Hot Topics in Tinton Falls: Water Street, Greenbriar and Seagulls

The first meeting of the year for the Borough Council on Jan. 3 brought with it a number of updates on ongoing issues for the borough.

Borough Engineer David Marks told the mayor and council that the contract for the job had been awarded to Compass Construction and that work would begin the week of Jan. 16. The project is expected to take about three to four weeks, said Marks.

The job will require a temporary deenergizing of the overhead power lines in the neighborhood, according to Marks, causing power outtages for residents. He said those affected would be notified in advance by the borough with details.

Borough Administrator Gerald M. Turning, Sr. said he visits Fox Chase every day at around 10 a.m. to assess the number of birds roosting on condo roofs and on that day, "there was not a bird in the area."

Turning said despite the recent attention paid to the issue by televsion news crews, "There are good days and bad days."

The borough is working with the county to find a permanant solution to the situation and not just moving the birds to another location.

Borough officials met with representatives for one of Greenbriar's developers, Putnam Homes, who Borough Attorney Brian Nelson said "seems to be willing to move forward and address the issues."

He said both developers involved in the ongoing dispute with the borough are "interested in resolving problems by springtime."