Good evening everyone. >> Uh where you at Ched? Where's Judy's seat? >> Okay. >> Uh good evening everyone. Uh this meeting is being held with the benefit of public notice as required by the open
public meetings act. Madame clerk, would you call the role? >> Mr. Caribelli >> here. >> Miss Phillips >> here. >> Mr. Whan >> here. >> Mr. Capro here. >> Mr. Ty >> here. Uh would everyone please rise for the flag salute and the invocation?
>> I pledge allegiance 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. >> May please bow our heads.
Dear God, watch over our township and our nation. Let us continue to be guided by the principles of integrity and authenticity to the public that attends tonight's meeting and in all our dealings with the community. In this we pray. Amen.
>> Amen. >> Okay. At this time, we are going to recess as the township council and convene as the board of health. Do I have a motion to adjourn and reconvene? >> I'm sorry. I'll make a motion.
>> Second, >> Madame Clerk. >> Mr. Caravelli. >> Yes. >> Miss Phillips. >> Yes. Mr. Whan. >> Yes. >> Mr. Pharaoh. >> Yes. >> Mr. Tash. >> Yes. >> Okay. Kathy, take it away. had to excuse himself for one second.
>> Quite all right. >> Talk about being blinded by the light. >> No. >> Yeah, there isn't another shade I can pull down there. >> H, we're good. >> Just turn your head that way. >> Do you want me to start, Council
President, or wait for it? >> Please. >> Okay. Good evening all. As always, it is with great pride and pleasure that we come before you this evening to present our report to the Hamilton Township Board of Health. The Hamilton Township Division of Health is dedicated to maintaining the health and well-being of
all of our residents and visitors by means of prevention, health promotion, and education. This evening, we will provide you with an update on public health goals and objectives, the continued progress on our journey towards national accreditation, as well as the accomplishments of our entire
department. Since we are meeting this evening in our senior center, I'd like to take a moment to report to you on some of the healthy programs we offer to our senior population. As a nationally accredited senior center, approximately 500 senior
participants attend our center daily. We offer programming in health screenings, health promotion, disease prevention, nutrition and fitness, social activities, mental health support, and transportation services. We partner with
many organizations such as Mercer County Nutrition Program, who provides lunch each day to those who attend. community partners such as RWJ, Pen Medicine, and Capitol Health and many assisted living facilities in our town who provide
numerous programs and activities. We have volunteer leaders who lead classes in programs such as aerobic swim, chair yoga, arts and crafts, book of the month reading club, just to name a few. Most recently, we have a few newer programs
such as Circle of Friends, led by a community partner that focuses on those grieving from the loss of a loved one or even the end of a relationship. Golden Connections is also led by our community partners who guide members that meet outside the center at other locations
such as a movie day, a bowling game, a cup of coffee, or a lunch date. This connection outside the center helps those who may or may not actually attend the center but want a connection to another older peer in our community. Promoting healthy living is not always accomplished within the walls of our
center. Feel free to stop by the tables in the hallway to see a variety of programs and services offered at the senior center. Our staff is forever looking for new ideas to promote the health and well-being of our senior population. I'd also like to take a moment to thank
Mercer County for their generosity in helping us obtain a vehicle for our senior transportation program and our new Division of Health mobile medical van. Both vehicles will assist our staff in continuing to provide muchneeded services to our community. In our report
this evening, our health officer will update the board on the Division of Health's accreditation process, environmental and public health, statemandated services, and our animal shelter. Along with the importance of our community's health, the animal shelter has been and continues to be a
top priority of this administration as well as one of the health department's highest priorities. In our animal shelter, many tasks are accomplished through a lot of hard work, passion, and dedication by our employees and volunteers.
Oversight is provided daily, and management continues to evaluate, re-evaluate, and revise policies as needed. The shelter operations and environment are extremely sensitive due to the passion and high emotional level of our staff and volunteers. It is that
drive that provides a nurturing and loving environment for sheltering animals. In preparing for our meeting this evening, I asked Chris to continue to reach out to two of our most faithful animal advocates to ask if they have any questions prior to tonight's meeting.
This approach will hopefully offer transparency and provide all concerned parties with a clearer picture of the shelter operations and oversight. Before I turn the meeting over to Chris, I'd like to acknowledge Chris's hard work and reputation among his peers and
other animal advocate professionals. Chris has most recently been appointed to the New Jersey Domestic Companion Animal Council as chairman and will lead the council in promoting animal welfare policies and initiatives. Let's give him a round of applause.
>> At this time, I'd like to ask Chris to provide you with a complete report on the Hamilton Township Division of Health for August 2025. Thank you. >> Thank you, Kathy. And uh thank you and good evening uh board of health members and the members of the public. Going to
ask my uh trusty sidekick to go to two slides. Next one. There you go. Um so before I start, I do want to take a moment to kind of to acknowledge um what recently happened at CDC a few weeks
ago. Um one officer died. There was 500 rounds fired. 200 bullets made contact with six different CDC buildings and hundreds of shelter uh hundreds of staff sheltered in place for hours. The division sends its love and condolences to the family of the fallen officer who
die protecting our colleagues. To our colleagues at CDC, we support you and your work made making all of our lives safer. Public health is built on the dedication to protecting lives and we remain committed to that mission alongside our partners nationwide.
Next slide. Um, and I just for on a personal note, one of my uh good friends that works at CDC, uh his desk was uh right there where thankfully he was not at work at that day, but his desk was right there where those uh some of those bullets uh
made contact with the building. So, uh definitely a little personal. Um but with that said, so what's going on in public health? Um here locally we continue to have issues with uh our one water utility Trenton Waterworks. Uh the division does
continue to meet monthly with Trenton Waterworks, NJ, and NJOH. Um CO 19 uh you can stay in that slide. Nope, go back. Uh CO 19 and other seasonal viruses are
starting to reawaken as we go back um enter into the quarter months. Um I will also just give a brief update on where we stand with uh seasonal vaccines that will be rolling out in the next few weeks and also just uh touch upon mosquitoes as well. Uh you can next
slide. So Trenton Waterworks um I do want to um encourage all residents if they do not know um that there is a meeting here in town on the 27th. So that's next Wednesday at the Hamilton Township Public Library. This is a uh public meeting hosted by Trenton
Waterworks. I was there last year when they hosted a similar meeting. Um it is a great opportunity for residents to voice their concerns and hear directly from Trenton Waterworks uh personnel in regards to the utility um and any updates that they have uh to provide. Um
I will try to be there myself. I cannot say the whole time, but again it's at 6:30 at the Hamilton Township Public Library on Wednesday. And I do encourage uh everyone to attend. Um like I said, we continue to have monthly check-ins between uh us at the
division of health, NJP, and DOH. Specifically, this is regards to our the Legionnaire's disease. um uh kind of overall outbreak we've been experiencing over the last couple of years and ensuring that testing uh and monitoring does continue uh to occur and that's
something that um you know NJD is really uh making sure that Trenton Waterworks is continuing to um to monitor and test uh throughout their system especially when we have positive uh Legionnaire's disease cases here locally and I do encourage all residents to stay up to
date. Um the NJ DP has a great website dedicated to Trenton Waterworks. Um it's NJ or dp.nj.gov/trenton water and that provides in-depth reports and information on the ongoing compliance status of Trenton Waterworks.
Uh next slide, please. As far as seasonal viruses go, like I said, uh CO 19, we're currently seeing an uptick and the start of a late summer wave. Um right now we're you know the northeast is kind of on that low to
moderate but in the south and uh west they are starting to see uh higher uh rates of um both uh wastewater um detections, hospitalizations and deaths uh occurring. So we are starting to see
finally a late wave coming for CO 19. Um, with that said, the other viruses as far, you know, RSV and seasonal flu are still pretty low, but as we enter into school uh restarting, that's and the cooler weather and people moving indoors, that's when we start seeing
those viruses uh start occurring. We will and I'll I'll pull up our later on uh our schedule for seasonal flu clinics, but as soon as you start seeing those uh opportunities to get vaccinated, I would encourage it. With that said, there is a changing landscape
for vaccination at the federal level. Um things are going to get confusing uh as we move forward, especially when it comes to the CO 19 vaccine. Um there likely will be changes in eligibility uh and a restriction to those just 65 and
older or those with high-risisk conditions um outlined of that will be avail, you know, be eligible to receive the CO 19 vaccine. right now um flu and RSV vaccine there does not there won't be any changes that we're aware of. So those will continue uh as normal and we
do recommend that everyone 6 months and older receive an annual uh flu vaccine. As we get more information um and more information comes out in regards to some of these changes, we'll be sure to update the board and our residents um with the most up-to-date and correct information.
Uh next slide. Um and last in the kind of um you know uh kind of hot topics in public health right now is mosquitoes. We are kind of entering into peak West Nile virus season. There's still if you go outside
I know in my own backyard is inundated with mosquitoes this year. Um that uh we are in mosquito season still even though it's kind of cooler weather today. Um but there is a lot that residents and all of us can do to help reduce the uh the number of mosquitoes on our
properties and in our communities. Uh mosquitoes only need water plus 7 days to breed and create more mosquitoes. And even just something as a soda cap bottle with filled with water is enough to allow mosquitoes to breed uh and
reproduce. So, it's really really important for all of us to routinely, especially after rain, make sure that we're dumping any uh standing water and getting rid of it because that will really help uh reduce the number of mosquitoes uh in our community and in
our property and allow us to enjoy our properties more without having mosquitoes. It's also important to use mosquito repellent that is EPA registered mosquito repellent. Um some of, you know, DE is a great example of that. um using wearing long sleeves,
long pants, especially if you're out at dusk and dawn when mosquitoes are most active. Um I have a picture of Swiss cheese on here because mosquito control is it's like Swiss cheese one it takes different it's a layered approach. So as you add more layers to it less and less
holes become visible. So if you hold it up held up Swiss cheese one slice you can see straight through it but as you add in more and more slices you can't see through it. And that's, you know, a lot of public health is that way is it's not one one-sizefits-all. It takes a lot
of different approaches uh to uh to make sure that the problem is alleviated. And that's per a perfect example for uh mosquito control because we have a lot that we can do on our own properties. we can take our own personal protections, but then we have programs like Mercer County Mosquito Control who goes out and
does chemical spraying and other physical controls to help knock down some of those um those mosquitoes in the community and to also prevent spread of diseases. Um just this week we had uh the state of New Jersey announced that we had our first possible homegrown and
acquired malaria infection up north in in Morris County. Um, so that's another perfect example of why we want to limit our exposure to mosquitoes and limit the mosquitoes in our community as well because we do not want malaria here taking hold and you know uh and being
within our uh our own mosquito population. Uh next slide. So like uh director Fitzgerald said, we are extremely thankful for Mercer County and helping us get a new mobile clinic van. Uh you
can do this slide. Um here is just two quick photos of it. Um it is a Ford Transit um extended van that has uh a exam table in it and then also an intake area plus an awning outside. So we are
in the process of outfitting it and getting it wrapped um with the hope of having a ribbon cutting and an open house soon um and that way it'll be out in time for um our seasonal flu clinics um and and events throughout the fall. So, we're really, really excited and our
nurses are super excited to get this out into the community and this is going to be a tremendous benefit uh for all of our residents. And thank you again to our Mercer County colleagues for helping secure this for us. Um, looking ahead to seasonal flu clinics. Uh, next slide. Um
we uh and I know this is busy and I don't expect anybody to read this, but uh we will our nurses will be back out into the community like we are every year uh throughout the fall offering um the seasonal the up-to-date seasonal flu vaccine and our pneumonia vaccine to all
of our residents. Um this is we will be starting at right here at the senior center. kick it off every year at the at the senior picnic will be here and the rest of the dates uh we advertise this in our local newspaper like the Hamilton Post but uh Hamilton njj.com/
flu clinics is the uh I'm sorry flu shots is the uh the website that has the most up-to-date information and and also our consent form so you can go online print that off fill it out and then you can just walk into the clinic and you already have your paperwork filled out and the nurses and the clinical the
clinic staff will help get you squared away and, you know, save you some time once you get there. Uh, next slide. Um, another thing that I want to give a shout out to our public health nurses is the state of New Jersey did um honor
them. They won the uh award for uh the vaccines for children program for you know the last previous year for 20 uh 24. Uh they were awarded the uh the region what region are we? Region three
uh award. So they were nominated um it was anonymous a nomination but they were uh nominated by somebody and uh our nurses were you know honored for running a very efficient um in compliance vaccines for children program which is great and it's a huge honor since
thinking of all the different VFC programs that operate throughout the state and they were one of four that were honored last year which is uh one of five I should say which is great. Um our health education team is uh out in the community again. They've been out
and busy all summer. Um they've been conducting health education programs at uh the YMCA camps uh both at Sawmill and the KStart Elementary School. We've been doing blood pressure screenings uh and cholesterol screenings at the Wilson Center. We also just completed a vision
screening in partnership with the New Jersey Commission for the Blind yesterday and we had uh 54 participants who came through to get uh an eye exam um a uh uh free of charge from uh the commission which is great and that's something that we're looking to continue
as we move on and eventually as we move into our new space in the new municipal building and we have expanded clinical space we'll be able to offer even more in-depth actual um uh like dilation and visual exams um because of the space that we have there. Um we're we're kind
of res uh resource and space constraint right now. So we can't kind of offer some of those higher depth uh screenings, but that's definitely been something that's been very successful the last couple of years. Um we were recently just at National Night Out. We continue to host our um our mayor's
wellness walks with your next one is coming up in a few weeks at the grants for sculpture. Um and then this they've been out and busy with uh local churches and back to school nights as well. Um so upcoming more upcoming events, the
staff will be out at uh the popup back to school houses uh school events uh and this at the YMCA, the school bash. Um, we're continuing our blood pressure screenings at uh, Project Freedom and also we are helping host uh,
International Overdose Awareness Day on the 28th over at Vets Park. So, Mercer Council is actually the lead organization for this, but Hamilton Township is the host community. Um, and in partnership with the Hamilton Alliance, we are we're helping organize um, and get that off running in the last
couple of years. has been a fantastic very nice memorial to those who have lost loved ones to uh to addiction and to overdose. Um and I would encourage anybody who um would like to attend or know somebody who is um passed away or been affected by uh addiction or
overdose to come take the event. It's it's a very well-run somber memorial event um uh that we have representatives throughout the county there. Um and then our one of our um biggest uh
mayor's walks, our wellness walks is coming up on September 5th and that is at Grants for Sculpture. And this is the only walk that does require advanced registration because uh you do get a free admission to Grants for Sculpture uh with this walk- a checklist at the
gate. So it's uh like I said, it's free of charge, but there does need to be uh advanced registration for that. So, anybody can just contact the health department um and get signed up for that event. And we normally have about a hundred or so people who take advantage of this walk, especially at a nice day. It's it's a great way to save, you know,
10 $20 to get in there and then also, you know, go for a great uh nice stroll and and it's a lead stroll. and the the um the volunteers at Groundster Sculpture will actually lead you through a guided tour of the property um and pointing out and giving uh kind of uh uh
information on some of their different displays and everything there. So, it's it's a really really great event that we're lucky to have here in town. >> Chris, >> I'm sorry to cut you off. Uh what time is that at? >> It is in the morning. I believe it is Can you see it on the thing? >> I I can look it up.
>> 9 is at 9:00. 10:00. Okay. >> 10:30. >> 10:30. >> And you could register right on on the attention. >> Yeah, you could. Uh I think you have to just email in uh um >> Okay. >> Okay. Yes.
>> All right. Next. U. So, as far as our accreditation update goes, um so we were successful and we had both of our site visits. So, we had our virtual site visit earlier in June and then on the 17th of June, we had our physical site visit. Um, Daniel can get it next. Um,
and they in those site visits, they did a tour of our facility. They met with our staff, our governing body, our partners, um, and did a full document review of what we've submitted. and the staff had to ask questions uh saying they asked questions of our governing
body and also of our community partners and how they interact with us and what their thoughts are, our expectations are and kind of going over um how we fit into the community into the township and and what we do. Um I might be biased, but I think it went very well. Um and
I'm super proud of the staff and and everybody who was involved. And I really want to thank our partners, our our governing body representatives who were there. Um I think we really really demonstrated how lucky we are to be in this community and then also to be able
to serve the community as well. And um we are waiting on an imminent decision. Uh the the council meets or the you know the board who actually makes the final decision meets next week and we expect to hear from FAB uh right after Labor
Day on their decision. um as far as what decisions could be made. It's either full accreditation uh accreditation with a priority area which means uh that we have one area that they want to see us kind of working on over the next couple of years or uh being placed on an
improvement plan. Um so it's one of those decision that there's not going to be a you are not accredited decision. It's basically yes, you're accredited or you guys need a little bit more work. Um, so I will leave it at that and you know, light some candles, say a prayer,
do it um, you know, send good vibes to us. So we have all good news uh, in about two weeks after Labor Day. All right. And then I'm going to turn it over to our shelter manager, Danielle Joya, to give uh, her update at the shelter.
Hi, good evening. Thank you for having me at the board of health meeting. Um, as of today, as of the time I wrote this, uh, today, August 19th, the shelter, we are over capacity and housing 44 dogs in the shelter. Uh, 36
in the kennels and eight in crates. And actually that's seven in crates cuz on my way over here I stopped to um send another one home with their owner. So one less but uh we have two in foster um and three that are boarding offsite
at different places. The shelter is waving adoption fees for all dogs until October or I'm sorry until August 30 uh 31st. The adoption process is still the same where interested adopters would complete an application and questionnaire and are
vetted prior to being approved to adopt, but the fee has been waved. Everything else stays the same. Uh, currently we have 73 cats in the shelter, 10 in foster. A lot of them are litters of kittens. So 73 sounds overwhelming, but some of them
are grouped together as their litters of kittens. uh we have had a higher intake than animals leaving the shelter for five out of the seven months of this year. Uh so we've adopted out a total of 291 animals and currently the live release rate is
96%. We continue to work with Bark Institute as they've been very helpful in finding homes for several of our dogs. Most recently a long a longtime resident Doug. Um, so Doug is has been rehomed and now Wy, he's a red and white
Siberian husky, is currently in the board and trained program at BART. As of July 31st, the department has issued 3,445 dog licenses. That's 99 dog licenses
less than or 2.8% less than the number issued in 2024. I could tell you we at least issued at least five or six more today alone. Um so that number will continue to grow throughout the year. Uh as
uh so far in 2025, we've hosted four rabies clinics at the beginning of the year, administered a total of 726 vaccines to our community cats and dogs. We have one more clinic scheduled in 2025 and that's December 4th. Um and from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. I believe we're
still be at Swit Park uh where we had the beginning of the year because of the construction in McManaman. we were moved to Switlick Park and that was received very well by our our residents. So that clinic will be uh at Switlick Park Pavilion as well. Um whether your pet is
indoor or outdoor, it's extremely important to keep them vaccinated and protected. More information about rabies transmission and prevention can be found at cdc.gov. Our part-time volunteer coordinator who we onboarded a few months ago, Faith,
continues to host regular volunteer orientations for those interested in joining our volunteer team. As of July 31st, our volunteers have accumulated 2,234 hours. General information about um can
be found on our website as well as the application packet for those people interested in volunteering. and interested candidates can email shelter volunteer@ hamiltonenj.com to sign up for an orientation. Uh at this time we have 60 active
volunteers which is basically those who have volunteered in the last four months. Uh but we have 99 volunteers in our database as active. So those might be new volunteers who haven't come in yet or done the training. Um, but we're
right around 99 volunteers. Uh, our shelter volunteers assist not only in the shelter, but also with off-site events like National Night Out and several other events this year at the Hamilton Library. Um, Faith uh organized the Toll Brothers volunteer
event, had a few volunteers coming into the shelter and helping out. So, we're getting more and more inquiries about those kinds of opportunities for volunteers and faith has been organizing them in the current shelter population of
again one less but 44 dogs. Um, we have four green dogs, 10 blue dogs, 15 yellow dogs, six red dogs, which red dogs are the ones that are more the most difficult ones to be handled by staff only. And we have nine dogs pending
assessments. Six of those nine dogs um have just come into the shelter within the past seven days. I don't know if you've been following the Facebook page, but we've had a lot of dogs coming in lately. Uh going back to uh 2019 and and moving
forward, all of the shelter statistics, including intakes and adoptions, can be found on the shelters page um and they're updated monthly. Our shelter team continues to work towards making improvements to our operations and programs and services to help the animals and the residents in
our community. We encourage our community to get involved and help the shelter by adopting, fostering, or volunteering. >> And that's all I have. >> Thank you. Any questions from council for any of the um presenters?
>> I just had a question about the number of dog licenses. Um the 3445 you said was down by 2% >> from the same time this year. So from January to July >> or total >> January through July. >> Gotcha. >> The same time period those um first
seven months. >> So I mean I did I did that 3445 divided by 8. It's like 340 licenses a month if you were to average out. So we could end up way over at the same time. Right. >> In theory. However, the bulk of the
licensing is done in the beginning of the year. So, we have a few rather new adoptions or following up on on folks who haven't renewed. Um, so there's it's just less and less per month towards the end of the year, the bulk of them being the beginning, but we'll still continue to license dogs throughout the entire
year. >> And we still could end up at that same number or above. >> We certainly could. Yes, absolutely. >> Yeah. like the ACOs have you going out and issuing summones for dogs who are not have not re or residents who have not renewed their dogs licenses. So that
number will continue to grow. Yes. >> Is is there is there a large amount of summones that are be being issued to the owners? >> A steady amount. I want to say a large amount but it was probably >> a dozen or so a month depending on what
the summones are. They're not all for not licensing. some are running at large and other uh offenses. >> And you also said Danielle that there's a you're seeing an uptick in the amount of dogs coming into the shelter. >> Um could you any any feeling of why or
just is it just a normal time of year? >> I think we did see the same kind of uh rise in intake this time of year last year as well, >> right? Yeah. >> I just had a quick question about the volunteering now that we have the volunteer coordinator. Sounds like you know things are moving along. I could
have sworn in last board of health meeting you might mention adding a weekend training to encourage more people to be able to >> Yes. Yep. Faith has done that. Um she has hosted a volunteer orientation on a weekend and we've actually um Laura Garber, you may remember her. She's a
dog trainer that we have or a vendor. She you know for for our behavior she's hosted a buddy class too. So for the volunteers to get more experience and hands-on training to work with the dogs. Um so we've started doing that as well. >> So we can increase their skill set so
they can you know uh do more with the dogs and handle more different dogs. >> Great. >> Chris, there's never ever ever going to be a time where any of us ever look forward to the end of summer. However, uh we're never wishing the end of
summer. I think with the accreditation process at least it gives us something forward to look forward to. So we wish you good luck on that but we're not hoping to get there anytime soon. >> I think we all would like to do what we just >> or months. >> Yes. >> But good good luck. We'll be we'll be
waiting to hear from you. One one last question for me is um I I I remember might have been a year ago or a few years ago where we had a lot of discussion about the feral cap population, you know, throughout the township. Where where do we stand with
that? Is there I mean is that just something that we keep a close eye on? Um >> the animal control officers respond on a case- by case basis. >> Mhm. >> Depending on the situation, offer >> but like a balance of it, you know, compared to what it was say a few years
ago to what it is now. >> I don't think we have an accurate number of feral cats ories that we look into or could look into. I just >> I don't know how I don't know that every colony caretaker is forthcoming with that information necessarily.
No major concerns. I I remember there was a there was a time a few a couple years ago that was a it was a lot of discussion at council meetings about them them type of populations and >> yeah and I think I mean we still get like you know through cicklic fix. So, if there are residents who who do have
issues with, you know, um, you know, community cats, that's something that, like Daniel said, the ACOs's can handle on a case- by case basis. And obviously, if the cats are causing a nuisance in the community based on our own code, you know, the ACOs can um can work to rectify that. But as far as us getting
involved in TNR, we just um we don't have the resources for that. And we really haven't, I think, um, we really haven't been approached um or asked. And I think PFA or people for animals has a program that um kind of does some low cost spayneuter. So if somebody does
trap, they can bring them over there to get uh to spay neutered and and and vaccinated. >> Thank you. >> I just had a quick question on like when when the dogs in the green category that's you know we are they typically
there less than a week at the shelter. is are like, you know, do we typically >> Sure. They're there less time. I wouldn't say less than a week, but the green dogs get adopted more quickly. Yes. Cuz they're easier to handle >> easily. >> So sometimes it depends on our spay and neuter schedule, so they're not getting
adopted until after they alter, >> but they do they do go home much much more quickly cuz they're just easier. >> Okay. Okay. What about the the uh the dogs that are deemed red? uh what what's happening with those and how are they are we working with them to get them out
of that red designation? >> The staff are handling them and doing what we can. I know Laura does uh offer some treatment ideas and things to do with different dogs. Um I send out rescue emails when I'm able to do that to try to get rescues are not very
helpful in that area. However, um so it it's it's an ongoing challenge. >> Yes. >> Right. Like for example, one I think Moose has probably been he might even be there close to a year I think now. Um and one of our animal attendants Jocelyn
has been working with him. So she's very comfortable with him. He's not very comfortable with necessarily everyone but Dr. Chismar has prescribed medication for him. It puppy Prozac basically it's fluoxitine um so that we
can relieve some of his anxiety to work with him. So similar to many years ago when we like with Brooklyn you know how you um work with a dog to muzzle train them so that you can safely introduce them to someone and they can get to know somebody. So things like that. So Joselyn's taken a lead on on one of
those dogs. So really the staff kind of it depends on their comfort level working with specific dogs, but we also defer to Laura uh you know our our behavior >> expert if you will um on what on how we can work with them.
>> I I just wanted to uh my thanks and and and congratulate the the team on a very successful summer. Um the accreditation seems like it's moving in the right direction. Thank you, D Danielle, for the for the report on the on the shelter. And um you know, looks like uh
we'll keep our fingers crossed for uh after Labor Day. So, >> any other questions for us? >> I appreciate you uh joining us. Uh we'll open it up to members of the public. Do any members of the public have any questions or comments uh regarding the
report or for the board of health? >> Uh Steve Clay, Wolfpack Road. I actually have a couple questions. the first one uh with the dogs in each color category. Um do we have a count of how many volunteers are in each category?
>> Yeah. Uh yeah, let's do it that way. That way uh we can all kind of keep track of what we're talking about. >> Yeah. So as far as a color, so the volunteers like yourself and there's a hand just I think three I want to say that I would consider yellow across the board, you know, handlers, but there are
volunteers who are not quite that experience level, but do handle maybe blue or yellow dogs. So it depends on what the issue and the comfort level of the volunteer. So I think that's why we're trying to have these buddy classes so the trainer can give the volunteers a little bit more skill set. We've also, I
don't know if you've noticed it, but we've also added um to the behavior assessments, Laura's going to be assigning treatment sheets so that it's basically an outline of what this dog is and and these are this is what we want you to do with them. So to to help the dog become easier to handle, but the
volunt so I have like a couple volunteers who maybe like I would consider blue who do walk yellow dogs. So I wouldn't consider them to yellow, but I don't have a number. I'd have to ask Faith if she actually, our volunteer coordinator, if she actually has them laid out and knows the number of green
versus blue versus yellow. Everybody usually starts out green, but we try, like I said, there's a couple, one volunteer that comes to mind, and I know he generally walks a lot of green and blue dogs, but there's a yellow dog that he walks too. That help
>> Steve, if you don't mind, the buddy the buddy program. What is it? Buddy training program. >> Oh, the buddy class. So, it's just a volunteer being working with a dog, a specific dog, and hands-on with the trainer present and and she'll give them tasks or, you know, things to work with.
This is what I want you to do with that dog. So, kind of just training the volunteers to help train the dogs. >> Okay. Is this a relatively new initiative? >> We had it going a couple years ago with Laura Garber, the dog trainer. Now that she's returned, she's we
>> reinitiated. Would you uh Allison, would you give Steve his time back just because I jumped in there? >> Absolutely. >> Um the next two questions aren't directly part of the shelter, but they they do touch on it. Uh one I brought up a request uh probably earlier in this
year regarding unlicensed kennels and the health department is always out there. Um, but I was still looking for some sort of deterrent from the township at least in the form of a warning. Like we are going to address these as we find
them and this is your warning because we we've seen they go out. It's a it's a lot of work. Um, I usually don't address it to them until I've got enough information or or proof, but there still they go out, they've got to follow up, they've got to check for the licensing, they've got to warn them. Um but at at
that point the these puppies are already born. The the problems already existed. Um I think the last person was after being caught the second time um was fined maybe $500. They're selling these puppies at 600 to
I've seen some advertised for 10,000. That $500 fine 2 years later is not a deterrent. um at least something to state that the township is going to address these when we find them might help. Um so I'm hoping we could do
something with that. Uh the second issue is um you know I do review all the the police CAD reports for animal issues and we're seeing another uptick of clear cases of animal cruelty that are being pushed from the police
department to animal control um which should not happen. So, I don't know if animal control themselves is pushing back or not or or what the right form is to address this, but these are indictable offenses. In some cases, um
you know, the the CAD reports are showing the police are are noting the dog is in um unacceptable conditions, standing in a puddle on a 3-ft leash. It's 90° and it's pouring rain out and nobody's home. and their note is we'll
leave a a message for animal control. So I don't think it's well one it's illegal but two dumping it on animal control is is not the right thing to do and the animals are still left out there. So somewhere in there we need a little more um
education or coordination or maybe even u the reciprocal is if those police are out there addressing the fact is the dog even licensed. Um, but some something in there is is simply not working right now. And uh if we can do something to
address that to take that load off animal control to get these animals taken care of to get these people charged if necessary or the animals picked up and taken out of those situations. That's all I had. >> Thank you, Steve. >> Thank you.
Any other members of the public with questions or comments regarding the board of health updates? Seeing none, um any other comments from uh our council members?
Uh then uh a motion to um adjourn as the board of health and reconvene as council. >> I'll make a motion. >> I'll second that. >> Roll call. Madam clerk. >> Yes. Mr. Caribelli. >> Yes. >> Miss. Phillips. >> Yes. >> Mr. Mailen. >> Yes. >> Mr. Pero.
>> Yes. >> Mr. Ty. >> Yes. >> Thank you. Thanks everybody. Thanks guys for joining us. >> Thank you. >> Thanks. >> Have good news. >> Looking forward to that. It's uh a lot
of work has been put into that. >> It's appreciated. Okay. Uh, next up is are the minutes. >> Uh, for your consideration, we have the minutes of June 17th, uh, regular council meeting. >> I'll make a motion to move on the
minutes of, uh, July 17th. >> June 17th. >> June 17th. >> Second. >> Moved and seconded. >> Mr. Caribelli. >> Yes. >> Miss Phillips. >> Yes. >> Mr. Whan. >> Yes. >> Pero. Yes. >> Mr. Ty. >> Yes. Um, I just need to jump in uh to
notify the public that there has been an amendment uh to the agenda uh that has since been posted on the website. Uh, we added to resolution agenda items resolution 325-376,
a resolution authorizing and directing Hamilton Township Planning Board to undertake a preliminary investigation to be made pursuant to the New Jersey local redevelopment and housing law as to whether a certain area in the township qualifies as a non condemnation area in
need of redevelopment. Block6003, lot 15.01. Uh resolution 425-377, a resolution authorizing the acceptance and execution of an employment agreement between the township of Hamilton and uh
fire chief Christopher Tazzy. And these are resolutions. So we will be um have the opportunity for some discussion. Uh and we have removed from the consent agenda uh CA31 consent agenda item
3125-374 a resolution authorizing the refund of a fee paid for the cancellation of a wedding ceremony $100 total. Uh can I please have a motion to the amendment of the agenda? >> I'll make the motion. Council President,
>> I'll second. >> Mr. Carelli, >> yes. Miss Phillips, >> yes. >> Mr. Whan, >> yes. >> Yes. >> Mr. Ty, >> yes. >> Next for consideration, we have communications C1 through C3. C1 is an acknowledgement of receipt of
documentation uh to the ABC license on file 11344016 Bahava and Jill Incorporated. Trading as Greenwood Wine and Liquors. This is an update of the property owner information. On page three, C2 is an acknowledgement of receipt of documentation to amend the ABC license
11 10330020006. I'm going to master this. Jorgvita LLC trading as Blend Bar and Beastro and New Jersey weddings and events. This was a change in corporate structure. And C3 is a joint proclamation recognizing August 26 as women's equality day and national
day of celebration. And on uh communication three, uh Councilwoman Phillips is going to uh make make some remarks. >> Thank you, Councilman D. President. Um I'll be reading the joint proclamation recognizing August 26th as Women's
Equality Day, a national day of celebration. Whereas women in Hamilton Township in the United States have continuously worked to gain full rights and privileges, public or private, legal or institutional, as citizens of the United States. And whereas women in
every state and every cultural and religious group worked to secure women's right to vote. And whereas Congress has designated August 26th, the date the 19th amendment was certified as Women's Equality Day. And whereas recognizing Women's Equality Day as a day of
celebration throughout the country emphasizes the importance of women's work for democracy. Now therefore, be it resolved by Mayor Jeffrey S. Martin and the Hamilton Township Council in the county of Mercer and state of New Jersey
to hereby recognize August 26th, 2025 as Women's Equality Day, celebrating the importance of the women's suffrage movement and the work to secure and expand equal rights. today. >> Thank you. Um, may I have a motion on
communications C1 through C3? >> Make the motion. >> Second. >> Do I have a second? >> Second, Madam Clerk. >> Mr. Carbelli? >> Yes. >> Mr. Phillips? Yes. >> Mr. Whan, yes. >> Mr. Pero, yes. >> Mr. Ty,
>> yes. Next is resolution 125-342 is a resolution expressing support for the formation of a regional water authority as the provider of drinking water services to the township of Hamilton and surrounding communities. >> So this is uh certainly a topic Trenton
Waterworks that has frustrated all of us and concerned all of us uh for just about my entire time on council. Uh we have made a repeated effort uh to get more transparency
uh more effective um governance and responsiveness uh from Trenton Waterworks under the current um under the current structure, right? Um, it's currently completely owned by the city of Trenton, but the
fact is that 60% of Trenton Waterworks customers reside outside of the city of Trenton. Uh, a thirdparty evaluation of the current conditions uh, at Trenton Waterworks finds an extremely high risk of
catastrophic failure. This is our drinking water supply. uh independent third-party eval evaluators are calling for uh a wholesale restructuring of Trenton Waterworks as a regional utility that
would include all of the communities that are serviced by Trenton Waterworks. Uh and I'm in support of this as an effort to improve uh the safety of our water, to improve transparency when
issues arise with our water, uh to improve service delivery, and to enable critical and long-term uh capital improve capital improvements to our our water utility. and I say our water utility because it's the only water
supply that most of us in the township of Hamilton have. Um, so with that, I'm going to uh open this up on on resolution one for comments from my fellow council members.
Well, obviously this has been a long time coming, but it sounds like it still has a long time to go before we see any closure to this. I They had a meeting, was it last night at Trenton? Any word on how it went?
Uh the the commissioner the commissioner did a very good job trying to explain their position and the council was not um particularly welcoming. I would say was that a good description? >> I wasn't present. So but
>> it it was not it was not >> okay. I mean, you you you you read the post that you see, you know, occasionally from whether it's other city council members in Trenton about that it's theirs. It's ours. And I I I
find that kind of insulting um and somewhat. Yes, it's their plant. It's in their city, but it's our drinking water, too. and they should recognize the fact that that it is a problem instead of instead of going out
there and what whatever you want to call it, pandering to the public or to the city residents about it's ours and we're going to lose all this revenue. I don't think there's cons. I think they're concerned about what they're going to lose instead of actually solving the problem of getting safe drinking water
for all the residents, not only the city of Trenton, but the communities that that use Trenton Water Works. And I the sooner this happens, the better. And hopefully, you know, through the assembly and through the state and through the commission itself that they
finally come up with a plan on how we can operate this facility and operate it and do the upgrades that are necessary and should have been done for years. The wasteful spending is what happened in the city of Trenton and we're suffering
because of it. So, I support the resolution. I think it's good and I and uh I think we should move it. Anybody else wish to comment? >> No, I couldn't agree more. Thank you.
>> Yeah, I I did hear uh a Trenton council member recently say that the Trenton Waterworks is is a Trenton asset and the fact is right now Trenton Waterworks is an asset for no one and it needs to be an asset for all of us who who drink
that water, who rely on uh a safe water supply. Uh so with that I'll open it up to the public for any questions or comments. Um >> yeah, this is a resolution that the uh Department of Environmental Protection
um asked us to support uh in order to initiate a robust process of uh finding a path forward here uh to regionalize this utility. Um the state government is
supportive of this. Multiple departments of our state government are involved in this effort now. Uh the department of environmental protection has been uh leading the way. Certainly our mayor has been leading the way. Uh and so we we
join all the towns served by this. And by the way, we would like to do this in a spirit of cooperation with our neighbors in Trenton and and are hopeful that they will join us in having a a a a
thorough discussion of the issues at hand the with the urgency that it deserves u in order to make the reforms that are needed. uh which in this case we've come to the conclusion I think well everyone can speak for themselves but uh certainly I've come to the
conclusion that uh regionalization is the answer to bring the resources necessary uh to make the capital improvements needed and um Miss uh oh gosh what
Miss Galanic come on up Janice >> Janice Madam Janice Is this on? >> I love this for talking. >> Okay. Um, an authority would be like a group like a council like everybody from each district like Euing, Lawrence,
Pokewell and all there'd be a member from each one discussing how it should be run authority would be. >> The idea is there would be representation from all the towns. Exactly what that looks like remains to be seen. Uh but yes, there will be
representation from all the towns in governance decisions uh regarding our regarding our water supply. >> Yeah. Well, everybody should have a say in especially if their their section is getting contaminated or whatever. Everybody should have a say in that.
Now, I thought I had read some place where Trenton would have worked with an entity of their own and Trenton didn't really own them. >> Trenton does own that. >> Trenton does own it. They're they're a department within they they're like our water pollution control. It's it's like a department division of the Trenton.
>> Yeah. But everybody should have a say and you know all the I mean there's like six townships or something that are involved in this. So they should have a say especially if they're having a problem with it you know and uh >> the problems have gone been ongoing. They've gotten more alarming as time has
gone on. Um you know the roof is about to cave in on the building. I mean, uh, you know, critical equipment is exposed to the weather. It's it's just time. It's past time. Uh, so >> there was a year of of water testing that got thrown out because it was
fraudulent. >> Yeah. >> And the water supply thing, wasn't it that that big reservoir? They got rid of that finally, didn't they? Or was that still? >> It's still there. >> Still in operation. >> It's still in operation, >> but that was supposed to be getting rid of years ago. >> Uhhuh.
>> Okay. That's real wonderful. Okay. Yeah, push it. >> Any other members of the public with questions, comments? >> Seeing none, I'll entertain a motion on resolution one. >> I'll make a motion to move on resolution
125-342. >> I'll second it. >> Madame clerk. >> Mr. Harabelli. Yes. M. Phillips. Yes. >> Mr. Whan. >> Yes. Mr. >> Pero. Yes. >> Mr. Ty. >> Yes. >> 5 Z. Resolution 225343 is a resolution authorizing the issuance of a one-year
class 5 cannabis retail and dispensary license to Northeast Alternatives New Jersey LLC with a license number 113-R1-001. >> I'm going to be abstaining from this. Um, any questions or comments from
council? Seeing none, any questions or comments from the public? Seeing none, >> can can I ask one question? Uh, this is directed to uh probably Kathy uh on this one here. So, this is a annual renewal. They'll have to come we'll have to see
this again based on is there any oversight that we put into looking at their one-year 12-month period and how they performed? I'm sorry. I my for some reason my I mine doesn't work tonight. my my iPad so I
can >> Yes. And this is the initial permit. And so that has one review that happens before all of this through many different stages. >> And then um once they get this one, when the renewal comes up, >> yes, if there's any issues throughout
the year, that gets documented and you know considered um for the renewal of their license. >> Okay. Thank you, Kathy. Yeah, Kathy, I'm looking at the qual the tax payments, permit applications are paid in full, and the applicant receives a certificate
of occupancy. Is that correct? Those things to look at. >> Yes. And and there are others that along the way, too. We have several different departments that are in charge of signing off on that piece of it so that once they get their C and that's all before they get their CEO. Once they get
their CO, that's when it it or comes to you all for approval. And again, this is their local municipal license, right? There they have other licensing requirements through the state that they've already met. So that's, you
know, separate from this authorization. >> Great. Thank you. >> Any other questions or comments from council? >> Seeing none, I'll open it up to the public for questions or comments. Seeing none.
>> Yes, council president. I'll move resolution 225- 343. >> I'll second the motion. >> Madame clerk. >> Mr. Carabelli? >> Yes. >> Miss Phillips? >> Yes. >> Mr. Whan? >> Yes. >> Mr. Pero? >> Yes. >> Mr. Ty. >> Yes.
>> No. >> No. >> No. >> Excuse me. I'm abstaining on this. >> Thank you. >> Due to my work with the New Jersey econom. Thank you. Al >> resolution passes 401. Resolution 32376. A resolution determining that the property identified as block 16003, lot
15.01, commonly known as 325 Sloan Avenue, be designated as a non-condomination area in need of redevelopment in accordance with the local redevelopment and housing law NJSA4A 12A-1X and authorizing the preparation of a
redevelopment plan. This is the former AMC property uh soon to be Children's Hospital of Philadelphia facility. Uh this is going to be a multi-phase redevelopment that's going to bring uh good jobs and vital services to our
community and serve the entire region and uh really help revitalize an area that's been uh for 5 years since the movie theater closed um underpop populated. So, this is a a a great
development and uh this resolution is going to help to uh facilitate this redevelopment uh which we expect to be a multi-phase uh extensive redevelopment of that property. Any questions or comments from council?
>> I'd just like to say you I I you know, you can't I don't think you can find a better >> um use of that facility, that property. Um, you know, everybody's was thro floating the idea of another warehouse coming to Hamilton and blah blah blah.
And here we are. We're bringing in uh um um a reputable um Children's Hospital Philadelphia. Everybody knows about it. And not only the construction jobs that it'll bring to the area, but permanent jobs for for residents that live here. So, this is a win-win for the township
in in many many ways. So, I support this application 100%. >> Thank you, Councilman Whan. Any other questions? >> I'll just add to that. I think this is a fantastic use as Councilman Whan said. Um, in addition, I mean, we're going to bring jobs and as people come to, you
know, hopefully that area fills in more with restaurants and shops and and so forth for those who are coming to use the hospital facilities. So, it's fantastic. Hopefully we see more local people getting put to work and not people from uh outside, you know, other states,
>> you know, from 8 10 hours away. There's plenty of local people to spend their money here and live here. Hopefully, we put those people to work. >> Agree wholeheartedly. >> Okay. If there are no other questions or comments from my council members, I'll open it up to members of the public for
questions or comments on resolution three. Seeing none, I'll >> close the public uh comment portion on resolution 325376. >> I'll second. >> Madam Cler, >> Mr. Caribelli, >> yes. >> Phillips, yes.
>> Mr. Whan, >> yes. >> Mr. Pero, >> yes. >> Mr. Ty, >> yes. >> Passes 50. Resolution 425-377 is a resolution authorizing the acceptance and execution of an employment agreement between the Township of Hamilton and Fire Chief Christopher Tazzy.
I'm not going to say a whole lot about this because it is uh a personnel contract. It is common for us to uh execute employment contracts with our fire chiefs. Uh any members of council have anything they'd like to >> No comment.
>> No comment. >> Members of the public, anybody? Seeing none, >> I'll make a motion uh to close the public comment portion and move on resolution >> 257 >> four
>> four I'm sorry 25377 >> 25377. >> Do I have a second? >> I'll second it. >> Thank you, >> Madam Cler. >> Mr. Caribelli. Yes. >> Phillips. Yes. >> Mr. Whan. >> Yes. >> Mr. Pero. >> Yes. >> Mr. Ty.
>> Yes. passes 5-0. Next for consideration is consent agenda items CA1 through CA32 with the exception of CA31 which was removed. So uh in today's consent agenda item
there are eight grant related um items that we're going to be moving forward. Some of those are going to go toward uh public safety, uh click it or ticket,
drive sober, get pulled over. Um the largest of the grants I think was uh a six figure actually we have a million dollar uh grant. Uh this is public safety uh fire apparatus.
Um so we are it's an apparatus by the way. Um so uh public safety getting the equipment that our first responders need who we appreciate very much. Um
additionally there are eight separate items uh investments that we are making in our water pollution control facility um which is ongoing and regular investment uh that we make. There is a
solar uh renewable energy agenda item which uh is going to be soliciting proposals for uh you know putting solar on our on our
municipal buildings. So we're going to be transitioning to as much renewable as we can uh within our within our infrastructure. Um, so I'll open it up to council with any questions or comments on tonight's
agenda items. >> My my only question, uh, Kathy, on the, um, the one that, uh, Council President Tai mentioned regarding the 325-359, the Solar on Township building, we're we we don't know which facility or buildings that we're talking about yet.
I mean, is this just a this is going out for >> Right. This is to authorize it to go out to to bid >> and there's already been an entire audit done >> of our municipal buildings and locations. So, we'll have to see what
happens when the bids come in. But yes, we will have specific locations that we want them to bid on in order to put solar on particular areas. Some buildings are more likely to have it than others. some aren't suitable for it
necessarily, but um it's quite a few areas and it still doesn't even involve yet our new municipal building that's under construction, which will be its own, you know, a separate one done and and separate source. This is uh
retrofitting, if you will, the uh the rest of our municipal properties. So, >> thank you. Oh, you know, I meant to uh mention among the resolutions is uh a resolution authorizing $700,000 in
improvements to the intersection of Clockner and Koozer Roads. >> Uh so we're investing in our infrastructure as well, >> hopefully making more safety, >> is it? If no council members have any additional questions or comments, then I
will open it up to the public for questions or comments on consent agenda items. CA1 through CA32. >> Janice, come on up. Since you call me, do I still have to identify myself?
>> Dan Scott, 432 Trinity Avenue, Cornell Heights. >> Cornell Heights. >> Okay. Uh, what is our water pollution control program? I I don't Trenton Waterworks takes care of everything. So, what is all this stuff we're putting in the water? water. Uh
Trenton Waterworks is the incoming water pollution control which we own is the outgoing >> the sewer. It's the sewer. >> Sewer. >> Oh. Oh, that was nicely put. Okay. >> Yeah. It's much prettier term. >> Much prettier term. I'm thinking I'm thinking we're working control all this
nonsense. Okay. It's >> the outwater. Okay. Very good. Very pleasantly put. Okay. Thank you. Any other members of the public with questions or comments?
>> Seeing none, >> I'll make a motion, council president, to move on uh CA1 through CA32. >> I'll second a motion. >> Uh, Madame Clerk, >> Mr. Caravelli. Yes. >> M. Phillips. >> Yes. >> Mr. Whan, >> yes. >> Mr. Pero, >> yes. >> Mr. Ty,
>> yes. >> Resolutions pass 50. >> Next for your consideration is ordinance 125-012. This is an ordinance of the township of Hamilton County, Mercer, New Jersey, providing for various capital improvements and related expenses in and
for the township appropriating 3,500,000 therefore and authorizing the issuance of 3,325,000 in general obligation bonds or notes of the township to finance same. This is second reading in public hearing.
>> Excuse me. Once again, financing various improvements throughout the township. >> No, I can't. So, I'd like to keep this. >> Any questions or comments? >> No. >> Uses include equipment, vehicles,
repairs to public buildings. >> Uh just kind of a laundry list of necessary and needed >> items that we're funding. >> That's correct. And if uh council doesn't have any questions, I'll open it up to members of
the public on ordinance 25-012. Seeing no members of the public wishing to comment. Do I have a motion? >> I'll make a motion on ordinance 125-012.
>> Second motion. >> Madame clerk. >> Mr. Caribelli. >> Yes. >> Miss Phillips. Yes. >> Mr. Whan. >> Yes. >> Mr. Pero. >> Yes. >> Mr. Ty. Yes. >> Passes 50. Ordinance 225-015 is an ordinance amending and supplementing the code of the Township of Hamilton, New Jersey. Chapter 485,
Vehicles and Traffic, Article 2, Parking Section 485-9. Parking prohibited at all times on certain streets. Eaton Avenue. This is second reading of public hearing. >> Why are we eaten? >> Why are we uh banning parking on Eaton?
So it's to my knowledge it's only a portion of this street and it is there was some new construction recently at the corner of Route 33 and White Horse Avenue. It's
the new Chipotle Chipotle. So, in order to have this flow, they because they have an um an egress out onto Eaton Avenue and and they're and traffic from Chipotle is only allowed to turn left
>> onto Eaton Avenue. So, this is um clearing so they don't have any parking right next to Chipotle's >> egress. Yeah. >> Um so that the there's clear sight distance there for the the people on the street. So although there's parking on
the street allowed for the majority of that street, it's just limited there at the Chipotle. >> Good. >> Everybody's good. >> Thank you. >> Uh any members of the public with questions, comments? Seeing none,
>> Council President, seeing none, I'd look to close the public comment portion and move on second reading ordinance number 225-015. >> I'll second it. Madam clerk, >> Mr. Carbelli, yes. >> Phillips, yes. >> Mr. Whan, >> yes. >> Mr. Pero, >> yes.
>> Sorry question. Is that >> Yes. Just that was her guess for her. >> This is 5. Ordinance 325-016 is an ordinance amending and supplementing the code of the township of Hamilton, New Jersey, chapter 485, vehicles and traffic. Article two,
parking section 45-9, establishing handicap parkings for spaces at 13 Adella, 8 Charlotte, 1536 Jennese, 149 Jones Terrace, 56 Lafayette, 57 Lafayette, 302 Lafayette,
438 Lynwood, 473 Lynwood, 184 Main Street, 27 Parkinson, 24 Perry, and 446 Schiller Avenue. This is second reading of public hearing. >> We have an aging population. Uh any questions, comments? Seeing none,
I'll open it up to the public. Seeing none, >> hey, council president, seeing no um questions from the public, I close the public portion and move on ordinance 325-013 on second reading. >> Z16.
My apologies. Thank you. >> I'll second the motion. >> Madam clerk, >> Mr. Carbelli, >> yes. Mr. >> Phillips, yes. >> Mr. Whan, >> yes. Mr. Perrell. >> Yes. >> Mr. Ty, >> yes. >> Ordinance phases 5-0. Ordinance 125-014. This is an ordinance of the township of
Hamilton County in Mercer, New Jersey providing for the acquisition of computers and or laptops for the Department of Information and Technology End of life cycle project and the acquisition of two police SUVs for the Department of Public Safety fully funded by capital improvement fund for the
total amount of $250,000. This is first reading and introduction. >> Do I have a motion? Council President, I'll make a motion on ordinance 125-014 on first reading. >> Second a motion. >> Madame Clerk. >> Mr. Caribelli. >> Yes. >> Miss Phillips. Yes. >> Mr. Whan.
>> Yes. >> Mr. Pero. >> Yes. >> Mr. Ty. >> Yes. >> Passes 50. >> Ordinance 225-017 is an ordinance amending and supplementing the code of the township of New Jersey. Chapter 485 vehicles and traffic article 2 parking section 485-19.
This is repealing handicap parking spaces at 20 Annabel by ordinance 23-034 and 11:15 William Street established by ordinance 99-025 first reading and introduction. >> Mr. President, I make the motion to
introduce ordinance 225017 on first reading. >> I'll second. >> Madame Clerk. >> Mr. Caribelli. >> Yes. >> Phillips. >> Yes. >> Mr. Whan. >> Yes. >> Mr. Pero. Yes. >> Mr. Tai. >> Yes. >> Chances 5. Ordinance 325-018
is an ordinance accepting a mandatory deed restriction for rental projects for a deedrestricted affordable housing property with restrictions on resale and refinancing. Project name Village Green. The address is 1531 through 1555 Clockner Road, block 1922, lot 26.01.
Property owner is 1651 Clockner Road LLC. This is first reading and introduction. I'll make a motion for introduction and first reading of ordinance 325-018. >> I'll second a motion. >> Madame clerk. >> Mr. Caribelli. >> Yes. >> Miss. Phillips. >> Yes.
>> Mr. Whan. >> Yes. >> Mr. Peter. >> Yes. >> Mr. Ty. >> Yes. >> Pierces 50. >> Next we have ordinance 425-019 is an ordinance amending and supplementing the code of the township of New Jersey. Chapter 5, Administration of Government. Part five, boards,
commissions, committees, and agencies. Article blah blah blah. >> Uh, Advisory Commission on Green Initiative >> 33. Look that up. >> Yeah. 33. >> Do I have a motion? Yes. Council
President, I'll move on uh ordinance 425-019, first reading and introduction. >> I'll second it. >> Madam Clerk, >> Mr. Caribelli, >> yes. >> Miss Phillips, yes. >> Mr. Whan, >> yes. >> Mr. Capo, >> yes. >> Mr. Ty,
>> yes. >> Passes 50. Ordinance 525-020 is an ordinance amending and supplementing the code of the township of Hamilton, New Jersey. Part one, administrative legislation. Chapter 5, administration of government. Part five, boards and commissions, committees and
agencies. Article 22, Environmental Advisory Commission and Green Team. Do I have a motion? >> Motion, council president, on first reading ordinance number five, 25-020. >> I'll second.
>> Thank you, Madam Clerk. >> Mr. Carelli, >> yes. >> Miss Phillips, >> yes. >> Mr. Whan, >> yes. >> Mr. Rero, >> yes. >> Mr. Ty, >> yes. 50. Ordinance 625-021 is an ordinance amending and supplementing the code of the township of Hamilton, New
Jersey, chapter 5, administrative of government, part four, departments. Article 11, Department of Public Safety, section 5-65, Office of Municipal Emergency Management and amending and supplementing section
5-66, which is now reserved. >> Do I have a motion? I'll make a motion, council president, to um move on first reading ordinance number 625-021. >> I'll second >> madame clerk. >> Mr. Caribelli. >> Yes. >> Miss Phillips.
>> Yes. >> Mr. Whan. >> Yes. >> Mr. Terra. >> Yes. >> Mr. Tai. >> Yes. >> This is 5. >> And at this time, we will open the meeting to uh comments from members of the public. Nobody signed up. So, anybody who would
like to get up and make any comments on any matters, you are welcome to do so. >> Janice. >> Nope. Janice from Cornell Heights. >> Dan Black, 43 Trinity Avenue, Cornell Heights. Okay. That no parking on Eaton
Avenue is good because I take that street that miss the light and only one car can pull in. Yeah. And one car can go out. So, it's very good that from just from TripleA up to the corner, there's no parking. So, that's fantastic. >> Okay. Very good. Uh and then Congolium
was under construction mightily today. We're building a side lane for the trucks to turn in. I thought they were going through the jug handle and going down top of the road and coming in that way supposedly. That was the original plan, but I guess now
they're going to go through the jug handle and just come all the way around, hit the side thing, and come in from Sloan. >> I'd have to look into if they made a change, why they did. So, we'll have to get back to you on that. >> Temporary for construction.
>> Oh, it might be temporary for construction. Oh, but we'll we'll make sure if you um want to I need to make sure I understand what you're describing. But >> they were like making another, you know, where you could pull off the road.
They're making that into another solid lane. They were paving it today, you know, so like they they could go into Congolium. That's what it looked like. We'll see if there was any any changes to the plan as approved
>> uh regarding traffic flow and and >> we'll double check that. Sorry, did somebody have a >> No, I was just going to go ahead go ahead. >> No, go. >> I was just going to say for vehicles coming off of truck ve uh trucks that are coming off of 295 approaching the congolium site. You're
saying that they would have to make the jug handle into >> supposedly they're coming off 295. They were supposed to go into the jug handle, which I said two trucks would block the jug handle or one truck would block the jug handle. And then the original thing when there was only 40 trucks, which now
looks like it's like a hundred stalls, uh that they had to go down Clockner Road and they made a middle lane there for them to turn into that empty building that was supposed to be school supplies or something. There's a empty warehouse still there and they were
supposed to go in that way. But today it looked like they were paving the road to make it a lane that they could go to the jug handle or just flip around like to go back to 295 just ease over and go in that way. Okay. >> Cuz they're making big lanes in front and entrances and all that stuff. >> Okay.
>> I mean that could actually be a benefit, right? Do we really want all those trucks going down Clockner? >> No. Cuz I said blocking up the intersection. >> They would block up the intersection entirely. Let's let council president do his his uh magic and then we'll get back to
>> I'm going to do my magic. Janice, >> I'm going to take a ride by and check it out and see what's true. >> But I just like everything that they said was going to be is not only going to be 40 >> trucks. And when they were building it, you started counting them and you were
like up to 60 windows, >> you know, in the back there. thinking, "Holy cow, like close to look like close to 100 saws." >> That was passed and they didn't even have a tenant uh picked out yet. So, for them or anybody to say how many trucks were going to be there or not be there,
they didn't even have a tenant picked out at that point. So, it's tough to make a determination how many were going to be there if they don't even know who the tenant was going to be. Oh, >> okay. Well, I mean, you still could I mean, how you going to know you get that many people coming in? >> Yeah. I mean that that organization also
did a traffic study during COVID during teachers week, right? So if we really want to talk about the flawed system and I know they took us to court and won, but the fact of the matter was the whole system was flawed. I challenged them on that. They don't live in this town. They did it during teachers week or uh one of
the I think it was I believe it was teachers week during co I I would suspect that there was not many buses on the road. >> I would suppose yes definitely >> we followed it the best we could. Of course, they come up with all the wonderful things to avoid all the
complications. Okay. And uh is next meeting back at the municipal building? >> No, we're we're here in September. >> It'd be nice if we stayed here permanently. >> No. >> Yeah. What steps we're working on? >> Yeah. Me and my arthritic knee. Yeah,
you got that right. >> We're working on an even better permanent location for our council meetings. >> Oh, okay. over on White Horse Mercerville Road. >> Yeah. >> That's not until late next year. >> 15 months away. >> The who? >> The new the new mun new municipal building. >> Oh. Oh yeah. Yeah. You're going to love
it for next year. >> It's going to be beautiful. >> Yeah. And uh did you look Chuty did you look into why the post office is now closed on the weekends? >> Um I haven't gotten an answer. >> I'll double check though for you >> cuz I happen to go and I and the girl
says I don't know. They just decide to lock. Yeah. I said, "What about the people who have post office boxes in there? They can't go in the weekend then." Because I always if I had a letter I wanted to get out early on Monday, I'd go there, drop it Sunday after church and now you can't get in. >> So, you know, >> maybe something had happened. >> No, it's kind of the preliminary answer
I got. >> Nobody knows anything. All righty. But thank you except you guys. You are always very good. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thanks, Janice. Cornell Heights. Any other members of
the public with questions or comments? Seeing none, we will go to council comments. Who would like to go first? >> I'll go first. >> Okay. >> Rick, you worked your magic again. We're out of here by 8:00. So, I'm not going
to bleer this and uh keep us here any longer. Uh it is nice was nice to see the board of health with uh some of the events that they uh announced. I know um overdose awareness day is uh something that I like to go out to. So that's on the 28th and uh the wellness walk on
September 5th and uh it is nice to see everybody here. I would much rather love to be in council chambers uh than here because that's our home base. However, uh I'll play by the rules and show up here again in September. And um that's all I have. So everybody have a good
night and thanks to the team. >> Thanks, Council. >> I guess we'll just go down the line. Um, just speaking of safety and and what we're saying, I'm really glad to hear there's going to be improvements made at the intersection of Kuzzer and Clogner. And um, just a reminder before we're together again, school will be back in
session. Don't talk to me about it. But, um, just a reminder, we have 17 neighborhood schools, elementary schools. So, many of our families walk to school. And just to remind the public to be very conscientious of keeping
their eyes peeled for pedestrians. Um we've had some close calls in the last couple years. So just a reminder and hope everybody enjoys the rest of their summer. >> I'll just echo what's been said. Uh thank you all for coming out this evening. We had a really nice event.
National Night Out was a really uh well attended event. Thank you to um firefighters and our um and our uh public safety officials along with law enforcement. uh they're all out there um and uh connecting with the community which is very important. Um hopefully
everyone has a great rest of your uh summer and look forward to seeing you in September. >> What's nice about going second to the last is everybody said a lot of good stuff already, but it was a good board of health meeting tonight. I want to echo what Pat said and uh and uh look
forward to our next meeting here. And I want to thank Pat, Councilman Proparo, for calling me up as I was driving to the municipal building uh to say, "Hey, I think we're at the senior center." So, he caught me in the nick of time and and I was able to make it on time. So, um
with that, I hope everybody has a safe night. Naturally, um there's a storm brewing out in the Atlantic and let's hopefully it stays in the Atlantic and doesn't affect uh I don't think it'll affect anybody here in Mercer County, but um I'm sure our our our beach areas
will um see some some significant possibly significant storm damage and or erosion at at the at the minimum. So, keep our fingers crossed, but have a good night. >> Thank you. Uh yeah, and I I'd just like to say our our health department is
close to u a major milestone with the certification that they've been working toward for a couple of years. Uh it's just a mark of uh the quality of the work that's being done on behalf of our citizens. Uh and I am I'm looking
forward to celebrating that milestone uh with everyone. Otherwise, I'll just wish everyone a happy Labor Day and this meeting is adjourned. >> That's right. Labor Day. Good pickup.