Hopefully the Twp Committee will seriously consider the impacts of these proposed changes on the seniors citizens in the community who will be forced to get to the curb 96 gallon cans compared to the current maximum of 45 gallons. In addition to seniors, there will be others who for a variety of reasons will also find these new containers cumbersome to use and get to and from the curb. These physical burdens will certainly increase during the winter snow periods. Let's not assume that everybody can handle these 96 gallon containers with the ease of the company's promotional literature. The real world is much different.

Question. When you get rid of the Township employees that did more than an exemplary job during Sandy, who cleans up the mess? Robots? Is that really where Mr. Foster wants to outsource jobs?

Really? I couldn't agree more. In this economy do you really want to lay off more people (some local residents) and have the taxpayers have to do the work in place of the "humans". Include the cost of subcontractors when the new robots can't do the jobs the PW employees do now.

The recent revelation that a lot of Wall's PW trucks are " old and beginning to fail" should not be news as everyone's cars, trucks and boats also get old and need replacement. A part of the responsibility in running the DPW is to plan for these events and avoid serious disruptions of services and undertake only cost effective repairs or replacement. Before embarking on this new restructuring of the DPW, the TWP committee should carefully review the "planning process" that has led to this perceived emergency since the same problems can emerge with the proposed new equipment. Repair or replace decisions are a common problem we all face.

Perhaps an understanding of long term strategic planning would have focused on the phasing-in of new for old equipment, rather than one-shot replacements or the complete restructuring of an entire Department. Long and short term cost-effective measures should be considered at all times when spending taxpayer money. Smart, forward-looking governing seems to have been overlooked here. Hopefully, taxpayers will recognize that these mass expenditures add up, resulting in increases in taxes. Maybe no one cares that his/her taxes continue to increase, but strategic economic planning has to be considered in this new, limited resource era. At some point the town will not be able to afford the long term debt that plans like this are sure to lump on taxpayers. Hopefully, the committee will look at other options before indebting the town for decades to come and to paying the costs of servicing those debts annually.

I do not have a problem with the bigger cans - if a senior can not get it to the curb, then, perhaps that individual needs to rethink where and how they live. As one ages, certain things become more difficult, that is why people downsize, etc. I do think that Wall should enforce the recycling program - it is obvious on trash days ( anywhere in town) that a number of people do not recycle, and that law should be enforced.

Alert to all committee members: when in doubt tell seniors to move don't try to figure a way to understand what you can do to help. MOVE ALREADY! Do you think the questions should be raised and answered before the TWP spends millions? It's call "impact analysis."

Are the robot trucks able to have plows attached to them like our garbage trucks can now? If not, do we have to purchase Snow Plows as well or God Forbid outsource snow removal too?

You people should really go to a township meeting. First no one is being laid off , any employees from sanitation that won't be needed will be absorbed by the other departments in town. Second you can get a 45 gallon can instead of the 96 gallon can and they roll quite easily. And lastly the public works is in this position because of neglect by past committees, the current committee inherited there mess.