in order is now 7:00. Requirements for the sunshine law have been met. This meeting was sent to be advertised at the Bron County Times. Electronic notice was given to the NJAC 539-5. You will now start with the pledge of allegiance
to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. If we could uh we're going to have a moment of silence, but um committee
member Dr. Ashley call will ask that I think she attended the night of remembrance of support for those who uh overdose and overdose awareness day on August 26th. So if we could have a moment of silence for those who have suffered an overdose and lost their
lives. Thank you. Roll call. >> Committee woman Dr. >> present. >> Committee woman Miss Maddox Canteen >> present. >> Committee man Mr. Carr >> here. >> Committee woman Miss She did say that she would be absent. Mayor Henley >> here. also present the township
solicitor, the township clerk, the deputy administrator, the police chief, fire EMS chief, and fire marshall and public works off uh public works director. >> Thank you, Miss White. Approval of minutes July 8th, 2025 regular meeting
minutes. Do we have a motion? >> Motion. >> Second. Any discussion? >> Uh Mr. Mayor, I'd like to note that I was not present at this meeting, but I did have opportunity to review the um the recording. >> Thank you. Roll call.
>> Dr. Abstain. >> Miss Maddox. >> Uh yes. Mr. Clark, >> yes. >> Mayor Henley, >> yes. >> Three, yes. Motion passes. >> August 12th, 2025 regular meeting minutes. Do we have a motion? >> Motion.
>> Second. Call. >> Any discussion? >> Roll call. >> Dr. Caldwell. >> Yes. >> Miss Mantine, >> yes. >> Mr. Park, >> yes. >> Mayor Henley, >> yes. >> Or yes. Motion passes. >> August 12th, close session minutes. Do we have a motion? >> Motion.
>> Second. >> Any discussion? >> Roll call. >> Dr. Caldwell. >> Yes. >> Miss Maddox. >> Yes. >> Mr. Carl? >> Yes. >> Mayor Henley? >> Yes. >> Yes. Motion passes. >> We now open the meeting for public comment on agenda items only. Please remember to state your name and address for the record. Please remember to state
your name and address of the record as well as write your name and address on the signin sheet on the podium. >> You're up. Can you do it from there, Nancy? [Music] >> Nancy Berkeley, Olive Street Grand
Cocus. Um, I have a couple of comments on the things you're going to be voting on voting on tonight. One is a 13025 uh to sell a 10-ft uh snow plow to Mount Holly for $500. Last year, we were told that we had to hire a company at $200 an
hour because we did not have enough snow plows and and trucks to plow. So, I'm not quite sure why we're getting it away. It says it doesn't fit any of our current trucks. Did we get rid of a truck that it was used for? Um I'm just
not sure. We have 19 trucks and usually those are the ones that I see going through my development uh for snow plowing. Um and I looked up an average 8 to 10 snow plow goes for about 10,000
$10,000. So I I can't see giving it away if we could use it in the future and save $200 an hour. So I encourage you to vote no. Uh the second one is 13125 to sell the leaf box trailer to Ocean
Court for $150. Um last year we were told that the trailers were dangerous and that's why we had to buy the mega truck. But I also see that we're in this budget budgeting for another truck and another trailer
together that cost us $116,000. >> Are you positive about that, ma'am? >> Excuse me. >> Are you positive about that? Yes, I just checked it tonight. It's in >> Chris, can you please comment because I know Chris was looking like it didn't sound right. That's what I was asking. >> Absolutely. So this the template snowflow is actually for truck 41 is
going to replace the new truck. Um truck 41 service uh transmission ran out on us in June. Um so basically the truck's not worth anything parts. Um reached out and said that you know if
we purchase the plate we could we actually use it. So that's the reason why the plates. >> What year is truck 41? 2005. >> How many miles? >> Um, I'm going to say probably 30,000,
but it's probably >> cost to replace transmission. >> The cost to replace a transmission. >> Thank you. >> Could we buy a truck that this plans? [Music] >> Okay. Well, like I said, that's why I
come and talk to you all. >> And number two, >> as far as these boxes concerned, that box is actually the city behind our public works department for probably 10 years. That's actually the original check box we used to use back in 2007 or
somewhere in there. Um, it's not worth more than scrap. >> You're getting ahead of my 13124. So, we're giving the salt leaf truck to Oceanport for $150. Um, I remember last year you told us
that the these these things these leaf trailers were dangerous and you didn't want to buy any more trailers because people fell off of it and got hurt. And that's why we had a mega truck so you don't have to buy a trailer. But then this year we're buying a truck and a
trailer and $116,000 is a lot. That's depending on our taxes. >> To clarify, there's no trail bought. That's the Ford truck from last year. >> It is in the budget for 2025.
Truck and trailer each $58,000. I'm sorry. I'm just Oh, I'll print it and share it with you. Um, apparently we're buying another um vehicle. Um, more like a glorified for
what it looks like to me. You can tell me more. Looks like more of a glorified uh golf cart. We have one who I know we use in the athletic fields and the township has one and apparently we're buying a new one for the township. The township fund will go to the athletic
fields and the athletic fields will be I was told given to Mhalla. Are we giving it or selling from aware? >> Okay. Um and we can't use it >> at this point now.
>> Okay. Um cuz >> what does >> the truck that we want to purchase? >> The the UTV. Oh, >> so what's the value of the the one that we're selling? >> What do we sell it for?
>> Oh, so what's the value of about 3500? So, we're going to auction it off is what Chris is saying. And I'm sure we'll take that money in >> and use it towards this. I just >> use it towards the budget, right? >> And that we seem to be buying things and giving things away. >> But if it doesn't, Nancy, if it doesn't
have any value, what do you do with it? >> I know that the township was one of the least the smallest increase in taxes and people are happy about that, >> right? >> But overall, their taxes went up 10%. >> That's not our we didn't do that. >> It's not your problem. But >> I didn't say it's not my problem cuz I
live here too. It is my problem. But I'm saying that we didn't do it. So what I'm saying is that Chris is saying that he's got a truck that's been sitting out there for 10 years, supposed to sit out there for 11 years, >> 30,000 miles. >> The mileage, if it's no good, it's no good. The mileage isn't the big part about it, right? The big part about it,
I haven't I haven't done snow in my whole life. But I think the wear and tear of the plow is what the problem is with the with the trucks. >> And if it doesn't have any value, I don't know why we want to continue to junk up our yard, no offense, Chris, with things that don't have any value. on justice.
>> Oh, everyone has 125 agreement with the county to share services. Are you three allowed to vote on that because you're county employees or is that not the same thing? >> Uh, I don't think it's the same thing with the art. You're good. Thank you for your concern,
though. >> Okay. >> Yeah. Thank you. Thank you. Any other comments? [Music] >> Uh, we're going to close public comment. All in favor?
>> I >> All right. Uh, ordinance is first reading. None. Ordinance second reading 9-2025. ordinance of the township of Westampton to fix the salaries, wages, and compensation of certain officials and
employees of the Township of Westampton for the year of 2025. Do we have a motion? >> I make a motion for 9-25. >> Second, >> open for public comment. >> Roll call. >> Dr. Coco, >> yes. >> Miss Maddox,
>> yes. >> Mr. Park, >> yes. >> Mayor Henley, >> yes. >> Or yes. Motion passes. >> Resolution 129-25. Payment of vouchers. This resolution approves the payment of bills through 925. Do we have a motion? >> Motion Cwell.
>> Second. >> Any discussion? >> Roll call. >> Dr. Cwell. >> Yes. >> Miss Maddox. >> Abstain. >> Mr. Cart. >> Yes. >> Mayor Henley. >> Yes. >> Three. Yes. Motion passes. >> Consent agenda resolution. Resolution.
No. Consent agenda items are considered to be routine and will be enacted with the single motion. Any items requiring expenditure are support are supported by a certification of availability of funds. Any items requiring discussion will be removed from the consent agenda.
Do we have a motion? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any discussion? >> Roll call. >> Dr. Fog. >> Yes. >> Miss Madine. >> Yes. >> Mr. Park. >> Yes. >> Mayor Henley. >> Yes. >> Or yes. Motion passes. discussion uh
tree replacement plan proposal for Ranoka village. So the middle of August um I met with uh the turnpike authority um to discuss the tree replacement in um Rancokus along Third Street and Rancokus. Um,
I met with them. Uh, we've sat down. We kind kind of came up with a plan as far as laying out trees down there. Um, different species, different varieties that would best suit that area for what they want to do and what the input has been from from Rancokus. Um, we're
looking at probably I'm hoping the end of September as long as you guys are on board with everything. Um, maybe the first part of October to get the the plan in place and get the trees uh planted. >> Will we know what kind of trees they are? >> Yeah. So, I don't Did they Did you guys get a map of
>> Yes, I have it right here. >> Okay. On that map, that that's the different varieties of trees and kind of the locations that they're looking at putting all those trees. Um, I tried to mix in some lower lower growing stuff, some taller stuff just to kind of fill
in in areas where um there's a lot of tree cover or something like that where you couldn't just plant a tree. >> Fair enough. >> Um, go ahead. >> So, would these trees help with the This is on a long range focus, correct? >> Yes. Yep. >> This would help with the sound area that some of the residents were coming.
>> Yes. So working with um their engineering uh firm for the turnpike and a tree uh specialist. They chose these trees for that purpose to provide a sound barrier and a uh visual barrier for Rancok Road.
>> I have two questions. >> What's that? >> Does this increase any type of load on your department? >> No, we there's no load on our department. It's solely on on the the project that they're they're doing. There's no cost to the township either. as far as maintenance or
>> water just a bit. Um, in my opinion, now once they're in, we should totally just let it go. Let it fill itself in as little as maintenance as possible. >> And then why is there a weird break with four dog woods in the middle? >> So, what's going on there is is there's
a a high tree canopy and a a cl a cluster of trees there. So, they don't really want to remove any trees from what I've been told. So that's the best option for that area. >> Thank you. >> Yep. >> In terms of just size, I'm just looking
at it and I know we're talking about the um the sound barriers and all those other kind of things. So what are we looking at? You know, some of them going in at a foot, 5T. >> I believe they're around 3 foot each going in. So you're looking at probably
within three to five years of for them to start growing high enough to start providing a a proper barrier there. >> I'm good. I know we already >> Anybody else has any questions or whatever you know where to get me. >> Thank you. >> Good. Thank you, >> Chris. I will ask I know Bob Thorp is
very interested in this. >> So I'll try to see if he can reach out reach out a little bit more detail about it. >> Yep. Absolutely. Thank you. >> Yeah, the trees. So, PSC and G took some of the trees down and uh the turnpike
we're going to replace trees. So, they're replacing them there because the sound of the cars going by would disrupt some of the houses. I'm sorry. What was that? >> Yep. Thank you. >> Thank you, Chris. No words. >> We if we had a packed house, it would be
a problem, but we can we can negotiate this today. Um, we're going to open the open the meeting for public comment. Please remember to state your name address for the record and remember to write your name on the sign sheet. [Music]
>> Who I mumbled it? >> You know I'm not a mumbler. >> I have a couple of things to say. Some of them are not. Some of them are not in Thursday. >> My name is Audrey Coster, 36 Dove Road, West Hampton, New Jersey. I don't know if you're aware, but in the
Burlington County Times on Thursday, and I know it doesn't pertain to you officially because it came from the state department of treasury, but in the insert of the Burlington County Times, there was a um
insert and my brother's my brother-in-law's name was in it. He has $100 coming to him for unclaimed property. But while we were looking at it, I was noticing how many people from West Hampton had unclaimed property. And I'm only on the
first page of this and there is like 50 44 pages. >> Is Sandy Henley on there? >> I'm sorry. >> Is Sandy Henley on there? >> I I didn't look for your name >> cuz I can use 100. But when I was looking at this West Hampton addresses, and I don't know who to bring this up
to, my neighbor across the street, which is at 35 Dover Road, and I know that they're the second owner of the house. His address is on here, but not the name. 38 Dover, which is my other neighbor, her address is on here, not her name.
Nobody ever lived in that house with this name. Going through 42 Dover, 48 Dover. And as I'm going, it's going on. So, I started taking notes because I know people that live on other streets. So, Wickham Lane came up. I called my girlfriend. Do anybody ever at this name
live at your house? No, I'm the original owner. Like, okay. So, there's a lot of West Hampton addresses on here that don't match people's names. I'm going to call the phone number that's attached to this, which is a 9200 at the state, which I know will get me nowhere. Um,
and I also am going to go probably to the councilman because I don't know where else to go, but I think we should be aware of this that it's just the first page I went on. So, I'm sure my address is not here. I'm sure your address is somewhere in here, too. >> Um, number two, did they decide what
they're doing with the warehouse? I've been out of touch right now on Iric Road. Are we having a warehouse? Are we not or we don't know? >> Well, and we'll do we'll take care of it in comment. Okay. Awesome. Okay. And
then um what's the other thing? I want to thank the police department for the homeless, moving them around, getting them out of our area. We've had a couple on my street living behind a couple houses in the woods and everything else. Thank you so much. And my neighbors down the street from me. He
also wanted to thank him. Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you, ma'am. >> Somebody's dead. >> Now we have to record it. You know the rules. >> Thank you. Yep. >> First, I'm Nancy Berkeley Rangers. I'd like to thank whoever was in charge of
paving church street. Uh that has been needed to be done since way back with Donna Ryan. And it, you know, Timbuktu is one of our gems of r of West Hampton. And the tree street was horrible. People couldn't even walk down Timbuktu without
trying to fall down. And now is repaved and it looks beautiful. The parking lot looks beautiful and that when you've come out that little piece that used to be like on a 45 degree angle I was always afraid of falling is now smooth. So that's been wonderful. And third west
Third Street which we've always asked cuz the culde-sac at the end had big hunks of of hunks of whatever black top coming up that got repaved and the people were very happy there. What I don't understand, I did talk to Chris
and I did email Jim. West Third Street was widened by at least 5 ft. I don't understand why. And it wasn't widen on the side with the trees. It was widened on the side of Nancy Berkeley's
property. And 80% of my property is on that street. And the other 20% the culde-sac didn't get widened. Just it was taken off my property. Will Street got paid and that was not widened at all. So I'm not so sure. And
I did ask, look, why was that street widen? That street is a dead end. It's not like it's a street where you're going through to get to other places like Will Street or Wills Avenue. That's a thorough. I don't understand why it was wide and 5 ft was taken off my
property. Then today I went down the street just to check and I found that they had taken sandy um sandy dirt and dumped it about 8 80 ft of on the side of my property and it's anywhere from 12
to 18 in on my grass. So Chris said he would get to them and have them take it off my grass because then it's almost like taking another 18 in off my property. And when people see dirt on the side of the road, they assume it's a shoulder and they can drive on it and
they can park on it. Well, you know, my bushes now are almost on the road because of what happened. So, I would like that being taken care of, please. Um, thank you. >> Thank you, Chris.
>> Yes. >> Get this. No worries. >> Hey, Mr. Harper. How are you? >> I need to >> Thank you for your service. >> Huh? >> Thank you for your service. >> Thank you. It was a pleasure. But I want to talk to you about a few
things. Listen, Chief. First of all, I'd like to say thank you for what you and your cops have done to get those hand those homeless people off of Will. It's
getting better and better every day. But, and don't take this as a joke. There's one. He rides around on his bicycle and I stopped one of the police officers a couple days ago and I'm just going to tell you like it
is. I served in Vietnam and Korea for 11 months and three days dodging bullets and all this crazy stuff. And I ain't taking crap from these people around here because they ain't got no place to live. This guy rides around there every day.
The same guy that was in his yard looking in people's windows, rides down the street on a bicycle. And I'm in the yard working on my truck last week. He come down there and I I have been told about this guy. He fortunately
for him, he ain't come on my property yet. And I hope he don't. But I'm going to tell you what he did do. I guess a week and a half ago because my wife used to say, "You got PTSD." But when I get up, I get up every night
around 3:00. I go through my house. I look in every room in my house. My wife said, "You crazy." Well, two weeks ago, I got up, went to the bathroom, goes back in the bedroom, and something told me to look out the window toward my
truck parked across the street. The same guy I'm talking about is sitting over there at 3:30 in the morning on a bike sitting there facing my house. So, when I told the cop, he said, "Well, we can't do nothing about somebody riding a bike at 3:00 in the morning."
I didn't say, "You have at 3:00 in the morning. Ain't that kind of odd for a man that look like he's in his 50s or early 60s to be out there on a bicycle? So he sitting across to my house like this. I didn't say one word. So I'm just
going to tell you nice. I ain't threatening nobody. They break in my house and I'm there, you bring a shovel with you because I don't think it's right that me being a veteran or anybody else got to put up with that crap because these lazy ass people don't want
to work and they want to ride around and take other people's stuff from them. And last week when he came by, I spoke to him and he gave me this dirty look. I didn't say one thing. So, I'm not blaming you, sir, because I
just gave you a compliment for your job that you did, and I'm very grateful to what you have done on Woodland Road with them homeless people. But this one guy, I'm telling you, somebody going to hurt this guy and he got caught in Mr. Allison yard a
couple times. Cops come around here and tell you, well, you can't touch them. But see, I don't care about that. You come on my property and bust in my house. I'm 78, but I gotta live another 10 years. I don't care about that. I'm
not no threats. I'm just telling you that these people, I don't know where they come from. What they pick this town for? Why they pick our town for? I'm the only living last person on there on Woodland Road that was there since
1979 when I moved there. I'm the last one. And nobody really bothered with this with that. I I just want to make you aware of the fact that I don't know who this guy is, but Mr. Allison will tell you he done
caught him in his yard a couple times and he's looking in your window. He ain't looking in my window, but he look he was looking in his windows and stuff. I mean, is this and then people and and then you say something fast and they tell you, "Well, you can't touch them cuz they can have
you arrested." So, come on now. I just get arrested cuz I had enough problems. Then the other thing is I want to tell you I got stopped by ISIS in this in West in in Acme parking lot a month ago. Probably
nobody here heard about that. It's on a Saturday morning. I got stopped by them over there. And he had these three women in the parking lot right in front of the actor. And I went to go past him. One of them said, "Yo, hold up." So I remember I looked back at him like this and he
comes over and asked me and I had my other hat on with all my pins in it from the military. I had enough to ask me where I was from. And you know what I told him? You can't see. You better take a good look, man. So
then he got a wire tie out like he's going to tie my hands up. I called my son out in LA. I told my son and my son put I put my son on a speaker. I just want you to hear this. And I said to him,
if you put them wire ties on my on me, you going to wish you didn't when I'm done suing Donald Trump and you for hund00 million a piece cuz I I got enough money in the bank to do what I want to do. And my son told him on the phone, "My dad is a veteran from the
Vietnam War." And you had got no right to be bothered with him. And I had my hat on. So he seen I was a veteran. And one of them said to him, "Come on, man. Leave that guy alone. He's a veteran. He's going to cause us a bunch of trouble." So I started walking toward
the car and he's standing there like this looking at it. So I put my phone on the speaker and he heard my son tell him tell me if they put you in jail you call me and I'll be there in 10 hours with a lawyer and we'll be see. So my son is
the editor of the Los Angeles Times in LA and he has people in the Associated Press. He has a picture of me with my uniform on. My son told him, he said, "You put my dad in jail and I'm going to have this I'm going to have his picture
put on every paper in every big city in this country about what you doing to some of these veterans out here." Man, we fought for this country. Leave us alone. I don't need to hear a whole lot of crap. I I like to live in peace. And I went down to Kenworth, just so you
know, my truck is a chem $200,000 to get a new one. These pals don't need to think they come in my yard and bother nothing that belongs to me. I don't come around here much and say much. I pretty much leave you all alone.
But this guy is going to get somebody he going to get the wrong guy and somebody's going to hurt him. And that's all I came here to tell you. >> Thank you, sir. >> Thank you very much. I greatly appreciate what you put you on
the council. Feel free to talk. >> Thank you very much. >> Thank you. >> It's the same thing with Mr. Ferguson doing a long time. They're doing a great job up there. It's pretty embarrassing. and you drive down Woodlane Road and all it I work in Floyd sometimes things and
it's it's worse than there you know so they did a good job I'm >> sorry you just say your name >> oh clip Allison >> I live on Woodlane road um so anyway five times in the last month I had to call the police um two on wood on uh do
down the street from Audrey caught people on the porch in the middle of the night and just as uh last week uh we called cuz my little grandson was there and then the neighbor said something. I just happened to be home but I didn't see him. They seen him. Um couple weeks
prior than that I had somebody trying to get in my truck. My son chased him down the street 3:00 in the morning and I guess the week before that I had a guy in there. Michelle was home and he was looking in the barns and stuff like he was drugged out. Uh luckily my son got
there he chased him out there. Then he's over banging on the neighbor's back door. Rick didn't I guess make a a call to the station, but we had caught already. Um but you know, where you going to go with them, but you know, I mean, last couple years is a couple
times I had come home and there was people just sitting there, but they're not all over the place. In the last month, five times had a problem with the people. Um but you know, what are you going to do with them? But they are moving them around. You got a lot of new officers. They're pretty decent. Uh I
had one guy come out who was an officer, older guy. I'm not mentioning names. Uh just wasn't the right person, you know, to be there. But these new guys, they they pretty much handle, you know, what they got going on out there. So that's a
good thing. Third thing I have is the warehouse, Mr. Pew's property. You know, um the our other neighbor, he was not able to get on the Zoom. I went upstairs later today. I couldn't be there. Um, you know, Mr. Pew's property, you know,
you shot down the warehouses. Well, we're all four warehouses now. Pretty much everybody on Woodlane Road there having the houses built there. What would you put, 1500? That's another 3,000 people cannot handle, you know, the traffic right there. Uh, Mr. Pew,
they own that property, probably his family probably over 100 years. So, they should have the right to do what they want with that property. You know, we always believe, you know, the county bought the other 11 acres off the other brother. We always thought that they were going to buy that farm. You know,
uh West Hampton Township doesn't have any open space except for Gilbert. I think one or two down here where the fields are and maybe one other I believe, you know. So, >> I will say just for clarity, West Hampton is 11 about 11 square miles. 7.4
four of it is open space. >> Almost 12. >> 7.4 of it is open space. >> Just so just for the facts, >> but there's uh there's just no room for that many more cars. And then they go build where the other warehouse
541. You guys put that roundabout in there. Let the county I guess do it. And there's a sign on there says no trucks. So I guess that's just going into the one parking lot. But that thing's so tight for the trucks to even get down there because uh you know Dolan has all these warehouses and that's the way
they're supposed to go up there. You know, Aric Road has a 12 ton limit. So where are these guys all supposed to go? And where you put another 3,000 people in that field? Uh what you going to let them build fourtory skyscrapers and
depreciate everybody's value that way? you know, but the landboard, I guess they want to keep the zoom. I don't know. Um, I know one of the other neighbors down there, he wasn't happy with people on the yards. He was on the land board. Um,
but I don't know what else you guys could figure out. I think everybody in that 200 ft perimeter should be allowed to go to meetings, but I guess everybody's at their house, you know, doing it from home, I guess, not in the township, you know. Um, that's all I
have to say, you know, and the cops, you know, police department has done a great job with uh moving them around. It's know you drive down there, you don't see them all no more sleeping and everything. >> So, that's all I had to say. Hopefully, I don't have no more confrontations with anybody in the yard.
>> Thank you, Mr. Alison. And we'll make a comment now. Thank you, sir. >> Thank you. Hey, did any of you guys have anything to do with that? >> We didn't do we didn't pick you that. >> No, >> no, it's a county property. We didn't do
anything. >> Tell you something. In a year's time, that what they did is going to get destroyed. I don't anything [Music] cuz I told him I said that was the stupidest thing that I ever seen them do
something do because it's too and I get out the last thing when I turn around I look another one I stopped him because he looked like he was Spanish. Yes, sir.
That's what they were doing. So, >> thank you, sir. >> Uh, we'll now close for public comment. All in favor? >> I tal Well, dates. November Township Committee meeting September 23rd at 7:00 p.m. Recreation Committee meeting uh
September 10th at 7:00 p.m. Historic Commission meeting September 24th at 7 p.m. Land Development Board meeting is September 3rd at 7 p.m. Do we have any committee leaison comments or reports? Um I'd like to thank everyone for coming out.
um those coming out are committed to working hard to make West Hampton a town of choice. And that's important. All of the efforts in this room, police, fire, EMT, public works, administration, and residents working together on the same
team is going to prove very successful for us. Um what's also important is we heard your comments. Um it it's very important and quality of life is very important. Um, I ride around this town
very often looking at a number of things. Looking at um the homelessness, looking at um graffiti on bus stops, looking at all of these things and making sure that uh we
do everything within our power to improve the quality of life. I got a call. I'm going to uh talk about Dr. Cowell. I got a call this morning from Dr. Cowwell um because she and I both go to the Wawa and we complain uh about uh what we see
at times because I've pulled up and I have been afraid to get out of my car because you know someone's standing there so I'm clutching my purse. These are all things that we have to change and quality of life is very important. I don't want to bring my children there
and be afraid to get out the car because, you know, someone is approaching me. Um, we have done a great job in terms of eliminating that and I don't walk away from it. When I see it, I call and I say
something. Dr. Cwell called me this morning. She said, "Did you see the bus stop on Woodlane?" I said, "The graffiti?" And she said, "Yes." Um, within an hour and a half, public works was there cleaning that bus stop. Thank you for
for making sure that that was done. Quality of life is is very important for all of us. We live here. I rolled down to the next bus stop to make sure that there was no graffiti and things like that there. Throughout the township of Westampton,
we are the eyes and ears. If you see something, say something. We can't make any changes if we don't know it's there. Trust me, we're observant. We're riding around this town. We live here. Uh in terms of Church Street and all those other kind of things, we have um made it
a point to do things to make sure there are improvements. I'm around all the time, whether it's kids activities or adults activities or whatever, just looking to make sure that if we can make improvements, we will do that. I'm not
here to complain. I'm here to work. I'm here to with my colleagues and with all of you to make our quality of life better. And trust me, ladies and gentlemen, we don't want to see um riding around the town, people sitting
on the curbs and things like that. I can go into another area and live there if that's what I wanted to see. I don't want to see that. and I make it a point when that is the case to try to do something to make those changes and and I'm going to continue to do that. Thank
you for bringing those things to our attention. Um Audrey, Nancy, Mr. Harper, Mr. Allison, we really appreciate you coming out and speaking to us. We take what you say to heart and those things are extremely important to us and that's
important. Just on a Yes, sir. Sorry to interrupt you. Do you guys have issues with accounting? Because I've been in meetings back in I guess that was in November or so and they took all my information. Nobody has gotten back to me. I've been over the engineers
department about building up by the firehouse where the ditch is. I actually got over by the officer because I was interested taking pictures and then the only guy ever called the uh the grounds department and
they came and stated it because there's always holes in the ditch up there. But even Joe, I've been over there personally and there's always a different street. I had seen this guy. I guess that's why I got to build the way it is up there where it
is, you know, they get in touch with their community to see how the design, you know, thank you for bringing that to our attention and and we do have a good relationship with them. Um Dr. Hopson does come out and and and and talk to
us. So, we'll make sure that those concerns are brought to their attention. Okay. Um, last but not least in terms of the rec committee, I did attend the August 13th um, meeting that we had. It's great to know that with the summer recreation program, there were 806 kids
that we had registered. Um, we're still working on a number of different things. Um, the trunk or treat we're doing. We're doing um, a lot with regard to um, the rec center. There are some things that we're doing there. Making some
changes there. um flag football, they're still doing the exercise, uh the karate, the Zumba, and all of those kind of things. So, there are a number of different things that we'll be doing going forward, and we're super excited about that. Football is something that's very important, uh to the rec center.
So, we're looking to see if we're going to get um the Patriots or some other teams uh playing there. So, that's important. Um, so we're still doing a good job just in terms of just keeping the field active and and having a number of things go on there. So that's it for
me. >> Last but not least, um, one, I don't know how you bring the Patriots up and not doing go birds, but that's just me. But, um, thank you everyone who came out. Thank you for your comments. Um, I know we were able to get into a little bit of
back and forth just because it was a bit of a smaller crowd. Typically, we don't do that, Mr. Allison, Mr. Harper. We hear your concerns. And actually, you know, you have already directed your comments to the guy who uh who can who can change things and who can who can put a plan in place with Chief Ferguson.
And I'm sure that he takes what you guys think very seriously. Obviously, you know, you guys have already made a comment. I'm sure he's going to go back to his staff and talk about some of the things that we heard about. here tonight. Um, thank you for always bringing these things to our attention because by
bringing it to the forefront and making a comment obviously then you're right here in front of our our professionals who work here every day and that brings attention to, you know, us making a change and and putting us all in a better situation. So, um, last but not
least, I'd like to thank our guys who come out who do this every day, who work hard every day. Um, just as with everyone who's up here, those people out there, your community, our community is very important to us. Um, and I think that
you've seen that. This is a very, very hardworking group. You know, you have I actually had a chance to talk to committee woman. I had talked to her in two or three weeks. I just called her just to say, "Hey, like I know I haven't talked to you. You know, she's busy working on something for Timbuktu or I
actually called this morning. I couldn't get back to where I got back to her in a few hours. At the point that I got to her, she had already talked to um Sherrod and she already had things worked out to get the the graffiti up off of, let's not be mistaken, New Jersey Transits
bus stop, right? So, you know, Chris went and did work for the transit to make our community look better, right? Um, and obviously, you know, I think that he does what he does and and and he's committed to the veterans and and
and making sure this is a place with that respects the veteran population, him being a veteran himself. So, I appreciate that. I appreciate you guys bringing these things to us and I hope you appreciate the efforts we put in place to try to think of a better
solution for everyone. With that being said, we're going to go into close session. Uh, executive session, I'm sorry. We will not be returning to the open meeting. We will adjourn from the close session. All in favor? I.
>> Thank you. >> Have a good night, everyone. >> Good night, everyone.