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ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA GET THIS STARTED HERE.I CALLED THE ORDER TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF
[I. PUBLIC MEETINGS STATEMENT ]
METFORD TOWNSHIP COUNCIL JUNE 9TH, 2026.THIS MEETING IS CALLED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS LAW.
THIS MEETING OF JUNE 9TH, 2026 WAS INCLUDED IN A MEETING NOTICE SENT TO THE BURLINGTON COUNTY TIMES, AND A CENTRAL RECORD ON JANUARY 7TH, 2026, AND ADVERTISED AND SAID NEWSPAPERS ON JANUARY 11TH, 2026 AND JANUARY 15TH, 2026, RESPECTIVELY POSTED ON THE WEBSITE IN THE BULLETIN BOARD IN THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING ON JANUARY 7TH, 2026.
IN ADDITION, A COPY OF THIS NOTICE IS AND HAS BEEN AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND IS ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CLERK.
SALUTE I ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND ONE NATION UNDER HONOR IN MUNICIPAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE WICKER.
WE HAVE NO SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING.
[IV. Communications, Scheduling Matters, Council Agenda, Presentations and Any Amendments to the Agenda ]
OF COMMUNICATIONS.UM, DEPUTY MAYOR, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO FIRST? YES.
AS COUNSEL LIAISON TO THE MIDFORD TOWNSHIP'S, EAAC AND GREET TEAM, I AM PLEASED TO SHARE AN UPDATE ON THE MANY INITIATIVES UNDERTAKEN BY THIS DEDICATED GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS.
OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, THEY HAVE RUN THE REPAIR CAFE.
THEY HAVE RUN THE GREEN FAIR AND THE COMMUNITY YARD SALE, WHICH WAS A GREAT SUCCESS.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, THEY HAVE PARTICIPATED IN EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH EFFORTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS PROGRAMS. THE EAAC CONTINUES TO OVERSEE MEDFORD'S PARTICIPATION IN THE TREX PLASTIC FILM RECYCLING CHALLENGE, ENCOURAGING RESIDENTS TO RECYCLE ELIGIBLE PLASTIC BAGS AND FILL PRODUCTS THAT MIGHT OTHERWISE END UP IN LANDFILLS.
A AMAZINGLY, THEY HAVE PREVENTED ALMOST 13,000 POUNDS OF PLASTIC FROM GOING INTO THE LANDFILL SINCE 2020.
THE COMMITTEE HAS ALSO EXPANDED ITS EFFORTS TO EDUCATE RESIDENTS ABOUT COMPOSTING AND WASTE REDUCTION, AS WELL AS PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COMMUNITY COMPOSTING PROGRAM, WHICH IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS AND GARDEN STATE COMPOSTING.
UM, IN ADDITION TO LOCAL INITIATIVES, MEDFORD GREEN TEAM REMAINS AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN BURLINGTON COUNTY.
GREEN TEAM'S ROUND TABLE, UM, REPRESENTATIVES FROM MUNICIPALITIES ACROSS THE COUNTY ARE COLLABORATING ON DEVELOPMENT OF A SHARED EDUCATIONAL TOOLBOX, TOOLBOX THAT CAN BE USED AT COMMUNITY EVENTS, SCHOOLS, AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS. THIS PARTNERSHIP ALLOWS THE GREEN TEAM TO SHARE RESOURCES, REDUCE COSTS, AND PROVIDE CONSISTENT ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION THROUGHOUT BURLINGTON COUNTY.
LOOKING AHEAD, THE EAAC WILL CONTINUE SUPPORTING MEDFORD SUSTAINABLE JERSEY GOALS WHILE EXPLORING ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES RELATING TO RECYCLING, COMPOSTING POLLEN, OUR HABITATS, NATIVE PLANT EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
LASTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE EAAC, THE GREEN TEAM, AS WELL AS THE MANY VOLUNTEERS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO SUPPORT THESE INITIATIVES.
THEIR COMMITMENT, ENTHUSIASM, CONTINUE TO HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR TOWNSHIP AND SERVE AS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND COLLABORATION.
I JUST WANTED TO ADD TOO, ON SATURDAY WE WENT TO THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE.
WE HAVE A NEW, UH, DAYCARE SCHOOL IN TOWN.
I HAVE PICTURES OF MYSELF WITH CHARACTERS IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE IT.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, MANY MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL WERE AT A EVENT, UM, OH YES.
SORRY, I HAD THE MOTHER, BUT EVERYONE, WHOEVER WANTS TO GO.
I JUST HAD A FEW, A FEW THINGS THIS EVENING.
FIRST, I WANT TO, UH, WISH BEST OF LUCK TO OUR HOMETOWN, UH, YOU KNOW, REPRESENTATIVE BRENDAN ARONSON, UH, OUT IN TEAM USA AS FIFA BEGINS THIS WEEK.
I KNOW MY SON IS ANXIOUSLY WINNING THE START OF THE TOURNAMENT AS HE'S ALSO WAITING TO HEAD OUT TO SAN DIEGO THE END OF THIS MONTH FOR A NATIONAL TOURNAMENT FOR HIS OWN TEAM.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
UH, ALSO WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO, UM, KIND OF REFLECT ON SOME THINGS THIS MONTH.
WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY PRIDE MONTH, UH, THIS JUNE.
BUT ALTHOUGH, YOU KNOW, WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT PRIDE IN THE MONTH OF JUNE, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY LIE, EVERYTHING ABOUT PRIDE IN JUNE.
AND AS THE MAYOR HAD PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, UH, COUNCILWOMAN TIMORE, DEPUTY MAYOR BOIES AND MYSELF ATTENDED THE E AL AL AT E FIVE.
I CAN GET THAT OUT FESTIVAL IN EVESHAM, UH, THIS PAST WEEKEND.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME FAMILIES IN TOWN.
OVER THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS WE'LL BE CELEBRATING JUNETEENTH AS WELL.
SO IT'S REALLY KIND OF REFLECTING ON THAT, UH, COMING OFF OF THE 82ND ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY AND EVERYTHING THAT THOSE MEN AND WOMEN FOUGHT FOR.
BUT AT TIME TO CELEBRATE OUR INCLUSIVENESS AS A COMMUNITY AND DIVERSENESS THAT MAKES US GREAT.
SO, ALTHOUGH WE HEAR ABOUT PRIDE IN THE MONTH OF JUNE, IT'S MORE THAN JUST, JUST THAT.
IT'S REALLY ABOUT BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND WHAT HAVE YOU AND, AND CELEBRATING THAT INCLUSIVENESS AND DIVERSITY.
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MUST OH, I'M SORRY.JUST SOME QUICK UPDATES THAT I ALSO HAVE.
UH, A RESIDENT REACHED OUT TO ASSEMBLYWOMAN OR ASSEMBLYMAN, UH, ANGELO'S OFFICE ABOUT WHAT I AFFECTIONATELY CALL THE DREADED ACME LIGHT AT ROUTE 70 AND JONES ROAD.
UH, I REACHED OUT TO THE ACCOUNTANT MANAGER, TALKED TO MR. NOLAN ABOUT IT, AND THEY EXPLAINED THAT THIS HAS BEEN YEARS OF TRYING TO BE ADDRESSED.
UH, THE UPDATE THAT I RECEIVED FROM THE ASSEMBLYMAN'S OFFICE IS THAT BOT IS NOW DANCING INTO THE DESIGN PHASE AND THEY ANTICIPATE IT BEING INSTALLED BY NEXT SUMMER.
UH, THE TURNING LIGHT FOR JONES ROAD, I NEVER REALIZED HOW EXTENSIVE IT WAS JUST TO PUT A COUPLE ARROWS IN MM-HMM
ALSO, I SPOKE TO, UH, COUNCILMAN MILK EARLIER TODAY WITH, WITH AN UPDATE AS I KNOW THE MAYOR, COUNCILMAN MILL, I THINK ALL COUNCIL HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH TO BOULEVARD AT THIS POINT.
BUT, UH, ASSEMBLYWOMAN KAZ AND ASSEMBLYMAN ANGELA EY ARE CURRENTLY DRAFTING LEGISLATION WORKING WITHIN THE CONFINES OF BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS TO ALLOW US TO BEGIN ADDRESSING THE WEIGHT LIMIT RESTRICTIONS ON TA AND UNILATERALLY AS A TOWN.
SO THAT WAY WE DON'T HAVE TO WORK WITH SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, KIND OF BYPASS THE COUNTY, BUT THEY'RE TRYING TO DRAFT THE LEGISLATION SPECIFIC TO THE MAKE UP OF, OF PA AND THE DISTANCE OF THE, THAT RESIDENTS ARE OFF THE STREET.
SO IF WE CAN ADDRESS THAT, UH, AND THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT NOW.
I, I WAS JUST GONNA ADD IN THAT WE DID GO TO THE MUSLIM IN PASTORAL.
MY HUSBAND HAD TO TAKE MY CREDIT CARD 'CAUSE THEY WERE SELLING A LOT OF REALLY GOOD THINGS.
BUT WE HAVE INVITED THE GROUP.
IT'S A WOMAN'S ORGANIZATION TO MAYBE HAVE THEIR FESTIVAL HERE.
SO I THINK THEY'RE ALREADY SIGNED UP FOR NEXT YEAR, BUT HOPEFULLY IN TWO YEARS WE CAN, AND THEY'LL HAVE EVEN MORE STUFF TO SELL.
SO IT WAS A JUST A LOVELY DAY.
YOU'LL NEED YOUR CREDIT CARD BACK BY THAT
AND I JUST HAVE ONE, JUST PIGGYBACKING OFF OF COUNCILMAN COX, UM, REGARDING TOTTEN.
AND I KNOW MR KNOWS HERE, SO I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO HIM.
UH, BUT I KNOW HE WAS OUT AND ASSESSED, UM, FALLS ROAD AND SUBMITTED THE, I BELIEVE, THE STRIPING FOR THAT AND THE, UH, CROSSWALK OR WHAT'S THE UPDATE ON THAT? SO ON FALLS ROAD, UH, WE, THE REQUEST FROM THE, THAT THE SUBCOMMITTEE WAS TO SEE IF WE COULD HAVE A, A WALKWAY THERE, A BIKEWAY THERE.
IT'S NOT WIDE ENOUGH BECAUSE OF THE DAM AND, AND THE GUIDE RAILS.
UH, BUT AN ADDITIONAL REQUEST WAS TO PUT A CENTER LINE DOWN AND A STOP BAR.
'CAUSE APPARENTLY PEOPLE WHEN THEY COULD TURN IT IN OR TURN IT IN TOO SHARPLY MM-HMM
SO WE'RE GONNA DO THAT AND THAT'S GONNA BE PART OF THE, UH, ROAD PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE TO GO OUT TO BID, WHICH I'LL BRING UP UNDER THE MANAGER'S REPORT.
AND THEN, UH, REGARDING THE, UH, THE LIGHT AT 70 AND, AND, UH, SHARP SHOR PLAZA.
SO ABOUT, I THINK ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, THE, WE HAD DOCUMENTATION FROM THE STATE ABOUT THAT PROJECT AND WE DID ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE DOT SAYING THAT THE TOWN WAS COMMITTED TO IT.
AND I BELIEVE WE'VE ALREADY HAD MONEY FUNDED IT, ABOUT THREE, ABOUT THAT TIME AS WELL.
UM, AND AS COUNCIL MS. DENMORE BROUGHT UP, THERE WAS A GRAND OPENING OF A, THE LEARNING CENTER.
UM, WE HAVE A GRAND OPENING THAT HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED SO FAR AT PINELANDS ART CENTER.
THE OLD TAUNTON FIREHOUSE, UM, ON FAIRVIEW ROAD.
THAT'S THIS SATURDAY AT, FORGIVE ME.
UM, AND THAT'S KIND OF AN ALL AFTERNOON EVENT.
THEY'LL BE THROWING SOME CLAY FOR ANYBODY ELSE WHO LIKES POWDERY THE WAY I DO
AND, UM, JUST FOR EVERYBODY WATCHING AT HOME AND EVERYONE HERE, UH, BUD'S BAGELS IS NOW GONNA SOFT OPEN ON THURSDAY AND GRAND OPENING ON FRIDAY.
SO I KNOW WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR THAT.
UM, AND I HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE THERE.
UM, ALRIGHT ON SCHEDULING ITEMS. OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE JUNE 23RD, 2026.
THERE WILL BE A REGULAR MEETING AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING RIGHT HERE AT SIX 30.
[V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
MOVE TO APPROVAL OF MINUTES.MAY 5TH, 2026, EXECUTIVE AND MAY 19TH, 2026.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE MINUTES? NO, NO.
WE HAVE NO DISCUSSION ITEMS LISTED AT THIS TIME.
WE'LL THEN MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
[VII. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
AS ALWAYS, UH, WE'D ASK TO KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO FIVE MINUTES.UH, PLEASE ADDRESS THE CHAIR AND SPEAK CLEARLY ON THE MICROPHONE.
AND STATE AS MUCH OF YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AS YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE.
WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK? DON'T JIN IT.
UM, COUNCILMAN COXS FOR MENTIONING PRIDE MONTH IS THE PROUD MOTHER OF A TRANSGENDER
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ADULT.UM, IT'S NICE TO KNOW THAT OUR, OUR COMMUNITY IS SLOWLY MOVING TOWARDS, UM, ACCEPTING PEOPLE LIKE HIM.
UM, I DID WANT TO MENTION, UM, I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE, UM, THE ORDINANCE ABOUT THE DATA CENTERS.
UM, I WAS HOPING THAT THERE WOULD BE ALSO ONE ABOUT, UM, THE WAREHOUSE ISSUE THAT I HAD HAD BROUGHT UP, UM, A LITTLE WHILE AGO.
UM, BUT I'M, I'M GLAD TO SEE THE DATA CENTERS IS ON THERE.
UM, SO I KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAN COME IN AND DO WHAT THEY WANT, BUT WOULDN'T IT BE NICE TO MAKE IT UNCOMFORTABLE AND TRY TO DETER THEM AS MUCH AS WE COULD? SO THAT'S, UM, I, I WAS GONNA MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT LATER, BUT SINCE YOU BROUGHT IT UP, I DID PRESENT A RESOLUTION, BUT IT WASN'T ACCEPTED.
BUT, UH, DO MR. DOY, CAPTAIN DOY, UH, MENTIONED TO ME THAT OF COURSE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, LIKE I DIDN'T KNOW, HAS THE HIGHEST POWER, BUT WE DON'T HAVE EVEN THE ACCOMMODATIONS TO BUILD ANY KIND OF DETENTION CENTER.
AND I THINK PEOPLE IN THIS TOWN THAT HAVE BEEN TALKING TO ME ARE AGAINST IT.
NOT SO MUCH ABOUT WHERE IT'S GOING.
AND WHAT ABOUT THE HUMAN HUMANITARIAN ISSUES? NO, I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN TO DELANEY HALL AND OH YEAH, IT'S, WE HAVEN'T BEEN UP THERE YET, BUT WE WILL.
BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.
I HOPE IT WON'T BE ANY PLACE SOON.
BUT THAT'S, BUT I AM, I'M THRILLED TO SEE ABOUT THE DATA CENTERS BECAUSE THAT IS ALSO DESTROYING A LOT OF, A LOT OF COMMUNITIES, UM, NATIONALLY.
THANK YOU MR. ANYONE ELSE? NO.
UM, SEEING KNOWN, UH, MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT MOVED.
MR. MAYOR, I SHOULD ALSO HAVE, I'LL WAIT TILL YOU'RE DONE.
CAN WE GET A SECOND? YEAH, SECOND.
UM, JUST SO THAT Y YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO THE EXISTING WAREHOUSE SPACES, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S ONLY REALLY TWO.
UM, ONE WAS DEMOLISHED OFF OF MARTON PIKE, WHICH IS WHERE THE DEL BE CAM CHEMICAL WAS.
THEN THE OTHER IS RIGHT ACROSS FROM BEDFORD LEE'S.
IF POTENTIALLY SOMEBODY WOULD COME IN WANTING TO BUILD, AGAIN, IT'S NOT A BUY RIGHT.
IT WOULD, IT, IT WOULD NEED EITHER A REDEVELOPMENT DESIGNATION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF HOOPS THAT WOULD NEED TO GO THROUGH IN ORDER FOR A WAREHOUSE TO EVEN BE BUILT IN THE TOWN.
UM, BUT BASED OFF OF THE TWO AREAS THAT WE HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, YOU CAN'T STOP THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BUT IT'S, THE AVAILABILITY IS NOT HERE.
UM, THE SERVICES ARE NOT HERE.
AND IF THERE WAS SOME NEED TO MAKE A WAREHOUSE OR BUILD A WAREHOUSE, UM, THERE ARE SEVERAL PROCESSES THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH FINDING A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT IS IN AN AREA NEED OF REDEVELOPMENT OR IT COULD BE DESIGNATED.
AND THEN GOING THROUGH THE REDEVELOPMENT PROCESS OF WHICH THIS COUNCIL CAN DENY IT OUTRIGHT AS THE REDEVELOPMENT ENDS.
SO THOSE ARE KIND OF SO THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS THESE ARE THE KIND OF THE HOOPS.
AND AS COUNCIL SMORE SAYS, YES, THE GOV FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS OVERARCHING POWERS OVER US.
HOWEVER, WE DON'T HAVE A FACILITY AT THIS POINT THAT THEY COULD DO.
AND THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THEY CAN THEN FORCE US TO THEN, UH, GO BACK.
WITHOUT THE AVAILABILITY OF IT THERE, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S NOT BUILDING SOMETHING.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE IMPORTANT ENOUGH FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO EVEN NOTICE US, TO BE HONEST.
THERE'S OTHER, OTHER ITEMS THERE.
UM, 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON PUTTING A WAREHOUSE, UH, RESTRICTING A W WAREHOUSES IN TOWN RIGHT NOW.
OUR ORDINANCES DO NOT ALLOW FOR A WAREHOUSE AT ALL.
UM, IF THEY WANT IT, IT NEEDS TO BE IN A REDEVELOPMENT ZONE.
SO THAT'S KIND OF A MUTE POINT FOR US TO DO AN ORDINANCE ON, ON STRICTLY WAREHOUSING.
'CAUSE OUR ORDINANCE IS KIND OF ALREADY HANDLED.
[VIII. MANAGER’S REPORT]
HAVE THE MANAGER'S REPORT, PLEASE.I'LL THE, OUR ENGINEER GO FIRST.
MR. NOR HE'S GOT A BUNCH OF THINGS.
UM, HIM, LINE ROAD, EVERYBODY KNOWS WHERE THAT IS, RIGHT? I DON'T THINK I'VE BEEN THERE BEFORE.
SO, UM, WE'RE PLANNING, UH, WE'RE OUT TO BID NOW TO, UH, PAVE HIM LINE ROAD FROM, UH, EW DRIVE TO MILL STREET PRIOR TO THAT.
AND THAT'LL OCCUR BETWEEN MID-JULY TO AND BE DONE BY END OF AUGUST.
IT SHOULD ONLY TAKE A WEEK OR TWO TO DO THAT PROJECT.
BUT PRIOR TO THAT, UH, SOUTH JERSEY GAS IS GOING TO DO A JACK, A JACK AND BOAR OF A GAS MAIN UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE AT MILL STREET BETWEEN MILL STREET AND HARTFORD ROAD.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO TENTATIVELY START THAT JULY 6TH.
WHAT ARE THEY GONNA START? I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU SAID.
WHAT THEY WERE GOING, YOU JUST SAID THEY'RE GONNA START SOMETHING A JACK AND BORE OF THE GAS PIPE.
UH, THEY'RE GONNA PUT A GAS MAIN UNDERNEATH THE, UH, STREAM.
SO THEY JACK AND BORE IT UNDERNEATH.
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THAT'LL TAKE ABOUT A WEEK.UH, WE'RE GIVING 'EM TWO WEEKS JUST IN CASE THERE'S WEATHER OR WHATEVER ISSUES THEY COME UP WITH.
UH, SO ONCE THAT'S DONE, THEN WE'LL START OUR PROJECT OF PAVING.
THE INTERSECTION OF MILL STREET AND HIMALAYA WILL BE CLOSED AS IT WAS PREVIOUSLY.
BUT THE DIFFERENCE IS THERE'S NO SCHOOL IN SESSION.
AND THEN SOUTH JERSEY GAS WILL PAVE FROM MILL STREET THAT A PORTION OF HARTFORD ROAD THAT'S IN BAD SHAPE, EXCUSE ME.
AND THEN WE'LL DO THE REST FROM MILL EAST TO EW.
DRIVE SIGN THAT THE PLAN IS TO HAVE EVERYTHING DONE BY AUGUST 16TH, WHICH GIVES US A COUPLE WEEKS LEEWAY IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENS BEFORE SCHOOL, UH, OPENS.
AND, UH, WHAT WAS MY, OH, THE OTHER THING WAS, THERE WAS A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
JUST ON, ON THAT PAVING PROCESS, WILL THE INTERSECTION OF HARTFORD HEMAL AND TAUNTON BE AFFECTED? YES, THAT'LL BE DONE BY SOUTH JERSEY GAS THERE, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO SHUT DOWN THAT INTERSECTION AS WELL.
AND COULD WE JUST GET A, LIKE A VERY DETAILED, LIKE DETOUR ANALYSIS? WE'LL DETOURED WE'LL GET A, A TRAFFIC CONTROL PLAN FROM THEM.
AND WE'LL HAVE A, I HAVE A PRE-CON MEETING WITH, OR A PRE PRE-CON MEETING WITH THEM ON THURSDAY.
AND WHEN THE CONTRACTOR SELECT IT, THEN WE GET ANOTHER PRE-CON MEETING WITH THEM AND WE'LL SELECT THE TRA WE GET A TRAFFIC CONTROL PLAN BE RE REVIEWED BY THE COUNTY, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN MY OFFICE.
THE PAVING OF THAT INTERSECTION SHOULDN'T TAKE TOO LONG.
SO THE, THE INCONVENIENCE AT THAT PARTICULAR INTERSECTION SHOULDN'T BE TOO BAD, BUT MILL, MILL STREET AND HEM ALLIANCE CAN BE CLOSED FOR SEVERAL WEEKS.
UH, THE OTHER, UH, ITEM I HAVE WAS, UM, SPRINGFIELD THAT'S COME UP A COUPLE TIMES WITH THE PUBLIC ABOUT HOW SPRINGFIELD WON A, UH, BUILDER'S REMEDY SUIT AGAINST DR. HORTON.
I'M THE ENGINEER FOR SPRINGFIELD AND I WAS ONE OF THE, UH, EXPERT WITNESSES IN THAT CASE.
UH, SPRINGFIELD WON THAT, UH, FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.
THERE'S NO WATER AND SEWER IN SPRINGFIELD.
HE WOULD HAVE TO BRING IT IN FROM OUTSIDE.
UH, AND, UH, SO THE JUDGE DECIDED THAT IT WAS NOT AN APPROPRIATE LOCATION FOR, I THINK IT WAS A STARTED OFF WITH 1200 UNITS.
IT CAME, CAME DOWN TO 800 UNITS, BUT 800 UNITS IN SPRINGFIELD, WHICH WOULD'VE CHANGED THE ENTIRE CHARACTER OF THAT TOWN.
'CAUSE BASICALLY IT'S ALL FARMLAND.
THERE'S HARDLY ANY RENEWABLES THERE AT ALL.
BUT THEY'RE STILL REQUIRED TO MEET THEIR AFFORDABLE HOUSING REQUIREMENTS.
SO SPRINGFIELD HAS A PIECE OF PROPERTY NEAR BURLINGTON TOWNSHIP AND THEY HAVE TO, UH, CONNECT THAT TO WATER AND SEWER 'CAUSE OF THE DENSITIES.
AND THAT'S GONNA COST OVER $2 MILLION JUST TO DO THAT.
AND THEY'RE HAVING DIFFICULTY FINDING SOMEONE, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE TAX CREDITS AND THE NUMBER OF THE, THE SIZE PROPERTY YOU HAVE TO GET SOMEBODY TO DO THAT.
BUT THEY'RE STILL ON THE HOOK.
BUT THEY WERE MANAGED TO AT LEAST SAVE THOUSAND UNITS IN THE CENTER OF THEIR FARMING COMMUNITY.
SO THEY SOUGHT TO SATISFY A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THEIR AFFORDABLE REQUIREMENT YES.
AND TO SUPPLY THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO THE SITE.
I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE UNLESS ANYBODY HAS SENT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME.
ENGINEERING RELATED, UM, I JUST HAD A COUPLE OTHER THINGS FOR THE MANAGER'S REPORT.
UM, SO, UH, AFTER REVIEWING THE FEES ASSOCIATED WITH THE FIREARMS APPLICATIONS, I KNOW THIS WAS A HOT TOPIC.
UM, THE FEES DO NOT COVER THE COSTS RIGHT NOW OF PROCESSING THESE APPLICATIONS AND THE STAFFING ASSOCIATED WITH PROCESSING APPLICATIONS.
SO BASED ON THIS, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO REDUCE THE FEES RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO THAT $150 FEE WOULD HAVE TO REMAIN OUR CHIEF OF POLICE AND OUR CFO BOTH REVIEWED ALL THE NUMBERS AND PROVIDED, UH, PROVIDED THE DOCUMENTATION TO US.
SO I WANTED TO UPDATE COUNSEL ON THAT.
UM, ALSO WANTED TO UPDATE COUNSEL ON, AS JUST A REMINDER, THE LETTERS FOR THE WATER METER REPLACEMENT WILL BE GOING OUT.
UM, THAT WAS POSTED TO OUR SOCIAL MEDIA BY ANGELA AND TO OUR FACEBOOK PAGE TODAY.
AGAIN, NOT EVERY RESIDENT IS GOING TO GET A LETTER.
UH, THEY'RE STARTING WITH, UM, WITH THE, THE NO READ METERS FIRST AND THEN WORKING THEIR WAY FROM THOSE UP.
UM, ALSO JUST A REMINDER THAT THE, UH, SUMMER HOURS HAVE STARTED AT TOWN HALL.
SO YOU'LL SEE, YOU'LL SEE SOME, UH, SOME DIFFERENT HOURS AT TOWN HALL SPECIFICALLY, UM, UH, EIGHT TO NOON ON FRIDAYS.
UM, SO THAT WAS POSTED TO OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE.
IT'S BEEN POSTED ON, YOU KNOW, ON THE DOORS AT TOWN HALL.
UH, ANOTHER HOT TOPIC AS, UH, WE'VE HAD A FEW PHONE CALLS AT THE, UH, TOWNSHIP MANAGER'S OFFICE IS BRUSH, AS EVERYBODY IS AWARE.
UM, YES, WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF BRUSH COMING OUT OF THE WINTER SEASON AND EVEN LEFTOVER FROM THE FALL WITH THE SNOW THAT WE HAD.
SO, UM, BRIAN KOPP FOLLOWED UP.
UH, WE DID HAVE A COUPLE OF, UH, VEHICLES WITH MECHANICAL ISSUES.
UH, SO HE WAS ABLE TO SECURE A CHIPPER FROM, UH, ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORING TOWNS.
SO THERE'S STILL IN ZONE THREE.
SO THEY'RE WORKING WITH THE CHIPPER AND
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ONE OF OUR OTHER TRUCKS.SO THEY ARE STILL IN ZONE THREE.
AGAIN, THAT IS OUR LARGEST ZONE FOUR BRUSH.
UM, SO AFTER THAT THEY'LL BE MOVING INTO ZONE FOUR, ZONE FIVE, UM, YOU KNOW, IN THAT, IN THAT METHOD.
UH, OTHER THAN THAT, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF VOLUNTEERS FOR CONSIDERATION FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, FARHAN ALEVE, A NEW JUNIOR, ROWAN, NICKS, AND, UH, R AMIN, UH, A NEW EMS VOLUNTEER.
UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE UNLESS COUNSEL HAS ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE MANAGER'S OFFICE.
I DON I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR MR. NOLL.
I JUST, I APOLOGIZE FOR GOING BACK TO THIS MR. NOLL, BUT WITH, WITH HIM AND MINE BEING CLOSED AND, UM, WITH, WHEN YOU'RE HAVING YOUR PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETINGS AND THE TRAFFIC STUDIES WITH THE POLICE AND EVERYONE ELSE INVOLVED, IS IT POSSIBLE TO EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY OF MAYBE A TEMPORARY TRAFFIC SIGNAL LIGHT AT THE CORNER OF MAIN AND MILL JUST TO HELP MONITOR THE INCREASED TRAFFIC ON MAIN STREET WITH HIMALAYA BEING CLOSED? BECAUSE COMING DOWN MILL, TRYING TO GET OUT ONTO MAIN WITH THAT INCREASED TRAFFIC, ESPECIALLY FROM THE LAST TIME IT WAS CLOSED IS, IS SIGNIFICANT AND CAN CONTEND TO BUILD UP ONTO MILL STREET, BUT PEOPLE STAY THERE FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
I COULD TALK TO THE, THE COUNTY ABOUT THAT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
UM, I WOULD THINK THERE'D BE LESS TRAFFIC COMING AT A MILL BECAUSE HE WON'T HAVE ANYBODY COMING HIM AND LINE TO MAKING A RIGHT ON MILL.
IT'LL JUST BE BASICALLY THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE ON MILL OR OFF OF MILL LIKE YOURSELF.
BUT I'LL TALK TO THE COUNTY ABOUT THAT.
UM, CHIEF, UH, AGAIN, AS WE ALWAYS DO, PLEASE THANK THE VOLUNTEERS FOR YEAH.
AND ADDITIONALLY, THE, THE NEW JUNIOR VOLUNTEERS AND OUR, OUR NEW, UM, EMS VOLUNTEER, UM, IT'S A THANKLESS JOB AND I KNOW THEY, THEY PUT IN A LOT OF LONG HOURS JUST FOR TRAINING TO GET TO THESE POINTS.
I WILL NEED A VOICE VOTE FOR APPROVAL.
JUST TO TOUCH ON THAT, UH, THE THANKING OF THE VOLUNTEERS.
UH, LAST NIGHT WE HAD OUR COMMAND STAFF AGENDA AND WITH COUNCIL'S FUNDING, UM, OF OUR VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION PROGRAM, WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE THREE $50 GIFT CARDS TO SHOPRITE TO EACH OF THE THREE STATIONS, VOLUNTEER, UH, CHIEFS AND CAPTAINS TO DISPERSE TO THE TOP RESPONDERS FOR THE FIRST HALF OF 2026.
UM, AT THIS POINT WE'LL MOVE TO THE CLERK'S REPORT.
[IX. CLERK’S REPORT ]
OKAY.WE HAVE A SOCIAL AFFAIR PERMIT FOR FARM TRUCK BREWERIES FOURTH ANNIVERSARY ON JUNE 18TH, 19TH AND 20TH FROM 10:00 AM TO 12.
[X. BILL LIST ]
BILL LISTS.JUNE 2ND, 2026 AND JUNE 5TH, 2026.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE BILLS LIST? NO SEEING NONE.
[XI. ORDINANCES FOR INTRODUCTION]
ORDINANCES FOR INTRODUCTION.WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO INTRODUCE ORDINANCE 2026 DASH 13? I MOVE THAT COUNSEL INTRODUCED ON FIRST READING ORDINANCE 2026 DASH 13 PROVIDING FOR VARIOUS GENERAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND RELATED EXPENSES IN AND FOR THE TOWNSHIP APPROPRIATING $3,093,000, THEREFORE IN AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $2,938,350 IN GENERAL IMPROVEMENT BONDS OR NOTES OF THE TOWNSHIPS TO DEFINE SHIP TO FINANCE THE SAME.
UM, SECOND, UH, I'LL DO IT BOARD.
MS. COUNCIL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SECOND ORDINANCE 13.
WE NEED TO GO THROUGH I'LL, OKAY.
AND, UM, THIS ORDINANCE IS RELATED TO OUR BUDGET, RIGHT? IT'S A STANDARD ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE TO PASS ONCE THE BUDGET IS APPROVED.
SO SIMILAR TO THE ACTION THAT YOU DID, YOU CREATED A BUDGET MM-HMM
NOW THIS IN, IN TURN IS CREATING A BUDGET FOR CAPITAL.
UM, IT GIVES YOU THE ABILITY TO GO BOND FOR THE MONEY AND THEN ALSO SETS, UH, THE TERMS AND THE USEFUL LIFE THAT YOU COULD SET THE BOND FOR.
UM, SO THERE ARE SPECIFIC ITEMS THAT ARE LISTED IN THAT.
AND SO THEY ACT AS KIND OF LIKE AN OE NUMBER THAT OKAY.
WE'RE, WE CAN DRAW DOWN FROM THAT AMOUNT ONCE THE ORDINANCE IS PASSED.
AND THEN THESE DON'T FOR, SO THE, THE COUNCIL UNDERSTANDS WHEN LINDSAY GAVE YOU HER PRESENTATION, THE 2026 BUDGET STAYS OPEN FOR 2026 AND THEN GOES INTO RESERVE STATUS IN 2027 FOR ANY ANCILLARY BILLS THAT MIGHT COME IN.
WHEN 2026 ENDS, THIS ORDINANCE, A CAPITAL ORDINANCE STAYS ON UNTIL YOU CANCEL IT.
SO UNTIL IT'S COMPLETELY EXPENDED OR YOU CAN CANCEL AND, AND ALLOCATE THE REST OF THE CAPITAL MONEY TO ANOTHER PROJECT IF IT'S FUNDED THROUGH A BOND.
IF IT'S FUNDED THROUGH A BAND, THEN YOU REDUCE THE BAND ROLLING AMOUNT THAT YOU DO EVERY YEAR.
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UNLESS YOU TAKE ANOTHER ACTION, UH, BYPASSING AN ORDINANCE TO EXPIRE THE ORDINANCE.UM, SO THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A BUDGET AND A CAPITAL BUDGET.
COUNSEL, ON, ON THE QUESTION, I JUST, I REACHED OUT TO THE MANAGER'S OFFICE, SAY, ASK THE MANAGER JUST TO, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT'S CAPTURED IN THE ORDINANCE ITSELF, ALL THESE TOPICS, BUT TO GIVE THE RESIDENTS KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE GENERAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, YOU KNOW, AS OUTLINED.
SO UNDER THE PUBLIC WORKS PORTION OF IT, UH, THERE'S A FORKLIFT, UH, FUEL SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS, A STREET SWEEPER, UM, HVAC REPLACEMENTS FOR THE SERGEANT'S OFFICE IN SOUTH STREET.
UH, A UH, VAC TRUCK, COMBINATION SEWER TRUCK.
AND THEN OUR ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, UH, FOR ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION, UH, WHICH IS, THAT'S 1.2 MILLION.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S A BIG PORTION OF IT.
I KNOW ROADS ARE A BIG, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE A BIG CONCERN HERE IN TOWN, OBVIOUSLY.
OH, UM, UNDER FIRE AND EMS WE HAVE OUR SCBA AIR PACK REPLACEMENT AND, UH, PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.
FIREFIGHTER PROTECTIVE GEAR, THAT'S THE HELMETS, THE JACKETS, PANTS, GLOVES, BOOTS.
UM, FOR TOWN HALL WE HAVE A PRINTER SERVER REPLACEMENT.
AND THEN FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, DUTY HANDGUNS, UM, AMMUNITION AND ALL NECESSARY EQUIPMENT, UH, RADAR UNITS AND, UH, POLICE VEHICLES AND UPFIT.
UM, SO, AND TO BE CLEAR, THESE ARE THE SAME ITEMS THAT WERE REPORTED ON BY YOUR CFO AT BUDGET PRESENTATION.
SO NOTHING HAS CHANGED FROM HER BUDGET PRESENTATION.
WHEN IT COMES THE CAPITAL ITEMS FOR THE TOWNSHIP SIDE, THE UTILITIES GOT IT.
SO I DON'T WANNA BE, I WAS MADE IT WORK AND I THINK I MISSED THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO OPEN IT BEFORE YOU VOTE ON THE EMERGENCY? THIS IS FIRST READING, SO THERE IS WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING AT THE TIME OF SECOND HEARING, SO THAT THAT'S THE POINT WHEN YOU'LL BE, HAVE A CHANCE TO BE HEARD.
I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE TOO LATE BY THEN.
THERE, THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY AT, AT, AT THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT YOU COULD READ THESE.
YOU AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC MAKE COMMENT ON.
SO MAYOR, AS IT'S STATED IN THE ORDINANCE PROCESS, ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING ARE DRAFT DOCUMENTS BEFORE THE COUNCIL ADOPTS.
THEY DON'T GO PUBLIC UNTIL YOU AFFIRM THE LEAD ACTION ONTO THOSE.
THAT'S WHY THE LAW IS VERY CLEAR THAT ONCE YOU ADOPT ON FIRST READING, THEY BECOME A PUBLIC DOCUMENT THAT CAN BE RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC STATE.
LAW DOES NOT ALLOW YOU TO RELEASE THEM PRIOR.
THAT THEN ALLOWS FOR THERE TO BE A NOTICE RESPONSIBILITY AND THEN A PUBLIC HEARING.
THEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IS WHEN YOU CAN HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC AND THEN YOU CAN DECIDE IF YOU'RE GONNA FINALLY ADOPT AFTER YOU FINALLY ADOPT THE UH, ORDINANCE AFTER THE NOTICE PERIOD, TIMEFRAME EXPIRES AND A PUBLIC HEARING HAPPENS.
YOU HAVE A 20 DAY STOP PERIOD, 20 DAY STOP PERIOD IS FOR ANY OBJECTIONS TO BE FILED FORMALLY THE ORDINANCE BEFORE THE ORDINANCE GOES INTO FULL FORCE AND EFFECT.
I HAVE TO DISAGREE WITH THE RESIDENT.
I'M GONNA PROCEED WITH THE MEETING AT THIS TIME.
SO, UM, SO AT THIS POINT WE NEED A ROLL CALL.
THE SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ORDINANCE WILL BE JUNE 23RD.
WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION ON ORDINANCES 2026 DASH 14? I'LL DO IT.
BUT YOUR VOICE IS SO MUCH NICER.
UH, FOR FIRST READING I MOVE ORDINANCES 2026 DASH 14 PROVIDING FOR VARIOUS WATER SEWER UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS AND RELATED EXPENSES IN AND FOR THE TOWNSHIP APPROPRIATING 4,875,000, THEREFORE AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF 4 MILLION, EXCUSE ME, 875,000 IN WATER, SEWER, UTILITY BONDS, OR NOTES OF THE TOWNSHIP TO FINANCE THE SAME.
UM, AND AS STATED PREVIOUSLY BY OUR MANAGER, UM, THESE FUNDS ARE TO APPRO BE APPROPRIATED FOR THE ITEMS THAT YOU HAD LISTED, CORRECT? YEAH.
IF YOU, UH, WELL THIS IS
YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO GO THROUGH? YEAH, GO FOR IT.
UM, SO ON THE UTILITY SIDE WE HAVE THE SEWER PLANT IMPROVEMENTS, UH, FOR THE GRINDER, SLUDGE PUMPS, RBC BEARINGS, WE HAVE SLIP LINING, UH, SANITARY SEWER MAINS.
WE HAVE, WELL THREE AND SIX REHABILITATION, UH, FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.
UH, WELL UPGRADES AND REHABILITATION FOR WELLS.
UH, WE HAVE WATER MAIN UPGRADES, WATER LINE REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENTS, SEWER LINE REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENTS.
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OTHER HALF OF THE VAC TRUCK COMBINATION SEWER TRUCK, UH, ROAD PROGRAM, UH, UTILITIES PORTION AND THEN WATER METER REPLACEMENTS.THAT ALL SOUNDS LIKE GREAT STUFF.
ALRIGHT, SO WE NOW NEED A ROLL CALL? YES.
ALRIGHT, SO NOW THIS ORDINANCE WILL ALSO BE, HAVE A SECOND READING OF PUBLIC HEARING ON JUNE 23RD.
WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO INTRODUCE ORDINANCE 2026 DASH 15? I MOVE THAT COUNSEL INTRODUCE ON FIRST READING ORDINANCE 2026 DASH 15 AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE TOWN OF DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS TO INCLUDE IN DESIGNATED DATA CENTERS AS A NON PERMITTED USE IN ALL ZONES WITHIN THE TOWNSHIP OF MEDFORD.
UM, THIS ORDINANCE SPEAKS SPECIFICALLY TO DATA CENTER USE.
UH, SO AS WE, WE STATED EARLIER, IT'S NOT BY RIGHT TO BUILD A WAREHOUSE, TYPICALLY WE NEED A WAREHOUSE IN ORDER TO TO HOUSE A DATA CENTER.
SO TECHNICALLY AS WE STATED EARLIER, YOU CANNOT GET A WAREHOUSE IN TOWN, NEEDS TO EITHER BE IN A REDEVELOPMENT ZONE, UM, HAVE A REDEVELOPMENT ENTITY DESIGNATION.
UM, THIS IS GOING ONE STEP FURTHER JUST TO CLEARLY STATE THAT, UM, EVEN IF THE TWO DESIGNATED AREAS THAT WE HAVE VERY SMALL WAREHOUSES AT, UM, IF THEY WANTED TO TRY AND CHANGE THAT WE ARE NOT PERMITTING THIS AS A PERMITTED USE IN TOWN.
UM, SO IT IS TAKING IT ONE STEP FURTHER, UM, JUST BECAUSE OF THE ISSUES GOING ON WITH DATA CENTERS.
BUT AGAIN, TO REITERATE BY RIGHT, A WAREHOUSE CAN'T BE BUILT IN TOWN UNLESS CERTAIN PARAMETERS ARE MET BECAUSE NONE OF THE ZONES ALLOW IT.
SO THE USE OF A DATA CENTER IS NOT SPECIFICALLY PERMITTED IN THE ORDINANCE AND IF IT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY PERMITTED, THEN IT'S PROHIBITED.
SO IT'S ALREADY PROHIBITED, BUT THIS JUST REEMPHASIZES THAT.
THERE'S NO AMBIGUITY AT THIS POINT.
ALRIGHT, SO WE AGAIN, THE FIRST AND THE SECOND WE'LL NEED A ROLL CALL PLEASE.
ALRIGHT, SO THIS ORDINANCE WILL ALSO BE, UM, HAVE A SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING ON JUNE 23RD.
WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO INTRODUCE ORDINANCE 2026 DASH TWO? I MOVE THAT COUNCIL.
INTRODUCE ON FIRST READING ORDINANCE 2026 DASH TWO, ESTABLISHING CALENDAR YEAR 2026 SALARY AND WAGE RANGES FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MEDFORD.
THIS ORDINANCE REFERS SPECIFICALLY TO SALARY AND WAGES.
THIS HAS, UH, BEEN A TOPIC WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING AS A COUNCIL AND WE'VE COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON THANK YOU.
YOUR FEEDBACK FROM ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN KIND OF A WORKING PROGRESS SINCE UH, YOU STARTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
UM, ROB AND I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO KIND OF GO AND MEET ALL OF YOUR ITEMS AND THE FINAL PRODUCT IS BASED OFF OF WHAT YOUR CURRENT SALARY LEVEL IS FOR, UH, EMPLOYEES AND, AND BASED OFF OF YOUR FEEDBACK, GREAT.
I WAS JUST GONNA SAY IN NORMAL FASHION, WE'VE PASSED THE BUDGET.
NOW WE'RE PASSING THE SALARY ORDINANCE.
KNOW IT'S USUALLY THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO GO.
YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO GET THE SALARY ORDINANCE.
SECOND READING OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ORDINANCE WILL ALSO BE ON JUNE 23RD.
[XII. ORDINANCES FOR SECOND READING/PUBLIC HEARING(S) ]
ORDINANCES FOR SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING.AT TODAY'S MEETING WITH SOMEONE LIKE TO INTRODUCE ORDINANCE 2026 DASH 12, SECOND READING, SECOND READING, EXCUSE ME.
SECOND I MOVE THAT COUNSEL ADOPT ON SECOND READING ORDINANCE 2026 DASH 12 REPEALING AND VACATING TOWNSHIP CODE SECTION SIX 13 AND ENTITLED AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVISIONS IN ITS ENTIRETY AND PLATE, REPLACING IT WITH NEW SECTION SIX 13 ENTITLED AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO YOU, SO YOU NEED A SECOND? NEED SECOND.
AND WHAT NOW WE'RE GONNA OPEN, MA'AM, WHEN THEY OPEN IT TO THE PUBLIC, THEN YOU CAN TALK.
YOU'RE, IT, IT'S NOT A FREE FOR ALL.
THEY NEED THE MOTION AND SECOND, THEN THEY CAN OPEN IT TO THE PUBLIC.
SO THIS FOR THE COUNCIL AS WE KNOW WE HAD A SPECIAL MEETING.
UM, IN ORDER TO MEET THE DEADLINE, THE NOTICE REQUIREMENT PERIOD IN BETWEEN, UM, COULD HAVE BEEN CALLED INTO QUESTION.
SO YOU'RE READING IT AFTER ADVICE OF COUNSEL, YOU'RE READING IT FOR A SECOND TIME.
UM, SO THAT IT IS PROPERLY, UH, UH, CODIFIED INTO YOUR, OR CODIFIED INTO YOUR, INTO YOUR CODEBOOK.
SO WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY RATIFYING ANY POTENTIAL ISSUE WITH AN IMPROPER NOTICE.
SO WE PROP IT'S THIS NOTICE WAS APPROPRIATE.
THIS IS JUST SIMPLY RATIFYING THE ADOPTION AS IF IT WAS PROPERLY NOTICED FOR IT.
IF OUR NOTICE WAS IN FACT DEFICIENT.
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I WILL OPEN IT UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT.WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ORDINANCE? I WOULD LOVE TO SPEAK TO IT, BUT I CAN'T FIND IT ANYWHERE.
SO I'VE LOOKED EVERYWHERE SO I COULD SPEAK INTELLIGENTLY AND I CAN'T FIND IT POSTED ANYWHERE.
SO CAN YOU ADVISE ME WHERE IT IS AS, UM, BOTH MR. UMBA AND MR. VARGAS STATED, THERE WAS NOT ONLY A FIRST READING, BUT THERE WAS A PRIOR SECOND READING OF THIS ORDINANCE.
IT'S, IT'S IN E IT'S ON, IT'S ON ECO E CODE ECO BELIEVE I'VE BEEN UP RIGHT NOW.
IT'S ALSO IN THE RED RED BACK.
IT'S IN THE RED BOOK IN THE BACK.
AND IT'S ALSO ON THE COURT DOCKET.
YEAH, IT'S ALSO ON FILE AT THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
BUT I WOULD HAVE TO PULL AN OVER FOR THAT.
WHERE IS UH, COUNCIL LEGISLATION? IS IT ON OUR WEBSITE AND IT'S, I'VE BEEN ALL OVER 12.
I'M LOOKING AT IT RIGHT HERE ON THE TOWNSHIP WEBSITE.
IT'S THE TOP ONE UNDER LEGISLATION.
WHERE DID YOU GO INTO THAT? SO YOU GO TO THE TOWNSHIP WEBSITE? THAT'S WHAT I DID.
YOU GO TO E CODE, IT TAKES YOU TO PUBLIC DOCUMENTS.
DID THAT GO TO PUBLIC DOCUMENTS COUNCIL LEGISLATION? THAT'S ORDINANCES I WENT TO AND THEN 12 THAT POSTED.
CAN WE SEND THAT LINK TO HER? POSTED FOR WELL OVER A MONTH? YEAH.
'CAUSE WE HAD A SPECIAL MEETING HEARING IT AS A SECOND READING.
THE FIRST READING WAS WAS PUT OUT.
UM, TARA CAN PROVIDE YOU THERE.
THE ECO SHOULD GIVE A A, UM, ON THE BACK END.
I DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE BACK END, BUT IT WOULD SAY WHEN YOU PUBLISHED IT.
UM, SO YOU COULD, YOU COULD DO THAT, UM, AND PROVIDE IT, BUT IT'S BEEN POSTED ON THE TOWNSHIP WEBSITE FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW.
ALL RIGHT THEN THAT'S MY ERROR.
AND IT GIVES YOU TIME, RIGHT? IT WAS ALSO POSTED AS PART OF THE PLANNING BOARD HEARING BECAUSE IT WAS REFERRED BOARD AT THE PLANNING BOARD FIRST BECAUSE I DID, I DID SEARCH AND DIDN'T COME UP WITH IT.
ANYONE ELSE TO THIS? UH, WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ORDINANCE AGAIN? IT'S THE MODEL ORDINANCE GIVEN TO US BY THE DCA.
NO ONE'S REINVENTING THE WH MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.
DEPUTY MAYOR WARS? AYE MAYOR AYE.
ALRIGHT, SO PUBLIC COMMENT IS CLOSED AND THE ORDINANCE IS APPROVED.
[XIII. CONSENT AGENDA RESOLUTIONS ]
AGENDA RESOLUTIONS.RESO RESOLUTION 1 16 20 26 AUTHORIZING APPROVAL FOR SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION IN NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION MUNICIPAL AID GRANT PROGRAM FOR THE PHASE TWO RECONSTRUCTION OF CHRISTOPHER MILLS ROAD RESOLUTION SEV 1 17 20 26 AUTHORIZING REFUND OF 2026.
TAX OVERPAYMENTS RESOLUTION 1 18 20 26 AMEND THE TOWNSHIP OF MEDFORD 2026 ADOPTED BUDGET FOR ADDITIONAL ITEMS OF REVENUE AND OFFSETTING APPROPRIATIONS CHAPTER 1 59 FISCAL YEAR 2026 CLEAN COMMUNITIES GRANT RESOLUTION 1 19 20 26 AUTHORIZING CANCELLATION OF 2026.
PROPERTY TAXES ON PROPERTIES OWNED BY QUALIFY BY A QUALIFYING TOTALLY DISABLED EXEMPT VETERAN RESOLUTION 1 20 20 26 AUTHORIZING CHANGE ORDER NUMBER TWO, FINAL TO THE CONTRACT WITH RWA AAC PAVING COMPANY FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 2023 ROAD PROGRAM.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? RESOLUTIONS? JUST MR. NO.
CAN YOU PROVIDE CLARIFICATION ON, ON, UH, 1 20 20 26? THE WHY WE'RE JUST GETTING THAT CHANGE ORDER NOW FOR THAT 2023 ROAD PROGRAM.
WE HAD SOME PUNCH LIST ITEMS THAT DRAGGED ON, SO WE JUST FINISHED THEM OFF AND WAS THAT, AND WE HAD ADDITIONAL MONIES LEFT OVER, SO WE DID SOME ADDITIONAL WORK TOO.
UH, AND WHAT ROAD WAS THAT FOR? ROADS IN GENERAL OR WAS THAT FOR THE SUN ROAD PROJECT? UH, LEMME THINK, IF I CAN REMEMBER, I THINK S TOWN ROAD WAS ONE OF 'EM.
AND BOOK STATION, I BELIEVE A COUPLE OTHERS.
THANK AND WE HAVE A GRANT WRITER I SHOULD KNOW THAT WE DO.
THERE'S A, THERE'S A COMPANY THAT DOES IT.
UM, THIS SPECIFIC ITEM, UM, IS AFTER YOU ADOPT A BUDGET, THE ONLY WAY TO AMEND THE BUDGET AND ADD ITEMS TO IT IS THROUGH
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A CHAPTER 1 59.AND TYPICALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN YOU FINALLY GET NOTICE FROM THE STATE THAT YOU STATE THE GRANT AND THAT THE GRANT IS THEN AUTHORIZED, THEN YOU CAN ADD IT TO YOUR BUDGET.
SO IN THE GRANTS SECTION OF THE BUDGET IS THE ONLY AREA WHERE YOU REALLY CAN DO A CHAPTER 1 59.
UM, AND AS LINDSAY POINTED OUT DURING HER BUDGET PRESENTATION, WE WOULD SEE SOME OF THOSE COME IN AND THEN YOU WOULD HAVE THEM ADDED.
SO IN ORDER TO AUTHORIZE IT AND PUT IT INTO THE BUDGET, ONCE IT'S IN HERE, IT GOES INTO EDMONDS AND THEN THAT STAYS IN THE GRANT SECTION ON THE DRAW DOWN.
UM, IF I COULD JUST CLARIFY, SO WHEN IT SAYS CALENDAR YEAR OF 2023, THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT IT WAS APPROPRIATED AND WE DON'T NORMALLY GET THE MONEY AVAILABLE TILL AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER.
UM, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO.
MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT? I MOVED SECOND.
IS THAT ROLL CALL MS. SANOR? YES.
CONSENT AND AGENDA RESOLUTIONS ARE APPROVED.
SO NOW WE WILL MOVE TO EXECUTIVE
[XIV. EXECUTIVE SESSION ]
SESSION.WE HAVE RESOLUTION E ES OH 6 0 9 20 26 MATTERS RELATED TO ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE LITIGATION.
SOMEONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.
WE ARE NOW GONNA GO TO AN EXECUTIVE TIMING.
I I'M GONNA RECONVENE THE OPEN PORTION OF THE PUBLIC MEETING.
AND AS ALWAYS, PAT LIED TO US ABOUT THE TIME IT WOULD TAKE TO HAVE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT NO ACTIONS WERE TAKEN THAT STORY IN, IN CLASSIC FASHION, A LAWYER WAS SPEAKING
SO A LAWYER WAS SAY, MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS, NO ACTIONS TAKEN.
YOU DISCUSSED ALL THE ITEMS. CORRECT.
MR. MAY WE DISCUSSED MATTERS RELATING IT TO ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE AND LITIGATION.