The Monday, March 7, meeting of the Livingston Township Council was held in-person at Town Hall for the first time in nearly two years. Meetings have been livestreamed since March of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.It was a very jovial first meeting back for both the Council and members of the public. “It’s great to be back among our“It’s great to be back among our residents,” said Mayor Ed Meinhardt, who twice thanked everyone working in town over the past two years through the COVID pandemic. “A lot has changed, and we have a lot of things to be thankful for in this town… we are very appreciative of all the hard work.”The meetings will continue to be livestreamed and later reviewable on the Livingston Township, NJ Facebook page. However, there appear to have been audio issues on the livestream during this first meeting back, making the meeting difficult to hear for those watching from home.All Ages Survey At the start of the meeting, LilianaAt the start of the meeting, Liliana Branquinho, Livingston’s senior/ adult enrichment and special events supervisor, implored residents to take the township’s Livingston For All Ages survey. The age-friendly initiative launched last week, and Branquinho said that the more people who fill out the survey, the better sense the town will have of the needs of its residents.“We need to get as many responses as possible from this survey,” she said.All are invited to fill out the survey, which can be found at livingstonsurvey.com.CannabisCouncil member Rudy Fernandez said that a cannabis subcommittee of the Planning Board has been gathering information and speaking with state officials involved with zoning and legislation. The subcommittee’s next meeting is March 17.Township manager Barry Lewis said that officials are looking at zones of the town where marijuana business would be excluded – around schools and daycare centers, for example – to find the areas that make the most sense to permit the businesses to operate.Fernandez said the he hopes to have some ordinances legalizing certain classifications of cannabis business “ready to go” in the coming months.“The process is moving along,” he said.Municipal BudgetThe 2022 Municipal Budget is “95 percent there,” according to Lewis. The town is waiting on auditors to finalize year-end numbers, after which the budget is expected to be introduced at an upcoming meeting.GazeboThe new gazebo for the Livingston Oval, donated by the family of the late former ...
