Yes. >> Good evening everyone. This is the Maple Shade Township Council regular session agenda meeting January 22nd, 2026. Please stand for the pledge of >> allegiance to the flag of America to the republic for it stands
one nation under God indivisible with ligiance and justice for all. >> Okay. Public notice of this meeting pursuant to the open public meetings act has been given by the township council in the following manner. Notifying the township clerk December 23rd 2025 mailing notice to the carrier post central record Burlington County Times
on December 23rd 2025 and posting notice on the official municipal bulletin board on December 23rd 2025. Anyone from the public wishing to speak tonight will be permitted to address comments to the council during public portion only. Those wishing to speak will come up and state their name and address for the record. Each one will have one
opportunity and up to five minutes. A draft of the agenda has been posted on the township website and bulletin board in the municipal building. Roll call, please. Terry. >> Mr. Kaufman, >> here. >> Miss Nunes, >> here. >> Mr. Simons, >> here. >> Mr. Znick, >> here. >> Mayor Telerico, >> here. This is the open board of health meeting. Susan,
>> thank you. Open board of health meeting through December of 2025. We had three new dog bites for um animal bites. They were all owner bites. Uh we had one sanitary condition, so it was four total calls. Alto together everything has been
uh remediated and addressed. >> Okay. Thank you. This is the public portion. Anybody have any comments on the board of health meeting? Okay. Seeing none. Can I have a motion to close? >> So made. >> Second. >> Second. >> Comments. All in favor? >> I.
>> Motion to adjurnn. >> So made second. >> All in favor? I I >> Okay. Tonight we have a presentation from the VFW. Mr. Renwick. that one or this one. >> Unfortunately, I have to start off this presentation
with some sad news. We about two hours ago, we just lost our past commander, Ron Koulie. I know you've worked with him. Um I went and visited with Ron this morning and his family. Um,
he was our past commander. He was past quarter master, past district 11 commander. So, I ask that you keep his family in your thoughts and prayers. Um, we're a little ruffled over here. So,
>> to say the least, >> bear with me. At this time, I'd like to recognize the New Jersey Department of VFW department commander, State Commander Ken Hegman.
>> Welcome. >> We're going to give our This is actually our 2025 report about what we did. All right. So, I want to start off by saying that the VFW there's there's a lot of organizations in town, but the VFW is a
unique organization. All right. And I would like to ask every VFW VFW member to please stand. All right. Including you, Ken. What's unique about it is that every single one of these members
joined the military at a young age. They left their family. They went to a foreign country during a time of war. So, if you ever want to be a member of the VFW, that's all you got to do.
>> That's all. >> That's all you got to do. >> That's a piggy. >> All right, you guys. >> Thank you, everyone. Thank you. >> So, their their service to their country continued after they came back. And that's what
we're going to talk about tonight. Um, I'm going to ask a few of my members to come up and talk, but I'm first going to talk about our VFW post. I'm going to give you our
physical state of the building and the grounds. And then I'm going to have water master come up and talk about what we've done. And then I'm going to have our senior vice commander come up and talk about some of our veteran issues. and then we're going to have
one of our members to tell a story and then we're going to talk about our auxiliary. All right. So, as commander of the VFW, our VFW was established in October 18th of
1944. That's almost 82 years ago. All right. And as the commander is my extreme responsibility to ensure that it goes on for another 82 years. So in doing that
part of what we what we do is we do capital planning. So um this past year we invested over $11,000 in electrical improvements. We got a new electrical service, new outlets.
Um, we wanted to make sure the place was safe. All right. And more importantly, we got our permits. Um, we had a fresh paint job throughout the post. We had Home Depot come out and they did
a landscaping improvement for us. Um, there's many improvements that still need to be done. We have an air conditioning unit that needs to re be replaced in our parking lot. So, we we plan on these, you know, over over time.
I just want to let you know that, you know, it's not just a bunch of guys that don't have a vision for the future. All right. Um, at this time I'd like to call up our
Well, before I do that, I want to recognize John Gungl. John, um, he resigned effective 1231, but I say he retired. Um he's been an integral part of our
post for for many many years for seven over seven years and he has tutored our new quartermaster and um I just want to recognize him for his service to our post.
So with that I'm going to ask um John Bearden to come up. He's our new quartermaster. Like to first take this moment to thank you for the time that you're giving us. Um closer. >> The majority of these numbers are from
our former quartermaster. So don't think that I've jumped in and just done all this already. But uh I do have a statement that I'd like to read here. The Maple Shade Veterans of Foreign Warriors post 2445 pull tab license is up for renewal. For many years, the township has waved this renewal fee. It
is not expected, but is greatly appreciated. Reduction of fees allow us to continue our mission in serving the community. The following is a listing of the direct donations that have been made by our post over the past year. Maple Shade Youth Wrestling, $500. Masonic
Lodge 281, $150. Maples Shade Youth Youth Baseball $500. Maple Shade Babe Ruth $500. The Masonic Lodge $150. Tunnels to Towers, $500. Funeral Flowers, $185.
Maples Shade Youth Football, $500. Maple Shade Street Hockey, $500. Eagle Scout celebrations, $200. Maple Shade scholarships, totaling $2,000. The PBA, $267, $1,000. Medford VFW,
$100. Members assistance after surgery, $200. Maple Shade Soccer, $500. Donations for funeral expenses, $570. St. Jude's $500. Patriots pen totaling
$300. Member member funeral donations $1,000. Masonic Lodge, $150. Vet Haven, $500. The Shriners, $500. Maple Shade Soccer Club, $250.
VFW Post 106 herb 165 $500 Paul's Healing Heroes $1,000 Vet Haven $2,000 Masonic Lodge 281 $150 Eagle Scout Celebrations $200 American
Legion $84 $100 Maple Shade Tigers $500 Eagle Scout Plaque $174 Babe Ruth Baseball $1,000 Veterans Promise $500 $ Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundations $500. The Amvets
2445, $500. The Masonic Lodge 281, $150. Pensalen High School Robotics Club, $500. United for Her Breast Cancer Awareness, $1,000. Maple Shade Baseball, $400. Shopright gift cards, food gift
cards, $5,000. Medal of Honor Celebrations, $1,000. Masonic Lodge, $150. Last salute, $1,000. Vet Haven, $500. Girl Scouts,
$700. Masonic Lodge, $150. Maplehchade Travel Baseball, $500. Toys for Tots, $500. I hope you can ex you can understand from our extensive list of donations that our mate pushed veterans of foreign war post 2445 has filled with
veterans that our post is filled with veterans that not only feel the need to support our country and its most grand endeavors. But we came home and we still felt that need to serve. This time we're only here to serve and support our community. >> Thank you for your time.
>> Thank you. All right. At this time, I'd like to call up our senior vice commander, Scott McCaffrey. >> Good evening. Thank you for the opportunity to speak here tonight before you. Uh I'm Scott McCaffrey, the senior vice commander and veteran service
officer at VFW Post 2445. Uh what is a veteran service officer? I'm the person whenever he has a question, I say, "Well, who does that go to?" They say, "To the veteran service officer. He'll know where to go." Uh, so I catch everything. Uh, I get everything between,
uh, service members who are actively on service and don't know how to get their benefits or don't know how to get to their benefits. Uh, people who just recently got out of the military, the veterans who recently got out, family members of veterans who don't know how to access the benefits they that their loved ones have earned and how to access
anything in the VA system, anything veteran related, I have an answer for. I don't know how to do it myself, but I know who I can talk to or who to guide you to to get the answers that we need to complete whatever we're doing. Um, I help and assist the veterans and
their families in this community. Uh, and I have been since I've been here. Um, they get the most basic questions we do deal with are the ones for compensation, health care, medic, education, home loans, and burial expenses and burial benefits. Of course,
I coordinate with all the other different organizations, all the other nonprofit organizations, any other veterans organizations. So, I once again can refer them over to the organization or the people who are going to help them the most and the best for that. Uh, we also do a lot of coordination and we
have for the events that go on that we're involved in and I'll cover these as I go on with the Mapleshade Fire Department, Maple Shade Police Department, and even some with the Maples Shade Town Council with other events we've had. and we appreciate all the support and assistance we have attained thus far.
Um, we also host in the VFW post 2445, we host an Amvets chapter, Ambvets Post 2445, and that opens the door up to veterans who don't have any campaign badges or having served in in a foreign war. Uh, and that allows them to do. We
also host an American Legion chapter amongst a couple other veterans organizations that are there. Also at our post, we host CPR classes and those are also made available to the community where members of the community can come over become certified in CPR at no
charge to them. We absorb that course and we donate that back to the community so they have someplace to go where they can get their certification and someplace they know where they can get their organization where they get their certification at. We host Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts.
We've most recently even hosted a pine pine derby. Uh we've hosted their organization there for some time and we've donated a lot of the hall time to other various organizations from our community. Every year we hold the Pearl Harbor day where we've hosted more more Wilkins Mud Wilkins students and other
students from other schools there just to start and pass on the history of Pearl Harbor, what it what actually happened there, the historical significance of it, why it matters to us and why we need to remember those things and the people who did serve there. We did have people who were from that time
era that used to be as part of our post but unfortunately uh the time is getting to be a little bit separated from there. Um, annually we host the Voice of Democracy, Voice of Democracy and Patriots Pen Competition, which is a scholarship competition for middle
school and high school kids that they can get grants or scholarships for when they go to college later on and will help offset their costs, but it also brings them more involved in understanding what the VFW is and how the VFW helps them. Uh we also sponsored
the teacher and the police or the lawman of the year award that goes out to the people in the community that have stood up and excelled in our field. We've gone around to various organizations and done flag folding ceremonies to include one with uh Glenar
I think that's the one uh local retirement homes. We've done a local retirement homes and retirement villages and done flag pulling ceremonies as request for there. Uh we've done flag presentations, we've done flag dis we've done and
facilitated the flag disposal through the VA the American Legion and we have a box outside of our post where they collect them at and that we're able to that way the people in the community don't know what to do with their torn worn flags and they want to make sure they're proper and respectful with it. They know they can just bring it by the
VFW and we'll make sure that those colors are retired properly. So we've hosted a Veterans Day ceremony. Um, most recently this past year, we had the Medal of Honor recipient Harvey, Colonel Harvey C. Barnum, and that was covered
by local news channel. And so, we're bringing positive positive publicity to the area. We're bringing positive things. We're having positive speeches, and we have Medal of Honor recipients coming to speak to the community and pass on their thoughts and answer any questions that people have as far as
what does it take or, you know, how does it feel to be a Medal of Honor recipient. Uh we've hosted Memorial Day ceremonies. Uh we've done that at the monument where we've all been to those before and Maple Shade Police Department has been fantastic with the coordination with those events as well. Uh we also
coordinate with all the funeral homes in the area in order to figure out what veterans may have passed during the past year so we can honor them all properly. Uh we also coordinate with all the retirement homes in the area because when they have people going from there, we can keep track of that one. and we've
gone to various flag ceremonies throughout that. Uh we keep track of the current veterans in the in the community. Uh we keep track of them all so that way they go into the hospital. We can keep track of them. That way they know if somebody's always there to care about them. We have somebody assigned to
go provide hospital visits to veterans when they go into the hospital for uh either unforeseen or foreseen circumstances so they know that there's somebody in their community that does care about them. also saying that we care about our veterans and we care about our community, that we're always
there to take care of one another. And also uh every year we are able to keep our best tab on things so that way our commander is able to call out and show the proper rec recognition to every veteran who has passed honor memorial day at our ceremony on there and the
bell can be rang for them and they can receive their final honor from our community. And we have ceremonies at different ceremonies at other retirement places and other veterans organizations that have brought us up. Uh most recently in the past year, I know there was one at
we had the car county ceremony that we were attended at and we actually had one of the best in my own opinion anyway, one of the best presentations at the county ceremony up there. Uh maybe it's a little biased. >> I'm not sure about that. Uh we host the
of course we host the toys for tots every year annually. they come by and we always have a tremendous uh outgiving from the community to the amount of donations that are given to us for the toys are tot foundation. Um you know once again I can't thank enough
the Maple Shape Police Department and even the fire department when they've been called upon for their assistance and whatnot. Uh and I just really want to overstate that on a public record because they've been fabulous with their support and I do appreciate that. Uh we've had also through our organization we've coordinated trips to the vet
veterans haven and in the spring we this is aside from the numbers that was reported by the quartermaster earlier. Sometimes when you get different branches doing different things they don't keep track of the same number so it's you know kind of like government. Uh but spring we were down there at the
veterans haven. We brought them lunch. We brought them a donations of clothes, gift cards, hygiene stuff, and total over $5,000 and or up to 5 about $5,000 in that donation drive. Then we went back again in the winter. We did food for them again, brought them down,
clothes and more hygiene items and gift cards and whatnot, and that was close to $3,000. Um, but as a veterans organization within our community, I think we we provide a lot to the community and we do the best we can to make our presence feel known and let you all know that we
appreciate you and hope that you can appreciate us. So, thank you for your time. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> Are you ready, Tommy? >> I may regret this. I get no interruption spread junior vice or
>> junior app. >> All right. Well, as you heard, I don't do very well with public speaking and everybody in this row is nervous right now. Uh >> I'm good. >> I moved here in Maple Shade four years ago, my daughter. And I'm sorry I'm a
little emotional about Ron Cord, but I'd like to say that Maple Shade is like Mayberry. You guys accepted me, my daughter, like family. This town doesn't just run on, you know,
a handshake and everything, but what we do is this is what not what they're not saying. guys like me to come home emotionally not okay are brought into the fold given a purpose
you know some place to feel safe and like I can't talk to everybody about the things I went through but I could talk to each and every one of these guys that means something it does thank you >> thank
At this time, I'd like to call up Chuck Mars, coach. He's going to talk about our auxiliary. We're trying to reestablish our auxiliary. Tommy. Tommy's got to be emotional. I love you, brother. >> I do.
>> Damn shoes don't say. My name is Chuck Mard 100 spruce a half. Uh I am a lifetime auxiliary member since 2014 and we are in the process of um
regaining our charter for our auxiliary for our post here in Maple Shade. I've been given the task by Commander Renwick and which I gladly accepted and we are in
we're in the halfway stages uh of getting that charter back in place here uh for for our veterans. I thank everyone here for allowing us and I just want to take a few minutes here to talk about what the auxiliary
is, what it is, why it exists, and why joining truly matters more now than ever. The VFW Auxiliary was created to support our nation's veterans, active duty service members, and their
families. While the VFW is made up of veterans who served overseas, the auxiliary is made up of spouses, parents, grandparents, children, siblings of those veterans. In short, it is the
family side of the VFW. It plays a vital role in supporting the mission of our post and many others. Our purpose is simple but powerful. to honor the sacrifices of our veterans by serving them, their families, and
their communities. We help veterans earn access to their benefits. We provide assistance in time of need. We support mental health, suicidal prevention efforts, and we make sure our veterans are never forgotten,
especially those who are hospitalized, injured, or aging. The mission is more important now than ever. Across the United States, we are losing thousands of veterans.
VFW, VFW membership is aging, and many post, including here locally, are feeling that impact. If we don't bring in new members and new families, the ability of the VFW to continue serving veterans in the future is at
risk. This is where the VFW auxiliary comes into place. We bridge the gap. The auxiliary is deeply involved in our community service. We serve the next generation by teaching our youth about patriotism,
respect for our flag, respect for our veterans. We support the youth programs, scholarships, and community events. We work closely with our leaders here of our own VFW. And we do that to make sure that this
post stays strong and active because a stronger post means better service support for our veterans and our community. I am the son of a Vietnam veteran. Like many families of that era,
their service didn't end when our loved ones came home. It came home with them. The war shaped families in many ways, seen and unseen. For many years, Vietnam veterans didn't always receive
the recognition res recognition, understanding, or support they deserved. For me, the VFW auxiliary remains something deeper. It represents respect long overdue for our veterans like my father. It
represents healing, community, and a promise that their sacrifices will never be forgotten or minimized. Joining the VFW gives you an opportunity to give back, to belong, to make a difference.
Whether you have little time or all the time, we need it. Every member matters. Every effort counts. If you're eligible, I encourage you to consider joining. Stop by our VFW, meet our veterans, pick up an application,
help us strengthen this post, continue the mission of serving those who served. I do thank you for your time. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. This Yeah. At this time, I'd like to call up our state commander, Ken Hegman. Good evening. I'll be very brief. Uh
thank you for your support. Uh the support from the local governments and the citizens makes our service worth every second and the sacrifices of our comrades. Uh I'm proud to serve alongside warriors like this who
continue to serve our country. Uh statewide VFW post across the state last year contributed almost $12 million in donations and a little under 900,000 hours of community
service. Service officers like we have here since October 1st since the beginning of the fisc federal fiscal year in New Jersey alone VFW service officers have recovered $96 million in benefits for New Jerseyy's veterans. So
I'm proud of proud to lead this organization. I'm proud of warriors like this. Thank you for your support. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> So I wanted to I wanted to give you a little snapshot of what we do. I mean we we've done this in the past. Um I'm very
proud of my post. All right. I'm extremely proud. were financially stable. Um, they do a lot as as you heard and you know, I can't be more proud of the team that I
have. All right. And and it is it's a team. All right. So, with that, I know we've gone on along and I'm sorry. >> Um, but we did a lot this year, so >> no worries. >> Takes a while. >> Takes a little bit.
>> All right. But I wish you and I well I hope that you have a very successful 2026 and I wish you wisdom. >> Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> All right. Our next presentation is not on the agenda.
>> Yeah. >> The unless I was going to do unless. >> Oh, unless first. Yeah. Okay. All right. Is that allowed? >> Yeah. You run the m We're going to do the unlist presentation next. Uh we have a group of high school.
>> Oh, you're leaving? No, you have to stay. >> Okay. >> Before you guys go, I just want to say thank you for your service to you and all the other veterans of the country. God only knows what you've gone through, but I get the point of it being your
home, your second home, and sticking together and being with a group of guys. So, I want to say thank you to all you guys. >> Thank you guys. >> All right. You have >> appreciate your support. That's why we do it. Thank you. >> Bye. Thank you. >> You guys, >> do you have their presentation or are
they just going to do it? >> They don't. They they're going to hand something out. They hand out. >> Okay. >> All right. Who's speaking? >> Uh, hello. My name is Isabella Martinez. I'm here with the Unless group from the high school. >> Right into the mic. There we go. >> Hello. My name is Isabella Martinez. I'm here with the Unless group from the
Maple Shade High School. >> Thank you. >> You can just give them to me. I'll pass you down. >> My name is Justine Spalding. I'm also a part of the Unless group. And my name is Alana Shans and I'm also a part of the ENS group. >> The ENLS project is a group of students
from grades 9 through 12 interested in environmental conservation. Every year we worked with the Philadelphia Zoo to help preserve the endangerment of critical species. We have been participating in this project for over 10 years and have taken first place on multiple occasions. Last year we won
first place in the high school category for our efforts to save the McCord's box turtle. Last, sorry, last year our focus animal was the McCord's box turtle and a focus animal basically. Every year we choose an animal, an endangered animal to focus
on and help protect. So this year our animal was the Rodriguez fruit bat, which is a bat typically found in the tropical lowland forest of on the island of Rodriguez in the western Indian Ocean. This animal faces threats such as
habitat loss and deforestation and is considered critically endangered by the Philadelphia Zoo. The Alagany wood rat is not federally listed as endangered but is due to incline or is incl decline due to habitat loss, human development, logging
and agricultural isolated populations and inbreeding loss to food ability due to just um logging and like tearing down their environment. And the blue spotted salamander is um but severely um
endangered due to habitat loss and pesticides. We also have the American bitten and northern bob white quail that are birds who are also facing severe habitat loss. other animals um other animals native to
the new to the New Jersey region such as the little brown bat and the Indian bat. All of these animals that were mentioned now or previously are all subject to endangerment from habitat loss and
deforestation especially due to human encroachment. Now for our projects that we are working on this year, um we started a campaign called the lights out to help the bats. Um we started a petition
to turn off porch lights from hours 11:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. due to the high intensity lights that interfere with the bat's navigation. We are also starting a new podcast and
an art pro competition to spread awareness. We are continuing projects from last year like collecting water bottles which we turned into selfwatering bottles and this year we are expanding that by now turning them into mini green
houses and seed starters. This helps reduce waste and conserve water. We are also continuing our pollinator project and hoping to start community gardens, pollinator corridors, and ozone gardens
to to prevent waste and reduce energy use. We are hoping to build bee hotels using upcycled materials which we hope to give out during the green fair and our zoo competition. And yes, that is it.
We actually have tonight on our agenda lights out light pollution ordinance. I have a webinar that I sat in. If you want it, I can email it to you. It's very interesting. It's about the bats, bugs, and insects and how lights affect them. >> Oh, okay. Go ahead. >> Oh, sorry.
>> No, go ahead. >> Um, if you would like to support us then and help spread the message, then you can go scan the car um the QR code that we have down below to buy our merch and help support us. We also have um the petition that can help um the lights out
movement and reduce light pollution. >> Thank you for letting us be able to speak here today. Thank you for coming up. >> Thank you. Probably one of the most important jobs that uh these students do is the fact that they're bringing to the attention
of the public about environmental loss, sustainability, and you know, we only have one planet and if we don't take care of it, um we don't have any place else to go. So, um I I applaud you for for being
environmentalists. Thank you. >> Thank you. All right. The next presentation is 539 Route 38 West. I see Rusty is here. >> Made it. >> Good evening, council. >> Do I have to say my name or >> Sure.
>> Uh Rusty Ka uh 6565 Sawturn Drive, McNun GPA. >> Thank you. >> Um I wanted to come to you. the the presentation is uh to seek um uh in connection with our formal response your your formal response and approval of the
cannabis regul resolution local resolution of support for Mr. Nice Greens and Maple Shade. Um the council previously approved our change of location request to 539 NJ38 and 73 Maple Shade which is the currently the
David's Bridal. Uh the reason we chose that is because we were having trouble finding a location that would have um adequate parking and would fit into the zones that you all wanted. So we came to that
location. Um we're in the process of purchasing that. Uh it'll be purchased um next month. Uh the property is ideal access from all the major roadways ensuring maximum exposure and efficient traffic flow.
In addition to the change of location is also seeking to expand the license to a class 5 or from a class 5 and add indoor cultivation manufacturing which is class one and two. Under the local ordinance, a single license holder can have
multiple license types under that and it wouldn't affect the license count at all. Um, given the size of the facility, which is about 11,000 square foot, we'd have to do something with it because we can't really just do a dispensary there. So, we we just want to have the option
to do it so it would not create a delay if we chose to do that in the future. Um, so we're not really sure what we want to put in there, but we wanted to have that option open because it does make sense to have it from seed to cell in a location and it would be better
for, you know, sourcing the products locally. There's no transportation. There's no nothing. It's like right there. You can uh kind of build your own from seed to sale. Um, you know, we would have all the security that would be needed for that.
um and any filtration system. So, it wouldn't affect the community at all and they wouldn't even really know that it's there. >> Okay. >> I have if you guys have any questions, >> I do. In terms of the parking there, uh is it strictly that location? You know,
at one time there was a idea of taking some of the parking across the street when it was somebody else was looking at that particular plot. >> I honestly don't know what you're I I am not familiar with what you're talking about. Okay. So, right now the proposal is just
for the David's Bridal area. >> Yeah. It's 60. There's 60ome spots there. >> Are you talking about across 73 or across 38? >> Across No, across Alexander Avenue. >> Oh, >> no. You're talking about That's a different location. >> That's That's K Bridle. You're David's Brattle is the one next to CarMax on 38
right there in Suburban Propane. >> That's where they've changed their location to >> you. We were at the David's or um Fer Fur but we realized after going into it the traffic and the parking and it would have just been a further delay so we
just moved from there. >> Anybody else have any questions? >> I have no questions. Good. >> Good. >> Thank you. >> Thank you very much. >> Have a good night. >> Have a good night. >> All right. We have an ordinance introduction and first reading.
Ordinance number 2026-01 is an ordinance in the township of Maple Shade County of Burlington amending chapter 181 taxation of cannabis section 22 establishment of transfer and user taxes and section 23 administration of transfer and user taxes. Motion for introduction please. >> So I'll second >> comments.
>> Roll call. >> Mr. Hoffman. >> Yes. >> Miss N. >> Yes. >> Mr. Simick. >> No. >> Mr. Zadnik. >> Yes. >> Mayor Telerico. >> Yes. Publication date January 27th, 2026. Public hearing is February 12th, 2026. This is the public portion for the
consent agenda only. Does anybody from the public have any questions about the consent agenda? Please come up now. >> All right. Seeing none, can I have a motion to close? >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> All right. We're going to do the consent
agenda in bulk. Resolution number 2026-R33 through resolution number 2026-R42. Can I have a motion to approve the consent agenda? >> Makes that motion. >> Second >> comments.
>> Uh for uh 34, we had we had issues with uh the sale of a piece of equipment we had. I'm just hoping that all the uh if it's surplus regarding that that the titles are in in order so that we
>> Yeah. So this just authorizes that we can use gov deals is what it is. doesn't what'll happen is when we go out to do other surplus we'll have to do another resolution for it so okay >> but yeah this just allows us by law we have to say that we're using gov deals as our surplus auction
>> any other comments >> roll call please Terry >> Mr. Kaufman >> yes >> Miss News >> yes >> Mr. Simon >> yes >> Mr. Mr. Rnik, >> yes. >> Mayor Telico, >> yes. Approval of the expenditure list, Susan. >> Thank you. Our current fund bill list is 3,465,749.558. Utility fund $643,914.15.
Capital fund $251,995.17. Our utility capital is $83,326.32. Trust fund is $54,98451. and our grant fund bill is $24,845. I do want to make note that these are uh in the current fund it is December and January bills. Obviously, um it also
includes 2.6 million to our schools, 168,64515 in monthly health insurance and then the remaining operating expenditures of $600,000 to 6002 600,239 for the two months. So, I have reviewed the above bill as submitted and
recommend payment when funds are available. Thank you. Can I have a motion to approve? >> So made. >> I'll second. >> Comments. I'm actually going to um abstain from this. I might have a potential conflict with one of the vendors. >> Roll call, please. Terry.
>> Mr. Kaufman. >> Yes. >> Miss Non. >> Yes. >> Mr. Simon. >> Yes. >> Radnik. >> Yes. >> And mayor is >> abstaining. Yes. Approval of the December 2025 minutes. Can I have a motion to approve those? >> So made. >> I'll second. comments. Roll call.
>> Mr. Kaufman, >> abstain. >> Miss Nunes, >> yes. >> Mr. Simon, >> yes. >> Mr. Znick, >> yes. >> Mayor Talo, >> yes. This is the public portion. If anybody from the public would like to come up and address council, please come up. State your name and address for the record. >> Anybody?
>> No. Okay. >> Motion to close. >> Seeing none. Oh, Joanne. Uh Joanne Mortimer, 39 Lancancy Road. First of all, I'd like to wish everyone a happy new year to all our township officials and all of our Maple Shade
residents who are here this evening or watching us of course on TV. Now, I know under new business, I see there will be a petition certification, so I'm not going to elaborate too much
on it, but I would like to say touch on the topic at least. I was involved in the repeal on the petition quite extensively. I mean, I sat at the firehouse and other
locations. I even walked door to door, knocking on doors. Not to try and persuade people one way or another, but I'll tell you this much, my printer was very active at
home because I printed out entire ordinances to deliver to the doors of these people. And I'm telling you, I went to multiple streets. some of which were Beachwood, Fifth
Avenue, Lansancy Road, Melrose, Oakland, Oxford Avenue, Windsor, and there were probably a couple others that I forgot, but I felt it was very important not to persuade people, but to deliver
information to people. And this is one thing that the township is lacking and needs to be worked on. 85% to 90% of the people that I met had no
idea about the petition. No idea. And I know you're going to say, "Well, we have it online." It's not enough. There has to be a better avenue to communicate with the residents of our
town. some things I came out from doing all of this. Of course, I had sore muscles and it was very cold, by the way, when I was doing this. But I'll
tell you one thing. I never ever want to be a door-to-door salesperson. The things you encounter, it's just a terrible thing. But like I said, we need a better way of communicating.
When we consider ordinances for the people of our township, we have to consider all the residents of the township. Not just young ones, not just ones who play
sports, not just students, but you have to include everyone, including the elderly people in town. Those are the people who founded this town. They have raised their children here. Their children are now raising the
grandchildren. So you have to consider the whole aspect. Don't have tunnel vision. You have to consider all the residences. And as I look at you at the table in
front of me, I see a convoy who's really built up with a lot of energy. You're ready to roll down the road. But you all all each and every one of you have to do
it together. And you're not going to do that without each and every one of you communicating with each other. And I can't. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight tonight. All eight of you.
The convoy is not going to go anywhere if one truck is sitting on the side of the road. So, I implore you to work with each other as you continue down the road and do things good for Maple Shade. Now,
one thing I always do, and I'm encouraging all the residents of town to do the same thing. If I have something to say or I have a concern about something, you have to go and talk to someone about it. Whether it's going
to be a council person, whether it's going to be our township manager, all their availability is there. go speak to them because if you don't make your
self known and what you consider to be a problem, they're not going to know about it. So, you have to make sure you do that, too. And we have to agree to disagree. We have to do that.
If everyone agreed on everything, no new ideas would come out of it. So you have to agree to disagree, listen to each other, and we must work together in
order to accomplish what we need to do. >> Thank you. >> Don't leave, Julian. I have a question for you. >> Mhm. >> You've identified a shortfalling. >> Identified what? >> A shortfalling. An issue that we have. >> Okay. >> What's your solution? >> Well, and I've already talked to Susan
about it. I've already talked to her and she could tell you that. I've been in her office because I consider it to be a problem, a real problem. >> Your solution, >> we need to form a committee of people, young and old,
and figure out a way to do this. Now, I was a school teacher. When there's a will, there's a way. But you have to have all different types of people, all different types of ideas.
Because you may have one idea that works for maybe older people. Somebody else might have an idea for younger people, how we can communicate in the school system. Somebody for businesses, how we can get the word out
to them. I don't know what the answer is, >> but with a committee of people, you know, perhaps we can do that, but I think it's important enough to look into it. We used to have the Maple Shay Progress. Is the newspaper an answer?
Who knows? >> Okay. It was before. >> I wish there was newspapers. >> Thank you. Anybody else from the public wishing to address council? >> All right. Seeing none, can I have a motion to close? >> Second. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I.
>> All right. Moving over to staff and professional comments. Start with Mr. Simson. I just hope everyone had good holidays, safe ones, and got to enjoy their family. Hopefully, it was a good time of the year for everyone.
Um, just everybody be careful with the snow. The weather's a lot of weather coming in. I don't know. I don't think anybody knows what's going to happen, but I'm sure DPW is on it and are prepared. They did a great job the last time. And um, again, reiterating what
Mr. Simon said, "Happy New Year and looking forward to 2026." >> um before you go any further, I just want to make a statement about the road department. Um I was out through the last storm traveling around with my job.
And when I came back into town, I just want the people of this town to know, I know there's complaints constantly about the snow and plowing their their driveways in and it's the normal routine, but I just want the people of the town to know that our road department does do a great job. When I
came back into this town, the roads were cleared better than anywhere that I had been through uh the the region. So, hats off to the guys that work in our road department, >> 100%. Okay, John.
>> Nothing, mayor. Thank you. >> Well, I just had a a quick note. Uh I've been at this for seven years and a little bit and uh I've been having a lot of complaints about Amazon, which I have stated through the years
and talked to the chief and talked to Susan. They have reached out to Amazon, but it seems to continue to get worse. So, I just had an incident happen and talked to officer Matt Shaw. So, I just want the residents to know that our
police department is working hard to get the Amazon drivers not to stop in front of us, not to go into our driveways, uh not to park on the wrong side of the road. I mean, Styles Avenue is main thoroughfare and there's a lot of things that happened there, plus many residents
that have called and uh voiced their opinion about their streets on and some of the things that have transpired. So, uh I just want you to know that our police department is working on that. Hopefully in the future we can get to the right person in Amazon to stop them
from really really clogging up our streets and making safety issues. So, I just wanted to let you know that. Thank you. >> Thank you, Terry. >> Tony. Okay. The only thing I have is uh well, I was going to talk about the VFW looking for members to join the
auxiliary, but Chuck took care of that. And the football trivia night is tomorrow night at the happy hour. I believe they have like 100 plus baskets. So, if anybody's around, stop by. That's all I have. Moving over to old business operations. Thank you. So, my first is not really old business. It's new business. It is about the snow. Uh this
morning our police, fire, EMS, and DPW department heads, we all met to discuss the snowstorm that's coming this weekend. I can tell you that we are prepared for whatever may come on Sunday. Whether it's an inch or 15 inches, who knows at this point. Um but we do want to remind the residents that in accordance with our township code, when snow is predicted to cover the
roadways, there is no parking on the following streets. North and South Kohl's Avenue the entire length. South Fellowship Road the entire length. North and South Fork Landing Road the entire length. uh east and west Main Street the entire length, South Maple Avenue from Main Street East to Mill Road, East Mil
Road, east and west the entire length, and Styles Avenue from Main Street to New Jersey Route 73. We have issued a snow emergency that will be in effect townshipwide beginning Saturday at 7 p.m. So that means vehicles are not permitted to be parked on those roadways until Monday at 700 p.m. is when we've
done it, too. Additionally, we are asking residents when at all possible to park in driveways, parking lots. Get to know your neighbors. Ask if you can park in their driveway if they have extra space. Um, and we also ask that anything in the curb line be removed. That includes basketball nets, uh, trash cans
that might be there. Um, this way our first responders and our plows can easily navigate the roadways. Um, again, we understand that this is an inconvenience and it possibly could be. last effect, the last report that I had at 4:45 this afternoon does show Maple Shade getting 13.6 in. So, this becomes
a very significant storm for us. Um, our top priority is public safety. So, and the safety of the employees working to clear roadways so conditions can safely return to normal. Uh, so please, if you can move your vehicle, move it. Last year, I remember I had a question somebody asked me, well, if we park it
on our, you know, in the middle of our yard on the what's normally grass, are we going to get ticketed? No, we just if the more we can move the cars, please move them. It's so important. The guys uh in the plows, they do they do an awesome job. Um but it's difficult and this will be a long day for them because
you know the we're planning on them getting in probably close to midnight and they won't leave till sometime Monday, you know, midm morning. So, >> if you could just uh do that for us, that would be great. But the recent snowstorms have only added to our fund for the beginning of the year. Uh all departments have been busy closing out
2025 and preparing for the next 11 months. We've met with uh our engineers and we anticipate a handful of projects to go out to bid in the next few weeks. Those projects are going to include the Cutler Avenue and Buttonwood Park drainage. Jake's Place inclusive playground, Woodlon Avenue drainage as
well. Projects that are still in design phase are Windsor Avenue, Thomas Avenue, and Maple Heights. The Heritage on Maine has reached out, which is the old Barren building. They are accepting applications. They have received a TCO and are working to complete a handful of compliance items, but they are actively
taking applications. I do have um just a couple things that I want to show. I have on uh we can put it up here on the on the screen. So, this is the first one. This is um
beginning early next week and all of you have a copy of it at your seats. Residents who have whose water service lines have been identified as possibly containing lead are and are galvanized or simply unknown will be receiving a letter that looks like the one on the screen. I know you can't see it that
well and I apologize our screen isn't all that large, but um this is going to be coming out from Roman EG Corp. They've been contracted to do our water lead service line uh replacement and the identification. Uh they're going to be performing an
in-home inspection of the service line. The township is required by the state of New Jersey to identify and replace lead and galvanized water service lines. Participation is mandatory. There is no cost to the homeowner for the inspection or the replacement. The township is taking that cost up. And residents who
receive the letter will be responsible for scheduling the appointment with the contractor. So on the letter, it's the letter that it tells what to expect. It talks about what they're going to be due, who needs to be there, how the restoration is going to happen, and then on the back of the letter, there's
frequently asked questions, and then there are QR codes that you're able to schedule your appointment with the contractor. So, please, if you get one, please reach out to them uh so they can come in and they can finish and or conduct their inspection. I'm currently working on three GR grants. one for
gazebo park improvements, one for the train station improvements, and one for possibly also acquiring a parcel of land for a small dog park. These grants are addition are in addition to two grants that are being handled by our recreation engineer for park improvements. I also anticipate next week to have my annual
report from 2025 ready. Just a little insight into some of the items that are going to appear in that report this year. Our police department answered 27,155 calls for service. Our EMS answered 3,49 calls for service. Our fire responded to
565 calls. Our construction office conducted 2,148 inspection. Our clerk's office answered 332 Opras, and there were 118 marriage licenses processed. Meanwhile, our tax collector issued 505 dog licenses, and our collection rate is
coming in currently at 98.96%. So, very strong numbers there. And lastly, our code enforcement office identified six abandoned homes in the beginning of 2025. And I'm proud to say that all six have either been purchased or are currently on the market pending
sales due to his diligent work. So that was a lot of work for those homes. They've been sitting vacant or abandoned for years. Um, and he worked to find uh the either the owner's representatives or somebody that's responsible. And all six have either been, like I said, sold or are pending sales. Nice. Uh once my
annual report has been completed and submitted to you all, it will be made available to the public on our web on our web page. So other than just reiterating about our impending storm and the help that we need from everybody to remove vehicles from the roadways, um I have nothing else. It's just safe travels over the weekend. Thank you.
>> I have a quick question. >> Yeah. >> Uh the lead service. >> Yes. >> They already stopped in and looked at a lot of the homes. Is this just the ones that were pinged that? >> Yes. These are ones that we have identified. Yeah. that were questionable that we haven't heard. >> So, this is an across the board. This is
the the questionable. >> This is the question. This is the one. Yeah, we started with just over 2,000 >> properties and we were able to knock that down now to like 175. >> So, uh this is the remaining. >> Thank you. >> We don't have an engineer report, do we? Tonight, >> do we have what? >> An engineer report?
>> No, we don't. >> I think so. Okay. So, moving over to sustainable. Um they're preparing for their green fair in May and the farmers market this spring. The urban forestry management plan is underway. you you will see people walking around looking at trees on public land. So, please don't call the police on them. They will be identified somehow. I think they're
wearing pennies or something this year. >> Yes. >> Okay. >> And that's all I have for sustainable. Moving over to street openings, water and sewer mains. >> Yes. So, this has been an ongoing issue. It was brought to the attention of previous councils back in 2019. Um, we've been dealing with it in house. Uh, basically what happened, and this was
prior to my arrival here, when a homeowner had an issue with their uh with their water and sewer main, no matter where that water and sewer main break was, it could go into our street. They were responsible for making that repair. Um, what we found in late 2019
is that some of these repairs were made without the township's notice. We had one that was made with PVC pipe in the middle of our roadway. Uh, we had one that someone just put stone and didn't patch the road opening. Um, so we had discussed it at the time that it was important that the township be
responsible from the curb line to the main and anything from the curb line or the the cleanout back to the property was the residents responsibility. Um, and there was some back and forth discussion. We had spoken with Dennis Yoder um, you know, about oh well it's
going to cost the township. We don't get that many fortunately. Knock on wood. Um, so the cost to us was actually greater because we weren't doing what we needed to do in the roadway. We were allowing the residents to do that again and we had no knowledge. So what we've
been doing since that point is we have been following that rule. Township's responsible from curb to the, you know, to the manhole, middle of the street, what'sever in the street. Homeowners responsible from the curb back. It's never been memorialized. So what I bringing to council is is that it's come up to, I guess, a couple members of
council. you had had somebody that had uh questioned you and asked we need to get an ordinance in place and I just need to know that council is still on board with that that we're okay. I know the three of you are new but as long as you know you agree with that process then I will work with Tony to and
obviously water and Dennis to um to get an ordinance at our next meeting to introduce so that we can memorialize that um and clearly state what the responsibility is and uh the permitting process and whatnot. >> Yes. We don't want the residents responsible for the the street, >> not in the street. >> And I know I I thank you because I
brought this up because it was in 2019 when I first got on that this this had happened and it was never memorialized and I I've been scratching my head because I I couldn't understand why I keep getting the same questions. So that's why I brought it up again and I John and I I have spoken and uh it's a
long time coming and it's it's good that the professionals know exactly where they stand because that's who would be asking you know plumbers in town uh that were doing the work and we we don't want the residents to be ripped off in any way by you know anybody coming in from the outside does that doesn't understand
the process. So I I think this really needs to be taken care of so everybody knows and everybody's on the same page to protect our residents. >> And the other issue is too is that even now without having had it memorialized, we we have people that are doing the work, >> right? >> We don't know that they've done that
work. So now we will we'll have it clearly and >> from the from the cleanout to the street, right? >> Yes. Yes. >> Okay. >> Yes. >> Anybody else? >> That was a yes. Yes. We'll put it on the next agenda. So it's going to be everything in the
street is our responsibility. Yes. >> Which the way it should be so that we know it's done right. >> Yeah. And like I said, we've been doing that like when we know about it, we've been doing about it. However, when we find out that it was done, we can't go back and reinforce it because >> I remember the discussion and I wasn't
for letting the private people do it. >> Yeah. >> It's it really it's our streets we should be responsible for. wores problems later down the road which are more costly because it was done incorrectly which >> correct >> you know takes out the whole street. Correct. >> Sounds like we're all on board.
>> Y thank you. >> Moving over to new business petition certification. >> Yes sir. >> This is in reference to the petition for appeal of ordinance 202518. >> Sorry just >> and this is my certification. Andrea T.
McBay Township clerk of the township Maple Shade certifies as follows. On December 22nd 2025, a petition entitled petition for repeal of ordinance 202518 was submitted to my office. Maple shade oper operates under the falner act. Therefore, the petition is governed by
the NJSA40 column 69A-185. Ordinance 202518 was adopted on final reading on November 20th, 2025 pursuant to the NJSA469A-2085. A referendum petition was required to be filed no later than December 10th, 2025.
The petition was not timely filed. As a result, pursuant to NJSA469A1 187, the petition is insufficient and invalid. Although the petition is invalid due to untimeliness, the substance of the petition was also reviewed and the following additional
deficiencies were identified. A total of 958 valid signatures were required. Of the 1,034 signatures submitted, only 97 were determined to be valid. 50 signatures lacked sufficient identifying information, including a
full name and/or complete address and could not be verified through the New Jersey statewide voter registration system. 77 signatures were submitted on the petition pages with circular circulators affidavit that do not comply with the requirements of NJSA 4069A-186
because The petition was not timely submitted. The deficiencies noted above cannot be amended or cured. And that's my certification. >> Thank you. Moving over to the VFW raffle. >> Sorry. Again. >> Well, they actually it's self-explanatory. Um,
>> we would like to wave the >> You do wave the local. They They do pay the state, but the local >> Yeah, you are allowed to. >> Yep. >> Everybody good with that? >> I make a motion. We >> I don't need We don't need a motion agreement. >> Okay. >> Yeah, we agree. >> Yeah. All right. Local finance notice. >> Thank you. It's this thing.
>> It is this big packet. Yeah. And it it um I'll let Terry too talk about Oh, you have it typed up. I >> typed it up. Go ahead. >> I steal your thunder. >> So, the Division of Local Government Services put out a local finance notice explaining the changes to local notice publication requirements. Munis mun
municipalities are required to publish a notice twice a month from January 1st to December 31st through the year of 2026 directing the public to our website for all legal public notices in full text and include the hyperlink to the site and the hyperlink to the secretary of
state. Um you may have seen it. It's already started in the courier. We already had it posted once. Monday will be the second posting for January. Uh starting March 1st, 2026, the law requires municipalities to post their public notices to their municipal websites. The law requires the page to
include access and availability to the public free of charge. The hyperlink link must be placed on the homepage. Legal notices remain on the website for the legal amount of time depending the type of notice. Then they get moved to an archive site for at least one year.
Um, this will be an adjustment for everybody because we're we you know, everybody looks for the Courier Post for the Brony County Times. This is everything. This is biz. This is everything that has to do with township publication. So, it's going to be a little bit of an adjustment. We're going to stress people to go to our website
for that and everything else that that's on the website. Um, but this will be a substantial reduction in the cost of publication and it is mandatory. So, it's it's not a by choice. So, you'll see I have our web page up. We already have it on our web page. There's a red
box on the home screen. You go to public notices section and we currently have uh two different sections. It's one is council town council public notices and then the other is land use public notices. As we do other uh departments notices, we'll make sure that they're on
there as well. >> Okay. Moving over to Yes. when we discussed that was it an option for the state or I I remember us talking about that that so they decided to do away with the newspapers altogether it was
supposed to be a combination thing originally >> it's a combination for the first couple months and now it's the newspapers are gone completely if you do find a newspaper that you can advertise in and will still advertise in you can advertise there but it's not guaranteed
like the Courier Post has gone almost all online so >> and they jack their I know. >> So, yeah. >> Okay. Moving over to the walking path on Rining Avenue. >> Yeah. Also, in front of you, and I know that I shared it with you um last week in my activity report, we've gotten a
concept and a request about building a walking path on Reining Avenue. Um you have the Reining Avenue nature walk starter trail that uh Sustainable is talking about. And basically what they want to do is that one portion of path
which I have uh up here so everybody can see this is behind the homes is to put a walking path in there. It is an they're called in and out paths. You go in one way and come out the same way is what it is. Um I talked to public works to see if it was something. This is just this
was a AI generated but you know you have the houses there and this is basically what it would look like just it would be wood chips on one side all natural um just something to to I guess to improve the area with um if it's something that council is
interested in allowing us to proceed with DPW does believe that they can handle the work have already spoken with the engineer as well they would go out and they would they would look at the area um I do understand that it's a marsh area and floods. >> Yeah, that's the next question. Um, >> so it's wetland, so the best thing to do
is put the mulch, >> right? To put the mulch and we can get the mulch donated and send us. I mean, right now it's all trash from construction in the early 2000s. That's what's back there right now. >> We do cleanups back there. We do our arbor day trees back there, right? >> Um, so it's we just want to clean it up. I mean, I know the residents are tired
of it as well. >> Yeah. >> That live along there. >> Oh, that's good. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. So, if you're okay with proceeding with that, then I will work closely with the sustainable and DPW and we will get this. I >> I think we need Has anyone reached out to the residents that this is going to
impact back there? >> Not yet. That will be one of the next steps. I wanted to make sure >> before we get ahead of ourselves. >> Absolutely. That's an easement back there. >> It's our property. Yeah. So, and we would reach out. It was something that I've already spoken with. They said, "Yeah, that we would need to knock on
doors and just talk to them anyway." >> It's not on top of the house. It's not like that. >> It's not that photo. It's nothing like that. >> It's not. No, >> I couldn't get the other photo to upload it. It's too large. I had to come up with something else. But in speaking with uh sustainable, they did say that they will knock on doors and we'll ask
it is our property. That location is our property. >> Right. >> So, >> anything else on that? >> Everybody agreed to that. >> I think so. >> I agree. >> Yeah, that's right. >> Okay. >> Yep. >> Moving over to the 2026 Green Acres Grant for Woodlon Field. The next is um as you know we've been talking about wood lawn field and um getting the turf
field redone. Um so we have come up with a concept the green acres grant is currently available. So we would like to apply for the green acres grant to be able to redo the turf field there. The turf is failing. Um the grant would also
include the um improvements to the parking lot area right there. So the we have some issues with parking there. We would create new parking spots. We would fix that asphalt lot there. There's also a retaining wall that's currently crumbling right outside
the um the uh >> at the bottom of the field. Yeah, >> the bottom of the field. Thank you. Uh so that would be replaced. And then we also are discussing about the possibility of putting uh Musco sports lighting in the round the one field right here in the front. Um obviously
whatever however money would you know come in and we'd have to see what finances are but that would be an alternate in any bid but we would like to include that in there. Um so the improvements are definitely needed. It qualifies under green acres. The plan is tomorrow we have to put a survey out. There will be a presentation if council
agrees that this is how we're going to continue to move forward. Um but the project in all is about $1.7 million to do everything. It addresses drainage. It addresses again the parking area, the retention wall. and the possibility of lights at the baseball field and >> that's all through grants.
>> Will be all through grant. Yes. >> Okay. >> Anybody have anything on that? >> No. >> That's a good idea. >> Okay. So, tomorrow then there'll be a survey that starts going out to the public. Thank you. >> Moving over to light pollution ordinance. Do you want >> I didn't even know that they were even going to be
>> I know. I didn't know either. I was like, "Oh, guys." So, >> um so this is actually just they the kids talked a little bit. the students, sorry, not the P. The students talked a little bit about light pollution and um this is just a a little graphic that I
had put up about it. Again, this is another sustainable um action that they've been working on. They've been looking to do uh there is a model ordinance. Um Heather and I had spoken about it a little bit and as I went deeper diving through the ordinance, I was like, "Oh man, we really need to discuss some of this." So, as we're
coming up on our master plan as well, um we talked about it last night at the joint land use board meeting and just mentioned, you know, that light pollution could be something that's part of the master plan, but it's something that we could put together. Uh it benefits the community, it benefits our
uh you know, our wildlife as well. Um just a couple points. Uh not only does it go along with our master plan again, it protects the residential quality of life. It ensures compatibility with development. It supports environmental and sustainable goals. It promotes proactive planning. Uh and basically the
light pollution or an outdoor lighting ordinance. It's just it's a common land use tool that helps balance safety development needs and environmental responsibility. So uh we would like to I'd like to ask if council will allow us to move forward working with sustainable um to come together with a solid
ordinance that addresses it. Our ordinance now is currently lacking in that area. Um, you know, we we try to address what we can under the land use side, but if we have some sort of standards, I think it'll be very helpful and it'll be something as we move forward again with our master plan and just with the community in general.
>> Well, I agree. Is it is there any any wiggle room for noise pollution? >> For noise? Yeah, >> I haven't I'm sure there's an ordinance for noise pollution, but I mean, we could find one, but >> I mean, I'm just saying because light pollution and noise to me, it goes kind of hand in hand, but I'm good with the
light pollution. >> Maybe if we can >> I'm good. >> Try to find a little more information about noise. >> Noise pollution. Yeah, >> would be nice. >> Y >> so many decimals. >> Good. >> Talk to Andrew, do you have anything on that? >> No, I mean there's standards. You're
going to work with the engineer you said? >> Yeah. Yeah. An engineer and the planner will have to work with them. >> There's a lot of standards out there, too. So, I know they can >> I know that. >> Yeah. And I'm sure you know too. There they've been addressed at different levels throughout, but I just think it's
now's the time we put something, especially, you know, working with our master. Let's get something on the books. So, >> okay. I think that's all. Does anybody else have anything for new business? No. >> No. All right. Tony, you want to read us into closed?
President, we're going into close. Do you want you want to read us in or do or do or do or do or do or do or do or do or do or do or you want me to say read it? >> Why don't you go? >> Okay. Resolution number 2026-R43 is a resolution to meet an executive session for the following matters required by state and law, federal law, or rules of court to be confidential.
Motion to close. So made. >> I'll second. >> All in favor? I I >> You guys can hang out.