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[0:08] » Gracious God, we ask for your blessing upon all gathered here today in our

[0:12] Salem County community. We are grateful for your guidance and making that

[0:16] presented before us. Please hear the special intentions each of us hold in

[0:20] our hearts. We ask this in Jesus name. Amen.

[0:27] United States of America to the stands

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[0:40] meeting has been given of this meeting by notice

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[0:49] notice the offices of the sale county clerk and the clerk of the board all

[0:53] having been done at least 48 hours in advance. control, please.

[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

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[18:02] We can't request

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[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

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[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

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[40:33] We also

[40:37] almost.

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[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.

Salem County Open Public Meeting 07.23.2025

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