everyone flag United States Justice for All um I'm sorry ladies and gentlemen can we just have a moment moment for passing thank you everyone
cler councilwoman H here councilman jackon here councilman linowski here councilman Mory here councilwoman Patton here Council presidentand Shar here mayor Ro here approval minutes for
meeting January 3rd 2024 second second councilwoman hes yes councilman lowski yes councilman Jackson councilman morsy yes councilwoman Patton yes council president Rand shark yes approval
minutes for council meeting February 14th pleas approve second pleas second questions councilwoman H yes councilman Cy yes councilman Jackson yes councilman
Marcy yes councilwoman Patton yes council president Rand next Council meetings March 13th April 10th May 8 and December 18th so I'm going to show you a little trick that I use with my
multi-tool yes Council yes councilman Mory yes councilwoman Patton yes council president Rand Shar yes next Bills please motion the bills have beener AED and sign approve pment and second
second any questions councilwoman H yes Council mowy yes councilman Jackson yes councilman marsy yes councilwoman Patton yes council president Rand Shar yes
following reports been filed are available in respective offices that will be included in the minutes Tax Collectors report for December and January sewer report for December and January treasur report for December and January and the engineers
report for December and January next first reading ordinates 20251 Georgetown title 39 and a motion please make a motion for first reading of ordinance 2025
01 be adopted as read on first reading published according to law and posted in the bur Hall with the second reading being held in our next regly scheduled meeting and second second any questions please councilwoman HX yes
councilman lowski yes councilman Jackson yes councilman Mory yes councilwoman Patton yes council president Rand sharp yes next consent agenda the item below considered routine by the B reacted upon
in one motion there will be no formal discussion if there is a formal discussion these items decid remove the agenda considered separately entertain a motion for resolution 20266 through 20273 I make a motion for Resolutions
div 20266 through 20 2573 and second please second councilwoman H yes councilman lowsky yes councilman Jackson yes councilman Mory yes councilwoman haton
yes council president Rand Shar yes uh next on resolution 20274 Council resolution authorizing the hiring of Albert Smith III is a fulltime code enforcement trainee and John hle is a part-time code enforcement
Trainee make a motion for resolution um item 20257 for the hiring of fulltime and part-time employees in the FI Enforcement office second any question Council yes yes councilman
lowski yes councilman Jackson yes councilman marsy yes councilwoman Patton yes council president yes next resolution 20275 Council resolution authorizing the
hiring of Tyler Johnson as a part-time Library CL the motion for resolution item 20 2575 the hiring of the time Library second please question councilwoman H yes Council
cowsky yes coun yes Council Mory yes councilwoman Patt yes council president randar yes Council counc thank you mayor before I give my report on the Fire Commission I would
like to bring up another item uh I was privileged to be one of many attending the Canon County Martin Luther King Jr Freedom medal ceremony that was held last month in Collinwood reason I bringing up is that
we had L world people receive the award first I'd like to mention that the freedom medal was presented to 14 outstanding citizens have unselfishly contributed their time and effort to
better their Community conjunction the late Dr Borton Luther King Jr the residents of C County are grateful to these outstanding individuals we hope that the vision dream and Legacy of do of Dr Marther King Jr will continue to flourish through their efforts and
impact to our communities we we recognize their accomplishments salute these amazing citizens this year Kathleen and Michael Van Stein were honored uh they are the founders of Spectre Care Foundation uh who established and run
the crawton aru veteran Center in in town and they were recognized for everything they've done on behalf of veterans uh number of other vable residents and personalities have won the awards over the years including
Larry Abrams an educator in 2021 Jackie and Alex Alex Dixon both star parents in 2005 Bishop Anthony Harley from White House Wills of God Church in 2020 SED col pastor
of Baptist Church in 2005 B roach our library administrator in 2005 Cher sharp council president in 2006 Johnson Clark currently a resent former council
member of bide in 2004 meet ASU s found of the foundation and Ian Mosley a Qui Harrison delate and as far as the Fire Commission report goes uh next public meeting will
be held on Tuesday February 18th 7:30 p.m. at 801 Scott Avenue it's the last regular meeting prior to their reorganization meeting on March 8 4th the department responded to 89 calls for 39 inspections completed 22 re
inspections all vehicles are in service there are two new members one who is in their third week of training one was about to start training as far as the L Firehouse project goes there's a pre bid meeting held interest contractors approximately
21 people attended the commission also appeared before the land use board on January 23rd several adjustments need to be made as as a result of this meeting commission is issuing an addendum should say should have issued
anend this past Monday and extended the deadline to respond for until March 11th p.m and as always free smoke alarms are available resident homeowners call the car Commission office at 856 346
0935 to make an appointment for installation and did approve their 2025 budget at that meeting that's all I have for you thank you mayor thank you mayor Works monthly report for January tons of trash
collected 724 resident assistance both items collected 213 strap metal picked up 33 concrete picked up two stumon logs one property maintenance n number of
injuries none service calls 65 stoppages 25 Main stoppages two emergency calls 12 markouts 29 Pump Station repairs 15 trouble trouble areas jeted zero Pump Station Vector
two for La Springs service calls five stages five emergency calls three Mar zero that's all for public works for our Police Department we have total call service
1,79 97 traffic accidents 39 community policing 90 traffic enforcement stops 90 PR complaints issued by officers 58 traffic summons issued by officers 68 criminal complaints issued by citizens
49 traffic signs issued by citizens zero detective Bure investigations 41 and that is Police Department by Chief good evening everyone um just would like to say well
first I'll start out with my code enforcement office report there were 78 uh Co inspections for the month of January zero smoke inspections 26 violations found 75 violations written
18 abatements zero tickets written 22 yearly rental uh reinspection rental inspections 57 yearly re rental inspections five foreclosures 18 resident Communications first of all I'd like to
say happy New Year um this is the first time I think we're seeing each other since then and also uh Happy black history mom to everyone um just want to ask everyone to continue to keep Lena p in your prayers um we attended the
healing yesterday and um you know just please continue to keep that in prayers and everything um will come together for them as a family that they will um they'll just find comfort and peace and I just wanted to just say you know thank
you and I know we're planning to do something official but we just went yesterday so I want to say this while it's still on my heart I just want to thank P families for the years of service to this community they were one of the jewels and our business Craft um PE that my family for almost 28 years
I'm lost really in in like you know a last minute solution for dinner many times and I think about the conversations and things that we would have every time I would go in and pick up the food sometimes he would even deliver the piz to the house whatever so he's going be missed
and I just want to say thank you for his service um go Eagles uh pray for me I am planning to go to the parade on Friday I hope I survive um my husband is going regly because he's afraid that something might happen to me over there so he's coming
but um what a fantastic when and what a great thing for our area I feel like we really needed something uplifting right to happen so um very proud of the boys in green and hopefully everybody will behave themselves on Friday and because the whole world will be watching right
so I hope everyone that's your there he oh sorry that's okay we still like it it's terrific and then Happy Val Valentine's Day I know it's like a holiday they they change it into Valentine's Day and Valentine's Day and
all those other things but every day should be a day right so happy Valentine's Day and thank everyone for coming in thank you okay thank you Mary before I give you my up I want to give a two to the public works department I mean this morning I get up early and I went out to
shle M sidewalk up at like my driveway like 4:00 in the morning and they already had all the streets not the secondary streets the main streets and you look at them it's like ay you're watching the playoffs go by they really know what they're doing they really you know deserve a good shout out was all
the main road already so anyway good shout out to them um so anyway yes and they picked up the trash okay so um we had 31 of our students uh entered to the Seal of lit Rec cific that's up that's up quite a
bit from year um our schools are they're going to go into the school language program for the teachers um according to what we heard at the meia like there's only like three three teachers in the state that are certified with the school language in our school going to try to
get into that a bit um they're also having a problem with like substitute teaching so uh they're going to ENT a deal with the this Kelly Service substitutes and this Kelly Service substitute said they are going to hire 61 teachers to help all the schools in
the area with this dilemma um also they had their audit everything came out really good I have copies up here if anybody wants to say it I know you'll probably um also Theo construction approval of at an RFI for leveling the
bathroom floors now that's a big deal is that tells you you're getting any start level the bathroom floors they're getting ready to get get get the bathrooms done so they're they're getting close to get to the truth of that project so you know things are coming along over school and that's all
I got Mar thank you thank you hey everybody um this month we've been taking a look at the history of L wall that's a body that exists thanks to the dedication of Charlie sha and a team
of passionate vocals back in the 1960s and 70s they worked highly to serve history forming the white historical society and documenting many of the town's most important landmarks but history isn't just about looking back
and it's about continuing the story nearly five decades later the work of uncovering preserving and sharing that the L past is still ining new information and untold stories have been and are waiting to be rediscovered and the journey is far from over an old
Discovery adds a special connection to this ongoing effort we we learned that our home property as was once a workshop and wood shop where many of Lind was beautifully designed homes were drafted that same Spirit of creativity and development continues today shaping the
projects and ideas that keep history alive our front room even naturally became a personal workshop and a space where craftsmanship and Innovation still app everyone has a piece of History to share whether it's an old photograph a family story or a forgotten detail about
familiar place these moments all contribute to L's Rich Heritage if you ever come across something that offers a glimpse into the past consider sharing every Discovery helps us better understand and appreciate the community we call home for now we're in about once
the first Monday of the month at various locations to discover something in so please reach out if you like to participate thank you Mr Man go thank you Mr mayor uh first I'm going just uh talk about this ARP this
obviously we're in tax season the ARP is doing a tax a program for seniors um they're going to do that every Monday from February 3rd through April 14th that will be 10: a.m. to 1 p.m uh they will assist in preparing your federal
and state income taxes also uh chairman what was the location for the is there a location or oh yes I'm sorry U it is oh it's up the barington BFW I'm
sorry should gave the address barington BFW that's 109 Street Avenue oh also appointments are required for that so I do have a link here on this form if anyone needs it will to
share uh and then this is something for veterans uh this isn't taking place till next month uh it's a veterans lunch in uh we'll be at the cins with Grand Ballroom 315 white hor P col with New Jersey the Sunday March 23rd uh from 12: p.m. to 3 p.m. the Camy County Board of
Commissioners warmly invitees you to to a special lunch dedicated to honoring and empowering our veterans along with the family members and friends who stand by their side join us as we come together to show our gratitude and support for the brave individuals who have served our
this event is more than just a mill it's an opportunity to connect learn and give back uh this will consist of obviously a lunch uh resources there will be a panel discussion hearing from inspiring speakers uh and networking and community
building and that's all thank you the only I want to say I went to the last one last in Philadelphia and my son's going have have but you know they're going Friday
and they invited me to go and I just I can't do that anymore but I love my bird anyway this time sorry just tell open question comment anyone public speak
please come to the microphone don't forg sign 6 two things one with these appraisals that are going around you didn't get the letter does that mean you're not coming to your house I never letter this is for
every person in the and what happens if you don't let them in if you don't let them in they will apprise your house for you okay let me tell you something after the incident at my house on February 2 which I'm sure you all know about someone showed up at my home with a hammer to hurt me because I'm a
republican tell me to get out of this Camp so the cops are involved I do have video from my Cs and I actually posted on a couple of the L World sites to see if anybody recognized it guy the hatred of the L World residence
towards me was horrible people wishing me dead I should have been hurt the three people who were the worst were a listen a par wha and AR ke so I don't understand how
the violence in Linden is so bad Mr you asked a question in regards to the rebound right and I'm telling you why I don't want to let no in my house at the end if they you don't let them in the house that's fine they will send you a notice that they would there on the
notice it will also give you a website that you can go to and fill it all out to you know tell about your prodct what's in your problem they they will do some visual from the outside my thing is like what what is ly W doing to try to
like keep the resident safe like I should have to look at my cameras every morning before I leave my house to make sure somebody didn't tamper with my truck or anything like that you know they're right there they're
there they're at they're at my house within a minute we have a few CL the street they're there with minute what I'm saying is I shouldn't have to worry if somebody Tamp with my truck during the night that when I go let's I'm with Philly bro we think understand but's
really down in this to I don't know somebody that come to my house with a h to hurt me for no reason at all unprovoked I I don't I don't buy it like I can tell you this you will not run me out of this town the way stol run the P out of this town
because I really think that I was targeted and this is not the first time excuse me you're making allegations about a person that's not here to speak for themselves so keep your eyes your incident to your incident
l in L you call the police right the police will help you in oh I know they already have the person I'm go pick them off out of the lineon anyone else yes Paul marce 925 heing place um yeah I could commend Public Works I was
Employee in the bur barington working for public works I commend all the fire police everybody to on the jobs one question now is you know we're in winter but we're going to go into spring and
summer and fall and I think we we got to seriously consider I know um we'll be mod for a lot of people but I think we guys Ser consider uh stopping Leaf pick up in the bur of Lind
just slow it and then haul it down when you have all these type of equipment that landscaper was on the 7ti landscape contractor you have all the kind of tools you have you do not need need Leaf bed off now what do you do
okay fine you can mul all the stuff put it in your flower beds do all that it's great wiri and I think the manow you have no you don't lay them off you get Manpower and you start removing trees I cringe every time when I see
aspon come over and their hacking trees to the ground or hacking trees that look like heads of spinach and they should be just right to the ground because this it's not not our fault it's not president Administration
it's basically years ago in the 50s and 60s they never had the research they have now on playing with trees so they have to start they have to start somewhere start um removing trees taking
a bur vehicle which the bar had Feld does filling up with water and start you want to put some small stuff in start doing you and that would save a lot of revenue from asant and all the national contracts to come in and just say oh
we're sto up the street today and we're going to stop up the street next week because we're going to hack and then we're going to hack them over there it's time to remove and then I think the bur doing a great job everything I look the parts look good got a new Firehouse
coming in I'm little negative on it but I think it's it's right in the right direction um I know they're going to think about it because I'm retired fir also um that we're going to have to have a couple paid guys in this B so I think
it's coming in the right direction I know good the roads are open up the police department do a good job public works all that because every time I need them they're right there right there pick up something I'll pick up this they're right there I agree with um
counil um when cowsky they're right there at 7:30 in the morning throwing snow throwing salt open up the roads so that's basically just a primary thing of saying hey let's think about it let's
think a bag seriously about um G Ming trees in the per the look a lot nicer and um if you want to take the trees you want to shred them put them over the pile over there and say hey gra for residents we had free mold for sale
mols are R flower bits and uh I think it will it just it's something in the 50s and 60s where they did lot of playing was not a lot of thought back there all right thank you I we appreciate your comments okay uh don't forget to sign in
yes anyone else yeah I Jo the day 25 first thing I have for safety uh we have a stop sign that's being blocked by we have a fence on coming it looks like
a for the patching CL fence well the stop sign is blocked uh you can't see a stop sign until you just about on top of it on Georg coming into Georg development uh you
have any not going into Georgetown development belong to Georgetown stop sign belong to Georgetown it's in Georgetown develop that would be your management company have to take improve it title 39 is covered it's covered by the police
department were supposed to pick out where the stop signes are the chief went out there a couple months ago Joe um like last summer I mean it's been a lot and he had some issues with respect to the sign which
were supposed to take care of uh I spoke with the chief last week because the uh M company and the board over there did pass a resolution at level 39 placed on the property Chief was in agreement with it
I think that he believed that they took care of everything with respect to the signs that he that they were um that they were U having issues with previously um we did uh I don't know if you were here but we did uh have a first reading with or place title 39 on the
Georgetown property today however if there is an issue with what is it bushes or trees or something or blocking the stuff okay that's something that you got to take up with the board and the man company to move that so it's
clear I went to the board uh T once was on the telephone with them next time was at our meeting our condo meeting and I lot people yeah you're right hard to see the sign and I went to the police station uh I asked for the chief but he
wasn't available which he's in charge of the title 39 um he's just to Pi out where science where our science to be and speed limit what what where is the sign exactly right when you come in off Landing Road yeah um I think it's a t
town and um it the first road on the right first on the right um when you come in Georgetown yeah when you're coming in Georgetown it's the first get all way down the first road follow
Road right right okay yeah I'll I'll send a letter out their attorney for the board asking for that to be addressed since we are in the process of putting down property 39 well it's from it's 39
so you knowy that and I it's not affect 39 doesn't cover that that the total 39 isor vehicle violations you know from what I understand all right we're going to take care of it I'm going
to send something after their attorney tomorrow okay so you know talked to a sergeant and I never got a reply from him and I talked to a CL detective at the police station and I never got no
answer from them I never got any answer from from the Georgetown Condo Association at all about it um I always was smashed a couple days ago a nurse came in to take care of one of her patients you know the daily TY stuff and
she recalls that there wasn't a stop sign there which wasn't the P 39 took the sign out wasn't wasn't needed and then they found out here school bus and UPS almost smashed in each other at that point and now the
sign went up I don't know who put the sign up nobody knows and it's about 2 seconds away from you know having a collision uh you're coming down 25 miles an hour and that's fast on that little
road and the part comes out and luckily I live there the nurse didn't live there the nurse apologized to me a thousand times within a minute she said it was her fault she didn't see the stop sign uh you know this is really
a bad situation take care so the fence needs to be moved to make the stop sign more visible that's what you're tell us right and U is that correct the fence needs to be moved or the sign needs to be adjusted to be more Vis right yes okay havea after yeah but
I mean before you call up do 25 miles hour which the speed liit was 15 but the police changed it 25 what I don't understand Che yeah
understand doesn't take effect until next month and then 20 days well they gave him that privilege to do all that I don't know why why doing all that I guess made the board decide to do all that but they they
said probably I want to ask you about dumpsters uh we were supposed to get dumpsters in January from the township and nothing occurred at all U we authoriz dumpsters on the property as of the first week of January okay the
public work supervisor uh has been contacting the board to go out there and talk to them they didn't get back to him until last week he went and did a site inspection with a representative of the board to confirm where the dumpsters are going to be placed and the number Etc
all right so they didn't get back to us until last week um but that's in the works all they got to do is call us and green L now my understanding is the contract with the private huler Waste Management rolled over as of January 1st so I don't know if you're in it for
another year or not but all they have to do is send an email to the director of Public Works and your dumpsters will be out there probably within 24 to 48 hours we're ready we've been ready to do this since the beginning of the year yeah I I talk to B work and they said
they were out there the last week of December they were supposed to meet with someone from Georgetown and person from Georgetown never showed up which is why it went till the first week of February before they finally met with the supervisor Public Works we're trying
to work with your Association for the placement of the dumpster so that everybody can at least live with it even if they're not completely satisfying you know we're trying to work with your community um but you know this we're not getting quick responses but we've had those dumpsters ready to go since
beginning of January all they got to do is ask for them and they will be delivered in a very short no all right thank you um anyone else yeah five minutes okay
got after Mee you want hi good evening 8en um I know earlier you had someone had mentioned about the reevaluation and not letting those inspectors in um my
question is how often do they do this I feel like we just went through reevaluation every 10 years our last reevaluation in this community was 17 years ago 20 something I don't know why I just
feel like it's been more often so we haven't had a reevaluation of our property 17 years that's what the that's what the note said from the tax assessor is that we haven't been reevaluated for only 17 years so those little green papers that's the annual that's just out
of the office annually this is the state mandated reevaluation so they it's different they're not the same thing they're not the same thing so how if they're different how is this going to affect my taxes if the numbers are different from this this is to value
your property it's not to whe raise your tax up or down it what it does is it takes all the properties in the barlin wall they look at them all and they make a judgment of where they're supposed to be it's to bring everybody equal a lot of times people are paying a lot more in
some houses other people are paying a lot less that have been there and has have missed things theyve made improvements and stuff like that it's make everybody on equal plan field State mandated County mandated it's not something we want to do they
make us so if there's an issue with the number that they get and the number that you have on that little you canest feel it well okay any other any other questions
you can have to tax office girls right there she can address every single the detail also if you go on to our website they have a very nice listing on to the the tax assessor's website that explains the whole process if you hit the link
that's below it has a nice formulated thing that explains the entire why it's being done the formula on how it's being done everything is spelled out in a nice picture on there um right on the website the last time we did we did a rebound
because we are don't we are pretty much built out there really no nothing that's really changes we had a 25 C tax decrease it was the first year I was mayor that's why I remember this is what what it says on the website says you know there's
question and answers like facts on it and well talk to person it says what I really want to know is what give you the number he's read it says what I really want to know is what effect will reation have on my tax bill that's what everybody wants to
know and it says the revaluation process is revenue neutral in other words no additional taxes overall will be raised for the school County or municipality as a result of the completion of this process the impact of new assessment will not affect the property owner tax
bill until the 2026 tax year in all I have that more in detail um but you can call the tax office if you dial the direct number to 783 2121 number it's extension 23 230 and they'll be
able to answer any questions that you have ALS Al the number to the property appraiser group the group that will be doing the is on that pamphlet and on the website as well so I have the pamphlet and I'm a you know part of those lovely Facebook groups and um some of the
people questioned how do they go about picking those um companies that are doing the we went out for open bid there's only five companies that are licensed to do this in the state we were ordered to do this revaluation last year but we
couldn't get vendor we couldn't get a company to come in and do it they nobody responded until August we had one company was actually licensed to do it responded to our bid um to conduct this revaluation so they were awarded that bid but because it was so late in the year we had to go to the county P office
and asked to have it adjourned to this year to do the revaluation because there's no way we could have been able complete it at the end of 2024 we only had a couple weeks so are they that busy that the one can do this for every municipality and
it's done every year it's not like a rolling deps next year it depends on when they get around doing we're mandated right now by state and County like I said it's been 17 years since the last one of these things okay thank you anyone else
from the public wish none Clos meeting to the public please thank you everyone and once again happy bir bir
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