##VIDEO ID:Qsg_T4W_xOE## call a meeting order uh please stand for pledge [Music] Alle to the flag of the United States of America and to the repblic for it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for roll call I'm me open public meeting statement please pursuant to the open public meetings act adequate notice of this meeting was boarded to the official Township newspapers post on the Bon board and Township website this meeting is the envidia tape and will be on channel 9 roll call Mr fella here Mr Mars here mayor Bruno here all right we're going to start with resolution uh 19124 acknowledging the retirement of K9 Lee from the Franklin Township Police Department motion R1 19124 second bar Mr Pella yes Mr Marsh yes mayor Brun yes is he going to go get hold on he's going to go get him Chief all right thank you mayor U I want to welcome everyone here tonight um this is a very important night for us uh it's a very important night for law enforcement in general um I had a few words that I wanted to say um just to kind of commemorate the night 25 years an officer gets out of bed every morning puts his boots on puts his best on G on and he goes to work kisses his family goodbye and goes to work he goes out and protects people that he doesn't even know um you know during that 25 years um most of it fact probably 90% of it he's under nothing but scrutiny and CR criticism so like I said earlier this is a very important nighten um for our police department and law enforcement and I want to thank our mayor and our Council for allowing us to celebrate the hard work to celebrate the dedication to celebrate the sacrifice and to celebrate the success of our police department and the nine appointments that we're going to make tonight uh the first one is um soon to be sergeant fenmore and his dog Lee um many many of you may know Lee uh was named after Gonzalez who was killed the line of duty 29 years ago um so this was a very special uh addition to our Kine unit and Josh has done an outstanding job with Lee and um when he was told that he was going to make Sergeant we told him that he was going to have to focus on that and Lee was going to have to retire and and he was fine with that he's moving on to another chapter of his career but we wanted congratulate him and Lee um for a very very successful career in not only tracking missing persons uh apprehending fugitives and also um seizing a lot of cash and narcotics um in our community so I want to thank gapos for donating a retirement basket for Le and we wish him all the best in his retirement keep that toy in his mouth uh resolution 19224 appointing Danielle Lusa as a uh special law enforcement officer 3 school resource officer for the T Franklin Police Department to be assigned to the Franklin Township School District motion R 19224 second Mr yes Mr Marsh yes mayor Bruno yes all right I'd like to bring Danielle and her family up I tell you a little bit about Danielle uh Danielle Luso retired from the GL County prosecutor's office after 25 years of dedicated service Danielle retired as a sergeant in the guns gang and narcotics task force Danielle was a a member of the glosser County SWAT team as a negotiator and assisting command after retirement she went on to work for the mono Township School District as an SRO before being hired by the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General operation Healy H Danielle is also the former Chief of the state resiliency program Danielle is a certified school resource officer and will be assigned to the Franklin Township School District and ederton Christian Academy she currently resides in Williamstown with her husband and two daughters [Applause] [Laughter] kind of need that Daniel Square Fai perform all the offord C Franklin constition of the United States constition of St then I will our alance and the government United States I just stay here and do it yeah stay here uh resolution 19324 accting special law enforcement offic to the position of fulltime police offic motion R1 19324 second Mr fella yes Mr Marsh yes mayor Brun yes all right um Omar is 20 years old and originally from ma Landing though he now resides in Ed haror Township he is a Puerto Rican and Pakistani descent uh Omar graduated from Cedar Creek High School in 2022 is currently pursuing a degree in cyber security at stop University Omar attended the Kate May County Police Academy where received a valuable training and experience he served with the Ocean City Police Department of slo1 and slo2 before joining the frankf ccy police department in February 2024 as his S 2 in addition to his law enforcement career Omar enjoys playing basketball boxing and spending time with his family and friends Omar is deeply grateful for the opportunity to serve the Frank C community and looks forward to continuing his law enforcement Journey with this department he would like to thank his F officer caver Sergeant miles Myers C Krauss as well as everyone else for their ongoing support as he takes his next step um on a side note Omar has become quite popular uh around South Jersey he's one of the only Spanish speaking officers in the area so Omar is constantly assisting with that in all of our communities throughout W County [Applause] police officer affirm support the constition support United States stes constition state know there St and Alle to the the government established govern EST of the United States and under the authority sincerely [Applause] resolution 19424 pointing special law enforcement officer 2 Luke lawitz to the position of full-time police officer motion R 19424 second Mr fella yes Mr Marsh yes mayor Bruno yes all right I want to introduce everyone to Luke lawitz Luke is a lifelong resident of Frankl Township where he graduated from delce high school Luke went on to attend R University where he received a bachelor's degree in computer science Luke attended the C May County Police Academy and then began working for the Ocean City Police Department as a class two special officers for the past two summers we like to steal guys from Ocean City um Luke currently lives in Franklinville and his in his spare time he enjoys working out and spending time with family and friends black s all the duties all the police officer police off C Franklin best my V sare all support Constitution of the United States stes faith and ALG the government established in the United States and in this I'm really Sor to put R in L in her hands next time nous resolution 19525 BR HRA position full time special law enforcement officer toed December 17 2024 motion R 19525 second Mr Pella yes Mr Marsh yes mayor Bruno yes all right I want to introduce everyone to Brett hcraft Brett is a lifelong Franklin ccy President graduating from Regional High School in 2021 it was always his goal to work in the town he grew up in and plans to stay in for his career BR has has always been around and inspired specifically specifically by Franklin Township Police Department participating in different events like police you week along with his father and brother working for the Franklin Council Police Department Brett's goal is to serve and give back to the community that he has grown up in and when he's not working he enjoys playing off working out and spending time with his family and girlfriend hold on we miss one Larry your mom said get up there I would get up there if I were you your mom said move move sorry buddy let's raise your right hand this time other side yeah s Faithfully partially adjustment before all the duty special law enforcement officer C Franklin the best of my Constitution United States State and I the sa the government establish in the United States unit States and St under so Brett Brett is actually in the academy um he graduates on Tuesday after 28 weeks of training so he'll be graduating on Tuesday resolution 19624 promoting officer David Gall to the position of police Corporal motion R 19624 second Mr fella yes Mr Marsh yes mayor Bruno yes all right d you want come up your family our d g was born in viol and raised in Franklin Township he began his law enforcement career in May of 20 of 2003 when he was hired by the North Wildwood police department as a sleo 2 in December of 2004 he was hired by the Newfield Police Department where he attended numerous classes to further his education and police work in October of 2017 he was hired by the Franklin Township Police Department and signed the Patrol Division in January of 2019 he was assigned to the canine unit with his partner Titan during their time together corpal Gallow and Titan were credited with numerous narcotics in April of 2022 he began working with his current partner Zeus during his time with the Franklin C Police Department corle Gall has earned several Awards in multiple accommodations in his spare time corpal Gall enjoys hunting being outdoors and spending time with his family Coral Gallow currently resides in the township with his wife and two children ra your right hand there you go we got to put a r and l in their hands sare Faithfully partially justly perform all the duties police corpal coun Franklin the rest of my door do s I'll support the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and then I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Saints and to the government establishing the United States [Music] [Applause] [Music] resolution 19724 promoting Alexander foso to the position of police corpor motion R 19724 second Mr fella yes Mr Marsh yes May yeah all right this is the ly one WR it Alex is a lifelong resident in Franklin Township and graduated of delce high school in class of 2010 After High School he earned an associates degree in criminal justice for bler County College Alex then attended the C May County Police Academy in May of 2013 where he graduated third out of 93 recruits in the 43rd SLO 2 class he then began his law enforcement career as a s police officer with the North Wildwood police police department and was assigned to the control division during the summer of 2013 Alex had the opportunity to work closer to home and was hired by the elf tounship police department in the fall of 2013 as a Leo 2 police officer he then was hired by the Franklin toship Police Department and began his law enforcement care here as a slo2 police officer in December of 2013 and in September of 2014 Alex was swor is a full-time patrolman assigned to the Patrol Division in June of 2019 he was assigned to the detective buau where he spent four years as a detec while signed to detective Alex was also a TK Force officer with the gler county cros office fion Alex is currently signed the Patrol Division he is also the Department's resiliency officer Deputy coordinator for the bran Township's office of emergency management a member of the Department's bike Patrol unit team captain for the Department's Police Unity Tour team and the Humane law enforcement officer from Frankl Township efield and un on his time on his off time do his operating heavy machinery hanging out with friends spending time at the beach and most importantly being with his two sons AJ aen and his wife [Music] Alicia alander F Alexander F square square Faithfully Faithfully perform perform all the duties all the duties of police of police that's my V that's V support constition supp the United States United States theit of state state will true fa and aliance allegiance to the same government established in the United States the government establish in the United States and theate and the state under the authority of people authority of the [Applause] people resolution 19824 Corporal Joshua fenamore to the position of police Sergeant motion R 19824 second Mr Pella yes Mr Marsh yes mayor Bram yes Josh all right Josh graduated from Gateway Regional High School and went on to earn his associates degree in law enforcement with laer County College in 2011 Josh joined the Marine Corps where he served six years earning the rank of Sergeant Josh then attended the C County Police Academy in 2014 where he was hired as a class two officer for the city of Wood a short time later he was hired as a class two offic fral countship in August 2014 he reti fulltime in June 2015 and then assigned to the tax Squad in 2018 in October of 2018 Josh began the sunny John Sunny Burke police Kine Academy and eventually graduated in March 2019 with his Kine partner Josh and Lee served as a team from March 2019 to December 2024 Josh was assigned as the supervisor of the a squad in February 2024 where he's still assigned to this dayt Josh truly enjoys helping out with police youth week and is incredibly proud to say that he has ridden in two police un tours to pay respect to fallen officers Josh is a resident of Franklin Township and is accompanied by his wife andreana and his three daughters L ay and a [Music] hi Joshua Clore Joshua solom Square sare Fai partially Justice jce all the duty all the duty Poli Sergeant Poli Sergeant Cil stion of the United States of the United States the Constitution the constitution of state of New Jersey of state of New Jersey I will bear true faith I will bear true faith and aliance and allegiance to the Saint and to the government's established to the government's established the United States in the United States and in the state and in the state under the authority of people under the authority of people so be so [Applause] resolution 19924 promoting Sergeant Anthony Rous for the position of police Lieutenant motion R1 19924 second Mr fella yes Mr Marsh yes mayor Bruno yes Anthony Roa started his law enforcement career with de Township Police Department as a Class 2 special officer in 2010 and was later hired by the Franklin T Police Department in September of 2012 Anthony Rose to the ranks obtaining Corporal in 2016 and sergeant in 2017 Anthony oversees the daily operations of the Patrol Division Firearms unit and training unit prior to his current role he was assigned to the Patrol Division as Patrol sergeant and later as an administrative Sergeant Anthony's passion for law enforcement is training where he has instructor in the following areas Firearms less lethal ballistic shield OC spray haer and Emy vid Anthony is a 2006 graduate of Washington High School and a 2010 graduate of row University he went on to attend the University of Phoenix where he obtained his Masters in Business Administration Anthony resides in Washington Township with his wife Renee and his three daughters Dylan Demi and Reese and in his spare time he enjoys hunting and fishing [Applause] [Music] anthon R all Duty Franklin Constitution the United States Constitution stay in Jersy that two faith and alance two faith and Al the government establ the United States [Applause] resolution 224 moting Lieutenant Jeff wig to the position of police captain motion r224 second Mr P yes Mr Marsh yes mayor Bruno yes Jeff began his law enforcement career with the Franklin Township Police Department in April 2004 prior to joining the department he attended York College of Pennsylvania graduating with a degree in criminal justice in 2002 he was an alterate route member with the Canon County GL Academy class 40 graduated in 2003 along with working in the Patrol Division Jeff also spent time in the detective Bureau before being promoted to patrol sergeant in December of 2015 during his seven years as a patrol Sergeant Jeff has worked with a large percentage of the current officers here tonight and knows that they make up one of the best police departments in grer County in 2022 he was moved off the road as administrative sergeant and in February of 2023 promoted to Lieutenant overseeing the Professional Standards division handling Internal Affairs complaints firearms background checks and Municipal Court matters he also has served as the Department's domestic violence lead design officer for gler County Gare lead instructor and radar instructor Jeff is most proud of being a member of Team Franklin which participates annually in the Police Unity Tour riding bicycles from New Jersey to the National Police Officer Memorial in Washington DC in remembrance of officers who have died in lne Jeff resides in Washington CS his family wife Michelle and daughters Alyssa and [Music] ashy m m fa partially partially justly perform justly perform all the Dy all the the police captain of police SAR I SAR I support the Constitution I will support the Constitution of the United States of the United States and the samee and state of newear and the government established and the government established in the United States the United States and and the under the authority of the people under the authority of the people so me God help me God [Applause] [Music] uh we're going to take about a 10 or 15 minute break as much time as they need for photos and whatever man all right all right thank you for coming out really appreciate it and uh congratulations again [Applause] though we're going to have public hearing on the following ordinances ordinance 133 24 can I get a motion 0 13-24 0 13-24 can I get a motion mayor if there's if there's if there's no motion on that uh the mayor would die and due to the time of year we are we'd have to reintroduce in January so right correct so we'll have to re we'll have to start over in January just to be clear so if there are any changes uh please submit them or make contact thank you thanks M can I get a motion open to public hearing for ordinance 1424 amending chapter 373 entitled vehicles and traffic of the code of the TS Franklin sections 1 and N to include Fries Mill Road between dely drive and Williamstown Road motion for 04- 24 second all those in favor I not yet Joe it's late you can if you want to talk about the traffic in front of delsa you can come back up here but if you don't sit back down seeing nobody can I get a motion to close motion to close second all those in favor I can I get a motion to approve ordinance adopt ordinance 1424 motion approve 0424 second Mr Pella yes Mr Marsh yes a now yes any motion to approve corresponden and reports motion to approve second all those in fav favor I I a motion to approve the minutes from November 26 2024 motion to approve the minutes second all in favor I I get a motion to approve the bill list motion to approve Bill list second Mr Pella yes Mr Marsh yes may BR I I'll I'll approve with u regard to the one reimbursement I'm not going to approve that okay yes to everything else yep uh motion to approve 2025 licenses food handling C automatic Amusement motion to approve the licenses second all in favor I I motion for the first public portion for Resolutions and ordinance of the level you can come up Mr appr second in favor oh you sh back down and wait to the end if you want first of all it seems like it's tonight for congratulations and you guys I see the people that advanced and the people you hire I think it looks like their qualifications look like is well Justified looks like you guys did a good job on that and the reason here we're here to congratulate a lot of things too I'm not a member of the Frankin counil recommission but I just want you to deny and I know you're aware of it that the things that they accomplished they're one hell of a good group of their hard workers they go from the Easter egg HT the AL baton golf tournament to uh the the coin drop the National Night Out the community day and then last but not least we just had our Christmas party for the kids and everything this Saturday with put and then the senior's Christmas party everything went very well it was 2024 was a great year and them hardworking people we we couldn't accomplish it either without your support too you're you're the backup when we we do appreciate what you guys do Jake all you guys like I said do fantastic FC job but last but not least what we' like to say is thank you very much for making this pretty face smile got a railroad station got a a new lift a face lift and it looks great we just want you to know that we appreciate that very very much I and it's it it it creates Community Pride to see something that's that's want Matt you did accelerating that and I tell we we were a fine time of mind to get that done and it seemed like everything just work just fell into place so guys all this thank you very much but continue that support for for the group okay thank you Joe thank you Joe Joe thank you for what yeah he's he's on a commission he's there he doesn't know yet see you thank you Johnny B bye it's Barbara Bar B seeing no one can I get a motion to close the first public portion motion to close first public portion second all in favor I um motion to approve resolution 20124 authorizing a close session meeting of the township committee involving Personnel contract negotiations motion r224 second Mr fella yes Mr Marsh yes mayor Bruno yes mayor mayor if I could before we move uh could we jump to 206 207 208 and do those before to close session is there of General interest not related to negotiations what about 205 yes my apologies yes mayor that's fine um okay a motion for resolution 20524 authorizing Tax Collectors to granted tax exemption for totally disabled veteran block 6301 lot 6 motion R2 524 second Mr Pella yes Mr Marsh yes mayor Bruno yes resolution 20624 resolution authorizing emergency appropriation pursuant to njs 4- 48-48 4- 48 motion R 20624 second Mr P yes Mr Marsh yes mayor Bruno yes resolution 20724 authorizing administrator draft letter authorizing the US EPA soil sampling and the right away at four locations in Franklin Township relating to the kilton super fund cleanup project motion R 20724 second Mr fella yes Mr Marsh yes mayor Bruno yes uh resolution 20824 authorizing tax collector to Grant tax exemption for a totally disabled veteran block 6503 Lot 29 motion R 20824 second Mr Pella yes Mr Marsh yes mayor Bruno yes can I get a motion uh to go in a close what thank you can get a motion to go into close session per uh resolution 2024 motion to go into close session second all those in favor I I Matt could be a while yeah and mayor the only the only uh matters of substance that would be considered after close session would be resolutions 202 203 and 204 which are the Union uh designations ask me Superior officers uh and police officers I it it could be lengthy because of this it could be lengthy I go with you not okay can I get a motion to close close session motion to close close session second all those in favor I I get a motion to go into regular session motion to go back into regular session second all those in favor I uh we're going to do these resolutions right Matt yes uh resolution 20224 authorized the mayor and the township administrator to enter negotiations for an extend ition agreement with axme local 3574 through December 31st of 2029 need a motion motion correct motion r222 24 second Mr Pella yes Mr Marsh yes mayor BR yes resolution 20324 authorizing the mayor of council administrators to enter into negotiations for an extension agreement with PBA local 122 Superior officers through December 31st 2029 motion r 20324 second Mr fella yes Mr Marsh yes may Bruno yes resolution 20424 authorizing the mayor and the Town Administrator to enter into negotiations for an extension agreement with PBA local 122 corporals and police officers through December 31st 2029 motion r242 24 second Mr fella yes Mr Marsh yes may yes can I get a motion open the second public portion motion second public portion second all those in favor I hey thanks Bill for staying back there not asking any questions I get a motion to close second public portion motion to close second all those in favor I nobody has any committee reports right no uh I just want to compliment the rec commission for the job they did um not only with the uh Christmas at the center but uh the senior Christmas dinner was held the following day day and it was uh really good turnout and they had a really good time and wck I was there all day for that and wck did a great job um also holiday with a hero was held Saturday and uh 78 kids I believe showed they had 78 kids they went shopping for and uh I was there for a little while before I had to go to the other thing but uh the kids look like they were having a good time and be honest with you look like a lot of the firemen the cops were having a good time as well so kudos to those guys for what they I will comment on that Mr Mayor I was there and they had $150 gift cards and I can tell you all the officers put money out of their pocket oh yeah they were they were swiping one one guy spent over $150 his own money so I want that to be put on record and hopefully people watch and know that these guys put money out of their own pocket they need for their families to someone the need it was a great gesture y it was a great time it was a great time so I think they said every every kid went over and every guy it was with them guy or girl yeah paid for the difference it was funny cuz glbo was there I don't know if you got there when they were still there Glassboro Clayton there's a Wasing Township no Glassboro is there on the road they do the own oh they happen to be at that same Walmart but um when's our next meeting December 30th it's a Monday and it'll be at 5:00 because it's a closeout meeting for the year Bill Merry Christmas Merry Christmas we won't see you again I'll see you I'll see you tomorrow Bill 10 o'clock all right that said can I get motion to adjourn motion to adjourn second all in favor I I love that I love e