##VIDEO ID:WG67iNtYerQ## Delano Township committee meeting of January 13 2025 beginning at 7 p.m. at the Delano Township Municipal Building 770 coopertown Road Delano New Jersey good evening welcome to the Delano Township Board of Health meeting January 13th 2025 700 p.m. at the municipal building 770 Cooper Town Road in deleno roll call please Mr Bartlett here Mrs Patrick here Mr mcf here Mr alette here M here please all with flag salute to the flag of the United States of America to the for stands Nation God indivisible withy and justice for all Sunshine statement please please be advised that proper notice of this meeting has been given in compliance with the open public meetings act in the following manner written notice has been mailed to Veron County Times and carer post and published in the January 8th 2025 editions written notice has been posted on the official Bolton Board of the town of Delano was 48 hours prior to the meeting this meeting of the Delano 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 the open public meetings act and if the technology is disrupted for any reason the township meeting will proceed in person as an official meeting in accord with the official notice thank you just reminders everyone to please speak directly into the microphones to help uh members in the audience hear us can I get a motion for Miss Janice lore to be appointed to Delena Board of Health as secretary for 2025 please so Mo second motion by Mr Bartlett second by Mr olette roll call Mr Bartlett yes Mr Patrick yes Mr MC yes Mr alette yes Miss Seuss yes can I get a motion that the Burlington County Department of Health be appointed as the inspection liaison Agency for Delano for 2025 move second motion by Kate second by Phil roll call Mr Bartlett yes Mrs Patrick yes Mr mcfaden yes Mr alette yes Miss Seuss yes correspondence I have not for Board of Health uh this meeting is open to the public for comments or questions for the Board of Health please come forward state your name and address if you have any questions regarding this meeting of the Board of Health seeing none I will close this Board of Health meeting to the public any comments motion for adjournment S second motion by Matt second by Fern roll call all in favor it's fine all in favor I I I okay I would now like to call this Tano Township committee meeting to order January 13 2025 I'll give b a second is it still going vertical okay okay I'll call this meeting to order at 7:4 uh roll call please Mr Bartlett here Mrs Patrick here Mr mcf here Mr here miss Seuss here also present Mr Schwab our Township administrator Mr Fox our Township engineer Mr heinold our Township solicitor Mrs lur our municipal clerk Mrs Russell Deputy municipal clerk Mr fenmore superintendent of Public Works Mr Warren are acting police chief flag salute please I to the flag of the United States of America and to the for it stands one nation God indivisible with liy and Justice Sunshine statement please be advised that proper notice of this meeting has also been given in compliance with the open public meetings act in the following manner Rich notice has been mailed to the Bron County Times and career post and published in the January 8 2025 editions written notice has been posted on the official blls and board of the township of Delano at least 48 hours prior to the meeting this meeting of the Delano Township committee may be transmitted via live stream on YouTube video streaming of the meeting is not intended to be relied upon as formal Public Access under the open public meetings act and if the technology is disrupted for any reason the township meeting will proceed in person as an official meeting in accord with the official notice thank you okay we have a special presentation right now the 2024 holiday decorating contest winter uh winners can we have the chair of recreation come up to announce those Awards and give out the certificates and checks um this year we had a lot of M vengance uh 74 to be exact as well as the town was extremely L up a lot of people actually to decorate their house tonight everything really nice took us about two2 and half hour to go around and judge everyone uh first place some people here so I apologize mention first place was for 3 I Avenue CHR and Teresa Slaughter second place which was 801 Second Street B viny and to Edward DAV which was Paul Paul and Matt Marcus third we which was Char Rebecca and 37 Boer Avenue the V [Music] family our present i' come up and get your please Crystal four three [Music] thank you congratulations thank you [Applause] for thank you it really was nice to see everybody's houses decorated so beautifully and lit up at night I know the police really appreciate driving around and seeing that it brightens up their their evenings driving around out there so thanks to everyone and congratulations um the meeting is now going to be open to the public for comments and questions this is session one uh please come up to the podium and state your name and address if you have any comments or questions Ray Weber 22 ships hi Ray how you doing uh the Newton's Landing HOA would like to invite the township committee to their February 13th meeting at 2 p.m along with the police chief or police acting police chief uh talk to the residents and if their views and complaints or questions and things CU you know I always bring them up to you and stuff so but uh what happens to just what here you'd be able to get directly from them so that's pretty much what's going on with that um I've already talked to um Lieutenant Warren here about uh a problem we're having on U Newton's landing and uh Emory and he's going to take a look into it so I to bring that up to you guys and stuff he'll get with the Mr Fox on it too to see what's going on because there's been problems that there with uh been couple vaccines are close call accidents because of where the signs at and people rolling out I mean it's there's a problem right there uh we've come up with some different ideas but uh we don't know if it's going to work or not but I know officer Warren here he'll he'll get back in touch with me and we'll figure out something to to alleviate that problem because as you all know when we drive uh or when we learn to drive supposed to slide out from stop sign and make sure nothing's coming well some of the older folks don't always do that and some of the younger folks don't always do that so we're just trying to eliminate a problem there and stuff so we would like to have them to come out and take a look at it okay and then afterwards I'd like to talk to Matt some other things the own other items okay I'll be here no we have to make an appointment deal dealing with the fire department no problem right thank you I appreciate it sure anyone else I will close Session One meeting to the public comments and reports professionals Harry did you want to go first sure sure thank you mayor how's that microphone everyone hear me um a few updates on our projects um the 2024 um loc a do local a um Road Fragrant Design is just about finished that um and I'd like to get together with the subcommittee and review that design before we submit it to the state has go to the state um so I get together with sub Committee in the next week or so and see if we get R do those the township program um those plans are done um and the same thing I like to meet to the subcommittee um so we're on same page before we to bid on that and that we don't need any other approval so that can go to bid relatively soon uh the Z waterr Park design and V are working uh together on that project um we've been going back and forth with with the Clans we're still in schedule for a March 3rd award um so that's that's what we're looking at TimeWise um but we are continuing to work on that did you see their email today uh yes for the footings yeah well they need something else for me for the cad wise I think yes okay yeah um I have someone working on that actually I got email them work on that today so I'll have that to them tomorrow perfect thank you 24 2024 cdb git um those plans are complete and sent them to the county for their review and and basically the county distri Ed them for their their the specification mostly to make sure you're in compliance with all the all the rules regarding affirmative action and payroll and things like that they don't look at the design at all but they get us their approval to go ahead and go out to B with that so same thing what we sit down with the sub i' like to grow those ramps and the two gr programs and M up with the plan when we want to advertise it and those project um and that's all I have the um we got a letter regarding the well usage y you're working on that as well yes okay the uh Harry the storm order system map can you get me a copy of that still um that for the fire department absolutely thanks and then next month you'll have the cost estimate for the Union Avenue boat ramp uh correct yes okay do we need a professional Services estimate for that yeah I'll do that all all together I can do that as one I can give you the fedal services as well as yes great so we'll have that for our February meeting then yep great thank you I can send I'll send a St map to everyone just so you have thank you uh Mr heinold do you have anything uh I just want to more for the benefit of the public than the governing body who just sat through this discussion um I've been reporting every month on our status with regard to affordable housing in the fourth round um if you've been paying attention to to the news at all there's a lot of towns that are suffering through that process uh I'm happy to report that Delano is in such a positive position relative the affordable housing issue that uh we are able to come into compliance with our fourth round obligation without the need to construct any additional new units in town um that's almost impossible to say so a lot of uh credit goes to the governing body to putting the town in that position um Mary Beth Lan our professional planner is a professional planner in many towns across the state and uh it's a very very unique position for the town to be able to be in that in that good of a situation going into the fourth round we uh do have compliance and Reporting obligations that we'll will be undertaking uh so you'll see at the next uh at the next meeting in January there'll be a resolution passed to to um accept the number and and authorize the filing of a DJ action to basically say we are affirmatively uh addressing our fourth round obligation but I think the key takeaway is that um because of the efforts of the past we are in a position where we don't have to build additional new units to be in compliance in the fourth round uh in fact we will have credits Surplus credits carried over into the fifth round so very good situation for Delano and that's all I have to report thank you so much Township administrator Richard uh yeah thank you uh the 2025 budget we've got virtually everybody's information in uh be getting the general summary out to everybody by the end of the week so I will not be here next week we have a budget meeting on Tuesday the 28th at 3:30 and uh we'll go over that in general and we'll have proposals presented from uh the police department and Public Works Department and we'll have some discussion of uh administrative and and and Dead items and uh hopefully uh we'll have moved forward at that point and be able to keep our budget scheduled you'll see there's two resolutions on tonight's Agenda One is the annual one to maximize the amount under the cap that we can use and the other one is a new one that says we agree that uh the state has delayed the dates when the budgets are required and we've accepted their their delay we've always done that but they require now everybody to do a resolution uh accepting that anyone got any questions let me know thank you Richard department heads Mr Fenimore Public Works yes good evening um for the total uh leaf pickup this year was uh 1,760 cubic yards uh that's a little up from last year and also Bob made 39 loads in the sweeper alone which was 273 cubic yards um we uh I turned the leaves and we have 11 rows down there and we got to keep the all Rose in the good shape down there uh we had that snowstorm we put out 20 24 tons of salt uh we saw at first and before it got frozen again and we made sure we went around the whole town and plowed just to get fact it wasn't much there but if it would have froze then you would had all kinds of problems um Daran also let me borrow an extra snowplow so I don't have to try to buy a new snow so you know the snow plow from my old truck that that rotted out completely so that's saving us a little bit of money uh we we now have seven plows okay uh and we have eight guys so uh we're we're pretty good in shape that way as far as and I have one extra the loader in case it really snows which hopefully we won't need but and that's it was a nice job um for our snow this year when I went to Riverside I couldn't believe that some of the streets weren't even pled there well one one of the most important things is you know you got to look at the forecast and if the forecast is calling for it to freeze you got to get that slush off the street before it freezes and then you can put the salt down and we went down every street with salt and uh just so you know just for one truckload of salt is was $569 that was that's 25 ton of salt w where do we get our salt from Mor like the actual Salt Company oh you got jokes tonight huh yeah he's getting good now right I see where this is going I use a lot of Pepper too so everybody's feisty tonight is it a fullon or something it actually is oh there you go they makes sense acting Chief laen you got jokes tonight go on I'm ready I didn't say you were what you got for us uh first good evening everyone even we're a year in reporting for 2024 um Department we finished with 221 total police cases we had 659 motor vehicle violations were issued with 1,425 motor vehicle stops and we had 11,395 calls for service so the guys were busy this year they ran around a lot it ran around a lot um with that being said with uh Manpower I had a orientation for new officers two weeks ago uh thankfully I was actually able to get two applicants who were currently certified and working one in the city of Beverly the other one in Fort New Jersey Transit so we just started their background process I'm very excited about the two of them um good thing they're both in good standing with their licenses through the state which was effective the first if with the new licensing um if you weren't in compliance as the first of the year you wouldn't be able to work so they're already in good standing so we'll complete their backgrounds we should have that done hopefully by the end of January beginning of of February but uh very excited to two of those and we'll still have one more um spot through looking The Fill as well so other than that that's about it for now thank you all right moving on to the consent agenda items consent agenda items are considered to be routine will be enacted with a single motion any item requiring discussion will be I forgot Janice sorry I'm getting back at you now for you being feisty all right Mrs lure department head what do you got for us I attended on January 8th attended the uh going to County commity development uh focus group for their 2025 through 2029 5-year Consolidated plan which they are required to have um and participating was myself and several other um representatives from other communities uh Focus being mainly on social services and homelessness um uh as well as need for transportation hubs and better transportation in the more rural areas and um for us in the Route 130 Corridor how we are jammed up here in the Route 130 Corridor with traffic um so it's a very was a very diverse um top topic range um and that's all I have to report oh it's a dog and cat registration month so uh register your dog and cats as required by local ordinance and state law uh during the month of January to avoid late fees and B if she has anything nothing to repord that's it mayor thank you never forget you I'll never forget you J um the the new uh law that we passed last year allows for either four cats or four dogs not two of each we changed that last year right up to four animals up to four animals four four CS or any combination thereof y great okay back to the consent agenda they are still Bill considered to be routine and will be enacted with a single motion any items requiring discussion will be removed consent agenda all consent agenda items will be re reflected in the minutes in full anyone have anything they need to have removed going once ordinance 2025-the 14 first reading by Tuttle only and set public hearing date for February 3rd 2025 at 700 p.m. ordinance 25-2 an ordinance of the township of Delano amending chapter 10-18 of the codified ordinances entitled and board of recreation Commissioners first reading by titled only and set public hearing date for February 3rd 2025 at 7 p.m. ordinance 25-3 amending chapter 110 section 10 governing conditional uses and section 14 governing parking off Street first reading by title only in set public hearing for February 24th 2025 at 7:00 p.m. resolution 25-29 refunding unexpended escrow account resolution 25-30 resolution adopting Municipal budget introduction and adop adoption extension dates are as provided by the New Jersey local Finance board payment of bills accounts current fund $86,400 27 payroll $257,000 526 and6 Capital fund $2,927 dog fund $625 escrow trust $966 125 Housing Trust $3,542 unemployment fund $723 6 approval of consent agenda motion please motion by Kate second by Matt roll call Please Mr Bartlett yes Mrs Patrick yes Mr mcfaden yes Mr olette yes M yes approval of the minutes from November 25th 2024 motion please Mo second motion by Kate second by Fern roll call please Mr Bartlett yes Mrs Patrick yes Mr mcfaden State Mr olette yes Miss Seuss yes thank you any correspondence I have not okay meeting open to the public for comments and questions this is SE session two please count to the podium state your name and address if you have any comments or questions for us we've missed you Ray I know Ray Weber 22 ships um I know at the last Township meeting 401 Creek Road or ordance was passed we're wondering the association was wondering what the status of that was so uh we have in P in followup to the passage of the ordinance authorizing it we have provided a uh proposed form of agreement uh we expect that back this week we will on the next agenda where I attend first meeting in February we'll have uh that on for resolution action that will start a due diligence period and the whole you know sort of typical real estate transaction process um and in addition to that we also have the um you know any other obligations that we have to address up here relative to Budget Finance those sorts of things but we'll have a you'll you'll see future action items as those agendas come out yeah because we had a meeting the other day that came up I told the other owners that were there that I'd bring it up tonight thank you short anyone else I will close session two to the public at this time any discussion items we have the change of the 2025 primary election dates by the state it's now June 10th 2025 johnice yes um so the primary is now June 10th so prior to the state changing that to June 10th we had scheduled meetings on our meeting schedule for June 9th and June 23rd so that the June 9th we will need to set up this room for an election move chairs tables bring the machine you know have the machine in here so um I would ask that the governing body consider moving back to what what you know June 2nd and then maybe June 16th back to 1 and third and we could just do a publication of those uh change of meeting dates sounds good but it it's again um you know if the professionals are available to move back to June 2nd uh and everyone else would be available for June 2nd could we do June 2nd and then June 23rd because we only have one July meeting it is the governing body's pleasure however you'd like to change I would recommend at least changing it back to the second because we have to set this meet this room up for on the n9th 23 is everybody good with the second and the 23rd yes yes okay do we need to do anything formally um just a motion to um move the June 9th meeting to June 2nd and then an all in favor will be fine okay can I get a motion to move the June move the meeting to June 2nd and June 23rd please I'll make a motion second motion by Phil second by Matt all in favor please I I I any other discussion items anybody have anything else to add do we adjourn we don't have a need for executive that was already handled motion for adjournment please so move I motion by Matt second by Kate all in favor I thank you good [Music] night let me know when you want to have that meeting chief that meeting well