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Part 1 (Video ID: 8JCP5VDjagk):
- 00:00:02: Meeting Call to Order, Flag Salute, and Remembrances
- 00:02:48: Municipal Budget 2026: Resolutions, Discussion, and Adoption
- 00:07:26: Fireworks Safety Presentation and Car Show Update
- 00:10:44: Open Public Comment on Agenda Items - Session One
- 00:11:02: Comments and Reports: Legal, Engineering, and Administration
- 00:16:33: Comments and Reports: Police, Public Works, Events
- 00:21:54: Consideration and Approval of Consent Agenda Items
- 00:26:34: Open Public Comment: Drainage Issues and Stump Removal
- 00:30:18: Discussion: Pavers for Sidewalk Repair Reimbursement Program
- 00:32:32: Open Public Comment: Sidewalk Condition and Inspections


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Uh, welcome to the May 4th, 2026 Township Committee meeting. Can I have a roll call, please? >> Yes, mayor. Mr. Bartlett, >> here. >> Mr. McFaden, >> here. >> Mr. Olette, >> here. >> Miss Seuss >> here. >> Miss Fitzpatrick >> here. Also present, our township

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administrator, Mrs. Simona, um, Mr. Hafner, filling in for Harry, our engineer. Um, Mr. Raymond filling in for Mr. Heinhold, Mrs. Russell, Mrs. Hart

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Fenomore. John Fenomore is absent tonight. And the police chief, Mr. Warren, please dele the flag salute. >> I aliance to the flag of the United States of America to the

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stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Uh, Bev, would you please read the sunshine statement? >> Please be advised that proper notice of this meeting has been given in compliance with the Open Public Meetings

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Act in the following manner. Written notice has been mailed to the Burlington County Times, a carrier post, and published in the December 28th, 2025 edition. Written notice has been posted on the official Bulson board of the township of Delanco at least 48 hours prior to the meeting. Live stream

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statement. This meeting of the Delo Township Committee may be transmitted via live stream on YouTube video. The streaming of the meeting is not intended to be relied upon as formal public access under open public meetings act. And if the technology is disrupted for any reason, the township meeting will proceed in person as an official meeting

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in accord with the official notice. Uh please silence your cell phones and refer to rules governing public comment attached to this agenda. >> Thank you, Bev. Uh at this time, we'll have a uh moment of silence remembering

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Dorothy Armstrong who passed away recently. Uh Dot, as I called her, uh it was a dear friend who uh owned and worked the Delo market with her husband Bill for over 20 years. Um she was a

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great card player and she also uh became the treasurer of the seniors and managed their trips for a number of years. So she will definitely be missed and um just a great lady uh with the strong will. So,

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thank you. So, the first item up on the agenda for business is the 2026 municipal budget. This is the public hearing and adoption. Um, and I believe Debbie, if I'm

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correct, we need to pass these resolutions before we open it to the public. >> Yes. >> Okay. So, we have resolution 202673 is the annual budget local examination.

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So, I need a um resolution um a motion for resolution 2026-73. >> I'll make second. So, Carolyn and Phil, roll call, please. >> Mr. Bartlett, >> yes.

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>> Mr. McFaden, >> yes. >> Mr. Olette, >> yes. >> Miss Seuss, >> yes. >> Miss Fifth Patrick, >> yes. Uh, resolution 2026 um 74 is a resolution authorizing the municipal budget um reading by title

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only. We need a motion to adopt resolution 202674. >> So moved. Scott >> second. >> Roll call, please. >> Mr. Bartlett, >> yes. >> Mr. McFaden. >> Yes. >> Mr. Olette. >> Yes.

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>> Miss Seuss. >> Yes. >> Miss Miss Fitzpatrick. >> Yes. So now there is a hearing for the uh 2026 municipal budget. And this hearing is open to the public regarding the

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budget. No. Okay. I'll close this portion of the meeting. Uh to the public and we have resolution 2026-75 adoption of the 2026 municipal budget.

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Does anyone from the township have any questions or comments they'd like to make before we adopt this resolution? >> No. >> I'll just comment that we spent a lot of time on this budget. We worked really hard to

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not to use the phrase trim the fat, but trim the fat on this budget down to, you know, what where it needed to be. The increase in the state health benefits, it killed us this year and it's probably going to continue to do that until something gets fixed in Trenton,

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>> right? >> And same thing with the trash, >> right? >> It's it is what it is. We did what we could with what we had. >> Yeah. I'd like to commend Debbie. It's her first year as our administrator. Uh

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actually, she hasn't even been here a year and she did a wonderful job putting this budget together and then we sat down and we went item by item and made the cuts where we could and uh I think she did an excellent job for us and uh I

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think we have a good budget moving forward. >> Anyone else have any comments? No, I echo your your comments with uh Miss Monero on her first year's budget. I think she's done plenty of other budgets and then other towns, but um

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just the new format and how we worked together with Julie, our CFO, to to really nail down things. We have a a very tight budget to where everybody's got to get permission before they spend things, and there's not a lot of fluff in there. So, we did what we could to

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keep the increase minimal to the taxpayers. um just our our trash uh solid waste collection between the three towns. Ours went from 180,000 to 311,000 um for the next couple years. So that was a huge increase along with the state

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health plan benefits that went up another 36% I think went up 20ome% last year and double digits the year before. So it's uh it's it's tough on the lo local municipalities. So thank you everyone for your hard work. >> Anyone else? No.

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>> Okay. So, is there a motion to adopt resolution 202675 municipal budget? >> So, move. >> Second. Scott and Carol. Roll call. >> Mr. Bartlett. >> Yes. >> Mr. McFad. >> Yes. >> Mr. Olette. >> Yes.

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>> Miss Seuss. >> Yes. >> Miss Fitzpatrick. >> Yes. Okay. Now we have a special presentation regarding uh fireworks safety from our Delanco fire official, Mr. Randy Johnson.

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>> How we doing tonight? >> We're doing good. We're glad you're here to go over this. >> It's very straightforward. Uh you have to do a resolution obviously. Uh as far as uh the area, it's already went over

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with uh councilwoman at the site. Uh once you guys come back with a diagram and a plan, I go over it and approve it or disapprove it. We approved to one area already. Uh parking unfortunately is not my

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problem. You know, uh you're kind of limited out there. So we got to keep that area open for bad fireworks. You know, this guy good reputation, but accidents happen and my

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job is to try to keep the public safe. >> I think Carolyn had mentioned that the park the county park is going to allow parking over there and they're going to stay open later. >> Oh, that'll be that'll help out a lot. >> Yeah. So, that'll eliminate that parking issue. >> Um,

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>> you could also use 401 if you had to, but you'd also have some somebody over here to keep you from walking through the woods. >> Right. Right. Yeah, >> that's I looked at that the other night, too. >> Okay. >> Other than that, you know, your resolution. >> So, you have already approved the the

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area where they decided >> I walked over with the DNM, the fireworks gentleman, and uh that area, as long as that area from outfield of the field of dreams all the way to the woods and from the barriers for the

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railway, that whole area is kept clear. I'll be a happy camper. as long as the weather holds out. >> So, and the rain. >> You just need something from us showing that there will be nobody past the softball field fence, >> right? >> And that that will be >> and you can have people in the softball

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field, right? You know, >> and probably better keep them there, control of them better. >> Yeah, exactly. Keep them coraled a little bit. And then over on the soccer field. >> Yeah. And then on a Yeah. >> And then on the soccer field, u pretty much we have that that area.

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You got you got that barriers down there. So >> Yep. >> Why don't you get people understand they got to stay back there? >> Yeah. >> And you going have the food trucks off one side. >> Mhm. >> Uh you know. >> Yeah. >> Problem as the weather holds out and it

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doesn't get dry. Any drier than it is now? >> Any drier. Yeah. Chief, did you have any questions? >> No. Already spoke to them. >> Great. Y >> Yeah, it's a great idea. Yeah. >> I have one thing to add. As of right now, you only have one food truck for your car show.

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So, if anybody else is going to be there, tell them to get a hold of me. >> Okay. >> I'll make sure Mrs. Proven's on it. >> The only one coming is the hot dog man. >> Um, I believe the El Chen submitted her paperwork, the taco truck from last year. >> I haven't seen that yet.

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>> I believe she did. She She emailed me over the weekend and said she had submitted it. So, >> I'll check my junk mail there. >> Okay. Yeah, if you could just let me know so I can reach out. >> All right. >> All right. Thank you. >> Anything else? >> No, Randy. Thank you. >> All right. Have a good day. >> Thank you for taking your time.

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>> Okay. So, now the meeting is open to the public for comments and questions for agenda items only. This is session one. Anyone have any comments or questions on the agenda items?

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There being none, I'll close this portion of the meeting to the public and we'll move on to comments and reports. So, first we'll have Mr. Raymond. >> Um the only thing that I have on behalf of Doug is the um the township's

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affordable housing um consent order was filed with the court. It was approved by the court. Um, so with the exception of finalizing some of the extend extensions for the your existing units with um some organizations, uh there's nothing else for the township to do with regard to

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affordable housing. Um you will have a 10-year period of protection now. Um and as everyone's probably aware, the township was able to satisfy their full obligation based upon the work that you guys have done previously. So there was no new units required in Delanka which I think is a testament to the the the the

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work that everyone on council has done throughout to plan for affordable housing and uh that that's all we have. >> Thank you. Thank you, Steve. Okay, Mr. Hfner. >> Thank you, Mayor >> Alex.

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>> Uh so I'm I'm filling in for Harry Fox today and I will go through a couple of items going on throughout town. the the crossings, the punch list was issued to the developer. We are still waiting for a response and a schedule for the uh the

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improvements. Harry has indicated that he's meeting with the the HOA out there in June. >> Alex, could you make sure that um Harry or you send that punch list to the HOA, please? >> Yeah. And could I have a copy of that

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punch list, too? Because I'd like to be meeting with the HOA uh and Harry with them. So, I have it as well. >> Yeah, not a problem. >> Um, some more on ongoing construction

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projects. The 2024 Township Road program on Delaware Avenue. We, my office, met with the contractor last week to discuss punch list items. We are just waiting on a schedule of when they'll get back out

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there. Um, that includes minor concrete and asphalt repairs. The 2025 NJ dot local aid project is on Newton's Landing Boulevard. Also at the school,

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we have a pre-construction meeting scheduled for next week. Um, and the contractor indicated that they're likely going to start work in June once school is out. That was a you can't pay the school parking lots

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out safety. um 2025 community development block grant. We are out surveying the ramps uh that is anticipated to be constructed this

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year. There are eight ramps on Second Street and six handicap ramps, curb ramps on Delaware Avenue that will will should be covered under this project. the Centennial Park improvements.

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We actually had our survey team out there today. So, we should have um a base plan midweek and on on schedule to advertise May award in June. >> And Debbie, you got that those plans?

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>> Not yet. >> Oh, okay. >> I did ask Harry. He said he was going to get them. >> Okay. >> I will pass them off as soon as I get them. I'll pass them along. >> Okay. you know, and and our survey was just out there, so it might take them a day or two to put everything in the computer and then us another couple of

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days. Maybe next week we'll have plans for you guys. >> Great. Over >> um the 2025, pardon 2026 DOT grant um for Hickory

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storm pipe replacement. We were my office was just out there doing survey as well. So, we anticipate having something out for bid in summer, fall of this year.

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>> Good. >> And I think that is most of what I have unless there are any questions, follow-ups on any of the other projects. >> I guess the township roof needs some special attention there, right? Yes,

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Debbie's working on that. That is actually one of the items that is in our uh bond ordinance for this evening and Harry has um gotten quotes for us. >> So we're as soon as this money >> becomes available in another month and a half or so that's the first project

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we're going to be coming back to you for. >> Of course. >> Yes. Good. >> Of course. >> Do you know if Harry's been in touch with PSEG on the schedule for the road repaving? He >> We have not received the schedule of that yet. PSG or New Jersey American.

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>> Okay. New Jersey American. Oh, from down at >> the um the far end of town. >> Correct. Okay. >> Iowa cracks. >> Yep. >> Okay. Any any other questions for Alex?

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Thank you, Alex. >> Uh Debbie, administrator. >> Um thank you, mayor. We have a couple of items on here. um the bond ordinance which the biggest item uh we just mentioned is the roof that really needs to be replaced. We cannot band it any

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longer. There is a resolution on here for civil rights policy. Um that is actually a requirement to adopt your budget. So that is one that you will see every year. We we did have a resignation in our construction department, our electrical

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sub code and inspector. So, you will see something go out uh soon for a uh job description and looking at alternative options, maybe do a shared service with another municipality to give us a little more flexibility if uh somebody is

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full-time and we need change in hours. So, still working those uh details out. And finally, we had uh take your child to work day on April 23rd, and we had nine kids come to work with us that day. >> That's great.

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>> Ages 4 to 18 and everywhere in between um that we tired them out, they tired us out. So, it was actually a great success. We had a lot of events that we did with them and we actually had them sit with their parents and do some work.

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So we had some of the kids um do deposit slips. We had them do you know minute taking, use the computers. The little guys got to use the adding machine. So it was actually a very successful day. We had a lot of fun. >> That's great. Thank you,

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>> Chief. >> Good evening everyone. For the month of April, uh we had a total of 14 police cases for a total for the year of 70. Uh there were 35 summones issued with a total for the year of 190. There were

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197 motor vehicle stops. Total for the year now is 757. And we had 769 uh calls for service uh with a total for the year of 3,172. >> Wow. >> So again busy. Um I have two officers

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out medical so and man's a little short but they're doing well. Uh thankfully we had enough that we can kind of compensate work at minimum but they're doing okay. So >> just again preparing for national night

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out again. I met with Randy as well. So >> having a good ballpark on how we're going to navigate things as far as security is concerned but looking pretty good. So, >> give you more information as we get closer to the date. >> Great. >> Thank you.

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>> Uh John is not here from public works. Um but he did uh tell me that they cut all the grass in the town, all the properties. They um Bobby cleaned all the streets in town. So, this sweet

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street sweeper and um they cleaned up all the debris before the yard sale. So, he was hoping and he believed that the town looked really good for the yard sale. So, kudos to our public works crew for keeping our town looking great.

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Beverly, thank you, Mayor. Uh, last Thursday, Mr. Olette, Miss Simmona, and I attended an active shooter and hostile events training put on uh by J. Montgomery. Um, we learned some very important information regarding planning and

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procedures um that we're going to try to work together to put in place um to ensure the safety of our employees and visitors to the municipal municipal building should there be an event. Um, the three of us uh everybody else left the room and the three of us were just sitting there kind of brainstorming. So,

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um, we have some some ideas and we'll definitely be getting together to put together a workplace uh violence prevention committee and a plan that is specific to our location and situation. Um, upcoming events, the Centennial Car Show will be held on Saturday, May 16th.

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It's on Delaware Avenue from 12:00 noon to 4 pm. There'll be live music, food trucks, games, and family fun. Um, you can visit delankosentennial.com to register a car. Um, sponsor sponsorships are still available. And is the rain date Sunday?

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>> Yes. >> And the rain will be Sunday, May 17th. Um, and Mrs. Hart attended our shredding event and she has event. There was a lot of people. I think we had about 70.

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We had seven bins that were >> good. And then we also centennial.com and they are $100. >> Great. Thank you, Aaron. >> And the bricks are for residents past and present. >> Okay, we'll move on to consent agenda

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items. Consent agenda items are considered to be routine and will be enacted with a single motion. Any item requiring discussion will be removed from the consent agenda. All consent agenda items will be reflected in full in the minutes.

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Um, anyone have any questions regarding these? No. Okay. Ordinance 20267, a bond ordinance of the township of Delano in the county of Burlington, authorizing the construction of municipal improvements to township

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facilities, further authorizing the acquisition of vehicles and equipment appropriating the total sum of $660,855. Therefore, in authorizing the issuance of $627,8125 bonds or notes of the township for

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financing such appropriations and making certain determinations and covenants and authorizing certain related actions in connection with the foregoing. This is the first reading by title only and set the public hearing for May 18th, 2026 at

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7 pm. Resolution 202676. A resolution to affirm the township of Delanco's civil rights policy with respect to all officials, appointees, employees, prospective employees, volunteers, independent contractors, and

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members of the public that come into contact with municipal employees, officials, and volunteers. Resolution uh 202677, resolution appointing DNM Fireworks LLC

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as the fireworks display vendor for the Centennial Fireworks Show, which is first on August the 4th for National Night Out. Right, Chief? >> Yes. >> Okay. >> Tuesday.

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Resolution uh 202678 uh urging state leaders to implement fair and equitable reforms to mitigate the unsustainable increases in health benefit premiums for public sector

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employees. Resolution 79 is authorizing memorandum of understanding between the township of Delano and Deleno Township Board of Education for the emergency sheltering locations.

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Uh an approval of the payment of bills in the amount of $198,982.36 as per the bill list run date May 4th, 2026. Is there a motion to approve the consent agenda items? >> I'll make a motion. >> Second,

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>> Phil and Scott, a roll call, please. >> Mr. Bartlett, >> yes. >> Mr. McFad, >> yes. >> Mr. Olette, >> yes. >> Miss Zeus, >> yes. >> Miss Fitzpatrick, >> yes. >> A correspondence. Beth, >> yes. >> Two pieces. Um, we received notice from the state of New Jersey uh that the uh

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Department of Transportation fiscal year 2027 state aid program. The deadline for grant application submissions uh is July 1st. Um and grant awards are expected to be announced in November. Um this was forwarded to Mr. Hafner and Mr. Fox um

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to start looking at that considering seeing what we're going to do for for 2027. Um it's also in your packets. Um the other piece of correspondence came from the Arbor Day Foundation to Mayor Fitzpatrick. Um so as we celebrate the 50th anniversary

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of the Tree City USA program, um they are happy to extend once again our warmest congratulations to Delanco Township on receiving a 2025 Tree City USA recognition. It's a welldeserved recognition in testament to your community's unwavering commitment to the

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planting, care, and celebration of trees. And if you would like, I will send that on to the shade tree secretary also, so she is aware. >> Yeah, that'll be great. >> And I remember the very first one. I can't remember what year it was. Do you, Carl? Because we we all went there.

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Remember when we had our first designation as Tree City? It was a it was a fun event. >> It's been 17 years. Is that it? So then that's that's what it was. Yeah. Thank you, Carol. >> Okay. Anything else, Beth? >> No, that's it.

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>> Okay. Uh, so the meeting is open to the public. Uh, comments and questions for general items. >> Right. >> You know, you weren't all Ray Weber, 22 ships way. Um, couple

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things. The storm drain in front of 24 ships. >> I did email you about that. >> I know you did, but people Someone fell into that hole because somebody took those orange cones and threw them across the street.

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>> Wow. So, I have to ask John to do something else because the it the work is going to be done when they do the paving. That contractor is going to be working with Harry on that. >> So, um I don't know if they can cover it somehow.

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>> Um >> they got to do something because what happens is, you know, somebody got hurt there and it's the daughter of the resident who lives there. >> They can't I mean, how how would somebody fall into that? It's like >> when they get out of the car, they didn't see the no cones there. They

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didn't see it at night. >> So, they were parked. Okay. All right. >> We get a steel road plate over it. >> Yeah. I I can't imagine why they can't put it like public service has those plates. >> Steel plates. >> Yeah. They just put it over holes and what have you. So, um I I'll ask John to

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make sure they put some kind of plate right over it. >> Okay. Because the cones were across the street. We I put them back, but that was after they happened. >> Yeah. Somebody can move them again. Okay. In fact, in fact, the gentleman who lived at that house passed away this past Monday >> and his family came to and that's when

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it happened. >> Uh, second thing, the stumps at the town houses that Paul's tree service took down, now you got weeds growing around the stumps and some of them are hanging up on angles and and they won't won't uh

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cut close to to the stumps. So, I guess I don't know if that's a code enforcement issue because it's on private property. It's there's not much we can do other than I can ask Ed if that's an issue that he can deal with

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with a property owner. >> I don't think that you can make somebody remove a stump, >> but Yeah, I know. I understand. But they have a new management company, too. Every year they get a new management company. So, I don't know what's going on there. >> Yeah. as well as there's a number of

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house number of talent houses in there that are empty now >> because I have contacts over there and I find out all this stuff it's going on. Um and then there's three stumps in Newton's Landing that the tree

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commission took down over two years ago and they're still there. Could you >> They had them come out, marked all the electrical where or utilities where everything was and never came back. I can send that to you. >> Yeah. Send me that list. Okay.

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>> Yeah. I mean, because when I talk to the tree commission, I might as well talk to that wall. >> So, I I just get frustrated with them and >> Yeah, I I'll talk to John. >> Residents are complaining about it. >> Yeah, that's right. You're right.

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So other than that, nothing else and thank you. It's >> good. >> I'll see you later, Matt. >> Okay. >> Scott. >> Scott. >> Scott. >> No problem, Rick. >> Anyone else? >> Like it's not his name.

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>> Okay, I close this portion of the meeting to the public. We do have one discussion item updating chapter 240 of the code of the township of Delanco to include pavers as an acceptable repair or replacement to identify standards and

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requirements and to be included in the sidewalk reimbursement program for sidewalk damages due to township shade trees. So since this is something that we and Shade Tree are um actually

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suggesting to residents to use pavers um this definitely needs to be updated and I think Bev brought this to our attention. Um >> I brought this to your attention actually. Um they had we had a resident that came to the shade tree meeting and

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uh he wanted to know if he was going to get reimbured if he did the pavers instead and I said I don't think that's in our code. So I would bring it to the committee to have that added especially if we're going to continue to promote that. So we had Harry actually draw up some >> um construction standards so that we can

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you know actually have something on the books to how people are supposed to do it properly um depth types of pavers um patterns and whatnot. So that's what we have in the back of our packet here. >> Yes. So I guess what we need to do is so

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we need to an ordinance to amend the ordinance. >> Yeah, we would need to introduce an ordinance um and then the specs that um Alex has um drawn for us. We would just reduce that to to writing to >> So um do you want to do the first

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reading tonight or do you want to wait until the next meeting? We we can do that tonight. >> Okay. Yeah, let's do it tonight. Yeah. >> Do we have do we have draft of the Yeah. Do we have ordinance that we're going to be >> We do not. >> I'm not sure how you do that.

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>> You can't you can't do it then. >> We need to put the language together. So, >> yes. Okay. So, you can do that for the next meeting. >> Or whenever whenever you're available to do that. Okay. >> And that would be ordinance eight looks like, right? >> Yeah. anything comes up between now.

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>> Okay. >> Okay. Thank you. >> All right. Thank you. Um, anyone have anything else? We already had our executive session, so I would like an adjournment to a motion

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to adjourn. Oh, excuse me. Go ahead. >> Cooper Edwards Avenue. Uh, as far as the pavers and the sidewalks, are they reimbursing for sidewalks that are done? >> Yeah, there's a panel. There's the panels that are affected, there's a reimbursement program in effect.

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>> No, as far as the pavers, if you walk from uh Union to Walnut where they did all the bricks, they're all coming up. >> They're all >> Yeah, I know. >> Township. They're dead. >> Yeah, it was a it was a grant. Yeah, we

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did a grant for that. all over the place up there >> on Burlington Avenue. >> On Burlington Avenue. >> Yeah. >> Um >> Yes. From Union to >> by the jewelry store and all that. >> Yeah. John picked some of his own.

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There's some on the other side across from Pied Out, too. >> Yeah. Some by Pied out, some by the church, which there was out there which they were able to reset. It's a heck of a lot easier for them to be able to reset them. They pull the brick up, shave a little bit off, and >> Yeah.

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We'll have to make a determination on because I think we're going to have to get an estimate to have somebody do that. We I think we had the company who did the pavers come out and do the other bricks at the church. >> I think that's who did it. >> Think pavers I think.

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>> Yeah. So, um we'll have to look into that >> because we need an we we need to get an estimate on it. It has to be done. Actually, it's in front of Gateway Park, too. So, that, you know, maybe they can

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do a section at a time. Um, or maybe do it all. But we we will look into that. Thank you. >> Now that Mr. Cooper mentions that, mayor, I'm looking through the ordinance 240 that's in the um agenda packet. 240-8 requires that the township

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complete inspections of the sidewalks in the municipal right of way every at least once every five years. So that's something we shouldn't have to have a resident come up to us, tell us what have issues with the sidewalks. We should be doing the inspection that our ordinance says we're supposed to. >> Right. Exactly.

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>> Who's supposed to do the inspect? >> So who's going to do that inspection? >> It says a township administrator or his or her designate. >> Dead walking, Debbie. in conjunction in conjunction with the township solicitor and the township engineer it says shall

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uh establish and provide for the implementation of the municipal sidewalk and curb inspection program. So I imagine when this was >> it's in the ordinance >> section 240 was adopted uh was adopted by ordinance 2017-5 March 6, 2017. I

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would have hoped in 2017 this program would have been adopted. >> Hold on. Hold the phone though. What's the municipal right of way? Isn't that every sidewalk? >> Mhm. >> No. >> What? Can you expand? >> Yeah, we do. We own the sidewalks, but

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the the resident is responsible. >> Responsible, but it's the municipal whiteway is >> right. >> Is the sidewalk and then the easement to the curb, >> right? >> It's well, we don't do anything with sidewalks right now. Um, and I'm trying

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to get it put on the CO checklist so that we can start implementing enforcement. >> Exly, right? So, some of this curbing is in front of businesses and what have you. So, I don't know that we're responsible for that. >> You Yeah, you're probably not responsible, but you

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>> Well, so from a >> civil liability if someone were to trip and fall. >> Yeah. >> Um, that in front of a residence, it's going to be it's going to be most likely the township's responsibility. in front of a business, it it probably is the business's responsibility. But again,

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you're certainly and and you you have have an an inspection program. You can you can do that. Uh but whether or not it's then the resident or business owner's responsibility to actually repair that sidewalk is >> is another issue. >> Another issue. >> Yeah.

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>> So, but we need to have that inspection done. It has to be done from all of Arlington Avenue for the bricks from Gateway Park. those sides to um

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it's past walnut on one side. >> It goes past but >> go all the way to the light. Yes. Uh and it has except it's not in front of the bank because the bank chose not to have pavers when we did the papavers. They chose >> school

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>> and the school doesn't have it. So it's Yeah. So, it's further up, but So, we'll have that inspection. Debbie, you can designate someone else if you Okay. >> Do do we do we know if we in 2017

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>> came up with the inspection program that it says we're supposed to do? >> I have no idea because I think John Brown did this whole thing and I doubt very much that any inspections were ever done. We walked parts of the town and

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inspected sidewalks. Um, and the other end of town and it's a disaster. >> Mayor, uh, Jeff Reeves when he was the zoning officer and code enforcement officer, he did walk the whole town and

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he did compile a list at the time. Um, I think with the thought that we would let the residents know that they would have to fix it and found that basically there was at least one sidewalk panel in front of every house in town is what he was finding. >> I know. >> So, um, he did do that which was

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probably what about five >> probably. Yeah. Because that was precoid when he was here. So, so it's been that long since since we've done it again. >> Yeah. >> And then you have the issue of the township trees causing the problems to

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the sidewalks. That's why we didn't enforce any of those issues because the township trees are causing the issue. So, how can we have a homeowner fix the sidewalk that could be like this when it's a township tree? So, um

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>> not in all cases of township trees though. It's not in every case. >> Most I would say uh 85% Matt we >> I don't know. I haven't seen the inspection report that we haven't done. >> Well, we we have a report. So maybe you want to share the report.

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>> Okay. >> That and the the program that we have, I'd like to see that that we should have. >> Yeah. So if you have that too, Bev, send that out to everybody. And um >> Debbie will take care of the inspection

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for the Burlington Avenue >> pavers. >> Bricks. It's really bricks. Yeah. >> Anything else? Thank you, sir. >> Cooper issues. Okay. How about a motion to adjurnn? >> So move.

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>> Second. >> All in favor? >> Thank you. Thank you everyone. >> That's the first one. >> Yeah, >> they're not complant. Yeah,

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right. See east.