Somerset County, New Jersey

Agricultural Committee

The Agricultural Committee developed the Township's RIGHT TO FARM ORDINANCE. The committee is comprised of five voting members:

1. Robert Puskas, Chair
2. Berit Marshall, Vice-Chair
3. Emanuel Manioudakis
4. Vacant
5. Frank Hasner
John Loos, Secretary

 

This committee meets at 8:00 PM each month. In 2008 the meeting dates are as follows:


February 21, 2008
March 20, 2008
April 17, 2008
May 15, 2008
June 19, 2008		 July 17, 2008
August 21, 2008
September 18, 2008
October 16, 2008
November 20, 2008
December 18, 2008

 

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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