Manchester Council Set To Meet Friday

MANCHESTER, NJ — The Manchester Township Council has a meeting scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Friday, the township announced.

The meeting will be held virtually, and will have an opening and closing session sandwiched around an executive session, according to the meeting announcement on the township's website.

The Zoom meeting for the opening session can be accessed at this link.

The closing session will not include formal action, the meeting notice said. It will be accessible on Zoom at this link.

The council held its reorganization meeting on Monday afternoon. Councilman Craig Wallis was chosen as council president, and Councilwoman Joan Brush as council vice president. Councilman Sam Fusaro, Councilman James A. Vaccaro Sr., and Councilman Robert Hudak were sworn in to new terms on the council.

Council notes published by the township on its Facebook page said the council plans to focus "on restoring normalcy and continuing infrastructure projects."

"Last year was a very tough year and the employees really stepped up to help the residents," Wallis said.

Mayor Kenneth Palmer said infrastructure projects such as street paving, park renovations, and solar panel implementation were sidelined in 2020 due to the pandemic.

"This is a year when we can gather ourselves and reconvene these things," Palmer said.

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