September 17, 2025, Planning Board Special Meeting Transcript - WEHI

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 140 THE WITNESS: I mean, a tree can be cleared within on an hour, two hours, so no. I would say, no. I would say the type of event that would truly need the emergency services would be an involvement of the decision of the administration would only result if there was some closure of the route for an extended period of time being days, not a period of hours. THE PUBLIC: So is it, I want to make sure, is that the final word or -- CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Final word is up to emergency services of the Township of West Orange. THE PUBLIC: Okay. So the impression I got last time, I guess -- CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Not going to be regular traffic. In the case of a catastrophic threat, and they would have to define what that means, we talked about definitions, so leave that to the emergency services department, police, fire and ambulance for the Township of West Orange. THE PUBLIC: Okay. Thank you. CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: You're welcome. Any other questions? Please come up. THE PUBLIC: Thank you. Deborah Butensky, The Grande, West Orange.