As is typical in surrounding municipalities, Lakewood Township contracts out, on an annual basis, their municipal Engineering Department.
For the past number of years, the Engineering Department has been contracted to Remington and Vernick Engineers (RVE).
Under this contract, RVE provides Engineer Jeff Staiger, Assistant Engineer Bill Schwarz, Planning Board Administrator Ally Morris, and Engineering Assistant Sarah Forsyth.
According to the Township's proposal for this position, "the Engineer shall attend and participate in any meetings as directed, supervise the technical aspects of operations of the Engineering Department, answer general questions as posed by Township officials and employees and the general public, provide assistance to Public Works for various minor projects and problem resolutions as requested; review and respond to routine correspondence received by the Engineering Department, review invoices from vendors providing goods and services to the Engineering Department and verify reasonableness of the bill; and participate in the planning and preparation of the Capital Budget, including by giving recommendations and project cost estimates."
For the upcoming 2025 year, the Lakewood-based NewLines Engineering is once again seeking to take over the Township Engineering position.
NewLines Engineering has also submitted a proposal for the Township's Airport Consultant and Engineer position, which has been held for the last few years by DY consultants.
According to the Proposal documents, this position includes, by contract to individual projects:
Preparing plans and/or supervising planning studies for improvements, redevelopment and expansion of the airport, public parking facilities of the airport, airport roadway systems, ground transportation systems, surveillance systems; and checking on plans submitted by architects and contractors, oversee construction, and participate in matters of real estate and zoning issues involving the airport.
Preparing plans as well as lay out the airport plus landing fields and direct construction work involved in leveling fields, laying out surface runways, and also providing drainage.
Preparing budgetary estimates and bid specifications for airport projects and participate in the bidding process.
Design runways based on weight plus size of aircraft and prepare material construction specifications.
Direct or participate in surveying to lay out installations, establish reference points, grades and elevations to guide construction.
According to their Ownership Disclosure form, NewLines Engineering is owned by Shuie (Joshua) Shmuckler, Yehuda & Renee Ungar, Ephraim & Leah Steinberg, and Glenn Lines.
"Newlines has been a leading engineering firm serving Lakewood and the surrounding areas for years, successfully obtaining approvals for a wide range of projects. Our experienced staff excels in navigating the complexities of diverse initiatives, earning the trust of a large base of repeat clients," their proposal states.
"Newlines is well-staffed, with the flexibility to allocate additional personnel to relevant departments as needed to ensure seamless project execution. Our team’s extensive familiarity with local processes and requirements enables us to deliver services efficiently and on time. Most of our key staff are based in our main office in Lakewood, providing a strong, accessible, and capable team to handle the tasks typically performed by township and airport engineers," the proposal adds.
Timothy P. Lurie, P.E., P.P., CME, Richard E. Oberman, PE, PP, CME, Yehudah Back, P.E., Jason Burneyko, P.E., Drake Stinson,PE, CME, LEED AP, M ASCE, Penelope Griber, Environmental Specialist, Chris Bouffard, Certified Surveyor is the team NewLines is seeking to bring to town hall.
"The Newlines office is conveniently located just a few blocks from the Lakewood municipal offices, ensuring seamless communication and efficient collaboration on municipal projects... Our commitment to excellence and our proximity to the township make us a trusted and reliable partner for municipal projects," the proposal stresses.
NewLines COO Shuie Schmuckler signed an affidavit solemnly affirming that there was "no collusion" involved in the application process...
The Township Committee is expected to formally award all contracted positions at their Reorganization meeting on January 2, 2025.
Newlines currently holds the position of municipal engineer for New Square, New York.
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2 comments:
I hope that they don't win this. The plans which they submit to the planning and Zoning boards are some of the worst out there, they don't believe in keeping any zones as designed. If they run New Square's, I really pray that we don't have them give us the same treatment. I doubt anyone wants us to look anything like New Square.
Josh is infamous in the business as the go-to-guy who is willing to fudge the paperwork and illegally remove problem restrictions from the record when he submits his packages to the land use boards for many of his developer clients.
We deserve better than him. We want nothing less than professional, honest, and upstanding members of the engineering industry. Newlines already caused the township residents enough grief. Enough already!
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