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.