Township Set to Award Rink Bid at One of This Week's Meetings

Multiple meetings by local officials are coming up this week, including a meeting of the Bernards Township Committee on Tuesday at which officials are due to award a $121,600 contract for

The township'salready has been out in recent days removing the walls of the rink and, on Monday, digging up the old asphalt surface, in preparation for a new asphalt surface to be laid.

This is the fifth try at finding a contractor to perform the job within the township's budget. Resident , even attempting to have a Superior Court judge require further investigation into that solution.

However, township officials and also to improve drainage to help ward off future deterioration of the surface. The township left the door open for a possible installation of a plastic surface at some point in the future.

Meanwhile, now that school is started and Labor Day is past, the new school year brings the first meeting of the school year, scheduled for 7 p.m. on Monday at the

The first meeting of the school year will be presided over by a whole new team of leaders from last September — there's Schools Superintendent Nick Markarian, Assistant Superintendent Sean Siet, Schools Business Administrator Rod McLaughlin — a position previously held by Markarian — and even a new head of the school board.

Board member Susan McGowan has moved up to board president after

The board is sure to discuss some of the issues that the school district will face for the 2012-13 school year — including busing of students to the read entrance of the building, in the back of the

The also gets down to business at 8 p.m. on Tuesday night at the municipal building at 1 Collyer Lane, Basking Ridge.

Other meetings this week include:

The Bernards Township Green Team meets at 10:30 a.m. Monday in the first floor conference room at the municipal building.

The Bernards Township Environmental Commission meeting at 7 p.m. on Monday at the first floor small conference room at the municipal building.

The Bernards Township Recreation Parks and Pathways Advisory Committee meets at 7 p.m. on Monday at the first floor conference room at the muncipal building.

The Bernards Township Sewerage Authority meets at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday at the municipal building.

The Bernards Township Shade Tree Commission meets at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday in the first floor conference room at the municipal buiilding.

The Bernards Township Board of Adjustment will hold a special meeting at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday.