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All right, everyone. Welcome to the
September 3rd, 2026 Township Committee
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meeting. Can I get a roll call, please?
>> Committee woman Roberts. Here. Committee
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woman Rapha.
>> Here.
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» Committee man De Batista.
>> Here.
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» Deputy Mayor Martinez.
>> Here.
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» Mayor Oliva.
>> Here. Can I get a pledge of allegiance
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and a moment of silence, please?
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» I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
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republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and
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justice for all.
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» Thank you.
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Announcement of compliance with the
Senator Byron M. Baer Open Public
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Meetings Act.
>> In accordance with chapter 231 public
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law 1975, notice was sent to the
Retrospect and the Courier Post and
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placed on the Township of Pennsauken
website on January 2nd, 2026. In
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addition, the meeting schedule is
available in the clerk's office.
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» Consideration of impossible actions on
any request for electronic participation
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in meeting.
>> None received. All Township Committee
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meetings are streamed live on YouTube.
>> Approval of minutes.
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» Regular meeting meeting minutes, August
13th, 2026. Closed session minutes,
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August 13th, 2026.
>> Motion to accept.
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» Make a motion to accept.
>> Second.
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» All in favor.
>> Aye.
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» Any opposed?
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Resolutions.
>> The following resolutions will be
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considered consent agenda 2026-231
through 2026-242.
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» Motion to approve.
>> So moved.
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» Second.
>> Roll call, please.
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» Committee woman Roberts.
>> Yes.
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» Committee woman Rapha.
>> Yes.
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» Committee man De Batista.
>> Yes.
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» Deputy Mayor Martinez.
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» Yes.
>> Mayor Oliva.
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» Yes.
All right. Now it's time for public
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comment. Do we have any public comment?
If you could state your name and the
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street you live on, and you have 5
minutes, sir.
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» Thank you.
Mark Jones, live on Frost 3700 of Frost
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Hofer.
Um, I spoke to the mayor previously
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about this, and I know your office, they
reached back out to me and said you went
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out with the chief. I also received a
call though from the police department.
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They said regarding this ordinance that
they were informed by council that that
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entire alleyway is to be ticketed. Even
though the ordinance is specifically for
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3735
through 3725 King Street, which isn't
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even Frost Hofer. So, the no parking
sign if if I come to you guys and you
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guys put no parking behind my house,
those no parking signs would be
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behind my home on Frost Hofer, not
behind the homes on King.
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Unfortunately, when the signs were put
out, they put one behind our home.
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Somebody blocks the neighbor in, which
the sign is clearly we did it because he
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can't get out of his His is the only
driveway
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that comes into the alleyway. So, I
understand why we did it. We talked to
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the neighbor also.
But somebody blocks him in, he calls the
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police, when they come out, they ticket
us also
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being parked behind our home, which
doesn't It wasn't even the purpose of
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the ordinance. Just in the spirit of why
you guys passed the ordinance, where
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we're parked at,
it didn't doesn't affect it. But I would
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understand why an officer would ticket
us because one of the no parking signs,
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as I showed you, is directly behind our
home.
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We're just asking that you guys take
that sign out.
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» So, me and the chief did go out there to
look at it, and um, we're looking at
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possibly moving it over uh up a little
past your apron, and we're going to
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possibly change the verbiage to no
parking in between those two signs, so
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that will not affect you anymore, and
that should help you out. I think I'll
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be back out there on Wednesday at 4:15.
If you're around, I'll meet you then.
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» Definitely appreciate that.
>> Thank you, sir, and sorry about that.
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Thank you.
>> What day did you say?
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» Uh Wednesday at 4:15.
>> All right. Can you guys just shoot me an
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email?
>> Yeah, definitely.
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» That'd be great.
>> Sir.
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Any more public comment?
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All right. Motion to close the floor?
>> So moved.
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» Second.
>> All in favor?
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» I.
>> Any opposed?
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» I.
>> All right. Committee comments. Um I'll
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start off. We have a lot of events going
on. Well, a couple
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uh big events coming up and I'll let the
rest of the committee talk about that,
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but I just hope that everyone had a
great summer. Unfortunately, it's ending
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now and it's Labor Day this weekend. I
know it's not over yet, but Labor Day
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I'm I'm a fall guy. I'm I'm I'm I'm
excited for this, but uh
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enjoy your Labor Day and stay safe,
guys. I'm going to move it to uh Deputy
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Mayor Martinez.
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» Thank you, Mayor. Um
So with Labor Day coming up, I'll keep
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it short and sweet. I just want to
recognize the hardworking
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men and women who keep our town moving
forward.
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You know, as a union member myself, this
holiday
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means a lot to a lot of union members.
We we we take pride in this holiday. A
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lot of parades for us.
So thank you to the township employees,
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first responders, and everyone working
through the holidays. I know you know
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that can be a grind.
I'm wishing all the residents a safe
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Labor Day and hopefully you enjoy it and
stay safe.
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That's all I have.
>> Thank you, Deputy Mayor Martinez.
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Community Woman Rotha?
>> Thank you, Mayor.
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Um
Good evening.
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A couple events are coming up. They we
have our car show event on Sunday,
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September 13th from 11:00 to 4:00. So,
we hope to see all the families out
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there walking around. It's a
Most of the time it's a beautiful day.
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So,
we would love to see you there. It's
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usually hot actually that day.
>> [laughter]
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» It's usually hot that day. So, we would
love to see you with your family to walk
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around and see all the amazing cars and
motorcycles. So, it's on September 13th,
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11:00 to 4:00. Also, we have our 25th
anniversary for 9/11 memorial. It's
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going to take place on Friday, September
11th at 12:00 p.m. right in front of the
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monument on Route 130. And then as
usual, September 10th at 9:00, I
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believe, we're going to have families
there, police department, everybody
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there, volunteers putting the flags on
the ground. So, if you would like to
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take your kids, we did it a little bit
earlier. So, then, you know, families
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can take their kiddos and, you know,
they could be part of it getting the
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youth involved a little bit more.
So, that will be September 10th at 9:00
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to put the flags down. And then our
memorial
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for the anniversary will be on Friday,
September 11th. Now, for DPW, as you
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guys know, it's Labor Day on Monday. So,
everything is moves one day. So, if you
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have trash on Mondays normally, now
it'll be on Tuesday. And then the
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Tuesdays will be on Wednesdays and so
forth. So, it is a trash holiday next
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week. And if you have bulk pick up and
you're trying to clean out everything
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that you don't need before the winter
comes,
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please call DPW to schedule a pick up.
And
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it's a
someone's birthday coming up, our mayor,
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September 6th.
A happy birthday.
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» Thank you.
>> mayor.
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» Thank you, everyone. If you guys want to
make him feel special, just tell him he
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looks great. He loves to hear that.
>> He works a lot on his body, as you can
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tell. So, yes.
Um
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» Thank you, guys.
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» [laughter]
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» Uh also, I want to wish my daughter, uh
Karina, a happy birthday. Her birthday
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is September 5th. She will be 6, and she
just started kindergarten, and I want to
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thank, um, Pine School for helping her
out and helping her transition into
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school. So, thank you all down there,
and uh enjoy your holiday. Stay safe,
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and don't drink too much.
>> Thank you, Committee Woman Ruffo, and
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happy birthday to Karina.
All right, Committee Woman Roberts.
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» Happy birthday, Mayor. And happy
birthday, Karina.
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» I'd like to, uh,
wish all of the all of our resident
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students that have gone back or all of
our students that have gone back to
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school, um, this past Thursday, I think
it was, and I just want to wish them a
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happy and healthy school year. And I
want to wish everyone else a happy,
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healthy, and fun Labor Day weekend.
And really, that's all I have.
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» Thank you, Committee Wo- Thank you,
Committee Woman, uh, Roberts. Well, I uh
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Committeeman De Batista.
>> Oh, thank you, birthday Mayor. I
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appreciate that.
Um
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first and foremost, um,
you know, listen, it's been a hot
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summer.
Uh let's hope that the the fall is a
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little bit nicer to us, and uh if you're
going out this weekend, please be safe.
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A little fun fact for everybody, on
Friday,
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uh, we're going to have a wreath laying
for Labor Day,
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um, here in town. And, uh, just so you
know, Peter J. McGuire
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is buried here in town, and Peter J.
McGuire is the reason we have this
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holiday. He's the, uh, inventor of
unionizing, uh, men and women together.
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He created the 40-hour work week. He put
a great attention to the workforce in
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our country and we owe a lot to that
guy. So, if you're around, take the
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time, come check it out. Um I think if
if my memory serves me,
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see,
11:30
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and um
where they having it?
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» Arlington.
>> Arlington. So, you'd be the take over
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take it down Cove past Westfield Ave,
you'll turn right in and uh you can't
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miss it. It'll be a group. Typically,
the governor does come out for this
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event. I'm not sure if she's uh she said
she's coming.
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» She did confirm.
>> All right. So, so you'll have an
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opportunity see the governor.
Um Donald Norcross is always there.
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Um our congressman in our district. It
It's a beautiful actually, it's a
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beautiful thing to to come and check
out. It's a and it's an honor to have
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that in our town. It's amazing that that
guy is is buried here in Pennsauken. So,
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just that's my fun fact. Have a great
weekend. Thank you, Mayor.
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» Thank you, Committeeman DiBattista.
All right. Uh
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adjournment.
Motion to adjourn.
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» So moved.
>> Second.
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» All in favor? I. Any opposed? All right.
Stay safe, guys. Have a good night.
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» Bye, Vince.
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» I know.