[Music] early I know we're going to move oh good evening is now 7:00 requirements of the sunsh Sunshine Law have been met the meeting was advertised in the buron county times and an electronic notice was given to the njac
5on 39- 1.5 we will now start with the Pledge of Allegiance I to the FL on the United States America and the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for
all uh if we now have a moment of silence there was a an automobile accident I believe was Saturday uh in West Hampton so have a moment of silence for the victims that were involved in that if we could thank you roll call committee woman Dr
Calo president committee woman Miss Maddox canteen here committee man Mr par here committee woman Miss Mungo here and mayor Henley here count committee is present also we have the township solicitor the Township Clerk the
township administrator the township Deputy Administrator the police chief and the Fire EMS Chief in attendance as well thank you we will now have our annual report um actually we won't so we're skipping
six and going to seventh correct yes so presentation on safety on the agenda Mr Joe Henry from harberg insurance Mr Mayor thank you sir good evening everyone good to see you again it's that time of year went quickly um so for
those of you are not aware as a member of the GI you have have Tak the agenda once a year so we come up with the topic share it with you and then share it with the Safety Committee so everybody remembers how excessively how it was last year our topic is going to be Heat
injury and stress prevention and I'll get into that as we get into a little bit deeper why we've chosen that topic so heat is the leading cause of death among all weather related phenomena in the US it's long been recognized an occupational hazard extensive heat can cause a number of adverse health effects
including heat stroke and even death if not treated properly so basically your workers are at risk when they're outdoors in excessive heat that we want to make them safe so the oosha Act of 1970 simply states that as an employer you are required to have a safe uh work
environment for your employees free from hazards since 2021 OSHA has been developing a Heat injury and illness prevention standard is expected to be finalized they say any day I'm pretty sure it'll be done by by the summer I
can't say when but I'm sure it will be done so even without that standard in place OSHA has their uh inspector have something called general duty clause which basically gives them the right to site you for anything that they find unsafe um so I'm sure you some of these
practices are already in place and again I'll touch on them those as we move on so the purpose of this policy is to recognize dangers in excessive heat assess the situation and control the workplace are your employees are safe two ways to do it administratively and
with your supervisors uh and you will collectively do that together iure so you want to consider a modified work schedule keep in mind some of these things you're already doing typically if it gets excessively hot you'll start work at six instead of eight uh you'll get finished at two instead of four just
to keep your employees safe uh s uh self facing an extra brace brakes if needed should be encouraged and incorporate a buy system it's very very important I'll cite an example we had at L count last year longtime employee great employee uh
was not feeling well one of the other employees noticed that he wasn't feeling well mentioned it to the supervisor the supervisor said Charlie go sit down get some water go get in some shade he didn't want to want to continue to work he's that kind of a dedicated employee
uh the supervisor assisted that he did he did get hydrated uh continue to not feel well they called 911 and unfortunately he suffered a mild heart attack which could have been much much worse if his fellow employees weren't looking out for him so that worked out
uh favorably uh some contining on to page seven you want to periodically review your policy to ensure it meets regulatory standards and I'll touch on that just a little bit uring training is happening and being documented and you want to get a local weather station to
monitor the local weather to make sure you are prepared when the heat wave hits your employees will have some responsibilities as well the training that your supervisor sets up they should attend follow the heat stress prevention measures and as I just mentioned
encourage teammates to follow it's best that they're looking out for each other and you want to stress that when you're doing your training and you want to take appropriate action like they did in County if you see somebody is not feeling well designate an employee to do that training see that it's scheduled
ensure that it can importance to the heat trust policy and deliver that training and when I say training any training is available as a gif member at no cost and it is available online for all your employees hydration employees
must have access to drinking water two gallons of water per employee uh is a recommendation lots of time they bring their own but under the policy you will be required to supply the water the cooling mechanism I've shown here
uh just go over that you can buy some things to pull your employees down you can get these little 10x10 if you have a workstation that they're going to be at all day that doesn't have uh a tree available to get under you can utilize those and then the training it'll show
you the types of heat illnesses that you can incur cramps we've all had heat cramps you want to get hydrated uh typically that field will make it get better you can go back to work after those cramps go away heat exhaustion uh
that's what they recognize in Atlanta County they can include headache noises disiness and weakness keep mind that training will show those you want to hit sit somebody down if they do suffer from heat exhaustion so it doesn't go into heat stroke which can be fatal at times
so in conclusion from the Safety Committee standpoint the Health and Welfare of your employees is Paramount their objective is a see that each employee returns home to their families the same way they came to work OSHA stand are designed to make that happen and when I say an OSHA standard keep in
mind that that is also a law if OSHA sets a standard you have to follow that as a g safety consultant J Montgomery is your partner in achieving this goal their safety team has already developed a template to comply with OSHA's heat
and illness requirements that is available on the website you simply go in uh it's a fillable for just go in pop in Westampton Township you have have the policy you print it you put it in with your other policies and you are good to
go if you have an appriciate uh inspector come to see you and want to see that policy in place so that is it that's all we have for this year that uh concludes thanks again for the opportunity service your RMC uh we appreciate it is anything related to
this or any questions related to St Comm feel free to ask thank you Joe thank you thank you very much annual report the tax collector's report uh ised uh approval of minutes February 25th 2025 regular meeting minutes do we
have a motion motion second any discussion um I just want to um ask for a motion to approve the corrected mendance there was just two minor changes related to me okay uh I make a
motion second roll call one second get my stuff together here uh Dr yes Miss madx K yes Mr par yes M yes mayor Henley yes five yes motion pass so
we're going to go out of order on the agenda and uh and vote on the executive session resolution there's a type on the agenda and the executive session reads 35-25 tonight's executive sessions actually it actually should be
51-25 so 51-25 resolution authorizing the township and supported staff to meet in private session and authorizing the ex exclusion of the public from that portion of the meeting dealing with specific issues requiring non-public
discussion attorney client privilege Personnel litigation and collective bargaining fop supervisors do we have a motion I make a motion for the executive session second all in favor all right oh you're going to say like Ready
set go or something all right oh we already wait a minute there is a need to amend the agenda to add resolution 50-25 clerk white please provide the details oh yes sorry we need a motion to
come out a close to come yeah you have a motion to come out and close motion I second what all in favor people get silly at 8:00 that's why that's why I wanted to get all right
I'll make it a resolution approving a text uh appeal settlement for S4 Hospitality LLC on the property located at 10 Western Drive block 904 Lot 4 or block 904 Lot 4 sorry is there a motion
on the floor to accept this resolution so move second is there all in favor I I I thank you motion pass now open the meeting for public comment on agenda items only please please remember to state your
name and address for the record please remember to state your name and address for the record as well as write your name and address on the sign and sheet on the podium that's enough okay no you got to talk in the
mic I want to be off the record for a second put your did you do anything with the tax collector report because I did have a question about that if you didn't then I can bring it up the next time no we didn't do anything with the tax collector
report it's item oh no yeah it's on the agenda you can comment on it now oh okay all right so G with be 138 Winstead uh so on the agenda the item that I had a comment about was the tax collector report I'm going to refer to a section of the report
um I don't know if you guys had a chance to read the report at all um I'm going to give her kind of like a B minus on the report and the only reason I'm going to that and the only reason I going to do that is um in the section of her report which I think is
in the pack of page 10 of 59 it's the workload in future um I'm not a fan of hyperbole in these reports she mentioned something about we continue to do the stuffing and mailing of our tax bills as Edmonds charges a quote ridiculous amount of money to do it themselves I would have
preferred to see you know exactly what is it that they're charging and the cost benefit to us us doing it ourselves so that would have been a little bit helpful to see and then she right below there's a whole about Emily um is is
Emily the deputy tax collector is that who she's referring to in this report does anyone okay um so it's it's interesting because I took a little bit of a look at this and
kind of my vibe is that it seems to be that is Emily going to be sort of the air parent do you think she's being groomed to be the tax collector is that sort of the the we won't we don't know that until we don't have a Tex elector and who posts for the position and those things but we can't talk about we're not
allowed to talk about personal things and open without notifying the individual and then selecting to have it in open so really I I would advise the committee not to respond about any Personnel matters such as Emily or anyone else's future
position okay fair enough I I I get that okay try to get me in trouble Gary huh try to get me in trouble no it's just that the structure of the report I mean the the way that I was reading it um just trying to help Emily out that's
all so Gary um mayor if I may of course um West Anon does a wonderful job putting their packets online and it's so nice that the residents get to view this um not every Township does that um and
me for one this is the reason why I would not put this on my agenda is so this sort of thing would not happen with nating and um this is more internal for the committee members to see not the public
okay so I I I would ask the administrator or the committee if you don't mind in the future this should not be available to the public we agree it is for your viewing pleasure and for you
to ask Yes actually Dr Carwell brought that up previously I'll give you my two cents I think the top half of the report was probably available for the public but maybe she could have redacted the second part of this report but I understand what you're saying and um
just from my viewpoint just looking at it I did have some questions fair enough all in favor close public comment sweet eyes guys ordinance second reading public
hearing 1- 2025 an ordinance creating chapter 19 of of the Township Code of Westampton Township Clerk motion I make a motion for 1-22 second reading second open to public
comment just like to thank Mr Mayor for holding this off one more meeting to uh address some of people's concerns about the public posting oh very nice thank you I like that roll call Dr fille yes Miss madx panten yes
Mr Park yes Miss Monga yes Hy yes motion passes 2 2025 ordinance authorizing the extension of the open space tax this ordinance authorizes the submission to the voters of Westampton Township at the
general election on November 4th 2025 an extension of the open space tax 02 per 100 of assessed value for the period not exceeding 20 years do we have a motion motion
second open the public comment roll call yes M ma yes Mr yes m r yes mayy yes motion pass ordinance first reading
32025 ordinance amending chapter 59 on the code of Westampton Recreation advisory committee motion motion I second any discussion roll
call Dr yes m m p yes Mr car yes Miss M yes mayor yes yes motion pass resolution 44-25 payment of vouchers this resolution approves the payment of bills through 31 2025 do you have a motion
motion second any discussion roll call Dr yes Miss M abstain Mr car yes Miss yes mayor Henley yes four yes motion pass consent agenda resolution resolution note
consent agenda items are considered to be routine and will be enacted with a single motion any items requiring expenditure are supported by the certification Avail availability of funds any items requiring discussion will be removed from the consent agenda do we have a motion a
motion second call any discussion roll Dr yes M mad yes Mr yes m m yes mayor Henley yes yes motion pass mayor
appointments historic historic preservation historic commission Class B member for 4-year term is Dan micle uh historic commission alternate member for four-year term is Harry Bell we will now open a meeting for public comment please
remember to state your name and address for the record please remember this is for comment own so G Barbarian 138 Winstead so um for the first time I attended the Burlington County Bridge Commission meeting they had it today they did it via the telephone I think typically they
do it in person um it's kind of an obscure uh obscure body but what's interesting and the reason I'm bringing it up here is because they actually have sort of a function of that commission they have an economic development respons ability and I was trying to get
more information as well first I'll tell you this their meeting lasted exactly 11 minutes so they talked for six minutes I talked for five because I had some questions so I'll give them credit they were courteous to me they let me kind of post my comments
um I was asking uh questions around the economic development piece I was looking on their website for more information but apparently they offer local government and non-for-profit financing and their website just didn't have any information as to you know what was the scope and spec of that so I asked for
more information about that uh specifically I wanted to know like well what's the average you know amount awarded what is the sort of typical you know kind of project for nonprofit that kind of you know meets threshold for funding that sort of a thing so we according to their to their site that
they they save taxpayers roughly $27.3 million so I don't know maybe that could be an option for financing ing I first I really even heard about this body to make it available for us so something uh we might want to take a look at um I
also kind of followed up with them asking them um if they had any best practices for um how they would want to work with the liaison now I know that the remit is pretty narrow here for
Miss can M canteen yeah and Dr cwell sorry I'm getting Punchy too um but I wonder maybe if we want to consider expanding the remit specifically for this Bridge Commission only for the purpose of understanding uh if we have issues that we want to bring
to them regarding you know sort of this financing option uh so I I have about five or six questions as a phrased comment to them if they ever respond back to me I can kind of share that with you what I kind of learned from them essentially so um I just thought that
was pretty interesting so that's it guys answer your question Gary sorry they didn't answer your question no they didn't answer any of them Economic Development zones from Palmyra to Florence Along one30 on both sides of 130 so will and bro is the end we generally don't qualify yeah I was
trying to get the link to pull up to see the the map of that development but I but I thought that those projects were somewhat different than this other piece that they're willing to do um and there's also the small business loan committee that they have available to
them so there might be some financing option that you might know of people looking for to put a business here that could fit so I just you know all of the above right thank you Gary thank you uh all in favor to
close dates to remember next Township meeting March 25th at 700 p.m. Land Development board meeting April the 2nd at 700 p.m. historic commission a March 266 at 7 p.m. Recreation committee meeting March 12th
at 700 p.m. um also the 68 movie day is March 29th at 2 p.m. and then we'll have a guest speaker after
the movie who was a desc a descendant of one of the 6 tri8 members committee leades on important comments if I could just I'll keep it
really short thank you Gary for coming toight um thank you all of our department heads obviously you guys do a lot of work so thank you very much and G I just haven't forgotten your comment about the last time uh uh excuse me the last meeting about
the possible Paths of acquiring property for you know the leasehold Estates and so on so I'm still looking into that thank you I can go um my committee report is mostly about the West Hampton Board of Education so last night we had their
tenative budget meeting and what I learned from that meeting is they are proposing a 5.36% increase to the school board tax levy which would be about a $56 a year impact on the average home in Westampton um so just something to
know um also proud to announce that we'll be hosting our first annual women's history essay contest on March 25th here 7:00 at the committee meeting um much like we did on February 25th so I'm expecting another positive turnout
the only difference this time is it will be our wish students which is grades four and five so please come out and listen to our students read their essays um and honor someone um I also just wanted to thank
our administrative team for being impatient and explaining things you know I'm new to my position and I appreciate you taking the time so I can fully understand you know what it is that I'm reading and potentially voting on and that's all I have thank you mine's quick just again thank you to
our department heads and Gary thank you for always coming I love listening to you know the different things that you have for us you haven't had us an article you always find articles for us to you know it's going on so thank you again for being here so
good evening everyone and thank you so much for coming out we uh appreciate your time and the attention that you pay to the township of West stampton um Ditto in terms of Gary we appreciate you always um having an interest in the
township and attending meetings coming back getting information and providing it um not only to the committee but to the township so we are appreciative of that um the timbuk 2 advisory committee I did meet with uh guy Weston from the to Historical Society last Friday and we
discussed partnering on an vent um uh sometime this summer with reenactments vendors food trucks you know a number of different things from a historical perspective for that um kbuk 2 gym that we have in the township as far as rep uh
Westampton Recreation yes we do have a meeting tomorrow evening here in the courtroom at 700 p.m. we're going to discuss the Easter egg hunt which is going to be April 12th um our summer camp information is on the website there's a ton of great summer
camps for all the kids um opening of the sports complex is going to be mid-march and we're going to get new Turf replacement um and that started this past week and that's going to be absolutely fantastic when that uh finishes up that started on yesterday um
we have a pizza party for our basketball participants on the 22nd and that's going to be from 10 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. and uh anyone that can stop by and help we're looking forward uh to having you do so in terms of the Burlington
Township um uh committee uh there was a meeting um that I attended on the 26 at 7 p.m. uh we're all looking forward to um uh Dr Hopson coming on the 25th uh to
join us once again and we're uh very interested in having her come out and uh answering questions from uh the township um in terms of the senior Bingo luncheon uh Dr cwell and I are working out a little uh some issues that have come up
with that so we're going to be making some changes with that but we're still looking forward to having that and we do have some uh interest in terms of the uh Township um members to participate so we're super excited about that I'm just going to end with a quote because it is
it is women's History Month I just want to um end with this quote don't ever underestimate the importance you can have uh history has shown us that courage can be courageous and hope can
take on a life of its own that's from uh Michelle Obama just wanted to end with that quote uh mayor Henley thank you um yeah about the the field someone just text me like what is this in the field I'm like they like is it deter I'm
like probably so I'm glad to hear that the update cuz I did tell him was probably Aur um calendars we got our calendar in like the magnet calendars I got one already um so you going to have to mail it to me um it
works you know fantastic 600 refrigerator so that should lessen some of the questions about when's trash being picked up Leaf brush our fine chief of our fire department put some of it together and then our fine chief of
our Police Department read over it and fixed a few things so it was it was a great team effort um and I would say that all the way around everyone added something in so we we're very excited to see um the success that people find it
very knowledgeable and helpful uh for what we were able to do and we able to bond with get a new relationship um because they actually did a fantastic deal for us to be able to get this done so um number two stop signs we have stop signs
going in around the school uh fairly soon I believe it's up already you put them up people got to stop yeah it's live when they go in the ground so that is a way that we you know we we've always talked about our Public
Safety uh with our children being number one and I think that that is a perfect way to start off uh when we've talked about you know some of the speeding issues uh or some of the things that we've seen that are that you know that could help with our our traffic and our
safety overall so thank you thank you Chief I appreciate you getting that done out there uh beautiful weather today what was very encouraging was seeing the kids uh at the park I seen the park over in the new development riding by and it
was swamp people walking a dog out kids playing uh playing out on the uh on the jungle gym or whatever they call it now day and and my development people it was a bunch of kids and parents it giv parents an opportunity to get to meet each other and who goes to school with
who it's just you know a great way to build a community it was it's it's like those things those the the playgrounds do cost a lot but that's an expense that's well worth it when you see everyone using it you see the parents able to work together and talk to each
other the one thing that I would say is that if we could please be careful let's remember that you know that there's kids out there playing let's slow it down uh make sure that we're watching out for them fair enough with that said we have a motion to adjourn motion motion all in
favor I all right thank you have a good night good night good night no thank