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“I believe we complied with all the requirements we need to meet when we applied for that. All of that was done in last year’s capital budget,” Umba added.

Vaccaro also reminded the public about taking protective measures against the COVID-19 virus and its variants.

Mayor Robert Arace discussed rent control within the township’s private developments noting increases by landlords of rental owners in the past year.

“This is a high infl ationary period of time and we’re seeing increases of rentals of manufactured homes of 7 percent or more. Some have been negotiated down but many residents from those communities have come to me on the campaign trail and they have some of the same concerns. Our administration along with our new attorney (Lauren R. Staiger) is working on an ordinance that establishes the parameters of that and what it would look like,” Mayor Arace added.

With legislation that significant, it would be important to get council members’ input on it, which is one of the reasons he said the council is looking to establish a Legislative Committee.

Arace said the Legislative Committee would be formed whose membership “would review the parameters of bills that