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detail. Freeze hand on the dawn. What proudly we held at the Twilight stripes and bright stars
through the last fight. For the ramparts we watch were so gallent and the rock is red.
The bombs bursting in gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
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of the brave. Right shoulder off forward up. United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all. >> Roll call, please. >> Council Vice President Brown, >> here. >> Councilman Harris, >> here. Councilwoman Marcalone >> here. >> Councilman Jüks >> present. >> Council President Deborello >> here.
>> Mayor Delipia >> here. >> Mr. Russo >> here. >> Mr. Rooney >> present. Can we also have Ganna Caving with us? She's our high school leaison. Giana, welcome. We're now move on to our presentations. >> The PDA member representatives please
come up. Andrew from mother's cover, please. >> Thank you. During the month of November and December, our police department through the PDA participated in Movember, a men's health fundraiser. um that each of the officers voluntarily
participated in and donated. Um our union raised over $3,500 for several near and dear causes. They donated $2,000 to a police officer's family here in Washington battling cancer. We donated $800 to the senior
center and tonight they want to donate $750 to the mother's cover. Uh mother's cover does uh God's work. Andrew, thank you for everything you do. They provide a food pantry for residents here in town. Um, they set up this this room
here. Um, and residents are able to come in here. How many a week? About 50 to 100 residents come in um, and are able to get groceries and uh, canned goods for for free of charge. So on behalf of
the PDA, uh we're providing $750 in Latinos shopper gift cards and they're able to go um purchase whatever you need with the pantry. So thank you very much. Thank you very much. Good evening everyone and welcome. Thank you for joining us tonight for
what is a very important and proud evening for the Washington Township Police Department. We are honored to have our elected officials, our police administration, family members, friends, and colleagues here to share on this special occasion. Tonight, we celebrate two significant
milestones. The swearing in of three new police officers. They graduated the Gloucester County Police Academy class number 67 today. Samuel Ray, Dante Moore, and James Bennett into our agency, and the
promotion of Detective Matt Barnett to the rank of Sergeant. Each of these moments represents years of hard work, dedication, and commitment to public service. For our new officers, tonight marks the beginning of a career built on responsibility, integrity, and
service to others. The oath they take is not just a ceremonial oath. It's a promise to protect this community and up uphold the values of this profession. To the parents and loved ones of our new officers, please know that they are in good hands. Our agency places the
highest priority on training, supervision, and officer safety. And we are committed to doing everything we can to make sure they return home safely at the end of every shift. Tonight we also recognize the promotion of detective
Barnett to sergeant, a position that is among the most important in our agency. Sergeants are the backbone of any police agency. They are the first line of leadership, the bridge between command staff and officers on the street
and the ones who set the tone for professionalism, accountability, and officer safety on every single shift. This promotion reflects not only Detective Barnett's experience and performance, but also the trust placed in him to lead, mentor, protect those
under his supervision and command. This is truly an important night in the careers of all four officers and we are proud to recognize their achievements in front of those who have supported them along the way. Thank you again for being here and for your continued support of the Washington Township Police. Mayor
Delipa will now begin tonight's ceremony. Will Samuel Ray please come up with your family? >> Yes, Sam. Your entire family. Everyone can count around please. Good afternoon. I, Samuel Samuel Ray, do solemnly swear
>> I, Samuel Ray, do solemnly swear >> or affirm >> or affirm >> that I will support >> that I will support the >> Constitution of the United States >> the Constitution of the United States >> and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey >> in the Constitution of the State of New Jersey >> that I will bear true faith >> that I will bear true faith >> and allegiance >> and allegiance
>> to the same >> to the same >> and to the government established >> and to the government established >> in the United States >> in the United States >> and in this state >> and in the state >> under the authority of the people >> under the authority of the people to help me God. >> to help me God. >> I do further solemnly swear or affirm
>> I do further solemnly swear or affirm >> that I will impartially >> that I will impartially >> and justly perform >> and justly perform >> all the duties of a police officer >> all the duties of a police officer >> of the Washington Township Police Department >> of the Washington Township Police Department >> according to the best of my ability >> according to the best of my ability. >> So help me God.
>> So help me God. Congratulations. Thank you. CONGRATULATIONS >> James Bennett and your family please. Thank you. Repeat after me. I, James Bennett, do solemnly swear >> I, James Bennett, domly swear >> or affirm >> or affirm
>> that I will support the Constitution of the United States >> that I will support the Constitution of the United States >> and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey >> in the Constitution of the State of New Jersey. and that I will bear true faith >> That I will bear true faith >> and allegiance >> and allegiance >> to the same >> to the same >> and to the government established >> to the government established
>> in the United States >> in the United States >> and in this state >> and in this state >> under the authority of the people >> under the authority of the people. >> So help me God >> to help me God. >> I do further solemnly swear >> I do further solemnly swear >> or affirm >> or affirm >> that I will impartially >> I will impartially >> and justly
>> and justly >> perform all duties of a police officer >> perform all duties of a police officer >> of the Washington Township Police Department Washington police according to the best of my ability. To the best of my ability. So help me. >> Congratulations. >> Congratulations
Dante Moore. You're at the meeting. >> Come on around. You can stand back here also. Repeat after me. I, Dante Moore, >> I, Dante Moore, >> do solemnly swear >> do solemnly swear >> or affirm >> or affirm >> that I will support the Constitution of the United States
>> that I will support the Constitution of United States >> and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey >> and the Constitution of the State of New York >> and that I will bear true faith >> I will bear true faith >> and allegiance >> and allegiance >> to the same >> to the same >> to the government established >> to the government established >> in the United States >> in the United States >> and in this state >> and in this state
>> under the authority of the people >> under the authority of the people. >> So help me God. >> So help me God. I do further solemnly swear or affirm >> I do further solemnly swear or affirm >> that I will impartially >> that I will impartially >> and justly >> and justly perform all duties of a police officer >> perform all duties of police officer
>> of the Washington Township Police Department of the Washington Township Police Department according to the best of my according to the best. So help me God. So help me God. Congratulations. Congratulations. >> Congratulations. >> Detective Fornette, please call up.
I didn't know. Repeat after me. I, Matthew Barnett, >> I, Matthew Barnett, >> do solemnly swear or affirm >> doly swear or affirm >> that I will support the Constitution of the United States >> that I will support the Constitution of the United States >> in the Constitution of the State of New Jersey >> that I will bear true faith and
allegiance >> I will bear true faith and allegiance >> to the same >> to the >> to the government established the government established >> in the United States United States >> and in the state >> and the state >> under the authority of the people >> under the authority of the people. >> So help me God. >> So help me God. I do further solemnly swear or affirm
>> I do furtherly swear or affirm >> thou will partially >> thartly >> and justly >> and justly >> perform all duties of sergeant >> performance >> of the Washington Township Police Department >> of the Washington Police Department to the best of my ability for the best of my ability. >> So help me God. >> CONGRATULATIONS.
CONGRATULATIONS. >> CONGRATULATIONS. We're going to take a fiveminute recess. Hey, we made it last Friday. >> What was last Friday? >> The temperature. >> Oh, yeah. >> Uhhuh.
>> You did? I was in Where was I? >> No. >> Long gardens. >> Yeah. >> See, I know your itinerary. Yeah, I can't keep up anymore.
>> That's fine. Just let me know. >> Just text me >> cuz I'll just I just want to knock out. It's fine. I don't want to I'm not You guys aren't going. >> I know. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah. They don't even have >> I know it is hard cookies for our executive session. like burger cookies and biscetti cookies. >> I know. Yeah,
>> somebody's walking into the wall ready All right, moving on to presentations now. We're going to do light of the town. Mayor Delia Chief first. >> So, welcome everybody.
>> So, tonight we're going to present our awards for the Let Up the Township uh contest. So, me and about 23 other people drove around on a bus on Saturday night and other people went around and submitted their votes and these are the winners for each category. So, when I
call your name, please come up with your family. We'll give you a trophy. Uh, you want to take individual pictures first and then after maybe we'll take one group picture with everybody. So, first our people's choice award goes to 246 Forest Drive and it's the Lazot family
that probably went up. If I remember right, you were the movie team, right? Thank you. >> Most original. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO, NEXT UP WE HAVE MOST original is one
Palmer Court, the Smith family. And and I got to say I pass this one every day cuz I live right near you and the TWWP on the ceiling on the roof I should say is awesome. He gets a lot of compliments. So, great job. This side.
Next is a Clark Griswald. This one goes to 50 Plumstead Road. the Bernie family. is my son. >> What? So, next we have best use of theme. It goes at 35 Silver Birch, the Dempsey family. So, this one was the Grinch
theme. We were greeted by the Grinch himself who was at this property and a lot of the decorations were made by hand by this daughter here, Adella. So, great job. What's that? >> Chief
Chief, you want to come out of yours? >> So, this one's the chief and first responders. >> It's 29 Mete Drive. >> The Kinatada family. Did I say that right? Congratulations. Congratulations.
in your room. >> Excuse me, everyone. The captain found uh some cash out in the parking lot. A significant amount of money. Anyone lost it? >> Was it green? >> Green. All right. So, next up we have Mayor's
Choice, which is 228 East Holly, the Mancini family. Come on. Come here. >> Can you see Mayor? Good reach out. >> So this year we had a change and next year we're going to have more changes. So So what we did voting this year is
everybody voted one through five and they were worth five points to one point and then we added up the points. That's how we picked the winner. So next year like we did the people's choice. I think I'm going to open it up to all the residents to vote and if any of the contestants win their category they'll get a five point bonus. That way we can keep everybody engaged. And then this
year and we'll actually add a business um category next year as well. But this year I made a change where in this day and age everybody gets a participation trophy. Well, I want to give a nonparticipation trophy. So I picked the best house I seen that did not participate. And driving around I picked
uh for Uranus Road Mike Bangal. So Mike, come on up. Um you were the nonparticipant winner. You did a great job. You did participate, but we really enjoyed the job you did. You did a phenomenal job. >> Notice how so many people do great jobs.
Okay, >> try one big one. >> Oh, really? four leg. Merry Christmas. >> What are you doing? blown away.
>> It was like two hours. >> I was blocking it. >> All right, >> Mr. President, I'm ready to move on. That's a great picture. Barb, >> tell me he's hired. Tell me we're
looking for a deputy clerk. Yeah, but you would have to probably Yeah, there's a lot of people in and out and there's a lot of people. >> We can try. We can try. >> Everybody ready? All right, I'm moving on. Can I get a motion to approve the bill is for December 17th, 2025? >> Motion. >> Second.
>> Roll call, please. Councilman >> present. Yes. >> Council Vice President Brown. >> Yes. >> Council President. >> Yes. Can I get a motion to approve the regular meeting minutes, executive meeting minutes for December 3rd, 2025? >> Motion. >> Second.
>> Roll call, please. >> Yes. >> Councilman Harris. >> Yes. >> Councilwoman. >> Yes. >> Council Vice President Brown. >> Yes. Council President Zero. >> Yes. Moving on. Resolutions. The following resolutions are by consent
agenda only. Require vote for all listed. Each one must be read by the title. If any member of the council wish to have one removed and heard separately, they need to indicate prior to reading the titles. Does anyone need anything removed? Seeing none, madam clerk, could you please read the resolutions? Resolution 31, resolution authorizing a change
order Marendino LLC for 2023 CDBG improvements to Arborwood Court project 081H 450 312 resolution authorizing a change order from Charles Marendino LLC
for FY 2022 NJ do Johnson Road Improvements project 0818439 313 Resolution to close out the township of Washington's petty cash fund of $500 for the fiscal year of 2025.
314. Resolution authorizing refund of tax over payments. 315. Resolution awarding a contract to Cadence Creative Studios LLC for podcast production. 316. Resolution authorizing the municipal clerk to advertise request for proposals
for professional services for the township of Washington. 317. A resolution authoriz authorizing a transfer of budget appropriations. 318 resolution authorizing the issuance of limo license to CBC Jun LLC known as
Charles Dango Jr. Funeral 319. Resolution authorizing the issuance of lima license to Paul sing 320. Resolution authorizing the town of tax collector to cancel any tax refunds or delinquencies less than $10 for the
calendar year 2025 in accordance with NJSA485-17.1 321 resolution of the town of Washington County of loster state of New Jersey approving a settlement agreement with Bill Stone at town road LLC to resolve an outstanding challenge the township's
ground Affordable housing plan 322 resolution of the town of Washington County of Loster State of New Jersey approving a settlement agreement with the fair share housing center to resolve an outstanding challenge to the township's ground affordable housing
plan 323 resolution accepting a maintenance guarantee from papers LLC for Twin Al 324 Resolution altering contracts with certain approved state contract vendors
for contracting units pursuant to NJSA 48 11-12A 325 resolution of the town of I'm sorry resolution of the town council of the town of Washington County of Glouester state of New Jersey to resend resolution
226 2025 authoriz authorizing the sale of a surplus real property by open public auction in accordance with NJSA 4812-13 and NJAC 534- 5.9
326 resolution to affirm the tangible Washington civil rights policy with respect to all officials appointees employees prospective employees volunteers independent contractors and members of the public come into contact
with municipal employees officials and volunters Thank you, Madam Clerk. Can I get a motion to approve resolutions R 311-20225 to R 326-2025? >> Motion. >> Second. >> Roll call, please. >> Councilman, >> yes. >> Councilman Harris,
>> yes. >> Councilwoman Pallone, >> yes. >> Council Vice President Brown, >> yes. >> Council President Deborello, >> yes. Moving on to old business and new business, starting with Councilman Joe Harris. Thank you, Council President. Um, first of all, I want to congratulate uh our
officers who are here this evening. Uh, our new sergeant uh Barnett, also our new officers, Bennett Moore and Ray. So, I want to congratulate those uh those new uh additions to our police department. Um, so this is a this is a great time of
the year. Um, a lot of great stuff happening. Uh, last week we had our annual tree lighting, uh, which was actually the first time I've ever attended the tree lighting. I've been in this town 49 years and it's the first time I went to that. It was it was an amazing amazing event. It was a great family event. Um I recommend if you have
not gone to one of our tree lightings, um obviously you got to wait a whole another year to go to it, but I highly recommend attending. Um and the night before that we had our Washington Township uh high school Minutemen team uh the parade for them and that was a lot of fun. That was a great event. Two
cold nights in a row. >> It was really cold, but a lot of people came out. they showed up and they showed their support and uh it was it was really nice. Uh this past Saturday uh myself, some of the mayor and some of the council people uh drove around the bus uh looking at lights, judging the
lights um and we ran into a a big giant party on Cambridge, which was I had no I'm not sure if you guys knew that that was even happening. >> I did not know >> that was really really cool. So uh that's another thing I want to definitely check out next year. Um was a lot of fun. And I want to congratulate our winners who were here this uh
earlier this evening. I want to note something else. A few weeks ago at uh the schoolboard meeting, several teachers were recognized and I want to send congratulations to them. I'm not going to name them, you know, individually at this moment, but uh there was another person that was recognized and that was my daughter
Leila's uh bus attendant uh for her school bus. Her uh in addition with uh the bus driver Bruce are amazing people. They're incredible. Uh they take care of my daughter Leila like it's her own daughter. Uh so I want to send congratulations uh out to out to them.
Um and um yeah, this is going to be our last meeting of uh 2025. So next meeting will be in 2026. And uh I just want to wish everybody a wonderful Christmas season, a holiday season for for everyone and uh and happy
new year to all. >> Thank you, sir. I also um it's hard to follow that because I'm going to repeat some of the same things, but I'll make it short condensed version. So, congratulations all the newly sworn in police officers. I look forward to working with you. Congratulations on the pro promotion of
Matt Barnett to sergeant. I also attended the the light show uh the bus. We had a lot of fun. We were playing Christmas music. Joe was DJing for us. He made it fun. And the Cambridge house that uh Joe mentioned was really special because um the person I forget the exact
address, but the person that owns that house, she's been doing it in honor of her mother since 2020. She was diagnosed with cancer and she didn't have anybody to celebrate with. So her neighbors joined in to celebrate with her and keep that those traditions alive. Um so it's really cool how community come together
to help each other during the season that you should be with your family and loved ones. Uh, also we had a great event that same Saturday um with the police uh chief uh for the toy drive and I was able to participate in that and just help collect donations for um the
kids for the event which was really rewarding and I wish everybody a happy holiday and a safe new year. That's all. All right, moving on in school. >> Yes.
Good evening. I'm happy to report that the class council participated in 24 in the core on Thursday, December 11th, where students in the club stayed overnight at the high school core to collect toys for township toys. Donations were collected during home room by class council members. Students
and teachers had contributions as well as members of our community. The student council also hosted a township toys bake sale on December 11th and 12th. All the profit went to local families in need this holiday season. Thank you, Miss Diana Etor, junior and senior class
council adviser for making time to discuss this with me. Interact Interact Club held the pace setters dance on Tuesday, December 16th at the high school. This dance gave special needs students a chance to be involved with fun crafts and activities followed by lots of singing and dancing.
It was free admission to the students and food and snacks were provided. The Interact executive board members also participated in adopting a family in need where they were given $200 each to shop for their adopted families for the holidays. On Friday, December 5th,
Township Choir Groups Corral and Belconto had the incredible opportunity to spread some holiday cheer. They sang Christmas carols at Washington Lake Park on the stage at the amphitheater during our town's annual Christmas tree lighting. Washington Township High School's sports
program is doing an amazing job so far this year. Gymnastics ended with a 7-2 record with 19 student athletes. They had an incredible season. Our girls volleyball team completed the season with a final record of 18 and 10 and they advanced to the South Jersey semi-finals. The boys and girls swim
team remains undefeated with a standing record of 2-0 for the boys and 3-0 for the girls. All of our winter sports programs are currently underway after concluding an amazing season of fall sports with one pretty amazing Minute Man mascot. Thank you, Mr. Kevin Murphy, Washington Township High School's
athletic director for this information. Thank you, >> Councilman. >> Thank you. Um, like to send a special thank you out to all the township volunteers who join committees, whether it be sports, the environmental,
uh, everyone who helps their neighbors, kids, a lot of them go un as unsung heroes. and there's a lot of work that's involved in these committees and uh they get very little recognition. So, I'd like to send a special thank you to all
those volunteers out there who help make Washington Towns such a great place to live and helps everyone, their neighbors get along and grow and uh really enjoy the community. It makes it special. Um I also want to congratulate our Minute men football team. Great job, guys, and the
coaches and all the parents that support their children and all the other people that helped them. Uh, way to go. Made us very feel very proud. Um, and just wanted to remind everyone that when you're wrapping those Christmas presents, those cardboard rolls are
recyclable. Please put them in the recycling can. Uh, a couple thousand of them, many thousands of them, could add up to a lot of weight and save us taxpayers a lot of money. And lastly, I want to wish everyone a happy and safe holiday. Be safe there out there driving. The roads are still slippery.
Uh I hear the weather's going to get nicer, warmer, but a lot of rain. So, just be careful. Uh be considerate of those out on the road. Uh if you have someone in front of you who's lost, give them time. They'll find their way. And I want to thank everyone here on council
and the mayor and the administration. What a great team. They've done some wonderful things this year. We're going to see positive results next year and the year after and uh you've got a great team here working for you and uh keep up the great work. Thank you all.
>> Thank you. Council, anything from you? >> Nothing specific to add, Mr. Council President. I'll just add to what everyone else said, wishing everyone a very happy holidays, a merry Christmas, and a very safe and productive new year. >> All right. Y Russo,
>> we did miss your your uh birthday actually the last meeting. So, we wanted to just wish you a happy birthday. I apologize. It did text me was your birthday. So, mayor, >> thank you, Council President. Um I have quite a few things. A lot of them are going to be repetitive. Um first, I do I
do want to congratulate the officers. Um welcome to the three new recruits and congratulations to our new sergeant. Um we have a great department. I tell you, it was great looking out, seeing this place packed, seeing everybody's support from the police department chief. So, hats off to your department. I want to
congratulate all the winners from the light up the contest, light tree contest. It was a great time going out. Next year, I'll make sure we do not schedule on the night of Cambridge night so we can go to Cambridge. >> Um, but that was that was amazing. >> Um, the football parade tree and the
tree lighting were two nights back to back is kind of shows you what this township's about. Rallying around um for positivity. We had a two young kids help light the tree with me, the Squadroni family. So this year rather than just have the mayor light the tree, I picked
some lucky family, we had two kids come up, helped light the tree, which was phenomenal. But also want to thank everybody who helped put those events together. Uh the police department, fire department, uh park rangers. Um we have two people in particular, Lisa Collins
and Nick Nick Furentino at the park who both retired after um the treelighting. Lisa Collins served our township for 25 years, Nick Florentino for 31 years, and the amount of work that goes behind putting these events together like the
parade or the tree lighting um is astronomical. And I don't think people realize how much work goes into it. Um the chief with with the directions and the and the safety and the traffic and the fire department and the rangers. I appreciate all you guys do because when I get those compliments as mayor, they
don't realize that it's hundreds of people doing it and you know, I'm just a face. So, I appreciate all you guys do. You guys do a great job. I'm happy to be a part of your team. Um, we had we had a snow event, so obviously there were some people not happy, a lot
of people happy. And I just want to say that our public works did a phenomenal job being a Sunday with most people home, cars in every street, snow stopping as the sun came up. It's too much area with 720 roads to plow while the sun's still out. So
unfortunately some of the streets like mine didn't get plowed till it got cold, but it wasn't from a lack of effort. So I do appreciate all the hard work they put in. They did a great job and we'll continue to get better as we move forward, but they did a great job. So my hats off to them. Um, I want to say
thank you to the residents for my first year as mayor. Uh, first year is coming to an end. I was happy to sit in a seat and have Joe Harris jump along with me as the first year and then Dana came along later in the year. U, it was a very successful year. Looking forward to
many bigger and greater things in year two. And I just want to say thank you for the opportunity to serve you. And lastly, I just want to say merry Christmas to you and your family and a happy and healthy new year. I wish everybody the best. Thank you, Council President. >> Thank you, Mayor. Council Vice President. >> Yes. I'd like to draw everybody's
attention to the library website and check out their events for December. Uh a lot of things going on out there. Make sure you uh stop by visit. The staff is tremendous. I was at the library board meeting earlier and they were going over a lot of the thank you letters and
appreciation comments that are coming from the public. We truly have a tremendous staff over there who uh are dedicated, work hard, and uh will always answer any questions. The events they put on throughout the year are just amazing. Uh so please feel free to stop
by, thank them also um participate in some of their activities. A lot of them are very educational. Um I want to congratulate all the uh officers who were hired and the promotions. Chief Gersich is picking great individuals to come to the
department and leadership and he deserves a uh tremendous amount of credit for the flourishing that this department has done over the last several years. Our fire department um they've been a little bit busy running around. Um they are in the process of
taking the Santa Clauses around. Uh so checked out the Facebook uh social media posts and see when Santa if he hasn't already come to your area uh could be coming around soon. And just to uh reiterate what the mayor said, our public works did a fantastic job over
the weekend. Um you know, not everybody's going to be happy. They do the best that they can. Uh this snow event ended early in the morning and 700 streets are a lot to plow and as um Brian McCaffrey the supervisor said you
can't salt after the sun goes down it just um not productive and also want to uh thank Lisa Collins, Nikki Fentino uh for their uh dedication to the township um for doing everything
at the park. Uh Lisa is um tremendous. She does a great job. She'll be missed. Um but we also have somebody filling her shoes, Barbara. Uh congratulations on your new position.
The clerk's the clerk's office loss is the township parks gain. You will be missed. You will be missed. um you know look forward I always like coming in and talking to you as much as I could to uh go over the week's agenda along with you and Chrissy and uh you know thank you
for your dedication and everything that you've done for us and just to re uh from also now that we're in the Christmas season the holiday season you have a live tree make sure you're keeping it watered uh because at this time they dry out and they could become
a fire hazard and make sure you get your chimneys clean. So, uh, don't want to keep the fire department busy. Uh, on that note, wish everybody a merry Christmas, a happy new year, and look forward to working with everybody next year. Thank you.
>> You guys said everything I was going to say, but I I'll try. First, honestly, I do want to do a moment of silence for a couple of things. First, uh, for Bob Mintz. Anyone knew who Bob Mintz was? He was just a phenomenal man. He was somebody that that you saw in this township building over the last 10 years plus, right? Bob was somebody. Anybody
who worked with Bob could tell you his character, the person he was. So, he's a true loss to the township. So, moment of silence for Bob, also for uh Rob and Michelle Reiner, also for the Brown University students and and and Bondi Beach as well. So, we can do a moment of silence.
Thank you. Couple of things. Like I said, a lot of things have already been said, but thank you so much to Chief Gerick. These new officers are phenomenal. We've got to kind of see them grow and and they're going to be a phen and their to their families for for allowing them to serve here in our town. We're looking forward to it. Also, thank you so much to to Matt Barnetta as a
sergeant. What a great guy. He really is somebody that that shows what Washington Township really stands for. So, congratulations on his promotion. Um, right now I'm ringing the bell. Last next Wednesday, my last time for the Salvation Army for the season ringing the bell. So, if you want to stop at Deer Mall, I'll be up there. The money really does go to a great cause. And,
uh, Don kind of said what I was going to say too about Barb. Barb, you are not just a deputy clerk. You definitely become a true friend. Going to miss you. Still going to call you a lot because I I still uh I love your counseling. I love that you listen. I love that you give me a lot of great ideas. So, I truly do appreciate you and it has been an honor to work with all of you this
year. I do think that the best is yet to come. I think Frank Sinatra said it best. The best is yet to come. I think 2026 is going to be a banner year for us. I love you all. You've all become such family. Even on the bus together, we have so much fun together. I I just love spending time with you and your children. It truly is an honor to serve
with all of you and uh it is it's going to be a great Christmas. It's going to be a great new year. Looking forward to watching Township. The podcast is out. I know we said that for the last feels like a year and a half, but it is out. Two episodes are out. Please listen. A lot of great information. Heard a lot of good feedback. A lot of things you're asking about are on the podcast and what
and things that you want to know about are going to be upcoming episodes. So, we just talked about the roads. 720 plus roads at our townhouse. Talked about the snow, talked about leaves, talked about business, talked about Taco Bell and Denny's, you know, talked about all those things. So, and the sign, right? So, we mentioned all those things. So, please catch some great information on
there. A lot of good laughs, a lot of good things that you didn't know were happening. So, with that, moving on to public participation. Also, I'm sorry, I I wanted to recognize anyone celebrating Hanukkah. I want to recognize anyone celebrating. All right. Please follow public decorum posted, which has been attached to the
public agenda and limit your comments to five minutes. Once you've completed your comments or questions, I'll ask if anyone of the governing body or their design wishes to address your comments. Can I get a motion open to the public? >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> We're now open to the public. Anyone want to speak? >> Hello, council members. Mike Dillio, 29
Saddlebrook Drive, uh director at Washington Township Public Schools. I just want to um say thank you um to um Pete and Chrissy today. Um uh to for those of you who don't know, we usually have a the food bank of South Jersey once a month in the middle of the month
and today on Wednesday and today was the day and we usually have it on the Ganttown basketball courts and it was a sheet of ice because that wasn't a priority to plow um and for our our staff and um you know we needed to feed the families and um thank you for taking
my text Mr. Delarello. I appreciate it. Um, thank you for hook, you know, hooking me up with Chrissy so we could get the room and and I think his name is Andrew or Andy. Is that correct? Um, and uh, he was here helping us too. And and the stuff that we had left over, we we
donated a mother's cupboard for tomorrow, I believe. So, um, you know, to have that to have that ability to talk to you guys at the spur of the moment and for you to help me and then simultaneously, you know, for if there are students in the area that need our
support, for you guys to reach out to me as well. It's it's just a a wonderful partnership and I know we're we're slinging around a lot of accolades today and rightly deserved. But um it's been a pleasure working in the district and then also having you all to call as not only um council members who are
supportive of us but true friends as well. So I just want to thank you and I also want to give a shout out to the police today. Um Chief Gersich, I don't know if you know but Jimmy Bennett and Michael Shear are Bunker Hill Bulldogs. So, I, you know, I saw them uh grow up
from sixth grade until now. So, it's it's pretty exciting. Um I'm not surprised that they're such good um people and and I've known Dante, too, even though I don't believe he went to Bunker Hill, but uh um his mom's wonderful. She's the head of the PTO um for the township. So, um you have three
good men, and uh I'm very, very honored that you selected them to being Bulldogs. I don't have anything to do with it, but uh it's nice to have them there. out. Um, thank you all. Um, happy holidays. >> Appreciate you, >> Council President. Can I say something? >> Yeah. >> Mike, I I just want to say it's great
that we have a working relationship with each other. Um, since I've got here, I feel like the school and the township have always been separate entities and I feel like we've closed that gap. Um, and and I think we've all said it and you guys have said it too in our meetings. We serve the same residents and just in
different capacity. So, it's great over the last few months that we've collaborated, worked together, and I look forward to strengthening that relationship further further um resources. So, thank you, Mike. >> Anyone else want to speak?
>> Hello. Uh Mr. Mayor Council, I am Rich Kellian, 113 Pinnacle Place, um board president of the Pinnacle Place HOA. And recently I learned that there's uh partial reimbursement for uh communities
that uh have to pay third party to do snow plowing in their for their streets. And I went to inquire about this and it looks like it's only limited to condominium uh communities. Uh we're in a town home community. Town homes and condominiums
are very similar. So we're wondering uh what can be done possibly extend that to town home communities as well or if there is a reason that town home communities are excluded from this. Thank you very much. >> If you leave your information um you
leave your information with Barb. We'll get back to you. We'll find out some information about it. We'll get back to you. >> Okay. Mr. Yeah, we'll talk to public works and then we'll have um our solicitor look into um if there are public roads, private roads and what what the whole setup is as opposed to condominiums in your development and we'll try to get
some information on that. >> All right. Thank you. Thank you for coming. >> Okay. >> Thank you, Mr. Archelian. Anyone else looking to speak? Seeing none. Can I get a motion to close the public? >> Second.
>> All in favor? >> Yes. Vice President Brown. >> Yes. >> Yes. We're still okay. We will now go to executive session. It will last approximately 60 minutes. Any action will not be taken. Can I get a motion to
approve resolution R? Yeah.