Community Gardens, Budget Hearings at Council Meeting Tuesday

The Montclair Township Council will introduce an ordinance governing community gardens, chicken coops and beehives at its Tuesday council meeting, at 7 p.m. in the municipal chambers, at 205 Claremont Ave. 

The full council agenda can be found in the photo gallery of this article. 

The council will also continue its departmental budget hearings at its meeting on Tuesday. The Montclair Public Library and Montclair Police Department are scheduled to present their budget requests. 

The meetings will be televised live on TV34 and streaming live at http://montclair.peg.tv.

On April 2, Montclair Township Manager Marc Dashield unveiled the new framework for how the council and departments will analyze their budgets. The system breaks down the financial costs of each department and compares it to technologies needed to revive township services, desired outcomes and how those outcomes can be measured. 

The Municipal Court, Planning and Community Development Department, and Water Bureau and Sewer Utility presented their 2013 budgets on April 2. 

The Recreation Department, Montclair Fire Department, Code Enforcement and township attorney presented their budget requests on Saturday.