I >> can print it from here if you just pick it up off the printer. Grab it for me. >> Okay, please. >> Hold on for a second or two. No, >> we could go. >> I'm trying to pull up civic clerk. All set. Uh, good evening everyone and
welcome to the township committee meeting of September 25th, 2025. Miss Bra, please call the role. >> Committee Britting >> here. >> Committeewoman Hand. >> Committ Leani >> present. >> Deputy Mayor Payne >> here. >> Mayor Drelli >> here. Administrator Carrera, >> Attorney Willard
>> here. >> Okay. Please join me in a salute to the flag. >> I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all. >> Right. So, please be advised that in accordance with section five of the Open Public Meetings Act, chapter 231 of the public laws of 1975, notice of this meeting was made by the posting on the bulletin board at the Hillsboro Township
Municipal Complex and notifying the officially designated newspapers that this meeting would take place at the Hillsboro Township Municipal Complex at 7:30 p.m. on September 25th, 2025. Exe executive session if deemed necessary to begin at 6:30. We did not have an
executive session today. So, let's move on to approval of minutes. May I have a motion and a second to approve the regular meeting minutes of September 9th, 2025? >> So, moved. >> Second. >> Uh, roll call, please. >> Commissioning. >> Yes.
>> Command Money. >> Yes. >> Deputy Mayor Ping. >> Yes. >> Mayor Chillley. >> Yes. Okay. Um before we get into the committee reports I have a few general announcements to make. Um so first regarding Rashashana
as you know we moved Tuesday's meeting to today in observance of Rashashana to all who celebrate. Happy Rashashana. Have a sweet healthy and happy new year. Um so next is restaurant week. As we know, most of you should know, restaurant week is underway, which
brings a full week of dining deals and special menus across town. Explore the participating restaurants and discover unique dishes and support your local businesses while enjoying uh unforgettable community dining experience. So, I told my wife to come tonight, not because she was going to be
on the screen. So, that's not my fault. Kim, >> you're in trouble. >> Okay. surprise >> is next door. >> All right. Okay. Uh ribbon cutings. Uh Hillsboro se celebrated the grand
opening of Elev Wellness on September 12th. I myself and EBDC members and community supporters joined to welcome this HBA business. Uh the wellness center is the largest facility of its kind in the tri-state area area right
here in Hillsboro. So, if you're a Hillsboro, um it's actually over by the movie theaters. So, it's a um a fantastic space. It's very high-tech. It's very it's a wellness center. It's has all kinds of facilities. So, it's it's it's a great uh great um facility
here in Hillsboro. Uh if you're a Hillsboro business, be sure to register your business as an HBA member to take advantage of the many business resources available, including ribbon cutings and other support and connections that can be made by our group. And it doesn't cost anything for the businesses to
join. Um, Miss Unico, so Miss Unico, Julia Centi, and junior Miss Unico, Clara Giadella Kowski, dropped by the municipal building uh to take pictures before heading to the RAR before heading
to Raritin to participate in the John annual John Basselone parade. Um, so we took pictures and then the police escorted them to the parade, dropped them off and uh it's not officially in my announcements, but I also represented
Hillsboro in the parade. Um, it was a an interesting experience. I've always wanted to march in the Balon parade. So, I got to tag along with them and uh represent Hillsboro with other dignitaries uh at that parade. So, it was a uh good for them to uh they got to
ride the float ride in a car. So that's new Miss Unico um Nor Farm. Uh congratulations to Norill Farm and Market. They were presented with the New Jersey farmer recognition award. Uh went to the family to highlight the 15th annual Jersey
Fresh Farm to school week and the third a literacy week. So they basically provide educational material to uh the school systems regarding um agriculture. Uh myself and um committeeman Sean Leani were joined by administrator Anthony
Ferrer and other dignitaries as Rich Debbie and Rich Norris received this honor and we see Norris Farm participate in a lot of things. Uh they had animals at the Rotary Fair and and they've got the corn maze getting ready to uh get started. So um congratulations to the
North Nord Northill Farms. Um so let's move on to reports from the other liaison. So com starting with committeeman Britting. >> Thank you mayor. Good evening everybody and happy holidays to anybody who is celebrating. Um so first we're going to start with economic and business
development. So we have the HBA awards. The economic and business development office is announcing the winners of the 2025 HBA annual awards. We do that every single year. This year's honores include um include um Eminado, the Max Challenge, Honor Yoga, Hillsboro
Irrigation Landscape Services, Big Bang Music, Robinson's Chocolate, Mishta, Joe's Family Restaurant and Pizzeria, and Petro Bar and Grill. So, um this is also a great reminder, none of these places are places you can eat. This is a great week for restaurant week as the mayor had mentioned. Please get out
there and eat shop Hillsboro. This is just a great representation of just a few of the great businesses we have in Hillsboro. I think we have over 1,500 businesses, small businesses within the township. Um, large and small. We have some really large ones. I think one is uh one that actually creates produces all the Clorox in the in the world, right? I mean, there's we have a lot
that goes on in Hillsboro not many people know about. So, it's um Lysol, excuse me. Lysol, so sorry, their competitor. But, um, the the the the idea here is just to make sure we recognize our businesses because they really are the backbone of our of our of our community. From a health standpoint, the Hillsborough Health Department in
Raridan headquarters are sponsoring a wellwater uh testing event for any township residents uh who want to test their pot uh their potable wellwater. The event will be held on October 4th, 2025. See full details on the Hillsboro Township website. Now, last year I had someone who has public water ask me if they can test theirs. It's different if
there's well water and public water. So, you know what you have in your house, you can test your wellwater here. from a human resources standpoint. Um Harriet Fencer Harriet Fencer here is fantastic as a human resources um our our director here and also Anthony Ferrer. Um Hillsboro is hiring for a variety of
positions. Please see the Hillsboro Township website in the mayor's e-news for a list of all positions available. Um it's a great place to work. Uh last year we won an award for one of the best places to work in the state of New Jersey. So if you're looking for a job and there's a position open, please come in, welcome you with open arms and interview for the position. I think it's
a great opportunity to work close to home. social services. Now, this group has been growing as our town has a younger population, older population, and a middle middle population. We have all different groups and social services really does a great job with all those different segments of the population. So, here we're going to represent with
the SC with the Girl Scouts. So, the Hillsboro Girl Scout troops came together to make a generous donation to the Social Services Office or called the CAN, CAN, food pantry program. As you can see, it looks a little bit like a Campbell soup can. Great job with the uh with the logo there. We are deeply
grateful for their kindness and community spirit and helping our neighbors in need. Now, if you're if you're someone, this is the time of year where there are a number of people in need who may need something that they didn't they wouldn't typically need during, you know, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, and the other all the other holidays that are happening. I don't want to leave anybody out. So, ask
you to please look at the social services website because on that website, they tell you what they need specifically. It's not just food. It's not just a turkey. Sometimes it's feminine products. Sometimes it's products for the youth. So, there's different things that they need at certain times of the year. So, please take a look at the website and and and and do your best to donate if you can.
The last thing I will talk about uh uh before I just just recognize something in the Hillsboro Township School System um is the library. So, if you know the Hillsboro Township hosts, I call it hosting. That's the word I'll use. We host essentially the library for multiple towns in Hillsboro. That's why you have so many people from different
towns using our library branch. And you recognize um that the library is has some older features to it. And you're going to be uh surprised pretty soon. There's some been some pretty nice upgrades. and Miss Break and I were just talking about that and over the winter they're going to be upgrading the library even more for people to use it. Uh we have to make sure that a library
is a place where people can go read uh scour the internet, look up stocks and spend some time just learning something new. It's a really good opportunity to go to that library. Last thing I want to mention too, um, as it relates to the, um, Hillsboro Township schools, I always like to try to, um, recognize the children of the school. Um, not only all
the athletes and the band and all the great work that they're doing because those extracurriculars are important, but the the mindset of those who are um, who are really doing a great job as it relates to the 2026 National Merit Scholarship Competition. We had uh I think there were a number I think it was
eight eight children who uh yeah eight children who actually um won the National Merit SC scholarship in Hillsboro Township. So that's a big deal. I just want to shout that out to them. Um and uh we have some very smart people in this town and we want to keep it that way and we want the kids to continue to grow either through if it's through STEM or if it's through trade
school those two very important for our future. So thank you mayor. All for me. [Music] >> Thank you committeeman. Uh next is Committeeman Leanti. Thank you, mayor. Good evening, everybody. Uh, just a few things today. Um,
so the building department has multiple types of permit templates available for owners completing their own work. Please remember once a digital application is approved, a paper copy of the approved plans and tech cards must be submitted. Uh, from engineering, uh, property owners with stormware facilities located
on their site. Please note the deep sills must be properly maintained by the property owner to prevent flooding. Just as simple as just cleaning debris from the from the grates or even in front of your streets would be helpful. More information can be found at the engineering website. Uh road update. The
2025 paving plan uh is pretty much completed with us except a small section of Bloomingdale Drive which will be completed within the next few weeks and the township will apply for an NJ DOT grant in 2026 for the balance of Bloomingdale Drive. Uh the Brown Avenue project is completed.
We are waiting for NJ DOT to give us the final stand of approval um for trucks heading north from the industrial areas can now have access to this traffic signal which will eliminate a lot of the dangerous crossings of the trucks on 206 uh out of the existing roadway. Uh
somerset county will be paving road. So pay attention. This is a pretty big uh project here from Amuel Road uh between on Amwell between 206 and Beakman Lane. to that whole stretch between 206 and Beakman Lane. This is scheduled for
November. The road will improve safety by going from four to two lanes and also designated turn lanes west of the high school. Uh they'll be working on handicap rafts and traffic signals and modifications at the time. Uh this work is planned to be done during the day, so
please pay attention. Uh there'll be obviously times of construction it'll be pretty hectic. So obviously watch the mayor's e-news for and alerts when construction starts, but that's going to be in November. Duke's Parkway West is scheduled to be repaved beginning the end of October. So that is uh near
Duke's estate. The prep work is completed first and will be paved uh and the milling and paving will be completed as weather allows or will be moved to spring of 2026. Planning zoning department wants to remind the public that the sheds that
sheds require a zoning permit to ensure they are in compliance. You can also contact planning zoning for any questions if you're not sure and also how to fill out the appropriate form. Uh road work continues to be done by the DPW uh filling in potholes and and areas
as required, cleaning storm drains uh to be prepared for any uh upcoming storms and then obviously they'll start sucking leaves soon um in the next month or so in the projects. You'll hear more about that. Uh the drop off program on road is
nearing the end of its season. Only a few remaining dates available. So if your needs on the drop off, please uh look in the website for that. Uh roadside mowing is making good progress as we go through a town to hit areas along the roads. Early in season got behind a little bit with some
breakdowns, but we are catching up. uh asphalt paving system completed seven miles of improvements uh throughout the town uh where they did micro seal and micro um uh ceiling and surface. Please not to material unrows a curing phase.
During this time the surface may appear uneven but with time it will smooth out and get back to its original surface. We believe this paving program is a um great approach to extending the life of our roads and then at a significantly lower cost. And lastly, uh, the DPW
project that we put in our bond. We had our first meeting with the Cornerstone Architects and started the plans to get together for the improvements here and also the new public works facility at East Mountain Road. So stay tuned for that. That's it. Mayor, >> great. Lots going on. Thank you, uh,
Committ Deputy Mayor Payne. >> Okay. Good evening, everybody. Uh, Hillsboro Fire District is teaming up with National Fire Protection Association to promote this year's campaign, Charge into Fire Safety, lithium ion batteries in your home.
Please see detailed information on the township website and in the e-news. Just a little comment about the fire um district here in Hillsboro, too, just so that everyone is aware. They actually took um a little bit of a lead within our state to make sure that we were
covered from an ion um battery perspective and took it upon themselves to um use what the state was starting to put together for next year's release and initiate that as an ordinance here in our town. So, it's been a really great
initiative and you know, just one of the other ways that our fire department is working really hard to keep everyone in this town safe. Monscior Joseph Curry and the community of Mary, Mother of God, invites all the police officers, firefighters, EMTs, emergency medical personnel, and their
families to spend a special mass honoring their dedication and service to our community. Uh, I don't have a date, so I'm assuming it'll be in the e-news. >> It's October 5th. >> October 5th. >> 10:30 a.m. >> 10:30 a.m. Sorry. Thank you. Um, the DEA Takeback, the United States
Drug Enforcement Administration has declared Saturday, October 25th, National Takeback Day, a day to dispose of unneeded medications anonymously and at no cost. The program will run from 10:00 a.m. to 2 p.m. right next door in the PDA. More details on the website and the e-news are forthcoming.
Coffee with the Cops is back. Join the Hillsboro Police Department at Starbucks on Thursday, October 2nd from 4 to 6 PM for coffee and conversation. Somerset County uh farmers are working hard to harvest their crops, which means
there's an increase in large, slowmoving farm equipment on our roads. Please be extra cautious and patient to prevent accidents and ensure everyone's safety. Slow down when you see a tractor. Give them space. Pass only when it's safe and legal and you can see around the
equipment. And watch for signals. Not all farm equipment has like actual light signals. They do use hand signals as well. We had a very bad uh accident on Amwell Road just last week with Abma Farm and it was a very unfortunate circumstance. Thankfully, no one was injured.
Sustainability. So, Sustainable Hillsboro and the Hillsboro Health Department would like to thank everyone who attended the Compost 101 class uh on September 13th. We had over 80 attendees. It was a huge success and we received great feedback. Please subscribe to the mayor's e newswsletter
and follow the township's Facebook page for further um I'm sorry for future announcements and upcoming events. Uh in light of last year's low attendance in December, we had to move the September veteran information session to what we
thought was going to be October and as I had said last uh meeting it was going to be October. Now unfortunately I just learned today uh it will be November 15th hopefully without change. Uh, so there will be an information session for veterans on November 15th,
10:00 a.m. to noon in the senior room. Thank you, mayor. >> Thank you, Deputy Mayor. Actually, I picked up some information today from the the the uh sessions. There was three veterans associated groups there. So, I'll make sure you have it if they are
if they aren't already on the list. >> Um, we'll we'll pass that along. >> Yeah. So, Okay, perfect. Thank you. >> Yeah. >> Um, okay. Okay. I have some rem some remarks. Uh the first one is 206, even though I'll I'll let you cue that up. Okay. >> All right. So, first I I just wanted to
talk about Route 206. Um recently there's been some site civil work going on. They there were deliveries of two things. Hay, right? Hay and steel beams. So, the hay was put down for the landscaping where the grass is going to be. So, that's a good thing.
Meaning that's done. at least they're they're not going to do any more excavating or any work. Uh and then the steel beams have been going up. Uh and I think most of them are in place. It looks like they got about 80% of the steel beams in place for the new bridge at Valley Road. So um you know there
there's never any progress until there is and all of a sudden they slam the site and get some things done. So you know we're keep we keep continuing to contact our our our folks at the DOT um and every once in a while something falls in our lap. So, there's been some
progress, but who knows if there'll be some downtime now because they made so much prog so much progress in the past couple days. They need to take a couple weeks off. So, we'll see what happens. Um, but anyway, so with we talked a little bit about DPW, Department of
Public Works, and I I visited with a a crew uh last week uh that was that's doing a lot of the tree trimming. Uh I attend I attended a a site visit with DBW tree removal team. There was four gentlemen on the team and was very
impressed with their whole operation uh on the safety measures they they take the actual technology that they have. They have headphones so they can talk to one another up top and bel and below even with the chainsaws going um all for safety. The the tree crew uh again has
four employees. Um we have a a licensed arborist argicultural specialist and uh others who are are um continuously trained through Rutgers's continuing education programs and focus on removing hazards from township property that that
leans over uh along roadways as well as next to residents on any township owned frontage. And usually it's really hazard mitigation. If they see dead trees, they take them down. Uh there's some preventive maintenance that they do and and usually respond to resident concerns about hazardous trees. So they're real
they're they're the team is storm ready. So they they they go out whenever there's storms and in the event of tree damage can act quickly. But what we see here is some pruning that they were doing. And um we got a little video tape and the the gentleman's up in the he he's up in the cherry picker. I don't know if you can see it when we run it,
but he's up in the air 70 ft. So, not that dramatic, but it was it was pretty impressive when you're there and you realize how heavy um that tree limb is and why they're dangerous when they do come down. So, um you know that brief shot there, it was at least I was there
for at least 45 minutes while they were getting ready all for that little that shot. But, uh just it's dangerous work that they do and so I just wanted to give them a shout out and um uh and show that that quick video. Um, so enough
about the DPW. Um, I recently signed or joined 2,200 local leaders and signed a letter opposing bigger trucks. They, uh, there's a group that represents local communities and Americans nationwide are that are concerned about the nation's
transportation infrastructure. And we strongly oppose oppose the proposals in Congress that would allow an increase in truck weight and length. uh heavier single single trailer trucks or longer double trailer truck tractor trucks would make our current situation worse.
Uh and especially if they started coming through our towns, which is bad enough with sing with regular um regulariz tractor trailers. So we signed on for that to to join that opposition. And we know the roads can't stand up to or or they're they're designed to stand up to the current weight loads. If you start
adding heavier loads to it, it's going to make our the roads uh crumble faster. So I signed on to that letter. um uh in support of that that ban. Um so Halloween's coming. Hillsboro Township's Park and Recck
Department has no shortage of family-friendly Halloween events this fall. Uh the children's Halloween party at Nor Farm will take place on Thursday, October 23rd at 3:30. Was just talking about Nor Farm. The annual Halloween dog parade will take place at An Van
Middlesworth Park on Saturday, October 25th. That's always fun. and the timehonored tradition of Hillsboro's Halloween um annual trunk or treat at the Willow Road complex will also be on the 25th. So, that'll be a busy day. And see, you can see more information in the
e-news. Uh, a couple more things. Early voting. Hillsboro Township encourages residents to take advantage of early voting to eliminate or at least reduce the amount of time spent waiting in line on election day. Early voting for the for the 2025 general election will take place here at the municipal building
from Saturday, October 25th through Sunday, November 2nd. Early voting hours are Monday through Saturday 10 to 8 and Sunday 10 to 6. Please note that there's no early voting on Monday, November 3rd. So early voting is very popular. You can
just come here no matter which district you're in and and cast your vote. Um the Hillsboro Health Collaborative, they won an award. They were selected for the inaugural community partnership excellence award by the New Jersey Public Health Association. The award
recognizes outstanding collaborations that exemplify mutual mutual respect, shared leadership, and deep community engagement. So, the health collaborative is a large group. Um, and you know, congratulations to them. It's a you know, I sit in on some of the meetings and they're they're doing polls and
seeing who's what needs there are in in the township. So, uh, it's it's nice to see them, uh, get an award. Uh, I'm going to end on something here. I started out talking about 206. I'm going to end with 206, which is on Saturday,
the, uh, the chase. So, on Saturday, we're going to shut down the bypass for a uh, fundraising 5K 5K chase on um, a couple hours depending on on the speed you run. But uh it's it's put together
by steps together and uh several other entities in town who have um helped organize it. Uh fire station 37 or uh is it number two. Um they're they're going to we're going to use their ground they're going to use their grounds for
some logistics and for a postra event. Beer tent and pretzels and carbs or whatever you need after the race. So uh should be an unique event and we're looking forward to this on Saturday. And of course, we're pushing people to go to restaurant week at that, too. So, um, those are my last remarks, and as
always, you can stay connected with all events via the Wednesday Mayor's E-News and Thursday's Experience Hillsboro bulletin. Uh, be sure to follow and like the official Hillsboro Township Facebook page X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram. Tune in to the Hillsboro
YouTube channel and sign up for Hillsboro alerts for traffic and emergency notifications. So, thank you. We have four proclamations and one presentation tonight. So, I'll come down to the floor to uh get this underway. >> Breast cancer awareness.
Hello. How are you? >> Don't worry about the pictures. We'll get them. >> Okay. October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and individuals are encouraged to help reduce the risk through regular regular self and clinical exams and mammograms. The
National Cancer Institute estimates in the United States more than 316 950 women and 2,800 men will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer this year. Breast cancer remains the second leading cause of cancer deaths among women.
Kathleen Cerrioli, a three-time cancer survivor, and Joanne Liskovitz are co-founders of Dance for the Cure, a nonprofit organization that has helped local families impacted by breast cancer. Dance for the Cure has donated over $1.2 million since its founding in
1999. Now therefore, be it proclaimed that we, the mayor and the township committee, do hereby recognize all the above and declare October 20, 20, 2025 as national breast cancer awareness month. We urge all women and their families to increase
their knowledge about breast cancer and join us in celebrating successes and memorial memorializing lost battles. As a final note, I think we're here on the first tying ribbons. >> Yeah. Yes. >> So, so congratulations. Thank you. As always, I just want to say thank you
again. This township has been wonderful to us in many, many ways and by giving us a proclamation every year and just supporting all of the fundraisers and events that we do throughout the year and we are proud to be a part of Hillsboro. Thank you.
[Applause] >> We're good. >> Questions, answers, whatever. Thank you. All right. Smile. [Applause] >> Uh now for Down syndrome,
[Music] >> we have representative for Down syndrome. Oh, come on up. >> Don't be shy. >> All right. How are you? >> Hi. >> I'll read it for you. >> Sure.
October is National Down Syndrome Acceptance Month and approximately one in every 700 to 800 children are born with Down syndrome, representing an estimated 6,000 births per year in the United States. There are more than 200,000 individuals living with Down
syndrome in the United States. Gigi's Playhouse is a national down syndrome achievement center serving children and adults of all ages at no charge. GI Gigi's Playhouse Hillsboro is continually supported by the local community through third-party fundraisers and promoting awareness of
people with Down Syndrome and their extraordinary capabilities. Now, therefore, be it proclaimed that we, the mayor and Hillsboro Township Committee do hereby declare October as National Down Syndrome Acceptance Month. We ask all citizens to join us in celebrating the abilities and accomplishments of
those with Down Syndrome. So, congratulations. And you're from GG's. So, right, I remember reading Hello, my name is Dr. Lori Ramali and I have been um the the newly formed executive director
um in my third month and so I'm a newbie in this um role. However, I've been involved with nonprofits for 30 years and um especially for those with disabilities. So, this is near and dear
to my heart and I just know um because of my interactions with um speaking with other community groups um Sean and uh and Mike uh others. Um, I just want to
say thank you so much to Hillsboro for supporting us all these years and this has been an enormous accomplishment for us to have been able to get the support. We are an international organization
and so we are very proud of what we have accomplished uh over the last excuse me of the last 23 years and in Hillsboro we have been around since 2015. So, I thank you very very much and I
want to thank you mayor and the rest of um Katherine I know you've been involved in teaches in the past and or present still yes still present and so I want to thank you all and um I truly would like
to um hopefully meet more of you in the near future. Thank you so much. [Applause] [Music] Oh, I'm sorry. >> No, no, no. >> You need your moment.
[Applause] Deputy mayor's selling herself short. She's the former president of GG's. I guess she had other things to step aside. Uh the third is for the uh respect for life month. Sure.
[Applause] >> This now you have you said you have a letter to read when we're done. Okay, >> we'll get that. >> All right. >> Hello. All right, we got more coming up. I'll wait for everybody. All right.
So, this is for respect for respect life month. Each October and January, respect life is honored across the United States of America. Respect life entails all, regardless of race, religion, gender, national origins, and socioeconomic
status. Treating all individuals with respect and dignity. As a stigmaf-free community, Hillsboro Township embraces all life. Now therefore, be it proclaimed that we, the mayor and Hillsboro Township Committee, call upon the residents to be mindful of all citizens, regardless of our differences,
in their pursuit and yours, of life, liberty, and happiness. So, let's congratulate [Applause] I believe you want me to hold this or >> No, that's okay. First of all, from all of us here, we
just wanted to thank the township, but man senior Joe Curry, who is our pastor, was not able to be here tonight, but he did write a letter that he would like me to read. So, I'll be reading that letter to you right now. Greetings to the Hillsboro Township. I am sorry that I
could not be with you all tonight to accept your proclamation. I want to thank the mayor and the council for their continued help and support. One of the foundations that we at Mary mother of God stand upon is that life is
sacred. I pray my senior prays that we stand among us and the foundation and put it into practice as we work to be good neighbors in our community of Hillsboro.
It's from this foundation and belief that we take time to honor those in our community who give us good example of living on this foundation by the fact that they many times risk
their lives and well-being to help and protect us. It is this mutual care and respect that has made and will continue to make Hillsboro the great community that it is. Thank you all once again so much.
Monscior Joe Curry, pastor at Mary Mother of God Church for a picture now, right? >> Yep. >> Oh yeah. Thank you. Thank you. So now we have three proclamations for for skills USA or skill. Yes, skills
USA. Um can three students want to come up? Nor Vant and uh is it VB? >> Oh, he's not. >> Okay, I'll read it. And >> we'll take that.
[Applause] >> So, my daughter went to Votech full-time. So, I'll give you a little bit of insight onto Skills USA. It's actually a national comp. It's a New Jerseywide competition and then it becomes a nationalwide competition. My daughter also uh was part of the health occupational programming at VOTE and she
was the first person in the history of the VOTE to graduate a year early. The Skills USA is an all day grueling test. Um it's in every different category from welding to agriculture to nursing. So we'll also look for them to tell us what
they got their awards in. >> Yep. Okay. >> Space. >> Right. Very. No, thank you. Thank you for that lead in. So, Skills USA, three Hillsboro students of the Academy for Health and Medical Sciences achieved gold medals in the Skills USA national
competition this summer. Skills USA competitions cover skilled and technical sciences, leadership development, and occupationally related skills. So we have Nor Fatima achieved a gold medal in the American
spirit competition and was represented or presented with the president's volunteer service award. So congratulations [Applause] uh Vdant Ravi achieved a gold medal in the health knowledge bowl.
So congratulations [Applause] and uh Vibe Vorjii Vuigi >> Vujini achieved first place for the chapter business procedure team. Um and
I'll go congratulations. So here's a little detail on what they did. Nor is a member of the varsity soccer team and UNICEF club president. She has hosted clothing drives, tutored children, and provided meals to the homeless in New York City. Great. Uh, Vdant is a member of the Nationals
National Honor Society and plays varsity basketball. He has volunteered shadowing doctors and teaching children the Hindi language. He's currently attending Case Western Reserve University. Very good. Uh, Vibav is a president of the Future Business Leaders of America and
volunteers at Children's Specialized Hospital. So, that's great for all three of them. [Applause] So now therefore be it proclaimed that we the mayor and Hills Hillsboro Township Committee commend Nor Vant and
uh Vay Vay Vai sorry for achieving gold medals and first place in the Skills USA national competition and we wish them luck in all their future endeavors. So congratulations [Applause]
[Music] one of each. Yeah. You can give it to her. She'll take Give it to Deb. Give it to Deb. She'll take it. >> She's trained in film. >> They're very ambidextrous art group. >> Part of our part of our prerequisite
training. Give your camera to Deb and double take it for you. >> Take one first by themselves. Oh, you can't do the multi-hand thing like Erica does. >> Erica sets the bar way too high for photo photography here.
>> So, while she's doing that, what position you playing soccer? >> You score? Yeah. >> Nice. >> How many? >> Five. That's it. Let's go. Good job. Good job. >> Bridgewater. >> Always. >> Yeah. You said
>> one more. >> Deb, >> you guys take all the credit. >> You guys, you needed to bring like a fathead of him. Just quick leave a spot like this. >> Oh, do you want to read it? >> Oh, by all means. Actually, normally we
let we do let the recipients read stuff. So, if you have you want to prepare. >> Yeah. >> Thanks for reminding me. >> Okay. Um I would like to thank my family, my friends, and my community um for always supporting and helping me and
um they're a big part of my success. And also the mayor for this award. Thank you. [Applause] >> Uh hello everyone. My name is Viva Vagini. I'm a senior at the Academy for Health and Medical Sciences at Somerset County Votech. A little bit about me,
I've been a part of Hillsborough. I've been living here since 2018. I've gone to Hillsboro Elementary, um, Aerys, and also Hillsboro Middle School. So, this past June, I competed at the national level in Atlanta. The competition I did was chapter business procedure. So, it's a mix of debate and parliamentary
procedure, much like actually what's going on up here right now. Um, as a final note, I want to say thank you to my parents and also the mayor for this opportunity. Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> Okay. Um, uh, good evening mayor and, uh, everyone on the council member and, uh, thank
you. Last time Robert was the one who was giving the proclamation. Thank you for that as well. So Vedant couldn't be here because he's uh currently attending the Case Western University and he wants to pursue pursue his medical career. So we'd like to take all your blessings and
uh this is very encouraging. Um I'm here today to on behalf of Vant to receive the proclamation award. Thank you mayor for your time and um uh unwavering community support that you're doing throughout the Hillsboro. uh this
recognition motivates all the recipients and uh inspires peer and the young generation. So please continue doing this um moving forward. So every every day um we are seeing this young people in Hillsboro excelling in academy uh
innovating in community service um and uh science and sports and arts. Um so they are the pride of this town and the foundation of the future. Uh to make this award truly transformative. Uh with all due respect I respectfully request
um that we consider an additional step by pairing this uh proclamation award with any small scholarship fund. uh the scholarship however modest it would be will be definitely help the family and
to pursue that career in future. Um uh let's let's uh let us show our young adults that Hillsboro believes in their uh dreams and uh and is willing to invest in them and I uh with my full heart thank you for the opportunity and
I would like to congratulate each and everyone here uh who got the award. Thank you. Congratulations to all of our proclamation recipients and Mayor Cherelli. Please remain where you are for just an extra moment. >> Oh, you want to take a group picture
first? Okay. Sorry. >> I'm sorry. >> Congratulations. Tonight we have a special guest joining us. It's my pleasure to introduce JD Brighten from Congressman Kian's office. He's here this evening to present a well-deserved recognition to our very
own mayor. JD, it's all yours. >> Congratulations. Absolutely. Well, thank you everybody for um for inviting me here tonight. Uh it is my honor to present a special a uh certificate of special congressional recognition uh to
Mayor Cherelli. uh he's been giving out all sorts of awards tonight, so it's just fair that we give him one as well for uh his his great work on a walk in the park here in Hillsboro and and other, you know, services as mayor. Uh really appreciate the work that you're
doing here and uh continuing to innovate in uh in making sure that people hear what's going on in town and are able to uh do that with you out in the community. >> Thank you. >> Oh, you want Yeah. Let's do a picture and I'll just
>> Sure. I didn't prepare a speech. >> Just a quick I didn't prepare anything, but uh I I thank the uh thank JD for drop for for delivering this and uh the honorable Tom H. Kane Jr., our our congressman. Um and and uh what's that?
>> For half the town. >> For half the town. That's right. Right. Um but I appreciate, you know, the staff and everybody who made makes the walk in the park and the mayor's wellness program which got this uh uh award got me got us recognized for this award and
puts us on the map again. I I know um former mayor Britting received something recognition as well for the the innovative things we're doing for transparency and outreach to the uh community. So, I I really I'm humbly I'm humbled by this and I honor, you know, I accept this honor and and really
appreciate it. So, we'll hang this on the wall. Thank you. [Music] >> Very welld deserved, mayor. >> And with that's the end of our proclamations. We'll take a quick break. Uh if anybody wants to leave, they can. And then we'll get on with the business
part of the meeting. Uh, moving on. The first order of business. Um, personnel resolutions. Uh, so I don't know that I need to read the whole resolution. >> You probably could.
>> I could. It's a resolution appointing Tony Anne Anuniata, David Fulch, Tim Lstein, and John Yanko as emergency management deputy coordinators effective October 1st, 2025 and authorizing prorated stipen for said service. May I
have a motion and a second to approve the personnel appointment item one? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any comments from the deis? >> No, sir. >> Comments from the floor? Seeing none, can I have a roll call?
>> Committeeman Britting, >> yes. >> Committee Leani, >> yes. >> Deputy Mayor Payne, >> absolutely. Yes. >> Mayor Cherelli, >> yes. So, congratulations. Um, and now on to the consent agenda items 1 through 13.
Uh, we're going to hear all comments first on on items 1 through 13. If any committee member would like to take an item from the consent agenda separately for voting purposes, I'll provide the opportunity to do so. There's no need to take items separately for the purposes
of commenting or questioning. So um let me see here. Okay. So do we have any comments from the deis on consent on the consent agenda? And I think last time we established a protocol where we kind of follow the same um alphabetical order if
you will. So, uh, Committeeman Britting, any any items on the consent agenda you want to address? >> I just want I just wanted to, uh, call out that there are three major themes for this consent agenda. This is what we focus on. Public safety, um, infrastructure and roads, and the people component of it, which is the library.
So, we have five consent agenda items related to the police department, which include police vehicles, traffic signals, body cameras, um, and a number of other items that are related to the police department. It's very important that we support them so they could do their job incredibly well, which they do. Uh, that's number one. Uh that's a very important one. Number two is uh a
number uh eight and nine I believe are for public works related to upgrading our roads and and making sure that we can do everything there. Uh you know keeping the promises that we have put forward. I think mayor I think we've been we're at around 50 roads in the last two years or so by the end of this
year that will be um either redone or um really well upgraded. So that's a really good thing and we're going to continue that program. So that's great as well too this component of that. And also as it relates to the library that we had talked to earlier, we mentioned that the uh this is one of the other components related to the library. Um this is
starting with the carpet and uh some of the other components to upgrade the library. So just to book end some of the comments that were made from my colleagues earlier, this is a very good and solid content consent agenda sticking with public safety, roads and people. Thank you, sir. >> All right. Thank you. Uh Committeeman Leani, any other consent agenda items
you want to comment on? uh in efforts of keeping things brief. The only thing I would highlight is uh resolution five. Uh we've done uh a study to uh put a traffic light to Camplain Sunnyme Road. Obviously, there's an entrance to Sunnyme School off of that road and
school buses uh intersect there. It's a very it's becoming a very dangerous intersection with the increased traffic. So, we feel that this is an important addition uh to that part of town for safety. >> Great. Thank you. Uh Deputy Mayor. Yep. Uh, so I definitely want to echo the
sentiments of committeeman Britting as well as point out that there has been a lot of question and speculation around the chip seal process. I invite people who have those questions to go back and look at some of the prior um
um what's it called? >> Applications. >> No, mayor the Oh my gosh, I'm blinking. I'm sorry. News from the mayor when he gives his little mayor updates. help me. Somebody >> ask the mayor. >> Ask the mayor. Thank you very much. I'm so sorry. Uh so I would invite you to go
back and look at the ask the mayor comments and understand how the chip cell process work. It is a process. It's not all immediate and it's not all done at once. Um and it brings a lot of longevity and cost savings to the taxpayers when we're not completely um tearing up roads and replacing them
entirely. So um other than that, that's all. >> Thank you. Um yeah, I don't I think uh we've covered all the specifics. I agree with the overall concept of of the investments we're making. A lot of the things we talked about are um come out
of the bond that we initiated. So we're seeing the actual work starting to get done. Um and actually number six is ALS is the resolution that approved the request to hold the 5K chase. So, um, I talked about that earlier, but, uh, we
had to actually approve the request. Um, and so the state's allowing it to be run on the on the ch on the bypass on Saturday. So, hopefully we'll see everybody out there, even if it's just to cheer along. So, um, those would anyone like to take any of these items
separately? >> Hearing no. And may I have a motion to and a second to approve consent agenda items 1 through 13? Oh, comments from the day is we're done. All right. Comments from the floor on items 1 through 13. I saw Sarah put the mic
out. So, um does anybody have any comments on items 1 through 13 on the consent agenda from the uh public? Okay. Now, seeing none, um may I have a motion and a second to approve consent agenda items 1 through
13? >> So, moved. >> Second. >> Okay. Roll call. Committee Bringing. >> Yes. >> Committee. >> Yep. >> Deputy Mayor Payne. >> Yes. >> Mayor Churley. >> Yes. Uh, we have no public hearings. We have no new ordinances to introduce. Uh,
let's see. The claims list 25-15. May I have a motion and a second to approve claims list 25 2025-15. >> So moved. Second. >> Second. >> Uh, any comments from the day on it? >> Deputy mayor won that one. So nice to
meet you. >> That's all good. >> All right. Any any comments from the floor from the public on the claims list? >> Okay. Seeing none. Uh roll call, please. >> Committee member Bringing. >> Yes. >> Command Lefani. >> Yes. >> Deputy Mayor Payne. >> Yes. >> Mayor Churley.
>> Yes. Uh we have no new business on the agenda. And now we have public comments for matters not on the agenda. Miss Break, please read the statement regarding public comment. The township committee welcomes input from the public. Please state your name and address and spell your name for the
record. You will be given one three-minute aotment for your comments. Please understand that this public forum is not structured as a question and answer session. Comments are to be addressed to the mayor. Again, please keep your comments to three minutes. Thank you. >> Okay. So, does anybody have anybody from the public have any comments for matters
not on the agenda? Come on up. South South Pulio Pu Lo 681 Montgomery Road. I've complained to you guys before about the unpaved section of Montgomery Road. It has got to be the worst road in this town. Why it wasn't done already, I
don't know. It should be at the top of your list. It is pathetic. But thank you for putting in the four-way stop at Wartzville in Montgomery. >> All right. Thank you. Okay. Um, any other comments? I know we have a we we have a uh we've
had some plans on on that Montgomery Road section. I just don't remember when what the timeline was for it for it next year. Yeah. Um, >> you guys. >> Okay. Thank you. Any other comments from the public?
All right. May I have a motion and a second to adjurnn? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Roll call. >> Committing. >> Yes. >> Committee. >> Yes. >> Deputy Mayor Payne. >> Yes. Mayor Cherelli.
>> Yes. >> That's it. >> Thank you. >> We are journ October.