Council - Regular Meeting

Just I'm a I I'm a late gift opener. Open it. I wasn't married. My Xbox family used to get mad cuz I'm like you hold it. I would take it home and open it. Why? Because that didn't make their heart warm. We're good. The giving is when watching someone. Another tie they gave me. No, it's not a tie. I already gave you a tie at one point. And gloves. Yes, there's gloves. The missing link. The gloves I wear all the time. I do balance gloves. There you go. You'll like this one better. Yes. But you still have them, don't you? Yeah.

Cute. I know. Can't believe I'm not a year. Crazy, right? Older and older. Saturday.

I got to go. Are you set for the holiday? No.

Good evening everyone. Please rise for the pledge of allegiance. 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. This regular meeting of the township council is being held in accordance with the schedule of the meetings of the township council established and adopted by the township council which schedule designated 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 a electronic amplifying and recording device in order to obtain a clear and audible record and request all those wishing to speak be recognized and state your name address directly into the microphone. The recording device to be solely utilized by a township clerk's office for the preparation of minutes and shall be the official record of the township council meetings. Madam clerk, may the roll call, please.

Mr. Minion here. Mrs. Aubry Troxel here. Mrs. Grace Love here. Mr. Nash here. Mrs. Walters here. Mr. Castro here. Mr. Marcato present. Mr. Carlamir here. Mr. Cartis here. Chief Manazi here. Mr. Miguel here. Mrs. Corbin. We'll now have our first public comment. Uh this is for public participation for agenda items only. We allow three minutes for each speaker, 15 minutes total for the entire entire period. Uh and each person may address council at one time. Once you've asked your questions or expressed your concerns, council will respond to it at the end of the first public comment. Does anyone wish to speak on any agenda items?

Seeing none, we'll close the first public comment. Bid report. Temporary labor risk management consultant reconditioning of existing tennis courts in Broadmore West. May I have a motion on the bid report? I'll make that motion. Second on the question. Roll call, please. Mr. Yes. Mrs. Alrexel? Yes. Mrs. Grace Love? Yes. Mr. Nash? Yes. Mrs. Walters? Yes. Mr. Castro? Yes. Mr. Marcato? Yes. Weigh the reading. Accept the minutes of November 10th, 2025 workshop council meeting and November 24th, 2025 council meeting. May I have a motion, please? Motion. Second. On the question. Roll call, please. Mr. Minion. Yes. Mrs. Alrexel? Yes. Mrs. Grace Love?

Yes. Mr. Nash? Yes. Mrs. Walters. Yes. Mr. Castro. Yes. Mr. Marcato.

Yes. Next is ordinance uh for adoption. The second reading. There will be a public hearing. Ordinance 0-25-25. Ordinance amending chapter 5 of the code of the township of Gloucester entitled personnel policy and procedures. What this does is provides updates to ADA to include pregnant women's pregnant workers fairness act clarification to legislative language regarding sick cap payouts for employees hired after May 21st 2010 and then updated language uh to computer usage social media to email voicemail downloading documents misuse of software and internet systems. So this will all added to the personnel policy and procedures for our township. We'll now open up uh the public hearing on this. Anyone wish to speak on this matter?

Seeing none, we'll close the public hearing. May I have a motion? 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. Castro? Yes. Mr. Marcato? Yes. Next is our consent agenda. Any council member that 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. A second on the question. Roll call, please. Mr. Minion, yes. Mrs. Aubrey Troxel, yes. M Grace Love, yes. Mr. Nash, yes.

Mrs. Walters, yes. Mr. Castro, yes. Mr. Marcato, yes. Resolution 445, resolution to make budget transfers between appropriations in the calendar year 2025 general fund budget. May I have a motion? So moved. Second on the question. Roll call, please. Mr. Mone, yes. Mrs. Alro, yes. Mr. Grace Love, yes. Mr. Nash, yes. Mrs. Walters, yes. Mr. Castro, yes. Mr. Marcato, yes.

Resolution 446. Resolution of the Township Council of the Township of Foster, State of New Jersey, authorizing and approving the discharge and termination of general bond resolution and disposition of funds in connection with the prior dissolution of the Gloucester Township Municipal Utilities Authority, authorizing the execution and delivery of certain agreements and documents in connection therewith and authorizing and approving certain actions in connection with the foregoing. May I have a motion? So move second on the question. Roll call, please. Mr. Minion, yes. Mrs. Albreight Troxel, yes. Mrs. Grace Love, yes. Mr. Nash,

yes. Mrs. Walters, yes. Mr. Castro, yes. Mr. Marcato, yes. We did not receive any GTE gov access emails. We'll now open up our second public comment portion. This is for 30 minutes. Each speaker is entitled to five minutes and they may address council one time and the public can choose to speak on any matter to township council. Would anyone like to speak during the second public comment? Yes.

My name is Janine Powers, 55 Montichello Drive in Sichlerville. Um, good evening. I just wanted to say I've been I've started coming to these a few months ago. My family's relatively new in town and I just wanted to be informed. Um, and we love living in Gloucester Township. It's fantastic. My son is too little to be part of the school system yet, but that's one of the reasons why we moved here was looking for a better school system than where we came from. So, I just wanted to say thank you so much. Thank you. Happy holiday. Thank you.

Is there anyone else? Seeing n close the second public uh comment period polling of directors. Oh, sorry. Welcome. Okay. Uh and when he gets older, he can walk the school because you're right behind the high school. So, um so welcome to our township and thank you for attending our meetings. Polling of directors. Mr. Carl, I just want to take a moment to uh wish everyone a merry Christmas and a happy new year. Everyone stay healthy and warm and have great family affairs. Thank you, Mr. Cartis. Just wish everybody a happy and safe holiday season. Chief Manazi,

on behalf of all the GTPDs, want to wish council and community a merry Christmas, happy holidays, and a healthy new year. Thank you, Mr. Miguel. Happy holidays, everyone. Mr. from you. Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all and let's finish 2025 strong. Have a great night and a great week. Thank you. This is Albert Troxel.

Uh happy 2025 at the end of the year. Um it was a year filled with good and not so good, but mostly Gloucester Township shined through the light every day. We have a great police force. we have uh good residents that help each other and that's really important and that refle that reflection it comes from our mayor because whoever sets the stage for the the tempo of the township it's usually our mayor and then followed by council and our police and all the people who work in the school districts. So I want to thank everyone who's worked in this township over this past year. Thank you for your service to our community. Thank you for working and have a wonderful holiday. and may it be filled with lots of joy, love, and laughter.

Mrs. Grace Love, happy holidays to all of our residents and everyone in the room. May you get plenty of rest and I'm looking forward to a new year. But all I'm glad our officers walked in the room because you guys are always working hard and keeping us safe in town. And I know why we're resting and enjoying our family. Sometimes you have to be out there in the cold on calls. So, I want to say a special thank you to the work that you do. I appreciate you so very, very much, but enjoy your holiday and stay warm and enjoy your families and friends, Mr. Nash.

Uh, yeah, happy holidays everyone. Merry Christmas and uh want to give a shout out to the um everyone that worked the Christmas village this past uh two last weekend. Uh all the police department that was there uh public works, it was a awesome event as it always is. Um everyone seemed to have a great time. So um I I want to thank the mayor and his office for putting that together. Also want to thank the mayor and her office for this toy drive. Um looks like it was pretty successful this year. So thanks again and have a great holiday. Mrs. Walters,

I want to thank everybody for coming. Um, ditto off of what Jim had said, um, the Christmas village was a success. Great to see um, residents out there um, and enjoying the weather and the and the um, the Christmas tree lighting and everybody have a safe and wonderful holiday. Enjoy your families. Mr. Castro, I would just personally like to say everyone uh from the mayor, council, PD, fire department, even the residents uh have a happy holiday. Please be careful out there. Stay hydrated, guys out there that are working during the holidays. I've been there with you guys. Stay strong. You got this. We'll make it through and uh looking forward to next year. Happy holidays, Mr. Marcato.

I want to thank everyone for coming out this evening. for those who are watching from home. Uh I I just want to echo what my colleague said regarding the Christmas uh village and the tree lighting. Um that's become another wonderful signature event for our township and I appreciate uh the mayor's office that works hard on that on putting that together with public works and our police department. So thank you very much. January 3rd, uh Saturday, January 3rd at uh 2026 at 10 a.m. will be our reorganization meeting. Uh that reorganization meeting will not take place here but will take place at Harmony Hall in downtown Blackwood. For those who are unfamiliar with Harmony Hall, that is the old bank building on church and the Black Horse Pike across from the old right, which is now a gym called the bunker gym. But uh reorganization will take place there. At reorganization, we reorganized government for Gloucester Township for the new year. Mayor Mayor will be sworn into a new four-year term along with Siri Castro four-year term. Helen Albbright Troxel for a four-year term and Carolyn Grace a four-year term. And we will also select the president and vice president of reorganization and appoint professionals for the year. So if you're able to join us January 3rd at 10 a.m. It is a Saturday at Harmony Hall in downtown Blackwood. In addition to that, as we go through the new year, MLK Day of Service is January 19th. Uh signups for all our projects are now on the uh township's website. So, from little ones to not so little ones, there's uh we have anyone who wants to participate and volunteer. There are plenty of activities that are available for those that are interested in volunteering that day. That's Monday, January 19th. Uh if you show up 9:00, that's when the program starts and 10:00 is when projects uh will start and they will they should end by 12 o'clock that day. So, you have the rest of the afternoon if you're interested in doing things and taking the day off. So, uh, MLK day. Again, the signups are on the township's website. And with that, I

want to wish everyone, uh, a merry Christmas. Uh, those who celebrate, uh, Quanza, happy Quanza and a happy new year to everybody. With that, I entertain a motion to adjourn. Second. Those in favor? I. Greetings everyone

for the reorganization meeting. That's nice. Nice scar.