Good to go. >> All right. On the road. Good evening, everyone. I'd like to call the regular meeting of mayor and council of the Burrow of Glassboro for September 9th, 2025 to order. Kathy, could you
please read the opening statement? Pursuant to the Open Public Meetings Act, I hereby announce that adequate notice of this meeting as required by set act has been provided by adopting a schedule of regular meetings for the year 2025, which schedule was posted on the Burough Hall bulletin board as well
as the Burrow website and forwarded to both the South Jersey Times and the Sentinel of Gloucester County and filed with the Burough Clerk on January 4th, 2025. >> Thank you. May we all rise and salute the flag, please. I aliance to the flag of the United
States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Kathy, roll call, please. >> Mayor Wallace, >> here. >> Mr. Brown, >> here. >> Mr. Kaso,
>> present. >> Mrs. Garlic, >> here. >> Mr. Halter, >> yes. >> Ms. Miller, >> here. >> Mrs. Spence, >> here. >> Mr. Mr. Scafini, >> Mr. Bruner, >> thank you. We have no presentations this evening, no public hearings, uh, no
minutes for approval, no communication. So, I will now move to committee reports and begin with Council President Miller. >> Good evening, Mayor. Um, good evening. I'm in receipt of the highway report and also they're continuing the work on
Filbert Street. Uh just waiting on the gas company to install the new gas man and we pave the entrance uh uh to water and sewer on Deli Drive. But that's pretty much all our guys continue
to work and help keep the town clean. >> Very nice. Thank you very much. Uh Councilman Brown. >> Good evening, Mayor. >> Good evening. >> Uh just like to let you know I've been in I am in receipt of the financial report for the month of July. Also, I'd just like to thank everyone who had a uh
part in the car show. The car show was fantastic event in the burrow that we just had and I was out there all night. It was it was awesome to see all the people out there. And also hopefully everybody can come out to the uh upcoming events that we're having, including this weekend with the Italian festival. It looks like great weather
we're going to have this weekend. So, I hope to see everybody out there. That's all, mayor. Thank you. >> Thank you very much, Councilman Kasiba. >> Yeah. Thank you, Mayor. I just uh uh want to say that I'm in receipt of the uh police department report for the month of August. That's all I have.
Thank you. >> Thank you very much, sir. Uh Councilwoman Garlic. >> Thank you, Mayor. >> You're welcome. >> I'm in receipt of the park and wreck report and we do have a scheduled committee meeting for tomorrow night. So, looking forward to that. Um also, I'd like to say thank you to everyone also attending the the car show and food
truck festival. It's actually one of my favorites. I love the classic cars. Um, but it was a great event and thank you to everyone who participated in making it a wonderful day. So, that's all I have. >> Nice. Thank you very much, uh, Councilman Hal. >> Yeah, good evening, Mayor. Thank you. I'll just echo what everybody else said
about the car show. Thanks to all the burrow employees for their part, uh, helping out, setting up for it, and, uh, breaking down and cleaning up. Also, as far as water and sewer goes, uh, still waiting on parts is their biggest hurdle right now. uh parts and supplies and
right now they're finishing up the South Academy Street project as far as making all the connections there for the new development going in on Academy and High. >> Thank you. >> Thank you very much. And Councilwoman Spence, >> thank you, Mayor. >> You're welcome. >> This was receipt of the August monthly
um construction report and uh I also want to echo everyone's thoughts on the car show was amazing this year, better than ever. And this Saturday is going to be an super amazing event as well with the Italian festival. I hope everybody can get out there and uh join us in the statue procession that starts at two
from St. Anony's and comes to the uh town square. It's a pretty cool thing to watch if you've never seen it. And uh that's all I have, ma'am. Thank you. >> Thank you very much. Uh we have no unfinished business, no new business, so I would ask for the engineers report,
please, Mark. >> Yes. Good evening. Uh the townhouse projects are are finishing up. Uh Camelot phase three and East High Street Estates are both uh undergoing a lot of water and sewer cleanup work for their punch list, getting things taken care of there. Uh they're trying to get the
phase three paved uh this fall. They have paved phase two and they are just finishing up their punch list. So hopefully that'll get done. We're looking probably to have those roads turned over to the burrow by the end of the year, but we'll see how quickly they can get this stuff done. Uh for the two DOT grant funed jobs uh Bo Boulevard and
Alfred they are both completed. We're doing some punch list work. Some signage has to be done. Uh the contractor on Alfred project did leave some debris and stone and barrels on Paddock Drive. So we we're chasing them to get that cleaned up and get that out of there for
those items along those lines. Touched on Academy Street. The town houses they're finished up Warren Sewer. So hopefully uh they get that done, then they'll be able to get in there, get the code cleaned up and get that road base paved and opened back up to the public here in the next couple weeks with those Chick-fil-A. Uh we had another
conference call on Friday trying to get resolve their issues for the road opening permit to get the water and sewer across. So I'm hoping we're all on the same page now and uh we'll see if they can get everything put together and get it done. So and get that wrapped up. And the LTS cannabis is they're doing a
walk through tomorrow. So they are very close. They have to drove by night. They have to hydro seed and get everything stabilized, but uh they got most of the landscaping in place. So, that'll be coming up for the the code office to process their paperwork shortly. >> And that's all I have.
>> Thank you very much. >> Thank you. >> Thank you, Mark. >> Anything else? Thank you again, Mark. Uh at this time, I'll turn the meeting over to our borrow solicitor. >> Thank you, mayor. Brief consent agenda resolution uh 24925 authorizing shared
service agreement between the county authority glass for regarding us of search certain stage units for the craft beer festival in 25025 authorizing execution of a redevelopment agreement with RLS real estate of glass
NJ LLC block 76 lot 356 and 17 of glass they have the two resolutions council's approval so move >> for approval Second.
>> I have a motion and a second. Kathy, roll call, please. >> Mr. Brown, >> yes. >> Mr. Kaso, >> four. >> Mrs. Garlic, >> in favor. >> Mr. Halter, >> yes. >> Ms. Miller, >> four. >> And Mrs. Spence, >> yes. >> That motion carries. At this time, I'll
entertain a motion to open the public portion. >> Move the public portion be open. >> Second. >> I have a motion in a second. All in favor state I. >> Opposed. Any abstensions? Motion carries. Door is now open to anyone from the public who would like to come forward and address mayor accounts.
>> Anyone in the public that wish to come forward? When you do approach, if you would please for the record, identify yourself, name, uh, place of resident, and there is a five minute invitation. Thank you. >> Uh, good evening everyone. I'm going to try to be brief. Uh, my name is Nancy
Paulus. I live at 12 Franklin Road. That's as you probably know on the Chestnut Ridge. I came to ask for your help for a situation that I am at my wit's end about. I don't know about other neighborhoods in Glassboro, but we're having a serious issue with stray
cats in my neighborhood, and they are reproducing rapidly. Um, there's some in my yard, a new set of kittens. There are some in the neighbor's yard. There's some living under a porch down the street. And at one point we called the board of
health and they recommended calling county animal control. When you call county animal control, they're saying we don't do that. So their definition of animal control is apparently a little different from mine. But there is doesn't seem to be any trap
new to release program. I'm not aware of any cat rescue programs, but this is really getting out of hand. Um there are I know at least I suspect I'm going to say my suspicion is there's one
that had started coming around in the spring that I believe belonged to some students who moved out of the neighborhood and abandoned the cat because it's very friendly. It's very hungry and it's and it's heartbreaking to see this. I personally I would have
no problem picking up a cat and driving it to the shelter if I wasn't highly allergic and that would have me ending up on a six-week course of steroids. So, I can't do that. Um, I have one neighbor who actually trapped one cat and took it to the vet and had it neutered and brought it back and let it go, but at
their own expense because they're pretty sure it belonged to somebody they knew. But we can't keep doing that. And there are some places, you know, my yard is a little bit overgrown in the back. I can't afford to have a landscaper come and tear out everything in my yard and
redo it. And I am really concerned. A lot of them are on my property, but a lot of them are on the neighbor's property. And there seems to be nobody to help. So, I'm asking you for help. If you have any suggestions, I'm open to hear it. I'll make the phone call. But
these cats are unhealthy. They're hungry. They're unvaccinated, no doubt. Some of them may be sick, no doubt, covered in fleas and ticks. And it is just a situation that's not acceptable. And I don't think any of you would want to live with it. And we sure don't. So,
any ideas? >> I can tell you that we'll do some research. I know I personally will do some research uh to try to address that issue because I agree and I'm sure everybody on this day is agrees with you, we wouldn't have to be dealing with this. >> Yeah. Thank you. And if if there was something I could personally do about
it, I would. But I have >> other issues to attend to. Most of us do. And it's >> coming to us. >> Adam animal control wouldn't do anything. >> No, they say we don't do cats. >> Well, why they call it control? >> Good question.
>> I will tell you a couple of years ago that we had a little bit of this problem. We saw it starting and we had that was where I had that conversation. Again, Board of Health says animal control and animal control says we don't do cats. Um, after we made a couple of
complaint phone calls to a couple of county commissioners and eventually we did get somebody out. This is a couple years ago. And the animal officer was very nice. She did manage to trap the two cats, take them away somewhere, but she said this is a very common problem
and it's not unusual for people to abandon cats. Now, I read our pet ordinance online, and all the rules that apply to my dog also apply to cats, but it's clearly uninforcable. I'm not going to call the police to try to track down a a stray cat. They shouldn't have to do
that. And in the 38 years I've lived where I live, I've never seen a cat wearing a collar, which is supposedly required, and all of that stuff. There's no I realize that even though it's all written out in the ordinance, there's no way to actually enforce this. So, I
don't know what else to do. And if you can help in any way and give us any suggestions, I'd really appreciate it. >> Nancy, I had this in my neighborhood as well. And I do have the name of a couple different cat rescues that will come out. A lot of times they want the person to catch the cat and it's based on feeding times and things like that. So,
it's a little difficult, but we actually had a neighbor that was gung-ho and and captured a few of the cats and we were able to find homes from, but it's it is a process and it is a problem in a lot of neighborhoods. So, don't think >> No, I No, I realize it's probably not. It's just that with all the student rentals that we have, I think it's a
little more frequent because I just even the animal control woman I spoke to a couple years ago said, "Oh, yeah, they do that all the time. >> They don't do anything to help it, but they're aware. they're aware of the problem. My issue, I can't personally
pick up a cat. I wish I could. I don't dislike them, but they will make me sick. So, um, but if there's somebody that >> you can put me in touch with because I know there's other, this one neighbor in particular, they're disturbed by it. They have pets. They want they want to
help, but they can't trap every cat in the neighborhood, and nobody should have to. Well, Nancy, we we will we will certainly look into it and do whatever we can to try to mitigate that. >> Thank you. I really appreciate that. >> Thank you for bringing it to our attention.
>> Greetings. Greetings. >> My name is Lamont. This is my wife, Val. >> 212 Harding Avenue. >> 212 where? >> Harding Avenue. >> And your last name? Wilkinson. >> Wilkinson. Nice to meet you.
>> I don't like my last name. I might say >> uh but anyway, >> you're in trouble for that one. >> I don't know. I don't know. But uh again, my name is Lamont. I didn't come up here, but I want to echo what the young lady just said because there's
cats where we live at. We live on Harding Avenue, as my wife said. It's a dead end street. We live on the last house on a dead end street and then there's the woods. Beautiful thing. But we have the cats that this young lady's
talking about. I'm from the city. I'm from up north and I've seen cats. I've seen the ribs. These cats where we live at, these are fat cats. >> We're feeding them. >> Fat cats. And we have a little dog. And my little dog, we chasing them. Say you
catch one of them cats, they going to mess you up, >> you know. Seriously. But anyway, we have a cat. I'm not going to say a cat problem, but I see they're big boys. They're big boys. But what I did come up here for was I got two questions.
Again, we live on Harding Avenue between Washington and Lincoln. >> About 15 yards in from our house, there sometimes drives the creek because it fills up with water.
And it's stagnant. The creek's supposed to flow, >> but between Washington and Lincoln under the street, like, you know, they got the tunnels, the metal tunnels. They're >> clogged. >> So, the creek doesn't flow. The water
just stands, which creates mosquitoes, frogs. I mean, big time. Big time. Like I said, we live at the dead end street and the woods is our neighbor. So, we got frogs in our yard and then we got the snakes that come from the frogs.
Now, I'm not talking about garden snakes. I'm talking about snake snake. All right. In my yard because this creek filled up mosquitoes. You know, I have barbecues and family affairs and stuff like that with mosquitoes because the water is stagnant.
>> I mean, it's it's just overwhelming. >> And then again with the frog, it's seasonal. When the fall is made, you can't you can't walk without stepping on the fall. You got to watch where you step. And again, we we have a vegetable garden and you got to watch out for snakes and like
that. So my question is, can we get a service to clean out the tunnels under Washington and Lincoln? Not tunnels, but I don't know what you call. >> We can certainly have somebody come out look at >> because it doesn't flow when it rains. >> Y,
>> you know, they're full. the water's just sitting, you know, and I go back there from my yard. We can go straight in and I can see the snakes. >> At times it does, if we have a lot of rain, it does um flood our yard. >> Okay.
>> From that ditch or creek. >> It's a creek. >> I know. I'm I know what you're saying. >> Uh and we will certainly have we'll get somebody out there. >> Let's get the flow. Like you said, it's supposed to flow and I'm sure
>> our crews will get out there, take a look at it, assess the situation and see what we can do >> between Washington and Lincoln. >> Gotcha. Appreciate >> last house. >> All right. Yes. Now, my next question and this might need a referral on Washington at the end there used to be
as I understand a one house school and there's >> a field used to be a playground. If you know I know >> so when I first came to Glboro there wasn't that many kids where we live out
>> and where I'm from in the city you hear kids playing in the street and all that stuff I got to get used to glass it's quiet I listen to the birds and stuff like that but anyway now I've been there like 15 years and there's kids you know the school buses come stuff like that we
have grandkids and I have to take um in my car to a park over there to a park over there >> when there could be a park right around the corner from me to where I'm talking about at the end of Washington where the school used to be talking about the
playground now they cut grass back there to keep it nice and neat but is there any plans like I said now there's kids a lot of kids in our area going academy >> you know and I just want to know what the plans are because right now it's
just sitt sitting there, but it is taken care of as far as cutting the grass and all that stuff as well, Kevin, but there's no what are you going to do with this land? It could be a park again. It would be nice for my kids where I got to get in my car and drive here and there when we walk around a corner.
>> That's right. >> So, >> that's my question. Do you have plans for it? >> Uh, not that I know of. Not particularly, but that doesn't mean that we're not going to look at it because we absolutely will take a look at it and see what can be done. >> Yeah, I will say you'll keep it up. They cut grass back and everything. >> I know what you're talking about.
>> I have a bike and I ride a bike and stuff like that. Should be a park again. >> We'll take a look at it. Thank you for bringing that to our attention. >> Thank you for your time. >> You got it. Anytime. >> Seeing no others, I'll make a motion to close the public portion. >> Second. >> I have a motion and a second. All in
favor say I. I. >> Opposed? Any abstensions? Motion carries. The public portion is now closed. At this time, I'll entertain a motion to approve all duly authorized bills. >> Motion to approve all dy authorized bills. >> Second to approve all dy authorized bills.
>> Okay. I have a motion and a second to approve all dy authorized bills. All in favor state I. >> I. Opposed. >> Any abstensions? >> No. >> Wow. Motion carries. Uh, any closing comments from our administrator? I would
just like to congratulate everyone who worked on the car show. I was not there, but I heard it was an outstanding event. That's one. Number two, I'd also like to commend our police and fire who have had a very busy two weeks. Um, within those two weeks, they've handled 48 noise
complaints, five fights, 13 disturbances, 20 riot and um immoral conduct summons, eight maintenance and nuisances, eight urinating in public, two littering, one aggravated assault on a police officer to obstruction of arrest. So, I can't thank you guys
enough, Ryan. And uh you guys are doing a phenomenal job. >> Yes, sir. >> And um >> keep it up. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> That's all I have. >> And uh I couldn't have said it any better myself. Uh so thank you all to
all those first of all that came out to express your concerns and bringing uh issues that quite honestly we weren't really aware of until tonight. Thank you. We will look into both of them. I encourage you to continue to come out. Tell your friends to come out if they have any issues or concerns so that we
can address them. Uh to all those that attended the car show, thank you for making what a great event. And for those of you who don't know, uh that's one of the biggest and most uh it's our first event of the fall. It's one of the biggest events we have and it's very stressful for all all those that put it
together uh that work it and make it a nice night for everybody. And it's very stressful for them, but they make it look easy. Um and they up the game from last year because it was even better than last year. Looking forward to seeing what's going to happen next year.
Um but thank you again for all of you. Uh, and with that, I'll entertain a motion. >> Motion to adjurnn. >> For adjourned. >> There's our motion on the floor. I have a second. All in favor state I. >> Opposed. >> Any abstensions? Motion carries. Thank you very much, everyone. This meeting is
now adjourned. Next meeting will be September 23rd, 2025, 6 p.m. Have a great >> evenight. Good job.