But whatever you need. She showed me how to do it. Thank you. Bless you. Got my system fixed just in time. You didn't go out running this day two of the season. And what summer started
on the 21st year? Did I say it was 90 something today? Wow. Yeah, it was really I was glad. I don't know. Last year I didn't do too bad. I didn't have upstairs running, but the downstairs was working fine,
but uh I am absolutely pleased that I got that done. Yeah, it's 95 right now. I'm gonna call his name and then take pretty good. coming up.
Put it on my calendar. Maybe make that one. [Music] There we go. Please rise for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge 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. [Music] Hello. Good evening. This regular meeting of the township council is being held in accordance with the schedule of the meetings of the township council
established and adopted by the township council which schedule designated the time and date and place of this meeting. Adequate public notice of this meeting has been provided pursuant to the provisions of the open public meetings act. We are using electronic amplifying recording advice in order to obtain a clear and audible record and request
those wishing to speak be recognized and state your name address directly into the microphone. The according advice be certainly utilized by the township clerk's office for the preparation minutes and shall be the official record of the township council meetings. Madam clerk, may I have the roll call, please? Mr. here. Mrs. Albreight Troxel
here. Mrs. Grace Love here. Mr. Nash here. Mrs. Walters here. Mrs. Wyers, she's on vacation. Mr. Marcato, present. Mr. Carlamir here. Mr. Cartis, he's on vacation. Chief Harkkins here. Mr. McIll here. Mrs. Eric here.
We now have our first public comment. Anyone interested in making any comments on agenda items only? Each speaker is entitled to three minutes. They may speak one time. There's a total of 15 minutes for this first public portion and council will respond to any comments or questions after the the public
comment period has ended. Anyone wish to speak on any agenda items? Seeing none, we'll close the public comment bid report 2025 road improvement program. May I have a motion to accept the bid report? I'll move it. Second.
Is there a second? Second. Okay. On the question. Roll call, please. Mr. Minion? Yes. Mrs. Albury Troxel? Yes. Mrs. Grace Love? Yes. Mr. Nash? Yes. Mrs. Walters? Yes. Mr. Marcato? Yes. Next is the ordinance of second reading. There will
be a public hearing. Ordinance 0-25-17. Ordinance of the township of Gloucester, county of Camden, state of New Jersey. dedicating a portion of township property block 183 I'm sorry okay 18301 lot 102 to serve as
extension of Independence Boulevard to County Highway Cross Keys Road now open up the public hearing anyone wish to speak on this seeing none we'll close the public hearing entertain a motion I'll make that motion is there a second on the
question roll call please Mr. Mongan yes Mrs. Aubrey Troxel. Yes. Mrs. Grace Love. Yes. Mr. Nash. Yes. Mrs. Walters. Yes. Mr. Marcato. Yes. Next is the ordinance of first reading and introduction. There will be a hearing at its second reading. Ordinance
0-25-118. Ordinance vacating a portion of Bringhurst Avenue in the township of Gloucester, County of Camden, state of New Jersey. May I have a motion, please? I'll make that motion. Is there a second? A second on the question. Roll
call, please. Mr. Minion, yes. Mrs. Albreight Troxel, yes. Mrs. Grace Love, yes. Mr. Nash, yes. Mrs. Walters, yes. Mr. Marcato, yes. Next is our consent agenda. Any council member like to have any item removed from the consent agenda, please speak up.
Hearing none, I entertain a motion to accept the consent agenda as presented. I'll second. All right. Thank you. on the question. Roll call, please. Mr. Minion, yes. Mrs. Alre Troxel, yes. Mrs. Grace Love, yes. Mr. Nash, yes. Mrs.
Walters, yes. Mr. Marcato, yes. Resolution 244, resolution of the township council of the township of Gloucester County of Camden, state of New Jersey, rescending resolution R-25, col06-228 entitled Resolution of the Township
Council of the Township of Gloucester, County of Camden, State of New Jersey, adopting the 2025 calendar year budget as amended. May I have a motion, please? So move. Second. on the question.
Roll call, please. Mr. Minion, yes. Mrs. Albury Troxel, yes. Mrs. Grace Love, yes. Mr. Nash, yes. Mrs. Walters, yes. Mr. Marcato, yes. Resolution 245, resolution to amend the 2025 budget of the Township of Gloucester County of
Camden, state of New Jersey. Whereas the local municipal budget for the year 2025 was introduced on the 14th day of April, 2025. And whereas the public hearing held on the 12th day of May 2025 on said budget
has been held as advertised. And whereas it is desired to amend said approved budget which does not require advertisement. Now therefore be it resolved by the township council of the township of Gloucester County of Camden that the following amendments to the approved
budget of 2025 be made. General revenues. Number three, miscellaneous revenues. Section A, local revenues. Interest on investments and deposits, sheet four, from $457,000 to $550,000.
57,000. Anticipated utility operating surplus sheet four from $1 million to $900,000. Dedicated sewer utility budget. Number 10, dedicated revenues from sewer
utility operating surplus anticipated sheet 31 from 1 million to1,26,300. Connection fees sheet 31 from $134,500 to $270,000. Sewer utility capital surplus sheet
31,300,000 to $728,200. Utility interest income on investments sheet 31 from $0 to $200,000. Total sewer utility revenues sheet 31 from $7,935,000
to $7,725,000. 11 appropriations for sewer utility operating other expenses. Sheet 32 from 3,586,400 to $3,476,400. Surplus general budget sheet 33 from 1 million to $900,000.
Total sewer utility appropriation sheet 33 from 7,935,000 to 7,725,000. Be it further resolved that the certified copy of the resolution be filed forth with in the office of the director of local government services
for certification of the local municipal budget so amended. May I have a motion please? I'll make that motion. Second on the question. Roll call, please. Mr. Mun. Yes. Mrs. Aubrey Troxel, yes. Mrs. Grace Love, yes. Mr. Nash, yes. Mrs.
Walters, yes. Mr. Marcato, yes. Resolution 246, resolution of the township council of the Tancher, County of Camden, state of New Jersey, adopting the 2025 calendar year budget as amended. May I have a motion, please?
Second on the question. Roll call, please. Mr. Mone, yes. Mrs. Aubrey Troxel, yes. Mrs. Grace Love, yes. Mr. Nash, yes. Mrs. Walters. Yes. Mr. Marcato. Yes. Resolution 247, resolution of the township council of the township Mclustster County of Cam
Camden, New Jersey, authorizing the in issuance and sale of up to 32,415,000 of general obligation bonds series 2025 of the Townshipbook Loster making certain covenants to maintain the exemption of the interest on said bonds
from federal income taxation and authorizing such further their actions and making such determinations as may be necessary or appropriate to affectuate the issuance and sale of the bonds. May I have a motion, please? So move. Second
on the question. Roll call, please. Mr. Minion, yes. Mrs. Aubrey Troxel, yes. Mrs. Grace Love, yes. Mr. Nash, yes. Mrs. Walters, yes. Mr. Marcato, yes. Resolution 248. Resolution of the township council of the township of Gloucester County of Camden State of New
Jersey authorizing the issuance and sale of up to 2,285,500 of refunding bond anticipation notes of the township of Gloucester state of New Jersey making certain covenants to maintain the exemption of the interest on said notes from federal income
taxation and authorizing such further actions and making such determinations as may necessary or appropriate to affectuate the issuance and sale of the notes. May I have a motion, please? I'll make that motion. Second on the
question. Roll call, please. Mr. Minion, yes. Mrs. Albreight Troxel, yes. Mrs. Grace Love, yes. Mr. Nash, yes. Mrs. Walter, yes. Mr. Marcato, yes. Next is our GTE gov access emails. We did not receive any GTE gov access emails. We'll
now go to our second public comment. Uh this is for items that the public wishes to discuss. Each speaker is entitled to five minutes. They may speak one time and there's 30 minutes total during this public comment portion. Anyone like to speak? Miss Corin followed by Mr. Burns.
Good evening. Good evening. I'm following up on the council's handling of the proposed redevelopment of the Nike base by the Michael's organization and the responses provided at the last meeting to eight questions I raised on May the 28th. While some qu questions
were answered, several were not accurate and important legal and procedural issues remain unresolved. This is not about whether I read the agenda closely enough. It's not about whether council asking acting as the redevelopment entity followed proper
legal procedures under the local redevelopment and housing law. When council acts in that role, especially involving township owned land, it must do so formally and publicly. That did not happen here. A resolution designating an interim or conditional
redeveloper should have been the subject of a public discussion before any vote. It wasn't and that failure is not the fault of the public. Designating a conditional redeveloper is not routine. It should have never been placed on a consent agenda without
discussing. Doing so sidestep transparency and shortcircuited public accountability. At a minimum, it appears this process did not comply with the public process the law envisions for redevelopment actions involving township owned land. At the
last meeting, the council president said the agenda was posted and that residents had an opportunity to ask questions. It that's gaslighting. It shifts the blame to the public for not reacting to an action that wasn't properly presented. So, I'm asking, whose
responsibility is it to ensure agenda items are posted appropriately and according to the law? Who decided this redevelopment resolution belonged on a consent agenda? Because I know it wasn't me. I would like that question answered.
I also want to address the township solicitor's role. At the May 28th meeting, he said he would respond to my questions at the next meeting, but no answers were provided to me beforehand. not before the meeting started and not up to the second public portion. That
forced me to use my only public comment time just to follow up what I had already been told would be addressed. That is what I objected to and also what I tried to prevent. And when the responses were finally given, the council president provided them and the
solicitor simply agreed with the responses. Did the solicitor actually provide or contribute to those answers? I also asked whether council members received a copy of the Michael's organization proposal. The council president said he did, but also said I
can't speak for anyone else. I did not ask him to speak for anyone else. I clearly asked whether council members received a copy of the proposal. That question still hasn't been answered and it matters. Whether council received the proposal
and when goes directly to whether council knew what they were voting to approve when they p passed the consent agenda. So again, when and where did council meet as the redevelopment entity to review and discuss the Michael's proposal before adopting resolution
R253-106? Has every council member received a copy of the proposal? And if so, when and how was it delivered? This wasn't a routine idol. It involves township owned land at a politically connected developer. It should have been discussed openly as a
redevelopment matter, not quietly slipped into a list of routine approvals. And while the council president stated that no development scenario has been finalized, that does not change the fact that the mayor publicly announced a partnership with
the Michael's organization at the business breakfast before any public discussion or acknowledgement by this council. At a minimum, residents should be able to expect that this council follows the law, conducts conducts business in the open, and answers public
questions respectfully and completely without gaslighting or shifting blame. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Burns. Good evening, council. Good evening. Uh Brian Burns, Sawwood Drive. Uh I want to
get an update on the Merry property. Is there a closing date on that matter? Um and the other question I had was is the township has a current ordinance for tree removal and replacement. Um I perude this the website, but I didn't
see it there, which is not to say the township does not have one. Several weeks ago, I distributed a D template that towns can use for that purpose. So, I guess uh two questions really. Um the update on the Murray closing and whether
the township has a tree removal replacement ordinance and if not, do they plan to uh have one sometime in the future? Thank you for your time. Thank you. Is there anyone else? Okay.
Guess who made a decision in my life? I need your name. Bonita Morrison. It's actually Bonita Joy Morrison. They call me Joy. So Ice don't get me. No, I'm just kidding. Okay. I've just come to a
realization after all these years of sitting in the audience begging for a street that I'm never going to get. If you can't beat them, join them. So I'm here to announce my candidacy for next year. It's going to take me a year. You know, get out there, glad hand, kiss
babies, the whole bit. And I'm pretty good at that kind of stuff and I still have a few good years in left in me. So if anybody is stepping back or thinking about resigning or anything like that
and you want to mentor somebody, I'm here. Meanwhile, I'll get got it. Thank you very much. Okay. Thank you for that announcement. You're welcome. Is there anyone else? Seeing none, we'll close the uh public comment period.
Miss Coin had referred to questions uh from the last meeting and also from the last meeting at the end of May and the eight questions that she forwarded uh or had asked council at that May meeting and those questions were
answered at the last meeting by myself. Um and I'll restate some of the questions that were asked. Uh you also had say that process was not we did not comply with process.
Uh a conditional approval was provided by council. this developer still would have to go in front of the redevelopment entity and still would have to go in front of the planning board.
Uh, as far as who posts the agenda and who's responsible for it, on Thursday afternoon, I receive a draft of the agenda uh that the clerk puts together and I approve that agenda and that
agenda is forwarded to uh my colleagues on council and then it is posted there. Uh so re regarding who decided uh what's placed on the agenda, I decide the agenda. I okay the agenda and it moves
forward with it. Anyone who likes to have any item removed or discussed on that agenda, any of my colleagues can do so. Uh and again that was posted on the township's website for people to review and that was at the second meeting in
March. Uh, did council receive the packet? I'm I I know that I received the packet. If any council members from that time period or would like to discuss or has viewed it, uh, please speak up if you want to. Uh,
but I know that I received it. I can't speak for everybody here. Uh, again, that was on our agenda. If anyone has any questions regarding that, they can contact me or they could speak to the business administrator or if they have any questions u any other person that
can direct them in that uh direction. Okay. So, Michaelels is a developer. Miss Corn made a comment about a politically connected developer. So, we had a politically connected piece of land uh off of 42 that was a farm that was
bought by a hospital years ago and people were upset about who chair who's the chairman of the board of that particular hospital. That parcel of land was farmland assessed and we brought about $6,000 in farmland assessed taxes
for a 60 acre site. That particular site right now is the largest taxpayer in the district and it happens to house the Gloucester Township Premium Outlets. Uh so the Nike parcel has stood vacant for
many many many years. Here's an opportunity uh to do something with that. This organization responded to it uh for expression of interest and the uh council here moved forward to give a conditional uh approval and they will
move forward in the redevelopment process through the re redevelopment entity and the planning board. Uh Mr. Karma, do you want to address what Miss Coin had indicated regarding questions and did you review those questions or
you just okayed what I said? I reviewed the your questions. I had an opportunity to review your format and I listened to your format of responses and I think the response that you gave was right on to the type of response that I would have provided to Mrs. Coin which I did tell her at the prior meeting that I would
give it at the next council meeting which I was prepared to do so. And I think the uh response that you just gave, Michael's organization responded to a request for expression of interest. they are still at that negotiating uh point and deciding how it's going to
proceed. When it comes to something that they're prepared to do, they'll definitely go before the redevelopment entity. Thank you. Mr. Burns uh asked for an update on the Murray property. So, the good news is
we're targeting mid July uh for a completion. We have uh some updates that we're working with with the title company. Uh there's some also changes in the uh deed document and everything has been being reviewed. It looks very positive for mid July.
Okay. Uh Mr. Burns also provided some information to us uh a few weeks ago or a couple months ago regarding tree removal and replacement ordinance. Is that something you can look up for us and see? But also the information that he provided us as well. Right. That if I
recall correctly was an initiative uh through the state of New Jersey. Yeah. And can I make a comment at the planning board? It was also brought up I I brought it up about tree replacement. We don't have anything at this point, but we're looking at doing something in the
future. Thank you, Councilwoman. And Miss Marson, thank you for your comments. Again, uh now, uh polling of directors. Mr. Carl, I have nothing to comment. Chief Harkkins, nothing to report. Mr. Miguel, nothing to add. Thank you, Mrs. Zarrett,
nothing to report. Mr. Jan, good luck to the township Little League teams as they start their quest for all-star tournaments and everyone have a great week and stay cool. Mrs. Abridge, stay as cool as you can and keep out of the sun as much as you can. It's a dangerous thing these days and have a
good evening. Mrs. Grace love. Uh um we had the Junth uh celebration this weekend, Saturday, and I wanted to just thank the police department and all the uh personnel and staff, the committee, everyone that put the event together and
kept it safe. Um it was an enjoyable event and I appreciate our township for celebrating Junth this year for this second this is second annual Junth and everyone have a great week, a great day. Mr. Nash, thanks for coming out and
have a good week. Miss Walters, uh, thank you for coming out and have a great week. Mr. Marcato, I want to thank everyone for coming out this evening. Uh, thank the uh the folks that put together uh Junth through the mayor's
office and and thank for the public works and the police department um for making that event move forward. I do appreciate it. Um it was a nice event and we hope to make it a little bit bigger as as the years
go on. Um but thank you very much for your participation in that. Uh please everyone have a safe and happy 4th of July. And with that I entertain a motion to adjurnn. Is there a second? Second. All those in favor I have a great evening everyone.
That's right. is there.