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Agricultural
Committee
The Agricultural Committee
developed the Township's RIGHT TO FARM ORDINANCE. The committee
is comprised of five voting members:
1. Robert Puskas
2. Berit Marshall
3. Emanuel Manioudakis
4. Cathy Bluming
5. Frank Hasner
Karen Buckley, Staff Contact - 732-873-2500 x 230
John Loos, Consultant
This committee
meets at 8:00 PM each month. In 2009 the meeting dates are as follows:
February 19, 2009
March 19, 2009
April 16, 2009
May 21, 2009
June 18, 2009 |
July
16, 2009
August 20, 2009
September 17, 2009
October 15, 2009
November 19, 2009
December 17, 2009 |
All meetings are held in
the Municipal Building, 475 DeMott Lane, Somerset.
At each meeting, the committee listens to citizen input during the "Open to the Public" portion of the meeting. It also deliberates on methods to preserve and maintain farmland and, in closed session, makes recommendations to Council concerning preserving specific farms. The Township was awarded by the State of New Jersey a grant of $1.25 million for each of five years. Because of this funding source, the committee deliberates each month over applications from local farmers who want to sell the development rights to the township and enter their farm into the farmland preservation program. Anyone wishing an application can contact the committee's consultant, John Loos at 732.422.4326.
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