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Part 1 (Video ID: zR_XWs4NF6s):
- 00:00:02: Meeting Start, Roll Call, Sunshine Statement, James Lewis
- 00:02:17: Ordinance 2026-7 Approval: Municipal Improvements and Vehicle Acquisition
- 00:04:14: Police Chief Report: Auto Theft Ring and Unity Tour
- 00:06:52: Municipal Clerk: Sidewalk Pavers, Fuel Cards, Alcohol Resolution
- 00:10:10: Deputy Clerk and Committee Reports: Car Show Success
- 00:13:34: Committee Reports: Emergency Preparedness and School Budget
- 00:20:29: Committee Reports: Active Shooter Training and History Display
- 00:25:27: Committee Reports: Land Use Board Meeting and Car Show
- 00:30:08: Committee Reports: Waterfront Beauty and Sewer Authority
- 00:33:08: Consent Agenda Items and Resolution 2026-85
- 00:36:00: Public Comment Session 2 - Harold Klingler: Street Cleaning
- 00:39:35: Public Comment Session 2 - Harold Klingler: Centennial Park
- 00:42:13: Public Comment Session 2 - Harold Klingler: Walnut Street School
- 00:54:06: Public Comment Session 2 - Al Bonov: Car Show Thanks
- 00:57:29: Public Comment Session 2 - Julian Linwine: School Board Support
- 01:01:37: Public Comment Session 2 - Joanne Linwine: School District Efforts
- 01:05:27: Centennial Park Improvements, Timeline and Clock Choice
- 01:11:45: Bev Russell: Library Concerns and Seawall Funding Update


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DelenCo Township Committee meeting of May 18th, 2026 beginning at 7 p.m. at the Deleno Township Municipal Building, 770 Coopertown Road, Delo, New Jersey. >> Mayor, we are recording and we are live on >> Oh, great. Okay.

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Okay. I'd like to welcome everybody to the May 18th, 2026 Township Committee meeting. Can I have a roll call, please? >> Mr. Bartlett >> here. >> Mr. McPad >> here. >> Mr. Olette >> here. >> Miss Seuss here. Miss Fitzpatrick

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>> here. Also present, Mrs. Russell, our municipal clerk. Mrs. Hart, our deputy municipal clerk, and Mr. Warren, our police chief. Please join me in the flag salute.

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I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to theublic unison. Um, Dev, would you read the sunshine statement, please? >> Yes. 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 Benton County Times and Courier Post and published in the December 28th, 2025 edition. Written notice has been posted on the official bulletin board of the Township of Delo at least 48 hours prior to the meeting. Live stream statement.

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This meeting of the Delo Township Committee may be transmitted via liveream 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. Please silence your cell phones and refer to the rules governing public comment attached to the agenda. >> Thank you, Beth. Uh, I would like to have a moment of silence at this time for James Lewis, um, from Newton's

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Lanting, who did pass away this month. Thank you. Okay. Up on the agenda, ordinance 20267, a bond ordinance of the township of Delanco in the county of Burlington authorizing the construction of

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municipal improvements to township facilities, further authorizing the acquisition of vehicles and equipment appropriating the total sum of $660,855. Therefore, and authorizing the issuance of $627,8125

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bonds or notes of the township for financing such appropriations and making certain determinations and covenants and authorizing certain related actions in connection with the foregoing. This is

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the second reading by title only and a public hearing. So, the meeting is now open to the public for this ordinance. There being none, I'll close this portion of the meeting to the public and ask if the township committee has any

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questions or can I have a motion to approve this ordinance? So, moved. >> Second. Scott's got it. >> Okay. >> Roll call, please. >> Mr. Barley. >> Yes. >> Mr. McFaden. >> Yes. >> Mr. Olette,

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>> yes. >> Miss Seuss, >> yes. >> Miss Fitzpatrick, >> yes. Uh, meeting is open to the public for comments and questions on agenda items for session one. There being none, I'll close this

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portion of the meeting to the public and we will have comments and reports. Um, Mrs. Russell, I guess. Well, maybe I'll go to the police chief first. >> Okay. Good evening everyone. Um,

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on May 7th, I had the opportunity to attend uh Broadway County Prosecutor's Office Pro Cops Award benefit. Uh, Officer Adam Lipic along with several other detectives from our county and two from Philadelphia um were given awards

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for uh their joint efforts in cracking a autotheft ring that was based out of Jersey but working over in Philadelphia as well. um his efforts. He just did really really good work with uh his investigations, getting good intel that other departments were able to use and

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then once we realized it was over in Philadelphia as well, they coordinated efforts with them and uh got the desired result of actually getting people actually arrested in charge. Um he uh right now is slated to become our next sergeant. So hopefully that'll happen within the next couple months. So very

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happy and proud of his work. >> That's great. >> And then uh last week Officer Liick as well as detective well detective Koreah and officer Vicaro. They uh participated in the unity tour bike ride from New Jersey all the way down to Washington DC. They left uh

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Saturday morning on the 9th, arrived in DC on Tuesday and were there for ceremonies and they came back home on Thursday. So it's nice they were able to represent our department, our township. >> That's so nice. Yeah. >> Yeah. And they they were I found out they were actually um their group they

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have partners with uh Burlington City, Riverside, and Delan. And the three of them actually completed the entire tour. They didn't stop. They rode all the way down. Took the only breaks at the end of the day. One day they rode about 82 miles. >> So did wonderful >> in in the rain. So

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>> yeah. >> Yeah, they did did good. So it was for for a good event and good cause. >> So yeah, very proud of them. So, and then uh officers attended the car show this past weekend. Everybody said it was very well planned and it was a good success. So, >> yeah, >> we were happy to be involved part of it.

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So, >> thank you for all the things you're doing with the department >> trying to out there. They want us out there involved and but also it >> being more community oriented where people can see us and we'll be >> be involved in different things. Not just passing through, but actually be a part of it and um so that way people get

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to know us and know the officers. We a lot of young guys. So, the goal is to get people familiar with everybody. So good. >> That's good. >> Thank you, Chief. >> And last name is getting ready for the parade on on Sunday. >> Oh, yeah. Definitely. >> Thank you. >> Okay. All right. Mrs. Russell, you're

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now up. >> Okay. So, accommodation thing with Minera not being here. There's a couple of things on the agenda that I think that she would point out for you. Um, there is an introduction of ordinance 20268, which adds pavers as an option for sidewalk replacement. Um the copy in

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your packet says 202606 but it's actually 20268. Um there is a resolution on the consent agenda for wex source fleet cars for fuel purchases. Um as you know this June our uh diesel and gasoline tanks will be going offline. Um we found them to be

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too costly to repair um and rehab and there was a lot of site work that would have to be done to really bring everything up to code to be able to have a fueling station. So Mr. Mona has been working with members of our fuel co-op. Um we supply fuel to different uh

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departments and entities in Delanco and in Beverly um so that everyone can come up with a different uh source for fuel. The fleet cards will be more efficient and uh we think we'll save us money in the long run and we're going to combine

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with the school for their um for their use. Also, they're going to have fleet cards similar to us. Um there's also a resolution on the agenda authorizing consumption of alcohol during the 250th celebration concert. Um this resolution is very basic. It's um kind of a

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precursor to any future resolution that would have details of the event. So for instance, right now there is no vendor that has been um approved. There's one that uh recreation or or the heritage um committee have been speaking with. They

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would have be someone that would have a retail license to to sell um to sell beer to the public and open containers and they would be issued a uh limited um license from the state. So there's there's a lot of different um things that would have to happen before they

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would be um approved or their agreement approved. You would have to do a resolution um at a follow-up meeting and that would be all of the details of the event. um the the full time where uh a beer garden tent would be um located, how many drinks would be able to be

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sold, all of those all of those details would be in a follow-up resolution. Should this one pass tonight, that would just allow it to happen. Um a vendor could not go out for a license if they didn't know that it was going to be a possibility. So, I know it seems a

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little strange putting the cart before the horse, but it's it's just the precursor of um any detailed resolution to come should there be an agreement. Um and then finally, I attended the monthly community block development grant meeting um with the county and our 2025

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CDBG project is fully funded uh for 95,000 for sidewalk grant repair and installation. And tomorrow, Alex Hafner from ERRI and I will be meeting with the CDBG team to go over the application compliance and our project um as it will

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be going out to bid um probably in the next month. >> Okay. Thank you, Beth. >> Can I ask a question? >> Sure. >> For the CDBG, did we find out if the engineering fees were able to be taken out of that grant? >> Yes, >> they are. >> Awesome. >> So, that'll save a little money there.

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>> Yeah. >> Great. Thanks, >> Mrs. heart. >> Only thing that I have is that I was able to attend show this weekend and sit at the township table. It was very very well attended and nice to interact with

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all the residents and answer questions and see everybody and it was a great day. >> Yes. Good. Thank you. >> Uh township committee Carolyn. >> Yes. Thank you. Just want to start off by uh saying good

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evening to everyone. Just wanted to take a few moments to say thank you and reflect on what an incredible day and weekend we had in Deleno for our Centennial Classic Car Show. Uh for a long time, I've always wanted to bring a true car show event to Deleno, something that could showcase our beautiful

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waterfront, bring people together, support our Centennial celebration, and create a fun community atmosphere for residents and visitors alike. Seeing that vision finally come to life this past weekend was honestly very special. Uh what we witnessed exceeded all expectations. We welcomed over 148

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vehicles from all over the region. And throughout the day, thousands of people visited Delaware Avenue and our waterfront. Uh the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive, not just about cars, but about Delanco itself, our community spirit, our hospitality, and how beautiful our town looked. An event like this does not happen because of one

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person. It takes an entire team. And I want to sincerely thank everyone who helped make this possible. Thank you to the Deleno Heritage Celebration Subcommittee, the Deleno Recreation Commission, Township Committee, our police department, public works, emergency personnel, volunteers, sponsors, vendors, musicians, and every

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single person who donated their time and energy to make the event run smoothly. Special thanks to Aaron Provenano, our rec coordinator, for her help with the show, as well as all the other events throughout the year. I especially want to thank our residents for their patience and understanding with the road closures, traffic, parking adjustments,

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and the large crowds throughout the day. We know events of this size can be disruptive at times, and we truly appreciate the community embracing the celebration and supporting the effort. Most importantly, thank you to everyone who attended. Seeing families walking the avenue, kids taking pictures with the vehicles, neighbors reconnecting,

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and visitors experiencing Deleno for the first time reminded us exactly why events like this matter. The car show became much more than just a display of vehicles. It became a community event that brought people together and highlighted the pride we all have in Deleno. Based on the incredible turnout and response, I can confidently say we hope to do it again next year and make

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it even bigger and better. Thanks again to everyone who helped make this such an unforgettable success. Uh so I was in full car show mode for the past month, but I did manage to attend our shade tree meeting on 422. Uh there was one application for a tree

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removal and sidewalk on Colgate. Uh they decided not to take down that tree. On 55, I attended the OEM meeting basically to go over the uh plans for the events. Now, on 56, I attended the board of education budget meeting. Uh they were

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able to put on a presentation to really explain in detail. James Heiser did a wonderful job to explain their budget uh to the public and uh they explained why they have a 6.7% increase. Basically, same reasons we do. Health insurance uh

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continuing to rise among other things. So, um, that's it. Thank you. Um, Matt. >> All right. Uh, I'm sorry, Scott. >> Okay. Uh, since committee last gave updates on April 20th, I missed that

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meeting. I was in Atlantic City at the, uh, New Jersey emergency preparedness conference. Um, I attended our fire company meeting on April 27th. Regular business occurred. I missed the fire commission meeting on April 28th and the board of ed meeting on the 29th being uh

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due to being out of the state on vacation. Uh I did attend the board of ed budget hearing and presentation on the future of the district. I will try to be brief, but there's a lot of information. Uh Walnut Street School will be opening again back in September

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to middle school students. There are some costs associated with capital improvements that are required due to the reopening which are required due to the state uh department of ed requirements which also include ADA ramps and the like. As reported previously, the district leased out

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three classrooms in each building to the Yale school for 10 years at $300,000 per year. This along with bringing back transportation in-house in the district for a savings of $100,000 a year incredibly helped the budget this year.

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But even with that, there's that modest tax increase. Uh those with a home of average assessment of $195,000 will see a $230 increase per year. What hurt the district was again we saw a reduction in

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state aid of 66,000 while Beverly got 425,000 more and Riverside and Delran got about $1.7 million more in state aid and like Miss mentioned also what hurt the budget

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was the state healthc care benefits they had a 39% increase in their costs or $481,000 and this is the same thing that hurt our township budget and uh you know it's this state health plan that's in a death

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spiral as they say. Uh the board of ed did pass the budget. Uh then last Wednesday on May 13th I attended the monthly board of ed meeting. Nothing major to report out of there. Uh I was at the affforementioned emergency preparedness conference from April 20th

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to the 23rd as part of my duties as the deputy emergency management coordinator for the town. Myself and coordinator Rob Verick annually have to get 24 CEUs, continuing education units for those positions and the conference is always a good place for us to get them and of

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course meet with fellow emergency management professionals as well as see the event hall and all the vendors and the exhibitors and the like. Uh this year I took a three-day class public information officer which satisfied all my cus for the year. public information

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officer is exactly how it sounds, all forms of communication with the public and the media. And that's something that's always been important to me and what I've always endeavored to do with our residents, but it was great to learn some new techniques and methods. And the instructors are with the New Jersey State Police Office of Emergency

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Management. These two guys were actually the ones that went down to North Carolina after the Hurricane Helen floods and went over to California during the wildfires. Um, and they actually replaced the California Office of Emergency Management people because

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they were apparently very inept. So, our New Jersey guys were actually reporting and advising directly to Gavin Newsome. So, these two guys around the class clearly know what they are doing. Um, Rob took three one-day classes on

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warning coordination, which works with the National Weather Service, uh, mitigation for emergency management, uh, active shooter emergency management, and effective emergency operations center operations. So, it was a valuable few days for the both of us. Uh, speaking of

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emergency management, I attended numerous planning meetings for the Centennial Car Show that occurred this past Saturday. I'm just going to touch on the emergency management aspect of it all. The event was a huge event to plan for. We had the full length of Delaware

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Avenue closed off as you know, uh 10 side streets and the last block of each was closed off. Not to mention all of the people coming to visit the event from both in town and out of town. That's general public and exhibitors. I coordinated with the county fire police

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association to get assistance as well as Burlington County to acquire barriers for the roadways through our OEM connections and of course created our incident action plan and traffic control plan for the event. And we really haven't had these scale of events in

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Delanco ever. I think I could say I've been here for 20 years this year and besides last year's fall test fested Field of Dreams, bless you. Um these are firsts for all of us. So, it's a learning curve and growing curve. Um, with something like this, advanced communication is important and

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communication during the event is important. And of course, a post-mortem after the event for any lessons learned, and there will be lessons learned, which is a good thing. But aside from one resident's rightful complaint um due to a miscommunication with a fireplace officer about what block was closed,

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from a public safety standpoint, and I think Chief, you'd agree with me, the event went off without a hitch. >> Oh, no complaints at all. Uh, I'll be brief on the rest of the event since I know the other committee people were here for it, but from every other standpoint, I've heard nothing uh but great things about the event. I was

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there since 7:30 in the morning helping set up with the others, and it culminated in an event where people that people were raving about. If I said it was a well- attended event, that would be the biggest understatement of the year. A rough estimation, I would say between 1500 to 2,000 people were in

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attendance. It was perfect weather and that drew in the crowds. Uh people were saying this was one of the best car shows they have ever been to. Um and they can't wait for it to happen again. Big congrats and thanks to all involved, especially for Carolyn for coming up

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with this idea and just running with it. Um about 20 years ago or so, the recently late John Rancamp developed some properties here in town uh into affordable housing units. The business was under the name of Delanco Renaissance. This event right here, this

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past weekend, this was the Delanco Renaissance or rebirth, bringing culture and ideas for a new era of excitement in our town. None of us up here will be on committee forever. Maybe Miss Fitzpatrick another 25 years, but the

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rest of us, we're all going to be gone. It's up to future township committee members to keep up this renaissance going into the future. And uh finally for emergency management, we'll be working on our upcoming events including National Night Out and the Centennial Celebration because failed to plan, plan

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to fail. It's all I have. Thank you, Mayor. >> Thank you. Uh Fern, >> let's see. Uh April uh 30th attended the active shooter training. Uh Mrs. Russell

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and Miss uh Simire was there and in attendance and it was a good presentation. The active shooter training that we received was more from an administration point of view versus

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uh an act uh an a real active shooting uh situation. Uh, and to my recollection, uh, the chief has done some training here between the school and with our staff here. And I guess there's some more, uh, followup that we're going to have.

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>> Yes. >> Uh, on May 6th, uh, see, we had, uh, yeah, read my own notes. uh the history board uh had their monthly meeting there

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and uh were planning for the different events that are coming up here in town and with the county. Uh on May 10th, the library association uh had a reshuffleling or I guess a

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reorganization of the association. Uh Christine Holland is uh the president. Uh Linda Wi is the vice president. Uh Tom Lord uh thankfully kept his position as the treasurer because he does an

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amazing job and with the budget and uh the finances for the library. Uh and let's see, Mary Wood is the new secretary. Uh so uh they're planning on uh things that are happening in within

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the library now and looking at uh the future of the library. So, they've got a lot of work that uh they're taking on and looking at. Uh let's see. Oh, on May 14th during the day, the uh school had

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an assembly, an outdoor assembly, and on bullying and uh they had this large truck, which is like a I guess a transformer. Optimus Prime. >> Optimus Prime. Yeah. >> Okay. Everyone knew this. And uh I was

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like, I guess I uh need to go either uh start watching some more movies with the grandkids uh to get caught up on some of these things. But uh it was a great assembly. Uh I believe the children got a lot out of it and uh the chief was

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there with some of the officers uh along with uh the committee, the township committee. Uh and uh some folks I believe from the school board were also in attendance. Uh but uh

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Mr. Joe uh who drives the truck uh I think spoke to the heart of the children. Uh you know he was very down to earth with his messaging. Uh and then that evening uh at the

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school they had their uh I guess it's history display and uh they had inter in the gymnasium uh students set up with uh being a character or someone from history and on the floor they had a

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little piece of paper that says push. So you as the person visiting, he pushed the button and then they told their story of the character that of who who they were and uh it was very very informative there uh in the uh

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cafeteria, the history board. Uh we had the alligator, the model of the alligator there uh for the public to see. And uh the art teacher had all the classes uh do a quilt uh out of paper. It was

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art paper, but uh so each square uh student and each individual student uh drew pictures of uh different I guess historical events or historical things here in town. So uh they had a good

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turnout there. And let's see. And again, the car show on Saturday, great turnout, uh people interacting, uh very very casual was a lot of fun. Uh and uh so for the

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uh Carolyn Seuss in recreation and the members that that put all the work into it and again uh we uh folks have said that it takes more than one person to put this together and it it definitely was a team. You could see the team work

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that was in there and the planning that took place. Uh so again, thank you for all that all the folks that were involved in that. And on that note, >> thank you, Fern. Um no, >> I just have a few things besides I

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attended all the schoolboard meetings and the budget meeting and Matt covered it extremely or Scott covered it extremely well. Uh I did attend on 55 the joint land use board meeting. Uh 2407 Burlington Avenue

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requested a continuation. Uh they wanted a continuation to review a report that was sent to them by the township engineer or not the township the joint land use board engineer and they are rescheduled for the next

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meeting on June 3rd. Um, I also attended meet the mayor at the library and uh I want to thank the library for holding the event. It was very nice. Thank you. Also, um, I attended the car show which

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I have to say was probably one of the best events the Lanco's had. I'm a lifelong resident. I've lived here all my life and I've never seen something come together so smooth.

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Yes, there were some burps, but I do believe that's something we'll grow on for the next event. Uh, we do have many more events coming up. Our first summer concert starts on June 4th at Hawk Island Marina and then they'll be every

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two weeks up through the year. Uh, we also have uh the 29th, >> 28 28 >> 28th at the historic waterfront park. We'll be having another event down there. So,

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if you guys get the chance, please come out and attend. Thank you. >> Of course, the parade. >> Well, I'm not >> our parade. Yeah, >> it's I'm not jinking the parade. >> Yeah, we don't want to. We're crossing our fingers for the weather. >> It was saying rain all the way up until

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6:00 news tonight. >> It's You got plenty of time. >> Yeah. Thank you, Phil. >> Okay. Uh I did attend all the school board meetings. the 29th, the 6th, and April 29th, May 6th, May 13th, and um I was there for the budget presentation.

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Uh Dr. Trashi has certainly done a great job in uh improvements to the programs as well as opening the Walnut Street School, running classrooms to Yale, and saving the district over $100,000 by having their own busing. I also um was

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there when the board of ed honored Dr. Teresi and it was really nice to see that he was recognized for everything he's doing for our children. Um I attended the assembly at the school um which had the it was Optimus Prime and Bumblebee and what a great presentation

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for the kids. They thoroughly enjoyed it and they certainly learned a message about dealing with bullies, how to be kind and more considerate. Um, and the students for the project that Fern was uh talking about uh for their history,

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it was supposed to be like a wax museum. So when you push that button, they actually tell you about the um the character that they're representing. Some were old characters, some were current um athletes. It was just

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excellent. I mean, what a great project. Um but and and the also the uh the quilt I had suggested they do a quilt because the second grade did one in 1976 and so they did it in paper which is just a great thing for them to acknowledge some

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history in town. Um I also attended a Zoom meeting with our professionals and Carolyn regarding uh 401 Creek Road which we hope to have a presentation soon. We're working on something. Um, I hope you um utilize public works for

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cleanup and also the shredding event that the township held for free for for our residents. It's always a great event. And of course, the scouts did a great job selling their sandwiches and hot dogs. Um, recreation, everything is moving forward for the 250th

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birthday of America in conjunction with Riverside and Delran. That will be June 28th at our historic waterfront park. And our 100th birthday celebration will be September 26th at Field of Dreams.

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Summer camp is uh registration's open. Um, summer concerts are set as Phil said and uh attended the the car show of course and um my comment to almost anybody who came up to me was that

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Delano has the most beautiful waterfront property in the state of New Jersey which I don't think many people even knew uh but they certainly knew by the time they left that show. And kudos to Carolyn and her team, the township committee, recreation,

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everyone who had some part in that. It was just a wonderful event. And as Matt said or Scott said, we have continued to grow and we have continued to add programs through the years. Uh, and so this is just another big event that has

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been added and puts a feather under everyone's cap. So, it's really it it was I was very proud of everything and um want to acknowledge everybody who who worked on that. Um the sewer authority met and um our

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projects for 2026 consist of a new control panel for Hickory Street pump station and relining uh the issues on Larchmont and Delue from manhole to manhole. We're waiting for a pre-construction meeting on that. um

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premises. They they passed inspection by our GIF. Uh and I had indicated before that Beverly is working on a process of installing headwork systems that will consist of two uh screening processes.

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Uh one is for rags and one is for um like solids like dirt, sand, and what have you. And that's what I'm meaning is rags. People actually throw uh rags through the system. Uh I mean it's

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gloves. They'll have gloves. They'll have uh wipes which even though the wipe says it it's not it they're not disposable that way. Not through our system. So anyway, keep that in mind. Uh our operators uh report is on file and

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we'll be meeting Zoom for June, July, and August. uh 721 Delaware Avenue. I'm working on obtaining two more statutes um of Ruthie's Affairs sculptures. Uh, the lot has been sold and to my

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knowledge, um, I got the contact information for the purchaser today and I hope to speak to him about the ice house which is on that property to see if we can uh, preserve it and somehow get an easement uh, for the history

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board in Deleno Township to keep that intact. So, that's my duties for the last month. I just wanted to mention one other thing. Um to mark your calendar for National Night Out on August 4th with the police department followed by the

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Centennial Fireworks Show at Field of Dreams. So just mark your calendar for that big event, too. So it's going to be a fun summer. >> Yes. Be great. Thank you. >> Okay. Consent agenda items. Consent agenda items are considered to be routine and will be enacted with a

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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 want to >> Yeah, mayor. Um, for the first item,

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ordinance 2026, I think that's 06. Uh, the it says first reading by title only set public hearing for today should be June 15. >> Yeah, it's got to be changed. Would that be June the 4th? >> 15. >> Oh, 15th. >> Oh, that's right. We're not meeting till

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>> that's what's in the actual ordinance. >> Ordinance. Yes. Thank you, Matt. Um, anything else? Okay. Ordinance 20 26. It says 8 on my agenda. >> The agenda is correct. It's in your

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packet that >> Okay. uh amending chapter 240 governing sidewalk and curb repair first reading by title only and set the public hearing for June 15th,

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2026 at 7:00 p.m. Resolution 202681, award of contract to VEX Sourcewell government fleet card program for participation in fuel card program through Sourcewell Cooperative Purchase.

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Resolution Resolution 202682 authorizing transfer of funds to Delanco Heritage Celebration, Inc. Resolution 202683, refund of tax overpayment.

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2026 Resolution 84, Resolution to cancel taxes and refund tax overpayment due to total veterans exemption pursuant to NJSA54-3A. Approve payment of bills in the amount of 1,750,97310 as per the bill list run date May 18th

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2026. Um I need a motion to approve the consent agenda item. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Okay. Scott and Carolyn. Roll call, please. >> Mr. Bartlett. >> Yes. >> Mr. McFaden. >> Yes. >> Mr. Olette. >> Yes. >> Miss Zeus.

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>> Yes. >> Miss Fifth Patrick. >> Yes. Uh resolution 2026-85 is authorizing consumption of alcohol on municipal municipal property on June 28th, 2026.

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Is there a motion to approve this resolution? >> I'll make a motion. >> I'll second. Roll call, please. >> Mr. Bartlett, >> yes. >> Mr. McFaden, >> yes. >> Mr. >> No. >> Miss Suss, >> yes. This is his Patrick. >> Yes.

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>> Okay. The meeting is open to the public for comments and questions, general questions. Now, this is session two. Please state your name and address for the record. >> Yeah. My name is uh Harold Klingler and

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I live at 509 Buttonwood Street and I have a number of issues I would like to talk about. Uh so I'll just like go over quickly like the different issues and then maybe you can address some of them. So the first issue is uh

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street cleaning. So back uh several meetings ago and and it would have been exactly when the township administrator was her first meeting. Uh I had asked about if there was

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possible to make a schedule uh for street cleaning similar to like other schedules that we have so people would know when the street cleaning was going to happen and uh also that uh

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when it's not possible that they could be doing Burlington Avenue which is you know where most of the stuff comes Trump. So, I was wondering uh did uh and I I think

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if I remember uh it was laid into the lap of the administrator to come up with a schedule and I was wondering did that ever happen? >> Uh not to my knowledge. I know that um they did do a a sweeping of all the

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streets a few weeks ago and they'll probably be doing more right before the parade as well, but I I'll follow up with um with the admin with the administrator to see if she's working on something with public works. >> Yeah, cuz it would just make it easier

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on everybody if there was some kind of schedule, >> right? And it's nice if everyone has the township's email address. Uh, I mean they're on our email list so that when there is a schedule for something like that and they do an email blast so you're all notified and because instead

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of going on Facebook and saying are they sweeping the streets today, get your get your name in on our um website so that you can receive the notices. >> Yeah. Yeah. I've I've done that. And uh >> and I know there was also problems with the website and the email

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uh even when you got your name on there that you still weren't getting emails. So it took a while for me to get mine straightened out, but I finally did. >> Good. >> Uh and then that you bring that up. I I I I understand maybe there's something going on with the website or something

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or so there might be some improvements or another cops or something like that. >> Yeah, we're working on it. >> Yeah. So that's probably helpful, too. >> Just a quick note, Burlington Avenue, the county takes care of streets. >> Oh, I understand that. Yeah, I I Oh, I understand about the >> So, they never tell us when they're

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doing it. They just do it. >> Yeah, they just do it. >> Um, but uh yeah, the the county is a whole another issue. Uh, I understand that, but they're not going to do anything that if nobody, you know, says anything to them,

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just like anybody else. So, uh, as a guy once told me, the squeaky wheel gets oiled. So, that's just the way it is. Uh, the next thing was, uh,

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the uh, Centennial Park, which used to be the B Street Park. I know it might I saw there was on the back here somewhere there there was going to be some questions about it or something or whatever. I don't know. >> Yeah, the improvements are going to be

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approved and we're moving forward with that. Harry usually puts that in his monthly report and he wasn't at the meeting last week but he had sent it under separate cover. >> So, um that will he's going to send that out to bid. I think it's uh May 22nd.

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Um, >> so it might be a little too late, I'm guessing, now to make any changes to to the park. >> It depends. I I mean, we have a we we have a plan for the park and then we

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have an alternate. I'm not sure what you're asking. Well, I thought it would be a great idea if uh similar to uh LSE Delhi, the street over there, the oneway street at Lose Deli, they uh the

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township or whoever is in charge, uh put in a mess of diagonal parking spaces so that there was more parking in that area. Uh, and I just thought since we have the

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ice cream store right there and we also have a lot of renters in the area that it would be since that propertyy's there, we might be able to do this similar to that and put in a a bunch of

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diagonal parking on that street instead of just having a couple of spaces for a couple of cars, which would take up some of that space, I assume, in that park. >> So, >> um it's a little late for that.

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>> I I don't I don't see there being enough room, right? It would take them >> I don't think the streets wide enough um >> versus what it's like at lose >> and you can only like park on one side at that point. So, it's actually less parking. >> Yeah. So, yeah. >> Yeah. You'd end up losing all the parking against the ice cream bar,

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>> right? you because you have parking in on both sides because it's a one-way street and um >> Yeah, but I don't on I believe on this deli it's only parking on one side. >> Right. >> Right. I don't think you get as many parking as you have. >> Frozen you lose spaces cuz right now you

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can park on both sides of the street all the way up to Buttonwood on LSE. >> You're only parking on one side >> but I see what I see what you're saying. >> You would lose spaces unfortunately. >> Okay. do that.

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>> So, uh, and the next item was, uh, the the school and, uh, I don't know whose idea it was to close Walnut Street School. Uh, some people seem to think it's the school board. Some people seem

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to think it's the county, uh, because they actually control the school board. Um, but uh after reading and and also what uh M

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Scott brought up tonight about well it's going to cost us money to open the school. Um I was wondering whoever closed it, maybe they should foot the bill to reopen it. Uh if that's the county and I'm assume

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they couldn't have closed it without the county's blessing. So maybe the county should be paying for reopening it. And and and and I don't know if there was ever a study done. Do we have enough kids in Deleno that we should even have

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a school at all? Should we have a school? Should we have teachers? Should we have a superintendent? Should we have all those costs when it might be just cheaper to send them to another school? >> June 17th, Al, that's the day to go

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meeting. We have control over the Well, no, I understand that you have to go to the to the school board because >> uh >> but it it it seems to be, you know, a

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one-way street. It's like they sort of do whatever they want and uh in this town and whether it's the county driving them or whether it's them on the school board and it's just up to tax taxpayers just to foot the bill no matter what

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idea they come up with. >> The problem Hal is none of the taxpayers go to the schoolboard meetings to express any of their opinions. >> Well, that that could >> the last week it was the the room was packed. they did uh the um student of

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the month awards and whatnot. As soon as the student of the month awards over and you could count on this like clockwork every single month it's a ghost town. The only people left in the meeting are usually myself and other committee members who happen to be there or um teachers >> you know I understand but I think that I

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think that taxpayers are misguided. They think that because they vote on what the school board uh can uh put forth as uh for the taxpayers to pay that they vote on it up and down

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on the the budget and stuff. Well, they they say, "Well, there's no reason to go up there and talk about money because, you know, we'll just vote it up or vote it down." But then somehow, right, we're getting charged anyway, whether there's a vote on it or not. So, like you talked about tonight, we're going to pay like

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200 some dollars more a year. I don't know if there's going to be a vote on that because of school board money. >> There was a public hearing, but nobody showed up to hear the school. >> There was a public hearing >> and we were all there. >> So, that's not going to be part of the

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budget to vote up and down though. >> There is no >> there is not going to be a budget to vote up or down. >> That already was passed. that that law um ended years ago a probably around 2005 or six where there was a separate

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uh budget approval and if it didn't pass it had to come to the township committee for approval or cuts but that changed many years ago. Um I'm not sure the exact date but I was on the township committee when the township committee

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had to approve it um or disapprove it. know that it's passed. >> Yeah, >> their budget has passed. But I would suggest you certainly go to the schoolboard meetings and express your concerns because if nobody goes and expresses their concerns, how will they

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know how the residents feel? Um, I mean, personally, I had wished that Walnut Street never closed, but there were some financial issues and they didn't have the money in the budget to keep it open or what have you. So, but I mean, I'm

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glad they're opening it. I realize it is going to be a cost to us but in the future it will be a benefit to us and it'll be a benefit to the >> tax may be but I'm just saying the average person I mean who listens to

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this stuff right says well wait a minute well we can't afford to keep it open we close it but now we can afford to open it but now we're going to have to pay it it doesn't make any sense >> well it depends on the leadership. I

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think there was >> it has to do I believe it has to do with >> you know >> new people new people come in new people have new jobs and and sometimes they want to make that job a little bigger and embellish it and you know next thing

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you know they want a high school and then they want a college and they want to be the chancellor and you know it goes on and on and on and and and and we're just a tiny little town here >> but we still have to educate our kids And if we sent them out of district, we

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still have to pay you over $20,000 of students. So we still have to pay the taxpayers still have to pay for >> Oh, no. I understand that. And I was just saying that, you know, when I talked about that, if if there's been a study done at all, >> I think, >> uh, what it cost to send the kids out

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and and and get rid of the teachers, the superintendent, the the workers over there, all those uh uh the medical, the retirement, all that stuff we're paying for. It's just not just the kids. It's all that stuff we're paying for. If we

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got rid of all that that baggage, >> easier said than done because where are we going to send them? Nobody can absorb 365 kids. So, it's the problem that all these little districts are having. The school post consolidation and it's not that easy. >> Yeah, >> there's been studies over the years.

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There's they've looked at, you know, the best way and there's just not an easy answer. So, >> I saw a um a gentleman running for office, I think it was in Burlington Township online. He had proposed making the I think it was called the Delaware River Waterfront School District of

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every um community from I think it was from either uh Florence or Burlington Township all the way down through and including Delanco and Edgewater Park to consolidate them into a district and that was one of his points for running for office. Now, I have no idea what

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party it is, nor do I care, but someone, you know, probably never told him that the township committee has zero control over that, >> right? And >> but where, but again, you know, what just what Carolyn just said, let's, you know, let's close Pearson and Walnut. We

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got 365 kids. They have to go somewhere. So, they're there's not a you you're not going to start dividing them up. You know, kids on kids closest to the bridge go to Edgewater Park to McGawan and you know, kids closest to uh the Beverly side go over to Beverly City School.

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It's just it >> it's a great idea to try to save money. I just don't see it ever happening in not my lifetime. >> Mine either. But I will say that years a few years >> I would re Sorry. Go ahead.

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>> I would recommend that on June 17th you go to the school board meeting. However, what I would do is before you go to the meeting, I Can you correct me? How many days prior to submit your questions, >> two days prior to the meeting, go to the

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school board's website and you can submit your questions. This way, they'll have an answer. if you go there and just come out of the audience. >> Okay. There there was a study um that they were working on a few years back regionalization

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and um actually I think our interim superintendent was Walter um I can't think of his last name but he was once the uh Burlington County Superintendent of Schools and uh and it never came to any fruition because

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even if they regionalize schools they still need the buildings They're not going to move somebody from Delanco to Edgewater Park or Riverside. They're going to stay. Yeah. And then the transportation is an issue. So, they're going to stay in those buildings. And I mean, I remember going

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to the meetings then and hearing this. So, um, they have done some research. I think when they closed Walnut, whatever. I mean, I know there was some financial issues, but they really thought Pearson would fit everyone. and apparently it

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hasn't done the job. So, they came up with uh ways of making money uh to bring in $300,000 a year to help um to help keep that school open. And I think that is great for the kids. So,

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they have enough room, they have a classroom to attend. I I mean I I realize the tax impact is unfortunate for residents, but you know, these kids are our future. So they we need to do what we can to educate them in a nice

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environment or um a comfortable environment. >> I I understand that that contract is a pretty long contract. >> 10 years >> for for 300 grand. >> Yeah. 10 years. And and by the time it gets out past five years, that 300 grand

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is going to be like nothing. It's >> 300 grand a year though, now. >> Yeah. Nothing. And after five years, and then you're going to still be getting that for 10 years. >> Mhm. >> I mean, >> I like to look at as glass half full.

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>> Yeah, me too. >> And just one final thought on um that with consolidating districts. The school district where I went to in Long Island, it was a huge school district, 22 square miles. We had 22 elementary schools, four middle schools, a 10th area, 9th

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grade center, a high school complex that literally was six city blocks long. So all that area into one district. When you have that, think of the administrative overhead to run that.

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There's the school superintendent, the assistant school superintendent, the assistant school superintendent for history, the assistant. >> No, I understand that ridiculous. But we're not we're not talking New York City here. We're talking Delancas. So, >> I'm talking Long Island. I'm not talking New York City even, >> right? Suburbs.

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>> When you get into when you get into a gigantic place like that, you know, this is this is a little tiny town. >> Consolidation's nice on paper, but it doesn't make sense. a years back they did a consolidate they did a study to consolidate police departments because all these little towns have police departments and once all said and done

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there was no cost savings. It didn't make any sense. The the cost savings you still have to have a chief. You still have to have certain locations. The services wouldn't be as effective. So it looks good. It's a good concept but it doesn't always make sense. So that's kind of where we're at. >> And Delano actually if we had consolidated

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uh I was involved when we were doing the negotiation with Beverly would have actually cost us more >> Yeah. for our police to go to go with Beverly. So, I mean, these issues are looked into whether or not people

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understand that, but we do research different forms of trying to save money so or methods. So, you know, >> we all pay the taxes as well. We're not >> Yeah, we do. It's not >> We're not exempt. >> We don't get any free free here, but anything else? Thank you.

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>> Okay. >> Anyone else? Oh, evening everybody. Albov, 1652nd Street, uh, chair of recreation. Um, Saturday was an amazing time. I just want to thank a lot of people that actually

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helped out. We had volunteers from our town, Nicole Doms, Caitlyn Dagustinino, and Lisa Refe, who are both on a Riverside car show committee. Matt Hester, one of our town's biggest assets. When we need help, who's Joanne Schwin? She's always out there to help us. Carolyn reached out to ask us for

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photographers. We had Joe Drew Rogers and Mason Hopkins, who's also on the volunteer on the board of education. At Delo Police Department, Dano Fire Department were both amazing. Fire police was run very well by committeeman Bartlett. He really took the reigns of that. Public works, we had Larry and

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Zach. They were unbelievable. They were on top of all the trash. They kept the street amazingly clean throughout the whole event. Ern Provenano, who's our w co coordinator. She was the motor behind this. She was the one who got everything scheduled for us. Erin and Jessica worked the township tent, which was

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great. We had a ton of sponsors which really helped us out so the township didn't have to approve all the cost of that. Our recreation committee, we had Kristen Atkinson there, Jen Boiseine, Steve Lure, Steven Jass, Ryan Walter, Tony Bartlett, who's our co-chair, and my

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right arm, Phil McFaden, longtime chair of recreation. We can't do what we do without Phil being on recreation. It's a huge undertaking that he's always taken on. As far as our township committee, um, Command Bartlett was there, helped out the best he could. Uh, my life

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stopped by to make sure everything was okay. Mary did a great job helping with the pretzels and water and t-shirts. Um, Bill was everywhere like usual. And last but not least, our previous mayor and hopefully soon to be mayor again, Carolus.

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Many, many days, hours, weeks went by with her head buried in a laptop on the phone with so many people, rounding up money so this way the township didn't have to recruit the cost and literally making sure every eye was dotted and tea was crossed. Um, countless hours of her

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being on top of everything. So, recreation helped Carolyn and the Blanka Heritage run this event. We had 146 148 cars. Next year we're hoping to have at least 200 for our first year. It was a great event. Uh we had a couple people that

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had complaints on the on their cars. One didn't want pollen on his car in May. I don't know why he even came. >> Um but other than that, no no problems at all. And like some of you had said, we had a lot of people that said they want to come back. Like you said, mayor, nobody knew Delanco existed until that day. We had people come from

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Philadelphia, Cream Ridge, New Jersey. I can't believe the areas they came from. Hatboro, Horscham. So, how they found out about us, I don't know. Little unhappy that they know about us now because they'll be back. Um, hopefully for the better, but I wanted to thank the township for really standing behind

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recreation and especially Carolyn standing behind her and allowing us to do these these events. It really means a lot to the township. >> Thank you, thanks, >> Stephen. It's funny, Julian, I said I wasn't going to say anything, but since the

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topic came up with the township committee, I'll leave a lot of what I have to say to the next school board meeting, but since the gentleman raised the issue here and the township committee has repeatedly attended the school board meetings praising the superintendent and the school board for their efforts, and I do echo those

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sentiments. I think the superintendent has a plan. Um, he is looking for new revenue streams and I wish him success and I hope he is successful. Uh but where the board of education and I'm speaking as a former board of uh ed member where they're going to need your help and where the board of ed I think

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and the township committee is going to have to build a coalition. you're going to have to work together to ensure that the state aid cuts do not continue because in the end that is my opinion that is what is going to get the small districts like Deleno and at one time

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consolidation may not have made sense but the state aid could make it make sense and I think that is where if you read the news articles especially with this new administration they're trying to make the numbers make sense for these small districts to basically force

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consolidation if Not really. I think it was last year there was a proposal where the state wants to make the county superintendent develop a plan for all districts that have a population under 400 um come up with a plan for those districts to consolidate larger districts.

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So when you're talking someone I believe it was you committeeman Barllet that said when you have $1.7 million going to Delran and you have $1.7 million going to Riverside and you have how much did you say went to Boly? 425 >> 425 and Deleno gets lucky if we're break

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even these days. >> Yeah, we were correct. >> That that is where our district is going to struggle. So I do wish the board of education and the superintendent much success in trying to develop new revenue streams and building that for Delano. But again, that the school board is going to need the township committee's

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help in and you uh sir, you said it perfectly, the squeaky wheel gets the grease. In fact, Cherry Hill just had a uh school district just had a Zoom meeting that I saw on NJ.com and they were basically on with their state representative

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saying, you know, you're you know, state aid is a problem. Well, and that's Cherry Hill. This is Deleno. So, I just since it came up at the township committee, I just wanted to point that out that that is where I think the school board is really going to need the township committee's help in getting our

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grievances and our issues with the state aid figures, getting them recognized by our state representatives because like I said, it's it's it's great um that you know, Deleno is moving forward and developing these new uh you know, initiatives for revenue, but if you

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don't fix the state aid numbers, mark my words, That will be what forces Delanco to consolidate because this is what the state's going to say. We're not funding your small district. So you have a choice. You can operate as you as you do and you can continue to tax your

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workingass community, blueco collar community or you can consolidate. So but like I said, I will stay positive because I think you have a good school board who is supporting their superintendent. He seems like a man with a plan to try to rejuvenate the school

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district, create new revenue streams, but long-term if the state aid formula is not fixed in favor of the small districts, that is what will do Delanco school district in. So again, $300,000 I agree. I I was on this uh financing

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committee. $300,000 is a lot for an 11 I believe at the time it was $10 million. It's a lot for our district, but with the state aid, $300,000 can quickly become nothing, >> right? >> So, that is where, like I said, you need to pay attention and make sure you work

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with your school board in uh defending really defending our school district and its budget. So, that's all I have to say. Thank you. >> Thank you, Stephen. >> Anyone else? gently at Linwine 316 and I'm going to speak on behalf of

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myself and not the school board. Um I attend all the meetings. Uh there are three things going on that are very good. First of all, it's not just our wonderful relationship with this township committee which has been for years. It's very unique and I've said that before just as a

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resident, right? Um, we have a wonderful relationship with our senator and our two assembly people and we're in constant contact. And what's unique about Deleno is the beauty and it's the people that want to move here where

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their kids may need additional services. So there's actually a bill being fasttracked for the funding of our special needs kids to be actuary. Right now under this the current funding source it's 15.8% 8% of your population

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gets that additional funds for your special ed population. It's one of our it's Senator Singleton along with the chair of the education sub subcommittee that have joined forces to fasttrack a bill to get that funding per child in

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Deleno. Almost 34% of our kids are in need of additional services. That is a huge consideration with our budget. You also have a superintendent that now has five titles. We did not hire additional staff for

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administration. And this year he started July and we've already saved about $500,000 um from transportation, from consolidation of other services, for not resourcing things out, and most importantly for me just being a resident

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is bringing some of our kids back that were in and out of district placement. as an example to to to um transportation for one child to a a private school in this county costs us $68,000 a year in

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transportation costs for one. That's not tuition costs. That's not one-on-one. That's not summer programming. So I can assure you as a citizen that attends meetings um the collaboration is

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thoughtful, it is strategic. Uh we have a wonderful relationship with all of you um with so many of our employees and other department heads that make our district very unique. So,

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when we talk about these things, it's it's a huge endeavor and we can actually get residents paperwork that an easy read to help explain this. Okay. Um, Peton Township had a tax increase of 27.8%.

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Um, it's it's all over the place. And if we can get get some things, we didn't have a we didn't we have not had a tax increase for years. We had 2% something 2.7 2.17% I believe last year. We remain steady. This is not just about opening

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up walnut. It really is the infrastructure with the costs that we can't control. Uh, another side note that you learned is that we're going to have vocational services for our kids and they're going to be certifications along with that and I

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believe we're going to be the only school district not only in the county but the state that's going to have these certifications and it aligns with our sending district which is Riverside. So there's a lot of strategic planning going on as just a resident of our town. Thank you.

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>> Thank you Joanne. >> Thank you. >> Anyone else? I'll close this portion of the meeting to the public. And the first item on the discussion is the Centennial Park improvement and timeline. Um I just

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wanted the committee to see this because uh Harry wasn't at the last meeting. He uh he had sent this under separate cover to our administrator and I just wanted everybody to see that there's the base bid and then there's two alternatives

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there. Uh, so the total construction cost could be $139,100, which actually is quite reasonable considering what the initial proposal was. So, I just wanted you to see it. If anybody has any questions or what have you, feel free to email Harry. Uh, but

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I'm sure that this is really um we we did take a couple items out. We took the fencing out because we didn't need it because there's not going to be a play area there where they're going to be kicking a ball. Um, but everything else is pretty much

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um sander. And with Centennial Park, you can buy a brick. We're selling bricks. They're $100 a piece. So, you go on to the website and go under Delanco Centennial and you can buy a brick. And

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I think we have about 30 some left. We're selling a hundred of them and they will be placed around the the garden area which will be a circular. Um and then we will have one of the statutes from Ruthie in the middle of the heart

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statute in that garden. So if you haven't bought your brick yet, I would suggest you buy a brick. It's a great way. Yeah. Okay. Good. All right. Anybody have any questions about this um Centennial Park? We hope to I think I didn't see the I know the timelines

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here. I think >> about the clock. >> Yeah, let's talk about the clock. >> Well, the clock is on here, >> right? But no, no, you had a choice of two different clocks. >> Oh, yeah. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. >> I had a question. >> Yes.

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>> Uh how much different is going to look compared to how it looks now? Uh well, I think it's going to look uh a lot different because the one section isn't there's nothing done with the one section that the county donated. There's going to be uh a brick a brick walkway

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with this a brick centered area with a a garden in the middle. >> And um >> the brick walkway that's there now, is that going to stay? >> Not not the sidewalk area. That brick's staying. But they don't we don't have we're doing a different type of a garden area.

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Um, let me see if I have a I don't have the plans. >> It's like a remodel basically just kind of changing. >> It's a renovation. >> Yeah, because there's a brick walkway that goes through the park. >> Exactly. >> Right. With a little garden there. >> It's It's going to be >> But then you got the open property on

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the other side of the county. >> Right. But it's now ours. >> Right. So, it will it's like Carolyn said, it's going to be uh it's going to be giving it a nice facelift so that we can dedicate it as our centennial park. We're going to bury a capsule there when

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we do dedicate it. And anyone who buys a brick uh I'll get that information to make sure they all get invited to the dedication >> uh ceremony. And um I I think it'll be a nice improvement for that curve in town since it is kind of like

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>> I I got no argument there. I was just wondering what it's going to look like cuz I haven't seen like a rendering. >> I see that that flyer >> but but that looks >> Oh, that's um >> that looks nothing like what >> Maybe we can get how the copy of the plans or the option plans that we have.

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>> Yeah, you can uh maybe we can send that out to him. A copy of the proposed plan. That would be nice. >> Yeah. Okay. Do we Do we have your email address? Make sure you talk to Ben. >> Well, I'm on the township email. >> Well, we're not going to email.

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>> She'll put it on the website. So, >> that's what we'll do. >> I'll put it on the website or whatever. >> I'll let you know when it's up. >> Yeah. >> We're not going to email to everybody. Okay. The clock. Okay. >> I hope we can use that as our focal point.

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>> Yeah. Um, I mean, I had so many residents contact me and say, "What do we need a clock for?" Uh, not just one or two, but but anyway, um, because number one, they don't work. Number two, it's too costly to upkeep. And but I,

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you know, ever since I got on township committee, I wanted to do a clock for the township. So, um, it's going to, let's see how the we're going to see h how the bids come in and where we are. And I think it would be a nice added addition to that park to have a clock

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there. And which one does the township committee prefer? >> I like the the Booker. >> Yeah, me too. >> Yeah. >> Yeah, I like the Booker, too. >> I'm wondering if this is a little >> more Yeah, I think it's a little It's a little more >> It's a classier. >> Classy. Exactly.

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>> Yeah, this is a little Yeah, >> the Windsor kind of looks more like the street lights. It looks like the same type of >> a little cheap looking. >> Okay. Yeah. So, that's what we'll do. the booker, right? Everybody's in agreement. Okay. >> As long as it says Deleno at the top, not fourth week. >> Exactly.

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>> Yeah. I mean, we have such a cost savings by by having Harry revise everything. >> Oh my god. Yeah. >> It's not going to put us over in any capacity. >> It's on the the other one was almost double this. >> I know. Yeah. So, this is well worth it. And uh I think you'll see a nice

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improvement there. I hope you bought You bought a brick, right? >> No, I didn't buy a brick. Oh, we'll >> fork over your money, Hal. You're going to buy one tonight. >> You should buy a brick here. You want this flyer? >> Oh, well, here. You want to see the clock? It's, uh, it's in our packet.

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Unfortunately, it's not in >> Well, uh, >> here's the clock, Al. You're just going to be surprised when we do the >> Yeah, we need to surprise you with something. And we look forward to you coming back to the meeting and saying how happy you are with the Centennial

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Park. >> You'll be able to tell the time from your house, Al. Just look down the block and there it is. >> Yeah, you probably can. >> Anything else? Anybody have anything else? >> God, no. >> I have two pieces of correspondence.

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>> Okay. Oh, I'm sorry, Bev. Yeah, I forgot that. at the bottom of the page. I think we just >> Oh, yes. >> Um, I received an email from Christine Holland announcing that she is the new uh the new president to the library board of trustees and she expressed um great concern with the change in hours

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to the library. Um she did want to be here tonight, but she was traveling. So, um I'm sure that she will be at a future meeting um where she could uh bring that up and and make some comments. but um in particular the the change in hours she

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was very concerned about. Um and then I had a second uh email from uh Senator Singleton's uh administrative assistant letting us know that he has uh listed in the uh in the the state budget the

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$250,000 for reconstruction of Seaw Wall at Asht Street as um a project that uh he hopes will be funded. Um, so no guarantee. They're still in uh negotiations, but hopefully we'll we'll hear something back. >> Is very supportive of our he is. He's

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does a great job for Delanco. Cross your fingers on that one because we have to repair part of that seaw wall as D has uh requested in order to start that remediation. So this will really help us

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a great deal. Um, so anything else? Anybody else? >> I'm good. >> Have a motion to adjourn >> unequivocally. Yes. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> Are you freezing? >> I thought it was me. >> No, I have.

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>> Yeah, I just start again. flavor.