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Brushing Off Those Winter Blues…Spring into Spring Discussion with Jamie Winters from Penn Medicine

Winter can be a stressful time for many of u and that lingering stress can impact our motivation for the months to follow.  This presentation will help us beat those winter blues and get us all motivated to enjoy the change of season.

In-person Practical Safety discussion with Jill O’Brien from Generations Home Healthcare

Jill will discuss practical safety/first aid procedures that will be helpful in daily life.

The Nation Goes Red in February

Wear red today to raise awareness about cardiovascular disease and help save lives.

In-person Visualization Class with Judy Cosentino

Judy will explain that using the power of your mind helps you remember and recall information when you need it.

Municipal Services

The Department of Municipal Services is inclusive of several divisions, including Engineering, Public Works, Sewer Utility, Code Enforcement, Fire Safety, and Planning/Zoning.

This Department assists and protects all Bridgewater residents and the inherent appeal of the community in many ways including:

  • Ensuring all construction within Bridgewater, both residential and commercial, is in accordance with the Uniform Construction Code of New Jersey. Purpose: To safeguard the public’s health, welfare and life safety in buildings;
  • Preventing the occurrence of fires through education and compliance inspections Mission: to help prevent the occurrence of fire, protect lives and to preserve property through: Enforcement, Education, Permitting and Inspection, Plan review
  • Assist and protect the public, compliance with Township Codes, investigating drainage issues, keeping soil disturbances to a minimum
  • Preservation of trees
  • Serving as Professional and Administrative Staff to Bridgewater Township Planning Board
  • Enforcing compliance with current Zoning Ordinances
  • Managing Township Capital Improvement Projects
  • Keeping Tax Maps/Zoning Maps available for the public
  • Managing the use, construction, operation and maintenance of the Sewer Utility
  • Providing exceptional service and maintenance of Public Works structures and facilities

 

Contacts:

Thomas M. Genova – Director of Municipal Services 

Maria Schaumberg – Project Manager 

Lauren Vitti – Confidential Administrative Assistant

 

Engineering

William H. Burr, IV, PE – Township Engineer

Anthony Gallo, PE, CME – Assistant Township Engineer

Kunal Dash – Project Manager

Kyle Boehme – Engineer/Project Manager

 

Public Works

Richard Shimp – Superintendent of Public Works

Tyson Murdock – Supervisor/Public Works

 

Sewer Utility

Thomas M. Genova – Director of Municipal Services

Richard Shimp – Superintendent Public Works/Sewer Division Maintenance

 

Code Enforcement

Steve C. Rodzinak – Construction Official

 

Fire Safety

Thomas E. Scalera – Fire Official/Fire Marshall

Xavier Alvarado – Fire Inspector

 

Planning/Zoning –

Nancy Probst – Land Use Administrator

Roger Dornbierer – Zoning Officer

 

Sewer Utility

The Sewer Utility Division is responsible for managing the use and construction of sanitary sewerage facilities throughout the Township. To date we have installed 350 miles of collection lines and 50 miles of trunk sewers. We also maintain 5 major pumping stations and 115 residential grinder pumps.

Sewer Utility Division operations are divided into four major functional groups, consisting of: Administration, Construction Inspection, Engineering, and Maintenance. Responsibilities are shared among three municipal departments: Engineering, Finance, and Public Works with support from the Building Code and Enforcement Division, and the Health Department.

Each year the Township Council approves a separate annual operating budget for Sewer Utility activities. The expense of these programs is recovered through a program of annual sewer use charges.

The Sewer Utility Division is constantly in the process of planning, designing, upgrading, and constructing new facilities. Newly constructed facilities consist of private sector development projects, which are required to include provisions for sanitary sewers, and public municipal projects for existing residents. Changes in development trends approved by the Planning Board are also evaluated to help ensure capacity within the existing Township infrastructure. As the Health Department identifies failing onsite treatment facilities the Sewer Utility Division is also advised so that alternative facilities can be evaluated and be added to the Six Year Capital Improvement Plan. Sewer Utility maintenance personnel also keep track of repairs and service calls to help aid in planning systems upgrades.
Sewer Utility Division operations include a variety of activities from general management to planning, design to construction, operations to preventative maintenance, collecting revenues to controlling expenditures, and interaction with the Township’s tax collector to ensure that all sewer users utilizing Bridgewater’s municipal sewage system are paying their fair share.

Sewer Utility Division is managed by Thomas M. Genova, Director of Municipal Services. He can be reached at 908-725-6300 Ext. 5515 or by email: tgenova@bridgewaternj.gov. Sewer Maintenance is managed by Richard Shimp, Superintendent of Public Works. He can be reached at 908-725-6300 Ext. 6000 or by email: publicworks@bridgewaternj.gov. For all sewer billing issues or to set up an account, please contact the Tax Collector’s office at (908) 725 6300 ext. 5145 or email: taxcollector@bridgewaternj.gov.

Township 9/11 Ceremony to be held at 11AM

BRIDGEWATER TOWNSHIP TO HOLD
20th 9/11 COMMEMORATION
 
This year, we’re asking for you help as we place 2,977 flags in honor of the victims and heroes of the 9/11 attacks. All hands are welcome in this effort, so we ask you to bring friends, family and neighbors.
 
 

Statement from Mayor Moench on the Selection of Jean Lee to Serve an Unexpired Term on the BRRSD Board of Education

“I would like to commend the Board of Education for their selection of Jean Lee to their vacancy.  As a resident of Bridgewater for over 22 years, Jean has not only raised her five children here, but has been an active member of the community.  Most recently, Jean, along with the Bridgewater Chinese American Association, donated a generous supply of PPE materials to our Police, OEM and other front line responders to help keep them and the public safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Jean is well aware of the value that the school district can bring to the community and is versed on how various policies could affect students, faculty and Bridgewater at large.  The selection of Jean, on the first vote in a field of 12 candidates, shows not only her quality and passion but serves to represent the diversity of our community.   I wish Jean the best of luck in her new role.”

PRESS RELEASE: Bridgewater Township Council Passes Resolution Expressing Disappointment in Lack of Federal Stimulus Funds

Bridgewater Township Council Passes Resolution Expressing Disappointment in Lack of Federal Stimulus Funds
 
Bridgewater, NJ – The Bridgewater Township Council unanimously passed a Resolution expressing disappointment in the lack of federal stimulus funds coming to Bridgewater Township and called on the Township’s federal representatives to advocate for any future stimulus or aid for Bridgewater Township to help minimize the impacts of this crisis on its residents and property taxpayers.
 
$82.2 million of the $2.2 Trillion stimulus bill has been allocated to the State of New Jersey along with various counties and to municipalities with populations of at least 50,000, but Bridgewater received no funding because it misses the threshold at 45,000 residents.
 
“In addition to the devastating loss of life in Bridgewater from the COVID-19 pandemic, 28 souls as of today, we are also taking it on the chin financially through a tax revenue reduction of as much as $1.8 million and at least $250,000 in increased expenses,” said Councilman Michael Kirsh. “Governments and agencies throughout this region are raising their hands asking for help. We don’t have a daily televised press conference to make our plea. So instead, this resolution asks our Federal representatives, Senators Menendez and Booker and Congressman Malinowski, to fight for the needs of Bridgewater and hundreds of municipalities like us that have been bypassed to date, despite allocation of a whopping $2.2 Trillion in aid.”
 
Mayor Matthew Moench added,”I am in lockstep with the Council on this Resolution and I thank Councilman Kirsh for his leadership on it. Bridgewater has a population of 45,000; 5,000 short of the requirement to receive funding in this tranche of money. As the largest municipality in our Congressional District, I would have expected a better result. I implore our federal representatives to fight harder for Bridgewater as additional funding becomes available.”
 
Please see below for the full text of the Resolution:
 
A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING DISAPPOINTMENT IN THE LACK OF FEDERAL STIMULUS MONEY BEING AWARDED TO BRIDGEWATER TOWNSHIP (TO DATE) AND REQUEST FOR CONSIDERATION FOR FEDERAL STIMULUS FUNDS THAT MAY BE AWARDED IN THE FUTURE
 
WHEREAS, In March 2020 the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate passed S. 3548, a $2.2 Trillion “Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act” also known as the “CARES
Act”; and
 
WHEREAS, a stated intention of the CARES Act was to provide relief to individuals, businesses, agencies, and governments to account for negative financial consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic; and
 
WHEREAS, Bridgewater Township, with a population of 45,000, has experienced and is projecting a combination of higher expenses (at least $250,000) and reduced revenue (as much as $1.8 Million) directly attributable to the COVID-19 crisis; and
 
WHEREAS, the aforementioned impacts will require Bridgewater Township’s Mayor and Township Council to not only reduce expenses but to considerably increase the amount raised by taxation to develop a 2020 budget; and
 
WHEREAS, $82.2 million of the $2.2 Trillion stimulus bill has been allocated to the State of New Jersey along with various counties and to municipalities with populations of at least 50,000, but nothing for Bridgewater Township;
 
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Bridgewater Township Council expresses its profound disappointment that Bridgewater Township’s financial needs, and those of every other New Jersey municipality with fewer than 50,000 residents, have not been accommodated to date within the $2.2 Trillion CARES Act; and
 
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Bridgewater Township Council expresses to its elected Federal representatives (U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, U.S. Senator Cory Booker, and Congressman Tom Malinowski) its strong desire that any future stimulus or aid accounts for the needs of Bridgewater Township to help minimize the impact of this crisis on its residents and property taxpayers; and
 
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted electronically to the offices of U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, U.S. Senator Cory Booker, Congressman Tom Malinowski, State Senator Mike Doherty, Assemblyman John DiMaio, Assemblyman Erik Peterson, the Clerk of the Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders, and the Administrator of the Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District.
 
 
 
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Mayor Moench Calls for Legislature to Pass Local Finance Reforms

Bridgewater Mayor Matthew Moench sent a letter to Governor Phil Murphy and Legislative Leadership calling for them to take on a series of municipal finance reforms that would help municipalities, like Bridgewater, in dealing with budgetary issues as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak.  Please click the link below to read the letter:

Mayor Moench Letter to Governor and Legislative Leaders

PRESS RELEASE: Heath Officer Confirms First COVID-19 Related Death in Bridgewater

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                            
March 22, 2020
 
Contact: Michael Pappas, Twp. Administrator
Phone: 908-725-6300 ext. 5000
 
Health Officer Confirms First COVID-19 Related Death in Bridgewater
 
Bridgewater, NJ – Today, Bridgewater Health Officer, Kevin Sumner, has confirmed the first fatality related to COVID-19 in Bridgewater.
 
“I have learned that one of our residents has passed away due to complications associated with the COVID-19 virus,” said Mayor Matthew Moench. “I would like to pass my condolences along to the family and friends at this difficult time. My family, and the entire Bridgewater family, will be praying for you.”
 
Mayor Moench continued, “We must treat all of our neighbors like family now. Everyone has a role to play. Practice the guidelines placed by our public health professionals so that we can avoid any further tragedies. I have seen the way this community has pulled together in the past and I am confident that we will come out from this crisis stronger and more close knit than ever.”
 
Bridgewater Health Officer Kevin Sumner said, “The Heath Department is investigating all reported cases of COVID-19 in Bridgewater. Our goal remains the same, to slow and eventually stop the spread of this disease. We ask the public to help us in this effort by following the public health recommendations such as social distancing and hand washing.”
 
If you have questions about COVID-19, please see below for trustworthy public resources:
 
Federal: Visit: www.cdc.gov or www.Coronavirus.gov
 
State of New Jersey: Dial: 211 or 1-800-962-1253/Text: NJCOVID to 898-211 or Text: your zip code to 898-211 for live text assistance. Visit: www.nj.gov/health/
 
Somerset County: Dial: 908-231-7111 to listen to daily updates about the status of the coronavirus in Somerset County
 
Bridgewater Township: Dial: 908-429-8444 or Email: Coronavirus@BridgewaterNJ.gov for Bridgewater specific questions
 
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