Whenever you're ready, Miss Anna. >> Karen, will 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 burough 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.
>> Would everyone please stand for the salute to the flag 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. >> Karen, roll call, please. >> Mr. Brown, >> here. >> Mr. Cosone, >> present. >> Mrs. Garlic, >> here. >> Mr. Halter, >> yes. >> Ms. Miller, >> here. >> Mrs. Spence, >> here. >> Mr. Perpont >> here. >> Mr. Scapiti,
>> present. >> And Mr. Brunomer >> here. and let the record reflect that Mayor Wallace is excused for this evening. >> We have no presentations and I will now turn the meeting over to our burough solicitor. >> Yes. Thank you, Captain President.
Tonight we have a public hearing on ordinance number 2527. That is an ordinance amending ordinance 2518 ordinance fixing and establishing the salaries and compensation of the officers and employees of the bar glass on the county of Gloucester state of New
Jersey for the year 2025 that council serve the public portion >> move the public portion be open. >> May I have a second? >> Second. >> The floor is now open to the public to come forward with any comments related to ordinance number 25 through 27.
Seeing none, I move the public portion be closed and the ordinance adopted is written. >> Second. >> Second. >> Karen, roll call vote, please. >> Mr. Brown, >> yes. >> Mr. Cosone, >> yes. >> Mrs. Garlic, >> yes. >> Mr. Halter,
>> four. >> Miss Miller, >> four. >> Mrs. Spence, >> yes. Uh, may I have a motion for the approval of the minutes for September 23rd, 2025 as well as the close executive session of September 23rd, 2025?
>> So move. >> Second. All in favor? >> I. >> Motion carries. And now we will have communications. Um, >> I have, yes, council president. I have a
resignation from Glboro Planning Board for Pete Calvo. >> Motion to approve. Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Motion carries. Committee reports.
And we will start with park and recreation. >> Good evening, council president. Um I have no um report for tonight. Thank you very much. >> Thank you. >> Public safety.
>> Oh well, thank you uh council president. >> Yeah, I am receipt of the police department's report for the month of October. That's all I have. >> Okay. Thank you. Water and sewer.
>> Uh yeah, thank you, Council President. Good evening. Uh, no report on water and sewer status quo. I just want to commend the burough employees, staff and police and fire for their participation and set up in the trunk or treat event last week. It was wildly attended and um,
yeah, it was a good event. Thank you. >> Uh, finance. >> Yes. Good evening, council president. I am in receipt of the financial reports for the month of September. And I would also like to echo the uh effort from everyone who was involved with the trunk or treat event. That was a great event
to be out at and to see uh that many people at that event was was really something. So really a great event that we have every year. So thank you council president. >> Thank you. And now we will hear from Miss Danielle Spence who's going to be receiving the president's award at this
week's NAACP gala. >> Thank you council president. >> I'm in good company with those awards. past recipient. Um, I don't have any report for uh business tonight, but I just want to say echo the uh trunk or
treat event was actually the I'm embarrassed to admit the first time I've been there because I don't have kids and I don't trickor treat usually, but it was amazing. It was very very well attended and um everybody did a great job with their trunks, especially our
clerk Karen Cosgrove's table was tremendously abundant with all kinds of cool stuff. So, I was really impressed with that. And um I think that's all I have. Council President, thank you so much. >> Thank you. Um and as far as
I'm having a brain freeze. Yes, [laughter] >> for the uh highway department. I just like to thank the highway department for all that they do for the residents of Glass for all and helping to keep this a beautiful town. Uh their assistance
during trunker tree after the cleanup after all of the um events that we've had this summer. the um highway department has really been tremendous as as all of the burrow employees have
been in keeping Glboro great place, safe place for everyone to live. Okay, we'll just move on to new business. >> Yes. Um, I have approval of a facilities
use application for Burrow and Lights which will be held in Town Square on December 5th, 2025. >> I'll make that motion to approve. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> Motion carries. We'll now have the engineers report.
Mark, would you like to present, please? >> Yes. Good evening. Just a quick update. Slowing down. Street cooperation patience industry. Chickstruction. [clears throat]
Next couple. Does anyone have any questions for Mark? >> Thank you. >> I will now I will now turn the meeting over to our burough solicitor. >> Yes. Thank you, Council President. Our consent agenda, we have the following uh resolutions beginning with 277 providing
for the insertion of a special item of revenue in the budget pursuant to NJSA 48487. 278 authorizing refunds of performance guarantees and escrow funds older than 10 years of the bar of Glboro. 279
authorizing release of safety stabilization guarantee for North Main Street housing block 14 lot 13.01 in the amount of $5,000 performance guarantee perimeter perimeter landscape buffer in the amount of $8,175
upon the posting of the required maintenance bond the B of Glassboro 280 granting approval of form B1 RLS logistics concept plan block 76 lots three four five six and 17 281 approving
eight sidebar agreements binding between the Glassboro and various collective bargaining units. 282 authorizing the funding of self-help savings accounts HSA for active employees enrolled in the
New Jersey State Health Benefits Program New Jersey Direct Access HD or Etna Freedom HDI Health Plans for the year 2026. and resolution 283 accepting a grant
from the hazardous discharge site remediation fund public entity program to the New Jersey Economic Development Authority and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. There are resolutions this evening on our consent agenda. Also for the reasons noted under
each item, council so moves for approval. Roll call vote. >> Motion to approve. >> Second. Karen, roll call vote, please. >> Mr. Brown, >> yes. >> Mr. Cosone, >> four. >> Mrs. Garlic, >> in favor. Mr. Halter,
>> yes. >> Miss Miller, >> four. >> Mrs. Spence, >> yes. >> And we have one ordinance for introduction tonight by title only, first reading. Ordinance amending chapter 97 of the code of the mayor of glassboro personnel policies and procedures and by adding a new
subsection C under chapter 9751 to be titled transitional duty during temporary disability if council so moves for introduction of this ordinance. Roll call vote. >> Motion for introduction.
>> Second Karen roll call vote please. >> Mr. Brown. >> Yes. Mr. Cosabone, >> four. >> Mrs. Garlic, >> yes. >> Mr. Halter, >> four. >> Ms. Miller, >> four. >> Mrs. Spence, >> yes.
>> Okay. Um, may I have a motion to open the meeting to the public? >> So moved. Second. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> I. >> The meeting is now open to the public. >> Tim, will you read this? >> Sure. If anyone uh wish to speak in the
public portion tonight, there are rules and regulations related to the public participation. When you do approach, if you identify yourself for the record, your name, place of residence, business, and there is a fivem minute limitation per speaker. Thank you. And I was here last month.
>> No, but thank you. >> Thank you. Yes. >> Thanks. Hello everyone. [clears throat] >> [clears throat] >> U Mr. Roland, that project is currently on hold while we continue to do research to see which is the best feasible way to
build the restrooms. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. I'm here talking Um, I just want to make sure I have fully understand what you're saying.
She put down her full deposit. >> She had an event. >> Okay. >> Okay. >> Okay. >> Um, I will get an answer for you. Um, one thing I'm thinking about is that it may have been made during the middle of
a a pay period. And with the burl, the the pay periods are usually every two weeks. So, if if that event occurred and her deposit was made in between those pay periods, that's one reason that it may have been held up. But, I will um dig a little bit deeper for you and try
to get a better answer for you. the mayor or whoever sign >> because when >> Okay. September 24th understand why I understand so long
at least two weeks. [clears throat] >> Yeah, it is frustrating, Miss Johnson. I mean Karen could explain. Uh since we are a government entity, we are obliged to follow the public procurement [snorts] and payment laws. And to process it, we have to process a
voucher. It has to be signed by her. It has to come up to our agenda, get on the agenda. It has to be approved here. And then the check has to be issued. But it it it's not that we're intentionally doing anything. I think what Karen is saying, maybe we can expedite getting it
on the agenda. We're trying to process the return quicker, but we're still stuck with this process legally and it has to a voucher get approved on the agenda, be approved, and then issue the check. And that's just we're stuck with
that process. >> Thank you. >> All right. Thanks. I'm not saying it deposit. >> There's certainly a lot of money to people certain. I'm sure it's a lot of money. Yes. Trying to get it back would be best we can do. Sure.
And Miss Johnson, maybe after the meeting you can speak to Karen and give her the name of the individual so that she knows specifically who she's looking for to try to expedite it. >> Seeing no one else, I'll make a motion to close the public portion. >> Second.
>> All in favor? I >> I >> the meeting is now closed to the public. >> May I have a motion to approve all dy authorized bills? >> Motion to approve all dy authorized bills. Second to approve all dy
authorized bills. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Motion carries. >> Oh, I have abstensions. >> I have um two noted with the clerk or there 00461 and 04247.
All else are fine. Thank you. >> Noted. Um, at this time, I'm going to ask Mr. Perpoint, who's our acting administrator, if he has any comments he'd like to make. >> Thank you, Council President. The only the only thing I'd like to mention is
that I had the opportunity at lunchtime today to go out with the police and fire department. Uh the emergency services were invited out to Lake Ober by the residents out there and they were served lunch by the residents and it was very
nice residents to do that. Was very good lunch. >> Thank you for inviting. >> Thank you. >> And um as I'm sitting in for Mayor Wallace who's unable to be here tonight, just like to thank all of you for coming
out. Uh thank you to our Rowan students. Um, we always look forward to having you, but thank you also to all of our our residents and also the young lady from Williamstown that brought the information regarding the cats to the meeting. And with that, I'll
>> motion to adjourn. >> Second. >> That's what I was going to say, but I guess as you get older, your patience gets shorter. >> [laughter] >> You saying you
>> I can't win over here. I can't win. Trying to be slick. Okay.