

[1:01:42] family. >> Any other comments for the for the good

[1:01:47] of the order? >> No.

[1:01:50] » All right. Well, then I'll move to adjourn. Is there a second?

[1:01:53] » Second. >> Any public comment?

[1:01:58] All right, hearing none. All those in favor of adjourning say I. I.

[1:02:03] » Any opposed? >> All right. Motion carries. Have a

[1:02:07] wonderful evening everyone. >> Good night, everyone. Thank you.

Montgomery Township Board of Supervisors Meeting - January 26, 2026

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