Council - Regular Meeting

make an announcement that this is the council meeting. If anyone's interested in the zoning board meeting that is downstairs in the courtroom for this uh council meeting tonight. You're live. Thanks. Said she wasn't [snorts] [clears throat] forget. I'm sorry. Oh, best like to help you, but I can't. What school is this? That's his name.

He's very I mean like [clears throat] he's a little higher, but it's worth it. Trust me. Trust me. What's he do? He's painter but he's meticulous and he uses all top end [snorts] every little [clears throat] prime two coats of the paint.

I got to put this on since William. Oh yeah. Sher Williams. all that good stuff. Please rise for the pledge of allegiance. Great. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. [clears throat] [laughter]

This regular meeting of the township council is being held in accordance with the schedule and means of the township council established and adopted by the township council which schedule designate the time and date and place of this meeting. Adequate public notice of this meeting has been provided pursuant to the provisions of the open public meetings act. We are using electronic amplifying recording device in order to obtain a clear and audible record and we request all those wishing to speak be recognized to state your name address directing to the microphone. The recording device be sly utilized by the township clerk's office for the preparation of minutes and shall be the official record of the township council meetings. Madam clerk may have the roll call please. Mr. Mion here. Mrs. Albreight Troxel here. Mr. Grace Love. Mr. Nash here. Mrs. Walters here. Mr. Castro here. Mr. Mcado

present. Mr. Mr. Hutcherson present. Mr. Cartis here. Chief Manazi here. Mr. McGill here. We'll now open our first public comment portion. This is for agenda items only. We all lot 15 minutes for this portion. Each speaker is entitled to three minutes and they may speak one time. Anyone like to speak on any public uh excuse me on any of the agenda items? Seeing none, we'll close the first public portion bid report. Solid waste collection services. May I have a motion? I'll make that motion. I'll second on the question.

Roll call, please. We acknowledge M. Thank you. U Mr. Minion, yes. Mrs. Albert Troxel, yes. Mrs. Grace Love, abstain. Mr. Nash, yes. Mrs. Walters, yes. Mr. Castro, yes. Mr. Marcato. Yes. Madame clerk, can you please note for the record that Miss Grace has arrived? Yes. Thank you. Thank you. Weigh the reading accept the minutes of the regular meeting December 8th, 2025 and December 22nd, 2025. May I have a motion, please? So move. Sorry. There a second. Second on the question. Roll call, please. Mr. Mango? Yes. Mrs. Albreight Troxel? Yes. Mrs. Grace Love? Yes. Mr. Nash? Yes.

Mrs. Walters? Yes. Mr. Castro, yes. Mr. Marcato,

yes. Next is ordinance a second reading. Uh, there will be a public hearing. Ordinance 0-26-01 ordinance of the township of Gloucester amending sewer fees collection dates as part of chapter 51 of the code of the township of Gloucester, county of Camden, and state of New Jersey. Uh this is moving the dates for the collection of the quarterly collection payments to February 1st, May 1st, August 1st, and November 1st of this year. Uh these dates will be subject to a 10-day grace period. Uh if those people paid ahead of time, that's fine. But those are the the collection dates, February 1st, May 1st, August 1st, and [clears throat] November 1st. We now open up a public hearing. Anyone wish to speak on this ordinance? Seeing none, we'll close the public hearing. May I have a motion? Please make that motion.

Second on the question. Roll call, please. Mr. Minion, yes. Mrs. Alrexel, yes. Mrs. Grace Love, yes. Mr. Nash, yes. Mrs. [clears throat] Walters, yes. Mr. Castro, yes. Mr. Marcato,

yes. Next is ordinance 0-26-02, bond ordinance authorizing the completion of various park improvements in the township of Gloucester, County of Camden, New Jersey, appropriating the sum of $750,000. Therefore authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds or bond [clears throat] anticipation notes of the township of Loster County of Camden, New Jersey in the aggregate principal mount of up to $750,000 making certain determination and covenants and authorizing certain related actions in connections with the forthgoing. Uh this will help support the Jake's Law playground. Uh and that's something that's required by Greenacres that we move forward with this bond ordinance. Mr. Cars, you want to add anything to that? uh 750,000 uh 562,500 is a uh loan a grant I'm sorry and 187500 is a zero interest loan for 20 years. Okay.

We'll now open up the public hearing on this ordinance. Anyone wish to speak on this? Seeing none, we'll close the public hearing. May I have a motion, please? So move. Second on the question. Roll call, please. Mr. Minion. Yes, Mrs. Aubrey Troxel. Yes, Mrs. Grace Love. Yes, Mr. Nash. Yes, Mrs. Walters. Yes, Mr. Cash. [cough] Yes, Mr. Marcado. Yes. Next is our consent agenda. Any council member would like to have any item removed from the consent agenda. Please speak up. Hearing none, I entertain a motion to accept the consent agenda as presented. So moved. Second on the question. Roll call, please. Mr. Manu. Yes. Mrs. Albreight Troxel.

Yes. Mrs. Grace, yes. Mr. Nash, yes. Mrs. Walters, yes. Mr. Castro, yes. Mr. Marcato, yes. I just want to know I want to thank Mr. Carters for the work you did on the solid waste collection uh services u and the disposal uh in the past. You've tried to work uh with a consortium and we got a better price just going out to bid again. So, thank you very much for your work on that, sir.

You're welcome. Uh, we have one GTE gov access email uh that I believe was answered, but I'll read it from Donna Lloyd at 9:15 Burberry Court, Cichlerville. Dear members of the town council, I am a fairly new resident of the comm fairly new resident of the community and wanted to ask whether there are current plans to repair Cichlerville Road. The road is in very poor condition along its entire length with numerous potholes that force drivers to swerve or break abruptly to avoid damage. This creates an ongoing safety concern for both drivers and pedestrians. I appreciate the work you do for our community and will be grateful for any information regarding planned repairs or improvements to this roadway. Thank you for your time and attention. Sincerely, Donna Lloyd. Uh we'll reach out to Miss Lloyd. This is a county road. Uh do you know Miss Scar? Does anyone reach out or back to her email?

Uh, not to my know. Okay. So, we'll reach out back to Miss Lloyd. We have her email and her phone number and indicate that is a county road and we'll forward this to the county Mr. Cars on her behalf. Okay. Thank you. We'll now open up the second public portion. This portion is for 30 minutes. Uh, the public can speak on any matter. Each speaker is entitled to five minutes and again it's one 30 minute portion for the public comment. Would anyone like to make any public comments? Mr. Brown. Uh by Miss Paris. David Brown, Malberry Station. Uh good evening. Good evening. Good evening. Happy New Year.

Glad we can finally get out from the snow. Um one thing that's been brought up in our neighborhood, of course, is the snow plowing. uh [clears throat] Pimmen, they only went down that street one time and you got 8 foot on one side of the middle. I mean from the curb to the middle of the street wasn't even touched. And of course that's the side where the mail lady delivers and it's curbside. She can't get in there so she ain't delivering mail. I mean it it just they need to do more than what they did on especially that street. Other streets they go through one time and that was it. We didn't even get salt this year. I it was pretty bad. I I went out at my house and from my curb out to where the plow stopped or where it where it threw the snow up [snorts] was uh seven steps heel to toe and then on the other side of the street it was another five to six steps. So it was just one one one vehicle can get through there and that's it. and I work in Glboro and they were still plowing streets yesterday and today and we haven't seen a plow out since I guess Monday morning early. But, uh, if that could be taken care of, I know we're we're paying them to do a service, but if they're not doing the service right, maybe they need to come out and look at it a second time and maybe get [snorts] it farther out. I mean, it's bad enough when uh our mail lady is curbside and it's hard to get out there to even shovel enough. We're supposed to shovel 13 ft space so they can come in and out at the mailbox on curb side. [clears throat]

And when you got seven, eight foot out from the curb to shovel, it's a little much. I mean, they could get a little bit closer. Um, I went and checked out uh across the street at Cobblestone and everything almost. It's pretty much the same over there. A little bit closer to the curb on Bryce Court, but um it's pretty much the same everywhere I even I looked really. So, it's not just one area that I know of. Now, the other thing I wanted to bring up was two years ago I brought up a question, never got a response back. Brought it up again eight months ago. I still haven't got a response back. The revenue that we've made off of solar panels, the mall, and from the pot that we're selling in the neighborhoods or at the dispensaries now, how much are we getting? I mean, our debt for the township has went from 32 million to almost 76 million in the last 12 years. I've asked I was told last time I would get a response. It's been eight months. I still haven't got a response. Um I know you said that the the mall and the outlet um is our second best biggest revenue in the township. It's the first now. Okay. Well, if it's the first, why are taxes going up so much? Because when Dan was here, I didn't know you were going to be here and the T and uh that was coming up. Dan actually said that we're getting what 5,000 a year for the farm for revenue. And now it's the number one top revenue in the township. If we're getting a million a year, that's $995,000 a year more that we're getting. Don't know if we're

getting a million a year of revenue, but where is that money going? Our taxes are going up like crazy. That's all I got. Okay. [clears throat] Thank you, Miss Paris. I wasn't able to be here the last couple months. You want to put the five minutes on or you want to wait the 50 seconds to go down. Mr. Cars, can you put the five minutes on? Miss

I wasn't able to be here for the last couple meetings, but um my father-in-law passed away. Um, my mother, but um I'm glad you're here. Senator Hutchinson, I have a question for you, too. But President U Marcato, I asked you about 4 months ago if you could ask the mayor um about New Jersey American Water, about the contaminants and things that New Jersey American Water has that are uh lawyers that are suing for Gloucester Township, Straford, and different areas because of the contaminants that are in the water that are affecting the children, [cough and clears throat] parents, the animals in this township and Straford and other areas in this Camden County area. But you get never gave me an answer. You're going to email me. I never got the email. I think if you look back at the meetings, you'll see that you were going to email me and I never got the email. Okay, Senator Hutchinson, question for you. Why did uh the AFT, because my niece was running against you, Amanda Espazito, why did the AFT and the NGA put out $220 million um to Governor Mikey Charelle, instead of putting it to the school districts, for the teachers and [laughter] the students, and for the security for the high schools and the middle schools and the elementary schools. Why did all that money go out? I'll get an answer from you when I'm done. Thank you. Also, um, when I went through the the township of, uh, Milbridge homes tonight, no, no sand, no salt, no plowing was in there. I have a Mustang. Thank God it was a a GT 8 cylinder, and I have some um, what do you call it? Traction on my car. I almost slid into about three cars because you guys have never plowed through there, never soldered through there, and never put any sand through there since Monday. So, those people pay taxes. And I don't understand how those people in that town in those homes over there

can can put up with that because there's there haven't even been sanded or plowed in that that in that town and Milbridge the homes. Okay, that's another one. Um, Blackwood Clemington Road when you go down to the railroad part where the railroad is, why isn't that street fixed? I've been driving to Woodbury Muse for seven years now to see my mother and the potholes back there on that road and not for for Deford and not for anywhere else but for the Blackwood section. I go into about 20 potholes back there and it's been seven years now. Is there a reason why that section hasn't been fixed [clears throat] since that's the historic area? That's another question.

Can I just have a clar? You said Blackwood Clement Road. Blackwood when you cross over with church. Church Street. Okay. Church Street. Yes. All the way down Church Street. It's like I have to hold my breath that my Mustang won't go into a huge pothole.

Okay. That's seven years. I ride I ride to Woodbury Muse every day to see my mom. Okay, that's another one. Another question I have. Um, also, why hasn't the uh mayor or yourself put up the uh what do you call it? the uh five-year signs for aqua water and for New Jersey American water that the EPA and Department of Environ Environmental Protection gives you from the state for the water contaminants from aqua for groundwater and surface water and also from New Jersey American water where the mayor works who should have it up in every hall in this in this building. And I think that's it. [clears throat] Oh, and also the again like I asked the last time like Mr. Brown asked, what about the revenue of the solar panels on top of the gems landfill and also the revenue of where does that money go? I know it's thrown into a pot like you said the last time, but let's let's get a breakdown of that. um the revenue of that and also the breakdown of the the the supposed to be medicinal dispensaries and there was no licensing ever because nobody's given it to me yet of the medicinals turning into recreational. You should have had a licensing from medicinal to recreational. Now I'd like to know the next meeting I'll be here in February. Maybe you should you can supply me with the licensing from medicinal to recreational.

Thank you. Is there anyone else? Yes. [clears throat] Hi, Alis Albano. I live on Milbridge Road. Uh, I just have a question or concern. Um, when I'm coming down Blackwell Comment Road and turning left onto Millbridge, the Wawa is like on my right.

A lot of times I see cars like pulling into the left turn lane to turn left into Wawa off of Black Loken Road. I don't know if it's a no left turn there. I can't really tell like if people are not supposed to make a left turn. Um I just today I was driving and I was going to make a left to go down my street and there was a car facing the opposite way. Um I have it like all on my dash cam and everything and I'm like [clears throat] sitting there because I couldn't block black oat road so I had to stop there. I I was kind of under the impression that you weren't supposed to make a left but I don't know if you're not supposed to make a left. So I don't even know where to get the answer to my question. Okay. I figured this was a good start. Yes. This was not in my bingo card for today, but here. No, that's okay. So, we'll respond after we close the public portion. We'll respond to that.

But do you understand my question? Yes. Okay. Thank you. Absolutely. Playing a game of chicken with left and left. Yeah. Like I'm trying not to kill myself or anyone else. So or [snorts] die on Black Clement Road. Okay. Thank you. Wait, you speak once. Sorry. No, you only speak one time. I can give her an answer.

We've done that. Okay. So, we'll close the public hearing. Uh Miss Abano is speaking to uh Mr. Renick there. Officer Renick who can help you with that. Thank you. And uh Mr. Brown, uh you identified Malberry Station um and uh [clears throat] the uh plowing that took place there and and and [snorts] no saw and cobblestone you felt was the same. So I spoke to uh Mr. Beroni who had indicated to me the efforts of the public works department. So, public works itself had 47 pieces of equipment that were out from 4:00 a.m. on Sunday until 900 p.m. and then came out back again at 5:00 a.m. on Monday and continued throughout the day in addition to the contractors uh that we had throughout the township. Um, I received texts and calls and talked about particular developments. Um, I don't know how they game plan and maybe Mr. cars can tell me, but I do know that when I went out on uh major roads

in my area, they were clean. But I guess the problem is getting out of the development. Yeah. Uh Mr. Car, is there a strategy or or

Yeah. I mean, the priority is ingress and egress is to get you in and out of your development. Unfortunately, we cannot plow all the way up to the curb line. Um we would actually be pushing that right now. if your your driveways are blocked in anyway with us allowing you ingress and egress just to get through the development. If we get closer to the curb, we're pushing that right into your sidewalk, up on your apron, into your sidewalk, and maybe even into your car. And this was a difficult storm. I mean, we had a lot of snow and then we had ice on top of it.

If you were out there breaking it up, you know exactly what I'm talking about. Um, I had the same situation in my driveway. It took forever to get that cleaned out. And you're right, uh, Mr. Brown is right. There is an area between the curb and the street where the street hopefully is clear enough for the residents to be able to drive through and get to those major roads that are clear. And they're not even completely clear. If you look at them, uh, most of them have a a four foot or five foot of snow and ice uh, from the curb out towards the road. Uh some of them are clear all the way to the curb, but some of them are not. Um very difficult storm and again I think public works did an excellent job uh handling it. I've seen other towns in in similar situations in other towns and I think I think again Mr. Berrone and public works did a great job with it.

Uh Mr. Brown, you said you were here two years ago didn't get an answer eight months ago. Actually, it was prior to the election and I I received that information after the meeting. I'm not sure why you didn't get that email. Um, but we'll make sure you have it because that was provided u the revenue from uh the marijuana dispensaries and also solar. I we have that readily available u and the mall that that's the outlet's about $3 million that that kick that kicks in in regular regular ratable now.

Yes. Uh, Miss Paris, uh, you had questions that you wanted me to ask the mayor and then I had asked you at that last meeting when you attended, can you provide that information that you talk about here? I like to have information in front of me. You've talked about this several times. I haven't received anything from you. No, I but I I also would like to see this information where you say it's contaminated and I've asked for documentation every time you said that. every time you've said this and I have not received that from you. I'll give it to you. Um, regarding the AF, American Federation of Teachers providing money to a campaign. Uh,

Mr. Hutchinson here as our solicitor, the assemblyman, not the senator, the assemblyman. Um, and I I don't believe that was the American Federation of Teachers. It was the NJA that that NJA is the preeminent union, the education unit in the state of New Jersey. Well, well, on my email. I'm not going back and forth. Nevertheless, that's something that maybe you could have a sidebar after our meeting with Mr. Hutchinson regarding that. Uh the no salt uh no sand or plowing. Uh Mr. Carus address the efforts of the township uh throughout uh the township and trying to reach those particular areas uh with Church Street. Church Street is a county road. County Road.

Yes, correct. I believe it is. It's a county road. Yeah. So, we will forward that information to the county as well. Uh, with the five-year signs, I don't know anything about that. I'm going to be very frank with you. Uh, so if you could provide that information to me when you said about the five-year signs that Aqua and American Water has to provide regarding water contaminants. A lot of the information that you bring to me and [clears throat] you stayed here, I I like to see documentation. Okay. Thank you. Uh, and then that revenue information, we'll also provide that to you as well. The same information that Mr. Brown uh requested uh for solar and the marijuana dispensary because yes, that was something that was provided after me. I'm sorry that that did not get to you, but I saw that information um the day after the meeting.

Yeah, I I remember talking about the gems. I think it was I think it generates about 40,000 a year and uh that money goes into miscellaneous revenue not anticipated. All right. And Mal spoke to officer Renick, correct? All right. Thank you. All right. So, That's Church Street. Oh, yeah. [clears throat] Okay. We'll go to the polling of directors. Mr. Hutcherson, nothing. Mr. Cartis, [clears throat] uh, nothing to report. Chief Manazi,

thank you. Mr. McIll, nothing to add. Thank you. Mr. Mo,

I want to say kudos to public works. I know was mentioned already for uh you know the storm. And uh I also want to say uh last Monday we had another event that we've been having for I think the last 10 years or so or maybe 13 years on and our uh president Marcato runs it and it's the Martin Luther King Day and I got to tell you it's one of the best attended uh put together organized events that happens in this city and I'm I'm proud to be part of it and uh you do a fantastic job with that. all the uh volunteers, you know, over 500 people show up to help out in this township and it's wellreceived and I wanted to be acknowledged that uh you do a great job with that and I'm I'm extremely proud to be part of that with you. Otherwise, stay warm and stay safe. Thank you,

Mrs. Alrexel. Oh yeah, [snorts] I miss that event and I always like to go to that event every year and I've missed a few events. I'm getting over streped throat and this is to protect me as well as you that I don't share my my goodness here. Uh I want to say that Mr. Brown, I also understand about the uh the paving and and of getting rid of the snow. Uh we have 25 square miles in this township which is amazing. That doesn't include the roads. I think the roads are over a hundred uh miles of roads. When I think of it that way,

I think I appreciate what they did. I could get out of my driveway. Took me a while, but I could. And um when I put everything in context of what we had to deal with this time, they kept saying it was the snow of the century and all that. I appreciate the work that the public works department did for us. Uh, I realize it wasn't perfect, but nothing is really perfect anymore, and I'm just happy for what we get. And I am I'm pleased with what they've done. Uh, when I called um to say, "I can't get out of my driveway because my neighbor across the street plowed his snow into my driveway." Isn't that a nice neighbor? That's one of those sober houses. [laughter] So, wasn't wasn't pleasant. I tried to be nice about it, but um they said they would fix it. They didn't. So, when public works came and did the road, they took care of it as they went. Now, I can't always get into my mailbox either these days, and I actually don't mind because they can have my bills. I don't care. [laughter] But the bottom line that I'm trying to say is I I appreciate public works and what they did. Uh because it wasn't an easy job this time. uh the snow turned into ice and that ice froze and that was the difficult part. I'm watching the deer in my yard. They're walking on the ice. They're not into the snow. They're on the ice. I know that's even harder. So, [snorts] just publicly, I want to thank them and thank Mr. Beroni for doing the job that he did for us. Uh I I I couldn't um I really couldn't imagine somebody else doing a better job with all that we had to work with this time. So thank you and thank you all for coming and thank you for your questions.

Mrs. Grace Love.

Uh uh thank you President Marcato for a wonderful MLK day. As u everyone has said it is always a beautiful event. Um, being of service to the community is an important thing. Um, and I'm glad that the holiday is celebrated as such. Um, I have some of the same concerns with um the I live on a long driveway, so I had to shovel myself out. Even though I pay taxes, I don't get any uh development shoveling. But again, this morning I drove by my mailbox. I looked at it and I said, "Oh, I can't get to it." Um, it is just something because it was such a massive storm. Um, my experience with it, just like my daughter who lives two miles away, she had a trash cans out, you know, she had to go, she can't get the cans out because they're plowed in, but she had to go out and put new bags in and grab out the trash and try to do what she needed to do. Um, I just can stare at my mailbox. I can't get into it uh because it's kind of plowed in. And um I actually went out Sunday because I had to get out and do something at 11:00 p.m. As I spent the whole day shoveling myself out, uh, I realized that the the the the freezing rain coming down, I had to leave my car running 2 hours, so it didn't freeze over so that [snorts] I can actually leave and be where I needed to be on time. that I think in my lifetime was probably top three horrible very dangerous storms that we had. I just really want to thank public works cuz for them to not to they were out there with the snow first and then out there with the ice second and it just

kept coming down. I think it was like an inch or so every hour or so. So, it was massive. So, I just know that they did an amazing job. And I also want to thank the police department because even though we most of us could stay in and stay warm and stay safe, you guys always have to be out there protecting the community, making sure things were safe. If there was a fire or anything that you know, the fire department, you guys are always out there serving and doing everything. summer, winter, spring or fall. You just are amazing and I love you all and I respect you all. And I just wanted to say thank you. Thank you so much to Kevin and the public public works department and the police department. And I wish everybody is still we're still not out of the woods. We're still in a deep freeze. You know, I'm just going to say for the kids in Glosser Township, bundle up. I drive. I work in a school district, too. I drove this morning. I've seen kids out without hats on and gloves. And I just wanted to tell the parents, you know, make sure your kids are bundled up. Um it's still they're they're, you know, trying to get out. They're, you know, walking over the ice, walking over the snow. It's just freezing. So, just protect your kids and um have a you know, a good night. Thank you all.

Mr. Nash.

Yeah. Well, first off, I'd like to uh congratulate the newly appointed members to the historical and scenic pro um preservation committee that um were u nominated and put into place tonight. Um also also want to repeat what my uh fellow council people have said to Orlando. That was a great event. But um what I wanted to share, my favorite part of that event, it's I think it's my third year is if you want to hear one of the worst singers in Glosser Township, Mr. Mcado, he leads a song. So just for that alone, you might want to come out [laughter] and hear. No, he does a great job. Um but yeah, no, thank you very much. It's a great event. And um one quick question I had, I know everyone was talking about seemed like the the theme tonight was roads. the intersection coming off of the new shop, right? Is there going to be a traffic light there? And a lot of people are asking me questions about No. Okay. All right. It's just something. It's a few people asked me about it and I didn't know if it was something that's on the on the drawing board. [clears throat] Um, but that's it. Thanks for coming out.

Jim, are you talking off Little Glouester Road or Blackwood? Blackwood Clement. Oh, yeah. That close to the other one. It's tough. Yeah. Yeah. Okay.

Mrs. Walters. Um, I just want to thank everybody for coming out tonight. I want to thank Mr. Marcato for running the MLK day. Um it was a great event to see. It's nice to see the kids um from the different schools that were recognized as well. Um and there's a project for everybody. Um even if you just show up, there's just a project to do and there's new projects that came along that the kids um and the adults really enjoyed. So it was fun to do. Um I want to thank public works, the police department, all essential workers that had to go. My husband had to go to work as well on Sunday. So, I know especially public works, they left their families. They left their wives. They left their their little ones. Instead of playing in the snow, they're plowing. Some roads developments are better than others. I have it, too. I'm out there shoveling. Bring my kids out there to help. Just please help your neighbor, too. They were It was heavy ice. Um we had to get with the with the main shovel. Um but everybody just We're all in the same boat. The public works did a great job on the main roads that we were able to get out the next day. Um, nothing's ever perfect, but they did the best that they could and they left their families. Um, and they they did the best. Um, so I just want to appreciate thank them for coming out for going out um those days back toback long days and just have a good week and stay safe. Stay warm.

Mr. Castro,

my son the same as everyone else. [laughter] Uh, regarding MLK day, uh, that was my first one. It was a great event. Um, a lot of entities came out and did a lot of great things for the community and for just all the way all around for everyone. Um, please if you ever get a chance, come on out, volunteer. It was it was amazing. It was new for me and u I would definitely going to enjoy coming back next year. Um, regarding the plowing, I know that I myself went out with uh Mr. Bucheroni Sunday morning, 4:00 in the morning. I'm out there with him. It was it was a lot. It was a lot. We would go down roads. We hit about five, six roads, try to do the crossing roads. By the time we get back to where we started at, it didn't even look like we were there.

Didn't even look like we were there. And we were moving snow, moving snow everywhere. And it was it was a lot. It was a lot. And I do got to commend uh the township because they did put an email out before the snowstorm for those residents that could please move the cars out of the road. So the plowing could be done a little bit easier. Can't tell no one what to do. It's their property. But when you do that, it makes it harder for our township to provide the essential services that we're doing. So if your car got plowed in and you have a driveway, maybe you should have put in a driveway so that way the plow can actually move through. Now, I also went around afterwards. Uh, and got, I guess, I got to commend DPW, the township, PD for dealing what you had to deal with with the fire department as well. Uh, there were residents that came together and assisted each other. You know, people that had bobcats coming out, kid, you know, people just come out with shovels, everyone assisting everyone.

It was It was great to see that. Yeah, it's really good to see that. Just goes to show what great people we have here in Glouster Township. Teamwork, you know, teamwork. Teamwork makes the dream work. Mhm. Heavy snow. But let me tell you, it was great. It was a great experience. And uh I would be remiss if I didn't mention this. Um my condolences to the Leader family uh for the passing of Mr. David Leader. Oh. Um you know, it was uh it was kind of hard not seeing someone there in that chair, but uh you know, my condolences to him and his family. Uh sometime last week. Yeah, last week. I think it's December 3rd. It was December 3rd. Oh, I had heard that today.

I don't know if that's if that's accurate. Yeah, Michael said yes. December 3rd. All right. Well, I just found out about it on Sunday. So, but again, my condolences to him and his family. Well, I'm glad the podium's there.

I want to thank everyone for coming out this evening uh and thank all the volunteers uh that that came out for MLK Day. Uh we had over 600 folks that had volunteered that day. Uh and all members of council led a project. Helen was sick. She would have been there, but all members of council were there giving on their time. I do appreciate you supporting the event. Um just some uh numbers from it. Uh 1441 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches were made and provided to the Cathedral Kitchen in Camden. 800 bags of cookies were made. 400 went to uh the Cathedral Kitchen. 300 of them went to the senior center and 100 went to a project that uh feeds the homeless in Philadelphia. Uh there were 442 pairs of shoes that are were donated of any type of condition that are repurposed and provided to impoverished communities. Uh 15 blankets were made for the uh women that are part of the Ken County domestic um uh shelter um domestic vine shelter. Uh these are no so blankets that they made that day. Uh and in addition that toys were provided and peanut butter Kongs to the animal shelter. Um so this is uh this event doesn't happen without our volunteers. So I want to thank everyone that participated in that. I want to thank our public works department, our police department for their efforts in the recent snowstorm. Uh I want to welcome Mr. Hutchinson back to the dis here. Uh he is our new solicitor. It's nice to see you. Thanks very much. U and we look forward to working with you. And uh we are still accepting nominations uh for uh township uh residents to be recognized during Black History Month. We will commemorate that on February 23rd, I believe, uh at our Black History Month uh ceremony. So, we're still accepting nominations. So, if you would like to nominate anybody, uh just proide a narrative and make sure it's sent to [clears throat] the clerk,

Miss Parish, so she receives that uh by Monday. With that, I entertain a motion to adjurnn. So moved. Is there a second? Second. All those in favor? I I have a great evening, everyone. [clears throat]

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