one. It is now 7 o'clock. Requirements of the sunshine law have been met. This meeting was advertised at both the county times electronic news was given to the NJAC 539-1.5. I would now ask Miss Fernita to lead us
in pledge of allegiance. [Music] Oh, we can all sit. We will now have a moment of silence. I I would ask that we have a moment of silence. I know there was a passing earlier the week of Pope Francis. So, we have a moment of
silence. Thank you. Roll call. Committee woman Dr. Pwell here. Committeewoman Miss Maddox Camp. Committeeman Mr. Carr here. Committee woman Miss Mayor Henley
present. Or present. Also present is the township solicitor, the township clerk, the township administrator, the township deputy administrator, the um Vince Knox, and Captain Deiri. Right. Vince got a shout
out. Okay. Now, presentation swearing in police tenant, Robert Austin. Oh, yes. [Music] You guys swear. [Music]
You want me to find it? Yeah. [Music] All right. [Music] I I Robertson. Please swearly swear 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 and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey. that I will bear true faith that I will bear true faith in allegiance to the same and allegiance to the same to the government to the governance established established in the United States in the United States
and in this state and in this state county township township under the authority of the people under the authority of the people that I will faithfully I will faithfully and partially partially justifi and justly perform the duties duties of lieutenants
of lieutenant Thank you. Thank you very [Applause] [Music] [Music] 67-2025 resolution appointing police lieutenant. Do we have a motion? So moved. Second. Any discussion?
Roll call. Dr. Caldwell. Yes. Miss Maddox Canteen. Yes. Mr. Carr. Yes. Mayor Henley. Yes. Or yes. Motion passes. Approval of minutes. March 25th, 2025 regular meeting minutes. Is there a motion? I make a motion for the regular
meeting minutes of March 25. Second. Cwell. Any discussion? Roll call. Dr. Cordwell. Yes, Miss Maddox Canteen. Yes, Mr. Carr. Yes, Mayor Henley. Yes. Four. Yes. Motion passes.
April 1st, regular meeting minutes. We have a motion. I make a motion. Calwell. Second. Any discussion? Roll call. Dr. Cwell. Yes. Miss Maddox Canteen. Yes. Mr. Carr. Yes. Mayor
Henley. Yes. Or yes. Motion passes. April 1st, 2025 executive session minutes. Do we have a motion? Motion. Second. Any discussion? Roll call. I'm sorry, Mayor. Who would get the motion?
Canteen. Okay. Thank you. And the second was Mr. Clark. Yes. Thank you. Sorry about that. Yes. Miss Madx Canteen. Yes. Mr. Carr. Yes. Mayor Henley. Yes. Or yes. Motion passes. So reports, we have
a police report, uh, public works, court, and fire. We will now open a meeting for public comment on agenda items only. Please remember to state your name for the record. Mayor, um, two things. Those that are here for the swearing in, uh,
are they okay to leave now? Yes. I was going to I was going to wait till after. Okay. Show me the same thing, but we can do it now. Like if anyone they're going to do something in the hallway, right? I don't know. So, you know what? Let's just take a quick break. Give everybody a chance to leave. So, do we have a motion to take a 10-minute break? Motion
Cwell. Second. All in favor? I. Do we have a motion to reopen the meeting? Motion Cwell. Second. All in favor? I. March 25th, 2025, executive session
minutes. We got a motion. Motion second. Any discussion? Roll call. Dr. Cobwell. Yes. Miss Maddox Canteen. Yes. Mr. Carr. Yes. Mayor Henley. Yes. Four. Yes. Motion passes.
So now we're going to open the meeting for for public comment on agenda items only. Please remember to state your name and address for the record. Please remember uh this is not question and answer periods for you to make a statement. [Music]
There's no public comment. We're going to close public comment. All in favor? I I second. Ordinance is first reading 4-2025 ordinance of the township of West Hampton amending chapter 88 of the code
of the township code entitled animals. Do you have a motion? Mr. Mayor, I have a motion for ordinance 4-2025 and change to amend section [Music] 88-9, section E, add subsection 2 to
read as follows. Any veteran or active duty member of the United States Armed Forces as defined by United States Code, title 38, section 101 shall be exempt from any registration fees in this section. End quote. and 88-23 subsection D1 to strike and
renumber appropriately. Made a motion for that. Yes, sir. Second. Open for public comment. Mayor, this is the introduction. It's not uh there's no comment on introduction.
We're just being introduced. So, there's no public comment on introduction. any public comment to be done during the public hearing which will be at the next uh committee. My apologies. Roll call. Dr. Yes. Miss Max. Yes. Mr. Clark. Yes.
Mayor Henry. Yes. 5-2025 ordinance adding chapter 110 of the code of the township of West Hampton entitled criminal history record background checks. You have a motion. Mr. Mayor, I make a motion for
5-20, ordinance 110. Second Caldwell. Any discussion? Roll call. Dr. Caldwell, yes. Miss Maddox, yes. Mr. Cart, yes. Mayor Henley, yes. Yes. Motion passes.
Resolution 63-25, payment of vouchers. This resol this resolution approves the payment of bills through 422-2025. Do you have a motion? I make a motion to pay the bills. Second. Caldwell. Any discussion?
Roll call. Dr. Caldwell. Yes. Miss Maddox. Pantene. Yes. Mr. Clark. Yes. Mayor Hanley. Yes. Four. Yes. Motion passes. Consent agenda resolution. Resolution. No. Contend. Consent agenda items are considered to be routine and will be in action with a single motion. Any items requiring expenditure are
supported by the certification of availability of funds. Any items requiring discussion will be removed from the consent agenda. Do we have a motion? Mr. Mayor, I'm showing 64-2025 as executive session. Can that be in the consent agenda?
Yeah. Yes, it can be. So move. Second. Any discussion? Roll call. Dr. Yes. Missant team. Yes. Mr. Carr. Yes. Mayor, yes. Yes. We will now open the meeting for public comment. Please remember to state your name for
the record. Please remember to state your name as well as write your name and address on the sign sheet on the podium. Good evening. Brenita Jones 20.
um representing the West Hampton American Legion. It's that time of year again that we select uh boys for boy state. Uh we shared a school with uh at RV Regional. We shared a school with Mount Holly. Um we've already selected
six boys and we were wondering if we could get the township to go in and uh send one of our boys to Boy State. Uh the cost is $300. And for those of you that don't know, Boy State educates our youth of
the duties and privileges and rights and responsibilities of American citizenship. Um basically they go to a class for a week at Ryder College in June and what they do is they um consist of a program
and training and instruction and helps the boys acquaint acquaintance with the background of American ideals expanding the knowledge of underlying principles of government organization and they actively participate uh in the
government and basically what they do is they come together and they select the governor, they select uh senate, they and basically they go through uh section of uh the mayor, they uh form a township and everything else. So it teaches them
about government and we have a lot of good graduates that come from that uh boy state that graduate. Some of them go on to um some of the uh finish their military studies like they some of them got elected for West Point, some of them
go into the military and some of them further their education in in uh political science. So, um, so what I'm asking is if I can ask, uh, the committee if they would like to donate,
uh, $300 to send one of our boys to Boy State that will be sponsored by the American Legion Post 509. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. Also, he's not here, but I'd like to congratulate
public works. I don't know how much you know you know public works does a lot around here in West Hampton. Um as you know our roof uh fell in and they came in and he put a tarp over our roof and everything else. They couldn't fix the inside of our building until they fixed
the outside. But uh one of our rooms collapsed and we had drywall and everything all over the the one of the rooms and everything else. What they've done is they came in and helped us clean out. Not just that room, but a lot of
other rooms that we had a lot of excessive uh storage and things that we had in there for probably the last 50 years that we couldn't have got rid of ourselves. And they brought a dump truck um over and helped us get rid of a lot
of excessive uh storage items that we didn't need any longer. So, I just like to congratulate public works and his team that came over and they worked uh tirelessly for two days helping us uh get our building together as as per set.
And as far as the roof goes, um he talked over the roof. Um he said he's working on that to to get the roof done. Um, and then he's going to work on the inside, fixing the inside also with our
um, what is it? Our uh, grant. Um, that's coming together. Um, we should be able probably to get it done during the summer. We're at the stage now where we're at the contractor stage. Um, and all we have to do is get a call back
from the contractor and and get him set up. So, um, and then basically get them paid and when we can come out there and do the painting for our building and everything else. One other question I wanted to ask also. I don't uh I wanted to ask probably the historic committee.
I don't know which one of you are the representative for the historic committee. Jamie is Jamie is okay. Well, that's what I wanted to know because we want to uh start posting um our building and
what the American Legion does. We want to start building a website for West Hampton. And we just wanted to know some of the history of the building that we're in because as you see the the different uh dates on the top of the building. Now, I know it's one of the
oldest buildings here in West Hampton. Um, but we just wanted to know what the different dates meant on the building and some of the history of the building. So, I'll get with uh committee woman and see if she can find out any information for us. Okay. Thank you.
Thanks for uh with no other comments. All in favor to close. I All right. Dates to remember. Next township meeting is May 13th at 7 p.m. Land Development Board Board meetings at May May 7th at 7 p.m. Historic Commission
April 23rd at 7 p.m. Recreation Committee meeting May 14th at 7:00 p.m. We have committ committee liaison reports and comments. Good evening everyone. At the request of the mayor and on behalf of the committee, I was honored
to um participate in the representation of the proclamation to Pastor Lorie Freeman at the Westampton campus of Change Church on April 6th of 2025 at the 9:30 service. Um it was a great
opportunity to be able to reent that to her uh church congregation. On April 4th of this year at Willingboroough High School, I was invited to and participated in the running and winning program sponsored by the League of Women
Voters and Alpha Capa Alpha Sorority Incorporated. It was attended by uh eight women elected officials including Andrea Katz, Dr. Beverly Hutton, uh, Carol Murphy, myself, and several others. And we had an opportunity to speak to several, uh, young ladies at
that high school level talking about campaigns. What do you do? How do you run? How do you win? All of those things. It was very enlightening. Um the Westampton Township Recreation Committee, uh we met on Wednesday the
9th at 7:00 p.m. and there was a number of things we discussed. Um business at hand was our Easter egg hunt. It was absolutely positively wonderful. Uh it rained on the day we originally scheduled it for, but that's why you
always have a backup. So on that Sunday the 13th uh we had our annual Easter egg hunt at Holly Hill School. We uh gave out eggs and candy and had prizes and did a number of things for over 250 kids during the course of that particular
event. Uh summer camp is being signed up. Um we have a number of different activities going on including adult softball, flag football, and a number of things there. So we're super excited about that. In terms of the Timbbook 2 advisory
committee, we're happy to announce that a Junth celebration is scheduled for Saturday, June 14th, 2025. Um, it's going to be an experience to remember. I met with uh uh Miss Price with regard to
uh looking to how looking how we can make this an experience of a lifetime. It's going to be an event that's going to go from 11:00 a.m. um till 6:00 p.m. It's going to have reenactments, entertainment, dancing, storytelling, vendors, food trucks, gospel concerts,
um all those kind of things. And we're looking at the Rancoka State Park as well as the Timbuktu location on Church Street. Uh more information to follow, uh we're going to have Frederick Douglas's nephew, Opel Lee, who was the founder of Junth. her uh granddaughter
is going to be here. So, we have a lot of different uh entertainers and people that are going to be coming to uh celebrate Junth with us. So, we're super excited about that. Uh Dr. Cowwell and I continue to work with the Burlington County Commissioners um attending the
meetings, bringing the information back um that we feel is um important to the residents of Westampton. and we're definitely still looking for the senior bingo event that's going to take place in the fall. Thank you. Thank you. Thank
you. Go next. Um just three quick things. I want to congratulate Lieutenant Robert Austin and his family. Um we're excited about what you'll continue to do for West Hampton. Um from the school board, I went to their last schoolboard meeting
on April 14th. Um the biggest thing I gleaned from that meeting is that uh the school board will be taking advantage of a tax levy incentive aid where I guess it's like a one-time um occurrence where they can go over the 2% tax levy cap. So something for us to be mindful of and
we're budgeting on this side of things. Um, and last week I attended a Burlington County Homeless Task Force Trust Fund meeting um, where I learned about the balances available in the account and next steps and slight updates um, on the shelter coming in
2026. And that concludes my comments. Congrats, Lieutenant Austin. That's it. Um, so you know, uh, Deputy Mayor Carr did send out something to try to get some donations for the roof for you guys. So, I just want to give you a heads up about that. I just saw that
email the other day that he reached out to a company who who has some supplies and they're going to look it up and see what supplies we can get. Um, that's something Chris and I had discussed previously and Deputy Mayor Cart follow up and send that out. Um, so you should know something about that hopefully
within the next week. Um, questions about the building. The one person that you can always ask is Bob Thorp. He seems to know a lot about um the history of things. So, I know that you know Bob, right, to reach out to Bob and and see what he knows. Um, congratulations to
our new lieutenant. Uh, the police department had a meeting in here and I was able to have to share a few words with him. And one of the things we talked about was, you know, our last, you know, few chiefs all came internal where they came up from the ranks and
obviously I see our captain back there, Captain Perry and he's come up through the ranks and, you know, Austin, Lieutenant Austin's coming up through the ranks. So, you know, that shows that, you know, we have good leadership here. Um, and they can teach them about I find that they are able to teach them
about our town and what's important to our residents and how to police the town, right? Where this where they want to post and and stay to be able to look for some areas of opportunity, etc. So, um, I'm thankful for them. I'm thankful that they continue to to help each other
and pull each other up. Um, last but certainly not least, I want to congratulate our clerk of the year. Um, it's only been what, 4 months, 5 months. Yeah. And we were very lucky to have, you know, uh,
Kim White to come over and help us. But, uh, I found out last week that she actually won clerk of the year. So, so I would say that she was a good pick. Thank you. You're welcome. and
congratulations. With that being said, uh I know we're going into close. So, should we adjourn now or adjourn after close? Are you taking action? No, you adjourn after close. So, we go into close first and then um after you
come back out into open, may or may not take action. Most likely, you won't take action and then um adjourn for the night. Perfect. Thank you everyone.