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to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nationy and justice for all. Roll call. >> Council Vice President Brown >> here. >> Councilman Harris >> here.
>> Councilwoman Pascalone >> here. >> Councilman Jras >> present. >> Council President Deborello >> here. >> Mayor Delipia >> here. >> Mr. Russo >> here. >> Mr. Rooney >> present.
>> Presentations on the agenda. There is a um recognition of a local author, Lenny Mack. He will not be attending tonight. We will reschedu that for a future meeting for the bill list. Can I have a motion to approve the list for November 12th, 2020 2025?
>> Motion. Do >> I have a second? >> Seconded by Joe, seconded by Jack. All those in favor? >> I minutes. Can I have a motion to approve the regular meeting minutes for October 22nd, 2025, the special meeting
minutes for October 28th, and the November 5th special meeting? Do I have a motion for approval? >> Motion. >> Motion by Councilman Yorks. >> Second. >> Second by Councilman Harris. All those in favor or roll call. >> Councilman York. >> Yes.
>> Councilman Harris, >> yes. >> Councilwoman Pascalone, >> yes. Council Vice President Brown. >> Yes. >> Council President Deborello. >> Yes. >> Motion car or Yeah. carries.
Ordinances. Ordinance 23-25. An ordinance of the township of Washington authorizing a 5-year tax exemption and abatement agreement between the township of Washington and Castile Properties LLC. This ordinance is for introduction only. Public hearing
and adoption will take place on the December 3rd. Can I have a motion to introduce ordinance 2023-2025? >> Motion. >> Motion. Motion by Councilman Harris, second by Councilman Jükis. Roll call.
>> Councilman Jükis. >> Yes. >> Councilman Harris. >> Yes. >> Counciloman Pascalone. >> Yes. >> Council Vice President Brown. >> Yes. Council President Deborello. >> Yes. >> Ordinance 24-25.
Ordinance amending chapter 229 of the code of township of Washington entitled taxes. This ordinance is also for introduction only. Public hearing and adoption will take place on December 3rd. And I have a motion to introduce ordinance 2425.
>> Motion. >> Motion. >> Second. >> Motion by Councilman York. Second by Councilman Harris. Roll call. >> Councilman Jükus. >> Yes. >> Councilman Harris. >> Yes. >> Councilwoman Pascalone. >> Yes.
>> Council Vice President Brown. >> Yes. >> Council President Deborello. >> Yes. >> Moving on to resolutions. Want me to read it? I'll read. Got a lot. Resolutions. Resolution 2782. So, first
off, does anybody need anything removed and read separately? No. Moving on. Resolution 278-2025, resolution authorizing the renewal of a cooperative contract purchasing system with Camden County Educational Service Commission for the Township of
Washington, County of Gloucester, state of New Jersey. Resolution 27925, resolution authorizing the township to solicit bids for snow plowing services for the 2025 2026 season. Resolution 280-25,
resolution authorizing the municipal court to request for proposals for conflict prosecutor of the township of Washington. Resolution 281 2025. Resolution appointing a member to the Washington Township Municipal Utilities Authority.
Resolution 282, resolution approving large gathering application for St. John's Church of Turnerville Incorporated. Resolution 283-2025, resolution accepting safety and stabilization bond and inspection escrow
from SUP 2, Mil Pond Village LLC, located at 382 Egg Harbor Road, Sul, New Jersey, block 194.12, lot 7, escrow number 0129, and a project number is listed.
Resolution 284, resolution requesting approval of revenue and appropriations from the state of New Jersey for New Jersey Historical Commission in the amount of $2,100. Resolution 285, resolution requesting approval of revenue and appropriations
from the state of New Jersey for New Jersey Council on Arts in the amount of $2,800. Resolution 286-25, resolution authorizing refund of tax overp payments. Resolution 287-25,
resolution cancelling taxes for Joseph John, a totally disabled veteran in block 180 198.03, lot 28, 16 Elizabeth Court. Resolution 288-25, resolution cancelling taxes for a
totally disabled veteran block 192.12, lot 1914 Bedford Terrace. Resolution 28925 resolution cancelling taxes for a totally disabled veteran block 190.10
lot 9 5 Meadow View Drive effective September 12th. Resolution 290-2025 resolution cancelling taxes for a totally disabled veteran block 82.52 lot 21 29 Hartford Road effective
October 14th and finally resolution 291-25 cancelling taxes for a totally disabled veteran block 109.02 102 lot 4 27 Longwood Drive effective October 16th. Can I have a motion to approve
resolutions 278-25 to 29125? >> Motion. >> Motion by Councilman Harris, second by Councilman Yorks. Roll call. >> Councilman Jüks. >> Yes. >> Councilman Harris. >> Yes. >> Councilwoman Pascalone.
>> Yes. >> Council Vice President Brown. >> Yes. Council President Deborah Eller. >> Yes. >> Moving on to old business, new business and reports. Councilman Harris.
>> Uh nothing to report at this time. >> Councilman Jras. >> Thank you. Um we had a very busy week uh celebrating Veterans Day. A lot of us attended. I know Saturday we were at the
Washington Lake Auditorium uh the Tri-State Veterans Association along with the Knights of Columbus at a holy family sponsored uh a nice event attended by the mayor and council president delo myself. Um we had a nice
very nice gathering. Attendance was good. Beautiful weather. Uh got swarmed by some ladybugs and bees but other than that we survived. Then we had Veterans Day yesterday. Unfortunately, had to be moved into the uh performing arts auditorium at the
high school because of the high winds and the chill and a lot of our veterans are older and we don't want to subject them to the unreasonable weather. and a very nice attendance uh by um uh mayor, myself and council president uh Delberlo
and other members uh of our staff uh our chiefs of fire department and police and uh very nice tribute to the veterans who are out there and we we all salute you for the services that you provided our country and securing our freedom. And then last night I want to give a shout
out to uh DJ uh Bob Pantano. Uh he gave us an event for the tri-state Veterans Association of Adelfi's restaurant. Uh food, dancing, good camaraderie. We had uh veterans from other states, Delaware, Pennsylvania attend. And it was good to see a lot of
people out there supporting this worthy cause for uh the PST PST PTSD uh which again we're just still learning so much more about this uh horrible uh affliction to our veterans who are returning home. Uh but thanks to
everyone who came out last night to attend and support that worthy cause and uh Frank Alexander, special shout out to him and Al um Patelli. Yes. Uh and the Knights of Columbus. They did a wonderful job in
supporting that and organizing it and look forward to bigger and better events next year for the veterans. That's it. >> Mr. Rooney. >> Nothing to report. Mr. Council Vice President. Thank you, >> Mr. Russo.
Councilwoman Pascalone. >> Hold on. You're try that again. >> I said none at this time and you don't want to hear me coughing over the phone anyway. >> Yes. Sorry, you're under the weather. Council President Delarello,
>> thank you so much. Well, I I I kind of echo what what what Council Jük Councilman Jükus was saying that we had some really beautiful events for veterans. Thank you for everyone that came out. Thank you to all our veterans. Really uh we had a beautiful breakfast this morning at Bell School. So, the kids put together a bunch of veterans
that and their families that came and they sang and they had a breakfast for for the veterans this morning. They got to attend with Chief Gerich. So, beautiful event. Mayor and I also went to an event. I'll let you tell you let him tell you about the event. Second event we went to today. So, thank you so much to everybody. It really has been a
busy couple of weeks and a lot of great things coming up in December. A lot of our developments have little events going on for for the holiday season. So, please, you know, check out check those events out. Really great events. Holiday season coming. If anybody needs food for Thanksgiving, please reach out. Please
let us know. Let us get you what you need. We're here for that. I think that that our food bank is now getting more food in after some of the things have been going on. Uh but if there's anybody need anything, please just reach out and let us know. That's all I have. >> Mayor Delp,
>> thank you, Council Vice President. Um first I want to say uh thank you to everyone. The Halloween was a a success. It was safe and uh I believe everybody had a good time. So it's good to have a event like that with no issues. Um, as coun council president Dello said, we
attended Jefferson Hospital today. We had a resident reach out and they were um very touched by the ser the service that their mother got by under the care. So, we went over, we recognized some of the nurses and doctors and um nutritionists and stuff over at
Jefferson. So, it was nice to see see them get a a thank you and be recognized for doing a good job over there. Um, Veterans Day, I want to thank uh the Washington Township Veteran Advisory Board and the Tri-State Veterans Memorial Fund for putting on two
ceremonies. Um, it's the least we can do for our veterans to say thank you for what they have given up for us. I attended the 101st birthday for a resident. Her name was Winnie. Uh, we had the pleasure of going there last year to celebrate 100 with her and I
told her I look forward to 102 with her. So, uh, it was it was great to go there. And then just look up to look forward to a couple things going on. Uh follow our website. We have the Christmas light contest that will be going on. We're going to the flyers going out soon to sign up if you want to participate in
that. We have the Christmas tree lighting which is in December. This year I want to do something a little different. Usually the mayor lights the tree. Um I don't think people want to see me light the tree. So I want to do a contest where I'm going to walk around and I'm gonna find a family that has, you know, a little magic or little
Christmas spirit and I'm gonna let some kids come up and light the tree. though. Um, I want to promote that and try to make it a little little more fun, a little bit more special for a different family every year. Um, as council president said, this time of year it's getting tough on people with food. Uh,
Thanksgiving, our police do does a fun drive. This year it's Wednesday and Thursday, November 19th and 20th at Patinos. Uh, if you're out and about or if you can plan to go out that night, um, one item, two items, whatever, whatever you can give is always great. There's some local businesses doing
meals on Thanksgiving at the senior center. So, if you know anybody who celebrates Thanksgiving by themselves. Sometimes just sending a meal and letting them meet by themselves isn't enough. They're more than welcome to go there. It's a free meal. It's a hot meal. Um, we'll be sharing all this on our website so you can get information
out to everybody. And I think that's all I have. Thank you. from my report. Um, from the library, they have on November 21st between 3 and 4 pm the rambling readers a walking book group. Uh, any book lovers, meet li meet
librarian Jen at Washington Lake Park for a leisurely stroll through the park while we discuss the latest read. Uh, this weekend, uh, there is a, um, gentleman who served in World War II. Um
I think he's 102. Might be 100. Yeah, S. >> Okay. He will be um actually the this gentleman I don't think it's S. It's >> Yeah, he's his birthday is like a weekly. I can't remember his name. He
will be there. Check their website. I've announced this before, but if you're going to attend, you have to RSVP. There will be no walk-ins. >> Huh? I thought it was the 12th >> the 8th. Okay, my bad. I'm sorry. Uh,
but the Rambling uh readers walking book group is this weekend or November 21st. Um, I want to thank Chief Gersich and all those who participated in the veteran ceremony. I was unable to attend, but I also want to thank Chief
Gersich and his department for the apprehension of the one gentleman involved with the autotheft. Um, great job to them and hopefully that limits the amount of autothefts that are happening in town and we can move on.
Uh, moving on. >> And actually, um, council vice president, if you don't mind, I do want to add something. Yeah, if you don't mind. Um, so last night's event was wonderful. I was there last night. A big shout out to everyone who helped, uh, run the event. Um, but I also want to acknowledge um, another event that's
coming up November 22nd. It's at Washington Lake Park. It's Cars and Coffee. that benefits Toys for Tots. Uh my friend uh uh Lenny Antinelli is one of the people that are are running that event. So, it's November 22nd at uh 9:00 a.m. uh to 12:00 p.m. There's going to be some really nice cars there. There
going to be people enjoying coffee and good conversation and um uh they asked for everyone to bring a toy uh for some uh needy children. So, again, that's uh November uh 22nd at Washington Lake Park at 9:00 am. >> Mayor, I want to remind everybody too
between all my little chicken scratch. I've missed something. Our football team is undefeated. They've won the first two playoff games. This Friday is a big game. I believe if they win this week, they play at the Meadow Lands next week. Is that correct? >> So, if you can get out Friday night, I believe it's six o'clock at the high school. Come out, support our football
team, and let's cheer them on a victory. Okay. Thank you. With nothing else, um, moving on, the municipal complex will be closed Thursday, November 27th and Friday, November 28th in observance for Thanksgiving holiday. Mark your calendar
for the township Christmas tree lighting, as the mayor elaborated, uh, lighting and winter village. It will be held on December 5th beginning at 5:30 p.m. in Washington Park. There will be vendors, hot chocolate, and Santa and Mrs. Claus. Uh, we'll light the
Christmas tree. I guess that we're not going to have them light the Christmas tree. >> Says, um, Santa and Mr. Claus will light the Christmas tree. So, you're going to go >> Okay. Um, so come out and join the fun. Um,
we have a note in here that vehicle theft is on the rise, but thankfully due to our police department, some of that has been curbed. Still, please be sure to lock your car uh car doors every night and take your key fobs inside your house with you. If you suspect
suspicious activity, please contact the police. That's something that we need to make sure that we call them right away, not delay, so that they can get officers out there and catch it when it's happening. Please visit our website for information and updates regarding the
new trash and recycling collection process effective June 30th. Remember uh yard waste is on a new program starting November 1st. Uh we have to call in schedule for the yard pick yard waste pickup. Barretty Hagen Library offers
many events. Please check their website for information on Heagen happenings. All dogs in the township are required to be registered and vaccinated. Please stop in the clerk's office to register your dog. Public participation. Please follow the public decorum posted which
has been attached to the public agenda and limit your comments to 5 minutes. Once you have completed your comments or questions, the council president will then ask if any member of the governing body or their designate wishes to address your questions or comments. Can
I have a motion to open to public participation? >> Motion. Seconded by first motion by Councilman Harris, second by Councilman Yorks. All those in favor? >> All those opposed? >> I
>> I'm assuming you were a yes. You're a little delayed. >> Yes. Sorry. >> We are open to the public. Anybody wishing to comment, come up to the podium. Please state your name, address. Come on up.
Oh, turn the camera. >> You're on Maxine. You're on camera. Didn't they take me off? >> They always they say they can take you off. >> Okay. Anyway, Maxine Canelos 911 Whitman
Drive, Turnersville. Uh I did attend the veteran ceremony yesterday. Was it yesterday? >> Yes. >> Okay. And I personally I was appalled at a a township of 50,000 plus people and
if there were 100 spectators that's saying a lot and I think that was really sad. I don't know if people were misdirected because, you know, you had to make the change to the location, but maybe, you know, council should think about changing it permanently on on Veterans
Day to the high school because you're prone to inclement weather. You don't know. You know, it really shouldn't be, you know, an outside affair, you know, at that time of the year. I mean, the one of the speakers, you
know, said she went to three different places. >> Yeah. And I was a little, you know, sad and just, you know, that nobody was there. I could not believe some people couldn't spend an hour and a half of their day. >> So, I don't know who made the the
decision to move it around, but that it's not our decision. We don't ho We don't host it. I don't know if it was the advisory board. >> The the veterans advis advisory board. Is that a good idea to throw at them? >> Well, I am the council on board that
decision was made by bring it up next meeting. Veterans Daymber. >> Yeah. I think you would have more attendance, you know. I mean, people wouldn't even come out of their house yesterday. >> Yep. Yeah. All right. That's Well, you
know, I really It was a beautiful affair. It was very nice and it was, you know, really heart rendering, but it just I felt bad that there was nobody there. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you, Maxi. >> Anybody else?
>> Hello. Uh, my name is William Surwa. Um, 31 Ellis Street, Hadenfield, New Jersey, apartment 1. Um, >> I'm sorry. Can you pull Mike closer kind of? >> Yes, sure. Sorry. Can I hold it? >> Sure. >> Okay. Um, my name is William Surwa. I am from 31 Ella Street in Hadenfield, New
Jersey. I'm the CEO and founder of a locallyowned uh familyrun dispensary. We have our first store in Mount Ephraim. Uh, we are very involved with our community. We love giving back to our township. My wife here actually heads our um community outreach department. We
do a lot within our town and a lot in our neighboring towns. Um, I'm here tonight just to show face and I understand that there's potentially three resolutions. I understand two are out there and you've currently paused the decision on whether or not to give out the third. Um, I do have a little
handout just about who we are and what we're doing and I'd love to just pass it around so you can get a sense of who we are. Um, oh, thank you so much. Um, but we are here because we just want to talk about how involved we are. I know we only have 5 minutes, so I'll let
you kind of read about what we do, but um we have identified a really good property within Washington Township. Um we think it's far enough away from the other dispensaries. It meets all the ordinances within the town. I know there's one concern and I actually spoke with the um the gentleman who is the
zoning officer. He agrees that the property is phenomenal place for this. Um it's got all the necessary requirements, you know, drive-thru, uh vault, ample parking. Um, we understand that there's an ordinance that it has to be a thou uh, sorry, one mile or 5,000
ft away from another dispensary. Now, there is one across the road. Um, the proposed property is the old TD Bank. I know that the botness is across the street. However, they are a big mso. They're not from here. They don't care about this place. Um, they also sell their own product, which is notoriously
known for being pretty subpar. Um, what we do is we work with a lot of local craft growers. Um, so our menu is completely different. It's almost like putting a farm-totable restaurant next to a fast food chain. So, we're completely different. Our customer service is way better. You can see our
reviews from our current store. We have zero compliance issues with the state. Um, we are very compliant, but more than that, we just give back to our community a lot. And we've only been open a year and we've done a whole lot for our community. They've given back to us and we're fortunate enough to be able to um
expand. So, we're looking for our second home. Um, I, you know, would love to speak with you guys more about the potential of obtaining that third resolution. Um, and I just, you know, I think that we would be a great benefit to Washington Township and all the
programs. We currently work with a couple businesses already here. um we have a lot of our personal um stuff here as well, but uh I just think we would be a great benefit to the town and I would love the chance to talk to you more about um what we plan to do and if we were to given that opportunity. So,
thank you. I don't know if you have questions or not or if we're allowed to do that, but >> um well, I think we have your literature. We need some time to take a look at it and uh if we have any questions, we will certainly reach out to you or one of our representatives. >> Okay. Do you know when you guys will
decide on if the third resolution will be given out? >> Not at this time. >> Okay. All right. Well, keep me posted. Please keep us in mind and we'd love to be part of the Washington Township community. So, thank you for your time. >> Thank you. >> Does your wife have anything she want to
add? >> Oh, yeah. You want to add, too? >> Sure. >> Sure. I would love to. It's on the second page. I would love to. Well, if you Yes. If you look at the second page, I do head our community outreach and a lot of our marketing. Um, we work really hard to bring um, clients to Mount
Ephraim. It's a very small little slice of of land. Um, but we have invested a lot into the community and the reason majorly that we are able to expand is because they've invested back in us, which is awesome. Um, even coming here tonight, I see all of the things that you put into your community. I love the
idea about letting a family, you know, light the Christmas tree. That's the special things we look for when we look into moving into a community and we find a second home. We want to be a place we can be a part of. I work really really closely with our celebration committee. Um we find ways we can help our
community. We are cannabis so we do have to be a little bit careful with what we do. Um we we participate in all of the over 21 um events that benefit uh anything in our community. We can do beef and beers and things like that. So we get involved on that level. We
sponsor Fall Fest. We sponsor things for the Fourth of July parade. Uh anywhere that I can get involved in that community, the the three ladies that run our celebration committee know they can always call me. They've sat for hours in our back office and we've kind of brainstormed how we can, you know, work within our community to build the
footprint. Um we've marched in the the pride parade for Haden Township. So we also look at the communities that support our business and the footprint everywhere. Um, I do think one of the things that that Will mentioned that my husband mentioned that makes us special
being across the street from something like the botist is that you're offering your residents that local place that they are not getting with the service that's already there. And I do believe that the botist is in a different township. Is that correct? >> It's in
township. >> Right. So the consideration there for that location would be that it gives your residents a place where you're getting the tax money and not another township. And we put ourselves in a position where people want to come and support us. Um and I would love to
answer a million things about what we do if you have any other questions. But yeah, so we're very community driven. It's one of our big pillars. You can see on the front page it's my husband, his brother, and his mom and dad who they are currently in our stores all the time, too. Roland greets people at the door. His mom is always in the back with
us. His brother comes in. So, it's a very familyfriendly place. Um, to me, cannabis does initiate a platform for connection. It gives us, you know, a a way to have community. Uh, like you said about veterans and PTSD. We find research all the time. Cannabis helps
PTSD immensely. And we're big on education. We have a veteran that comes to our store every single day. His name is Mr. Charles and he's increasingly getting older and but we we help him every day and we've always told him, you know, we can deliver to you, but he wants to come and be part of our community. We're part of his social
calendar. So, that's the type of vibe you're going to get from us. Um, and I know you're on pause with it, but if you're going to consider a location in a group, I would we would love to be one of them. >> And your current store is in Hadenfield. >> It's in Mount Ephraim. >> Oh, Mount Ephraim. Okay. >> Yes.
>> Any other questions? >> Yes. >> Something I was going to ask you. Yes. >> Have you worked with veteran groups? >> So, we are working to get involved with veteran groups. Um, we have tons of veterans that come to our store. We offer them a discount. I would love to
set up and it's going to take a lot of manpower and working with our communities. It's something that we are starting. I would love to go to veterans groups even more than that. I would love to find a way to get them to us. Um, so that they get out of the house, they can come be a part of us, that they find
that there's, you know, a place that where they can come and talk to our bud tenders and they become really friendly with them and they share their stories and it's very cool. It's not they it takes them out of their norm, right? If we go to the VFW, sometimes people just zone out or they do this, but if you
bring them into our store, it's very cool. Like they're like, "Wow, what is all of this?" We can answer any questions with them. They get to know our bud tenders. Some of them handshakes with our bud tenders. Like it's it's very cool. So it's something else they get to be a part of. Makes them feel young, makes them feel relevant, makes them, you know, feel like they're part
of a community. So definitely things that I want to get involved with more than what we are now, but it's just because we've literally only been open a little over a year. So it's things that we're still building. >> Yeah, of course. >> Any other questions? >> Thank you. >> Okay.
>> Thank you. Is there anybody else wishing to speak? Please come forward. Seeing none, can I get a motion to close to the public? >> Motion by Councilman York, second by
Councilman Harris. All those in favor? >> I >> I >> Okay. Closed. >> Go ahead. With the holiday season coming along, I was thinking about recycling. Um, besides paper towel, cardboard rolls,
when you the gift wrap, paper, all those large cardboard that's recyclable. Don't throw it in the trash can. Please put it in the recycling. Uh, it'll save us money and it'll help the recycling effort. Um, you know, year round the rules. Just put them in the recycling.
Don't throw them in the trash, please. Thank you. Our next regular council meeting will be December 3rd at 6 PM. Can I get a motion to adjurnn? >> I'll make that motion. Do >> I have a second? >> Second. >> Motion by Councilwoman Pascalone, second
by Councilman Harris. All in favor? >> I. >> Meeting is adjourned. >> All right. I'll call you later. >> All right. Sounds good. Bye. >> Bye. >> Bye. Thank you.