##VIDEO ID:05x9aq3pOVA## to the flag of the United States of America and to the repic for stands one nation godis and at this time we'll have our invocation by Pastor Trinidad thank you once again for giving me the privilege and the honor to be here tonight uh let us pray God we come before you with gratitude we thank you for being a god of love who is with us now in this very room we feel your presence you never leave us or forsake us we thank you for making each other and every one of and each and every one of us in this room every person we meet every citizen of this community in our in your own image with dignity and worth we thank you for the calling you have given us to be good stewards of your creation and to love our neighbor as ourselves we thank you for our town we thank you for our elect officials the business the churches the families the individuals that makes the town the great place that it is we thank you tonight God for this your servants I give you thanks for the way of the service that they have chosen to take upon on behalf of all of us here we pray for wisdom for strength for courage to do what it's right and good for the members of this community may they put the interest of others above their own may they act with love for the common good we ask God to help you engage in meaningful conversations and grow closer as a group we ask God to help you listen attentively to one another with Open Hearts and Minds we thank you again for all of them bless them and keep them in the name of the almighty God amen amen amen thank you Pastor we're going to just switch around the certification of election first we'll have the certification of election of Philip mcfaden to the Delano Township committee certification of election board of County canvassers of burington County New Jersey the said Bo board do determine that election held in this in the said County on the fifth day of November in the year of Our Lord 2024 Philip L mcfaden of delango Township was duly elected to the office of Township committee as Township Committee Member and it is signed and Witness by Joseph Dugan chairman of the board of County cassers and Joanne Schwarz County Clerk and at this time we'll have the oath of office for Phil mcfaden repeat after me I Philip mcf i Phil mcf do solemnly swear swear or affirm or affirm that I will support the Constitution of the United States that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey constition state of New State of New Jersey that I will bear true faith and allegiance that I will bear trth faith and to the same to the same and to the government's established to the government's established in 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 and that I will faithfully and partially and that I will faithfully and partially and justly and justly all the duties all the duties of the township Committee of the township committee according to the best of my ability according to the best of my so help me go so me [Applause] okay so we're just going to hold off until uh we're waiting for Senator Singleton to arrive from another swearing in so it'll just be a brief pause until he gets here so we'll take a short recess uh and hopefully ceron Singleton will be here with us shortly yeah that's fine I do most of it and then I finished it like woke up at 3:00 in the morning excuse is there nothing else we can do while we're waiting for the senator to get here no we have to be sworn in our offices before we can do anything we can sing dance we do Christmas s okay fly where's that at sure actually change of plans thank you so much for that idea we've called the meeting back to order yes and we are going to actually um the uh Deputy Mayor as of right now is going to present years of service Awards um I believe we have one person here and the other person I did not see her but we can move forward with that great so we have a recognition of 15 years of service to the township of Delano presented to our administrator Richard swab for 15 years presented on the second day of January 20125 by the township committee myself Kate Fitzpatrick Matt Barlett Philip mcfaden and fern olette so Richard thank you so much for 15 wonderful years of service thank [Applause] this microphone's tall and the other um years of service award is presented to Danielle burry who is our police um secretary for 15 years of service to the township of Delano presented on the second day of January 2025 by the township of Township committee thank you Danielle for 15 wonderful years of service we really do appreciate you Danielle is not here tonight but we'll make sure she gets that award so thank you Danielle and Senator Singleton is in the house what yes good evening Senator Singleton right on right on que we are ready for you you're in the house up okay so next order of business is the certification of election of ma Matthew Bartlett to the delango township committee and I'll read that quickly find that [Music] again certificate of election board of County canvers of Burlington County New Jersey the said board do determine that an election held in said County on the 5th day of November in the year of Our Lord 2024 Matthew S Bartlett of Dango Township was duly elected to the office of delango Township committee Township Committee Member signed by Joseph Dugan chairman of the board of County canvers and Joanne schwar County Clerk and now we will have the oath of office administer to Matthew Bartlett by Senator Singleton suppes [Applause] welcome thank you great to be here okay moving right along um Bano needs a mayor for 2025 do I have a motion for to appoint a mayor for 2025 so moved um that Carolyn Seuss be appointed mayor of Delano Township for 2025 I have a motion by Miss Fitzpatrick second second by Mr Bartlett Mr Bartlett yes Mrs Patrick yes Mr mcfaden yes Mr oette yes Miss Seuss yes and now we have Oath of Office administered to Mayor Seuss by Senator single I support United States I support of the United States stes of [Music] people and perform all the [Applause] oh my God you're so big T Caroline she meant t she and at this time I'll turn the meeting over to Mayor Seuss thank you Janice that there so much stuff thank you all your okay so I need a deputy mayor can I have a motion to appoint Miss Fitzpatrick to the office of deputy mayor for 2025 I'll make a motion second roll call please Mr Bartlett yes Mr Patrick yes Mr mcfaden yes Mr olette yes Miss Seuss yes uh the oath of office will now be administered to Deputy Mayor Fitzpatrick by Senator Singleton please need your Bible yeah oh yeah supp United States I will support the stes St and St ofy will I willed States state the authority of people under the authority of the people I will fath and that I will faithfully and partially and partially and and perform all the duties all the duties of off the office of May abil [Applause] your arm thank you girl thank you thank you Senator Singleton thank you you are good thank you so much we appreciate you thank you Jen that was a busy man right there okay let's get the show on the road Township committee liaison positions appointments by consent roll call please so we for myself Miss Seuss is going to handle Administration staff finance code enforcement and construction code Services kazon Public Works kazon and Recreation kazon Miss Fitzpatrick is going to handle senior citizens she will be the recreation coaz on sewage Authority dice and open space kazon hen Advisory Board and shade tree commission Mr Bartlett Board of Education fire and EMS code enforcement construction and Public Works caison Mr olette Library joint Insurance Fund Burlington County Commissioners and history board as well as Municipal Court kazon Mr mcfaden joint land use board environmental Advisory Board Municipal Court kazon shared service Route 130 Corridor and open space kazon can I get a motion to approve those positions please so moved second roll call please Mr Bart yes Mr Patrick yes Mr mcf yes Mr olette yes Miss Seuss yes thank you local Board of Health can I get a motion to appoint uh myself Matt Bartlett Kate Fitzpatrick Phil mcfaden and fern oette to be appointed to the local Board of Health for 2025 motion please so moved second motion by Mr Barlett second by Miss Patrick roll call please Mr Barlett yes Mrs Patrick yes Mr MCB yes Mr rette yes Miss yes thank you I apologize in advance this is a long one we have a consent agenda consent agenda items are considered to be routine and will be enacted with a single motion any item requiring additional discussion will be removed from the consent agenda all consent agenda items will be reflected in the full minutes consent agenda for Resolutions 2025 d1.1 through 2025 -203 resolution 1.1 adir Advanced written notice of all meetings of the township of deleno 252 establishing the regular meeting dates of the township of deleno three establishing public officials bonds for 2025 four adopting cash management plan five authorizing signatures on Township checks six authorizing investment of idol funds and fund transfers seven establishing interest rates for delinquent taxes within the township of Delano eight authorizing the Forgiveness of interest on tax payments paid within 10 days of the due date nine authorizing the assessor to file with the Burlington County Board of Taxation such appeals as may be necessary to maintain accuracy and equality and assessment list of the township of Delano 10 appointing Daniel Rosenberg as Municipal public defender for 25 11 appointing Daniel G as municipal prosecutor for 25 12 authorized tax assessor to handle rollback assessment matters on behalf of the township of Delano 13 authorizing representives to participate in meetings of the Burlington County shared services Forum 14 resolution of the committee of the township of Delano County of Burlington New Jersey authorizing the Township's participation in the collaborative Municipal efforts for the mutual purpose of generating and sharing ideas concerning Municipal cost savings efforts to benefit the municipality's participation participating and authorizing the the Delano Township committee members its Township administrator and or assistant Township administrator to represent the township of Delano at joint meetings 15 appointing fund commissioner jff Aaron provenzano 16 appointing alternate fund commissioner jff Fern olette 17 resolution designating official newspaper for local publication for the township of Delano 18 authorizing the purchase of fuel from Majestic Oil Company Inc under the state contract in accordance with njsa 40a uh colon 11-12 19 adopting the temporary budget 20.1 canceling Delinquent Tax balances under $10 20-2 appointing temporary substitutes for municipal prosecutor 20-3 resolution appointing Municipal public agency compliance officer Richard sve consent roll call for Resolutions 2025 1.1 through 2025 20.3 can I get a motion please to move second motion by Miss Miss fatrick second by Mr mcfaden can I get roll call please Mr Bartlett can you read him again first no uh yes take yes yes thank you Mr F yes Mr mcf yes Mr olette yes Miss Zeus yes did I miss oh that's watched I'm on the old one okay circling back we have a proclamation honoring a special individual in our town male letter carrier Dave rust has retired after 37 years with the United States Postal Service and we would like to thank him for his service to our residents by honoring him with a proclamation so I'm going to come down [Music] there Dave could you come on up embarrass you for a minute stes reur December hasi highest LEL May [Applause] no more bills right Dave no more Bill okay sorry about that reading off the old thing there okay back to the consent agenda we're going to do the consent agenda for appointments fair and open competitive process resolutions 202-21 through 24 resolution 21 resolution authorizing the amount of the award of contract for Professional Services Through the Fair and open competitive contract Provisions for Township solicitor we have Douglas heinold with Raymond Coleman and heinold LLP 22 resolution authorizing amount of the award of contract for Professional Services Through the Fair and open competitive contracts Provisions for Township auditor Robert uro with inverso and Stewart 23 resolution authorizing the amount of the award of contract for Professional Services Through the Fair and open competitive contract Provisions for Township planner Scott Taylor Taylor design 24 resolution authorizing the amount of the award of contract for Professional Services Through the Fair and open competitive contract Provisions for Risk Management Consultant for the Burlington County GIF we have Walsh with the barlay group 24.1 resolution authorizing the amount of the award of contract for Professional Services Through the Fair and open competitive contract Provisions Township engineer we have Christopher null with ER uh consent roll call for Resolutions 21 do d-241 can I get a motion to approve that please second motion by Miss Patrick second by Mr Bartlett roll call please Mr Bartlett yes Mrs Patrick yes Mr mcf yes Mr olette yes missus yes thank you non-competitive professional appointments resolution 2025-the Professional Services appointment of affordable housing planner Mary Beth Lan of Clark Canton and Hines 26 resolution of authorizing Professional Services appointment for special counsel employment law attorney Susan Hodges of Parker McCay can I get a motion to approve please 25 and 26 move second Mo motion by Kate second by Matt roll call please Mr Bartlett yes M Patrick yes Mr mcf yes Mr alette yes yes 202527 resolution appointing acting chief of police should we State his name he probably pref Warren read the second second move second motion by Kate second by Fern roll call please Mr Barlett unequivocally yes Mrs Patrick yes Mr mcen yes Mr olette yes Miss yes and I'm going to administer the oath of office to acting Chief basil Warren War second squirm sare I will support theti of the United States states and theti of the state of newy and I will bear true faith and aliance to the to the government established in the United States and St under the authority of the people the authority of the people and that I will faithfully impartially and justly perform all the duties of the office of acting police my congratulations [Applause] okay next up appointments by consent roll call Township administrator for 2025 Richard swab assistant Township administrator for 25 Janice lure Deputy Township Clerk for 25 Beverly Russell Deputy registar of vital statistics for 25 Aaron provenzano alternate Deputy register for 25 Beverly Russell and Aaron mcfaden Municipal Improvement search officer and Deputy Treasurer Janice lure tax search Officer Jennifer delal police matron for 25 Danielle burry crossing guards for 2025 Bernie satai Nancy rust Joanne yes Larry Wolford and Valerie Romano environmental Advisory Board threeyear terms expiring 1231 2027 Linda Gaffney Elizabeth matet and Amber perm environmental Advisory Board threeyear unexpired term expiring 12 3125 Elizabeth gar Recreation Commission altered at number two 5year term to 12 3129 Kristen ainson history board threeyear terms to 1231 2027 there's three Ron Naylor Alma Jordan and Joan Donnelly history board three-year term to 12 3127 alterate number two Mary Ella Mary Ellen Davidson history board one-year term to 12312 Township committee representative folette shade tree commission 5-year terms to 12 3129 John Brown and Carl tarashi joint land use board class three one-year term expiring 12312 Phil mcfaden sewage Authority 5-year term to 131 2030 Kate Fitzpatrick hen Advisory Board one-year terms expiring 12312 Suzanne Perez Lynn Fulton Jess snight and Caitlyn dagostino zoning code enforcement officer for 25 Ed Riano Co and Rental ctor for 25 Ronald Holt Deputy zoning officer for 25 Janice lure motion to approve the above appointments please so moved second motion by Fern second by Matt roll call please Mr Bartlett yes Mrs Patrick yes M Mr mcf yes Mr Alat yes Miss Seuss yes Recreation Commission 5-year term to 123129927 Mr grao to Recreation Commission for a 5-year term I'll make a motion second motion by Phil second by Matt can I get a roll call please Mr Bartlett yes Mrs Patrick yes Mr yes Mr yes Miss obain Recreation Commission 5year terms to 1231 29 Tony Bartlett can I get a motion to approve Miss Tony Bartlett to Recreation for 5 years I'll make a motion second motion by Phil second by Kate roll call please Mr Bartlet abstain M Patrick yes Mr MCB yes Mr olette yes M yes mayor's appointments to the Joint land use board joint land use board Class 2 one-year term expiring 12 3125 Janice lure joint land use board class 4 fouryear term expiring 12 3128 Carl tarashi and Thomas finan joint land use board class 4 vacant unexpired 4-year term expiring 12 3126 williiam ad elevich joint land news board class 4 alternate number one unexpired term expiring 12 3125 Steven Jass joint land use board class 4 alternate number two 2-year term expiring 1231 26 and more joint land use board class 4 alternate number three 2-year term expiring 12 3126 Christiana Ellis and we're going to do an oath of office administering to the new appointees present please so we want to have all the new appointees come up to the front to take your oath of office please and I just I'll take this opportunity to just ask that everyone who takes an oath of office tonight after the meeting adjourns please see Beverly at the front here to to quickly sign your oath before you leave thank you yeah your right hand I take your name do solemly swear or affirm doly swear or affirm that I will support the Constitution of the United States I support theti of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and theti of the state of New jerse that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same I true faith and allegiance to the same and to the governments established the governments established in the united states in the United States in this state and in this state under the authority of the people under the authority of the people and that I will faithfully impartially and justly perform and justly perform all the duties all the DU of the office ofice to the best of my ability best of my abil if you choose so help God [Applause] okay since we did our employees years of service earlier I'm going to take this time to do my mayor's welcome a little late that's because I was reading the wrong agenda it's okay thank you to everyone that came out tonight thanks to Senator Troy Singleton for taking the time out of his busy schedule to be here tonight and swear the three of us in we truly appreciate him and all that he does for our area thank you to our family and to our friends that are here tonight supporting us thank you to my husband of course for being by my side and supporting me in this new role thank you to my fellow committee members for voting me in as Delano's next mayor in 2025 and of course thank you to our residents for electing me to this committee position in 2022 thank you without this vote of confidence it would not be possible it's truly an honor and privilege that I will continue to work in moving Our Town forward and making it the best it can be this is my third year on Township committee and I have learned so much about local government in these two short years mostly I've learned to have patience because nothing in government happens quickly I really appreciate the administration and the staff members always taking the time to explain things to me to help me understand the processes on how local government operates throughout the next year I will work with our administration department heads and professionals closely to establish more effective communication and processes to make sure we are operating to the best of our ability to serve our residents since I was a little girl I've always asked questions I always want to know how things work and why you do things in a certain way I think I drive my husband crazy because I do the same thing to him when he does something but ultimately this is how you learn this is how you grow as a person and how you become an effective leader when they asked me in high school what I wanted to do when I grew up I always said I wanted to be the CEO well hopefully my 16-year-old self is proud of me and whereever I am today I'm proud to be the squeaky wheel Richard but enough about me let's talk about what we did as a as a committee in 24 it was an exciting year we accomplished many of our goals because of our healthy financial situation we did not have to we did not have to increase taxes for our residents we were we were able to start the long awaited seaw wall and park project along the Waterfront in front of zerber mansion as you can see the sea wall itself is finished and the park has an estimated completion date of early July that's Scot har it's going to be done by July we received our grant funding for the historic fill remediation necessary at our property along the creek at 20 200 Ash we also approve an exciting Park design for the site with the help of our awesome planners the bab Ruth complex has a new basketball court that's been resurfaced parking lot paved and walkway installed to the baseball field this allows for easier access for disabled residents for parents with strollers and for kids with bikes this was a project that we received grant funding for in 23 and we still have a few things add to complete this project and will be hopefully completed in the spring at the Field of Dreams complex we received a grant from the state of New Jersey with the help of Senator TR Singleton to install lights at our soccer field that project was completed in August and our soccer teams really enjoyed and appreciated playing Under The Lights we also repaved the access road installed a new fence and had the sheds and concession stands repainted it really looks nice out there and finally on the park front we opened public access to Hulk Island which is the goal of this committee for the past few years this this year will be another busy year in our parks and projects moving forward and we couldn't be more excited to be able to offer this new and improved facility to our residents here at the municipal building we installed these huge AC acoustical sound panels and upgraded our microphon so it was easier for the audience to hear us in the courtroom we continue to stream our committee meetings on YouTube and post them for our residents to replay at their convenience we even started a Delano Township Facebook page we upgraded technology that included new and faster computers and did many things behind the scenes our Police Department welcomed several new officers and said goodbye to some due to retirement thank you Chief Adam tiller for your many years of service and we wish you well and all the best in your well-deserved retirement congratulations to our new acting Chief basil Warren yet again the committee continues to support our police and values all you do to keep our community safe we look forward to working with your department planning community events this year Public Works welcome new staff in and new roles in 2024 for the first time we have AED D at facilities and ground staff member to help uh keep our Assets in great shape we established a public works subcommittee and continue to meet often to discuss concerns and how to better optimize our great public works department John we thank you for all you do and your team to keep our town so beautiful make no mistake I'm not done make no mistake 2025 will be an important year for this town lots of things are happening behind the scenes our recreation department will be busy planning our annual event but we'll also start planning our centennial celebration which is in 2026 speaking of Centennial we officially renamed the Vine Street pocket park Centennial Park we have an exciting Park design that we hope to receive a grant for to help offset costs our goal is to complete this park in 25 so it's ready to be on display to our residents by 26 we have some really great features planned for this area including a large clock tower and Time Capsule I'd like to take this time to thank all the volunteers that dedicate their time to serve on various boards thank thank you to the Delano fire department for always risking their lives to keep our town safe I want you to know that I will continue to work hard for our residents I'm here to serve the residents of this great little town we moved here in 2013 by accident we had our sight set on Del Ram but because we share Z code we had a house pop up on our search when we found our house on Second Street we instantly fell in love with this town and its charm and hoped to stay for decades to come it's been a blessing to meet so many wonderful people over the years and we've made great lifelong friends honestly I couldn't imagine living anywhere else deleno really is a great Riverfront town I know I have a lot more to offer as a Committee Member and 25 is going to be a great year of growth and progress my phone is always on and my emails are answered quickly it's no secret where you can find me I encourage all the residents with questions or concerns to reach out to me communication is key I'm always willing to listen and offer Solutions I work for you the residents now let's get this year started it's time to get things done [Applause] thank you and with that the meeting is open to the public for comments and questions please if you would like to come up please state your name and uh your address anybody have anything to say okay with that I will close this section of the meeting to the public and we will go to uh comments from the township committee Mr olette I'll start with you do you have anything you'd like to say happy New Year everyone and looking forward to uh great things that'll happen in Delano this coming year so happy new yeary thank you Happy New Year Mr mcfaden welcome I want to thank the residents for allowing me to sit here uh as a Township Committee Member my first time around I have volunteered for many years on the Recreation Commission and uh I look forward to this year working with Fern Matt Kate and Carolyn I think we got great things that are going to happen thank you and have a good New Year's thank you Mr Bartlett thank you Carolyn um yeah as Carolyn eloquently said we did a lot of great things last year and um I look forward to doing more great things in 2025 uh I thank the residents for electing me from the beginning of my second term this year and we have a lot more work to do and we're going to continue to do it I look forward to working with everybody up here and happy New Year thank you Matt Miss Fitzpatrick well I have to reiterate Happy New Year to everyone um and I look forward to serving with Carolyn as mayor and the other committee members this is my 24th year on Township committee and I can tell you I truly love being here I truly love working with our professional we have a great team we have a wonderful working staff here that is just absolutely incredible and dedicated and as Carolyn and Matt both said we have a busy year ahead I'd like to thank the committee and the professionals and the staff for the year we just had one of the busiest years in Delano Township and I'm very proud to be a part of it so I look forward to working with everyone again this year and um it should be a great year thank you thank you Kate and with that um Pastor wesa would you like to do the benediction please loving God thank you for your for a successful meeting we ask you that you continue to bless our community and the new elected leaders continue to bring unity and peace Among Us and may your presence guide us wherever we go amen amen many blessings thank you Pastor anybody else have anything else to add I I missed it before but I want to thank my family especially my wife Tony who if it wasn't for her I probably wouldn't be up here because uh you know she keeps the house run and everything else and of you know of course my son Gavin I don't know where he disappeared to and my daughter and my grandson went out there and my future son-in-law Frank and you know just the whole family support because it's not just me up here it's the family behind you and I'm sure that's the same for everybody up here for sure definitely anyone else okay can I have a motion for adjournment please so moved second all in favor I I I thank you everyone we'll see you on Monday night that was quick half hour or 45 minutes yeah