yep we're ready I'd like to open the meeting of the Township of Hamilton for Monday April 21st 2025 Please stand for the flag salute 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 Adequate notice of this meeting has been provided pursuant to the New Jersey open public meetings law by posting a notice of this meeting on the bulletin board in the municipal building and by transmitting notice of this meeting to
the press of Atlantic City the star ledger in the Atlantic County record on January the 8th 2025 Mr Cheek here Mr Patali here Dr Witherspoon here Mayor Shanker here Uh can we get a moment of silence
for private reflection please [Music] thank you Uh we'll start off with a couple guest presentations First we have the New Jersey Department of Trans Trans Transportation Transportation Thanks
Carl It's about the Route 4050 bridge over Great AR Egg Harbor project Floor is yours Wherever you want Um microphone would be probably be
better Okay great Sorry Apologize Yeah it's pretty easy You know it's gonna be Yeah All right Okay Good evening Mr Mayor Thanks council members members of the public My name is Brian Garbz I am work for
Dubberry Engineers I'm here on behalf of NJ DOT We're here to present to you about the Route 4050 bridge replacement over Great Egg Harbor With me tonight in front row I have Sandro Poku from community relations Jackie Se
Paula there he is the DOT project manager We have Muhammad Hussein He's the assistant project manager for DOT We have myself and also with me Baya Dixon He's the assistant PM for Dubberry So just want to let you know where this project stands We are nowhere
near finished In fact we've really just started So this diagram here shows NJ DOT's project delivery process So you can see we're really here at the beginning where we are in the concept development phase The idea of this part of the project is to develop a purpose
of need for the project identify what we have to show to you tonight is the preliminary preferred alternative to replace it Then it goes to DOT to see if it actually graduates to the next phase What would then happen is you would see the next phase in green which is called preliminary engineering That is where
the PPA the preliminary preferred alternative is further refined We expect that to start that spring of 2027 Once that phase is complete it goes to the purple which is final design That's when contract plan specifications are
developed for a contract to be bid We expect that to initiate in fall 2028 And finally construction would be in around the 2031 to 2033 time frame So as you can see we are very far away from this project going So it's good for us to get the
public involved in the early phases of the project So what we'll do is we'll go over the preliminary preferred alternative to show you the proposed improvements for the project Then we're going to walk you through how we envision this project being built so you can see what the impacts are going to be as this project
is advanced So what you see on this sheet here the top is a plan view and aerial of the area The bottom is a roadway profile We'll give you some close-ups on that because right now if uh you asked me to read any of those letters I would read none of them So first up is the existing bridge is
around 74 feet long We would replace it with a single span bridge essentially the same size So what you see is the blue is the proposed structure and there also some retaining walls on the side of it as well What you see in the orange box is an outline of the existing bridge
So you can see essentially we are keeping the new bridge in the same location as the existing but we are going to provide some improvements in the area First off the intersection right now is substandard with uh traffic signals and
pedestrian facilities So what will happen there will be some improvements at this intersection circled in blue are locations of new traffic signals And what you will also see at all four corners of the intersection those two white lines you will now have ADA ramps
at all four corners of the intersection Another improvement is it's tough to see with the pointer here I apologize but everyone I think knows how tight that right hand turn is from Route 40 and 50 onto River Drive So if you can see right now below the gray the black
there's a black curved line that represents the curb line where it is now You can see we are shifting that further away to improve that turn radius so that we don't have any more issues with trucks mounting the curbs And you know we've also realized when the traffic pole got hit back in 2017 with the the
Walmart truck and carried it halfway down River Drive what will be required for that work is a retaining wall along Maze Landing Marina that is not going to impact the operations or the ability for the owner to store boats Really we're going to maintain the existing slope as
it is there Just put a wall to accommodate the wider turn radius and the sidewalk Okay moving down here The only benefit of the profile here so this is basically as if you're looking at the bridge through the roadway Tough to see but
what this demonstrates is we're not raising the roadway at all It's staying where it is today So basically that there's a black line on top of a dash line that really just shows the roadway is going to stay today It's not going to get any higher So what you see on top is a
cross-section the existing bridge This is looking towards Maze Landing Marina from the west So the top half is the existing bridge Once again I apologize It's tough to see but that is now superimposed Down below is the proposed bridge which is going to be a same span
once again 73' 6 in It's going to be a pre-cast concrete superructure It's going to be a bit wider but all that widening as you can see will be to the left hand side of the screen which is to the north On the right hand side where you see the blue box we were conscious
to keep that facial line which is where the bridge limits are to be where they are today to limit the impacts to that marina and also keeping the roadway aligned with the intersection since it is very tight throughout the intersection at the out uh outside
limits of our project What you'll also notice is the beams that are out there now are about 8t deep We're going to come back with a much shallower superructure So basically the bottom of those beams if you saw the picture which you'll see again at the end where the bottom of those beams were
over the water very low clearance from the bottom of the beams to the water surface you're now going to get another 4 and 1/2 ft a little more than that additional clearance So that just allows some more opportunities for recreation recreational boats to go upstream of the
bridge All right so we're going to have a few slides here now showing you how the bridge is going to be constructed What you'll see on the top is what gets demolished in the stage What down below is what gets built So you'll see some blue boxes that should help out of what things are
looking like So the first two boxes on the roadway up top and also on the crosssection again that's repeated from what you saw in previous slides that shows where the traffic's going So basically in the first stage all that happens is traffic that's there today the two lanes will be moved to the
northern half of the structure So what that allows us to do is some partial demolition of the existing wing walls Really probably doesn't mean much to the people here but the only benefit to that is now when you go down below the bottom half of the the
drawing which shows construction you see that in the red we are going to put up a temporary pedestrian bridge that's going to accommodate pedestrians throughout construction The idea is to move it to the south It's a one-time move and it basically provides a maximum amount of
safety for pedestrians throughout construction and it also serves as a temporary structure that's going to carry the utilities There are aerial utilities and underground utilities on the north side Those will also be carried by that temporary bridge And you can see that once again in the
cross-section to the left You see that cross once again apologize that it's not working too well with pointer but it is there Okay So sorry I bumped I clicked too many ahead There we go Okay So that's
our first stage of construction Second stage Now all that traffic that was on the northern half now gets moved down to the southern half So in this stage we're going to shift that traffic And then now that pedestrian traffic as shown in green is
on that temporary bridge All that has to be done this first day for demolition is purely taking off the northern sidewalk because that's going to make room for the next step in this stage on the construction end is to build a temporary vehicular bridge It's going to carry both lanes of traffic
while we're building the bottom half of the structure So now going to the Sure got the temporary bridge It's going to carry two lanes of traffic Yes Yep All right So now the green means
traffic's on that temporary bridge up top now So now you'll see those traffic arrows are now all the way to the north on that green portion of structure shown on that cross-section on the upper left hand side So now all the vehicular traffic is there Pedestrians are now still at the bottom That creates a work
zone in the middle for the contract to do do the work So what happens here in the orange basically taking down all three of those main girders and the existing substructure to make room for a majority of the new portion of the
bridge And really simply we're going to construct as much bridge as we can at this stage that's going to now carry the those two lanes on temporary bridge And this stage will then be on that new bridge in the following stage And all the while that temporary pedestrian
bridge is still going to be operational So finally now we are in the fourth stage Traffic now shifted onto that blue portion of the bridge which is the newly constructed portion Now we have to go in and take out that temporary bridge and the temporary roadways that were also built with that And I apologize I think
I might have glossed over that We build the bridge We go back But you also see that going up to the bridge there's temporary roadway There will be retaining walls temporary that go along the edge of the roadway to provide that temporary bypass
road that goes along the top that leads to that green for the temporary bridge So once again that will now be removed along with those temporary approach roadways and then simply we go down and complete the remaining portion of the
structure and then the temporary bridge after that will be removed uh during a temporary traffic shift to the north So that is the summary of the presentation So if council members public anyone with
question the uh the temporary bridges will their elevation be the same as the existing bridge will that call okay so there won't be any anything lower when the construction's going on that we have to worry about people upstream not being able to get their boats out bridge will be probably the same depth as that's
what it looked like but I was just want to make sure excellent elevations you can't raise anything because of the intersection there's just no I have a question Sure The pedestrian bridge I don't know how it's constructed Could that stay and be a permanent thing
for pedestrians fishing and recreation as well well that's would be outside of that would be a little tougher from a rental standpoint It could be explored but that is going to be out There's a lot more that comes with acquisition of rights to be in the waterway Okay There's Thailand claims When you get
outside there there's a little more from a rightway standpoint because believe it or not somebody actually owns the out here Okay Believe it or not one thing I forgot to mention if it wasn't clear that we are maintaining both through lanes throughout construction So we aren't closing any
lanes during a project We looked at that early on Realized how congested the area can be There wasn't really any logical detours We looked at regional detours They're just very hard to enforce very hard to get people to follow and we realized that the only cut through if you had a detour would probably be
through local streets and that really just isn't viable So any type of construction that required any closures of the lanes we avoided Very good Any other questions thank you very much Appreciate you coming in giving us a heads up We got a
little bit of time to prepare but Okay It's like a great project Great And that after this the uh resolution support that comes next meeting for this Yes This one It's in there Yeah Okay Great Okay Thank you very much Thank you
Oh [Music] yeah Okay We'll have a land landfill redevelopment projects resource renewal Uh Jeff Day is going to give us an update on where we're at with that Yep I think so
Good evening everybody Um um thanks for inviting me Uh update on the landfill closure project Um the wrong way Okay So uh that's me Jeff Dy developer Also with us is uh Brian Amelius Brian is the LSRP He's the lead
uh environmental uh professional on the project Tonight's presentation is uh going to be quick I know you got a busy agenda but summary of the project status of where the project stands a regulatory update and our schedule update And then again just summarizing the redevelopment
as a whole which is uh pretty straightforward in summary So obviously the what we've been working on uh funding and getting our approval is the landfill remediation and closure That's the first step And our redevelopment
will be a groundmounted solar array Uh we have confirmed with the redeveloper we're going to go they're going to go for a community solar project which will benefit the residences and the businesses and the township with uh the price of energy uh for the production that we're looking at looking at about up to 5 megawatts right now and they did
an updated preliminary evaluation with uh Atlantic City Electric and there is capacity on the system uh which is positive So uh status of the project investigation is complete soil and groundwater conditions are defined and delineated in all directions Uh Brian
will speak to that a little bit The landfill closure remediation plans are complete and with the Pineel Commission for approval I have an update on that in a moment Uh landfill closure scope of work has been bid out to five heavy civil contractors Uh we've selected one We're working with them on finalizing
contracts and scopes once we get our final approvals in place Uh again coming update shortly Uh initial remedial updated groundwater sampling has been completed uh since uh we extended our last redevelopment Two full rounds of
all 34 wells Brian 30 Yeah 30 Uh and all the conditions are still the same We still have what rel is relatively a very minor impact on groundwater that you'd expect from a fairly large landfill like this uh which is part of the positive effects that have allowed us to go
through with our design of the uh permeable cap closure that's been approved by the Pinelands Um Pinelands has approved various steps along the way and then required some other things as we've gone as I'm sure that you folks are familiar with the Pineelands in a number of different projects Uh the
groundwater wells within the landfill closure area have recently been properly abandoned by New Jersey certified well driller so that they aren't you know any kind of an issue uh while we uh go forward with the closure uh they would be replaced at Brian's direction um as we would um get further into the project
or once we once we get the closures completed and we're toward the end of the physical closure activities This is a quick summary of the groundwater conditions I'm going to have Brian uh just kind of talk to you about this You can see uh the extent of the wells we have out there and uh
okay uh as Jeff indicated these are our series of groundwater monitoring wells that are inside and around the landfill itself The ones that are inside the blue box are the ones that Jeff uh indicated have been recently closed so we can when we go to do the redevelopment they don't
get damaged and uh destroyed And so that's why they've been sealed up and will be replaced It's a little tough to read on here but basically what this map shows you is uh contam I hate to use the word contaminants but things we found
that are above NGDP standards at the landfill and around the landfill But as you can see the the there's some compounds in MW5 on the south side of the landfill that are based they're petroleum products probably associated
with something like diesel fuel or heating oil But as you can see they're only found in the one well there And then to the south of that you don't see the same compound So what we call we say that they're delineated and they're not very extensive Groundwater flow at this
site is from more or less the northeast down to the southwest And um if you had a a significant issue at the site you would see those compounds in the wells that are located to the southwest of that and we don't So in the grand scheme
of things the landfill is very clean and um it's delineated The groundwater uh issues we do see are delineated and um again allowing us to proceed with the redevelopment We don't have any serious soil issues
either right um and with any landfill closure the these monitoring wells not all these wells will close wells that aren't needed anymore but it will be monitored continuously over time for at least 30 years post closure So this
project status Uh so draft landfill closure plans have been submitted to Pilence Commission and D The updated uh draft of the landfill closure plan was submitted in last year at this time in response to uh the pilots commission's comments Uh they gave approval of all
aspects of the of the of the design and submitt required a redheaded woodpecker study which we did and was completed Uh the PC uh did not accept our professionals submitt which indicated that it wouldn't be a detrimental and permanent uh endangerment to the habitat
for the woodpecker and requested that we uh redesign the closure to allow for a flight corridor around the development area Talk a little bit about that quickly So this is uh I don't have a point the pointer doesn't work on this one
So but anyway you can see this was our original plan where they wanted a 100 foot corridor and the lots to the right which I've talked about numerous times is uh are off the landfill lot but they have waste on them so they were impacted
That's the 5812 13 and 14 and we have access agreements in place with those right now But we were proposing a lesser than 100 ft and not on the uh east side of the landfill property because we know the nest was over on the west side they
did not accept that and so we uh went back and fought back and forth toward the middle of the end of next year and uh uh the mayor communicated with pence commission set up a meeting in uh mid December which we attended and they still didn't acquies to anything and so
we said okay we got to give up and redesign and um and uh you know give them basically what they're asking for with the corridor in order to do that uh the township was uh gracious enough to add into the mix or we had to add into the
mix 5815 which is the lot in the bottom right hand corner there And then this is sorry this is the new design You can see that we now have moved the basins that were down at the bottom there We moved them up made them a little smaller and
put them over on lot 15 which is that lot down in the bottom right hand corner The other basins are relatively the same on the west side We kind of brought some of the the area in a little bit and steepen that slope to provide for as much of the corridor over there as we
can We submitted this to the plans commission before we went forward with the design as a concept which they approved indicating that the corridor was satisfactory to them So um they now have uh this full plan in place and our
regulatory update Uh I got this last Thursday The pines commission has reviewed our updated landful closure plan and provided feedback and they uh the issue with the redesign was the basins were new We had to do new infiltration testing and they they have verified that our design is now
consistent with the stormwater management standards so that they could approve that So therefore now that all the components are complete um reviewed by the staff prior to the end of April uh we should be on the June 13th uh finance commission meeting for
commission So that's uh that's where things stand Um we don't have anything that we're missing at this point We got to get our 200 foot public notice out the door That's going to hopefully go out by the end of this week and then we'll be uh have met all the conditions of the Pineman's uh comm approval Uh
schedule update based on the current uh status Um we expect to have all our approvals in place and permits in place by the end of June early July Uh street opening updates to anything else we have which we'll be getting along the way here But uh the D has already reviewed
all phases of the plan even though you have to get Pineland's official approval first and then submit to the DP but they're kind of pre- ready if you will because they've looked at all the designs along the way and have consulted with us Uh so we're expecting realistically maybe it's 30 days They've
indicated two weeks but we'll see So that's why I'm saying June early July if we're on the 13th meeting So uh first t task would be to establish construction entrance from uh to to the property installation perimeter fencing and site
clearing Again we hope to start that either just before or right after the 4th of July holiday This is our schedule that's now attached to our redevelopment agreement And this schedule doesn't have any uh actual days on it I'll update this and
make it easier to to read uh it's just an elapse time from approval which is how the agreement reads Uh our next update will be we have a our agreement also indicates quarterly updates So we back in July at that point I should have a firm handle on uh the schedule
schedule events more clearly You can go through those and so that's what the objective is for us to provide to township at that next update in uh in July Um and at that point we would hopefully have all of our approvals and a definitive schedule to move forward
and complete We're still uh in working with the contractors anticipating a closure construction schedule of 9 to 12 months Um and the bottom that you see there that's groundwater monitoring over time Again we've already done the first two rounds of that So um that's uh
that's where things go Um the I I think I mentioned this the yeah the solar developer has confirmed that they're going to move forward with a community solar application and Atlantic City Electric has indicated that they have the capacity to uh to
allow um that's it That's my number and Brian's number if you have any other questions offline but happen to answer any questions of uh mayor the committee or the public at this point Thank you Jeeoff Anybody have any questions we're all good Thank you Jeff I
appreciate the update Looks like things are starting to move now Thanks Jeff Thank you All right we'll move to the next item on the agenda Um resignation of committeeman member Laws I want to read
Bobby's um Committeeman LS uh letter of resignation Uh dear members of the township committee due to an incredible career opportunity I'm writing formally to announce my resignation for my position as committeeman of the township of
Hamilton effective April 7th 2025 It's been a true honor and a privilege to serve the community that placed in their trust and and votes in me and me The experience of representing our township and working alongside with so many passionate dedicated committee
members has been incredibly rewarding I will forever be grateful for the opportunity to contribute to the growth and well-being of Hamilton Township I would like to extend my deepest appreciation to the staff particularly our HR director our business administrator our chief of police and
our township clerk Working with each of you has been inspiring and fulfilling experience Your professionalism commitment and teamwork have been invaluable in carrying out our shared mission While it is in with mixed emotions that I step down I am confident
that the township will continue to thrive under the leadership and support of all those involved Thank you again for the trust and the opportunity to serve I look forward to continuing to support h the township of Hamilton in whatever capacity I can moving forward Sincerely Robert
Laws With that um we have to replace committeeman laws Um I'll read you the letter we received from the Republican Municipal Committee You're Mayor Shanker and Mrs Martino Due to the resignation of Republican Bobby
Laws for Township Committee there is currently exist a vacancy on township committee The members of the Republican Municipal Committee assembled on April 12th 2025 pursuant to the municipal vacancy law The committee herewith submits the following three individuals
for consideration for appointment to by township committee to temporarily fill this vacancy until a successor is elected and certified Dr Warren Jerry Nelson Mary Joe Joe Keltz Alita M Graham If you have
any questions please contact me Thank you for your attention to this matter Richard Cheek Republican Municipal Chair So with that we have three names I would take a motion Motion Dr Nelson We have a motion for Dr
Nelson Second We have a second Any questions concerns rita can we get a roll call vote on this please mr Cheek yes Mr Patali yes Dr Witherspoon yes Mayor Shanker yes All yes and carry Thank you
We'll now have the oath of office administered Dr Jerry Nelson Commissioner Amy Gatau will do this for us Hello Amy How are you always nice to see you here Jerry your son looks
thrilled Try to control yourself Right Take it down a notch Little special Okay But that's what you're going to say Right hand on the Bible What is it Anthony oh I have I have He's a little older but
I have one They're awesome Right hand Right hand Anthony right hand me Uh first of all if I may uh Mr Mayor may it's always a pleasure to be here Um want to just uh take a moment to
um as we swear somebody else in uh to just uh send my condolences for Dr Buyers who passed away this this week and uh served this community um for a number of years We we flip-flopped uh coming in and out on township committee
um and uh had the chance to actually run against Dr Buyers a number of times and uh we always had really wonderful conversations despite being on opposite sides of the aisle So I just wanted to take a moment to uh to uh celebrate his life for a moment as we get ready to
celebrate another uh public servant here And Jerry I'm just so happy for you Um you have served our community so proudly on the Hamilton Township School Board for how many years now six years and served as the president for one Um and
just done such a fabulous job bringing in uh Dr Zto and um making so many wonderful changes in the district but still preserving what we love about the district So um kudos to your work and leadership there along with the other members of of the school board And I see several that are here tonight So um it's
great that you have that support So congratulations And With that let's make it official Raise that right hand and repeat after me I Dr Warren G I Dr Warren G Doly swear swear that I will support the Constitution that I will support the
Constitution of the United States of the United States and the Constitution and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey of the State of New Jersey and that I will bear true faith and allegiance truth to the same to the same and to the governments established to
the governments established in the United States in the United States and in this state and in this state under the authority of the people under the authority of the people I do further solemnly swear do further folly swear that I will faithfully that I will
faithfully impartially impartially and justly and justly perform all of the duties perform all duties of the township committ of the township committee member of the township committee member of the township of Hamilton of the township of Hamilton for
the term of for the term of April 21st 2025 21st 2025 until the results of the results of the November 4 2025 election the November 425 election are certified are certified according to the best of
my ability according to the best of my ability so help you so help me congratulations [Applause]
You don't get to go He's signing He's signing there And then you do the rest of that one And then these this is extra extra Keep I'm now extra like you have to sign three times because you weren't on the
[Music] Yeah Good seeing Amy Good to see you Amy you too Arthur Yeah Mhm Yeah
Nice Welcome aboard Congratulations Welcome aboard doctor It seems as though um you have to have a doctor to sit up here So
I got to get working on mine soon All right I have to do a little bit of um housekeeping here Um and I'm just going to real quick read off of the department co-chairman's uh had to switch things around because of some conflicts but and and uh add
some people in because of uh committeeman loss um leaving the deis So the um administration and finance will be myself and committeeman cheek Uh public works will be Dr Jerry Nelson and Dr Thelma
Witherspoon Uh public safety will be myself and and committeeman Carl Patali Planning and zoning will be Dr Dr Thelma Witherspoon and committeeman Richard Cheek Special league events and recreation will be uh Carl Patali and Dr
Jerry Nelson Okay We have no additions or deletions of late agenda items to be considered Uh public early public comment on agenda items excluding items listed for public hearings We have no one signed signed up
Thank you 2025 budget a resolution authorizing the local examination of the 2025 municipal budget I'll entertain a motion to move this resolution So move Second A motion We
have a second Any questions or comments we need a roll call vote please Yes Nelson yes Yes Yes Shanker yes
Uh Mr Solicitor Yes ma'am Is um Dr Nelson is does can he what I'm not I'm not sure what he can be involved in because he wasn't at the last meeting as far as voting wise He can participate This is good Okay
Thank you Um B resolution authorizing the 2025 municipal budget to be read in title title only Rita Resolution authorizing Township of Hamilton 2025 budget to be read by title
only Whereas NJSA4A 4-8 provides that the budget be read by title only at the time of the public hearing If a resolution is passed by not less than a majority of the full governing body providing that at least one week prior to this date of hearing a
complete copy of the approved budget as advertised has been posted in the municipal building and copies have been made available by the clerk to persons requesting them And whereas these two conditions have been met now therefore be it resolved by the governing body of the township of Hamilton that the 2025
budget shall be read by title only So moved Second We have a motion We have a second Any questions or comments read it We do a roll call vote please Mr Chief yes Dr Nelson yes Mr Pati yes Dr
Witherspoon yes Shanker yes Yes Thank you Uh C Public hearing on the 2025 municipal budget I'd open this up to the public Anybody in the public like to speak move to close public Second a motion in
a second to close the public portion of the municipal budget Excuse me Uh any questions comments all those in favor signify by saying I I All those opposed The eyes have it We'll move to E Adoption of the
2025 municipal budget So moved Second We have a motion We have a second Any questions or comments hearing none Rita can you give me a roll call vote please mr Chief yes Dr Nelson yes Mr Yes Dr Williamson yes Shanker yes
All yes and adopted Thank you Uh we'll move on to eight discussions Formal action may be taken This is uh chief of police extra duties and basically what we're talking about here is moving the oversight of the Florida fire departments under the
township administrator Sure uh and moving oversight of recreation and youth services to the township administrator which currently are under the chief of police Uh this is for us to give approval for a change in the
ordinance Mayor for the proceedings in the record uh Dr Nelson did recuse himself on this matter Okay Thank you We want to um so we just need to tell you yes we want to do this and move forward Yes mayor If I may address this
this is essentially uh to move two uh issues or or two uh both recreation and the fire department that is currently under the chief of police It's my understanding that it's going to be moved back to the administrator under his role As of right now recreation under the code is under the
administration administrator It was delegated but the fire department and the responsibilities are under the chief of police So we need authorization by the day as the governing body to be able to draft the ordinances There going to be at least one ordinance and we have to mend as well as at least two parts of the code to move that duty back to the
administrator if you would so like All right Do we need a uh vote on this or just a I would like a vote Okay I don't know if we need a motion We had to do the motion first right because I have a question too We can address questions We can address questions Go
ahead We can address it Uh paragraph two unless I'm reading it wrong it's it states that the chief of police shall be have oversight and a lison for the uh emergency management coordinator fire departments and rescue
squad that they he shall have the lison May I thought we were moving it to the administrator May I address that may I yes please The committee chief So that's how it's written as of now So you're giving me permission to change that Okay So that's not the proposed that's
current ordinance in the current code that's being offered Okay So that will be changed correct yes To change it from the chief of police to the Not a problem Okay I have a question mayor Sure I just would like to know We've
given um our township administrator additional duties Uhhuh But he doesn't have contract So how are we going to address that because I just don't think it's fair to
continue to give him extra work and he doesn't have a contract I think we'll address that Move this over so that it'll all be part of that You mean once this is done right then his list of duties will be cleared and
we'll base his contract on that All right Redo his job description Yes This is the first step Okay I just wanted to bring that up No that's fine Absolutely All right Thank you Mhm Any other
questions i'll entertain a motion Motion Second Motion second to go ahead with the change in the ordinance Um we can we get a roll call vote please
mr Chief yes Yes Yes Yes Thank you Okay Can we get We're going to need like a little button or something All right We do It's a good idea Get it on it
There's there he is There he is You can push that Don't push that button Welcome back Thanks Okay Yeah I did Yeah So number nine public hearings and abdoption board We
have none We'll move on to 10 Introduction of ordinances Public hearing to be held May 5th 2025 A is an ordinance 21101-2025 An ordinance amending to chapter 102 section six of the build code of township of Hamilton regarding
hours of operation uh liquor licensed businesses Mr Solicitor would you like to give us a little background on this please yes Thank you mayor If the governing body recalls this was discussed at our last meeting Uh and the chief police had the opportunity to speak during that meeting
regarding the uh wish to change uh the closing time from 4 a.m down to 2:00 a.m in a coordination with a uh majority of the rest of state uh for public health concerns Um and for the public's reminder this will be on for a final
reading or second reading on May 5th 2025 Okay Does anybody have any questions a motion Have a motion Second We have a second Questions or concerns hearing none Rita could we do a
roll call vote please mr Chief yes Dr Nelson yes Mr Yes Dr Withers Yes Shaker Yes Thank you 11 Award of bids contracts and change orders
Uh a resolution approving a change order fiscal year 2023 Safe Streets Transit Program Park Road sidewalk project to Charles Marendino LLC for the increase amount of $3,142.20
So move We have a motion Second Second Any questions comments i have one question Mr Engineer is this the last of it this is it Close out Sir I believe so
I saw I saw that So I'm assuming right this is it Okay Very good Uh Rita can we get a roll call vote please mr Chief yes Dr Nelson yes Dr Witherspoon yes Mayor Shanker yes Four Yes One extension Thank you Uh B
Resolution authorizing the purchase of an F50 or Ford E450 type 3 base ambulance remount from VCI Emergency Vehicle Specialist through Houston Galveston area Council Cooperative Purchasing Program not to
exceed $249,88267 So move We have a motion Second We have a second There any questions or comments used to buy a fire truck for that Not
anymore Uh what used to this is from last year's budget that should be noted This was something that we we introduced last year for capital They're just getting to order it this year because they already had one out for remount They didn't want to have them both out at the same time Right
This is something we started a few years back remounting our ambulances and stuff which is saving us I know 250,000 sounds like a lot of money but it's actually saving us money because a new one goes what around half a million Uh Rita could we get a roll call vote please mr Chief
yes Dr Nelson yes Mr Pati yes Dr Witherspoon yes Mayor Shanker yes Thank you consent agenda We have items A through G I would like to make a motion on the
consent agenda 12 A to 12 to G Okay we have a motion We have a second Second We have a second Are there any questions or comments hearing none All those in favor signify by saying I I All those opposed The eyes have
it Uh excuse me Um 13 personnel accept resignation of John Applicate HPC class C member four-year term expiring 123125 effective immediately
We get a motion Motion second motion We have a second All those in favor signify by saying I I All those opposed The eyes have it B Appoint Carol Picket Young to fill the class C HPC
member vacancy for 4-year term expiring 12 3128 She's currently serving as an alternate one I'm sorry Go ahead So move A motion Second We have a second Any questions
hearing no questions All those in favor signify by saying I I All those opposed The eyes have it Approvals Minutes Regular meeting minutes of March 17 2025 So move Second We have a motion We have a second
Are there any questions or comments all those in favor signify by saying I I All those opposed We have four yeses and an assumption Okay Minutes Uh regular meeting minutes April 7th 2025
So move Second A motion We have a second Any questions or comments hearing none All those in favor signify by saying I I All those opposed The eyes have it Minutes Executive session meeting minutes April 7th 2025
So moved Second We have a motion We have a second Any questions comments read a roll call vote please Yes Dr Nelson Same Yes
Yes Shanker Yes Thank you Um I'm going to split the bill list because of a conflict The first part of this it will still come to a total of 7,748,562 Um so we'll look for approval
for $154,9716 That's two No this is the first one Rich Yeah Okay Motion Second We have a second Any questions comments read a roll call vote please Mr
Chief yes Dr Nelson Abstain Mr Patale Abstain Dr Witherspoon Yes Shanker Yes Three Yes To abstension Motion carries Thank you
Okay So the remainder is $6,593,59946 So move Second We have a motion We have a second Any questions concerns rita can we do a roll call vote for this too please mr Chief yes Dr Nelson abstain
Mr Vitali yes Dr Witherspoon yes Shanker Yes Thank you Yes One extension reports Mr Administrator I just real quick wanted to thank Officer Wade Smith for putting the uh DOT presentation together for us And other than that
that's all I have Okay Mr Solicitor Nothing this time Mayor Thank you Thank you Mr Engineer Very good Township committee members Dr Witherspoon Yes I would like to report that I did attend the Atlantic County
Municipal Officials meeting uh at Martin's Restaurant It was very nice Uh their next meeting they only meet a few times a year Uh the next meeting will be on June the 13th location to be announced Um they had someone and I've
left a card in my card from the Red Cross uh they had a representative from the county to talk about um the programs that the county um offers u to the public So it was a very very good meeting and um I also would like to
thank uh committeeman u deputy mayor uh Carl Cataly and committeeman Dr Nelson for coming to the Easter egg hunt on Saturday It was very nice It's not the
first one in the district but it was the first one that I sponsored and helped sponsor and it turned out to be nice We had over 200 children and it was just family and fun It was just good to see the kids out there having a great time
So I want to thank you for that support and um it was already said um Bill um Buyers who passed away certainly I was very sad about that and um our prayers and thoughts is with his wife Janet's and his children and I know that
they're having his celebration of life services on this weekend So we just ask everyone to keep his family in your prayers Thank you Thank you Deputy mayor Um kudos to Dr Witherspoon for what she
did on Saturday for the uh Easter egg hunt Um her and I was were talking on Saturday and I talked about I remember when I was a kid we had it at Underh Hill Park I don't remember who sponsored it but uh it was always a good time and it kind of disappeared for quite a long time So it's nice that somebody did that
and uh the weather was fantastic You had a great day So good job doing that Um Bill Buyers it's sad to see him go Uh he was a really good guy Um I've been friends with Clint for a long time his son and uh it's
um prayers are to to him and their family Um you know I had a local business here and and loved the town and served served everybody here by being up here on committee and and other things that he's done So sad to see him go
Um thank you to Bobby Laws for what you did Um best of luck to your endeavor on as why you couldn't be up here anymore So best of luck to you Thank you for doing what you did It's it's uh it takes a lot
to jump in and run a campaign and ask for votes and all that stuff and then sit up here and do all that work So kudos to him for doing that And like I said best of luck and uh like to say thank to John thanks to John Applegate for his time on HPC Um another person
that that steps up and and uh got involved for as long as he could but uh work gets in the way there too Um one last thing April 25th is uh parental alienation awareness day Um I bring this try to bring this up every year so just
think about that April 25th Um a lot of lot of parents out there that don't have their kids in their lives for a stupid reason Um we'll leave it at that But
uh Reagan hi Maddie Miss you Love you And I hope to see you soon Very good This the first time you ever got like a response from Yeah right Well she was sticking her tongue at me earlier We'll have words after this too
Mayor Cheek Uh my thoughts go out to the buyer's family as well I was fortunate We lived down the street from each other for the last 43 years Was a real gentleman Bobby and I ran against him last year and in different social functions that we would be at He was
great to be around and my thoughts are with the family Also on Saturday uh the sustainability team had a cleanup on Cologne Avenue And it's just amazing that the year 2025 the stuff you pick up
and how everyone is still littering at the red light while they're sitting there Please anyone just keep it in your car throw it in the trash can at Wawwa And that's all I have Thank you for the first time Dr Nelson Hi sir Um I want to
say thank you to everybody who uh supported me over the last few years between all my different endeavors and people that helped me get to this spot and will continue to support me Thank you to the wife for letting me do this and uh wait till next year Yeah
that'll change right and um I want to say thank you to all my friends family that have showed up to support me Um I do appreciate it Some of you driven a long ways to come here for tonight and thank you very much And I also wanted to call out what Carl talked about the
April 25th Gren I have a good friend that is affected by this and it's just unbelievable what has happened to him and just uh what appears to be a court with no common sense um when just the stories that he's telling me about what
happens to him on a daily basis So uh things have to change and any support you can get towards that it goes a long way um to fix some of the things that are wrong in that um with the way we treat parents and their parental rights across the board Other than that I want
to say thank you and um I thank you for all your trust you're putting in me I appreciate it Very good Thank you Um so first of all I'd like to uh congratulate Dr Nelson It's going to be great having you up here Uh we expect a lot from you so don't disappoint Yeah Um I also like
to thank uh Committeeman Bobby Laws He did a great job He is still a major part of this community Uh I wish him well in his next uh career uh which kind of in did not fit well with this so he had to move on and I'm I'm sad to see it but I'm also glad to see Jerry here at the
same time So I look forward to all the things we'll be able to do together Uh I'd like to thank Diane Fox and and the uh senior uh committee Uh they did a health fair this uh not this past weekend but the weekend before Did a great job A lot of information Um takes
a lot of work to put that together and and I can't thank them enough Really did a fantastic job Um also I had the absolute pleasure of running against Dr Buyers um couple elections ago and uh
the word gentleman kind of says it all He's just a class act Was always a class act Uh you never had to worry about uh things getting down and dirty cuz he wouldn't allow it wouldn't have it So it was uh you know I think no matter which side of the aisle you sit on you want to
have uh the best for the township and you know we don't have to be nasty with each other to get there So um what a pleasure What a great man Uh let's see what else did I do went to Pittsburgh last weekend but that's not important uh the police awards Um
one of my favorite nights of the night of the year We sit I sit over here and and listen to all the awards being given out to the uh not only officers but all the first responders and even some folks in the public Uh some courageous and heroic people that did some nice things
for other people and uh something I look forward to You know we don't really know what the police do so to speak you know they're out there they do their job and this is when you find out what they did that was above and beyond what they're what they're supposed to do And you know not a lot of people at work do that You
guys do it on a regular right so thank you for that Thank you for inviting me I I enjoyed it immensely Uh with that I'm going to open up to public comment Anybody in the public i'm just just one thing We forgot to announce May 3rd
Sustainable Green at Orest and that's going to start at 10:00 a.m They do an excellent job every year That's great And I just forgot to we forgot to say something Thank you I appreciate that Uh anybody in the public like to
speak jim I'm going to miss Bobby Laws very much Then then again Jerry congratulations Thanks Jim And uh it'll be a wonderful uh year Thanks
Until November anyway and see how the election turns out Agree So there's three three open seats now instead of the instead of two So
and see what happens Thank you sir Thank you Jim Anyone else from the public like to speak move to close public Second Motion We have a second All those in favor i All those
opposed Okay We will adjourn to executive session Chief of Police promotional process is what we're going to be discussing I do not believe we are coming out with any uh there may be formal action Okay All right There may be formal action for any of those who
want to hang around You just can't just can't hang around here Um make a motion to go in Second All those in favor i All those opposed the eyes have it We are in open session Uh Rita you have a resolution you'd like
to read to us we're going to make sure some nobody's out there He's got to let them back in Okay Thanks Mr Solicer Call and I second Yes I mean deputy
mayor Yes Thank you The resolution to appoint Anthony Alcott as chief police of counc resolved by counsel to appoint Anthony Alcott as
chief of police A salary can be set subject to the salary range establish chapter 66 of the code of counc effective July 1st 2025 at 9:00
a.m be further resolved The township administrator is hereby authorized to negotiate agreement with chief final approval of the township committee Motion Very good motion Second We have a
motion We have a second Any questions or concerns hearing none Rita can we do a roll call vote on this please mr Cheek yes Mr Yes Dr Witherspoon Yes Mayor Shanker Yes
Thank you I'll accept a motion to adjurnn So move So move Second Motion We have a second Any questions concerns hearing none All those in favor i All those opposed eyes have it Thank you everyone