The April 21st, 2025 regular session of the Cinnamon Township Committee is now called to order. Everyone, please rise and join me in saluting the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. This meeting is being held in accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act, public law 1975, chapter 231. Notice of this meeting was published in the Burlington
County Times in the Courier Post on January 10th, 2025. Roll call, please. Madam Secretary, yes, Mayor. Mr. Conduct, here. Mr. McIll, here. Mr. Sag, here. Deputy Mayor Horner, here. Mayor
Craville present. Thank you. Okay. Tonight we begin the meeting with the swearing in of Officer Joshua Lilligor to the position of sergeant in the police department. Officer Lilligor, can you please join public safety liaison Ernest McIll in front of the
deis? Come on down. [Laughter] Yeah. Left hand. Left hand. Raise your right hand as you did. I Joshua Lilligort. I, Joshua Ligor, swear that I will swear that I will and
my good appreciate support the Constitution support the Constitution of the United States of the United States and the Constitution and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey of the state of New Jersey and that I will bear and that I will bear true faith true faith and allegiance and
allegiance to the same to the same and to the governments and to the governments established established to the United States in the United States and in this state and in this state under the authority of the people under the authority of the people. So help me God. So help me God. I do further
further solemnly swear I do further solemnly swear that I will impartially that I will impartially and justly and justly perform all the duties perform all the duties duties of the office of of the office of police sergeant police sergeant according to the best of my ability according to the best of my
ability. So help me God. So help me God. [Applause] Okay, that's your opinion. There we go.
I'll take it. [Applause] Oh, yeah. We're going to get out of the way. Oh, you want to send the photo? I'm just getting out of the way. So, it
looked okay. Look, the sergeant come down. All right, we're coming down. Whatever Sergeant says. We're playing a game. Sergeant says, One more. One more. One more. [Applause]
Now, sorry. It's hard to take that. Hey, look. Jules. Oh my god. Thank you. Thank you. Congratulations, John. Well deserved.
Hi Tommy. Hi Tommy. Everybody smile. Hold on. Just get ready. I'll look into space. It's normal. Exactly.
Right. What are you doing? What? Okay. Come on, Roy. Come on, Roy. I'm sorry. Captain, pretend you like them. I don't know who you really are. I'm
just like I'll just give them an opportunity. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Of course. You guys don't have to leave. The meeting is okay. It's not, you know, this is the fun part. I know. like that. Yeah. Yeah.
All right. Congratulations, Sergeant Ligore. I don't have it. Okay. Sit there by himself. Tonight we also have joining us Professor Kenneth Mariano and students from Rowan College of Burlington County State and Local
Government class. They are here to observe a local government meeting to gain a better understanding of municipal government operations. We welcome all of you to our meeting tonight and wish you the best of luck in your academic pursuits. I have chosen to include them
in a very special proclamation tonight as well. It's my understanding that the students are spending time learning about environmental policy. Um, a topic that is critically important to communities around the world and certainly right here in Cinnamonson Township. Professor Mariano and your
students, please come join me in front of the deis as we recognize the 55th anniversary of Earth Day. if you can spread along. [Applause] So all of you get to be a part of this proclamation.
Okay. So the proclamation states whereas this year marks the 55th anniversary of Earth Day movement with the theme of our power our planet and whereas the citizen community is reminded of the extraordinary importance of maintaining
a clean and healthy environment. And whereas the global community faces challenges such as health issues, food and water shortages and economic struggles. And whereas citizens have the right to a healthy sustainable
environment with economic growth and opportunity. And whereas we all are caretakers of our planet and have an obligation to combat climate change and environment environmental degrad degradation to preserve the earth's
beauty and resources. And whereas it is necessary to broaden and diversify this global movement to achieve maximum success. And whereas let it be known that the township of Cinnamonson encourages all businesses,
institutions, and individuals to celebrate the earth and commit to caring for the planet and its resources. Now therefore, I Stephanie CrarAl, mayor of Township of Sidson, County of Burlington, state of New Jersey, do
hereby proclaim April 22nd, 2025 as Earth Day. So, thank you guys for joining us and being a part of this proclamation. We'll just center it off a little bit. Well, not everybody right there. Mayor, why don't you maybe get
right under the There we go. I will squeeze in the middle. Hold on. Squeeze in. Thank you. Thanks. Okay, moving on. We will move on to committee liaison reports. We'll start
with committee member, administration and health and senior services. Thank you, Madame Mayor. Uh, this evening I have nothing of note to report and that's my report. Okay. Thank you, Mr. Cond. Uh, committee member Seagris, public works.
Thank you, Madame Mayor. I just have a couple things. Public works personnel are currently collecting brush and leaves throughout section three of the township. Residents are reminded to separate piles as they are recycled at two different recycling uh facilities.
So that means brush in one pile, leaves in in another, not comingled. Uh the drop off bins and recycling containers that are located outside the public works gates are for residents only. I think we've had some contractors come there to grab some top soil. Contractors
and commercial vehicles are not permitted. Residents are reminded that the green recycling containers are not for trash. They're for recycling. Anyone caught disposing of trash in inside or outside of the containers will be contacted by the Cinnamonson Police
Department. Public works department is hosting their annual spring cleanup. It's scheduled for this Saturday, April 26th. Rain or shine, gates will open at 8 a.m. for residents to bring paint, trash, uh 6 and 12 volt batteries, tires,
household chemicals, leaves, and brush. Gasoline and propane tanks will not be accepted. For for more information, contact uh the public works department. The telephone number is 856-829-6703. And I do have one more item, Madame Mayor. Let me see if I can
pull this up. The New Jersey department uh yeah the New Jersey D is hosting workshops hosting on host focused on climate change related hazard
vulnerability assessments. They are hosting these one was already hosted at Burlington Township the municipal center that was uh April 10th. There's one tomorrow in Willingboro and then there's
one specifically for Palmyra, Riverton, Cinnamonson, Delran, and Riverside being hosted at Delran Township Municipal Building Community Room. That's at 900 Chester Avenue, Delran, New Jersey. Uh these workshops aim to help
communities understand their vulnerability to climate change impacts, develop adaptation strategies, and comply with New Jerseys municipal land use law. The workshops are facilitated by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection through the
Resilient New Jersey program and sustainable New Jersey with technical assistance provided by the townships. That concludes my report. Madame Mayor, thank you, Mr. Seagrist. Committee member McIll for public safety. Thank you, Madam Mayor. Uh for the last uh
prior month, total incidents responded to by the police was 5,067. Total cases pulled were 72. Total arrests made was 26. Total property checks uh 1,144. Total motor vehicle
stops way small 881. Total M motor vehicle summons issue was 224. Total DWI arrest was um six. Morgan Cemetery, there were 53 property checks, one of which the officers spotted several subjects after hours. Subjects were
moved along. Uh there was one call for service for loud music at at 11:00 a.m. in the morning. The subject turned down the music. Uh approved firearm permits 21. approved concealed carry permits was 11 and temporary handicaps uh permits
issued was five. There is a one notable issue I'd like to pass on. Motor vehicle theft continues to be an issue throughout the state of New Jersey. In March, there were seven vehicles stolen in Cinnamonson alone. So far for the year, there have been 19 motor vehicle thefts this this year. Although two of
these thefts were the result of a car being unlocked and the key inside the vehicle, the rest of of the thefts were relay thefts. Relay thefts is where the signal from the key for a so-called keyless entry car is captured by
somebody standing outside the victim's house using a device. Once the person captures the signal, they can unlock and start the vehicle. The whole process takes only about uh between 10 and 30 seconds. The best way to prevent your key to this vehicle from being stolen is
to make sure your key fobs including any spares are never placed near the doorway. The best place to put them is in the center that of your house inside a cabinet. The best way is also to put them in a blocking signal blocking pouch called a Faraday bag. Uh any questions
about that? You can call the police department and uh they'll some of you will explain to you what a Faraday bag. That concludes my report, Madame Mayor. Wow. Yeah. Thank you, Mr. Miguel. Okay. Uh, Deputy Mayor Her, Finance and Economic Development. Thank you, Madam Mayor. I just have one item this evening
um related to finance. Uh, as the agenda states, resolution 2025-57 is the introduction of our 2025 municipal budget. Um, specifically, there will be a public hearing on May 19th, 2025. I just would like to remind
uh the public that included in that public hearing is a very comprehensive uh overview of what the 2025 budget will entail. So that concludes my report for this evening. Okay. Thank you, Deputy Mayor Her. Um, and for parks and recreation, I just want to um remind the
community that we have Cinnamonson Community Day, which is Saturday, May 17th at Wood Park from 12 PM to 3:00 p.m. The event will feature live music, food, and local community groups and businesses. Uh, also we have a townwide
yard sale that's scheduled for Saturday, May 24th from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. A complete list of the participating addresses will be released prior to the 24th. If anyone's interested in um participating and wants to include their
um address in that list, please email certer cinnamonsonj.org. Okay. Um, let's see here. Resolution 2025-57 2025 municipal budget to be advertised in the Burlington County
Times. Public hearing is scheduled for May 19th, 2025. May I have a motion to introduce ordinance 2025-57? Madame Mayor, I'll make a Go ahead. I'm sorry. It's a resolution. It's not res
I'm sorry. I think that that is just myself misspeaking. So res so resolution 202557. May I have a motion to introduce Sure. to approve to approve to approve. Okay. May I have a motion to approve
resolution 2025-57? I'll make that motion, Madame Mayor. Thank you, Mr. Miguel. May I have a second? I'll second that, Madam Mayor. Thank you, Deputy Mayor Hero. Roll call vote, please. Madam Secretary. Yes, Mayor. Mr. Hi, Mr. Miguel. Hi, Mr. Sagris. Hi,
Deputy Mayor Corner. Hi, Mayor Crabel. I Thank you. Okay. Uh, we have two ordinances for introduction this evening. Ordinance 2025-10 authorizing capital improvements appropriating
2,785,000 authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds in the aggregate aggregate principal amount of up to $2,645,750 to be advertised in the Burlington County Times. Public hearing is scheduled for May 19th, 2025.
May I have a motion to introduce ordinance 2025-10? I'll make a motion to introduce ordinance 2025-10. Thank you, Mr. Cond. May I have a second? I'll second that, Madam Mayor. Thank you, Mr. Seagris. Roll call vote, please. Madam Secretary, mayor. Mr.
Cond. I. Mr. Miguel, I. Mr. Sea, I may. Mayor, I. Thank you. Ordinance 2025-11. 2025 salary ordinance to be advertised in the Burlington County Times. Public hearing is scheduled for
May 19th, 2025. May I have a motion to introduce ordinance 2025-11. I'll make that motion. Madame Mayor, introduce ordinance 2025-11. Thank you, Mr. McIll. May I have a second? Madame Mayor, I'll second that.
Thank you, Deputy Mayor. Roll call vote, please. Mr. I Mr. Miguel I Mr. Sagrass I Deputy Mayor Horner I mayor Crazel I thank you. Okay, moving on to the consent agenda. Resolution
2025-58 authorized change order final payment release of performance bond and approval of maintenance bond for 2022 NJ DOT resurfacing of Taylor's Lane. Township engineer Remington and Vernick has deemed this project
substantially complete and recommends a change order in the amount of $8,91.75 to a final contract amount of $871,63483. Final payment in the amount of $103,66729. release of the performance guarantee in the amount
of $862,7338 and the posting of a two-year maintenance guarantee in the amount of $871,63483. Chief Financial Officer and Purchasing Agent Juliet Edmonson has determined that sufficient funding is available for the purpose and recommends that the
governing body authorize the final payment. Resolution 2025-59 authorized release of performance bond Ali Turker MV Realy LLC
1503 Taylor's Lane block 702 lot 40 township engineer Remington and Vernick has deemed this project substantially complete and recommends the release of the performance guarantee in the amount of $8,228. Okay, that's the end of the
consent agenda. Uh, may I have a motion to pop open public comment on the consent agenda items only? I'll make that motion, Madame Mayor. Thank you, Mr. Sever. I will second. Voice vote, please. I Naz, abstensions.
Okay. Anyone who has any comments in regards to the consent agenda, please come forward and state your name and address for the record. Seeing no one come forward, I will make a motion to close public comment on the consent agenda. May I have a second? Second that, Madame Mayor. Okay. Thank
you, Mr. McIll. Uh, vote voice vote, please. I I ns abstensions. Okay. Public comment is now closed on the consent agenda. May I have a motion to approve the consent agenda? Madame May, I'll make a motion to approve the consent agenda, please.
Thank you, Deputy Mayor Her. May I have a second? I will second that. Okay. Thank you, Mr. Cond. Roll call vote, please. Madam Secretary, yes, Mayor. Mr. Cond, I. Mr. Miguel, I. Mr. Sagrass, I. Deputy Mayor Horner, I. Mayor Craville,
I. Thank you. Okay. Approval of the minutes from April 7th, 2025. May I have a motion to approve the minutes of April 7th, 2025? I will make a motion to approve the minutes as read from April 7th, 2025. Okay. I'll second the motion.
Roll call vote, please. Madam Secretary. Yes, Mayor. Mr. Cond. I. Mr. McGill. I. Mr. Sager. I abstain. Deputy Mayor Horner. I. Mayor Crayville. I. Thank you. Okay. Has everybody got a chance to review the bills? Yes, ma'am. Yes,
ma'am. Ma'am. All right. Uh, may I have a motion to approve the bill list? I'll make a motion to approve the bill list, Madame Mayor. Thank you, Mr. McIll. May I have a second? I'll second that, Madam Mayor. Thank you, Mr. Seagris. Roll call vote, please. Madam Secretary. Yes. Mr.
Cond. I. Mr. Miguel. I. Mr. Sagress. Hi. Deputy Mayor Horner. Hi. Mayor Crabel. I. Thank you. Do we have any comments from our staff or our professionals this evening? Everybody's good. Okay. All right. Moving on to public
comment. May I have a motion to open public comment? I'll make a motion to open public comment. Thank you, Mr. Condor. May I have a second? I'll second that, Madam Mayor. Thank you, Mr. Miguel. Voice vote, please. I ns abstensions. Okay, public comment is open. Please come
forward and state your name and address for the record. [Music] Good evening everyone. Hope you had a good holiday. Same. Thank you. You too. Thank you. For those who don't know me, I will say who I am, but I know you guys
know me. Still have to do it. You still got to still got to do it every time. Jala Shepard, 215 Front Street in Palmyra, New Jersey, speaking on behalf of the Civic Club of
Riverton, East Riverton, and Palmyra. I see Joe in the audience today. So, of course, I'm going to ask the same question that I ask every month. Um, I do feel that we're working on it. I know we are. And I just want
you to know summer is approaching. Union Landing Road is dangerous. If you were walking up Union Landing Road, you start on a sidewalk. You end up on a very narrow curb. If
anyone falls off, you're going to fall into a car. It is that close. I know some of the members have been up to Union Landing and they and they know that. So today I would like to know if the
DOT has given us a an okay to start or approximate date. I know the goal was April. However, April is ending and I would like to know when we're going to put the shovel into the ground. Gotcha.
Well, I'm actually going to defer to Joe on that one, but we have been in communications with the state and the state has given us some information and some feedback. So, Joe, do you want to give a little update? Thank you so much, Joe. I'm hoping for good news. Uh, yeah, I do have some
news. Uh, the do uh this past Thursday, the DOT gave us some comments for our plans and specifications. Uh the good news is that we don't need to change I would call them minor. Uh we don't need to make any
updates to the plans. We just have to change some language in the contract documents kind of just clean up how some items are paid for. So um we are we needed some clarifications from the DOT. We emailed them on Friday with the
holiday and stuff like that. We haven't heard back from them but I anticipate hearing back from them tomorrow. And then, you know, we're in the process of updating those uh specifications and we'll be resubmitting to them within the next week. Um hopefully with their uh their blessing to authorize the
advertisement of the project. Okay. So, thanks Joe. And Joe, you're not going to give us any dates right now, right? No dates right now. Um I can give you a date and then we, you know, we could not hear from the DOT. So, so Mayor, may I just add to that? So for the students, I know you're this is probably your first
meeting here in Cinnamon and you're always welcome back, but since we're talking about this topic, uh this is a a matter of concern that was brought to us uh by members of the community, something that we had um seen the past
couple years to be an issue that's gotten a little worse. Uh, and this governing body actually sought and secured $1.1 million of funding for that project through the New Jersey Department of Transportation. So, uh, that problem was identified and
addressed. We're now effectuating that program. Um, and it takes a long time. Uh, I'm sure you're learning about that a little bit about how projects get done in government. Uh and and as you heard our engineer speak to just a few minutes ago, because the funding came uh through
a state funding source, uh the Department of Transportation, it not only has to get approved by this governing body, and it's not only that our engineer has to say this is what should be done, although we think we're right, the state has to approve all that because they're giving us money. So, it
makes that project a little longer than maybe another project that we funded ourselves here in the township. Um, but that $1.1 million was secured by by this committee and it's going to go a long way to really ident, excuse me, address an issue within the community. I think it's a good example of how government
works. Since you're here, I thought I'd just remind you of that. So, thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Mr. Shiger. Thank you, Joe. Thank you, Joe. Good evening, everyone. Good evening, Renee Olavis, 21108 Hunter
Street. I think it's very appropo that we're celebrating Earth Day tomorrow because I do have an environmental concern and as you most of you already know, it is Union Landing and um I'm
sure that we have had a lot of health problems in the past. I think there's a high incidence of cancer. um in that in this East Riverton area because of us having landfills and so it
is environmentally not the best as well as aesthetically not the best. Now it has been suggested to me that we have a cleanup day for Union Landing. That is
not going to work because that is one day. We have a lot of traffic on Union Landing. It's become like another highway. So, we have many trucks, many cars because it is a convenient way in and out of many
businesses. And besides trash cleanup, we also need um brush cut back, brush removed, and aesthetically pleasing trees, some of which need to be extremely tall, at least 20 feet, to
hide some of the commercial areas there that are very unsightly. So, I'm appealing to you that you if you approach these businesses and they don't
want to do it and I don't think they can do it on a timely basis each time because we do have people throwing trash out of their trucks and cars as well as no one from the community can clean that up that they pay the township of
Cinnamonson to maintain Union Landing. And we also have a um environmental safety issue and with that we plant more trees.
A lot of towns around the country have been doing this and has made a big change in their air quality. Does anyone have any comments? No, I was just waiting to see if you had anything additional that you Well, there's one other addition which kind of
fits in. One of our neighbors at 700 James has bamboo encroaching on her property. As you know, bamboo is very invasive and she would like to know if the township can address that. Is the bamboo encroaching from another
private residence? I believe it is. Probably is. Is there anything that the township can do concerning that? Michael's writing. Yeah. What's that? Mr. Mitten's taking notes. Mr. Mitten's going to take take a look
at that. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you, M. Davis. Thank you. Good evening everyone. Jerry Hines, 808 Turner Avenue. Um, I'm trying to get an update on what how we're going with the
burnout house on Union Landing Road. Uh, as Miss Shepard mentioned, we are approaching summer. The kids are out. They explore. And that house, not only is it unsightly, but it's dangerous. Uh, it's been burnout now for, I'm going to
say at least a couple of years. It's, you know, it's time for something to happen with that. You know, it's people are dumping trash in it. It's right next door to, you know, my family. Uh, it's, you know, it's just not fair to have to look. Nobody wants to look at that. Mr.
Shabir, did you have some information in regards to that or I do, Mayor. So, last I checked about a week and a half ago with construction with our zoning office, uh, the notices that need to be um sent to the owner of record were
resent to start set the clock on how to move ahead with that. And our public works department is getting quotes that to demo the property so that hopefully that timing all comes together and then that would eventually come before this governing body. they they
have to vote on going ahead with the contract to perform that work. But as I think I've mentioned in the past, I'll just say it again. Um, we know it's an issue. It's something that needs to be addressed, but as I'm sure you understand, it it it takes a lot to be
able to go in and take down someone's property. I'm not saying it's not the right thing to do in this case, but we just got to be very careful um that we do it the right way and that owner has rights as well. Uh, so it's it gets a little difficult, but we're on it. Uh, we've made some progress since you last
asked about it, you know, a couple meetings ago. Um, so we're on that path to take action. Yeah, I can't give you a timeline of when it's going to be before the governing body. We got to get all that stuff in and but that would be something coming down the road pretty soon. Okay. I do understand about, you
know, property property owners rights and all that. You know, it's just that it's been so long. But the whole neighborhood and the community has rights, too. That's how we see it. Everyone has rights. people who are living next door to it. I think any one of us who's living next door to a burnout house with all the windows out with people dumped in trash inside would
have a a concern about that. Um there's also another property which um I mentioned u to one of the township persons and it looks like some progress is being made on that. I mean that is just outrageous. There toilets out there. Uh just you name it is in the
yard right on Union Landing. Uh, I think, you know, um, one of my other neighbors said that she's seeing some progress. So, I appreciate that because sometimes just nudging someone who feels that it's their right to put whatever they want on their property, you know, um, lets them know that other people are
concerned and are, you know, that live around them, you know. So, I appreciate whoever said something to them. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you, Miss Okay, seeing no one else come forward. Okay. Uh, may I have a motion to close
public comment? I'll make that motion, madame mayor. Thank you, Mr. Cond. May I have a second? I'll second. Go ahead. I'll second that, Madam Mayor. Thank you, Mr. Seagars. Voice vote, please. I I naz abstensions. Public comment is now
closed. Do I have any comments from anyone um on committee this evening? Nothing for me, Madam Mayor. And nothing for me as well. Just want to congratulate uh Joshua Gore on his promotion. Welld deserved.
Thank you, Mr. Horn. Nothing for me, Madam Mayor. Okay. I'd also like to congratulate uh Sergeant Lilligor again and I'd also like to thank our guests for joining us this evening. um we didn't have a heavy impacted uh agenda this evening, but I hope that we were
able to contribute something to your education or something in in regards to what you're learning. So, thank you for joining us tonight and being a part of um our meeting. Um okay, if we don't have anything else, uh may I have a motion to adjoin the meeting? I'll make
a motion to adjourn the meeting. Yeah. May I have a second adjoin, you know. Um May I have a second, Madam Mayor? Well, everybody's eager to get out of here. Okay. Voice vote, please. I absent
eyes have it. This meeting is now adjourned. Next meeting is Monday, May 5th at 6:30 p.m.