like I have >> no idea. >> Longest minute of our life. >> The anticipation is killing me. >> 20 seconds, man. 20 seconds. >> Time. >> Enough. You're ready. >> All right. Here we go. Good evening
everyone. I'd like to call the regular meeting of mayor and council of the burough of glass for January 13, 2026 to order. Karen, 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 2026. 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 3rd, 2026. >> Thank you. Can 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. Thank you, Karen. Uh, roll call, please. >> Mayor Wallace, >> here. >> Mr. Brown, >> here. >> Mr. Cosone, >> present. >> Mrs. Garlic, >> here. >> Mr. Halter, >> yes. >> Ms. Miller, >> here. >> Mrs. Spence here. >> Mr. Milandro here, >> Mr. Scapiti,
>> and Mr. Bernmer here. >> Thank you. Uh, we have no presentations this evening, uh, nor do we have any public hearings. Uh, so I'll at this time I'll entertain a motion to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of December 9th, 2025. >> So move.
>> Second. >> I have a motion and a second. All in favor state I. >> Opposed. >> Any abstensions. That motion carries. Uh, we have no communications this evening. I'll move to committee reports begin with Council President Miller. >> Uh, good evening, Mayor. I have nothing
at this time. Thank you. >> Thank you very much. Uh, Councilman Brown. >> Good evening, Mayor. Good evening. >> Uh just I am in receive the financial reports for the month of December and that is all I have. Thank you. >> Thank you very much. Uh Councilman Kasabone. >> Uh thank you, Mayor. I have nothing. >> You're welcome. Thank you, sir. Uh
Councilwoman Garlic. >> Good evening, Mayor. I have nothing at this time. >> Thank you very much. Uh Councilman Halter. >> Yeah, good evening. Thank you. Nothing as well this evening. >> Very good. Thank you. And uh Councilwoman Spence. >> Thank you, Mayor. I am in the receipt of the December construction report and
that's all I have at this time. >> Thank you very, very much. Alrighty. We have no unfinished business. We have no new business. So, I'll ask for the engineers report please. Mark. >> Good evening everybody. Uh just brief update. Uh most of the projects are
quiet at the moment for the weather. Uh the DOT uh contractors trying to make way on Route 47. They're making improvements there slowly for that. Uh waiting for the um Chick-fil-A. Uh they have most of their stuff done. 100 guys throughout yesterday just doing punch list to see any minor things but nothing
significant that should hold them up uh for those items there. Uh ERCO building materials they just started this week on their expanded parking lot. So on 47 they tore down a building previously that's under construction. Our staff just had a meeting uh today with RLS
down at the corner. They're waiting for final sign off from the county planning board and then we can get the plan signed which we have in our office. Um then that can start construction. Nice. >> Uh the apartments down on Route 322 east towards Flippos. Uh they've sight cleared and did their so erosion as they
needed to, but they're the weather conditions are just kind of hindering them on those aspects. And uh that's about all I have at the moment. >> Thank you. >> Thank you, Mark. >> Any questions for Mark? >> Thank you again, Mark. At this time, I'll turn the meeting over to our burough solicitor.
>> Thank you, mayor. Under our brief consent agenda tonight, we have resolution 5926 appointing Jake Gentiel as patrol officer for the Bassro Police Department and resolution 6026 authorizing lease department Burger King
block 83 council move for approval. Roll call. >> Motion to approve. >> Second. >> I have a motion and a second. Uh Karen, roll call, please. >> Mr. Brown, >> yes. >> Mr. Casabon, yes. >> Mrs. Garlet, >> yes. >> Mr. Halter, >> four. Ms. Miller >> four. >> Mrs. Spence. >> Yes.
>> Motion carries. >> Mayor, we have two ordinances for introduction by title owner this evening. I'll read them both. The motion would be for both to introduce. First being 2601. Ordinance amending chapter 65 historic preservation commission of the code of Glassboro and ordinance
26-02. An ordinance amending chapter 445 vehicles and traffic or the code book of Glassboro. Again, the motion will be to introduce both tonight on first reading. Council roll call. >> Motion to approve. >> Second.
>> Okay. I have a motion and a second. Karen, roll call, please. >> Mr. Brown, >> yes. >> Mr. Costone, >> yes. >> Mrs. Garlic, >> yes. >> Mr. Halter, >> four. >> Miss Miller, >> four. >> Mrs. Spence, >> yes. >> Motion carries. Uh, at this time, I'll entertain a motion to open the public
portion. >> Move the public portion be open. >> Second. >> Have a motion and a second. All in favor say I. I. opposed. Any abstensions? Motion carries. The floor is now open to anyone from the public that would like to come forward and address mayor and counsel. >> Those in the public, I would note there
are rules and regulations outlined on the agenda. Most importantly, the approach, if you could please identify yourself for the record, name and address, and there is a five minute limitation. First, thank you. >> Hi, uh, Anthony and Kimberly Deo, 62 Yellowwood Court. Uh, good evening,
council, and happy 2026. Um, I was here for one of the final meetings of 2025 in regards to the regular noise violations with the um, waste management companies for the Double Tree Shopping Center. Uh, I'm unfortunately here to report that
those issues still persist. Um, in fact, we had a dumpster come at what about 4:30 in the morning last night. Uh, woke us up um, this morning. Uh, woke us up this morning. Uh, this is my wife Kimberly. She teaches at Thomas Ebo Bose
school. She teaches children with uh multiple disabilities. She has a very important job in the community. She also has a very stressful job. So, it would be uh nice if she could finally get some peace and some rest with this issue at bay. Um but it still persists. So, we've gone through all the channels. We've
gone through the code enforcement. We've tried to reach out to the businesses themselves. We've tried to reach out to the waste management companies. We've gotten guarantees up and down that this would stop uh for years now. Um so coming to the town council for the last meeting I think is probably just as far
as we could go with this. So I don't know what the next step is. I don't know if any of these waste management companies are going to start getting fined to probably sway them from from stop stopping violating uh the noise ordinance. Um, I don't know why they get to get away with it and not get fined or
face any repercussions from it, but it's beyond affecting our mental health at this point. Uh, it's starting to affect our financial health. Uh, we have to find somewhere else to live with much higher uh, rent uh, than where than where we live now. Um, and on top of
again affecting our work performance as well. Um, in addition to this issue, Audi, the supermarket, continues to have uh deliveries for sometimes an hour, hour and a half, way beyond this noise ordinance curfew. I understand some
reasonable accommodation with businesses having to conduct their business, but at the same time, where is the where's the line? Where's the line for uh peace and quiet for us? Again, these deliveries occur all hours of the night as well. after um the Audi I've reached out to
the Audi um >> it was 2:30 in the morning >> 2 2:30 in the morning >> January 2nd >> I've reached out to district managers been two different district managers they both told me they're going to fix the issue uh for this is now again years so again I understand that they have to
conduct business to um to unload their their deliveries I don't know why it has to take two hours at a time I don't know why it has to happen at two o'clock in the morning uh and I don't know why um there can't be some reasonable accommodation for the people that live where these businesses are.
>> Can I interject? Thank you. Um I actually went ahead and filed um with the Better Business Bureau because I thought maybe that might be a good route to take and um they thoroughly reviewed my complaints. I have case numbers open with Aldi. Um we we both do. Um and they
told me that it is they don't do anything with like local town ordinances. Um, so we're really like at kind of our wits end. Um, I was up till 11 pm last night and woken up at 4:30 this morning and I had I was at work
till 4 today. I have a 12-h hour day ahead of me tomorrow with what I do and it's just very upsetting at this point. Um, I'm trying my best to keep my wits about me and continue to do my job well. Um, you know, I see a health, welfare,
and recreation chairperson, Miss Garlic. And, you know, I feel like my health and welfare at this point, um, I'm not able to be my best self at work for my students. Um, considering like the Double Tree, I think at this point, um, if I could get a hold of the Double Tree
Shopping Center like, and I can speak to somebody directly that I can say I like we don't I wouldn't even know. I feel like it would be like the Wizard of Oz behind the curtain. like who are these people that own this lot? Um who are you leasing like these businesses to? Um
there was a point the plasma place, they had a refrigerator truck for three weeks just sitting out back behind our townhouse that was running non-stop. That was another issue that I've dealt with like again all while working full-time um trying to juggle. So these
these businesses are part of the community, but it doesn't seem that they have any concern for the actual people that live in the community. We're not the only ones that are dealing with these issues back here. We're just the only ones that have taken any action on it. >> So that we know of, but I see we have 15
seconds left and I will leave it as um we love Glboro. We both are alumni of Rowan University. Um we are continuing to look in Glboro for somewhere else to live. I love working in town. Um, I just wish that we can get some sort of resolution for this.
>> Can I Thank you. >> Can I speak to them for a second? Can I just say, guys, >> I just wanted um Danielle Spence, I live behind College Town. >> Yes. >> Okay. So, my backyard butts up to the back of of that shopping center. Yeah. >> And me and my neighbors um multiple
neighbors have had the same issues. Maybe not as severe as the video I I heard you play last time. So, I just wanted you to know that long before you came in and complained about this, this has been something I've been discussing. um with certain folks um went to the owner and you know the various things um
we are as a governing body we have to look at as as a clinical ordinance you know what what we can enforce what we can't enforce but right now we're we're in discussions about that so there is stuff that is being worked on I just wanted you to be aware of that and you did have you know idea we are we are
looking at it so >> thank you very much for keeping us no >> problem okay thank you good night >> thank Seeing no one else, I'll make a motion to close the public portion. >> Second. >> Okay. I have a motion and a second. All in favor state I. >> I. >> Opposed.
>> Any abstensions. Motion carries. The public portion is now closed. Uh at this time, I'll entertain a motion to approve all duly authorized bills. >> Motion to approve all dy authorized bills. >> Second. >> Okay. I have a motion and a second. All in favor state I. >> I. >> Opposed.
>> Any abstensions? >> Yeah, I have an extension, mayor, which I submitted to Karen. >> Thank you very much. >> I also have an abstension mayor that I submitted to the department. >> Okay, they've been recorded and motion still carries. Any comments from you? >> No, sir. >> Um, from me, just as usual, for those
that came out uh and expressed your concerns, thank you. I can encourage you to continue to do so. We'll work as best we can to make uh your quality of life here in the burrow as best as we possibly can. Um and with that, I'll entertain a motion.
>> Motion closed. >> Second. Ajourn. >> I have a motion and a second. All in favor state I. >> Opposed. >> Any abstensions. Motion carries. This meeting is adjourned. Have a great evening. Next meeting will be January 27th, 2026,
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