Appointed Boards

Appointed Members	Position	Term Expires
Margaret McGarrity	Member & Secretary Township Employee	6/30/08
Andrew McElroy	Chairperson	6/30/08
Marie Raffay	Planning Board Liaison	6/30/08
Vincent Gallo	General Public - member	6/30/08
Chris Goffredo	General Public - member	6/30/08
Christina Honthy	General Public - member	6/30/08
Scott Olson	General Public - member	6/30/08
Eric Serrilli	General Public - member	6/30/08

All members are appointed by the council. The ARC meets pm the 3rd Tuesday of every month at 8:30 PM at the Municipal Building.

The ARC is established through the Village Center Ordinance to review development proposals for the new Village Center and advise the Planning Board on a variety of issues, including site planning, architectural styles and details, streetscapes, design of parks, trails, and open space, and also whether Village Center development applications are complete and have met the design requirements set forth in the ordinance.

Board of Health

Valerie Cannata - Secretary (973) 347-2500 x125
Eskil "Skip" Danielson - Township Council Liaison

Appointed Members	Position
Mark Spaldo	Chairperson through 6/30/2011
Mary K. Benson	Vice-Chairperson through 6/30/2010
John Cubberly	Member through 6/30/2010
Emily Crispino	Member through 6/30/2011
Ruth Rhodes	Member through 6/30/2011
Adolf Steyh	Member through 7/1/2010
Mimi Toney	Member through 6/30/2008

All members are appointed by the council and serve 4 years.
The Board of Health meets on the 4th Tuesday of every month at 7:30 PM. The Meetings are Open to the Public.

The local Board of Health contracts Health Services through the Sussex County Health Department. Services include environmental health issues, septic and well testing, food establishment licensing and Public Health Nursing Services.

Environmental Commission

Click HERE for the new Environmental Commission Page:

Sheila Hall & Rowena McNulty - Co-Chairs
Margaret McGarrity - Secretary (973) 347-2500 x138
Scott Olson - Township Council Liaison

Appointed Members	Position
Sheila Hall	Co-Chairperson 3 Year Member through 6/30/2009
Rowena McNulty	Co-Chairperson 3 Year Member through 6/30/2008
Margaret McGarrity	Secretary 3 Year Member through 6/30/2010
Caryn Segal	Planning Board Representative 3 Year Member through 6/30/2010
Daven Baez	3 Year Member through 6/30/2010
Michelle Rehse	3 Year Member through 6/30/2008
Lisa Shimamoto	3 Year Member through 6/30/2009
Open Spot	Alternate I 2 Year Alternate through 6/30/2009
Gary Dmoch	Alternate II 2 Year Alternate through 6/30/2008

The Environmental Commission meets on the 4th Thursday of the month at 7:30 PM at the Byram Township Municipal Building.

Reviews all Land Use (Planning Board) applications; obtains and administers grants and produces various studies; advises Planning Board, Council, Smart Growth Task Force, Open Space Committee on environmental and land issues; runs a booth at Byram Day, speaks at environmental workshops about its work; produced and updates the Township's 1994 Natural Resources Inventory.

Historical Society

Appointed Members	Position
Louis Esposito, Jr.	President
C. Anne Clark	Vice-President
June Dobson	Treasurer
Kathy Esposito	Secretary

The Historical Society meets on a quarterly basis. Please contact the Municipal Building at (973) 347-2500 to find out when the next meeting will be held.

Master Plan Project Team (MPPT) / Smart Growth Task Force

George Shivas, Chairman
Margaret McGarrity - Secretary (973) 347-2500 x138

Appointed Members	Position
George Shivas	Chairman (Planning Board Chair)
Lou Esposito, Jr.	Member (Councilman)
	Member
Dennis Busniak	Member
Scott Olson	Member
Chris Reiner	Member
Mike Walsh	Member
Donna Griff	Alternate Member

The Master Plan Project Team meets on the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 7:30 PM at the Byram Township Municipal Building.

The MPPT is advising Township Planner Paul Gleitz on revisions to the Master Plan and helping to prepare a new draft Master Plan to be presented to the Planning Board for review and approval. Also runs public input meetings on Master Plan revisions.

Open Space Committee

Margaret McGarrity - Secretary (973) 347-2500 x138

Appointed Members	Position
Brian Thompson	Council Member 3 Years through 6/30/2010
Joseph Sabatini	Township Manager
Caryn Segal	Planning Board Member 3 Years through 6/30/2009
Margaret McGarrity	Member / Secretary Environmental Commission 3 Years through 6/30/2008
Ray Bonker	Public Member 3 Years through 6/30/2008
Andy Kimm	Public Member 3 Years through 6/30/2010
William Schilling	Recreation Commission Rep. 3 Years through 6/30/2010

Open Space Advisory: Morris Land Conservancy

The Committee meets on the 2nd Monday of every OTHER month at 7:30 PM at the Byram Township Municipal Building. The Open Space Committee consists of the Township Manager, a member of the Environmental Commission, a member of the Planning Board, a member of the Recreation Commission and a Member of the Public.

Prepared and implemented the Township's October 2000 Open Space and Recreation Plan; helped pass the 1999 referendum imposing a 2-cents-per-hundred open space tax; obtains grant funding for open space projects, currently $1.8 million from the State; negotiates and implements open space agreements, with the Council's approval of expenditures; speaks at open space seminars.

Planning Board

Christopher Hellwig, P.P., AICP
Director of Planning and Development

(973) 347-2500 x132

Planning Board Agendas and Minutes are now available Online. Click HERE for Link. Please note that agendas and minutes are posted as a courtesy to our residents. If the minutes / agendas that you require are not posted, you can contact Chris Hellwig at the Town Hall to get official copies.

Appointed Members	Position
George Shivas	Chairperson - Class IV Member 4 Year Term through 6/30/2009 Master Plan Sub-Committee
Kenneth Kaufhold	Vice-Chairperson - Class IV Member 4 Year Term through 6/30/2008 Sub-division committee Chair
Eskil "Skip" Danielson	Mayor - Class I Member Through 6/30/2009 Master Plan sub-committee
Adolf Steyh	DPW Superintendent - Class II Member 1 Year Term through 6/30/2008
Scott Olson	Councilperson - Class III Member 1 Year Term through 6/30/2008
Michael Walsh	Class IV Member 4 Year Term through 6/30/2010
Wayne Valentine	Class IV Member 4 Year Term through 6/30/2011 Site Plan sub-committee
Caryn Segal	Class IV Member 4 Year Term through 6/30/2009
Robert Chozick	Class IV Member 4 Year Term through 6/30/2010
Andrew McElroy	Alternate I 2 Year Term through 6/30/2008
Marie Raffay	Alternate II 2 Year Term through 6/30/2007
Kurt Senesky	Attorney Schineck, Price, Smith and King, LLP
Louis R. Slaby	Engineer Slaby Engineering and Associates
Paul Gleitz	Planner Heyer, Gruel and Associates

The Planning Board meets the First and Third Thursday of every month at 8:00 PM at the Municipal Building. (Meeting dates listed with Agendas / Minutes).

This board addresses planning and zoning issues including revisions to the master plan and recommendations of zoning/site plan ordinances. Variances and site plan/subdivision applications are reviewed and processed through this board.

Recreation Committee

The Byram Township Council and its Recreation Commission is pleased to announce that Byram Township has hired (2002) its first Recreation Director to oversee the town recreation programs and, in conjunction with the Department of Public Works, the Town park system.

John Pappalardo - Chairman (973) 347-2500
James Oscovitch - Council Liaison

Appointed Members	Position
William Schilling	Chairperson 3 Year Term Member through 6/30/2011
John Pappalardo	Vice-Chairperson 3 Year Term Member through 6/30/2011
Donna Griff	Secretary Filling unexpired term effective 5/21/08 Member through 6/30/2009
John Hebble	3 Year Term - Filling unexpired term Member through 6/30/2010
Bob Nosenchuk	3 Year Term Member through 6/30/2011
Donna Griff	Filling unexpired term effective 5/21/08 Member through 6/30/2009
Tracy Church	3 Year Term Member through 6/30/2009
Steve Koreivo	3 Year Term Member through 6/30/2010
Kathleen Walsh	3 Year Term Member through 6/30/2010
Charles Kranz	3 Year Term Member through 6/30/2010
Tim Connery	Alternate 1 through 6/30/2009
Shawn Armstrong	Alternate 2 through 6/30/2010
Janet Meisner	Recreation Director

The Recreation Committee meets on the 3rd Wednesday of every month at 7:30 PM at the Municipal Building. The meetings are open to the Public.

Youth Guidance Commission

Sharon Tarczynski, Chairperson
Council Liaison: Daniel Rafferty

Appointed Members	Position
Sharon Tarczynski	Chairperson 3 Year Term through 6/30/2008
Lee Amoroso	Secretary 3 Year Term through 6/30/2008
Geri DiRupo	Treasurer 3 Year Term through 6/30/2010
Cecilia Rivera	3 Year Term through 6/30/2008
Virginia Wiiken	3 Year Term through 6/30/2009
Donna Griff	3 Year Term through 6/30/2009
Janet Meisner Recreation Director
Raymond Rafferty Police Department	3 Year Term through 6/30/2010

The Youth Guidance Commission meets on the 2nd Thursday of every month at 7:00 PM at the Civic Center.
Please note the following schedule:

August 20, 2007 (RE-SCHEDULE!) - 6:30 pm
September 13, 2007
October 11, 2007
December 13, 2007
January 10, 2008
February 14, 2008
March 13, 2008
April 10, 2008
May 8. 2008
June 12, 2008

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