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upon all gathered here today in our
[0:12] Salem County community. We are grateful
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special intentions each of us hold in
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Amen.
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[0:57] » Director
>> here.
[0:59] » Deputy director
>> here.
[1:00] » Commissioner Rans
>> here.
[1:02] » Commissioner Taylor
>> here.
[1:04] » Commissioner Timberman.
>> Yes, ma'am.
[1:06] » We have a query.
>> Thank you.
[1:10] » Commissioner, what's your pleasure with
the minutes?
[1:12] » Mr. Director, I'd like to make a motion
that we dispense with the reading of the
[1:15] minutes from the July 9th, 2025 regular
meeting. Those minutes are to be
[1:21] received, approved, and recorded in the
minute book.
[1:24] » I'll second the motion.
Thank you. I have a motion and second.
[1:28] Any discussion?
Hearing none. All in favor, please raise
[1:31] your right hand.
Okay. Thank you. We have a special
[1:36] recognition tonight.
[2:06] Good afternoon.
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[4:23] We have a presentation
[4:26] of engineers. Don't step up and begin
your presentation. That'd be great.
[4:51] All right. Hi everybody. Um, first of
all, I'd like to thank you all for
[4:55] coming out to listen to us today and
giving us time to present. I'd like to
[4:59] thank the commissioners for giving us
time on your meeting agenda today. Um,
[5:03] as well as the public and others that
are here that are interested in hearing
[5:07] about the work that we do in this
community. Um so we are here to talk
[5:11] about the work that the US Army Corps of
Engineers does um under the fuse draft
[5:17] program formerly utilized sites for
medial action programs at the Dupont
[5:21] Chambers work site.
Uh so I'll just do a couple of
[5:25] introductions. Uh my name is Lindsay
Keller. I'm the project manager for this
[5:29] work for the Army Corps. Um along with
me I have Dan Circus. Uh he's a
[5:35] geologist and technical manager for the
project. uh Ed at Ed Boat who's a public
[5:40] affairs officer with the Philadelphia
district. Um and we also have Brian
[5:44] Betler representing Comors if there are
any questions about where our projects
[5:48] overlap.
So I will give a brief presentation
[5:52] including some of the site history, why
we're here, um any updates that we have
[5:57] left here in 2023. Uh gave a similar
presentation. So some of this will be
[6:02] similar to what you've heard before, but
we do have some new information to share
[6:05] with you all. Um, and then we'll take
any questions or comments at the end.
[6:09] I'll try to keep the presentation brief
to about 10 minutes so that we can focus
[6:13] on any questions or concerns that you
have.
[6:32] So, we're here because of the Manhattan
Project. Um this project uh this work
[6:37] was in support of the nation's early
atomic weapons program um which was led
[6:41] by the army corps general Leslie Groves.
Uh Manhattan project work was active at
[6:47] DuPont between 1942 and 1947. Uh there
are over 40 locations throughout the
[6:52] country that provided support and this
ranges from federal and private
[6:56] facilities um for a variety of
operations that supported the project.
[7:04] Excuse me. No, that's not what I was
talking about.
[7:18] » Okay. Step up. Step up.
[7:40] So, Fuzz wrap uh it's a formerly
utilized sites remedial action program.
[7:45] Uh the fuzz program was initiated in
1974 to address Manhattan project
[7:50] contamination.
Um the US Army Corps of Engineers was
[7:54] congressionally authorized under food
wrap to clean up Manhattan project
[7:58] contamination starting in 1998.
[8:03] Uh upon completion uh the Army Corps
will return areas to the respective land
[8:07] owners. So in this case we'll be comor
um and then we will transfer the project
[8:13] back to the Department of Energy who
originally resided with for long-term
[8:17] management.
And the thing that I really want to
[8:21] stress is that the objective of foods
rap is to ensure that formally used
[8:25] Manhattan project sites are made safe
and can be reused uh specifically safe
[8:30] to the public.
[8:41] Okay. So a bit of project background. Uh
as I mentioned earlier, the work began
[8:45] in 1942.
Um that's when DuPont uh begins to
[8:49] support the Manhattan project. Uh
between 1942 and 1947
[8:54] uh DuPont was under contract uh with the
Army Corps of Engineers to process um
[9:00] things like uranium. Um
and the main thing here is that in 1949
[9:06] the Army Corps and the AEC the Atomic
Energy Commission which is the
[9:11] predecessor to DOE they assessed the
radioactive contamination at the site
[9:17] ultimately uh declared clean for
unrestricted use that was based on the
[9:21] technology that we had at that time. Um
and then Dupant as a result begins to
[9:27] use contaminated soil and building
material as fill across the site.
[9:33] And as I mentioned previously, 1998,
USACE began uh cruise routine.
[9:45] Some more recent uh project history. So
in 2011, the remedial investigation was
[9:50] complete. Um we published an RIIR
remedial investigation report and that
[9:56] is available to the public. uh and that
also included a baseline risk assessment
[10:01] at that time. In 2013, uh we issued a
record of decision a or a rod. Um the
[10:08] rod is a legal document that identifies
the final decision for the remedial
[10:12] action selected for our site. Um in this
document, we identified the selected
[10:19] remedial the selected remedial action as
excavation and off-site disposal of
[10:23] contaminated material.
Uh in 2014 we began remediation which is
[10:29] currently ongoing. Um and and the update
here is that in 2024 we uh issued uh
[10:36] what's called an ESD explanation of
significant differences. This is really
[10:40] an amendment or an addition to the ro um
and it explains what has changed and
[10:46] what has changed is that we have found
additional contamination specifically
[10:51] within a new area of concern. Um so the
site is divided among areas are areas of
[10:56] concern or AOC's. The rod identified
AOC's one two and six for remediation.
[11:02] The ESD includes AOC4 that was not
originally included in the rod. The AOC
[11:08] designations themselves don't mean
anything. It's really a way for us to
[11:12] divide up different areas um or
geographic or geological differences. Uh
[11:17] but the main point being is that we have
uh we evaluated six AOCC's under the
[11:22] RARI and AOC4 um was not considered at
that time to be contaminated and based
[11:29] on additional information um use of
aerial photography
[11:34] uh and historic information we um we
found that there there could potentially
[11:40] be contamination in AOC4. So we went
investigated and we did identify food
[11:44] eligible
[11:47] um that has added a significant uh
amount of work to the food work that
[11:53] we're doing at the time.
[12:03] So what specifically are we at DuPont?
So, Congress has authorized remediation
[12:10] for uranium and its daughter products uh
in soil at DuPont.
[12:17] I want to stress to you that most of the
radioactively contaminated soils at
[12:21] Chambers Works also have chemical
contamination as a result of historic
[12:24] operations with Dupontors.
Um so this mixed waste can be remediate
[12:34] only contaminated waste. It has to have
wrap or radiological elements to be
[12:43] program.
Um we do generate contaminated water
[12:48] from excavation activities that is being
treated on site in our construction
[12:52] water treatment plant. Um we also do
have very limited uranium concentrations
[12:58] identified in groundwater on site.
Uranium is not mobile groundwater. Um so
[13:04] it is not migrating on site. We have no
evidence that uh it is anywhere but
[13:09] localized to our contamination areas.
[13:21] So, as I mentioned, our remediation
activities involve excavation and
[13:25] off-site uh transportation and disposal
to certified landfills.
[13:30] Uh, as of this year, we have completed
excavation and disposal of over 93,000
[13:37] cubic yards of material. For reference,
we originally estimated about 25,000
[13:42] cubic yards of contaminated material.
We're well over three times our original
[13:47] estimate. Uh we have about 54,000 cubic
yards remaining and um we are still
[13:54] investigating and and that number could
increase but that is the information
[13:57] that we have at this time.
[14:10] » Okay. So current project status, how
long will we be here? Um, like I
[14:15] mentioned before, so the the three areas
of concern that are complete are AOCC's
[14:18] one, two, and six that were included in
the original rod. Uh, we have one A,
[14:22] which is AOC 4, and active remediation.
Um, as an updated timeline, uh, we are
[14:28] estimating active soil excavation until
2032. That's when we would consider the
[14:34] project physically complete for soil
remediation. This is also when our
[14:38] contract, our remedial action contractor
would mobilize offsite. Um the core
[14:42] would remain doing some groundwater
monitoring uh more administrative items
[14:47] such as data management um and
ultimately we transfer the site back to
[14:52] DOE in 2038.
I want to note that the uh the uh
[14:57] timeline was extended primarily due to
that additional contamination identified
[15:01] in the OC4 although we did have
additional uh waste uh in AC's one two
[15:07] and six. um we come up we estimate when
we start uh this this contamination is
[15:12] pretty hard to find. Uh it's randomly
distributed. It's hard to delineate. So
[15:19] those areas have grown as we've
remediated. But we we do make sure to
[15:23] get all of our material.
[15:33] Okay. So where can you find information?
Um, we have a few ways for the public to
[15:39] access information, project information.
Uh, we keep our administrative record at
[15:43] the Pensville Public Library. Um, we
also have uh Philadelphia district has a
[15:49] website uh that we have the same
information and some additional
[15:52] information as well. And you can also
contact our public affairs officer,
[15:56] Steve Rochett, and his email is is up
here. And it's also in the handouts that
[16:01] we have as you may have a few more on
the table.
[16:13] This is
wonder
[16:33] just for the last
Most of our projects over the last few
[16:59] municipalities with basically one of
those projects not
[17:05] The
company
[17:17] supply.
[17:26] So there's
this purple sh
[17:33] of our
[17:48] already
[18:02] We can't
request
[18:08] assist.
[18:34] something.
[18:52] Okay, so that concludes what we have for
our presentation today. Um,
[18:57] any any questions from the commissioners
or open it up to the public?
[19:04] » Yes, we can open that public
any questions.
[19:10] Could you step forward, please state
your name and location?
[19:19] Thompsonville Township Committee. Are
you going to be doing
[19:42] so
[19:46] far?
[19:58] completely outdated.
[20:30] Thank you for your question.
>> So
[20:35] food drop is only responsible for
radiological contamination. Congress has
[20:39] only authorized us to clean up uranium
and its daughter product.
[20:45] Um we have no evidence to believe that
our materials have left the site other
[20:50] than specifically waste that we have
shipped off site uh that's been managed
[20:55] very carefully. Um,
I'll let Dan Circus elaborate a little
[21:00] bit on on the studies that we have done
in groundwater and why we believe that
[21:04] that was not migrated.
[21:08] » Okay. The first thing I want you to
understand is uranium is very finicky.
[21:14] It's fussy. It
it's not like if you you know poured a a
[21:21] cup of coke or oil onto the ground just
move out. Uranium has to have certain a
[21:29] certain environment necessary for it to
be moving in ground. It normally doesn't
[21:34] want to move at all. And um that that's
not just here. We've seen it on the site
[21:41] um around our source areas.
We found uranium in groundwater can move
[21:49] couple hundred feet maybe 100 yards
that's it. It doesn't sink. It doesn't
[21:54] take off. It's not like other organic
chemicals that can do that sort of
[21:59] thing. And when we said randomly
distributed,
[22:03] what we mean by that is that um we we I
have studied this very very carefully
[22:10] and and so is people that came before
me.
[22:15] Dupont used our our buildings uh when
they demolished them as fill in specific
[22:22] areas. Now, within those areas, um a guy
might have had a truckload one day of
[22:29] our stuff and a truckload the next day
of somebody else's stuff. So, it's
[22:34] random within areas of certain areas
that we know where the the waste was
[22:41] deposited. Uh but as you say uh we we
need to be really careful to know
[22:47] whether our stuff is any place else.
This is a big site 600 acres. So we have
[22:54] sampled over 125 of Kamor's wells not to
find exceedences of uranium to find any
[23:01] uranium. The background of uranium
groundwater can be a couple of parts per
[23:07] billion and if we saw anything more than
that it would be suspicious. So, we
[23:11] looked at 125 of their wells all over
the site and we found two that had our
[23:19] stuff in it in places that we weren't
sure why it would be there. they seem to
[23:24] be related to our site, but um we're
we're doing everything that we can to
[23:30] make sure that we've accounted for all
of the the waste that was removed from
[23:37] our buildings and where I I have over
about 29 different years of aerial
[23:46] photos that I've studied for years to
figure out, you know, what happened
[23:50] because it happened a long time ago. Not
not everybody nobody remembers what
[23:55] happened in the 40s and the 50s anymore.
So we we've done that actually
[24:01] innovative ways to look for radiation to
meet the ground. Not contaminated
[24:06] groundwater but the actual um waste that
was dumped. And uh I I just want to make
[24:13] this one thing clear that um
we're we're doing this
[24:20] because we made a an agreement with
Dupant. We're fulfilling our obligation
[24:27] that uh that we signed so many years
ago, eight years ago. Um this isn't
[24:32] we're not bailing out DuPont or Camores.
This is our responsibility and uh we're
[24:38] trying to live up to it.
Every every country that has nuclear
[24:43] weapons has done the exact same thing
that we've done. Uh places in Russia,
[24:47] there are there are sites just like this
in Russia. The difference is they just
[24:51] cover them up with a little bit of soil.
The United States government is
[24:54] fulfilling its obligation to the people
and people of Pensville and Salem County
[24:59] by removing what we what we said we
would do, cleaning up this site, making
[25:05] it safe for
[25:09] any other questions.
>> Sure.
[25:20] points out
[25:34] over two years ago.
[25:42] » Thank you for the question. Um, the
government has our own on-site treatment
[25:47] plant. So we have established our own uh
facility to treat our specific
[25:53] wastewater and we do have a permit that
we need to comply with and we do send
[25:57] that information to the D monthly to
ensure that we comply with those
[26:01] requirements.
>> Sure.
[26:12] Hi, my name is Alex.
[26:19] So, as I understand it, the only
AOC
[26:42] So
AOC6 is remediated. Um I don't know if
[26:48] that's technically in Carnegie's point.
Um
[26:54] four is in Carnegie's point. Okay. Dan
is saying that AOC 4 is in Carnegie's
[26:57] point. So that's the work that we're
doing now
[27:07] » ongoing.
>> Yes. Yes.
[27:11] » Sure.
[27:23] Excuse
[27:48] me one second. Can you say the name of
that location again?
[28:00] So, the Army Corps uh does not have any
off-site wells. Comors may and and I
[28:05] would need Brian to comment on any
offsite wells that Kors uh owns or
[28:09] samples.
[28:22] We're following the contamination
because the rain is so picky about its
[28:29] environment. It just drops out of
solution. It's what it does. So, um, we
[28:36] follow it from our source area out
hundreds of feet and then it stops.
[28:42] It's kind of I I can explain why. It's
just a little change in the environment.
[28:48] It no longer wants to stay. So it's not
something that's going to make it. It
[28:53] never made it off the site. It never
made it, you know, hundreds of feet from
[28:58] where they
just not metal that doesn't let them. So
[29:06] if we follow our
>> Sure.
[29:20] where it was disposed of and then it
goes from there outward, right? Water
[29:26] flows through metal like iron, right? If
you if you buried a bumper in the
[29:32] ground, water could flow by it and it
could pick up some iron, but it it
[29:37] wouldn't go. Now, other chemicals
actually do that. They're very mobile
[29:42] and they they just get in water, stay in
water and they'll just move with that
[29:48] ground water for long distance. Green
doesn't do that. It's just too thin.
[29:58] » Yes. So certainly there's bedrock under
Dupont about 100 ft or more
[30:06] the chambers works. our stuff. The
deepest that we founded is uh
[30:13] I tell you the elevation
about let's just say 15 to 18 ft below
[30:20] ground surface. That's as far down as
it's ever gone and we test deeper wells.
[30:26] It's just not it doesn't do that. It
won't go down. The way the way chemicals
[30:32] go down is they they move along until
there's a bright like a clay confinement
[30:37] as we call it and then they go down into
the next unit and then into the next and
[30:42] so on. Unless they're a chemical that's
much heavier water that would just drop
[30:47] right down
uranium. It's not doing that.
[30:56] And we're
technically our cleanup is to clean up
[31:03] the source material, not the water. But
in a in a sense, we do them both. And we
[31:09] have a graphic tree plant that collects
water. But it isn't our charge to to
[31:15] clean up water. But once we get rid of
the source, the uranium will be gone.
[31:32] tacked it up at the last minute. He's
like, "I put the slide
[32:04] different.
[32:39] That's not
[32:59] So
small.
[33:30] Whoever is president
[34:02] Thank you for your question. Um,
we monitor the air uh daily, 24 hours a
[34:10] day. Um so there there is a possibility
that as we do intrusive work like
[34:16] excavation um and manage materials on
site that uh especially volatiles
[34:22] chemicals could be released into the
air. Um but we monitor for chemicals as
[34:27] well as uh radiological constituents to
ensure uh that anything that does get in
[34:33] the air is not migrating off site. So we
have two separate areas that we monitor
[34:39] air. one for our workers um and then one
for the public, right? And that's called
[34:44] perimeter air monitoring. And uh we have
we have not seen uh any uh chemicals or
[34:51] radiological constituents in our
perimeter air monitoring locations. Is
[34:55] that correct?
[35:07] us.
[35:39] instruction.
[36:32] I'll
[36:43] You can
[37:01] [Music]
[37:05] Austral
[Music]
[37:34] That's
[37:51] worried about
[37:57] You have
[38:05] people.
[38:33] I I would add to that we would also
notify our public office, right? So
[38:37] that's
[38:42] something
[38:59] We have
[39:10] say
[39:54] So
[39:57] right
[40:02] [Music]
[40:33] We also
[40:37] almost.
[40:42] [Music]
[41:04] says
[41:58] [Music]
We actually
[42:06] have been dealing with
[42:11] 45
And then I'm going to lie here. I have
[42:15] always felt that was hiding.
So
[42:22] why should I trust you?
[42:30] » Well, a couple say um I' I'd like to
earn your trust. That's why we're here.
[42:36] That's why we're here sharing this
information. Um we we don't have
[42:40] anything
Our records are public. Um we have the
[42:44] the public our administrative record at
the library. Um we do routine reporting
[42:50] so that so that we can keep the public
aware. All of our data that we collected
[42:55] in those reports and there's a summary
of information. Um I know that not
[42:59] everybody wants to go read reports to
find, you know, become an expert, right,
[43:03] of environmental remediation so you can
understand it. But that's also why we're
[43:07] here today. Um and we want those
questions. I I I I appreciate that
[43:13] concern. Um I I think we are different
than DuPont in that way. Um the food
[43:19] wrap program u like I said what took us
so what took us so long right so that
[43:24] was initiated I believe in 74. Um Dupont
became as part of that program in 1977.
[43:31] So that is a is a pretty big duration of
time. Um but uh we did some things in
[43:37] 1998 that was primarily removing the
building and removing those materials.
[43:41] Uh and then we had to do a full remedial
investigation which took some time. Um
[43:46] and we're still here uh looking for
material and uh we're still here
[43:51] remediating. So um what I mentioned
earlier about the total cubic yards,
[43:55] right, we went from 25,000 to cleared
almost to 150,000 cubic yards is our
[44:02] estimate. Um, we're here to get the
contamination out of your community.
[44:07] That is the goal of the future program.
Um, we do not intend to leave anything
[44:11] behind. We intend people are transparent
with our goals.
[44:58] moment.
[45:06] So
[45:15] [Music]
[45:27] I find
[45:32] all
[45:38] They feel
[46:18] There's a lot of
[46:36] Thank you very much. Thank you for
presentation.
[46:41] » Sure.
[46:46] » Is there any plan to go to make a
presentation? you didn't want a year ago
[46:53] similar to this
at hours.
[47:02] » Yes. So, uh we are doing routine public
meetings with uh Pensville, um Salem
[47:10] County, and Carney Point. So, right now
those are each on a two-year duration,
[47:14] right? So, we were here in 2023. That's
why we're here now. We did Carne Point
[47:18] last year. So, we'll do that next year.
But I do want to say if there is
[47:21] interest in additional meetings um for
both of your questions or additional
[47:25] information, please reach out to our
public affairs office. Um when we
[47:30] started this project, we did community
meetings more routinely than this. Uh we
[47:35] find that this is usually sufficient,
but we're more than happy to engage
[47:38] further with the public.
[47:43] » Once again, thank you. Go ahead.
You guys could come up front.
[48:00] I think it's great,
[48:07] but I have a comment and that is
yesterday.
[48:14] These are and my 77 blew up.
They said
[48:27] large pieces of welded stuff.
[48:38] Here's
[48:41] electrical
pipes, pipe plants, boxes,
[48:46] boulders, and all boulders. They're not
even up against
[48:52] what they're trying to
[48:59] this
[49:12] [Music]
filt.
[49:20] And
this is the train
[49:24] along the edge of see the train still
sitting there.
[49:29] It's just sitting there and this is why
[49:42] nobody gets anything and
I'm I'm
[49:52] even on my property. I can't
get in trouble. I put
[49:59] like I'm not this. How are they allowed
to push this in the river and from 77
[50:06] till now it's still
[50:14] » Thank you to our attention.
[50:22] Once again, thank you so much. Thank you
so much. Thank you for the audience for
[50:27] being here. You certainly they're going
to go into the business portion of our
[50:30] meeting. You're welcome to stay, welcome
to go many times before this. We're
[50:35] coming up to the riveting portion of our
meeting where we go over our business.
[50:38] So stay and watch or you're welcome to
leave. So thank you very much for
[50:43] attending.
[50:48] Do we have a waiver of rule?
>> Yes, we have one a resolution
[50:52] authorizing a letter of agreement
between the county of Salem and
[50:55] communication workers of America local
1085 motion to wave the rules for A8.
[51:01] » So move second.
>> I have a motion to second. Any
[51:04] discussion?
Hearing none. All in favor please raise
[51:08] your right hand
for raing waving the rules on A8.
[51:13] No public hearing adoptions.
>> Yeah. Introduction of ordinance 2025004
[51:19] bond ordinance authorizing supplemental
funding for the construction of
[51:22] improvements to the Camp Carney Dam
structure and spillway and by in the
[51:27] county of Salem state of New Jersey.
>> If there's some discussion, can you
[51:32] please take it outside or go down the
room?
[51:36] Okay.
>> Appropriating 3,400,000
[51:39] therefore and authorizing 300 million
for 3,400,000
[51:44] bonds or notes of the county to finance
part of the cost thereof.
[51:49] » Get a motion and a second for
introduction of ordinance 20254.
[51:55] » Mr. Director, I'd like to make a motion
to introduce ordinance 2025-00004.
[52:01] » Roll call, please.
>> I need a second.
[52:04] » Second.
Second. Okay.
[52:08] » Deputy Director Osman.
>> Yes.
[52:10] » Commissioner Timberman.
>> Yes, ma'am.
[52:12] » Commissioner Taylor,
>> yes.
[52:13] » Commissioner Ramsey,
>> yes.
[52:14] » Director Lori,
>> yes.
[52:16] » We have a public hearing and adoption
scheduled for August 6th, 2025. Right
[52:21] here at 4 PM.
>> Introduction of ordinance 2025.
[52:26] Bond ordinance providing for the
acquisition of certain real property
[52:30] improvements thereto and equipment
therefore for use as Adam's shelter by
[52:34] and in the county of Salem, state of New
Jersey, appropriating $2 million
[52:38] therefore and authorizing $1,900,000
in bonds or notes of the county to
[52:44] finance part of the cost thereof.
>> I have a motion and a second for introd
[52:48] introduction of ordinance 2025.
I get a motion and second.
[52:53] » Mr. Director like move to introduce
ordinance 2025-00005.
[52:59] » I'll second the motion. Director.
>> Thank you. I have a motion to second.
[53:02] Roll call, please.
>> Deputy Director Osman.
[53:05] » Yes.
>> Commissioner Timberman.
[53:06] » Yes, ma'am.
>> Commissioner Taylor?
[53:08] » Yes.
>> Commissioner Ramsey?
[53:09] » Yes.
>> Director Li?
[53:10] » Yes. Public hearing and adoption once
again scheduled for August 6th, 2025
[53:15] right here at 4 p.m.
>> Correspondence and general committee
[53:20] commission minutes. What's your
pleasure?
[53:23] Mr. Director, I'd like to make a motion
that the correspondence department
[53:27] reports committee and commission minutes
be accepted, filed, and made a part of
[53:31] the minutes.
>> I'll second the motion. Thank you. I
[53:34] have a motion to second. Any discussion?
Hearing none. All in favor, please raise
[53:39] your right hand. It's unanimous. Make a
motion to pay bills plate.
[53:47] » Mr. Director, I'd like to make motion
that all bills and claims when properly
[53:50] signed and audited be paid and charged
their respective accounts. I'll second
[53:55] the motion director.
>> Thank you. I have a motion to pay bills
[53:59] and claims. Any discussion?
Hearing none. All in favor, please raise
[54:03] your right hand
unanimous. What's your pleasure on the
[54:07] treasures report? Similarly, sir, I'd
like to make a motion the treasury
[54:12] report be received and filed subject to
audit and that it be spread fully
[54:17] complete upon second the motion. Thank
you. I have a motion to second any
[54:22] discussion on the treasur report.
None. All in favor, please raise your
[54:27] right hand
unanimous
[54:30] resolutions. Administrator
>> A1 resolution amending Salem County
[54:34] policy and procedure manual. A2
resolution awarding a contract for
[54:38] providing county re-entry coordinators
to the Salem County Correctional
[54:41] Facility RFP25-11.
A3 resolution authorizing the execution
[54:47] of the New Jersey Dam restoration
project loan agreement. A4 resolution
[54:51] amending resolution 2025003
setting job classification titles and
[54:56] salary ranges. A5 resolution authorizing
the acceptance and execution of a
[55:01] transfer agreement for the middle mile
broadband grant program for from
[55:05] Cumberland County federal award ID
number 34-40-m414
[55:11] A6 resolution amending resolution
2025-212
[55:15] due to changes in contractual
responsibilities between Cumberland and
[55:19] Salem counties in effectuating the
middle mile project A7 resolution
[55:23] authorizing grant application for the
broadband equity access and deployment
[55:27] Program A8 resolution authorizing a
letter of agreement between County Salem
[55:31] and the Communication Workers of America
Local 1085.
[55:34] » Commissioners, you heard the reading of
these eight resolutions. What is your
[55:37] pleasure?
>> Mr. Director, I'd like to make a motion
[55:40] that we adopt these eight resolutions.
I'll second the motion, Mr. Director.
[55:45] » Thank you. I have a motion
>> and a second. Any discussion?
[55:48] » Uh, yes, Mr. Director. I want to
emphasize the importance of resolutions
[55:53] A5 through
A5 A6 and A7
[56:01] thank
Mr. Ridgeway for working helping us
[56:08] bring this to fruition.
The
[56:12] bottom line is these projects that we're
including today will enable us to go
[56:17] forward with our broadband middle mile
and last mile projects. We've had some
[56:22] roadblocks as everyone may know. Uh
we've been able to overcome these by
[56:28] working with transfer grants to us and
it looks like able to remain on schedule
[56:35] possibly even under budget of what we're
doing. Thanks to all involved.
[56:43] Any other discussion?
Hearing none. All in favor, please raise
[56:47] your right hand.
Agricultural public safety.
[56:52] » B1. Resolution acknowledging the
standard language document from the New
[56:55] Jersey Department of Human Services for
the medication assisted treatment MAC
[56:59] for grant. B2 resolution acknowledging
the business associate agreement from
[57:03] the New Jersey Department of Human
Services for the medication assisted
[57:07] treatment MAC grant.
>> Commissioner heard the reading of these
[57:10] two resolutions. Your pleasure.
>> Mr. Director, I'd like to make a motion
[57:13] that we adopt these two resolutions.
>> I second that motion. Thank you. Any
[57:18] discussion?
Hearing none. All in favor, please raise
[57:21] your right hand.
>> 59. Health and Human Services.
[57:25] » E1, resolution accepting and executing
the local public health overdose
[57:29] fatality for your team's fiscal year
2026 grant. E2 resolution accepting the
[57:34] right to know 2026 grant. E3 resolution
applying for the local core capacity of
[57:40] public health emergency preparedness
links grant program.
[57:44] [Music]
Mr. Director,
[57:52] » thank you.
resol
[58:02] F1 resolution requesting an additional
extension of time for the New Jersey
[58:05] Department of Transportation fiscal year
2021 local bridge fund program. F2
[58:11] resolution to approve the South Jersey
Regional Animal Shelter application for
[58:14] motorist solicitation pursuant to
resolution number 98-115.
[58:19] F3 resolution authorizing a professional
services contract for final design for
[58:23] Weldenville Road County Road 540
resurfacing and safety improvements for
[58:27] the county sale.
>> Commissioner reading these three
[58:30] resolutions. Your pleasure. Mr. Director
motion three and I'll second that
[58:36] motion. I have a motion and second. Any
discussion?
[58:41] Hearing none. All in favor please raise
your right hand.
[58:45] Chapter 159 on the insertions of
revenue.
[58:48] » A H1 resolution providing for the
insertion of any special items revenue
[58:52] in the budget pursuant to NJSA4 A4A
4-87 chapter 159 public law 1948 fiscal
[59:00] year 26 overdose fatality review teams
and H2 fiscal year 26 right to know.
[59:07] » Thank you. Can I get a motion second for
H1 and H2? Mr. Director I'd like to make
[59:12] a motion to adopt
H1 and H3. I'll second the motion.
[59:18] » Thank you. Second. Any discussion?
Hearing none. All in favor, please.
[59:26] Commissioners, can we get to any old
business?
[59:30] Commissioners, any new business?
[59:34] Move on to commissioners public
announcements.
[59:45] There's a summer concert series um at
Malt Park
[59:51] starting July 10th, which is fast,
through August 14th. Um it's every
[59:55] Thursday night and uh I get stop out.
It's a lot of fun. Um there's lots of
[1:00:00] food trucks and and good bands.
um Hicks Pit Beef and Barbecue from 11
[1:00:08] to 2 Friday, July 21st will be um at 82
Market Street in Salem City.
[1:00:18] The Habitat for Humanity um 5K and one
mile color runs will uh be also this
[1:00:25] Saturday at starting at 8:30. Um, and
that's starting at Riverview Riverview
[1:00:30] Beach Park, 49 Lake View Avenue,
Pensville.
[1:00:38] I wonder if Charlie will be running.
>> Are you running, Cordy?
[1:00:43] » No. No.
>> Moving 200.
[1:00:46] » Um, there's a breast cancer awareness
lunchon also Saturday, July 26th from 10
[1:00:52] to 11. Um this is at the Elmer Graange
on Dartown Road.
[1:01:00] Um
later that evening it's recovery night
[1:01:04] at the rodeo in Woodstown. Um
this all this is um an activity for uh
[1:01:13] people who are u in recovery or our
peers that are in recovery um in support
[1:01:18] of them. Um,
and uh I think it's it's a nice
[1:01:24] certainly a nice thing to do.
[1:01:30] The senior resource fair um hosted by
the third legislative district is going
[1:01:34] to take place uh next Thursday, July
31st from 10:00 a.m. to 1 pm. This is at
[1:01:39] the Salem Community College uh uh
fieldhouse in Carese Point. Um they'll
[1:01:44] talk about property uh tax relief and
filing assistance for u uh for those
[1:01:49] folks
[1:02:00] and the FOP um is hosting the Salem
County Car Show. That's Saturday, August
[1:02:05] the 2nd at the Old Oak Lodge um South
Broadway in Pensville.
[1:02:12] And then the last thing I have marked um
starting August 4th is the Salem County
[1:02:17] Fair.
Mr. Der,
[1:02:20] » thank you. Any other commissioner have
any public announcements?
[1:02:26] Hearing none, I'd like to open it up to
the public and please step forward.
[1:02:31] State say your name and your location.
And I see Pat's point
[1:02:39] » what's the stand
p?
[1:02:46] » No.
>> Okay. So
[1:02:53] I will do a
report
[1:03:00] construction will start soon on the
house.
[1:03:05] We are working
at home which is located.
[1:03:12] This will be the first
[1:03:20] and then
[1:03:27] but um
here to date there have been
[1:03:33] 16 families
[1:03:37] 31 veterans
seniors in city
[1:03:47] How are you finding
[1:03:51] this first?
[1:04:04] They they constructed at site or they
[1:04:13] building in the warehouse. I saw him
building sections, but I don't have
[1:04:22] very
[1:04:41] Any
other
[1:04:47] online
[1:05:00] question
from the approximately intersection of
[1:05:06] Georgetown Road out to 48 to pay for
repaint that road as part of the county
[1:05:14] work. You went through the intersection
48, but then you stop.
[1:05:20] It might be because of the work going on
or the intersection 48 because the state
[1:05:28] has a new red going in there.
Is there a schedule for complete
[1:05:48] [Music]
[1:05:59] from all the way back at the start of
all all the way up the county repaved
[1:06:05] that road and they went through the at
that time it was blink it's now blinky
[1:06:12] red light Georgetown road southward you
went about we'll call it 100t 150 ft and
[1:06:21] then stop and I just figured okay
they're probably going to come back
[1:06:28] after the building is complete but now
I'm picking up the state's reworking
[1:06:32] intersection and they've got a wide up
there and they've got additional red
[1:06:38] lights that are going in. So you're
holding that repay and that
[1:06:49] » I can tell you that the state isn't
always great at what they're doing
[1:06:56] because
[1:07:03] what are you I have no clue.
[1:07:10] » It's ironic how they pick the pieces
they're doing now
[1:07:16] to the uh east
where the exit from Ford comes out onto
[1:07:23] 48. They're putting up the lights there
right now. Now I know that's part of the
[1:07:30] route 4840
rework at the opposite end. So I'll pick
[1:07:37] up that they are working on it but who
knows what their schedule is how
[1:07:46] share with you that they have big plans.
[1:07:54] » Okay.
All right. Well, thank you very much.
[1:08:01] Anyone else? Anybody online?
[1:08:06] Okay, close the public comment portion.
Our next meeting is August 6th at 4M
[1:08:11] here. Uh, currently we do not have an
executive close session. So, we move on
[1:08:16] to getting a motion for adjournment. So,
move second. Have a motion, a second.
[1:08:22] Any discussion? Hearing none. All in
favor, please raise your right hand.
[1:08:26] We are a German
pretty fast.