[0:12] almost.
Yep. All good.
[0:17] Mhm.
[0:22] Right. Call to order of the township
council agenda meeting. Open public
[0:25] meeting statement. The notice
requirements provided for in the open
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Notice that of this meeting was properly
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2025 filed with the clerk of the
[0:38] township of viewing and posted in the UN
Township Municipal Complex. The public
[0:41] upon recognition of the presiding
officer will have an opportunity to
[0:44] address the council during the
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[0:46] the public segment of the meeting. A
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[0:50] front of the room. When called upon,
please come to the microphone and
[0:52] clearly state your name and address. You
will be given five minutes of time.
[0:56] Statements and comments should be
directed to the council president. Madam
[0:58] for the roll call, please.
>> Mr. Baxter,
[1:01] » present.
>> For the record, Mr. Schro has an excused
[1:04] absence this evening. Miss Stewart
>> here.
[1:06] » Miss Wallard
>> here.
[1:08] » President Keys Maloney
>> here.
[1:10] » We have a number of items for
discussion. The first is an ordinance
[1:13] amending the revised general ordinances
of the township of viewing in the county
[1:16] of Mercer to amend chapter 161 dwellings
unfit requiring the registration and
[1:21] maintenance of certain real property for
which an action to foreclose has been
[1:25] filed. Number of years ago, we actually
um implemented an ordinance to require
[1:30] the registration of vacant properties.
In light of some changes relatively
[1:35] recently, we're refining that um more
specifically to ensure that foreclosed
[1:40] properties um actually have to in have a
fee that is associated with being
[1:48] vacant, but for any vacant property,
there is still a registration
[1:52] requirement. So, some clarity around
that. Um, as you may recall at our last
[1:56] meeting, I believe we also instituted a
relationship with Hera Property Registry
[2:00] and the representative from HERA, Mr.
Kevin Sadella, is with us this evening
[2:06] um, and is able to answer any questions.
But this particular ordinance in
[2:10] particular kind of carves out the
vacancy registration requirement versus
[2:15] the foreclosure process that makes it
clear that in the event that there is a
[2:20] foreclosed property, there is a process
that needs to be followed including the
[2:24] payment of a fee. Um it tracks to
actually statutory change that was we
[2:29] believe enacted se two years ago. I'm
going to say two years 2024 so last
[2:35] year. Um and so references kind of the
the state requirements um and updates
[2:41] what we had originally had in place.
Questions from members of council.
[2:49] » Would you like to share anything about
what HERA is doing for the township?
[2:53] » Absolutely. Uh Kevin Cidella, Hera
Property Registry, Melbour, Florida. Uh
[2:57] we manage vacant and foreclosure
registry uh programs for 200 different
[3:01] municipalities around the nation. about
40 of them are located here in the state
[3:04] of New Jersey. Um, essentially when the
grass gets this tall and your code
[3:08] enforcement staff don't don't really
know who to talk to. All they have is
[3:12] 100 bank numbers. We put you in touch
with a responsible party, somebody that
[3:16] can be held accountable for the
conditions of the property while it sits
[3:18] in foreclosure. Um, it's free. Uh, we
keep a portion of the fee that's
[3:23] collected. Never send you a bill. It's
revenue enhancing. You're going to make
[3:26] a little bit of money on it, but most
importantly, you'll get a resource that
[3:29] you can use to fight blight. Um, so
we're very proud to be here. We're proud
[3:32] that your township is interested in
working with us and we're excited about
[3:35] uh about the venture
>> and I know in recent years there's been
[3:38] some movement between subsidiaries of
the same bank and so your connection to
[3:42] the different aspects of even sometimes
the same bank or a different bank makes
[3:46] it more possible for us to get in touch
with the people we need to if there's an
[3:49] issue at one of the properties.
>> Absolutely.
[3:52] » Correct.
>> Any other questions for members of
[3:55] council?
>> Yeah,
[4:00] that's okay. Thank you. Hi. Um, yeah, I
just wondered what was the impetus. I
[4:08] know in the past we've had issues with
abandoned properties or properties that
[4:13] had been foreclosed and we weren't able
to get in touch with the banks directly.
[4:18] It had gone through the series of this
bank sold it to that bank and all of
[4:23] those issues. So I wondered how many
properties are we talking about in the
[4:30] township at this point and um
you know what exactly because I believe
[4:37] code used to our code office had uh gone
out and checked these properties. So uh
[4:44] I just want a little little background
on that if you don't mind perhaps you
[4:49] have it or the administrator.
>> So my understanding is that there is My
[4:54] recollection isund
that were on the registry. Some of them
[4:59] may not be I don't have my mic on may
not be foreclosed upon but in fact may
[5:05] be vacant because they're going through
remediation. And so I don't have the
[5:09] number of foreclosed versus the larger
list. So you know we'll work with Hera
[5:13] to refine and make sure that the
foreclosed property is kind of listed in
[5:18] their section. And if there's a vacancy
because a property is being remediated
[5:22] or updated, it certainly has to still
register and that'll be a conversation.
[5:26] But my understanding is there's about 13
give or take across the entire landscape
[5:31] of of homes or properties. So then uh
your company would get the list from the
[5:37] town and if there were fines presumably
at that point there would be fines
[5:42] assessed um your company would then upon
passage of this if it goes through um
[5:49] the company would have the ability to
represent the town correct in recovering
[5:54] these fines and moving forward with
resolution ongoing
[6:00] » so that they can do that Um, yeah, I did
see in your portfolio of the folder here
[6:06] that you do represent a number of, uh,
of towns, a lot of them in Florida, it
[6:13] looked to me. Um,
>> uh, yes, Florida is where we're based.
[6:18] Um, about a 40 here in New Jersey. Uh,
we're also in Pennsylvania, New York,
[6:22] California.
>> Okay.
[6:23] » Um, Illinois.
>> So, you're pretty broad base.
[6:27] » Yes. Yes, ma'am.
>> Okay. Thank you.
[6:30] Um, one of the challenges is also that
there's an escalation year-over-year.
[6:35] The longer the actual property stays in
foreclosure, um, certainly the the fee
[6:40] goes up, but you also want to encourage
those property holders to hopefully move
[6:44] forward and the hope is that Harold will
also help us with that process.
[6:48] » Well, good luck.
[6:53] I see you also go out and inspect to
make sure that the properties are either
[6:58] vacant or I would imagine foreclosed on
and make sure that nobody's staying in
[7:04] there. Is that part of this inspection
or
[7:07] » what exactly do you mean by the
inspector of the property?
[7:10] » Full disclosure, Councilman, we're
running this from a call center in
[7:12] Florida. No one will be walking the
streets looking in the the windows to
[7:17] see what's occupied and what's not. That
we're going to work with your code
[7:19] enforcement team on that though.
Madam President, can I interrupt? Sure.
[7:23] » Sure. So, just to address um
Councilwoman Waller, I think you kind of
[7:27] asked what was the start of all of this.
So, this kind of came about as you know,
[7:31] our office is routinely just looking at
our ordinance, seeing what's going on.
[7:35] We kind of flagged this one. Um knew
that there had been a change in law in
[7:39] 2024. There was some litigation that was
making its way through the courts. Uh
[7:42] there still is some litigation making
its way through the courts, but
[7:45] ultimately the legislature as it
pertains particularly to vacant and/or
[7:50] abandoned houses that have been
foreclosed upon has green lit
[7:54] municipalities to have these vacant
property registration lists. So the
[7:59] issue is that to my understanding is
that code enforcement just is stretched
[8:04] too thin with all of their work. So they
are still going around. They'll still be
[8:08] the ones who um you know, you pass 123
Happy Lane, the grass is 12 in and the
[8:14] windows are all shattered and it's
obviously vacant and abandoned. So, they
[8:19] they will write the citations, but if
the citations are just sitting at the
[8:23] house, there's nothing because all that
Euing has is uh as our guest speaker
[8:27] here said, a 1-800 number or a bank
number. you know, Euing has been in
[8:32] alerts in the past and honestly these
fines aren't enough for the bank, you
[8:36] know, if you're just sending them a
random letter to do anything. So, what
[8:39] Hera does is at no cost to Euing,
>> they get the list from Euing and then
[8:43] they work in conjunction with the
township and they essentially take over
[8:47] the admin work uh they keep like a
running list of contacts. The contacts
[8:51] have to be actual individuals that Euing
can get in touch with or that Hera can
[8:55] get in touch with. And then it frees up
code enforcement from having to hunt
[8:59] down an actual property reg um uh
property administrator or somebody that
[9:05] they can talk to to say, you know, hey,
we need to get this property taken care
[9:08] of. Or Hara works with the township to
say, you know, we've given these people
[9:13] five chances and they won't do anything.
Go ahead. We're going to have public
[9:16] works board up the house and gate it off
and then we'll put a lean on the
[9:20] property, you know, for for all of that
work and maintain it. So really, they're
[9:24] coming in. They they there's a I believe
it's $250 the registration fee per each
[9:29] property and Hara takes 50% of that at
no cost to you. So, you know, at no cost
[9:34] to you and they'll take 50%. And then if
property owners do not pay any of the
[9:40] fees on time and penalties have to be
assessed, PARA again goes after and
[9:45] keeps track of it. So that just frees up
admin,
[9:48] » right? Okay.
>> Thank you.
[9:50] » Yeah,
>> Madam Chair.
[9:52] In addition to that, uh we know that
these banks have been playing a little
[9:56] bit of a shell game with respect to
these properties. So whenever they get
[9:58] to the point where there's violations,
then another bank ends up taking it over
[10:02] and then it becomes sort of a witch hunt
to chase this down and her would do a
[10:05] good job of making sure that they're
bird dog in this. My understanding also
[10:08] is that there has to be a representative
that's going to be the property manager
[10:11] that's going to have to be the point
person according to this. And so I think
[10:15] that's extremely important.
>> Right. I I do know in the madame chair
[10:21] in the past it's it's kind of almost
been a fool's errand to try to track
[10:27] down who the ultimate responsible entity
is whether it's a person or a bank or a
[10:33] mortgage company it and it just was I
remember you know the difficulties that
[10:39] our code office did have in in following
through with that because it was
[10:45] impossible to get hold of the proper
person and then move forward with the
[10:50] fines. So, sounds like it will hopefully
be a help to the town and
[10:56] » it it gives us the administrative
>> u muscle that we may be needed in a way
[11:02] that, you know,
>> we're great at identifying if there's an
[11:06] issue on the street,
>> but how do we get a hold of the right
[11:08] person and make sure that resolution
happens? And Hara hopefully
[11:12] » helps us with that. That's been on the
gallery. Yeah.
[11:14] » A lot of times these properties are
treated by foreclosing entities and
[11:18] investors like kids treat baseball
cards. Lots of them are traded back and
[11:22] forth overnight, right?
>> Um we kind of have developed a niche of
[11:26] of figuring out who has what and when.
Uh we register about 10,000 properties a
[11:30] month um nationwide. Um so your your
properties are going to be lumped in
[11:36] with them and you know we we'll see the
success rate that we have on the
[11:40] foreclosures. We're we're pretty high,
90% success rate. Um, but the vacancies
[11:44] are a little bit different. They're
lower. It comes and goes. It's it's uh
[11:47] it's dependent upon how much information
you can provide us because that's that's
[11:50] a whole different ballgame. It's two
silos that we're talking about here.
[11:54] That makes sense.
>> Well, I look forward to your success
[11:57] because that will be our success.
Absolutely. Well, too.
[12:01] » Thank you. Thank you.
>> Any other questions?
[12:06] » Thank you very much.
>> Thank you all for having me.
[12:09] » All right. Moving on to number two, a
resolution amending resolution 25R-212
[12:14] authorizing a license to the United
States Environmental Protection Agency
[12:17] to access an additional township owned
site for purposes of soil sampling. Um,
[12:21] I believe we actually moved the original
resolution at our last meeting. Um, we
[12:27] were not aware of an additional property
that has since been added to the list.
[12:31] Um, and I know EPA was very focused on
ensuring that we have the complete list.
[12:36] If you notice, uh I believe the
additional item is Moody Park. Um as you
[12:40] may recall, we as a township had
different um pottery, uh
[12:47] issues, um if you will, dumping sites
throughout the township. Um and so EPA
[12:52] is actually tracking the impact of that
on our soil um on township owned
[12:57] property. Questions for members of
council on this item?
[13:01] Members of the public on this item? It's
actually do where on Moody Park is it or
[13:06] is it the whole thing?
>> I think they're going to do invest in
[13:10] investigate the entire area. You don't
know. You know what's interesting too is
[13:14] I just learned this when we had the
plaque dedication for Pennington Road
[13:17] Firehouse that you know Pennington Road
Firehouse initially was where Sloum was
[13:21] and that was in fact a a pottery
business. Yeah.
[13:23] » And I had not known that. So
interesting.
[13:28] » Right. Number three, a resolution
authorizing a memorial donation program
[13:31] allowing the installation of a memorial
memorial park installation of memorial
[13:36] park benches and trees.
Questions? Um, just to give some
[13:41] explanation on this one, it allows us to
in essence set some standards in terms
[13:45] of costs for actually um, if you will
um, donating a a tree or a bench. um so
[13:56] that we're actually addressing both the
actual acquisition of the tree itself,
[14:00] but the gator bag in the case of a tree
as an example stakes and attendant items
[14:07] that need to happen with the actual
tree. Um questions members of council on
[14:11] this item.
>> Uh no question, but just a comment that
[14:14] the record advisory board was in 100% in
favor of this. uh they actually want to
[14:20] try to use this as a model moving
forward with monies that might come into
[14:25] the rec trust or anybody that any
donations that may come in for wreck and
[14:29] how they get dispersed
>> and these will go through that new
[14:35] account that we set up last week.
>> Yes. I was remiss in not saying that the
[14:39] the monies that uh would be provided in
this case would have to go into the
[14:44] trust um or fund itself um underneath
kind of DCA roles as well as accounting
[14:52] roles. So it makes sense
>> and then such can only be spent on this,
[14:56] right? They won't go to the general
fund. They will not offset other things.
[14:59] They'll go to the maintenance and the
acquisition.
[15:01] » Thank you.
>> But it also puts the public on notice
[15:03] that if you want to do this, this is how
much it costs and this is how you go
[15:07] about doing so.
>> I was remiss on the former two items.
[15:11] Would any member of public have any
questions on this particular item?
[15:16] » Yes, sir. Come on. I'm just going to
need you to come to the phone. Yep. to
[15:20] the the mic and give your name and
address. Just we have a recording and we
[15:24] have to take minutes from this.
>> My name is Stephen Slaughter.
[15:32] » These different memorials. You're asking
for donations for fixing memorials that
[15:38] we have around.
>> No. So, this would be if someone wanted
[15:41] to dedicate a bench or a a tree. As you
can see outside of town hall, we have a
[15:46] number of benches. I know I was involved
with that years ago. We had a number of
[15:50] viewing lions that we dedicated the
bench and the plaque and so it it would
[15:54] be a similar process and the township
actually installs it. But this sets, you
[15:59] know, kind of the the the cost as well
as the process for actually if you
[16:05] wanted to dedicate it.
>> I understand. Uh there's um I would
[16:10] suspect there's a memorial on on Bear
Tavern and Parkway at the lake that
[16:16] little I see people set the park west
plants. Yeah.
[16:19] » Yeah.
>> What are they memorializing there?
[16:24] » So that's
>> or at any of them.
[16:26] » Yeah. So that park actually is
considered the crossroads of where the
[16:30] the Continental Army actually came down
on its way to the Battle of Trenton.
[16:35] » Oh, so we talking about a memorial for
an event
[16:39] » that's for an event. But we're talking
about somebody dedicating a tree or a
[16:43] bench to
>> I understand memorialized areas and what
[16:47] you do, but I thought that there were
different memorials
[16:51] and they all had different
tones, you know, um like you just said,
[16:59] you know, for the uh the war efforts or
something. And and I thought some of the
[17:03] other ones may have had something to do
with, you know, education. And some of
[17:07] them might had something to do with, you
know, what's going on in this in the
[17:13] town or just different memorials and
people that, you know, were monumental
[17:18] and, you know, they may be memorialized
and stuff like that, names on benches
[17:23] and I was just wondering I didn't come
here to address. And look, your question
[17:30] is one about whether we should map maybe
all of those different
[17:33] » Well, maybe get more effect. People are
start seeing purpose
[17:38] » as they ride by because I see them doing
the trees and the plant.
[17:42] » Yep.
>> And I often wonder I've been here for 30
[17:45] plus years, so I uh I see what's going
on in the city.
[17:53] » No, it's a great idea and we can
certainly take it back to the
[17:55] administration. I know in the past we've
actually mapped our parks and
[17:59] » Well, I'm just I'm just trying to get an
idea now. Whether it's something you
[18:02] want to do,
>> it would help your efforts for
[18:06] donations, you know. I'm serious. People
will say, you know, well, my dad just
[18:11] died. I send flowers or trees to people
that I know that their mother passed
[18:16] away and I'll send for a tree to be put
up in her behalf of the plaque. So I'm
[18:21] saying, you know, if we doing stuff like
that, you know,
[18:25] » my my guess is there'll probably be some
additional press that comes out of this
[18:29] and that is a great idea as part of it.
So thank you. I appreciate it.
[18:32] » So madam chair, may I?
>> Sure.
[18:34] » Uh we are in fact talking about creating
a park master plan and that is certainly
[18:38] certainly something we need to take
under advisement. But just to echo what
[18:40] the council president said that you
understood clearly, this partic this is
[18:44] not something that we're really
soliciting from the town. Uh this is for
[18:47] folks that want to memorialize, you
know, perhaps their parents enjoyed
[18:51] walking in the park and, you know, they
passed away. This was their favorite
[18:54] spot. They can get they can get a bench
or plant a tree. What this ensures the
[18:57] township is that we're consistent in the
application of the process and making
[19:01] certain that there are trees that are I
mean trees that are both native and
[19:05] compatible with the landscape and then
benches that also consistent with the
[19:09] style that we find acceptable here in
the township so that it doesn't become
[19:13] sort of tree and and bench pollution.
[19:18] All right. So, there is a master plan
process. I certainly will take that
[19:21] under advisement when we engage our our
designers.
[19:27] » Okay.
>> Appreciate it.
[19:30] » Any other questions or comments from
members of the public on this item?
[19:33] » Okay. Moving on to number four. A
resolution authorizing the donation,
[19:36] recycling, or disposal of property of
nominal value. Included within your
[19:40] packet is information. I believe um this
is a number of items. again from I'm
[19:46] going to say
>> station 30
[19:49] » station 30
>> I'm looking at it sideways forgive me um
[19:52] including some scoo scuba bottles and
the like um questions for members of
[19:56] council on this item questions from
members of the public on this item.
[20:04] Moving on to number five, a resolution
authorizing the purchase of a of three
[20:08] 2025 Ford Utility Interceptor police
vehicles from Winter Ford NJ contract 20
[20:15] fleet 01189.
Um,
[20:18] included throughout the year are a
number of these resolutions as we move
[20:23] through the actual acquisition of pieces
of equipment that we authorized as part
[20:28] of the capital ordinance. Um, this is
three Ford utility vehicles for our
[20:33] police department. Questions members of
council on this item? Questions members
[20:37] of the public on this item?
Number six, a resolution authorizing the
[20:42] purchase of three upfit packages for the
2025 Ford utility interceptor police
[20:49] vehicles purchased from Winter Ford
engine contract NJ20 fleet 01189. Um,
[20:55] this is the actual additional items that
are put on board the vehicles for
[21:01] purpose of of outfitting them for use by
our police department. Questions from
[21:06] members of council on this item? I
really should have handled those two
[21:09] together. I apologize. Questions from
members of the public on this item?
[21:15] Member Zeppelin? A resolution
authorizing the tax collector to convert
[21:18] property maintenance charges to a
municipal lean of various properties
[21:22] within the township of viewing in the
county of Mercer, state of New Jersey.
[21:24] Um we had a larger list last week of
this. Um in essence after a period of
[21:30] time a uh you will a um maintenance
charge can be converted to a municipal
[21:37] lean for a particular property um
forget what the time frame is but this
[21:44] is within the acceptable time frames and
I believe it's only one property that is
[21:47] under consideration this evening.
Questions for members of council on this
[21:51] item?
[21:56] This was for some brush, grass, and
weed.
[21:59] » Raccoon and skunk.
>> One I hadn't seen before.
[22:03] » Yeah, that's a lot of skunks.
>> And it wasn't a small price tag,
[22:06] actually.
>> No,
[22:08] » raccoons and skunk already in there.
>> Um, thanks to our folks for actually
[22:14] boarding up the property appropriately.
Questions from members of the public on
[22:18] this item.
[22:22] Number eight, a resolution rejecting all
bids received in response to the request
[22:26] for bids for the provision of secondary
on call condemned structure demolition
[22:30] services. Um, in short, uh, we had
issued a bid for a secondary, if you
[22:36] will, backup condemnation
demolition service provider.
[22:41] Unfortunately, we didn't have any
responsive bids. Um, and so the idea is
[22:46] to rebid this. Um, once again, questions
from members of council on this item,
[22:53] questions for members of the public on
this item.
[22:56] » Madam Chair, just for a slight
correction, we did have some responses
[22:58] for this one. We The first one we did,
the second one, the primary we did, the
[23:02] second one, we had five people with five
fatal flaws. Yes.
[23:05] » So, I think we have 10 people that are
looking at it and I think the bid's open
[23:08] tomorrow if I'm not not mistaken.
>> Yep. We'll be opening tomorrow. Great.
[23:14] Number nine, a resolution requesting
approval of items of revenue and
[23:17] appropriation. Um,
couple items including um the Sprint
[23:22] Firefighter Grant, Sprint Police, excuse
me, Sprint Police Grant, um FY2024
[23:29] assistance to firefighters grant, and
the CPS sustained enforcement grant.
[23:34] Get these throughout the year.
Questions, members of council on these
[23:38] items,
members of public on these items?
[23:43] And number 10, a resolution authorizing
the purchase of a 2025 Ford F250 regular
[23:48] cab 4x4 truck in the amount of 67,213
for the purpose and use of the public
[23:54] works department through Seio Ford of
Flemington through state contract T2104
[24:01] fleet 103122.
again as the police vehicles um if you
[24:07] will purchasing for purposes of our
public works department in this case um
[24:12] we have already authorized the actual uh
process by way of our capital ordinance
[24:19] questions from members of council on
this item
[24:22] questions members of the public on this
item
[24:26] clerk seeing nothing um of an issue if
we can move all those items over to the
[24:31] regular session that'd be great so noted
All right, moving on to the bills list.
[24:35] Any questions for members of the council
on the bills list?
[24:41] Questions for members of the public on
the bills list?
[24:47] Have a number of items for the consent
agenda. Um,
[24:52] as you know, we'll handle these in
black, assuming there's no issues. Any
[24:56] questions for members of council on the
consent agenda?
[24:59] Officially, I'm really happy about
number one since that's my neighbor.
[25:06] questions from members of the public on
the consent agenda.
[25:11] We have two items for second reading,
public hearing and final adoption for
[25:14] members of the public wishing to speak
as part of the official record for
[25:18] purposes of adoption of these ordinances
or non-adoption of these ordinance. We
[25:23] would urge you to stay for the regular
session, but you also have the
[25:25] opportunity to raise any questions or
concerns as part of the agenda session.
[25:29] But if you want to be part of the
official record, you need to stay for
[25:31] the regular session. Um the first item
is an ordinance amending the revised
[25:35] general ordinances of the township of
Munwing in the county of Mercer to amend
[25:39] chapter 319 solid waste section 14
violations and penalties to amend the
[25:43] penalties for violating section 319
regarding the removal of trash bins from
[25:47] the public streets. Um
had a robust conversation as we moved
[25:52] this through the process uh several
weeks ago. Um, in essence, this sets
[25:58] standards for when you need to remove
your actual um, trash cans from the
[26:05] streets, just like we have a standard
for when you can put your trash cans out
[26:09] at the curb. Questions, members of
council on this item,
[26:15] public on this item. Also sets up the
penalty schema for violation.
[26:21] Okay. And number two, an ordinance
amending the revised general ordinances
[26:24] of the township of Yuing in the county
of Mercer to amend chapter 224
[26:27] littering. Section one prohibiting acts
to prohibit the release of balloons in
[26:31] the township. Um very candidly, not in
your home but outside in light of
[26:36] concerns with um amongst other things,
birds. Um this actually stalls
[26:42] mass balloon releases to ensure safety
for our wildlife. um and actually came
[26:48] to us by way of our business
administrator who actually noted that
[26:52] this can be terribly dangerous. Um and
so in essence tries to strike the right
[26:57] balance of ensuring that if you want to
have balloons in your house, great.
[27:00] Outside, not so much. This does not
apply to obviously weather balloons or
[27:06] um scientific um circumstances.
Questions for members of council on this
[27:11] item, members of the public on this
item? Okay, great.
[27:16] Moving on to council comments. Does
anyone have any reports from their
[27:21] boards or commissions?
>> I have
[27:26] uh recy board uh we had our meeting last
night. Um as we all know, we spoke uh
[27:34] last month. Our
former member of the rec advisory board
[27:39] and Weston soccer, Mr. Bruce Andrew
Brandt passed on, passed along. Um, and
[27:45] UN United Soccer would like to see if
they could have memorialize him in some
[27:52] type of way, whether they named the
field after him, the complex, or putting
[27:57] a bench out there because I understand
him and his partner had a corner they
[28:01] sat in every time the same all every
week watching practices and u games.
[28:08] So they would just like to pass forward
uh through you and United through the
[28:12] record board like to pass along the idea
of trying to figure something they can
[28:16] do to memorialize Mr. Andrew Brandt who
gave at least 25 plus years of
[28:23] uh to Western soccer and then you
soccer.
[28:26] » Nobody did that for Karen.
>> M we have Karen Bower's field out
[28:32] » at Moody Park. um which was great her if
you ever been if you haven't seen the
[28:37] plaque in the states. Nice job.
>> Um secondly, they reinforce that they
[28:44] would like to see uh the comprehensive
plan for our parks and want to know
[28:49] anything that they can input to help
bring it along or any suggestions
[28:55] um that they may have that they have or
that they may receive over this
[28:59] community as community fest comes. They
plan on having a box like a little sign
[29:04] up box where they could people can put
suggestions in on what they may want to
[29:08] see with the parks or some type of
upgrades or equipment. So they're going
[29:14] to have a box out at Community Fest this
Saturday. Um
[29:19] also
the
[29:25] trees. Oh, the trees that were planted
in lie of Scutterfalls Bridge.
[29:29] Um, I know many went over to Armstrong
Park, but uh we understand a lot of them
[29:34] have died. A lot of those trees have
died and they want to know who would
[29:39] would they get replaced. Uh, what's the
process in trying to get them replaced
[29:44] or get more trees put up because I think
there was a commitment of over 500
[29:49] trees.
>> So, there was definitely commitment of
[29:53] over 500 trees. There also was a
requirement that they actually maintain
[29:57] them for a period of time, but I would
have to go back and and actually check
[30:00] to see what that was.
>> Yeah.
[30:02] » So, that's something we can look into.
[30:06] » And
[30:14] about it, like I said, they were in full
support of the benches, the bench
[30:17] dedications. Um, and moving on and
[30:29] And
>> yeah,
[30:30] » little fresh thing, you know, going to
the meetings and not seeing Bruce there
[30:34] because he attended every meeting.
[30:43] Other member
um my arts commission also met uh
[30:49] relatively briefly the other night. um
moving forward on a couple things.
[30:53] They're going to be working with the
fire department and the patriotic
[30:57] committee to actually paint two boxes,
one for flags and one for Santa letters.
[31:02] So awesome. Um working through the
details on the types best types of paint
[31:09] for having them outdoors. So that was
part of the discussion. Um obviously we
[31:13] have two art installations going on
right now. Um if you have a chance kind
[31:18] of wander the halls. Uh, I do not
officially have the dates for the next
[31:22] art show, featured artist art show, but
I know it's always on our website and I
[31:25] know Julie does a great job at actually
broadcasting it as part of um the weekly
[31:30] missive that goes out. Um, and last but
certainly not least, I would just be
[31:34] remiss if I didn't actually make a plug
for community fest this coming Saturday
[31:37] at the College of New Jersey from 10 to
4. Um, with a bike ride starting a whole
[31:42] lot earlier than that. Um, but
seriously, we do fall pretty darn well
[31:46] in Euing, and I'm super proud of that.
Um, and it's a day that brings the
[31:52] entire community together. You can ev
hear everything from our high school
[31:56] band to drummers to
I know we have singers,
[32:02] » dancers, ac capella, senior dancers, ac
capella groups, and I'm going to say
[32:07] it's not judo, it's taekwondo.
>> Fire trucks.
[32:10] » Yep. Bouncy house.
>> Yep. Bouncy houses. Fire trucks. and
[32:13] even a video game arcade
>> and the trends. Yeah. So, please stop by
[32:17] the week after. However, I would also be
remiss if I didn't mention the fact that
[32:21] we also do trunk or treat also at the
College of New Jersey. Um, a great day
[32:26] that brings together thousands of kids
and lots and lots and lots of candy. Um,
[32:31] please take a note of our website. I
know that also goes out as part of the
[32:35] missive. Um it's a a day where you'll
see so many kids in the community and I
[32:41] will just say those young at heart also
who participate. Um and the amount of
[32:46] imagination that goes into the trunks is
pretty incredible. So like I said I
[32:50] think we do pretty we do fall pretty
well here in New
[32:55] um with that uh do we have any
statements or comments from members of
[32:58] the public?
[33:02] » Yeah.
All
[33:11] right,
[33:15] » Ron Pinowski.
[33:21] » Good evening,
>> Ron Pinowski, 16 Thirsten. Um, I'm going
[33:26] to do this all at once rather than be a
jack in a box every time you ask for
[33:30] comments from the public. the two
ordinances you have today. Um,
[33:38] I question the enforcability of these.
First of all, with the balloons, and I
[33:42] understand what you're saying. This is
basically because of the mass number of
[33:46] balloons. But consider this, and I've
seen it many times. A child tragically
[33:52] loses their life. All of their friends
get together at their own type of
[33:56] memorial service and at the end of the
service they l launch all these
[34:01] balloons. Are we going to arrest them?
You know, was that ever considered?
[34:07] Okay. Um, with respect to the uh trash
can, does that res mean recycling too?
[34:17] » So, this applies to simply trash cans.
Okay. The only problem I have is I
[34:24] wouldn't want to be the person serving
notice to the violator.
[34:28] Okay. Both of these ordinances have
unintensive unintended consequences. And
[34:34] I really wish you would consider that
$250 fine for a trash can. Knock it down
[34:40] to 50 bucks. People will probably pay it
and go away. $250, you're going to stir
[34:47] up a pot. And that does not give us this
town a very good look.
[34:51] » As we've talked about, the person will
have been given several warnings where
[34:56] the same occurrence will have happened
over multiple weeks before we get to the
[35:00] actual, you know, fine. So, in essence,
this would be what I would constitute a
[35:05] repeat offender. And so, the fine
doesn't happen until it's happened a
[35:09] number of times. We also try to properly
reflect with work from this group to get
[35:15] to a better point in time where you need
to have the CAN in. And so I think we're
[35:19] in a a decent space. We're always
subject to review if we're having
[35:24] problems or people are experiencing
issues, but I think it strikes the right
[35:27] balance both in terms of ensuring that
people are given some difference to try
[35:32] to get it right and at the same time
also if there's continued offense, it's
[35:38] addressed eventually through violation.
>> This is an educational process. Okay?
[35:45] Not everybody attends the meetings. Not
everybody attends by way of Zoom and
[35:51] everybody gets their information second
and third hand on Facebook. So this has
[35:57] to go out so that people understand and
if it's one individual that one
[36:02] individual has to be addressed but uh I
understand this is quality of life. I
[36:08] have no problem with that. You know it's
kind of annoying at the end of a trash
[36:12] day going down 31 and seeing all the
trash cans all over the place. So, I I
[36:18] appreciate that, but again, there's
unintended consequences with an
[36:23] ordinance like this. But that's not why
I came here. Came here basically cuz the
[36:29] conversation we had the other night. I
think it's about time we took a look, a
[36:34] hard look at our master plan. Um, from
what I can gather, the last time it was
[36:40] looked at was 2014. And by the municipal
land use act, it should be done every 10
[36:46] years. So we're well past that point.
Okay, co has changed a lot. Okay, we
[36:54] have Zoom meetings which we never had
before, but now we have them. Okay,
[36:59] e-commerce, you don't have to do
anything today that you can't do on
[37:04] except maybe get your car repaired or
get your appendix taken out. Everything
[37:08] is done online. Just about everything.
about 99%.
[37:13] Okay. The then we have warehouses.
Everybody complains of warehouses.
[37:19] Fortunately, ours are already built or
to be built. I mean, the one on Lello
[37:25] Drive, we have some when on uh Upper
Ferry Road, there's some they're already
[37:30] in in process. But with the warehouses
brings delivery
[37:36] vehicles and one of the residents at a
previous meeting talked about delivery
[37:43] vehicles. Now I know that's not
something council can address. it has to
[37:47] be done through the police department.
But nevertheless, that is a new problem
[37:51] that's coming up because I've seen
um Amazon has people in cars, not always
[37:59] the big electric vehicles, and I've seen
them on my street. They pull up in the
[38:03] middle of the street, let the car
running, open the door, and run in. Now,
[38:08] people going in either direction have a
problem. So this is something that goes
[38:14] into that quality of life type
situation. Okay. Um the other thing you
[38:20] have to look at with the master plan is
you've got two streets that are going to
[38:25] be addressed by the county.
Calhoun extension into North Olden
[38:31] Avenue and Parkway which has been talked
about from Scotch Road to Pennington
[38:37] putting in a road diet or whatever they
want to call it. they're going to change
[38:41] that because of the amount of accidents
that have happened over the years. So
[38:45] that should be incorporated into a
master plan. The other thing we have to
[38:50] do is after 40 plus years is take a look
at Olden Avenue and its development.
[38:56] We've gone through a number of plans.
We've talked about it and nothing's
[39:01] happened. The original plan was to
minimize the number of automobile
[39:09] dealers and that hasn't happened. God
bless them. They sell cars. That's up to
[39:14] them. But also, you got to look at the
vacancies. You got the carriage cleaners
[39:19] that has been empty for over 20ome years
because it's contaminated. It goes along
[39:25] with our presentation tonight as to who
owns it, who's going to clean it up. You
[39:30] have Boston Market
that's been vacant. Then you have the
[39:34] former Carvel or whatever the name is
for the last 14 years that's been
[39:38] vacant. And to that brings me to the
point of all this rental space that
[39:46] we're making retail and apartments. And
you have to understand
[39:52] that the revenue to this town is tied to
those rentals. They don't rent, you
[39:59] don't get paid. And that's not just for
Parkway or the Gateway Center or Yuing
[40:07] Town Center. That's all of your
apartments. If you go down Parkway
[40:11] Avenue now, you can see the effect of
vacancy because they've got signs we
[40:15] have vacancies. So what happens is the
rentals go down. They say, "Well,
[40:20] they're not affordable
in an over supply like we're going to be
[40:24] having pretty soon." and the rentals go
down, your income goes down. So this is
[40:32] why I say we need to take a good hard
look with all these factors into a new
[40:38] master plan.
>> So I I know that there has begun there
[40:42] the process of reviewing the master plan
has begun. Um, in last this past year, I
[40:49] saw the initial kind of overarching
elements displayed as part of the
[40:54] planning board conversation and I know
that will continue for a period of time.
[40:58] We did do one at least one update to the
master plan and I believe I'm going to
[41:03] say is either 2018 or 19 for purposes of
um the historical properties that needed
[41:12] to be updated. we've done and the
environmental uh overlay was also
[41:16] updated I think prior to that. So
there's been some intercessors
[41:19] » talking about parks and trees that
should all be incorporated absolutely
[41:24] into the overall master plan and bring
Olden Avenue into that o overall master
[41:32] plan. Um you said it was 18 or 19 co was
2020.
[41:37] » No no no it was it was definitely the
world around us has changed. It's time
[41:42] for us to be part of that change.
>> And our reviews have been generally tied
[41:45] to individual elements that we needed to
update at the time. But you're right,
[41:49] every decade you are and go through the
the review process that I believe has
[41:54] actually started um on the part of our
planner and will continue I believe over
[41:59] the next several years actually. So, you
are not wrong um in terms of the master
[42:04] plan review and I believe it is underway
and I will certainly get back to you
[42:08] with affirmation one way or the or
non-affirmation
[42:12] um after I have a chance to talk about
the planner.
[42:14] » Madam President, it's an educational
property
[42:19] process.
>> Yeah.
[42:21] » Please bring the public in for their
income or for their input because some
[42:26] people have no idea what goes on in the
town. Not everybody is able or capable
[42:32] of coming to these meetings and social
media is not an ideal place to put the
[42:40] master plan. Let the people come in,
have a little sharet, in other words, a
[42:44] brainstorming session. Let them come and
have their feelings made. Make it
[42:48] convenient for them. Otherwise, it's
just not going to work.
[42:53] » And and this was just the original kind
of elements that needed to be covered
[42:56] and the and a little bit of an overview
on the process. So, we're at the very
[43:00] beginning, but I promise I will get back
to you with specifics as to where we are
[43:04] in the process and where we will be
going.
[43:06] » Appreciate it. Thank you.
>> Anytime.
[43:09] » Madame President, may I make a
correction?
[43:11] » Sure.
>> Clarification. I didn't want to
[43:13] interrupt Mr. Per Perkini, so I wanted
to make sure he um said what he needed
[43:17] to. I just did want to clarify one of
the first things um that he had
[43:20] mentioned in regards to the ordinance
for the trash can removal. So, the $250
[43:26] first-time offense, that's specifically
for other sections of um chapter 319.
[43:32] So, that's for uh that's specifically
not for trash can. So, that's for
[43:38] somebody improperly disposing of a tire,
which we know is regulated by the state,
[43:41] or somebody bringing out a mattress and
leaving their mattress on the street for
[43:45] bulk pickup, uh you know, four or five
days before. The $250 is not for trash
[43:49] cans. the trash cans is $100 for the
first offense, but then as you said, we
[43:54] do um
>> it's actually the third
[43:57] » or the third offense, excuse me. I was
going to say it's the first offense, but
[44:00] really the third offense because we've
now codified if council passes this
[44:04] ordinance the requirement that code
enforcement has to have a conversation.
[44:08] Um so I I did just want to thank Mr.
Burkinowski though because we addressed
[44:12] we council in Euing Township addressed
this issue a number of months ago and
[44:17] then based on feedback both from the
public and code enforcement who said
[44:21] we're not going you know if you have the
flu and you're able to get your trash
[44:24] can out and you can't get it back up.
Code enforcement was never writing these
[44:27] violations. Um but to to really you know
make sure the public understands that
[44:32] this is not we're not going after
anybody purposefully. This is for the
[44:36] folks who leave their trash cans out on
say a Tuesday and Saturday, their trash
[44:40] cans are still at the curb. Um, so in
hearing from the public, you know,
[44:44] council did take it upon yourselves and
I applaud you to to not only lower the
[44:47] fines, but actually codify uh that
there's a requirement now that there be
[44:51] conversations before any, you know,
violation uh is written. So, I just did
[44:55] want to point out that the 250 was
specifically not for trash cans.
[44:58] » Thank you. I appreciate that.
>> All right. Um, May Carter
[45:09] Thank you for allowing me to address
you. Greetings to all my friends or non
[45:14] friends, new friends.
>> Miss Carter, just your address if you
[45:17] don't mind.
>> I can't I'm sorry.
[45:18] » Your address.
>> My address.
[45:20] » Your address. Where you live?
>> I live in Beachwood Avenue. 313
[45:24] Beachwood Avenue.
>> That's for the recording so we know.
[45:27] » I'm having a hard time hearing
everything you say.
[45:30] » Okay.
>> Can you hear anything I say? I can hear
[45:32] you carefully and completely. Go ahead.
>> Two issues. Number one, trees. I noticed
[45:37] you're still using trees uh in in front
of the high school. There's still space
[45:42] for trees.
[45:46] » Okay.
>> And I look for announcements in the
[45:51] paper.
[45:54] » Um the other thing I want to bring up a
number of my friends and people have
[45:59] talked about incidents
[46:05] addressed, considered, talked about, and
if there's any information that people
[46:11] in the general public
[46:16] insurance or what they can do or
something.
[46:21] » So,
>> yeah. No, no, no. Um, I I'm going to
[46:25] knock wood. We have to my knowledge not
had any ice situations in Euing itself.
[46:32] Um obviously we have not had any ICE
situations in Euing itself. Obviously,
[46:40] we are aware that ICE um has been in our
county and our police um are well
[46:48] trained on how to interact with ICE and
how to not interact with ICE
[46:55] appropriately. Um
certainly if there is an issue, we would
[47:00] ask the public to reach out to the
township. Um but we have been relatively
[47:06] and I do want to knock some wood lucky
that that has not happened here in terms
[47:11] of raids. Um
it's always a balance in terms of how to
[47:16] appropriately act and I believe our
officers are trained in terms of
[47:20] ensuring that they are following the
rule of the law and also ensuring the
[47:25] safety of the the residents in our
community. I know our school district
[47:29] has gone through a process of also um
what to do in the event of an issue and
[47:34] and how to process accordingly. I know
the college has gone through a similar
[47:38] process. Um I know that some of our
houses of worship have also had those
[47:43] conversations and those are important
conversations to have. Um I know that
[47:48] even in social service agencies that
reside in the town, they are aware of
[47:53] what to do in the event that ICE
arrives. um god forbid on their
[47:58] property. Um and so it's important to
ensure that people know what the rules
[48:02] of engagement should be and are both as
it relates to um an administrative
[48:09] action versus a judicial warrant. Um and
I know at least as it relates to our
[48:15] police force and the folks in this
township um who work for the township,
[48:19] there is an awareness and they will act
appropriately.
[48:31] I can certainly take that that back to
the administration, but you want to be
[48:36] I would prefer to defer to maybe our our
state um actors to navigate that
[48:44] appropriately. Right. So, um
>> it's hard to be commenting if you don't
[48:48] » Yeah. No. Well, and I appreciate that.
But, you know, I I think the most
[48:53] important thing we can do is ensure that
we're communicating if there is an issue
[48:58] and we see something going on, please
report it to the township as quickly as
[49:03] possible. Um, and and we need to ensure
that if you're in a place like a a
[49:09] school building that the staff is well
trained on what's appropriate and not
[49:14] appropriate. Similarly, in a township
building, what's appropriate or not
[49:17] appropriate. Um,
and as it relates to other structures in
[49:23] and around the township, what's
appropriate, not appropriate, and you
[49:27] know, I can certainly talk with the
administration about getting additional
[49:30] resources out, but I would defer to
really ensuring that whatever we put out
[49:36] is well vetted by say our attorney
general to ensure that we are following
[49:41] the proper structure of the law. So, you
know, the good part is there's lots of
[49:46] different resources out there and we can
use them um to inform what and how we
[49:51] communicate with the public.
>> Jen, she has to speak into the mic
[49:55] because people that are on online
>> can't hear you.
[49:59] » I'm sorry. So if
if there are people around who if they
[50:05] see something will tell somebody
>> who
[50:11] police so they could always report it to
the the township. I would say you could
[50:15] always report it to the police
department that you've seen um activity
[50:20] in the township. You could always report
that to either the 911 or even the non
[50:25] 911 number. That would be an appropriate
response. If I see like ICE people
[50:33] with their cars and so on go into a a
large area, a church, a shopping center,
[50:38] something. I can call somebody. What?
So, what I would say is you can
[50:43] certainly call the police department and
the township administration building um
[50:48] and make them aware of it and then leave
it to them to act appropriately. I would
[50:52] not recommend you get involved in the
middle of the the issue. I don't want to
[50:57] be involved. I just want to um be
proactive.
[51:01] » Sure. Sure. So, the best thing you can
do is report it that there is activity
[51:06] going on at such and such a location.
[51:11] » Not a perfect answer, but we're also
working through these
[51:19] other members of the public wish to
speak.
[51:26] have a brief question.
>> Your name and address, please.
[51:30] » Derek Linberger, 196 Bull Run Road.
First of all, I'd like after I finish
[51:35] here, a very brief one minute
explanation of what the garbage law
[51:40] could because some of us weren't
involved in this. I don't know what
[51:43] you're talking about.
>> Okay.
[51:44] » Okay. Uh secondly, I don't can't imagine
why anybody would want to close the car
[51:50] dealerships on Olden Avenue when we've
lost a number of businesses. I assume
[51:55] they pay a fairly substantial amount in
property taxes. Okay. I mean, I don't
[52:01] know what the purpose of it. It seems
like a perfectly normal place to put a
[52:05] car dealership to me. It's not
residential.
[52:09] And finally, I hope we don't get
involved in obstructing federal officers
[52:15] enforcing federal law. That's not our
business. If they're attacked, it's our
[52:20] business to stop them locally. I don't
want to see Euing become Portland.
[52:26] Thank you.
[52:35] » I didn't sign in.
>> Okay. Just your name and address.
[52:38] » Uh Deborah Miller's 10flower Hill
Terrace in Pennington. Um,
[52:45] so just to recap for anyone that's here,
um, the reason why I'm here from
[52:50] Pennington Hopewell is to talk about the
TCJ possible build through American
[52:56] Properties. Um, I just went to
Hopewell's meeting last week and Mayor
[53:03] Manning suggested that I send out an
email um with a list of email addresses
[53:10] so that that township can keep them in
the loop as to what the process is and
[53:16] what is going on. And in return, I did
send each of you also an email that
[53:22] you've been copied on so you can also
keep us a breast from the Euing
[53:28] perspective. Um, so I hope that we can
we can do this. We can honor that. Um, I
[53:35] think it's important and our ask is that
we are kept in
[53:40] close proximity to any
potential build and that we also become
[53:47] involved in the process. We ultimately
would like to see this property remain
[53:53] as R100s.
If Elsa is at full capacity, then they
[53:59] will need to put in their own self-
sustaining septic system for their
[54:04] refuge. Um, one of the builds could be
potentially a 200 bed assisted living
[54:11] care facility. If they are not permitted
to tie into Elsa, all of the
[54:17] pharmaceuticals
from that facility will enter the water
[54:21] table. We all have wells and septic
water. And also up and down Bull Run
[54:27] Road on the Euing side, most residences
rely on wells. Not everyone wants to tie
[54:34] into Trenton Water. Probably for good
reason. I'm guessing I don't have
[54:40] Trenton Water. Um, one of the other
things that I brought up at the Hopewell
[54:45] meeting was that on Bullr Run Road, the
Cypex Center is there and yet our speed
[54:51] limit is 40 miles an hour and Euing has
done a fantastic job with paving the
[54:57] road. So now we're looking at 60 or 70
miles an hour. So, I'm requesting also
[55:05] from Euing, can we get some police just
to bring out the radar and make some
[55:11] money? Um, because it's an issue and
there's a lot of traffic.
[55:15] » I'll defer that to the administration,
but I know our administrator always
[55:17] takes it back to the chief and they will
attempt to do enforcement where they
[55:21] can.
>> Perfect. Yeah. I mean, 30 30 would be
[55:24] great. Um, also,
uh, one of the residences on the Euing
[55:30] side, 14 Brophie Drive, just wanted to
express,
[55:35] um,
about the traffic and environmental
[55:39] impact that the 94 acres
um, for the potential build for TCJ with
[55:46] American Properties would dramatically
change the area, which we have
[55:50] expressed, but on her behalf, I would
like to express that. Um, right now
[55:55] their property has a clear view of the
forest and it's the only access that
[56:00] they have to open space. They are
concerned that Hopewell Township's
[56:04] decision to designate that property will
more adversely affect Yuing Township
[56:09] residents rather than Hopewell
residents. Um, and that Hopewell
[56:13] continues to have an elitist attitude
that it doesn't remain or become their
[56:19] backyard issue,
which is why I'm on the last road in
[56:23] Pennington and I'm with you guys, my
family. Um, because we're separated by
[56:29] 95.
Um,
[56:34] and
I also wanted to ask, um, how concerned
[56:39] is Euing about the overdevelopment
of our bordering neighborhoods?
[56:46] Thank you.
[56:49] I can I I will just say briefly we have
long um pursued every opportunity to
[56:57] talk with our adjoining township both as
it relates to the Elsa implications as
[57:03] well as the traffic implications and
we'll continue to do so. Um we need we
[57:09] share a border and so we need to work
together. Um,
[57:14] and so my hope is that we end up with a
better solution than maybe what is in
[57:19] their their co-op plan as articulated,
but may be improved by
[57:26] discussion and and what is possible
versus what is not possible. And I will
[57:30] leave it at that. But I will just say
from the township's perspective, we have
[57:33] long up to and including litigation as
it related to the Elsa hookup. and we'll
[57:38] continue to do what we need to to ensure
that we have sufficient capacity from a
[57:43] sewer perspective for our residents and
are addressing any traffic concerns that
[57:48] occur in the region up to and including
working with DOT to hopefully see some
[57:53] relief at the federal city and bull run
interchange. It was through the
[57:57] leadership of the administration
um really kind of pushing the discussion
[58:03] with both Hopewell and with Lawrence
where we ended up with hopefully a
[58:08] slightly better solution that's still in
process and hopefully sooner than later
[58:13] resolved.
>> Right. So
[58:15] » it will hope well contribute to that. My
understanding is they are and have
[58:20] signed on to at least the transportation
aspect of um our proper was to really
[58:25] develop a roundabout at that
intersection um with some attendant
[58:29] lights potentially in the Lawrence area
um so that we can ensure that people are
[58:34] able to properly kind of wander through
or or move through that corridor in a
[58:40] safe way.
>> Right. And the for me the
[58:44] pharmaceuticals
>> as it relates to to water and sewer. We
[58:48] will we will continue to ensure that any
hookups are are done um with an eye
[58:55] toward understanding what our capacity
needs are for our township and our
[58:58] township residents who have supported um
and continue to pay bills to to Elsa
[59:05] through the township.
Yep.
[59:11] I'll go left, right. Go ahead. Come on.
[59:29] Good evening.
I'm Nicole Johnson, pastor of St. Paul
[59:35] uh Amy Zion Church on lower ferry and
also um I live in the Euing Town Center.
[59:41] So um couple of things, some things I
attended to say maybe something about
[59:46] and some things I didn't. One I would
like to give this to Councilwoman
[59:50] Stewart because she was one of our
honores for Women's History Month and
[59:54] I've been meaning to bring it over to
Esau. Thank you. That's lovely.
[1:00:01] here.
[1:00:06] » Thank also um I want to open up our
building for any use that the township
[1:00:12] may have. Uh in August we had the board
of public utilities host utility day at
[1:00:19] our church and they were able to help um
over 125 families get assistance with
[1:00:24] paying their utility bills. Um we've had
assembly persons call us. we have a
[1:00:28] really great space um and some of you
have been to our church for prayer for
[1:00:34] for community days and things like that.
So um you know folks from the the county
[1:00:38] have been reaching out to want to host
things but I just want to let the
[1:00:41] township know that you know if you want
to host something uh we have a good
[1:00:45] space and we would love to partner with
you. Um, and then the other thing I
[1:00:51] wanted to address because I I was hoping
that it was kind of answered when this
[1:00:55] wonderful woman got up to ask about ICE
and I understand your your hesitancy in
[1:00:59] answering directly because there are a
lot of directions I guess that come from
[1:01:03] the state on this issue. Um but you know
as as a wife of an immigrant um who is
[1:01:09] here legally has his you know all his
paperwork and all those things um I'm I
[1:01:16] still have a concern right because
people are being taken who are citizens
[1:01:21] and so I I live with that you know real
possibility every day. So I do want to
[1:01:26] know that if something if I shows up at
my door that I can call the police you
[1:01:32] know and so that that's kind of what
like I was like waiting. And I'm like,
[1:01:34] "Okay, so can I call the police because
I want to make sure that I and I have no
[1:01:39] choice. I am going to get in the middle
of it." I mean, you know, it's just
[1:01:41] » I just want people to be safe.
>> Yeah. I mean, I'm going to try my my,
[1:01:45] you know, very best if something like
that happened, but you know, it's a
[1:01:48] reality that we do want some type of
direction on it because um it is it is
[1:01:53] very scary. It's a reality for our
family. So um and the police um last
[1:01:59] month my mother actually um she uh
passed out um at coming at coming to our
[1:02:05] home in Union Town Center and the police
and the uh we called 911. I mean, they
[1:02:10] were bam, there like so quick, you know,
and so I do appreciate that and how
[1:02:16] quickly the uh police and ambulance
showed up and everything. And so I, you
[1:02:20] know, I'm like I have no hesitancy in
calling the police when I need them, you
[1:02:24] know, but I want to know in that
situation that I can do that if I need
[1:02:27] to because we want to be protected. So
>> always call either the emergency or the
[1:02:32] non-emergency number. I I am careful
about, you know, there's going to be a
[1:02:36] different response in terms of how law
enforcement will respond once they get
[1:02:41] to the scene based on whether there
there is a warrant or there isn't a
[1:02:45] warrant or judicial warrant, let me be
precise. Um, and it it would be
[1:02:49] inappropriate for me to kind of
pontificate on that because that's
[1:02:55] better put to our well our chief and and
to the department who go through
[1:03:00] training as do school professionals and
hospital professionals, which I didn't
[1:03:04] even think to say, but hospital
professionals and houses of worship
[1:03:08] where they've figured out, you know,
that they're defining spaces as either
[1:03:12] public or not public. Um and so those
distinctions are going to be important
[1:03:18] as a situation unfolds. Again, we have
been
[1:03:22] very lucky that we have not had an
issue. And I sort of like Beetlejuice. I
[1:03:25] don't want to say it three times because
then it could come to pass. Um
[1:03:30] but you know, certainly our our law
enforcement officers are always there to
[1:03:34] help. The township is always there to
help. how they're going to address
[1:03:38] situations that occur on the scene will
differ depending on the paperwork that
[1:03:44] um ICE potentially has with them and and
that's a reality. But none of our
[1:03:50] citizens should be put in fear and I
want to ensure that we have as safe a
[1:03:54] community as possible. I also have to be
cognizant of what law enforcement can
[1:03:58] and can't do. Um and so there's always
that balance.
[1:04:01] » No, I appreciate the answer. I mean, and
I listen at this point, I have my
[1:04:05] husband's social security card, per
passport, everything on my phone because
[1:04:09] » just in case.
>> Just in case. Yeah. So, but thank you.
[1:04:13] I just
>> sure
[1:04:14] » I just wanted to add one personal
experience that I development for you
[1:04:19] off. Sorry.
>> Um is you know in my day job I work in a
[1:04:24] social service environment and so I had
the occasion to reach out to our police
[1:04:27] chief because actually sometimes the
confusion is you don't know who it is
[1:04:30] and so they were able to help verify
through their channels because they can
[1:04:34] verify
>> what law enforcement agency someone is
[1:04:37] from and whether they're legit and all
that kind of stuff. And so I have done
[1:04:41] this. I have reached out to our law
enforcement folks who thankfully it was
[1:04:43] not and they actually helped me resolve
that it you know was everyone is so uh
[1:04:50] activated by this because there is such
legitimate fears. Um so I I have done it
[1:04:54] myself and they have been very helpful
in that situation. So for what it's
[1:04:56] worth
>> thank you.
[1:05:09] Good evening. Holly Ritter, um,
president of Euing United Soccer
[1:05:14] Association. My Euing address or the E
USA address 50 Misty Mour Lane
[1:05:21] » in Yuing. Um
[1:05:28] on behalf of the thousands of Euing
youth soccer players that have grown up
[1:05:32] in West End Soccer Association,
Euing Girls Soccer Association and Euing
[1:05:38] United Soccer Association
throughout his 50 plus years of
[1:05:42] dedication, time, knowledge, and
philanthropy.
[1:05:47] We are here tonight proposing the soccer
fields currently located near the Euing
[1:05:51] Township Municipal Building and Euing
Police Department be named the Bruce N.
[1:05:57] An ang soccer complex,
home of West End and EUSA.
[1:06:05] The lessons learned both on and off the
field just by knowing Bruce or sometimes
[1:06:10] not knowing his name but hearing him
coach from the sidelines regardless have
[1:06:14] contributed to the growth and
development of people not just soccer
[1:06:19] players.
As fellow coaches, we all know the
[1:06:24] importance of these life skills
incorporated into sports practices,
[1:06:28] games, tournaments,
the families created on the fields,
[1:06:34] courts, pitches, and parks that carry
into our schools, our neighborhoods, our
[1:06:40] homes, and stick with us for life.
There's something really cool about this
[1:06:46] town where most of us have grown up and
now we watch our children or
[1:06:52] grandchildren play sports, go to school,
and grow up with the children of our
[1:06:58] teammates and classmates.
[1:07:02] » Bruce was an integral part of this town,
soccer specifically, baseball, the recck
[1:07:08] department for 30 years.
and each of our individual legacies.
[1:07:16] For all of that and to honor the person
that he was, steady, reliable, and
[1:07:21] dedicated season after season, year
after year. We ask for your support to
[1:07:26] give back to the coach, man, and mentor
that spent his life positively
[1:07:32] influencing the lives of so many others
simply for the love of the game.
[1:07:39] I don't know proper logistics protocol
for going about something like this.
[1:07:48] I just know what Bruce was to us. To
those of us that were born and raised
[1:07:54] here, grew up in Euing Rex Sports. I was
a member of the patriotic committee back
[1:08:00] in time.
for those for Euing people. Bruce Bruce
[1:08:05] was a Euing person and we as Yuing
United and the legacy of West End and
[1:08:12] Euing girls really want to make sure
that that his legacy carries on.
[1:08:19] » We appreciate you coming in and I know
know the rec board also had some
[1:08:23] conversations. I know we have honored um
other folks as well. Um and so, you
[1:08:30] know, certainly take it back to the
administration and have a conversation.
[1:08:34] I I was I know Kevin and I were both um
there the other night and he was he's
[1:08:42] been part of viewing sports all of my
life. So, it's sort of hard to hear that
[1:08:46] he's gone and to know that he's gone.
But um I'm not sure what the best
[1:08:51] pathway is going to be, but certainly
we'll take it back. And I know there's
[1:08:54] an a willingness I think of this council
a willingness on the part of the
[1:09:00] administration to do something. We'll
just have to figure out what that
[1:09:02] something is. And thank you for coming
forth with a specific idea.
[1:09:06] » Sure. I just want to add that um the
Euing United uh will assist in any way
[1:09:13] that we can financially or developing
ideas or location if signs or plaques or
[1:09:20] things of that nature um are agreed
upon. We'd be honored.
[1:09:25] » Awesome. We'll keep you in the loop.
Thank you.
[1:09:27] » Thank you so much.
>> Please send me that um what you just
[1:09:30] read to me. I'll give you my email
address when we're done here.
[1:09:33] » Sure. Thank you. Thanks,
this side of the room.
[1:09:45] Good evening. Uh Jim Bird, Hopewell
Township. Uh I live in Hopewell
[1:09:50] Township, but I also lived in in Yuing.
And uh right now I'm wearing a couple
[1:09:56] different hats. First hat I take off. My
question is what ever happened to the
[1:10:01] chicken ordinance?
So,
[1:10:04] » I know I was here. I spoke about it.
Just curious. Anything ever anything.
[1:10:11] It's moving forward and can legitimately
have
[1:10:15] » chickens in the township now.
>> Very good. Thank you. Now, we come to
[1:10:19] Bullr Run Road and on the north side is
Hopewell Township. On the south side is
[1:10:25] Euane Township. Uh, you really don't
have a lot to say about this, which is a
[1:10:32] shame. However, you also are very much
involved with Euing Lawrence Sewer
[1:10:39] Authority. And if you go to a Yuing
Lawrence Sewer Authority meeting, you
[1:10:44] will hear that the attorney will say,
"Ah, the judge said we have to do this."
[1:10:50] Well, it's time that we challenge what
that judge has to say. And I'm looking
[1:10:56] at the different aspects of uh court
cases that might coincide with that to
[1:11:02] make sure that you keep Euan and
Lawrence over there and keep Hopewell
[1:11:08] Township over there not touching one
another. With that, we have no problem
[1:11:14] as far as Bull Run Road goes. Not
because of what happened at the corner
[1:11:20] of I 295 and Federal City Road. That's a
thing of the past, but we don't need the
[1:11:27] rest of that area developed again. So,
with that in mind, you know, one of the
[1:11:33] things that's been brought up is that in
regards to uh a developer having to put
[1:11:41] in their own sewer system. And I think
that's a very important factor because
[1:11:48] all of a sudden when you start looking
at the dollars and cents of that versus
[1:11:53] hooking up to Euing Lawrence Sewward
Authority, it's day and night and all of
[1:11:59] a sudden it starts to spread away and
they're gone. So please talk to the
[1:12:06] people who are not only in Euing but
also in Lawrence that make a make it a
[1:12:13] point not to go through with this. Um,
you know, they're they're all factors
[1:12:19] involved. And the other situation in
Hopewell Township is the planning board
[1:12:25] as well as the zoning board. And those
two aspects are very important when you
[1:12:31] come down to a situation with a
development. And we will turn till we're
[1:12:37] blue in the face, but it goes over the
head. And the reason being is that
[1:12:42] there's ordinances or actual laws in New
Jersey that need to be uh modified
[1:12:49] positively for affordable housing. And
with the affordable housing, with the uh
[1:12:56] with the builder's remedy, which is 20%
affordable housing, but 80% market
[1:13:02] value,
just think about your property tax. your
[1:13:08] your property tax costs because when you
look at a pie chart, you'll see
[1:13:14] somewhere around 57% or more of your
taxes is going to public school systems
[1:13:23] and people don't think about that. So,
please keep that in mind. Please stress,
[1:13:30] of course, to your people, but also
volley it over to the people in Hopewell
[1:13:35] Township and try to stimulate them to
realize the uh the situation that's
[1:13:40] taking place on Bull Run Road. Thank
you.
[1:13:46] » Anyone else wish to speak?
[1:13:52] » Have no items for close session.
Oh, my my apologies. I was asked to give
[1:13:59] some specifics on the trash ordinance.
So, let's just go through that very
[1:14:04] quickly.
[1:14:07] » We see her. I see her wrong. I see.
>> We I promise I'll get to you.
[1:14:13] » All right. So, as our council indicated,
there are two different types of
[1:14:18] offenses or violations outlined
underneath the actual modification. The
[1:14:24] first has to do with generalized solid
waste, which is what Mr. Pinowski
[1:14:28] referenced. Um, and that would be things
like inappropriate things dumped, if you
[1:14:34] will. Um, that has a first offense of
250, a second offense of 500, and each
[1:14:40] subsequent at 750. But that's existing
ordinance itself.
[1:14:46] In comparison, we have a separate
section that outlines for trash cans.
[1:14:51] The only thing we were modifying in this
particular ordinance was the violation
[1:14:55] schema. We passed the ordinance several
weeks ago that established the standards
[1:15:00] in terms of when you have to put your
can out, which was existing um ordinance
[1:15:05] and when you need to collect your trash
can, which is basically my recollection
[1:15:10] is was it
>> the next?
[1:15:12] » Yeah. No,
>> no, the next day after. So my trash day,
[1:15:18] I'll use me. My trash day is on Monday.
I would have until 6 PM on Tuesday to
[1:15:23] pick up that camp. Pretty sufficient
sufficient amount of time. And we did
[1:15:27] that because some people may work second
shift. The trash may not be picked up at
[1:15:31] the same time every day. We wanted to
ensure that there's some flexibility,
[1:15:34] but we didn't want the trash can to be
out there forever. And so to try to
[1:15:39] reflect that, we gave a significant
amount of time. As we articulated, you
[1:15:44] will get two vi you will get two
warnings before we actually enforce. And
[1:15:49] so in essence, two warnings. If you
bypass the day after your trash
[1:15:54] collection, 7 PM, right? So 7 PM on the
second day, you've done it twice. It
[1:16:00] wouldn't be until the third violation
that you would see an actual offense.
[1:16:05] And the first offense is $100, which
would be the third offense. The third
[1:16:09] offense is $100. The fourth offense
would be $ 250, and each subsequent
[1:16:14] would be 500. And the idea is look if if
there's a continual problem here.
[1:16:20] There's an issue and we may need to
educate and sometimes sadly there are
[1:16:24] instances where we have to educate by
way of actually enforcement. But by this
[1:16:29] point if you're at each subsequent
offense you'll have violated this
[1:16:33] particular ordinance five times.
Five times. Very candidly. We're also
[1:16:40] allowing significant s significant
amount of times between offenses. So if
[1:16:45] in fact there was 18 months between your
third offense and the next time we go
[1:16:51] back to the beginning.
So you have if you have an issue
[1:16:56] health-wise theoretically you had an
offense you had another offense you had
[1:17:00] a third offense you got an offense but
then there's a long time 18 months we
[1:17:05] start again. It doesn't continue in that
stream
[1:17:09] again. The benefit of ordinances is that
we have an opportunity to hopefully
[1:17:16] shape what's happening in our community.
And if we have problems with the
[1:17:20] ordinance, I'm sure everyone will come
out and tell us. They often do. In fact,
[1:17:25] part of how we changed, as I talked
about, how long we had until we actually
[1:17:30] decided to even determine there was a
violation was through conversations up
[1:17:35] here and with all of you about people
who may work second shift or the fact
[1:17:39] that there may be circumstances that
require a need to go beyond simply 6:00
[1:17:45] on the day after your trash is or the
six o'clock on the day your trash is
[1:17:49] collected. But that's part of the
process. But at this point, I think it's
[1:17:53] a good starting place. I do think we do
have an issue with this from time to
[1:17:58] time in the town and we need to ensure
that if we have a continuing problem
[1:18:03] with a particular resident that our code
enforcement officers have the ability to
[1:18:08] have a little bit of teeth if they need
to. It is a quality of life issue and so
[1:18:13] my hope is that this is the proper
balance. But I think we put in some
[1:18:16] decent guard rails in the process and at
the same time articulated a plan that
[1:18:22] meets the different types of people's
schedules. So I think that's it in a
[1:18:27] nutshell. I ran through that relatively
quickly. I'm happy to talk after our
[1:18:31] agenda session with anybody who has any
other subsequent questions. Okay.
[1:18:36] » You have to do with the mic.
>> You got to go to the phone because of
[1:18:38] the recording. And I do want to just I
double checked it's 6 a.m. not 6 p.m.
[1:18:41] » 6 p.m.
>> 6 a.m. direct line barter 196 Wall Run
[1:18:44] Road. What time is you supposed to put
them out? That's
[1:18:48] » So that was in our existing ordinance.
You have 6:00 p.m. the night before you
[1:18:52] can put your trash out.
>> Yep. And I know we had somebody at the
[1:18:56] back. Come on up.
>> Okay.
[1:19:02] 14 Avenue. I came home today. I was
appalled. uh PSCG
[1:19:08] had their lineman cut cut my trees after
I specifically had a meeting with the
[1:19:13] guy saying do not cut my cut my trees
until I meet the forester and they agree
[1:19:18] with that and I come home my trees are
cut never met met the forester now my
[1:19:23] trees are hacked
butchered
[1:19:27] not professionally done even though they
said they're professionally done I got a
[1:19:30] degree in plant plant science I worked
in a nursery for 43 years so I kind of
[1:19:35] know plants
And
[1:19:38] it has to stop
there.
[1:19:43] I know it's PSCG's thing, not the
township, but the township must be able
[1:19:47] to control something. I don't know. U
but it's awful what they're doing.
[1:19:53] » I I know they do prune for purposes of
the power lines, but if Yeah, if there's
[1:19:58] an issue, we can certainly I can put you
in touch with somebody who works for
[1:20:02] their government affairs section. That
is something. So, why don't you if you
[1:20:05] can stay after the agenda session, I'm
happy to get your contact information.
[1:20:09] We'll try to connect you with somebody
from BS.
[1:20:11] » And I have one other question. This is
regards to the trash. We live in a
[1:20:15] neighborhood that has a lot of college
rentals.
[1:20:18] » Now, who do you find for that? The
homeowner or it's college students.
[1:20:22] » So, it's the landlord. Okay.
>> Because they're the property owner.
[1:20:26] » Okay. They may have something in their
own contract that would make the
[1:20:29] individual resident responsible, but
it's the property owner who would be
[1:20:32] responsible.
>> Thank you.
[1:20:37] » I'm honored to be this person.
[1:20:42] » And feel free to turn it down. Yeah,
>> turn it. Um, hi. Um, Karen Kistle,
[1:20:48] B 14 Stewart Avenue. Um, same thing.
Appalled, shocked, come home. um native
[1:20:56] mature trees, pinno red maple, our
neighbors ready maple cut in half, just
[1:21:02] sliced right down the middle. So now
half the tree leads towards our house.
[1:21:08] All the rel on the street side taken
down. Now we have no balance. My poor
[1:21:13] trees have no balance. I mean it's and
the cuts aren't even professionally, you
[1:21:18] know, they're irregular cuts, blunt. Um
and so I, you know, had gotten a phone
[1:21:26] call from my husband. I got home as soon
as I could to see, you know, what had
[1:21:30] happened. Trucks were pulling away. I'm
curious. I followed to see where they
[1:21:35] were going, the Pennsylvania plates. Um,
followed them to the Element Hotel here.
[1:21:42] There must be at least 20 of their
trucks in the parking lot at the Element
[1:21:47] Hotel. All of their crew members join
were joined together in a group in the
[1:21:53] parking lot at the hotel. I'm concerned
for the rest of the trees of our
[1:21:58] township. Where are they going tomorrow?
They were all there was at least six
[1:22:02] trucks in our neighborhood along uh by
the college campus, the lakeside, that
[1:22:09] small little gazebo side and the the
Route 31. All went to the Element Hotel.
[1:22:15] Where are they going tomorrow? whose
trees they're going to just uh you know
[1:22:20] strip our township of our trees and I
know we value our trees. So I just felt
[1:22:25] like what they did was excessive. We
were supposed to meet with the forester
[1:22:30] to have um you know a discussion on what
limbs they could remove hopey so that we
[1:22:36] wouldn't have the top trees to top
heavy. They took a lot of the lower
[1:22:40] limbs. There's no balance now for the
trees. So I'm concerned came tonight. We
[1:22:47] both came so that maybe you can find out
what their agenda is for tomorrow and
[1:22:53] throughout the next couple of days. Are
they going to hit all of our trees like
[1:22:58] they did ours? We can certainly reach
out to PSC. The good part is as I
[1:23:02] indicated they do have government
affairs folks that you know we can we
[1:23:06] can um reach out to. What I would ask is
again after the agenda session I'm going
[1:23:12] to get your contact information. I'm
happy to connect folks. I I don't know
[1:23:17] without asking the question, but I I
appreciate you coming in and and raising
[1:23:21] the issue and part of it is we'll ask
we'll ask.
[1:23:25] » Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much.
>> Any other member of the public wish to
[1:23:30] speak?
[1:23:34] » We have no items for close session. Can
I get a motion to adjurnn?
[1:23:38] » Move. Second.
>> All in favor?
[1:23:40] » I
[1:23:52] ship regular meeting.
>> Please rise for the invocation.
[1:23:59] Almighty God, we ask that you bless us
and help us seek your wisdom, guidance,
[1:24:04] courage, and strength. Be with us in our
deliberations and help us to be wise in
[1:24:09] the decisions we make for the good of
all those who have placed their trust
[1:24:12] and confidence in our leadership. Give
us insight to lead with integrity that
[1:24:17] our decisions may reflect what is right
and good and grant us humility to always
[1:24:22] seek your will in all that we do and
say. Amen.
[1:24:26] » Flags. I pledge allegiance to the flag
of the United States of America and to
[1:24:31] the republic for which it stands. One
nation under God, indivisible, with
[1:24:35] liberty and justice for all.
>> You may be seated.
[1:24:41] » The notice requirements provided for in
the open public meeting act have been
[1:24:44] satisfied. Notice of this meeting was
properly given in a notice which was
[1:24:47] transmitted to the times of Trenton and
the Trentonian on the 3rd of January
[1:24:50] 2025, filed with the clerk of the
township of Yuing and posted in the
[1:24:53] Yuing Township municipal complex. The
public upon recognition of the presiding
[1:24:56] officer will have an opportunity to
address the council during the
[1:24:59] statements and comments from members of
the public segment of the meeting.
[1:25:01] Signin sheet has been provided at the
front of the room. When called upon,
[1:25:04] please come to the microphone and
clearly state your name and address. You
[1:25:07] will be given five minutes of time.
Statements and comments should be
[1:25:10] directed to the council president. Madam
cler, roll call, please.
[1:25:12] » Mr. Bter,
>> present.
[1:25:13] » Miss Stewart here.
>> Miss Waller
[1:25:15] » here.
>> President Keys Maloney
[1:25:16] » here.
>> For the record, uh, President or I'm
[1:25:19] sorry, excuse me, Councilman Schro has
an excused absence this evening. Item F
[1:25:24] this evening is statements and comments
from members of the public for items not
[1:25:28] on the agenda.
>> There any member of the public that
[1:25:32] would wish to speak as part of the
regular meeting?
[1:25:38] Uh, moving on to bills list number one
is a resolution authorizing the chief
[1:25:41] financial officer to pay bills in the
amount of 976,1375
[1:25:48] and to pay supplemental bills per
resolution 25R-12 in the amount of
[1:25:53] $831,422.33.
[1:25:57] » Questions for members of council on the
bills list? Questions or comments from
[1:26:01] members of the public on the bills list?
Can I get a motion on the bills?
[1:26:05] Second. Madam Clare, protocol.
>> Miss Stewart,
[1:26:08] » yes.
>> Miss Waller, yes. Mr. Baxter,
[1:26:10] » yes.
>> President Keys Maloney,
[1:26:12] » yes.
>> All items listed under item H, consent
[1:26:17] agenda, are considered routine by the
township council and will be enacted by
[1:26:20] one motion and form listed below. There
will not be separate discussion of these
[1:26:24] items. If discussion is desired, that
item will be removed from the consent
[1:26:27] agenda and considered separately. There
will be one motion for all items listed.
[1:26:32] Madame President and members of council,
I present to you the consent agenda for
[1:26:37] » any questions or comments for members of
the council on the consent agenda.
[1:26:42] » Any questions or comments um from
members of the public on the consent
[1:26:45] agenda? Can I get a motion on the
consent agenda?
[1:26:49] » So move.
>> Second.
[1:26:51] » Madam cler roll call.
>> Miss Waller,
[1:26:53] » yes.
>> Mr. Bter,
[1:26:54] » yes.
>> Miss Stewart,
[1:26:55] » yes.
>> President Case Maloney,
[1:26:56] » yes. Uh item I this evening, ordinances
for first reading and introduction.
[1:27:01] Number one is an ordinance amending the
revised general ordinances of the
[1:27:05] township of viewing in the county of
Mercer to amend chapter 161 dwellings
[1:27:09] unfit requiring the registration and
maintenance of certain real property for
[1:27:14] which an action to foreclosure has been
filed.
[1:27:18] » We had a good discussion with Hera
Property Registry um as well as with
[1:27:22] each other related to this particular
ordinance during the agenda session. Any
[1:27:26] questions from members of council on the
ordinance?
[1:27:30] Questions or comments from members of
the public on the ordinance? Can I get a
[1:27:34] motion to introduce the ordinance?
>> So moved.
[1:27:37] » Second.
>> Madam clerk, roll call.
[1:27:39] » Mr. Baxter,
>> yes.
[1:27:40] » Miss Stewart,
>> yes.
[1:27:42] » Miss Waller,
>> yes.
[1:27:43] » President Keys Maloney.
>> Yes.
[1:27:47] » Ordinances for second reading. Public
hearing and final adoption number one is
[1:27:51] an ordinance amending the revised
general ordinances of the township of
[1:27:54] Euing and the county of Mercer to amend
chapter 319 solid waste section 14
[1:28:00] violations and penalties to amend the
penalties for violating section 319-11
[1:28:06] regarding the removal of trash bins from
the public streets.
[1:28:10] » And I get a motion to open the public
hearing. So moved.
[1:28:14] » Second.
>> All in favor? I
[1:28:18] would any member of the public wish to
speak on this ordinance.
[1:28:23] I I get a motion to close the public
hearing.
[1:28:25] » So moved.
>> Second.
[1:28:27] » All in favor?
>> I.
[1:28:29] » Can I get a motion to adopt the
ordinance?
[1:28:33] » So moved.
>> Second.
[1:28:36] » Madam clerk, roll call.
>> Mr. Bter,
[1:28:38] » yes.
>> Miss Waller,
[1:28:39] » yes.
>> Miss Stewart,
[1:28:40] » yes.
>> President Keys Maloney?
[1:28:41] » Yes. Number two is an ordinance amending
the revised general ordinances of the
[1:28:45] township of viewing the county of Mercer
to amend chapter 224 littering section
[1:28:49] one prohibited act
>> to prohibit the release of balloons in
[1:28:53] the township.
>> Can I get a motion to open the public
[1:28:56] hearing?
>> So moved.
[1:28:58] » Second.
>> All in favor?
[1:29:03] » One more eye in the back. Future council
>> timing.
[1:29:08] Any questions or comments from members
of the public beyond that?
[1:29:12] » Beyond that.
>> Okay.
[1:29:17] Can I get Can I get a motion to close
the public hearing?
[1:29:20] » So moved.
>> Second.
[1:29:22] » All in favor? I
>> can I get a motion to adopt the
[1:29:26] ordinance?
>> So move.
[1:29:29] » Second. Madam clerk, roll call.
>> Miss Waller,
[1:29:32] » yes. Miss Stewart,
>> yes.
[1:29:35] » Uh, Mr. Baxter,
>> yes.
[1:29:38] President Keys Malin.
>> Yes.
[1:29:40] » Item K this evening, uh, new business
number one is a resolution amending
[1:29:44] resol resolution number 25R-12
authorizing a license to the United
[1:29:49] States Environmental Protection Agency
to access an additional township owned
[1:29:53] site for purposes of soil sampling.
>> Any questions members of council? Any
[1:29:58] questions for members of the public? Can
I get a motion on the resolution?
[1:30:03] » Move.
>> Second.
[1:30:04] » Madam Cler for call.
>> Miss Waller.
[1:30:06] » Yes.
>> Mr. Backter.
[1:30:07] » Yes.
>> Miss Stewart,
[1:30:08] » yes.
>> President Keys Maloney.
[1:30:10] » Yes.
>> Number two is a resolution authorizing a
[1:30:12] memorial donation program allowing the
installation of memorial park benches
[1:30:17] and trees.
>> Any questions or comments from members
[1:30:19] of council? Any questions or me comments
from members of the public? Can I get a
[1:30:23] motion on the resolution?
[1:30:27] » Move the resolution.
>> Second.
[1:30:30] » Madam cler call.
>> Miss Waller.
[1:30:32] » Yes.
>> Mr. Bter.
[1:30:34] » Yes.
>> Miss Stewart.
[1:30:35] » Yes.
>> President Keys Maloney. Yes.
[1:30:36] » Number three is a resolution authorizing
the donation, recycling, or disposal of
[1:30:41] property of nominal value.
>> Any questions or comments from members
[1:30:44] of council?
>> Any questions or comments from members
[1:30:46] of the public? Can I get a motion on the
resolution?
[1:30:49] » So moved.
Second,
[1:30:51] » Madam Cler, roll call.
>> Mr. Baxter? Yes.
[1:30:53] » Miss Stewart?
>> Yes.
[1:30:54] » Miss Waller?
>> Yes.
[1:30:55] » President Keys Maloney?
>> Yes. Number four is a resolution
[1:30:58] authorizing the purchase purchase,
excuse me, of three 2025 Ford Utility
[1:31:03] Interceptor Police Vehicles from Winter
Ford, New Jersey contract number
[1:31:08] 20-le01189.
[1:31:13] » Madam Cler, could we also do five with
it together? Sure.
[1:31:16] » Can number five is a resolution
authorizing the purchase of three upfit
[1:31:20] packages for the 2025 Ford utility
interceptor police vehicles purchased
[1:31:24] from Winter Ford, New Jersey contract.
number NJ-20-fleet-1189.
[1:31:31] » Any questions or comments from members
of council? Any questions or comments
[1:31:34] from members of the public? Can I get a
motion on the resolutions in black?
[1:31:40] » So moved.
>> Second.
[1:31:42] » Madam clerk, roll call.
>> Miss Stewart,
[1:31:45] » yes.
>> Miss Waller,
[1:31:46] » yes.
>> Mr. Baxter,
[1:31:48] » abstain.
>> President Keys Malone.
[1:31:50] » Yes. Number six is a resolution
authorizing the tax collector to convert
[1:31:54] property maintenance charges to a
municipal lean on various properties
[1:31:57] within the township of Euing in the
county of Mercer, state of New Jersey.
[1:32:01] » Questions or comments from members of
council on this resolution? Questions or
[1:32:04] comments from members of the public on
this resolution? Can I get a motion on
[1:32:07] the resolution?
>> Resolution.
[1:32:11] » Second.
>> Madam clerk, roll call.
[1:32:13] » Miss Waller,
>> yes.
[1:32:14] » Mr. Bter,
>> yes.
[1:32:16] » Miss Stewart,
>> yes.
[1:32:17] » President Keys Maloney,
>> yes. Number seven is a resolution
[1:32:20] rejecting all bids received in response
to the request for bids for the
[1:32:24] provision of secondary on call condemned
structure demolition services.
[1:32:29] » Any questions or comments from members
of council? Questions or comments from
[1:32:33] members of the public? Can I get a
motion on the resolution?
[1:32:37] » So moved.
>> Second.
[1:32:38] » Madam cler roll call.
>> Mr. Bter,
[1:32:40] » yes.
>> Miss Waller,
[1:32:41] » yes.
>> Miss Stewart,
[1:32:43] » yes.
>> President Keys Malone?
[1:32:44] » Yes. Number eight is a resolution
requesting approval of items of revenue
[1:32:48] and appropriation NJS4A
4-87.
[1:32:53] Any questions or comments from members
of council? Any questions or comments
[1:32:57] members of the public? Can I get a
motion on the resolution?
[1:33:02] » Second. Madam cler proc.
>> Miss Stewart, yes. Mr. Bter, yes.
[1:33:06] » Miss Waller,
>> yes.
[1:33:07] » President Keys Maloney,
>> yes. Number nine is a resolution
[1:33:11] authorizing the purchase of a 2025 Ford
F250 regular cab 4x4 truck in the amount
[1:33:17] of 67,21328
[1:33:20] for the purpose and use for the public
works department through Sioka Ford of
[1:33:24] Flemington through state contract
T21000/24-fleet-
[1:33:31] 103122.
Any questions or comments for members of
[1:33:34] council? Any questions or comments from
members of the public? Can I get a
[1:33:37] motion on the resolution?
So moved.
[1:33:41] » Second. Madam clip roll.
>> Miss Stewart. Yes. Miss Waller.
[1:33:45] » Yes.
>> Mr. Baxter.
[1:33:46] » Stay.
>> President Keys Maloney.
[1:33:48] » Yes.
>> And with that, can we get a motion to
[1:33:52] adjurnn?
Second. All
[1:33:54] » in favor? I.