Plain-English weekly recaps written from official meeting records. 2 weeks available.
Week of 2026-10-19
Hillsborough agendas list subdivision hearing, recreation center design work and a car wash proposal — but no minutes yet
Four Hillsborough boards and commissions were scheduled to meet between Oct. 7 and Oct. 15. Agendas for three of those meetings list land-use, staffing and facilities items, but minutes have not yet been published for any of them. This roundup therefore reports what was scheduled for consideration, not what was decided. No vote tallies appear in the records provided, and no dollar amounts are stated for the items below.
Township Committee, Oct. 13
The committee's agenda listed architectural design services for the Mike Merdinger Community Recreation Center by Cornerstone Architectural Group. It also listed two personnel appointments: Dante Secchiano as part-time electrical inspector and Gianna Bianco as police operations manager.
Other items on the agenda were a presentation on police department accreditation, a tax appeal settlement for 105 Raider Boulevard (Block 200.02, Lot 1), and property tax reimbursements for qualified 100% disabled veterans. The agenda does not state the value of the design services, the terms of the tax appeal settlement, or the amount of the reimbursements, and the materials available do not record an outcome on any of these items.
Planning Board, Oct. 8
A public hearing was scheduled on an amended application from 480 Hillsborough RD LLC (File 25-PB-19-MSV). The applicant seeks preliminary and final major subdivision approval to divide approximately 4.851 acres at 480 Hillsborough Road into three single-family dwelling lots, identified as Proposed Lot 29.01, Proposed Lot 29.02 and Proposed Lot 29.03. The application also includes a request for a 'c' bulk variance and waivers for the property. The board's decision was not recorded in the materials available.
Board of Adjustment, Oct. 7
The board was scheduled to consider three 'c' variance applications for residential properties:
- Global Investors, Inc. requested a 'c' variance to use an existing well instead of public water for a single-family dwelling at 17 Old Somerville Road (Block 182.03, Lot 11), on an undersized lot in the R-Residential zone.
- Salvatore and Linda De Maio requested a 'c' variance for a side yard setback to build a 1,066 sq ft detached two-car garage at 308 South Branch Road (Block 12, Lot 16.02).
- Mark and Joanna Torzewski requested a 'c' variance to build a 123.5 sq ft deck extension at 22 Joshua Drive (Block 203.05, Lot 20), requiring a 15-foot setback where 20 feet is required.
The agenda also listed consideration of meeting minutes from July 15, 2026, and business from the floor. No outcomes were recorded in the materials available.
Historic Preservation Commission, Oct. 15
The commission's meeting scheduled for Oct. 15, 2026, was canceled. The document contains no items for discussion or decision.
Coming up
Oct. 21 — Board of Adjustment. A public hearing is scheduled on application BA-25-15, a proposal by Flagship NJ Propo, LLC to build a 13,955 square-foot car wash with drive-thru and vacuum facilities at 425 Route 206 (Block 199, lot 55), replacing a vacant bank building. The applicant is seeking variances and waivers.
Oct. 22 — Planning Board. The public business meeting scheduled for Oct. 22, 2026, has been canceled.
Minutes for the October meetings, once published, will be the record of what each board decided.
Week of 2026-10-12
Hillsborough boards take up 4.851-acre subdivision and three variance requests; no decisions yet published
Hillsborough's land-use boards took up a three-lot subdivision and three residential variance requests over the past two weeks, according to posted agendas. Minutes for those meetings have not yet been published, so no decisions are confirmed in the documents available. The Planning Board also canceled its Oct. 1 meeting, and its Oct. 22 business meeting is canceled as well.
Subdivision hearing for 480 Hillsborough Road
The Planning Board held a public hearing on Oct. 8 on an amended application from 480 Hillsborough RD LLC (File 25-PB-19-MSV). The applicant seeks preliminary and final major subdivision approval to divide approximately 4.851 acres into three single-family dwelling lots, identified in the agenda as Proposed Lot 29.01, Proposed Lot 29.02 and Proposed Lot 29.03. The application also includes a request for a "c" bulk variance and waivers for the 480 Hillsborough Road property. The posted document is an agenda only; it records no vote or outcome.
Board of Adjustment: three residential variance requests
The Board of Adjustment met Oct. 7 to consider three "c" variance applications for residential properties, according to its agenda:
- Global Investors, Inc. requests a "c" variance to use an existing well instead of public water for a single-family dwelling at 17 Old Somerville Road (Block 182.03, Lot 11), on an undersized lot in the R-Residential zone.
- Salvatore and Linda De Maio request a "c" variance for a side yard setback to build a 1,066 sq ft detached two-car garage at 308 South Branch Road (Block 12, Lot 16.02).
- Mark and Joanna Torzewski request a "c" variance to build a 123.5 sq ft deck extension at 22 Joshua Drive (Block 203.05, Lot 20), requiring a 15-foot setback where 20 feet is required.
The board was also scheduled to consider meeting minutes from July 15, 2026, and to hear business from the floor. No minutes from the Oct. 7 meeting have been published.
Oct. 1 Planning Board meeting canceled
The Planning Board meeting scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026 at 7:00 p.m. was canceled. The posted agenda contained only the standard notice, roll call and agenda headings, with no resolutions, ordinances or applications listed for action. The next regular meeting was Oct. 8 at 7:00 p.m.
The board's 2026 annual schedule, adopted Jan. 8, 2026, sets regular meetings on the first and second Thursday of the month and business meetings on the fourth Thursday. There are no meetings in August 2026 and no business meetings in November or December 2026. Meetings are held at the Municipal Complex, The Peter J. Biondi Building, 379 South Branch Road, Hillsborough, NJ 08844.
Coming up
Oct. 13 — Township Committee. The agenda includes architectural design services for the Mike Merdinger Community Recreation Center by Cornerstone Architectural Group; the hiring of Dante Secchiano as Part-Time Electrical Inspector and Gianna Bianco as Police Operations Manager; a tax appeal settlement for 105 Raider Boulevard (Block 200.02, Lot 1); property tax reimbursements for qualified 100% disabled veterans; and a presentation on police department accreditation.
Oct. 21 — Board of Adjustment. A public hearing on application BA-25-15, a proposal by Flagship NJ Propo, LLC to build a 13,955 square-foot car wash with drive-thru and vacuum facilities at 425 Route 206 (Block 199, lot 55), replacing a vacant bank building.
Oct. 22 — Planning Board. The public business meeting scheduled for Oct. 22, 2026 has been canceled, according to the posted canceled agenda.
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