Call the meeting to order. Pledge of allegiance. Your mics on. Pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands. One nation under God,
indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Open public meetings. Pursuant to the open public meetings act, adequate notice of this meeting was boarded to the official township newspapers. Post on the bulletin board and township website. If this video is
via video tape, it will be on channel 9. Roll call. Mr. Pierella here. Mr. Keane here. Mr. Marsh here. Mayor Bruno here. Uh before we get started, Assemblyman Dan Hudchinson would like to
address uh the residents about the uh increases I guess in in rental trailer park rentals. Thank you, Mayor. Yep. Thank you, Pitt. Thank you, Mr. Mr. Lions. My name's Dan Hut. My name's Dan Hut.
Can you hear me now? Hold on. want to face. Do you mind if I face Not at all, sir. My request is going to be to you, but I'll make sure. No, it's fine. You can you can face him if you so choose. It's working now.
Good evening, everybody. My name's Dan Hut. I'm Dan Hutcherson. I'm your state assemblyman uh in the fourth legislative district. Um I did not come to to make a presentation to you all. I just made I came here to explain to the township uh
committee and the mayor that there is a mobile home park in this town and uh the individuals living in the mobile home park are for the most part on fixed incomes. Uh they recently received a letter in the mail indicating that their rent was going to go from approximately
$642 per month to $890 per month. And I I I truly mean this. I'm not, this is not intended to be a grants and I didn't know that all you all were going to be here this evening and and thank you mayor for allowing me to to come here. Um I'm asking that the uh the
township uh do an ordinance which provides that any rent increase by a mobile home park would first need to come to the township by way of a board where it could be reviewed to see if it was fair and not unconscionable. Currently, the state statute um for
anti- eviction statute requires that any uh rent increase uh not be unconscionable, but it's not a clearly defined statute. So, if the township were to put together a quick board uh which could hear these matters um and and set forth a uh a number such as what
we did at the state legislature uh this year, the governor signed a law saying that any rent increases can't go more than 3.5%. Unless there is approval from the Department of Community Affairs, the Department of Community Affairs needed until March to ramp up their efforts so
that they could hear these applications. Um because if an application is not heard within 90 days of getting to the DCA, it's automatically approved. So, my request to the township, to the mayor, is if you could do an ordinance to help these people,
it would be greatly appreciated. I I met with them. Um I I would ask uh mayor if you could step out and meet them at some point. It would be greatly appreciated and and thank you very much for allowing me to speak tonight. Thank you. Thank you.
[Applause] My daughter's giving birth, so I got to go. Good luck. Thank you. And I'll send you the order, too. Uh, can we get a motion to approve correspondence and reports? Motion to approve correspondent reports.
Second. All in favor? I. Uh, motion to approve the minutes from June July 8th, 2025 and July 29th, 2025. Motion to approve the minutes. Second.
All in favor? I. Motion to approve the bill list. Motion to approve bill list. Second all Barb Mr. Pella. Yes. Mr. Keane. Yes. Mr. Marsh. Yes. Mayor Bruno. Yes. Motion to approve mobile food handling license. Uh flame and ember
Ember barbecue. Motion to approve the handling license. Second. All in favor? I. Uh, can I get a motion to open a public hearing on ordinance 525 to amend chapter 253 of the code of the town of Franklin to revise standards for
accessory structures consistent with the recommendations contained within the 2024 master plan re-examination report? Mr. Make a motion for all or just No, it's just open one at a time. Okay. Motion for open public portion for 0525.
Second. All those in favor? I I Can I get a motion to close the public hearing for ordinance 525? Motion to close. Second. Can I get a motion to All those in favor? I. Can I get a motion to adopt ordinance 525?
Motion to adopt 0525. Second. Mr. Fella? Yes. Mr. King? Yes. Mr. Marsh? Yes. Mayor Bruno? Yes. I get a motion to open the public hearing on ordinance 725 to amend chapter 21 of the code of the township of
Franklin and permit resoning of certain properties from residential agricultural to highway commercial interchange commercial IC designation consistent with the recommendations contained within the 2024 master plan re-examination report.
Make a motion for 0725 public hearing. Second. All in favor I. I'll be very brief because I'm sure there are a lot more important things coming up. The uh change to the ordinance, Mr. Mayor, uh this will allow
those particular areas to now be highway commercial interchange in terms of uh I think it was block uh 4003, lots 1, 2, 3, 4, so on and so forth. I believe you're correct. I don't have the paper. We'll have uh there were a
lot of it. The most important thing about the highway commercial zone is that it allows solar to go in there with a lot less restrictive covenants than any other area in the township. It also is the area that's been
designated for redevelopment in the township of Franklin along Harding Highway. Uh the first meeting that was held to discuss redevelopment in Franklin Township was on a lot owned by Mr. Fazio uh clear lot without any
wetlands or trees on it. Subsequently, we moved to two sides of Harding Highway further west, one on the north side of Harding Highway, one on the south side, and those were designated as redevelopment
zones. The nice thing is the one on the north side of Harding Highway doesn't really need a turnaround to get to it. But however, the one on the other side of Harding Highway will need some sort of turnaround. And what I wondered
is everything that was done allowed solar to go into these areas. However, the solar ordinances were found to be were thrown out by the judge. And I guess some of you could read those court cases at some time. Question for you, Mr. Mayor. Are the solar ordinances in
effect or have they still been are they off the books in terms of what the judge disallowed? I believe he threw out three of them. Yeah. I don't I don't recall which one. You want the solicitor to answer that for you? He can answer it. That's fine. Yeah, I'll I'll review that, mayor, and
report back to So, you're you're going into an ordinance tonight. You've allowed up to 80% of that land to be utilized by solar whereas you don't allow it in any other district in the township. You've allowed
redevelopment zones to go on both sides of Harding Highway and wetlands and in an area that's very environmentally sensitive and you've allowed up to penetration of 80% solar on those properties. And you don't know what other things have been thrown out by the
judge. I think I think I would make a I would make a very strong suggestion to you for all present pending litigation. Maybe you table that ordinance for tonight till you know what the hell you're doing. Thank you. I I Mr. Kenny did a good comment what
you said. I did I tried to read some of that. It looked a lot of Greek. It looked Greek to me. My law agrees and I was instructed to some people, but I did try to read some law and it was very uh Greek, but um I will explain to the other committee members what I what I
understand it was from the judge. A motion to close the public hearing on ordinance 725. Motion to close. Second. All in favor? I. Uh motion to adopt 0725. Motion to adopt 0725.
Second, Mr. Fella. Yes. Mr. Keane. Yes. Mr. Marsh. Yes. Mayor Bruno. Yes. Uh, ordinance 925 to amend chapter 253, the code of the township of Franklin to revive standards for buffering between residential and
non-residential uses consistent with the recommendations contained within the 2024 master plan re-examination report. A motion for public hearing. Public hearing. Yes. Motion for open public hearing for 9:25. Second. All in favor?
I get a motion to close the public hearing on 0925. Motion to close. Second. All those in favor? I get a motion to adopt ordinance 925. Motion to adopt 0925. Second. Mr. Fiorella.
Yes. Mr. Keane. Yes. Mr. Marsh. Yes. Mayor Bruno. Yes. Ordinance 1025. uh bond ordinance appropriating $2,928,500 uh and authorizing the issuance of $2,782,000 uh in bonds and notes to the township of
Franklin for various capital improvements or proposals authorized to be undertaken by the town of Franklin in the county of Gloucester, New Jersey. Make a motion for open public portion for 01025. Second. All in favor? All right.
[Music] Ladies and gentlemen, Dave Marshall 67 New Road. Can everybody hear me? All right. On the bond, I think it was mentioned at one of the previous meetings that some of that money is going to be used for uh newer trash trucks. Is that correct? Correct. Just something and maybe it's already
been done, but has it? We haven't looked. Has anybody looked into possibly farming that out? Yes, we have. Recently, I'm looking at some of it. It's actually a lot. Three years ago, four years ago, two years ago, two years ago, and years ago,
it was Logan. Logan came in and gave us a price that was basically geographical. Their problem was to for them to come here into town and do this. They need to be able to do it in two days. and it just wasn't feasible for them to do it
in 2 days for it to be profitable for them. And I think prior administrations might have even went to um uh waste management or something I think had come in years ago or whatever, but I don't know what came of that.
But I just, you know, Logan came in, we thought they thought they were going to be able to do it in two days and they weren't able to. Yeah. The reason the reason I'm asked is I did a little bit of a study around the state and the average per household in the state right now is $38 uh and that's
per month for trash collection. That eliminates all your liabilities, your building insurance, your your vehicle insurance, your liability on it wages. You don't want to see somebody lose their job. Uh the trash truck cost and that's the average. A lot of towns are in the 12 to $18 range per household and that's for two cans that are 96 gallons
a piece. Yeah. When you look when we looked at it years ago, it was a density issue. Whereas a lot of those numbers are from towns that are much they want to be able to come in two days, get it and get out and make their money. All right. Well, I understand that was before. I just want to make sure you know, again, we've just had a pretty
substantial tax increase. This is going to also change things. So, I'm looking for ways to fix I mean, we're we're talking about u some commercial stuff that's being picked up that maybe shouldn't be picked up. And um you know, there's a lot of houses with two cans. Like, is that necessary?
some ordinances in other towns that you pay for the second can. So, average is 450 a can. We're going to look at that and see, you know, all right, if it's feasible here. Just looking at it before we pass this bond. Does this be the time to make that decision before you buy new trucks? Thank you.
Thank you. Made a motion to close the public portion. Motion to close. Second. All those in favor? I I a motion to approve ordinance 1025. Motion to approve 01025. Second. Mr. Pierella. Yes. Mr. Keane. Yes.
Mr. Marsh. Yes. Mayor Bruno. Yes. Can I get a motion to open the first public portion for resolutions below? Motion to open the first public portion. Second. All those in favor? I. Can I get a motion to close the first public portion?
Motion to close. Second. All those in favor? I I making a motion to approve resolution 11425 authorizing the mayor to sign an authorization for treatment works approval for Jersey diner. Motion R 11425. Second. Mr. Pierella.
Yes. Mr. Keane. Yes. Mr. Marsh. Yes. Mayor Brun. Yes. Resolution 11525 appointing Alex Balder to the environmental commission in the coordinates with the township code. Motion R 11525. Second. Mr. Pierella.
Yes. Mr. Keane, yes. Mr. Marsh, yes. Mayor Brennan, yes. Resolution 11625, authorizing the refund of Freedom Forever LLC. Motion R1625. Second, Mr. Pierella. Yes. Mr. Keane. Yes. Mr. Marsh. Yes. Mr. Mayor Bruno.
Yes. Resolution 11725 approving approving $250 senior deduction on block 103, lot 109. Motion. Lot nine. Lot nine. I'm sorry. Motion R1725. Second, Mr. Pierella, yes.
Mr. Keane, yes. Mr. Marsh, yes. Mayor Bruno, yes. Resolution 11825 granting renewal of liquor license within the township of Franklin. Motion R1825. Second. Mr. Fella? Yes. Mr. Keane? Yes. Mr. Marsh? Yes. Mayor Bern.
Yes. Resolution 11925 authorizing the mayor to sign a a grant agreement for the acqu acquisition of development easements on property entering the farmland preservation program. Motion R11925. Second Mr. Fella. Yes. Mr. Keane.
Yes. Mr. Marsh. Yes. Mayor Bruno. Yes. Resolution 1225 releasing a performance bond for ocean f food and fuel. Motion R12025. Second. Mr. Pierrella. Yes. Mr. Keane. Yes, Mr. Marsh.
Yes, Mayor Bruno. Yes. Author resolution 12125 granting renewal of a liquor license within the township of Franklin. Motion R2125. Second. Mr. Fierella. Yes. Mr. Keane. Yes.
Mr. Marsh. Yes. Mayor Bernett. Yes. Resolution 12225 authorizing the township committee of the township of Franklin to enter an agreement to provide three school resource officers to the Franklin Township School District for the 2025 2026 school year.
Motion R1225. Second. Mr. Fella. Yes. Mr. Keane. Yes. Mr. Marsh. Yes. Mayor Bruno. Yes. Resolution 12325 appointing laborers Frank Lovering, Charles Simmons, and Kenneth Porch to the
positions of drivers in the township of Franklin Public Works Department. Motion R1 12325. Second. Mr. Pierella, yes. Mr. Keane, yes. Mr. Marsh, yes. Mayor Bruno, yes. Resolution 12425 appointing additional job total foreman parks and
recreation to driver Frank Eric in the Franklin Township Public Works Department. Motion R2425. Second, Mr. Felic. Yes, Mr. Keane. Yes, Mr. Marsh. Yes. Mayor Bruno. Yes.
Resolution 12525 amending the employment agreement. Department of Public Works supervisor Jarro Mandino and the Towns of Franklin Department of Public Works. Motion R12525. Second. Mr. Fella. Yes. Mr. King. Yes. Mr. Marsh. Yes.
Mayor Bruno. Yes. Resolution 12625 authorize the administrator and CFO to begin the acquisition process for the purchase of four 2025 Ford Police Interceptors all-wheel drive vehicles from Winter Ford through New Jersey contract number
20 fleet 01189 and the purchase of three Chevrolet Malibu LS1 FL sedans from Herac fleet services through the Cranford Police Co-op number 47 CP CPS motion R1 1262 25
second. Mr. Fierella, yes. Mr. Keane, yes. Mr. Marsh, yes. Mayor, yes. Uh, can I get a motion to open a second public portion for comments? Motion, uh, open a second public portion. Second. All those in favor?
I I Good evening, Mayor Bruno. Nancy Kennedy, 7-Eleven St. George Street. Um, I just first wanted to ask Mr. Lions a question if I may. Yes, you may. Mr. Lions, uh, a lot of people here I believe are here because they feel very
strongly about something that I think they're going to take the opportunity to address the committee about. And I just wanted to ask you before they start, the township was represented in litigation against the Malaga Feast of the Assumption, who was the host to the
Littlest Angel bookstore by Matthew Madden. And I could not find a resolution in 2025 related to how Mr. Madden was paid or how he was appointed in 2025.
I did find a resolution in 2024 where he was hired by the committee to represent the township up to costs on a special project for $50,000. Am I missing anything that the committee
did to give Mr. Madden authority after that point that you remember? I'll have to repeat that. I don't I can't say with certainty. Okay. And fair enough. If you could look into that whenever you get a moment, I believe you certainly have my email. Uh just for the purposes of edification of
anyone who might not know, back in 2023, uh a very very good man uh named Bill Petravich ran for township committee, ran in a primary to try to be on township committee with a lovely woman named Diane Trace. Diane happened to be
the president of the Malaga Feast of the Assumption. They challenged an incumbent member of township committee who in all fairness is not here this evening. They were not successful. They came close, but no cigar, that's the way it works. Fair's
fair. They lost the election. But in July of that year, the Malaga Feast of the Assumption and specifically the Littlest Angel bookstore received a notice of violation. litigation ensued and I can represent to you that here we are two years later
that litigation for now has concluded and it is our understanding that with the way things are the littlest angel will not be able to remain at the property where they have been now for for all of you who have experienced the
littlest angel you understand what a tragedy this is to the township of Franklin what a blessing those people are how they make no profit for themselves, but have devoted their entire lives to a ministry serving Jesus Christ.
[Applause] And I can assure you that there are a few good people on this committee and I trust that they will do what's right at the right time. But for now, I will say thank you all as a resident of this town
for being here because the only way that evil triumphs is if good men and women stand by and do nothing. [Applause]
Political retaliation against God's children has no place in this township. And I ask all of you to continue to follow the journey to do whatever this committee has to do to make sure the Littlest Angel can continue to have a home here, a ministry here, and bring
God's word to Franklin Township. Victoria Brent, 7-Eleven George Street, 2021. I underwent a 10-hour spinal. I experienced a miraculous recovery and the surgery went even more
successful than the doctors had thought. God blessed me. One of the ways he blessed me was through St. Gretz. She interceded for me and she, for those of you who don't know, she's a beautiful saint who does
good work from heaven. Now, I've able to I've been able to learn about St. TZ through the Littlest Angel bookstore. [Applause]
The presence of this beautiful, holy place run by beautiful, holy people can only bring a benefit to our town. Now, her mom speaks very highly of Mr. Marsh, Mr. and she believes Mayor Bruno and helped
a lot to protect our benefits when I needed surgery. Please, please step in and help protect the littlest angel. Thank you for your consideration. Thank you.
Austin Kennedy, 7-Eleven St. George Street. You heard from two other members of my family, so I had to follow them up. I couldn't let them have the spotlight. Uh, I've lived in Franklin Township for my entire life, but my family has even deeper ties to the town.
My grandfather's lived here for 80 years, which is a very long time, and he recently had to go through a deposition, which involved a court case with the township. When he went through the deposition, I couldn't help but notice
how much money went into his deposition. He had a camera on him. He had a microphone. He had lights. It was unbelievable what taxpayer dollars were going to for one 80-year-old man. I'm a political science major at Rowan. And
that's what I couldn't wrap my head around was how could we as a town spend so much taxpayer money on something that seemed so trivial and so not necessary? And furthermore, with the Littlest Angel bookshop, how could we take taxpayer
dollars from Franklin Township residents from a Christian community and take those dollars and use them to scrutinize and persecute a bookstore that upholds the values of our town, that upholds Christian values. Now, I ask you on the
board to think about this, to think about the dollars that we're spending to go after an innocent Christian bookstore. We are a Christian community and we should not use our taxpayer dollars to persecute Christian businesses. Thank you.
[Applause] I think you added a couple years. Harry, you're not 80 yet. [Music] I'm Michelle and I live in Phoenix. All right. Yeah, try holding it. It might if you
hold it might and just talk real close. Can you guys hear the back? Want to check it on? It might have turned off. Turn it off. Oh, no. It's brand new.
Thank you. Can you hear me now? There we go. Okay. Thank you. I'm Michelle Pipling and I'm from but New Jersey and I'm here to speak on behalf of the Littlest Angel. I may not fully grasp this town's broader
objective, but what I do know with all my heart is the profound impact of the ministry we all call the Littlest Angel. I found this ministry at one of their first Landis Avenue locations 10 years
ago at a time when I was lost, hurting, and desperately in need of hope. I remember asking God for help and on my way to another store, I saw that familiar angel sign, an unmistakable
sign of love and reassurance. I walked in as a stranger, but I left feeling like I had found a family, a place where I truly belonged. Over the years, I have watched this ministry grow into a beacon of light for
our community. I have witnessed the incredible spiritual transformation it has sparked in countless lives, including my own. Sharon, Scott, and Bill are not just leaders,
but they are vessels of God's love, pouring out compassion, faith, and kindness without measure. When you step through their doors, you're stepping into something sacred, a refuge where
you are embraced, uplifted, and renewed. Inside those walls, I've experienced years of heartfelt hugs, tears that have been washed away, prayers that have
mended broken hearts, and a community, as you can see here, that has become my sanctuary. The Littlest Angel has cultivated something extraordinary. It's a living testament to the power of
love, faith, and divine purpose. I believe with all my soul that God has blessed us through this ministry, and I am forever grateful for the hope and healing it has brought in my life.
For those of you who may doubt divine purpose or question God's existence, I challenge you to take a step through those doors. Witness the love, the compassion, and the unshakable faith in
action because I can tell you honestly what I found there changed my life forever. It gave me a family that I never knew I needed and restored a very shattered faith that I thought was
beyond repair. And that to me says everything about the true heart of the littlest angel. Thank you for taking the time to listen. I pray that you see the incredible blessing that this ministry is to all of
us and this community and that you consider what it might just mean for you as well. Thank you. Thank you. [Applause] Well, I am not a speaker for sure and this is out of my comfort zone, so I apologize.
My name is Sharon Rigggins from 256 Old Dutch Mill Road in Malaga. My mom and I opened the Littlest Angel bookstore in 1991. Our whole reason for opening was to spread the goodness of God and to
somehow in a small way touch others with the knowledge that we are all children of our heavenly father and everyone is important and loved by God more than we can ever imagine. It quickly became evident by the Holy Spirit that this had to be a giving
ministry in many ways such as helping people in financial stress to find hope, food, lodging, and many other needs, as well as just listening to others who are broken or in pain and just want to have
someone to talk to without judgment. So many people go through heart-wrenching trials. Spiritual con conversations are a constant because of him. We have always believed that this was never a store but a ministry. We pray
for all whom we meet each day. We would love to continue to be in our current location. For it is such a blessing to be across the street from St. Mary's Church where Jesus is always present in the blessed sacrament.
We pray that all who enter I'm sorry. You're doing a great job. Leave. We pray that all who I can't even. Thank you guys. Okay. We pray that all who enter leave feeling
loved by our heavenly father and Mary our mother. The Lord does it all. We are nothing try just trying to do small things with great love as mother Teresa suggests for each person to do through knowing God in the silence of their
hearts. We are so very grateful for the feast of the assumption group who have been so instrumental in keeping this ministry going. It is through their goodness and charity that we were able to continue this
mission. Thank you for the opportunity to share a little a little of what we tried to do by me being at this location. We are all part of a much larger plan. united in prayer for the love of God
alone and for his divine will to be done in each of our lives. Not our will but his on our way to a greater place, heaven. If we use our short time on earth for good, our joy will be lasting and forever.
May the angels protect and guide all of us on this journey. Thank you so much for all of you who are here. or have joined us united in prayer. May God bless us all. He already has in many
and always. Thank you. Thank you. [Music] [Applause] Heat. Heat. [Applause]
Heat. Heat. [Applause] [Applause] That's a tough act to follow. Scott Wiggins, 256 Old Dutchman Road, Maldiga, New Jersey. I am blessed to be
able to serve in this ministry with my mother and my grandmother who started this ministry 34 years ago this October. And we kindly ask to find another way to for find another way for this to be
completely absolved because what is happening to us is not of God. So we ask you to open up your hearts and to see what we do here. You see the turnout to all of our wonderful supporters that we feel that allows the Littlest Angel to shine
bright in this community. We are blessed by the grace of God to be where we are at 256 Old Dutch Mill Road thanks to the feast of the assumption who has opened up these doors for us to continue this ministry of love and care.
So, I just want to thank you for hearing me and consider us to continue to be there. Thank you and God bless you. Thank you. [Applause] Good evening. Rosemary Alvino, can you hear me? Okay. Uh 593 Marshall Mill
Road, one mile exactly from Little Angel, Littlest Angel. Um I think the important thing here is what we believe is the most important thing
for our community, the best thing for our community. All of us here are probably Christians, Catholics, and we are sinners and we're not perfect. But we do understand the need for laws, the need for um some
kind of let's say process to keep things in order. But um here we have really no negative happenings at a store that brings God,
that brings peace, that brings wonderful people. I'm there three days a week every morning for mass and usually it's a deadend street so there's not much activity but lately um we see children we see families
coming to to go to the store and then what do they do if I'm there and the door is open they come into church now look at the world today what do we need more than people who are closer to God
really in the world that we're living in. I'm not here to preach. I believe in God. I have my faith and I live it. I live it every day. I have a a mom who's 100 years old. She's one of your oldest
citizens. She would be here tonight, but she can't stand the heat. So, I'm just telling you, you know, there are laws on the book. I understand. I don't know exactly why this is being done, but when something is of benefit to the community
and when something is so well represented here with good people who are law-abiding citizens who want to do the right thing, I just ask you to reconsider not having this what seems to be a very
insignificant issue about not allowing our wonderful store to be in the position where where it is. So, um, Amen. Thank you. [Applause]
Can I get a motion to close the Harry? Would you you you fascinate looking like what you fascinate there, Harry? I thought there might be more, but the messages were so good about the littlest angel. I uh I
didn't think it necessary to get up here at all. But since you were sleeping, Harry, just tell everybody you might might have Harry Kennedy, 1578, Fries Mill Road, Franklinville, New Jersey, graduate of St. Mary's and
Whamstown. Camden Catholic Satan Hall with a graduate degree from uh Rowan and a certified public manager degree from the University of Ruters. uh former five-term mayor of Franklin Township,
former freeholder director, former surrogate, former director of government relations and marketing at the Delaware River Port Authority, former debater who went to Lasal for four years in a row where I didn't meet
Matt because he's a lot younger than I was. But in those four years that I went there from Satan Hall, we won the debate tournament three times out of 100 schools. Each time 400 debaters, I was lucky. There also was an outstanding
speaker named. I'm not going to tell you who it was three years in a row. I'm going to let you guess. But but the church sermon this weekend was spectacular. Not that Father's wasn't great the week before when he was
substituting for Father Griette. It was great. It was great. And to hear an Irishman that's very good friends with one of my great family friends, Montinior Curran, it was very heartening to hear his message. The message this
week was even more heartening. The readings were spectacular. They talked about giving back, reaping what you sow, sewing your seeds, doing the right thing at all times. And my youngest grandson, the only one you didn't hear from, the computer genius, one of the smartest
kids I've ever met, you saw his two other, you saw his two siblings, right? They're not too bad. Wow. Wait till you get this one. You know what's really neat about the church? He asked me a question. They were giving the responsorial part of the mass. And one
of the great responses I ever heard in church and I thought oh my god what a special response for this Sunday it said please root out all corruption in government. I thought oh my god oh my
god you are hearing us. You know what in a lot of places there are a lot of strange things that happened. That place was shut down because of Lean Nancy. And you know what? Neither one of them would have taken a case that
they're involved in if it hadn't been for the Littlest Angel. People think that that lady right there is dumb. May Allah, you know what she is? She is the smartest human being I have ever met. Remember all my degrees? She has a law
degree. She has an engineering degree. She has a s she is an MBA and her score on the graduate record exam was a perfect score. There's some jocks that go to college that don't get all their S&Ps put together to equal that. All
right. The nice thing about the littlest angel is there's one Finley that wants to shut it down. Oh ho. But there's another one that patronizes it. The one that lives in Vinland and heads the zoning board. So sometimes things get very personal about who you want to get
even with. And now we've quoted a lot of people from the Bible. I'm going to go to my political Bible. Winston Churchill once said, "Now this is not the end. It's not even the beginning of the end, but it is perhaps the end of the
beginning." There's one nice thing about being an old man, Jake. Old 80 years old. 80. I heard it. 80 is very old. I've seen them come and go. When I came here, the first conversation I had was with the administrator, and he was just as much a pain in the ass as
this one is. And he said to me, "You know, Harry, you're not doing what we want you to do." You know, that door hit you on the way out in the ass the same way it opens for you when you come in. And you know what my comment back was? I'll tell you what, when it hits me in the ass, it's going to run you right
over, sir, cuz you're going with me. You take no crap. You guys run the show, not him. You guys are the township committee, not him. All right. I've learned a lot by watching you.
I've watched a lot. And all of you put together make nothing in this township. Your three people down here down here make almost $600,000 a year with salaries that are unjustified. Ask what their agenda is. Ask who they're
protecting. Ask whose ass they're taking care of. Ask what illegal payments are being made. Do it. And there will be a new government in town real soon that will be very Christian and very loving. God bless you all.
[Applause] Can I get a motion to close the second public portion? Motion to close. Second. All those in favor? I committee reports. Mr. Marsh. Okay. I'll start with um addressing the crowd that came here tonight. Um like I
say, every time we have a uh a passionate debate or passionate issue, I listen and I listen uh closely and I use facts. I don't put opinions into things because, you know, a fact is uh is information without emotion. That's what facts are. I was just made aware of this situation yesterday and I believe Mr.
Keane didn't even know about the way to go in my place. So, I promise you I'll go look into this. It's not dead in the river. It's not a dead issue, but I don't know the whole uh I don't know the background. I'll have to talk to Mr. Finley. I will talk to other board members and we will make sure uh we get
it. [Applause] And while everyone's here, our community is from the county. Please come out, support local community since you guys thought they have a passion for things.
Uh community day is September 20th. Uh please come out and work to support the community. And a great job, chief, for national this past week. Amazing job by your department. Thanks, Mark. John, communications commission meets tomorrow, Mr. Mayor. And um there's
there's no place in my heart for unjustly shutting down any religious bookstore in this town. [Applause] Bible says that the foundation of wisdom is the fear of the Lord. And you know I was raised in that and like Mr. Marsh
said I didn't know about this before hitting the parking lot. So you rest assured this is going to be investigated tomorrow. [Applause] [Music] Thanks. [Applause] Well, um we haven't had any committee meeting
since our last meeting since we had the bond referendum. Correct. Uh no, I'm just saying we haven't. So, uh nothing to update there. And um if we're going to have a conversation, I'll obviously be involved um in it as well. Thank you. Um,
do you have anything to say, Brian? [Music] Chief, I want to thank everyone for coming out for national night out. It was one of our biggest ever. Uh, it was a great community turnout. I want to
congratulate the guys that, uh, got um, promotions tonight from public works. Public works does a great job. I know sometimes we take a lot of flack, but I see them out there all the time and these guys are great and they have great leadership and they should be applaud every
[Applause] um thanks for coming out tonight. Very Come on up so we can hear you. [Music] [Music]
something real. Am I allowed? It's up to you. Just make a motion to reopen the public portion for him to speak. Yes. Make a motion to reopen a public portion. Make a motion. Second. All those in favor? I
Gotcha. There you go. Keep it keep it close. All right. My name is Daniel Grace. I live at 26. I live there for about 10 years. My wife there for about 30 years. So all of a
sudden, this has to be a couple years ago. We put in the motion about why our rent was going up $300 and something dollars and nothing was being done. Like if I know you guys probably don't know where this trailer park is, but if you look at it, it's falling apart.
You know what I mean? We have literally every rain we have rivers that go into our yard. They're not adding the dirt. You know, I've called public works a bunch of times about the water not being right, sewers being drained out in the ground. You know, they say, "Oh, we
can't do anything. It's not our problem. Like when is it going to be somebody else's problem? Like at this point now they're going up to 890. That is a total double of what it was when they bought the place a couple years ago. You know, they took our trash supply
out. I had a transplant done and I got to walk my trash cans all the way down to, you know, a half a mile away just to be able to light my garbage because they took the trash people that used to come and pick it up in front of our yard. There is nothing being done to justify these inquiries. I'm just like anybody
else. If you're going to make something better, you know, I'm for it, right? You know, if you're going to make something better, you're going to make it so my kid can play safe. You know, anything. There's nothing. There's not even a park in there.
You mean there there's there's nothing. We spent $4,000 on a lawyer when this when the the first plant and he wrote a letter. and said, "Can you please not do this?" You know, $4,000 a lot for people that don't have any money. You know, I make
$1,200 a month. I just had a transplant. You know, $890. I can't even start to pay these electric bills that are going on. We've all seen them. You know, I have a child. You know, it's not her fault that I got
sick and I can't do what a man's supposed to do. You know, before that, I've worked my way from the gutter all the way up to being a manager of a car lot. You know, when I mean gutter, I mean gutter. You know, I'm only allowed to vote because, you know, that right was just given to
me. You know, I made some bad decisions from being homeless and stuff. That was when I was 15. I mean, here I stand at 38 and I'm I'm facing the same thing. I thought it was a blessing that I had the home I had
when I got sick. I'm like, "This is a blessing. We We're not going to be out on the streets. You know, we can figure everything out. It's all gone." When they do this upgrade, you know, they charged me. I know it doesn't mean anything to anybody, but
they charged me for my grasp with rain couple weeks ago. It was five days in a row rain. They hit me with a 26 $25 font. Now, if they would have looked, I cut the grass before they even sent the email with the fine. So, I called them, sent them a
picture. I said, you know, I don't even understand why this is happening. I cut in front of your mailboxes, your signs. You don't pay me for none of that. You've used up my yard. Don't pay me. You haven't no deductions, no nothing. He says, "Well, if you don't cut it from
the signs, I'm going to find you again." And I had to pay that $25 this month. And there was nothing I could do about I called him multiple times and I said, you know, how much does the grass need to be cut? Let me know like what's going on. I said, do you drive a
Tesla? Cuz I'm sure you don't drive that into the lake to see if it's a marine submarine. You know what I mean? You know what I mean? I got electric. I got a piece of land that's not bigger than this office. And I and
I up from here. And that's what's getting me. It's getting a lot of other people. You know, these people, they bought the place and I'm not going to put them out there, but my neighbor was behind on rent. So, what did I do? Just before I got sick, I went out and paid their
rent. When I called them, I said I said, "Uh, you know, I like to pay their rent." They're like, "Why?" And I said, "Because they're an older couple and that's plenty of business." You know, they made me send my certified check, whatever. faith. You know, it's not an
issue. Some people don't have it. That's what I'm trying to get at. You know, the people that live there don't have it. There's no other place for us to go. And then if you keep pumping it, why? To kick out a few people, to leave stuff
sitting apart through there, to leave sewage in the backyard. And then if you call public works, you call anybody there. We don't have nothing to do with it. Well, who has to do it? And maybe if you can join us that way. I'm sorry, guys. That's all I got. Thank you.
Thank you. [Music] All right, let's take that for now. Motion to close the public portion. I mean, what are we doing here? My name is He's okay. That's me.
All right. My name is uh I'll speak loud to Mike isn't working, but my name is Daniel Sh. I moved in with my mom and her best friend. They live on fixed income. They don't make any more money. So this this this
33 to 36% increase not only affecting them but it's affecting my life and I'm an outstanding citizen. I pay taxes. Uh, I just want the council to take advice to this because I moved up here 2
years ago to help my mom when my mom got cancer. Jesus, it's not the best place to live, but it works. I just hope you guys take a look into it. And if there's any attorneys here,
this case will be a perfect pro. [Laughter] Thank you. [Applause] Get a motion to close. Second public portion. Motion to close. Second. All in favor? Hi.
Hi, Solicitor. Um, we listened to uh Assemblyman. Will that would make u you know do an ordinance that help at all what's going on down the road?
Um possibly. There's there's new state law going into effect, but there is lag time to that. Um there's been two attempts locally. They've both been subject to legal challenge. The the thing is is these parks are being bought
by very large very wellunded entities and you know it litigation is sure to follow. Um the one was already successful unsuccessful on behalf of the the township and the other is still pending but but uh there is a gap
between the state spent and um Assemblyman Hutchinson sponsored the legislation and is it has been enacted but u there there is an there is an issue with the effective date of it which is leading to these immediate now
increases that require us to establish lish rent control board. So the litigation in Winslow was uh it was fatal to the municipality for not establishing a board. So I would say I
would have to say yes it would require there there would have to be a board uh there otherwise uh would be stricken almost immediately. So that that it would require um giving both sides access to the board to to hear their
side of the proposed increase. Thank you. Um I just want to thank Matt and the uh police department for National Night Out. It was very wellreceived.
Fireworks were spectacular. Food was great. Uh some cops on the grill. That was good to see um everyone else for coming out. We'll take what you uh said into consideration.
Um obviously it's you know you're very passionate about your religion and I I see that I'm I'm a Catholic myself. Um not practicing not practicing.
Sorry father. Sorry father. Sto, but I got my stove here. [Music] Her you told me if I walked in there would catch on fire,
but uh I don't know about that. I don't know about that, but we're going to look into it and uh you know, we'll obviously get back to you. I mean, I'm sure you'll hear, but
uh I appreciate you coming out and uh everyone have a good night. Thank you. I get a motion to address second