May 30, 2025 Special Meeting

STILLWATER TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE

SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES

MAY 30, 2025

A REGULAR MEETING of the Stillwater Township Committee was called to order by Mayor L. Chammings at 8:34 a.m. Mayor L. Chammings stated that this meeting is being held in compliance with the provisions of P.L. 1975, Ch. 231, Secs. 4 & 13 the Sunshine Law and that adequate notice of the meeting has been published in the New Jersey Herald as to the time, place, and date of meetings, and is posted in the usual location of posted notices in the municipal building as well as electronically on the township website.

ROLL CALL: Committeeman D. Manser, Committeewoman D. Delaney (Zoom), Deputy Mayor V. Rumsey, Committeeman G. Scott, Mayor L. Chammings

FLAG SALUTE: Mayor L. Chammings led the Flag Salute

NEW BUSINESS:

RESOLUTION 2025-093

APPROVING STILLWATER TOWNSHIP’S BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION FIREWORKS ON JUNE 7, 2025

WHEREAS, a Resolution of the Stillwater Township Committee is required by the New Jersey Department of Labor, Division of Workplace Standards, to grant permission for the public display of fireworks; and

WHEREAS, the contracted designated fireworks company has submitted a proposal for a fireworks display with a copy of the permit application, certificate of insurance, a site diagram and other pertinent information, in conjunction with a fireworks display that will take place at Veterans’ Park, 932 Pond Brook Road, Newton, NJ 07860 on June 7, 2025 provided by International Fireworks Mfg. Co and will last approximately 30 minutes at 9:00 P.M. as part of the bicentennial celebration; and

WHEREAS, the International Fireworks Mfg. Co. contract was previously approved by the Township Committee; and

WHEREAS, Sussex County Fire Marshal Virgil R. Rome, Jr. has advised that the application for said fireworks display is complete and in order; and

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Township Committee of the Township of Stillwater that the Township of Stillwater is granted permission for a fireworks display during the bicentennial celebration at Veterans’ Park that will take place on June 7, 2025, with a rain date of June 8, 2025, and that said fireworks display will be provided by International Fireworks Mfg. Co. and will last 30 minutes at 9:00 P.M.; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified original of the Resolution be forwarded to the New Jersey Department of Labor Division of Public Safety and Sussex County Fire Marshal Virgil R. Rome, Jr.

A MOTION was made by Committeewoman D. Delaney and seconded by Committeeman G. Scott to adopt Resolution 2025-093.

ROLL CALL: Committeeman D. Manser; yes, Committeewoman D. Delaney; yes, Deputy Mayor V. Rumsey; yes, Committeeman G. Scott; yes, Mayor L. Chammings; yes. Motion carried with all in favor.

PUBLIC SESSION

No Public Comment. Public Session Closed.

ADJOURNMENT

A MOTION was made by Committeeman D. Manser and seconded by Mayor L. Chammings, with all members in favor, to adjourn the meeting at 8:38 A.M.

Respectfully submitted,

Valerie Ingles

Municipal Clerk