Requirements for the sunshine law have been met. This meeting was advertised in the Burlington County Times. Electronic notice was given to the NJC 539-1.5. We will now start with the pledge of allegiance. >> I pledge 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. We could now have a moment of silence. >> Roll call. >> Committee woman Dr. Ka >> present.
>> Committee woman Miss Nadine >> here. >> Committee man Mr. Clark >> here. >> Committee woman Miss Mona. Mayor Vinley >> here. Uh >> you have a quorum for present also present. Township solicitor. clerk, the deputy town administrator, the police chief, and the fire and
master chief. >> We now open a meeting for public comment on attendees only. Please remember to state your name and address for the record. With no comment, we will now close for public comment. All in favor? >> I. >> Approval of minutes 5th, 2025 regular
meeting minutes. Do we have a motion? >> Motion. Second. >> Any discussion? >> Roll call. >> Dr. Fa? >> Yes. >> Missing? >> Yes. >> Mr. Park? >> Yes. >> Mayor Dley? >> Yes. >> Or yes. Motion passes.
>> December 2nd, 2025, regular meeting minutes. Do we have a motion? >> Motion. >> Second. >> Any discussion? >> Roll call. >> Dr. >> Yes. >> Miss Mattis. >> Yes. >> Mr. Park. >> Yes. >> Mayor Henley.
>> Yes. Yes. Motion passes. Let the record reflect that this long is here at 7. >> We have reports. Fire, EMS, police, court, construction. Resolutions 116-25, payment of vouchers. This resolution
approves the payment of bills through 1223 2025. We have a motion. >> Motion 167-25. >> Second. Cwell. >> Any discussion? Roll call. >> Dr. Cwell. Yes, >> Miss Mad. >> Abstain,
>> Mr. Clark. >> Yes, >> Miss Mono. >> Yes, >> Mayor Hley. >> Yes. >> Yes. Motion passes. >> 168-25. Resolution approving American with Disabilities Coordinator. Do a motion. >> I make a motion. >> Second.
>> Any discussion? >> Roll call. >> Dr. Fa. >> Yes. >> Miss Mattis. >> Yes. Mr. Car. >> Yes. >> M. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Mayor Hley. >> Yes. >> 169-29.
169-25. Resolution of Resolution authorizing change order for Diamond Roofing LLC. A contract award to repair and replace the fire department roof. Do you have a motion? >> Motion. Second. Cwell.
>> Any discussion? Roll call. Dr. >> Yes. Miss Gantine. >> Yes. >> Mr. >> Yes. Miss >> Yes. Mayor H. >> Yes. >> 170-25 resolution awarding capital fund expenditure to neta architects for prof
for profession services for fire department construction project. We have a motion. >> So moved. >> Second. Cwell. >> Any discussion? Roll call. >> Dr. >> Yes. >> Miss Nazis. >> Yes.
>> Mr. Carl. >> Yes. >> Miss Mao. >> Yes. May Hendley. >> Yes. >> Motion pass. >> 171-25. Resolution approving an employment contract between the township of West Hampton and the Frier EMS chief. At this time, we're going to
ask that this be this request be removed. This is this request comes from the township administrator. This resolution will be carried to a future meeting. All in favor? I >> 172-25 resolution adopting annual
financial audit for 2024. Do you have a motion? >> Motion. >> Second. >> Any discussion? >> Roll call. >> Dr. Paul. >> Yes. >> Miss Maxine. >> Yes. >> Mr. >> Yes. >> Miss. >> Yes. >> Sand.
>> Yes. Motion passes. >> 174-25. Resolution for transfer of appropriation reserve funds. Do we have a motion? >> Motion. >> Second. >> Any discussion? >> Roll call.
>> Dr. Paulo. >> Yes. >> Miss Maddox. >> Yes. >> Mr. Carr. >> Yes. >> Miss. >> Yes. >> Mayor Henley. >> Yes. >> Yes. The motion passes. >> Mayor, did you resolution? >> Yes. >> Which one? 173.
That's possible. 173-25 resolution approving corrective action plan for 2024 annual audit. We have a motion. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any discussion? >> Roll call. >> Dr.
>> Yes. >> Manti. >> Yes. >> Mr. Clark. >> Yes. >> Miss. >> Yes. Mayor. >> Yes. >> Yes. Motion passes. >> 175-25. Resolution authorizing TDV tax exemptions. Do we have a motion? I'll make a motion. Cwell,
>> I second the motion. Carr. No discussion. Any roll call? >> Dr. Cwell. >> Yes. >> Miss, >> yes. >> Mr. Park, >> yes. >> Miss, >> yes. Mayor, >> yes.
>> Consent agenda resolutions. Resolution. No. Consent agenda. Consent agenda items are considered to be reenacted and will be enacted with a single motion. Any items requiring expenditure 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? >> Um I have a motion for the consent agenda. >> Second. >> Any discussion? >> Um it looks like 176 and 177 are duplicates.
>> One's the >> one's the deputy chief and one's for captain. >> I stand corrected. Thank you. Roll call. >> Dr. >> Yes. Missy, >> yes. Mr. Cross, >> yes. Miss, >> yes. >> Yes.
>> We now open the meeting for public comment. Please remember to state your name and address for the record. Please remember to to state your name and address as well as write your name and address on the signin sheet on the podium. Reminder, this is for comment only with no public.
That's I apologize. Carlton. Uh, good evening. My name is Benini. Obviously, I'm here tonight representing the men and women of B County International Association of Firefighters, Local 391, Shop 27. Uh, we've come up before you to express our sincere gratitude for the monumental
shift um change that is set to take effect on January 1st. Change of this magnitude is never easy. requires vision, uh a willingness to listen and understand, and an immense amount of work behind the scenes. Uh to the mayor and pastor committee, uh thank you for
your leadership. Uh by supporting this shift, you've recognized the well-being of our firefighters and EMTs is directly tied to the safety and health of our community. You you've shown us a uh that you truly value the people behind the badge. Uh and that we are overwhelmingly grateful for. to our township administrator who is unfortunately not
here and our deputy administrator. Uh we know the heavy lifting is often happened uh in the budgets and the spreadsheets and the tables and the graphs. Um thank you for navigating the complexities of this transition and for your commitment to finding a solution that both supports the budget and also the boots on the
ground. Chief, you look tired. Um Chief, thank you for your forwardinking leadership uh for being a steadfast advocate to public safety. Uh true modernization requires a leader uh with courage to champion progress. Your dedication to improving
our department's quality of life all while continuing to uphold the highest standards of service has not gone unnoticed and is appreciated by all of us. You continue to raise the bar and inspire all of us to do better every single shift. Uh this is more than just a calendar update. This is a true
transformation of our department's culture. It will drive greater efficiency, higher morale, and enhance safety for our members and the public alike. Thank you for your innovation and for your investment in our organization's future. We are truly proud to serve this township and its citizens. Thank you so much.
>> Thank you. Thank you. Other comments with no other comments. We have a motion to close public comment. So move. Uh dates to remember. Township committee reorg meeting is January 6 p.m. That's just take note. It's not 7:00. It's
6:00. Recreation Committee meetings January 14th at 7 p.m. Historic Commission meetings at is January 28th at 7 p.m. Land Development Board meetings January 7th at 7 p.m. Committee liaison reports and comments.
Good evening and thank you all for your attendance. The reports submitted for review from fire, EMS, police, court, and construction are informative, appreciated, and assist in painting an accurate picture of the township. As I
reflect on my first year as an elected public official, I must say that it has and continues to be both challenging and rewarding. Top of mind for me is making a
difference in the township and improving the quality of life for the residents of West Hampton. It is important for me to approach each day with a can do and glass half full perspective.
2025 saw a number of things and a lot of accomplishments that we have to be proud of. Black History Month movies, Holly Hills WIS and WMSSA contests, Timbuktu Day, Junth Day, Senior Bingo, Senior Dinners,
basketball, soccer, yoga, volleyball, street repavings, trick or trunk, national night out, tree lighting, open house, fire prevention, Santa visits, uh staff training, and so so much more. The
future look looks bright for 2026 and it has some great things in store for West Hampton Township. I remain committed and I understand the assignment and I await the challenges of this year ahead.
I truly believe in if you see something, say something so we can do something. I have a 12y old, a 13-year-old, and a 21 year old. I have to look them in the face each and every day letting them
know that I am doing my very best to what I swore in oath back in January of this year. Seeing something and doing something about it. May this season remind you
that even the smallest light can brighten the longest night. You are the light that shines for someone. As the year winds down, take a moment to reflect and to honor how far we've all
come. Yet, we have many challenges ahead of us. We're committed to doing our very best for this township. I enjoy the challenge and I thank you all for allowing me to sit in this seat. Thank you.
I just want to thank um our administration, our community leaders for another great year. Thank you residents for always coming out and supporting us. Um excited about another new year starting and I hope everybody has a great holiday and just happy new
year. We'll see you next year. Just wanted to wish everyone a happy holiday. Um, hope that you have a successful, wonderful 2026. I also hope that you get some type of winter break, some type of downtime to be with your family and to rest and to
come back recharge for 2026. Thank you. >> Oh, uh, happy holidays everyone. Thank you for coming to the men and women of the fire department. Thank you so much for your kind words, but really we should be thanking you for what you do every day for our community. We're truly
appreciative of that. Um, thanks for everything you do, not only in the public safety, but being part of our community fabric as well. And thank you for recognizing our leadership and greatness. That's a joke, but seriously, it belongs to uh Chief Farnsworth. He's
uh I don't know the term for it. and the cops cop. He's a firefighters fireman, I guess, but he looks out for you and and and our community as well. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. >> Um I guess we don't like to hear in
review. I wasn't I didn't have anything written. Um no, but what I will say is I think that we've had a a pretty good year. Um we we've been able to to make some accomplishments and obviously there's more things that we'd like to do. I
think committee-wise we have the right people to do it. Um, and why I say that is is because, you know, there's a few people here, but if it were more people it probably land a little better. But behind
behind everything, I don't know that we don't always agree on every single thing and that's what makes it so great. like and you know so I had a conversation with a couple committee members today and one of them was talking about you know something that we were looking at
and you know and and taking another look at it and my point was was right like that's why you're here like that's something that I would miss but that's something that you didn't miss right or something that you just want to talk about and that's what's important or another committee member that you know
wants to make a change in the community right and the passion in that person looks at making that change, right? And and the words that stuck with me is how it can be frustrating sometimes. It looks like you're not you feel like you're not doing enough, but
that's what makes it that's what the driving the driving motivating factor where you can make a change and not being complacent. And I think that everyone else who's at the committee, we we have to support that, right? we have to work together to make changes to to
to better our community, right? And to support one another. And I think that that part's important. And then if you want to look at the changes in what our staff looks like, right? I mean, we went from maybe having some complaints on the
side about like some things that we could do differently, like walking in line, but we, you know, we're able to bring in Jim who's able to help mentor Sherro, right? We're able to Jim, listen, I don't care
what Kim says. Kim would never be here if it wasn't for Jim, right? So, you bring Jim, who brings Kim, who ran who's clerk of the year, right? And so now you just increase like the efficiency of your staff. Like we made some changes in the front office, right?
Those people have done a fantastic job. If you look at everything that people talk about online, he talks about how they answer the phone, how they really care about what they're doing. We end up bringing Mike in um in the construction construction office who's uncovered what $350,000
of fees that we've never collected. All right. You're talking about getting better in just a bunch of different areas. I'm I I'm not going to miss you. Right. And then we're talking about our CFO. >> I was if you just give me a second.
I'm the one with the microphone. So, right. So, Jim is here. Brings Kim. Kim brings John here. John doesn't come here without Kim. Right. And another person who helped us balance our budget. If you look at our annual report, we had
some things that we could do differently, right? We had some holes that had to be replaced and fixed and patched. And we did those things. It took a year, but we did those things, right? As a committee, as a township, we made this place a better place, a better
place to work at. And how do I know? Because you can walk and you can talk to anyone. You can talk to someone who works in public works. You can talk to one of the firemen. You can talk to one of the police officers and they'll tell you that just the atmosphere is way better in here. And that's not because of a bunch of different things or one thing. It's just a collaborative thing
that just has happened. And then you're talking about our leaders like Ferd and Chief Arn like like you talk about those guys and what they do for their department and it starts with Top like last year
Ferg is the one I was doing coach anyway, right? But two three years ago I was doing it and Ferg was going to do it. I'm like why I have extra coats? Let's do it together. We did it and we had success. And this year, you know, I I go to Craig and you know, Craig did
tried to one up you like, you know, he called the TV stations and everything else that he could. But but that's, you know, it's it's a nice environment, right? And then next year me and Ferg or maybe all three of us do something, right? But that's how we continue to
help and build a community. Craig Craig got the guys out there. there in the the ice over there trying to figure out a way to make sure we can save kids if they fall on the ice or adults or whatever, right? Like just trying to build a stronger unit. I I go to the gym, I see first guys in there lifting
and, you know, getting strong to to be a part of saving our community. I mean, I'm in there lifting, too. I don't think I need their help, but just in case, you never know. And so, but I'm just saying like it from the top to the bottom 2025 has been a very very positive
experience. What I don't want missed is we understand that there's still more work to do collaboratively from us to them and we're committed to that, but I don't want it to be lost on the accomplishments that we had for the year
2025 cuz this place is 360 degrees better than it was in 2024. So, happy holidays. Enjoy your time with your family, your friends. or whatever it is that you do. With that being said, we have a motion to adjurnn. So moved.
>> All in favor? I >> Happy holidays. >> Happy holiday.