How are you? Good. It's that time of year, huh? Yes. Okay. We're good. Okay. Good evening everyone. I'd like to call this meeting to order. Welcome to the Boy Township Committee meeting of June
9th, 2025. Please rise and join me in the salute to the flag. I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all.
May we have a roll call vote please here Jason here Mr. Oh, president. Sorry. Here. This meeting is being held in accordance with the requirements of the open public meetings act. Due notice of this meeting
has been published by the clerk of the courier post and inquire newspapers as well as electronic notice as required by law. Also, a copy of the annual meeting notice has been posted on the bulletin board outside the town clerk's office. Thank you. Our first matter this evening is the second reading of bond ordinance number 9-25
authorizing the completion of various improvements to township buildings and grounds appropriating the sum of $250,000. Therefore, authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds or bond anticipation notes of the township of Warhees County of Camden, New Jersey in
the aggregate principal amount of up to $237,500, making certain determinations and covenants and authorizing certain related actions in connection with the foregoing. Since this is the second reading of an ordinance, I will open it up to the public for any comment. Seeing no, one move to close public
portion. Second. All those in favor? I I opposed. The public portion is closed. Is there a motion? Motion. Motion. Second. I have a motion and a second. Any discussion? Hearing none. May we have a roll call vote, please?
Yes. Mr. Rabbits. Yes. Mto. Mr. Cedo. Yes. Yes. So carried. Our next matter is the second reading of a bond ordinance
number 10-25 authorizing the completion of various road and related improvements in and for the township of Warhees County of Camden, New Jersey appropriating the sum of $3,650,000. Therefore authorizing the issu is issuance of general obligation bonds or
bond anticipation notes of the township of forhees county of Cam New Jersey in the aggregate principal amount of up to 3,467,500 making certain determinations and covenants and authorizing certain related actions in connection with the foregoing. This again is the second
reading of an ordinance. I will open it to the public for any comment. Seeing no I move to close public portion. Second. All those in favor? I opposed. Public portion is closed. Is there a motion? Motion. Second. Motion and a second. Any discussion?
Hearing none. May we have a roll call vote, please? Mr. Stewart. Yes. Mr. Mr. Mr. Cedo. Mr. Cedo. I think she hear you, but yes.
Yes. There we go. Yes. And so carried. Next is the second reading of a bond ordinance number 11-25 authorizing various improvements and acquisitions of various equipment in and for the sewer utility system for the township of Warhees County of Cam New
Jersey appropriating the sum of $1,515,000. Therefore, excuse me, authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds or bond anticipation notes of the township of Warheis County of Cam, New Jersey in the aggregate principal amount of up to
$1,439,250, making certain determinations and covenants and authorizing certain related actions in connection with the foregoing. This is also the second reading of an ordinance. I will open it to the public for comment. Seeing no one, move to close public portion. Second. All those in favor?
I opposed. Public portion is closed. Is there a motion? Motion. Second. I have a motion and a second. Any discussion hearing? None. May we have a roll call vote, please? Mrs. Yes. Mr. Rabbits. Yes. Mrs.
Mr. Cedo. Yes. Yes. So carried. Next is the second reading of bond ordinance number 12-25 authorizing the acquisition of vehicles and equipment for the township of Warheis County and Cameron, New Jersey,
appropriating the sum of $2,369,500. Therefore authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds or bond anticipation notes of the township of Vorhees County of Camden, New Jersey and the aggregate principal amount of up to 2,118,823
making certain determinations and covenants and authorizing certain related actions in connection with the foregoing. This is again the second reading of an ordinance. I will open it to the public. Seeing no one moves close public portion. Second. Second. All those in favor? I
opposed. Public portion is closed. Is there a motion? Motion. Second. I have a motion and a second. Is there any discussion? Hearing none. May we have a roll call vote, please? Mr. Yes. Mr. Rabbits. Yes. Mr.
Mr. Sido. Yes. So, Carrie, next is the public portion for resolutions only. If anyone has a comment on any of our resolutions this evening, please come forward. Seeing no one, move to close with portion. Second. All those in favor?
I I opposed. Public portion is closed. This evening's resolutions are resolution number 186-25 memorializing an executive session from the meeting of May 27th, 2025. Resolution 187-25
approving the insertion of an item of revenue 81,441.50 50 cents. The Clean Communities Grant resolution number 188-25 approving the insertion of an item of revenue $1,100
VCDC Local Scholarship Fund number 189-25 approving the insertion of an item of revenue $4,59963 National Opioid Settlement Program resolution number 190-25 authorizing the submission of applications for state
transportation trust funds under the Safe Routes The transit for Laurel Oak Road from White Horse Road, County Road 673 to Hadenfield Berlin Road, County Road 561. Resolution number 191-25 authorizing the submission of a grant
application and execute a grant agreement with the New Jersey Department of Transportation for the Lucas Lane roadway improvements resolution 192-25 authorizing the submission of applications for state transportation trust funds under the
local bikeway program for the extension of the Warheis Township bicycle network along New Jersey state highway route 73 southbound resolution number 93-25 authorizing the amendment of a shared services agreement between Vorhees Township and Vorhees Township Public
Schools for school security services. Resolution number 194-25 approving the renewal of liquor licenses for the 2025 2026 licensing year. Resolution number 195-25 approving the hiring of Justina Zeba as
a police officer in the Voyes Township Police Department. Number 196 -25 approving the hiring of Jacob Brennan as a police officer in the Voyes Township Police Department. Resolution 197-25 approving the hiring
of Matthew Kazarowski as a police officer in the Voyes Township Police Department. Resolution number 198-25 approving the hiring of George Duffield Jr. as a police officer in the Boues Township Police Department. Resolution number 199-25 approving the hiring of
Zuriel Palano as a part-time emergency medical technician in the Vorhees Township Fire Department. Resolution number 200-25 confirming the separation of Pamela Cooper from the Vorhees Township Department of Vital Statistics. And resolution number 2011-25
authorizing the reappoint of special officers in the Vois Township Police Department. Do I have a motion of approval of those resolutions? So moved. resolution. Second. I have a motion and a second. Is there any discussion? Hearing none of those in favor, please signify by saying I. I. I.
Opposed. So carried. I will make a motion to table resolution number 202-25. Is there a second? Second. All in favor? I opposed. That that resolution is tabled. Uh our
next is uh uh there's no need for an executive session this evening. Next is approval of our minutes of May 27, 2025. Our tax collector's report from May 2025. Our treasures report for May 2025. And our bills for June 9th, 2025. Do I
have a motion for approval of those? Motion. Second. Motion and a second. Any discussion? Mr. Mayor, no seed abstain from notes on May 27th because I wasn't present at the meeting. Okay. So noted. Thank you. Uh all those
in favor please signify by saying I I opposed. So carried. Next is comments from our committee. I would like to remind everyone that our Vorhees culture and diversity committee will be holding a freedom day celebration in honor of Junth on
Saturday, June 21st from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Connelly Park. The first show in our free summer concert series will be Thursday, June 26th at Connelly Park. uh beginning at 7:30 featuring the FM band, food trucks, and Doneyy's Mobile
Bar. Uh and I would like to wish my colleagues on township committee, uh Jason Rabbitz and Harry Platt, and everyone in our community a very happy Father's Day, which is this coming Sunday. Um any other comments from our committee this evening? Same to you.
Thank you. Um, I also want to note I our art commission is holding a day uh June 28th at 10:00 am to 1 pm for art in the park at Connelly Park. So, hope you can all join us there. Very nice. Um, our next portion is our public portion.
Anyone from the public have any comments this evening? [Laughter] We know the routine now. Listen, and I'm and I'm fast as a close teleport. you can see. So, you know, you usually get invited up.
Excuse me. My name's uh Jeff Craighead. I live in Philadelphia, 627 Cheswick Road, Philadelphia. Welcome back, Jeff. Thanks for coming. Thank you. This is becoming a regular and familiar event. I'm here
representing the Delaware Valley chapter of the MS Society and specifically BikeMS MS city to shore and this is a special year for us. This is the 45th anniversary of the starting of this ride and it happens to be my 33rd year
participating in this event. And by now most of you are familiar with multiple sclerosis. The reason that we ride is a chronic, unpredictable, debilitating disease of the central nervous system and it interrupts the information flow
from your brain to the rest of your body. And you may recall in recent years I've highlighted a number of breakthroughs that have made the MS community very excited and hopeful for a possible cure to this disease. And
that's been a result in large part to the funding from these Mike MS events and the research that they fund. And in this just this past year, there's been a big collaborative event in the MS community between uh scientific experts,
health care providers, people living with MS, and they've developed a detailed road map taking us to the cure. and it's called appropriately pathways to a cure roadmap and it highlights the three-pronged approach to stop, restore,
and end MS. Now, that's the good news. Unfortunately, I have some bad news, which is for many years, the funding coming from the MS Society has been augmented by federal funding that went through the Department of Defense to something called the multiple scerosis
research program that was focused on research to help veterans living with MS. And that funding has dovetailed and often supported efforts that the MS Society has been funding. Unfortunately, that that's been defunded for 2025. So,
no federal funding for MS this year. So, that makes BikeMS all the events throughout the country even more important than ever. And City to Shore being the second largest bike event in the country is even that much more
critical. And so there's 23 million people worldwide and particularly 15,000 people here in the Delaware Valley that are counting on the funds that we raise. So once again, I thank the good folks of
Vorhees and you folks in the government here at Vorhees for being so welcoming to us all these years and making the ride possible. I've said it before, you're a key link in the chain between Cherry Hill and Ocean City, and we can't
do this ride without you. So, just to let you know, in 2024 on a cold and rainy weekend, we had over 4,000 riders and we raised four and a quart million dollars. Wow, that's awesome. So, the society is repeating that goal
for this year. We're hoping to get a few more riders, somewhere over 4,100, and hoping to raise at least four and a quarter million again. So again, thank you for your help in that. Just as a reminder, September 27th and 28th will
be our event and the roads are the same. You're familiar by now, Crescent Road, crossing Eian Road and Centennial Boulevard. and probably between 6:00 and 9:30 on Saturday. So, not too big of an impact to your residents, I hope. And on
Sunday, even though it can be stretched out all day from 9:30 to 4:00, I'd like to point out we have less than half the people ride back on Sunday. So, we're spread out. Don't usually impact your roads that much on Sunday. So, we appreciate your support as we go through
your community. And just a reminder, as we've always done, we coordinate with your police and and with you kind folks and we hire extra police to help on the weekend and we notify the community in many ways. One of which, I don't know if
I've really highlighted this in the past, but our planning team, which I'm part of, is 30 plus people who volunteer with the paid staff to help get this ride going. And we're involved in all the logistics. But as we approach ride
weekend, we fan out across the whole ride. And believe it or not, we hand deliver a letter to every single house that we ride by on the 75 miles that we ride. So your residents get a notification of the dates and the
potential impact and that along with some signage and things that we put up hopefully will help minimize the impact. So again, thanks for letting us disrupt your lives. We do continue to educate your our cyclists on safety and courtesy
as we go through. And again, I always like to add from the ride, but from me personally, I'd like to thank the police for the um support that we get on helping to keep us safe. And I would
encourage all of you to either ride or donate or volunteer. And you can go to mscycling.org org. But also, if you want to get more personal, my wife has my personal fundraising letter that you can all get a copy of. And this year,
there's a handy QR code where you can um scan to donate to the cause. So, thanks again to you and to your police force and your citizens. And I would like to end by once again presenting you with a plaque thanking you for your 2024
support. Thank you. Thank you so much, Jeff. I appreciate that. Um it's um we look forward to this every year and it's a great event and we're always thrilled to be part of it and um you guys do great stuff and unfortunately this year like you said
it's more important than ever because of the cut in funding but um it's always lovely to see your wife too here with you. Uh the reason I ride there you go. Uh but if we can get a copy of that personal letter too, we'll be glad to use that as part of our uh
So not to be shy. Oh, you know, we lost all this funding. So, everybody can have one because you know what? You never know who you know that has Give me two back. I'm gonna give I don't know who the people in the audience are, but I'm going to give them
to you. You never know who you know. I know we've shared some stories. Thank you, Jeff. If you can give us about two more minutes, we'll get a picture when we're done because we should be done in about 2 minutes. Uh and we'll get a picture of
of the presentation and Great. Thank you. And um and and again, thank you for being part of it. It's our it's our pleasure and our honor to to cooperate with it. Uh any other comments from the public this evening? Seeing no one move to close public portion.
I'll second that. All those in favor, please signify by saying I. I I opposed. Public portion is closed. Our final matter this evening is a proclamation uh recognizing June as pride month. And whereas the month of
June is recognized as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer, LGBTQ plus pride month across the United States, commemorating the Stonewall uprising in 1969 and celebrating the progress made toward achieving equal
justice and opportunity for LGBTQ plus individuals. Voise Township recognizes and respects the rights of all individuals to live without fear of discrimination or prejudice because of who they are or who they love. Whereas the mayor and Vorhees Township committee
are committed to fostering a welcoming, inclusive and equitable community for all residents regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. Now therefore, be it proclaimed that Mayor Mcnona and the township committee of the township of
Vorhees to hereby recognize June 2025 as Pride Month in Vorhees Township. Be it further proclaimed that we encourage all residents to reflect on the ongoing struggle for LGBTQ plus rights to stand in solidarity with the LGBTQ plus
community and to work together to promote equity, dignity, and respect for all. Signed, Michael R. Mcnona, mayor of Vorhees Township, June 9th, 2025. Happy Pride Month. Happy Pride Month. Um, and with that,
uh, we are ajourned. Good evening. Thank you. Let's get a picture.