Good evening. Welcome to August 18th Township Committee meeting located here at the municipal building, 770 Coopertown Road. It's 7:06 p.m. Roll call, please. >> Mr. Barl >> here. >> Mr. Patrick >> here. Mr.
>> Here, >> Mr. >> Here. >> Here. Thank you. Also present, Mrs. Demana, our township administrator. Mr. Fox is not here. Mr. Heinhold, our solicitor. Mrs. Lure, our municipal clerk. Mrs. Russell, our deputy minal clerk, Mr. Warren, our police chief. Uh,
please rise for the flag salute to the flag of the United States of America, to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Janice, could you please read the
sunshine live stream statements? Please be advised proper committee has been given compliance with difficulties acting notice has been mailed to the ground 2024 editions notice of board
prior to the meeting of the town committee may be transended to be a formal public access under the public meetings act for any council meeting with notice. >> Thank you. If you could please take uh
this moment to silence your cell phones. Put it on silent. Thank you. Um I'm going to turn the meeting over to Matt so who can read uh a statement about a moment of silence we're going to have tonight. >> I'd like to take a moment of silence this evening to remember Mr. John Zuber
of Laurel Street. He passed away today at the age of 81. John is a life member of the Delanco Fire Company, joining the fire company in January of 1967, serving over 58 years. Uh in 1974, he was promoted to assistant engineer and
worked his way up to chief of the department in 1978. He served as president of the uh Deleno Fireman's Relief Association since 2015 and he served as the president of the board of fire commissioners of Delanco
Township for at least the last 15 years and has been on the commission for many more and has also served as a trustee for many many years and our thoughts and prayers are with his wife Debbie and the rest of the Zuber family. If you could please take a moment of silence.
Thank you. Thank you, mayor. >> Thank you, Matt. At this time, I'd like to uh spin to a more positive note and uh announce that we're going to be honoring uh Mr. Peter Fritz tonight from our Delo Historic Preservation Board.
Uh Peter has been a resident of Delano since the late 80s and joined the historic preservation board uh in 2005 when it was established. Um he has been a huge asset to our town making sure we uh continue our our events honoring the
history of Delanco and making the booklets that we have out there and having the events and is very selfless in his dedication to our town and its history. So without that, Peter, we wouldn't have all the great resources we have today. So thank you very much. We're going to designate you as our
official uh Deleno Township historian. So thank you very much, Peter. [Applause] Okay. Um let's uh move on to our
um are we going to do public comment period? Don't we usually do that before we do reports? >> Yeah, we usually do. I think that might be a typo. You want to reverse that? >> All right. So, I'm going to read the rules for public comment period and then we'll open it up to our first public comment period. So, in accord with and
the subject of the provisions of the open public meetings act and JSA 10:4-12 at seek during general public comment period, township committee is permitted to institute reasonable rules and regulations to allow for a smooth process, ensure reasonable opportunity to be heard. Calling out from the audience outside of one's time at the
microphone is disruptive to the person speaking at the mic and the committee member speaking from the deis will not be com permitted. Each speaker will have a maximum of five minutes to speak and should limit their comments to the matter at hand. The speaker will be directed to conclude their remarks once the speaker's time is expired. No time may be yielded to a speaker by another
speaker. Groups are asked to select a spokesperson on their behalf. Speakers will address the committee from the podium and asked to begin with their remarks with their name and address for the record. Committee members are not obligated to answer impromptu questions or address remarks from members of the public during the public comment period.
Speakers should expect the township committee to refrain from engaging in dialogue except to the extent necessary to clarify the speaker's comment. They allowed time for speaking from the podium as a method to address the committee during public comment period. The committee will not entertain questions or comments called out from the audience during the public comment
or at any time. Speakers and members of the public should at all time maintain proper decorum and shall make their comments in a civil manner. personal attacks, obscinity, derogatory or slanderous remarks will not be tolerated. With that, we will open the first public comment session now on
agenda items only. If you'd like to speak about any of the agenda items, please come to the podium and state your name and address. Seeing none, I will close this first public comment period and move on to comments and reports. We'll start with our township administrator, Miss Simona.
>> I have no report this week. Thank you. Department heads chief. >> No reports as well. >> Thank you. Um move on to township committee. Mr. Olette. >> Uh yes, we have uh from the history board. We had our meeting on August the
6th and uh couple items that have come on the agenda there. Uh we'll be looking into veterans banners uh the decorative flags of the portraits of soldiers from Delano who had uh served in the armed forces. So, we'll be researching that.
Uh, coming up on November the 16th from 3 to 4:30, it's a Sunday, uh, we're going to do our veterans salute here at town hall. Uh, and with the sneakbox boat, uh, we
got an indep uh, an estimate from Independent Seapport Museum for $10,190 and we're applying to the Burlington County uh, for the historical grant uh, for the uh, for the restoration of the
boat. So, if we get the grant, then we'll be able to move forward. If we don't get the grant, well, the boat will sit there and we'll do the best we can get. Uh and let's see and there was also discussion uh about the Delanco 100
100th celebration next year and how the history board can uh be part of that process and that's all I have there. Thank you. >> Thank you uh Phil. >> All right. On September 24th I attended
the concert at the historical waterfront park. Uh, the band was Petty Little Things and it was actually a nice event. There was a nice turnout for the official summer concert at the park. Um,
and the food truck worked out well. August 3rd, I attended the Eagle Scout Court of Honor for Lucas Russell. Uh, it was held by the Troop 4019 at the Masonic Temple in Delray, New Jersey. uh it was the first time I attended one
of them and it was a very very nice event and it was amazing to see how many patches that he has acquired. Uh August 4th attended the Delanka police night out. It was a great event.
There was lots of residents in attendance and I would also like to thank the police department for holding this event. It went very very well. August 7th, attended a concert at the Hawke Island Marina. The band was
Shameless. It was actually a packed house. We filled the parking lot at a record time. Uh they played great music and food was sold by the Riverside High School girls soccer team. Uh August
14th, I attended the recreation meeting. We had discussion on upcoming events, fall fest, FOD on 104 from 12 to 4. Uh discussion about movie night with the bonfire and
trunk or treat dates to be determined. And that is it. Mayor >> trunk or treat October 25th, right? >> And then the bonfire is November 1st. And trunk or treat will be along
Delaware Avenue this year. >> And it will be with Scott, what was that date again? >> Um, trunk or treats October 25th. >> Okay. >> And then the bonfire is November 1st. >> Oh, okay. >> Thank you, Phil. Uh, Mr. Marlet. >> All right. Since we last gave report on
July 14th, uh, as Phil mentioned, I attended the ribbon cutting and opening ceremony celebration at Historic Waterfront Park. That was July 19th and a nice job was done by all. I attended the retirement lunchon for Mr. Schwab here on the 16th as we wished him a fawn
farewell after 15 years. Attended last month's fire company and fire commission meetings on the 28th and 22nd respectively. Uh normal business occurred at both meetings. Uh July 25th attended a check presentation at Pearson
school along with the other members of the township committee. Senator Singleton presented a check in the amount of $100,000 to the board of ed for use in upgrades to the parking lot that was on the town's quote unquote wish list that we submitted to the senator earlier this year. So again, a
big thank you to him. I attended the town's first ever National Night Out on August 4th. Uh nice job by the police department for putting this event together and we look forward to it occurring in years to come. And if you haven't seen it yet, I
put a video of the event together. Go to the town's uh YouTube channel. It's linked on the town web page and it was posted there. Uh last Wednesday, I guess as a birthday present to myself, I attended a town hall style meeting that the
superintendent of schools put on for the parents of the school district. Uh Dr. Tarichi did a nice job and it sounds like big things are on the way for the school district which was very great to hear and we look forward to continued communication and collaboration with the
schools. And the board of ed meeting for August is this Wednesday night at Pearson School at 7 p.m. And it sounds like more changes for the better will be announced at the meeting and all residents are encouraged to attend. Uh last Friday, August 15th, I attended
a pre-construction meeting with American Water. They're going to be running a new water mane under the Rancokus Creek to strengthen the water supply coming into Delanco. And some you may uh some of you may remember back in 2012 during the Deets and Watson fire, there was a water supply issue with getting enough water
and that's how long this took to get the progra the project through the D and other regulatory agencies to bring the new water man from across the creek. Uh the main's going to connect on Buttonwood Street in the section between the two parts of Rancokus Avenue and the
work is going to take a few weeks and construction is going to start just after Labor Day. Uh Rancokus Avenue near the bridge heading onto Buttonwood and the first half block of Buttonwood's going to be closed intermittently during the work and American Water will be notifying any affected residents. And
this is not a big of a project as the PSEG work that we've seen over the last few months. it's just limited to that area. Uh, speaking of, I've been working with PSCG over the last month with getting them and the county on the same page with the detours that were presented and addressing any issues from
area residents and businesses. And we're happy to report that this should be the last week of work on Burlington Avenue and specifically near the bridge. They still have a lot more work to do in the rest of the town and that's going to be followed by repaving early in the spring. That's all I have to report.
Mayor, >> thank you, Matt. case. >> Uh yes, thank you. Um I attended the lunchon for our retiring administrator, Richard Swamp. U Richard did a phenomenal job for Delano. Uh when we first hired him, uh he agreed to do a
two-year stint with Deleno Township and we managed to keep him for 15. So we were quite lucky to have him on board. Uh I attended the ribbon cutting and celebration for the opening of the uh Zurbrook Park which is now called the historic waterfront park. It was a great
celebration and 18 years in the making. Um Del Riv um soccer is starting in September. They're in need of fall soccer coaches and volunteers for the concession stand. So please reach out to them if you can assist. Uh Sha Tree
metal on July 23rd. Uh residents uh requests for removals were reviewed for Wolverton Place. Uh no removal treatment for scale in early spring. 35 Emory Way, no removal. Homeowner should seek
alternate methods to repair sidewalk. And 844 Laurel Street, no removal, but uh tree would be added to the high priority list to prune all dead branches. Uh dead trees would be removed at 545 Burlington Avenue and 405 Union
Avenue. And our next meeting is August 27th. Recreation. Uh I attended the subcommittee meeting regarding the usage and fees for the waterfront and Gateway Parks. I attended the maintenance meeting for the Field of Dreams. Uh use
of the soccer fields would be discussed further with Bel. Uh I missed our meeting on August 14th. Um But there is a concert um this week at the historic waterfront park of Poor Mount Henry. And we did receive a grant
from the Burlington County Commissioners for $175,000 for the installation of a playground for our children at the Babe Ruthfield. And the plan is to keep with the baseball theme and it should be um a great addition for the kids in that town. I
also did attend the concert um at the waterfront park. Uh, I believe it was the 24th of um of July, and it just happened to be my favorite band, The Petty Little Thing. So, it was a fun
night. Uh, some of my friends from high school joined me, so we had a great time. Uh, I attended the exit audit meeting. The township auditor did not find any discrepancies and there were no comments or recommendations made.
Uh, I attended the presentation by Senator Singleton granting the township $100,000 grant for the purpose of repairing and replacing the parking lot at the Pearson school. Uh, I've been working with our code
enforcement official addressing several areas in town in need of attention. Um, and the sewer authority met on August the 12th. Um the emergency removal and replacement of
the sewer line on Rancos Rancokus Avenue uh has been completed. Uh requests for quotes are going uh out for TVing certain areas of concern where tree roots may be uh need to be cut.
Operators report Doug Weller on file. I attended the Eagle Scout honor for Lucas Russell. Uh I can't tell you how many I've attended in the last 24 years, but it's really remarkable to see the number of Eagle Scouts that come out of our
troop in Delango. Uh it it's just an amazing achievement. And Lucas um has achieved so many badges and successes during his scouting years. I was really happy to be there to see him um go through that honor. and the national
night out. Kudos should go to the chief and our uh police department for organizing the event and I think it was well attended and I believe the children and residents had a great time. >> Thank you, Chief. >> Thank you. >> Thank you, Mayor. I'm done. >> Thank you, Kate.
I pretty much attended most of the events that everyone has mentioned so far, so I won't blur you with that. But, um it was a great event, National Night Out. Really happy with how that went. Um the opening of historic waterfront park was fabulous. We were very excited to
finally um get that up and running. Electric will be installed. Actually, it's turned on. So, the poles are supposed to be installed this week as well as the security cameras. So, we're wrapping that up. Um again, thank you to Senator Singleton for the award to the
school for their parking lot of $100,000. And also thank you to the Burlington County Commissioners for the $175,000 we got for the playground that we're going to be installing at the Babe Ruth Complex. So that's exciting. We're going to get started on that right away.
Uh recreation, I did attend that meeting um and was very productive. We are going to get moving on our uh plan for the fall fest. We're going to be opening it up to vendor registration uh this week. It's going to be a huge event this year
at Field of Dreams. It's a change from community day at the firehouse. It's now going to be Fall Fest at Field of Dreams um with food trucks, um lots of uh more activities for the kids to do and like I said, uh tons of vendors. So, that's going to be a fun event. And then trunk
or treat, as we mentioned, October 25th, going to be on Delaware Avenue, which is where we had it the f very first year we ever did it. Um it was sponsored by the PTO, so back on Delaware Avenue. take advantage of uh the newly repaved Delaware Avenue by that time.
And uh we will be going out to bid for that repaving at the end of this month, I believe, with work to commence at the beginning of October. So, um thanks to everyone involved. And um Doug, I forgot you were here. So, do you have anything you'd like to report?
>> You're so quiet down there. >> That's that's okay. Just a couple of minor things that we have talked about in the past. I just want to give brief updates on. Uh, one that's a bit concerning is we continue to have difficulty with the uh, maintenance of the property at the solar
project up the road. Um, and unfortunately I think we're at the point where we're probably going to municipal court relative to those issues. uh on a on a better turn of events. Um I have reported recently relative to John
Meyer Way and the um issues on maintenance bond uh issues that uh Mr. Rancamp once released and there were some open items still with ERRI uh per communication today. I think we
have those resolved. So, in a in a September agenda, we should have something before you that would finalize that matter uh and put that dispute to rest. >> Great. That's all I have. Thank you. All right, let's uh move on to our
consent agenda 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. Does anyone have anything they'd like to remove from the
consent agenda at this time? No. Great. Ordinance 2025-11 adopting the second amendment to the industrial rehabilitation areas redevelopment plan specific to block 2100 lot 11 401 Creek Road 2000 lot 13-01 450 Creek Road and
block 2000 lot 13-04 13.04 500 Creek Road. This is the first reading by title only and set public hearing date for September 8th, 2025 at 7 p.m. Resolution 2025-124. Resolution authorizing the township of
Deleno to enter into enter into a cooperative pricing agreement. Resolution 125 setting fees for pav pavilion gazebo rental at historic waterfront park and gateway park and approving policy and permit forms for the same. Resolution 126 authorizing the
purchase of security cameras and related equipment and software under a cooperative pricing agreement and approval of payment of bills in the amount of 1,548,3461 as per the bill list stated 8:15 2025. We also have the approval of minutes
from May 5th, June 16th, and June 23rd. Can I get a motion to approve the consent agenda, please? >> So moved. >> Second. Motion by Matt, second by Kate. Roll call, please. >> Mr. Bartlett, >> yes. >> Miss Fitzpatrick, >> yes. >> Mr. McFaten? >> Yes. >> Mr. Olette?
>> Yes. >> Miss Seuss? >> Yes. Thank you. Okay, we have the approval minutes of May 29th and June 2nd. Who has to abstain from that? >> I do. >> Okay. Um, motion, please. >> So moved. >> Second.
Matt and Kate, roll call, please. >> Mr. Bartlett, >> yes. >> Miss Fitzpatrick, >> yes. >> Mr. McFaten, >> yes. >> Mr. Olette, >> abstain. >> Miss Zeus, >> yes. Thank you. Any correspondence to report? >> Sorry, I stepped in at the last minute. >> You're fine. Take your time.
Um looks like um we received a notice from Interstate Waste Services that they have purchased uh seaside waste services. >> So I believe um Janice may have made you all aware of that and um so that we just
did passed a resolution to um do a new contract with them and they're now under new ownership. >> Oh, that's news to us but great. >> Maybe better service. >> Do we have to reassign the contract? I guess that's what's in here. >> Yeah, I started that conversation with
Janice this week. Um I'll follow up with her and we'll have something probably on for September. >> Okay, sounds good. >> And that is it. >> Thank you. All right, we will open uh session two to the public. This is comments and questions session two. If
you have anything you'd like to talk about, please come to the podium. State your name and address for the record. Going once. Going twice closed discussion items authorizing the township administrator to initiate requests for proposals for health insurance broker.
Miss Simmona. >> Yes. As you um know, we are currently on the state health benefit plan which does not require a broker to go out and um price for us. So, this will allow us to um request proposals for a broker of record to go and see if there's better
pricing out in the HIPS and private plans than what we're currently getting. So, it just gives us the opportunity to to put additional pricing into play. >> Great. Do we need to take formal action on that or are we
>> just saying >> all in favor? >> Yes. Just as long as there's a general consensus and no objection. >> Yeah. >> I have no issue with us trying to save money. >> No. >> Sounds good to me. >> Please do. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Absolutely. >> Thank you for taking that initiative
considering all the issues the state health plan benefits are having. We appreciate that. We cannot continue down this path of 30% increases every year. It's not sustainable and uh they don't have any money right now. So, got to
figure something out. Okay. Anyone else on the committee have anything they want to discuss before I adjourn? >> Okay. Um, no need for executive session. A motion to adjurnn, please. >> Some moved. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I.
>> Thank you. Good night. >> I like these 30 minute meetings. >> We had a meeting last week. What' you say? >> As said if you would have started five minutes earlier. >> Now he's late for dinner.
I'm eating this one.