three minutes per person um when recognized please come to the podium and provide your name all right I do have one Shan Weber so looking at resolution 25-44 was there a competitive bid
process for awarding the contract for the park improvements it's not for the parking it's for the open space plan okay so it's for the it's for the design no no okay okay open space and Recreation plan
maybe I'm not sufficiently informed about what that is exactly that that's the um it's a part of the master plan okay and it's the plan that's required by the like Green Acres Program in order
to qualify for Greenacres funding okay and so we awarded a contract to them because there're are Township engineers and there was no competitive bid process because they're familiar
with how we do things so it was it was like a request for quote and there were others but they decid the planning board decided to go with Coler because um of what she just said what you said he's familiar familiar with the master plan element of
the master plan okay thank you anyone else all right none move on to committee leaz on reports so you want to start sure uh sorry get myself together here
um the um I guess the maybe one thing is the storm water committee met and we would like to meet if we could with um Justin so that we can so he
understands what we're trying to do and we find how we to work with him because we don't want to um we we still have interest in in a project um and we haven't had that that correspondence so
we were hoping to be able to actually meet with you sometime maybe this month um so that you know going forward if we want to look for another Grant or there might be other grant opportunities but we want to make sure that we're all on the same page and know how to work
together a little better if that's okay so that was one request definitely okay so we'll set up a time hopefully when when it's not snowing and then we can all meet we can try to do that okay so that was the storm water
committee um let's see what else going on here um I was on the Green Team um meeting and they I can just say they're working on the next Earth Day
celebration that they'll have on April 17th and they have a lot of other really great things going which um pretty impressive really um I don't go into all of them at this
point uh let's see um and the um the MUA also met um they're working on uh the the lease for the cell tower for those
um companies on the cell tower that lease was expiring so they uh went out again actually to get bids on to on um who wants to rent the cell tower I think they finally have found someone I think
it's a different company that currently rents it so they're going to have to basically they're going to award the bid and then the company will have to deal with the owner because it's not the same as the owner
um and let's see oh um the only other thing is if you recall we had a presentation here on like um electric vehicles and like possible charging station
location and while a lot of things may have changed on that in the past month or so um we wanted to I think the um I think the Green Team and is going to work with us on coming up with we
wanted to come up with some um a survey as you recall and we didn't do that in this issue of the newsletter um but we're going to work with them on because I said I don't know what we want to be asking L what are we asking so we're going to work together
on the survey questions and we'll do that maybe for our next newsletter and I guess I should end with uh the newsletter went to the county for printing today good thank
you yeah I spoke with uh the representative from jcpnl regarding the over voltage situation on Lower Creek Road um they suggest that it was result of a tree outside of their easement
falling on their transmission line and that that tree was located in a res on a resident property and hence uh they are not responsible for the damage incurred so I just found this out yesterday so I'd like to maybe uh
ask and do a little bit of uh inquiry myself to see where this tree was and whether or not it was outside of the easement but if it in fact was outside of the easement uh unfortunately their position is probably correct so but I would like
to confirm that so thank you nothing um administrator's report I really don't have anything except that we're working this week to
get the budget request forms out and uh they'll be due back by the end of the mon thank you Justin do you have y so we respond do five down trees in town uh removed brush from the sides of the Township roads uh continued with our
roadside pruning we hold out two cardboard dumpsters this month continue blowing leaves from the drainage ditches ditches on the Township roads uh we did a townwide sign survey on what needs to be replaced straightened or added to our
roads uh replac a stop sign on viser road and Ferry Road uh we started cleaning inside of catch catch basin um continued our tier storm water catch Basin head and great replacement uh started filling some potholes in town weather permitting
hasn't been that great so it's been tough uh created our Stone roads where needed we had five snow and ice events this past month including the Ice event just this past weekend uh we checked roads on a consistent basis daily uh we
fixed our vehicle issues and removed any salt from equipment to any further damage um I completed our semiannual Electronics waste report for the DP sent all our letters out for our local businesses and local garbage holders for annual recycling report and I just want
to let the community know that our townwide cleanup day is going to be April 19th at the public works yard and our identi day will be May 31st at the Public Works Yard that's it all right thank
you all right introduction of ordinances we have ordinance 2025 One calendar year ordinance to receed Municipal budget appropriation establish a c I'll move the
ordinance second what's up anything to add about we do it every year just in case need it have a
motion okay all right call David B yes Chad yes James yes may yes we're going to set the hearing date for March 10th yes March
10th all right and then 20252 in ordinance to amend the code of Township Delaware County H state New Jersey um title Township committee so this one was what's this one again I'm sorry so this one um we had some language in there that was old like we it still
stated we had our V on when we have the option to do it within the first 10 days and it still stay to be had two meetings a month and at 8 p.m yeah 8:00 p.m. was a long time ago so yeah it's been a while all right so do I have a motion I'll move second
second this still says this oh it says on the first day of January and then it says or during the first seven days of January so yes okay so we're leaving the first day in there even though we're that's the language that yes like we could have it that day or any of the
days in the first days but we used to say it was on that day unless Sunday okay all right um so roll call please hey David B yes Susan yes James W yes
mayor yes motion car and again hearing date March 10th all right thank you um next we have the consent agenda we have uh resolutions 25 36 46
um so I'll read three be and if anyone needs anything P please let me know we have resolution 25-36 authorizing refund of per uh witness fee um 2537 is also refund for witness Fe um
resolution 2538 budget transfer 2539 authorizing reappointment and tenure of construction code official so this just recognizing their tenure 2540 expressing support of the hunding county commissioner Board of hr4 333 and Senate
Bill [Music] 1631 one um which yeah as that's drone yeah that's the Drone one okay so it's basically just saying that we agree with the the bill that's
in the Senate right now um trying to have better safeguards for the whole prone issue so just giving our support to that um and then 2541 awarding professional service contract under under
17,500 um so these were some things that we just did not get to um award during reward but that are sort of just normal things um 2542 authorizing the sale Surplus personal property no longer
needed for public use on online auction website so this is selling some stuff DW and the police office trying to get some money for some junk basically valuable junk for those watching check it out things we don't
need right now but you might need them for top dollar 2543 authorizing maintenance Bond and final payment the Top Line Construction um for the Lambert Road Project phas 1 and
two resolution 25444 in contract cers engineering and design for as we discussed the open space and Recreation plan 2545 supporting publishing legal notices on official government websites so this is due to
some changes with the state and the Democrat not existing anymore um we're going to be certain notices Municipal Municipal notices will be posted online 2546 authorizing participation in
huning County Co-op uh pricing system um so this is like the the electric pricing Coop except this is specifically for the municipality um for the DPW police street lights everything else to make
sure that we're getting the best price um this is not for residents this one and resolution wait the shade tree one were we pulling that that's going to be talked about okay we're get that that's right all right all right so does anyone
need P I'll move to consent agenda second can I just one comment the um the support of publishing legal notices on official government websites maybe
shared that with the MUA because they were not sure what they need to do at this point yeah she she had reached out to because some of them have not gone away yet but we only have temporary legislation through the end of the month so nobody knows what happens on March
yet yeah but doesn't but so I did talk to them okay this doesn't help this this thing this would be instead of continuing with newspapers that are no existence where are we posting would be on our website I I think I think the
then General thrust is going to be electronic notification the issue is whether or not they're going to settle on the traditional uh I guess the Legacy print me media that now has online
availability or whether we'll be able to do it just on our website they they did we don't know yet okay because as I said that they had the same I mean they were adopting their annual notice and didn't really know what to put in there right
because we thought the Democrat was going to go digital and they just ceased alt together and that was not what we had been told so people were kind of scrambling and people were trying to find where what where they can post these to be compant with the okay thank you
MH anything else roll call please okay David yes Chad yes James W yes may yes next is authorizing payment of
Municipal obligations 1, 56453 20 I'll move give a second oh second any discussion call please David Chad B yes James yes may
yes new business newsletter committee yes we we actually um M pman had asked to newsletter committee and I guess for paperwork came a little late so now
we're making it official um we have to do anything just I mean it's one of the adou but if you want to I'll move that we appoint Betty pman to the newsletter have a second sure I'll
second all in favor thank all right so acknowledgement of friends of lockdown Stone Church annual report um so we need to do self church that's what
we need to do well the the annual report has to yeah yeah no you just knowledge receipt all right so anyway so do we does anyone I guess we just acknowledge that we received the annual report from the lock time Stone Church okay so
move second second all right all in favor all right acknowledgement of receipt of zoning board uh Board of adjustment 2024 annual report so I guess do the same we have a motion to acknowledge the Zoning
Board second it so moved thank you all in favor I I and the same acknowledgement for the environmental commission 2024 report I'll Mo that second all in favor thank
you thank you all right open for public comment I'm not sure this this one PR City USA what who is that what is that government agency somewhere or what Bob's going to tell us about it
sure not a government agcy I'm Bob Hornby I'm the uh chair of the shade Tre commission it's a five member commission and then we have Justin as our advisor uh Sue Lockwood's our Theon
um we are credited annually through continuing education credits with p and believe it helps with some of the Township's liability insurance to have an approved tree plan and also the continuing education through the roads department and also the members of the
commission um and basically what I handed you out today this is run by the ARB Day Foundation it's non-regulatory it's basically the five steps that are on the sheet they're the same things we already do it really is just a
recognition of the work that um the road department does in maintaining the city tree there any trees that are Town hounds and it also it just acknowledges the community members that do continuing education
credits and then we also sort of our one big thing is we give out trees every year to the second graders on Arbor Day um there is nothing regulatory involved in this we're not agreeing to do anything that we don't already do
uh it's really just a recognition through the National Arbor Day Foundation um there are I forget how many Thousand Towns across the country there are I think three other towns in hun County that do this each year uh Clinton's done it I think for 25 years
now but it's really just a recognition of what we're already doing good anybody have any questions it's the same thing you're doing I mean I don't understand why you want to do this for too just want somebody else looking over your shoulder
all it is as far as I'm concerned tell me if I'm wrong I it's nobody looking up it's just a recognition uh um you know they they put out a list every year of all the towns that do what we do already so we we put in an application
we have not the the application would be due by February 15th and I just wanted come before the board before we did anything so the ask is you're asking the township committee to approve a motion authorizing the shade tree to fill out an application and submitted that is
correct okay so that's that's the yes second I'll second right all right any any discussion you don't need a roll call there's no money involved there's no Mone you can do it you can do it all in favor so all in favor
[Music] than thank you all right open for public comment three minutes per person uh please speak from the podium and provide your name people were growing resident uh I
think it was two meetings ago we went from having a chief and U on the police department to now upgrading to a lieutenant and a chief and I thought that was a good idea at the time um and the reason I I bring that up is
um at the last meeting uh one of the people in attendance Jess stall brought up about having a police report just like we had our uh Road uh report and I I really think that would be important
because it would be a liaison from the police to the community and and I I think that's critical especially since it's the most expensive thing on our our budget and also um last month Dave brought up
about uh having lines painted uh next to the General Store and that hasn't been done but I'm sure it has something to do with the uh the weather there was some mention how you going to talk to the county about having some yellow well I talked when they put up three signs there no you had mentioned some yellow
lines that I had never mentioned lines I me put talk to county put up signs but they're up okay we can talk about it later okay any anyway I met I met with the individual who's here tonight Karen Peters and it's it's a real problem and
I think uh the what I'm saying is if we had a representative from the police department and we had our Township committee and we had our uh members of the community all here at one time I think problems could get resolved all at
once we wouldn't have to U go to the police department and uh peace meal it so what I'm recommending is in the future we have a report from the police department monthly just like we have a report from the RO department and um
this is just on a personal level uh I haven't used up my whole three minutes yet I remember in 1960 my father is named chief of police in Princeton New Jersey and as much as he loved his job uh he really liked going once a month to the township committee meeting and
getting this police report all right thank you um yeah we talked about the police report so what's so they basically what was the final last was don't they submit one technically
every month to Township or they used to they used to they hav we'll get back to it but it's to the township committee that's the way it's written anything beyond that we need to exp right so yeah actually so we we should be getting a report to present
not necessarily present and that's typically most most towns they'll they'll they'll receive a police report that might say they had 24 arrests they had you know they'll break down the activity for the month much like what uh DPW does in terms of you know and that
if you wanted to either read it into the record or just acknowledge it that would be your choice but whoever is the liaison to the police department could certainly say I have the police report and you know you can certainly share the the the statistical
information members of the public all right sounds good anyone else yeah Chuck line resident um this is an item that I brought up a number of times as do the lighting out in the parking L um why I know we talked about
it and I wondered if anything has been done about getting a system that doesn't depend upon the electricity uh because every time the power goes out the lights get all messed up there's a system that was put in at the Methodist Church down here by Scott Lesnik that gets an
automatic signal and comes on at DUS and goes off whenever you set it to I wonder if it could be looked into and number two I believe there is one light that's out and suggest that we look at um getting Shi lights in U in the spirit of
dark skies and also use LED buls because they use a lot less electricity thank you yeah yeah hey uh CH can I ask Justin you looked into that system did you not like we discussed this and I think there
was some reason that we couldn't do an automated system down there so um I have the guys chat weekly like every Monday they check the timers every Monday when they come in um so it's not like it's it changes but our time our lights they go
out about 10:00 every night because we've had several complaints about lights on in the middle of the night M so having something on from DUS to Dawn is not possible because we would get it's not DUS to Dawn DUS until whatever time you know 3 four 5 6 hours that's
the way the one the Methodist Church is set up it's not on after midnight usually goes off around 11:00 well we have timers on right now and they're on from uh DUS till 10:00 at night and then it shuts off until the power goes out and I know you're check you're now
checking which is great but in the past and possibly in the future that gets to be a problem and there's a lot of people that come in and of here especially us older people that have you know on the board of adjustment and it gets dark sometimes it's dangerous we recently
just had a light out too over here on the uh telephone pull out here that was replaced by jcpnl um the one was flickering in the road and the other one was completely out which should have been replaced this past week so I mean it should working so we're on it it's just a matter of when it's something
like that we're kind of at JC canel's Mercy but um if you know the public does does notice something they can just notify me and we'll take care of it um just to um get up to the stand please um just like how well it just worked there oh K Peters thank you how
well it just worked to be able to ask Justin a question I mean I'm just really uh the frustration level with you know having to uh not be able to get questions answered and get everybody on the same
page you know I just really would be so helpful to have a police representative here so that we could you know it' be one thing to have a piece of paper which would be helpful but to actually have a representative here at these meetings and they go really fast now and I have to say it's such an improvement because
my whole time over there we never had any body check each week so thank you so much Justin I mean it just makes you know these little things make a huge difference but it would be uh so helpful to have a police representative here and
um thank you thank you anyone else all right um seeing none we'll move to executive committe right you [Music]
got all right see he knew that he was prophetic uh I don't have any it actually shouldn't be twice on here that was added by Sam Thompson and I said the first one we done it we do it at the beginning and the can I would be love to can we yes you're actually in I'll let
everybody decide whether they want the one beginning or one end let go enough yeah all right beginning or end do matter to me audience what you at
the end all right let's get one at the beginning good deal because sometime something serious will come up and take our meeting to talk about something they bring up at the end of the meeting they may still be here they may not but it at
[Music] ends all right now it's time for executive [Music] session we'll be discussing contract negotiation is anything else that's contract Mar be
in it be