At the October 24th conference meeting, one of the items on the slim agenda was a deer management update. Activity has already begun to start reducing the number of deer infesting Livingston. With herds roaming through my backyard, and the children of several friends infected with Lyme disease over the summer, I look forward to a successful deer management season!
More discussion was held on field management fees and we will be hosting the stakeholders at the 11/14 meeting and, I hope, finally putting this to bed. The Town has invested monies in the past several years to bring the fields more up to snuff; the fees to be charged to the users are not unreasonable and will be earmarked toward field maintenance.
I find it interesting that the Councilmen don’t see the difference between charging fees for field usage and waiving fees for the use of community resources. The question had come from Cycle for Survival regarding waiving the fees for their usage of the Community Center for a fund raising event. I voted no as the Township is NOT a charitable organization; however, the other 4 councilmen arbitrarily (to my mind) decided to waive the fees.
But, the great news was that LTV will finally begin taping and broadcasting the Regular Town Council meetings. They will be presented uncut and unexpurgated at least twice after each Council meeting. As far as I am concerned, they can run continuously - all Council all the time! Still pending is information on garage sale ordinances from other townships. Given that some homes are abusing the ability to hold garage sales by having multiple sales per month, we need to figure out a way to stop the abuse without generating onerous requirements for the occasional garage sale holder.
I was sorry to have missed the volunteer appreciation night; I had to make a choice between seeing my mother in the hospital and going to the event. I heard a great time was had by all. I did, however, make the dedication of the Library Endowment Fund quilt on Wednesday, November 2nd and the Livingston Environmental Commission meeting on Thursday, November 3rd. Finally, I was delighted by the invitation from the Livingston Symphony Orchestra to be present at the kickoff of the 54th season on November 5th. My husband, Oliver, and I, very much appreciated the program and the LSO performed extremely well.
The great pre-Halloween Nor’easter impacted every household in Livingston. On a personal note, we were without cable, Internet, and phone from Saturday until Friday with our power going out at least 5 times during that period. But, we were VERY lucky as there were quite a number of people still don’t have power even I as write this blog. In speaking with one Town resident whose power was not restored until Thursday, hearing that 95% of the Town has power is no comfort when you, as an individual, are 100% without! I thank the DPW for their unceasing efforts on our behalf in trying to clean up the streets and dealing with the power lines alongside PSE&G. Unfortunately, I think it will be some time before we can drive down the streets without dodging all the branches.
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