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Good morning everyone. I'm calling this meeting on order of at 6:30. Dr. Roj, could you please roll call? >> Yes. Mr. Baronson. I see you. It's okay. Miss Ford

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>> present. >> Mr. Schmidt here. >> Miss Fransaw. >> Mr. Kovac. >> Okay. Miss Davenport, >> you're on mute, Commissioner. There you are. And chairman Farooqi.

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>> Yes. >> Please stand for the pledge of allegiance. The pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. Republic for which it stands.

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One nation under God, >> indivisible, >> liberty, justice, indivisible. >> I'm sorry. I just came from my work. I'm in Russia. I couldn't make my paperwork.

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Okay. My statement. In accordance with the provisions of chapter 30 231 New Jersey public laws of 1975, the open public meeting act

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educate notice of this meeting has been provided by the giving of notice to the corer news posting the agenda in the public lobby of this building 48 hours prior to this meeting. delivery of this

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notice to the Franklin Township clerk at least 48 hours prior to this meeting and mailing notice to those persons properly requesting to be mailed notification of meetings at least 48 hours prior to this

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meeting. Give me one moment please. Let me check my paper. Okay. Motion to open meeting for public comments. >> Motion to open the meeting.

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>> Second. >> Any oppose? >> Uh, anybody said second? >> Second. >> Any oppose? Absent.

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Move to carried. As there no one from the public for commitment um for the comments. Is there anybody from the public? No. Motion to close meeting for public

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committee for the public comments. I move seconded. All in favor? I >> I >> No. Any oppose?

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Absent. Abstent. Motion is carried to approval of meetings. In regard to meeting minutes, is there any changes? If you feel please let me know any

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changes in the in the minutes of meeting of March 3rd 2026. Motion to move. Working session regular board meeting March 3rd, 2026. Is there any changes in the meet minutes of meeting?

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Motion to move >> move to accept the minutes. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I >> I >> Any oppose? Absent.

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>> I abstain. I was absent so I have to abstain. >> Okay. Executive summary professional report please Joe could you please >> sorry I was on mute. Uh thank you

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chairman. Okay. Um under our solar project which is going uh forward nicely. We did finalize a project development agreement which is now fully executed. We held a project kickoff meeting last month with

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both teams present. And we did uh uh sign documents granting Schneider Electric access to our authority utility account data so they could do further analysis uh as they build build out the project.

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um for our finance platform upgrade and uh migration. I'd like to ask Dr. Roach just to update us quickly on the three phases of it. >> Sure. Um at this time we have just closed out our fiscal year ending May

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31, 2025. Everything is in order. We are now balanced out to zero and uh everything's looking good there. We are have the uh budget in the system at this time. So that's moving well. The utility billing is moving along very well. They

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had their first annual billing. We had a few little bumps in the road to take care of, but everything's been reconciled. So both systems, finance and utility billing are both satisfactory and moving forward. >> Thank you, Dr. Roach. >> You're welcome, Jeff. five bay garage.

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The very last item uh for this project is um to complete the civil uh storm water work uh which for which the drawings have been provided to the authority staff and right now they're uh waiting or going over a materials list

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to confirm that we could do the work in house. Um look forward to that being completed. Brookline Avenue sewer rehabilitation project is um going by smoothly but slowly as reported in the past. Monthly

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project monthly progress meeting was held by our staff and the vendor. I did have a phone conversation with um between me and the vendor's uh vice president regarding the work pace that

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they've been delivering to us which is slower uh than promised and um resulting from my conversation with the VP uh I asked for a joint in-person meeting

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with his team and our our entire ire team and that's scheduled for April 15th. So chairman if you'd like to attend that you're more than welcome really any anyone on the board is welcome. It's April 15th. Uh I will report though 75% of all the

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lateral work is complete. There's only 82 laterals remaining and we're going to try to see if we can't get them done as quickly as possible. Good news for the American Rescue uh Plan grants.

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We were granted uh $5 million and we received $5 million. So, we took all that money. Um love it. So, it's good news. And that all went to the Brookline project,

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Western Canal pump station flood rebuild project. the easement agreement. Um we're at the end of agreeing to an easement agree um finalizing an easement agreement. There is a clause in there an indemnity clause that um Brian Hack

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wasn't comfortable with. Um we suggested some final language uh to amend that clause and Brian were waiting for them to reply to that request. Right. >> That's correct, Joe. >> Right. their their indemnity clause was

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overreaching and we wanted them to uh more specificity for us. Uh good news is uh the engineer uh has submitted the wetlands permit application to the NJ DP uh for approval

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and that's this latest status of that project. Commerce Street Drive pump station is going very smoothly. PSCG completed the electrical bypass and shut down the existing electrical service to the pump station. The pump the pump

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bypass was completed and is in production and the cast in place concrete uh loading platform and the stairs concrete stairs were completed this past month. They haven't been out there in the last few days. So they are out there today

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but uh because of scheduling and weather there few days they were not out there continuing project. Uh that concludes uh my project vendor summary. If there are no questions I'll

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go into the executive director's report. Okay. for um as of March 31st under revenue checks received 1,165,497.91 comparatively for the month of March that's considered a high amount year date year to date collected 14 million

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595,74054 penalties generated for the on $13,951.87 which is comparatively high. Under expense report as of February 28th, 2026 expenditures for the month to date

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$44,75852. Year-to- date expenditures 7,624,32.74. I'll note uh that we've spent 50% of our budget and we're 75% through the fiscal calendar though that

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um on the surface looks good. Uh, but I I'm gonna go audit that to make sure that um there's not a bill outstanding or or multiple bills outstanding that we still have are waiting to pay, but on

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the surface it looks good. >> So Joe, I have I have one question question. So I'm uh so I'm on I'm I'm calling you from the phone because my uh uh microphone on the computer is not working. I'm call by the way. Um so on the on the penalty the revenue from the

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penalties uh I know you and I have uh had a conversation about uh some of the people when they switched over to the new financing finance system uh got hit with uh some um fine late fees and

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interest uh some some small amounts but they were complaining and I think you were going to talk to uh the staff and get that waved. Yeah, I took care of that. I instructed um uh billing uh with the you know

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supervision of Dr. Roach to wave uh that a $152 uh late fee >> just not with that one case but everybody who >> was affected. Okay. All right. Very good. Very good. Thank you.

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>> Dr. Ro, Dr. Ro, when you get a C chance, can you make sure that was done uh unilaterally? >> You're on mute. >> You're on mute. >> Hey, I finally get to do that. Um yeah, I will follow through with the

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building department. I know that they have been addressing that and applying it to anyone who has called in or has come in and made an issue with it. You've certainly been taking care of that. But uh Joe, I'll follow your next uh >> Yeah, I remember Maryanne uh I I believe

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if I'm remember correctly, she had to contact the vendor to see if they could just go in a system and do it for everybody. But it >> did not do that. Yeah, we weren't able to do it that way just straight across the board because any of the customers who have penalties

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in the system, if we go in and clear their penalties, it would also clear their penalties that were existing prior to the migration. So, we could not just do it as a blanket transaction. >> Yeah. So, we're doing the best we can on it,

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you know, with motivation from uh Councilman and Barrison, the Facebook post, and my wife getting that bill anyway. Uh okay. Uh >> this isn't the forum for it, but I got that bill, too.

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>> Yeah. Okay. All right. Uh where was I? Okay. Uh the expenses cash unrestricted category of cash on hand 4,55,17060 under restricted

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15,360,435.96 under designated $7,66573 I'm sorry 7,665,000 7324 give us a total C net cash position of 27 million $530,67980.

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Uh the few discussion items I have the budget uh I've started the budget process uh operations and admin will be submitting uh their budget request to me uh in the next uh by the end of next week and

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we'll be putting that together. Um, I have uh our cash on hand and our uh we're going to reit uh our project forward that we typically do uh with the help of um Scott Nosero and Steve

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Holdzinger to uh just refresh our priorities. Uh I think I we know what our next two projects are going to be. There are two projects I suspended which is Shirley Avenue and Wesson Canal but we have to

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look at it again for all our projects because something may you know rise to a level of priority. Uh so that's going on. Um I am anticipating a user rate increase this year again. Uh

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just want to remind everybody that last year was a very um minor increase. um our financial advisor and consultant recommended a 5% but uh we thought

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better and kept it at three. So uh I put down in my report to anticipate a 3 to 5% increase but you know let's see where the where we land uh in the end. Uh again, once I get some

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solid numbers, I'll begin uh offering for the commissioners to sit with me oneon-one or two by two or whatever so I can do a dress rehearsal presentation of the budget. Uh under banks,

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uh for one of our major banks, um Dr. Roach and I decided to uh set up um an online uh way of doing our wire transfers for one particular transaction from one bank

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to the other that not only has multiple factors of authentication. It also has a multiple person requirement to complete the transaction. So, one person alone can't do it.

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Uh, that's the only details I want to go over in a public meeting. Uh, but we don't have to go on site anymore. under IT and computers. Uh I will be putting in this next budget um money uh to

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upgrade our our server and some of our workstations within the office that are aging out at this point. um projects. We have one new project that's on the board that's being uh

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managed almost entirely by uh Scott Nero and Steve Holtzinger and that is the repair of manholes on South Mobush Road. Some of you have discussed this. What we have uh those manholes are being repaired. It cost us

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Scott. What's uh what was that number from National? 200 $250,000. >> Just under 230. >> Okay. So, this is the situation. These manholes are being getting their

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flow from one particular development uh predominantly and that pred that development was um observed to not be managing their sewer or their pump stations correctly and

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uh the because of that their flow was extremely corrosive in nature. and deteriorated our manholes. And that deterioration can lead to

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collapse, could lead to lead to uh infiltration and inclusion and leaks, if you will, costing us more money down the line. But these are not brand new systems. So there is a um prata formula

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of you know how much you know actual cash value uh based upon their age versus the damage they did. Uh they have five manholes on their private property that also is experiencing this deterioration.

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And um we'll talk about more of this in executive session. Um but I wanted to talk I wanted to mention it uh uh just on a project level and it's uh what

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we're doing is re we are rehabilitating these manholes shoring them up and sealing them and coating them uh to bring them up to um you know top integrity give them new life and

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>> how many Joe how total manholes, >> we we have we're we will be doing 24 25 manholes, Scott. >> Uh the updated list is actually 23.

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Um and then we have to talk about those privates. >> Right. So manholes that we own are 23 manholes. Now that will uh this project will take two or three weeks to complete. Uh anticipated completion of this

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project will be mid to end of next week. >> That's sir. And we're saving, I'm guessing, about $25,000 doing the traffic control ourselves instead of hiring the police. >> Correct.

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>> Okay, good. >> Thank you. Um Okay. under solar initiative. I did mention uh on my summary report uh that we finalized the project development agreement.

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Uh internal engineering, we had one new connection for the month of March. We have 75 to date. We're expecting 93.8 by the end of the fiscal year. Uh technical review committee for the

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township um in review. We have three applications comp uh two were uh completed and we had a total of five applications for the month. Municipal grants we received our final uh money from the municipal uh from the

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federal grant administered through the municipality. Uh that was 2 million and we now have a zero balance remaining. So that means uh they have been exhausted. The New Jersey GIF, our insurance provider, is requiring the executive

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director to um take a cyber security class, two classes right now, and I'm literally today I'm at the very end waiting to take my final exam. I hope to pass it. Um at the same time, our IT

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vendor will be unfolding a cyber security uh measures cyber security training, awareness, and testing um at different degrees for every single employee.

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And that's all I want to say about that in a public meeting because that would fall under security. But I'm I'm very confident with our approach to cyber security.

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All projects are now in the green and um going as expected. Under resolutions, our standard resolutions, we do have payroll, operating expense, renewal, replacement, and escrow. We do not have anything for general fund or Northr. Under our

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additional resolutions, we have resolution number five authorizing Rossy, CDJR LLC, Chrysler Dodge as a vendor. number uh uh resolution number six authorizing renewal of an agreement with

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the privatizer technologies LLC just renewal resolution number seven authorizing a renewal of agreement with Xtel for our phone system our POTS lines and resolution number eight authorizing the purchase of two budgeted I'll stress

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this two budgeted motor vehicles from Neielen of Morristown there are no other items on my report and I do ask that we go into executive session at the end of our meeting. That

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concludes our report. Sh technical from reports any con construction report I'm talking about committee reports negotiation personal >> you know what I'm sorry uh chairman if I

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if I Let me just uh interject one. I I missed that. Under operations. I just want to note that our spring cleaning has begun. The Somerset uh Somerset pump station operated with improved performance after a significant rainfall

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that included 1.68 inches of rainfall. That's good news. And under uh for the gravity sewer lines uh operations completed uh almost se 57,000 ft of flushing. And most importantly to

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everything else, there were no injuries. >> Okay, good. Uh my next point my is committee reports, negotiations and personals, >> municipal lesson on the only thing I want to report is that we've got uh we hired a new CFO. That's

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probably why the authority received the $2 million check so expeditiously. So things should change now that we have new personnel at the township. >> Okay. Construction >> Joe construction anyone?

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>> Uh there's nothing new. Uh the only construction going on right now is the Commerce Drive pump station and it seems to be going uh forward as expected. >> Yeah, there's no activity over there. I

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I I personally checked that one. >> They they did come back. >> I was on mute. I'm sorry. >> I was going to say they did come back to the site at Commerce Drive. Um they started gutting the existing pump station building in preparation for

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demolition of the same structure. Uh so you have to remove the generator, the existing pumps, control panels and so forth. Uh PSEG gas is going to be there tomorrow morning at 8:00 to demo the gas service. Um so the the project should

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keep moving now. The delay was having PSEG's electric company come in and get us temporary service for the bypass and cutting off service to the building. So that was the big delay. Uh but the station should be uh moving uh

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progressing uh nicely now. >> Yeah, we we had uh several delays with this project, but none of them were the fault of the vendor or the authority and they were unavoidable. The delay with PSEG was related to all the storm events we had the past couple

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months. And so they were preoccupied with that and kind of pushed off for a couple of weeks getting to to the work that was needed for this project on their end. >> Thank you, Will. Thank you. >> Any safety safety issues?

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>> No. No. >> Okay. Kevin, I I was on mute, so I I just want to give you a quick report on the personnel committee. Uh we met with the executive director uh and discuss some

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of the uh uh contract uh uh requirements that were laid down by the union. Uh so we I think we have a game plan to meet with them uh I believe uh in the next week or so. Um so we will report back

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after what happens. Thank you Ram. Thank you. The approval of the resolution will be done by consent agenda. All of the items listed below are

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considered to be of a routine nature thereby requiring one motion and one second for all items. If any member wishes to remove an item from the consent agenda, please advise the chair

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right now at this time which resolutions need to be handled separately and they will be addressed and voted on separately. I can see some resolutions like payrolls operations

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expense account is the same like last month. There's no change. I cannot see any changes the renewal and replacement and escrow accounts. They are absolutely same as last month. Any motion about it?

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>> I I have a just a just a notation as a footnote. The categories are the same but the dollar amounts have changed since last month. There's one different one for each line item there. What is the difference where

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>> there's the payroll account which is item number one. >> Yes. >> And the amount is $176,71125. The operating expense account which is uh item number two $673,932.50. The renewal and replacement item number

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three is $101,358.58. And the escrow account is item number four and it's $6,474.50. >> So there change only in one operation operating expense account, right? >> No, there's a change to every um dollar amount for each line item for payroll,

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operating, renewal and replacement and escrow. The accounts remain the same, but the dollar amounts all changed from last month. Okay, I will double check. >> Yeah, I just wanted to note it for the for the minutes and for the recording that there was changes there. >> Okay, that's what I was looking for the

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previous report. It was exactly same. Uh a motion to move. >> So moved. >> Any second? >> Second. >> All in favor? Hi. >> Hi.

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>> Hi. >> Hi. >> Absent. Abstent. And additional resolutions. Motion of each applicable. Resolution number five. Resolution approving Rosie CD RJR LLC

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LLC DBA Rosie Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram and authorized vendor for the authority. Recommendation number six, the authorization the renewal of agreement

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with privatizer technologies. We We're going to have to take a vote on uh resolution number five. They're all >> I'm sorry. >> That's okay. >> Um resolution number five. Motion to

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move. >> So move. >> Second. >> Second. >> Thank you. >> All in favor? >> I Hi. >> Does anybody know

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ascent S10 resolution number six resolution authorization the renewal of an agreement with privatizer technology LLC? I think this is for a hot spot hard

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swamp contract. It is for $669 per year. Uh motion to move Resolution number six, motion to move. >> I'm trying to look at it real quick. I'm sorry. >> Sure. >> Motion to approve.

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Second. >> All in favor? >> I >> I. >> Resolution number seven, resolution authorization the renewal of an agreement for the part hole part local

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lines telephone service with an external communication. This we have discussed which is uh $86754 per month is uh motion to move.

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>> That's for one line Joe. >> Yes. >> No, it's for all of the lines in the office. The uh local and long distance line both. >> Okay. >> Motion to approve.

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>> Second. Second. All >> in favor? >> I >> I >> no absent. Resolution number eight. That's important guys. Resolution

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authoriz authorizing the authority to purchase two motor vehicle from the Nelson and Morristown which which one vehicle costing $67,23428 the Dodge Ram costing $81,442.

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Uh can I ask the reason for purchase? >> Anybody can respond the reason for purchase of these two vehicles. >> What are they going to be used for? >> Yo, you're muted. Do you want me to speak? D. >> Yeah. Yeah. Uh Scott, yeah, you can reply to that. These

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are two vehicles that we're budgeted for in this current fiscal year for vehicles that are aging out that are starting to cost us more money to to maintain and operate. Um they just haven't become uh feasible in in how we use them daily. Um

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so we are upgrading two vehicles. Um again that was approved through the budget process. Um we're just getting around to the uh ordering of them. >> What happens to the old vehicles? will be auctioned off once we receive

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the new ones. >> Motion to move. >> So moved. >> Seconded. >> All in favor? >> I I

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absent. Abstent. And there's no Motion to open executive session. >> Motion to move. >> Don't you have to read the reason why we're going into executive session? >> Uh to discuss possible litigation. >> Okay.

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>> On on two different matters, two separate matters. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Seconded. >> All in favor? I >> I >> absent and abstent.

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Okay. Motion to close executive session. >> Motion to move. >> We're going to go into executive session and we're going to go in at 709. Correct. Brian Hack 709. >> 709. Yes. >> We will.

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>> Okay. >> So So what did we do? Everyone who's not a board member with the exception of uh April and the attorney can uh be excused. >> Have a good night all. >> Have a good night.

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>> Good night.