The Livingston Township Council discussed water remediation, cannabis business, and housing-related ordinances at its Monday, October 25, meeting. The meeting was held virtually and may be viewed on the Livingston Township, NJ Facebook page.There was discussion at previous meetings that Monday’s meeting would be the first held in-person since March of 2020. However, bandwidth issues related to how to livestream the meeting from Town Hall put that plan temporarily on hold. Vendors are looking to install a fixed camera in Town Hall, which will allow future meetings to be filmed and livestreamed.Until then, there was discussion of moving to a hybrid model for upcoming meetings, which is currently being used by Livingston’s Board of Education. This would have each Council member and township official using Zoom while at Town Hall, with another camera livestreaming the whole room. There was discussion of LTV handling the filming, but Council members said the group stated it was not equipped to handle the job.Mayor Shawn Klein again expressed a desire to return to in-person meeting in time for the next scheduled date, on Monday, November 8.Cannabis OrdinancesNear the end of the meeting, the Council briefly discussed potential ordinances to incorporate cannabis business in town.Township manager Barry Lewis suggested that, at its next meeting, the Planning Board should name a subcommittee to discuss what type of business could be allowed in town, along with where such businesses could operate, and then return to the Council with recommendation. The Council would then theoretically draft an ordinance based on the recommendations.Mayor Klein noted that once the overlay zoning is determined, much of the leg work could be completed in a single meeting, as all classes of business aside from retail would fit within the same overlays.PFAS ResolutionA contract was issued to Mott MacDonald for professional engineering services related to the PFAS treatment facility that is expected to be built in town. The contract is for $1,669,750.Later in the meeting, township manager Lewis said that the town is taking the matter of water remediation seriously and is working diligently on repairs. Some of these contracts have been in the works since last year, as water officials had anticipated the recent changes to water guidelines.Lewis said the township’s current strategy prior to remediation is to limit use of contaminated water through bulk purchasing of additional water and using wells that are not in violation of the contaminant threshold. Currently,
