##VIDEO ID:idTYPwAJEHI## Delano Township committee reorganization meeting of January 2nd 2025 beginning at 6 pm at the Delano Township Municipal Building 770 coopertown Road Delano New [Music] Jersey official G good evening everyone welcome and happy New Year welcome to the Tano town ship committee uh 2025 annual reorganization meeting please be advised that proper notice of this meeting has been given in compliance with the open public meetings act in the following manner written notice has been mailed to the Burlington County Times and um also The Courier Post and published in the December 19th 2024 editions written notice has been posted on the official bulletin board of the township of Delano at least 48 hours prior to the meeting this meeting of the Delano Township committee may be transmitted via live stream on YouTube video The streaming of the meeting is not intended to be relied upon as formal Public Access under the open public meetings act and if the technology is disrupted for any reason the township meeting will proceed in person as an official meeting in accord with the official notice everyone please arise for the flag [Music] salute to the flag of the United States of America and at this time we'll have our invocation by Pastor Trinidad thank you once again for giving me the privilege and the honor to be here tonight uh let us pray now we come before you with gratitude we thank you for being a god of love who is with us now in this very room we feel your presence you never leave us or forsake us we thank you for making each other and every one of and each and every one of us in this room every person we meet every citizen of this community in our in your own image with dignity and worth we thank you for the calling you have have given us to be good stewards of your creation and to love our neighbor as ourselves we thank you for our town we thank you for our elect officials the business the churches the families the individuals that make the town the great place that it is we thank you tonight God for this your servants I give you thanks for the way of the service that they have chosen to take upon on behalf of all of us here we pray for wisdom for strength for courage to do what is right and good for the members of this community may they put the interest of others above their own may they act with love for the common good we ask God to help you engage in meaningful conversations and grow closer as a group we ask God to help you listen attentively to one another with Open Hearts and Minds we thank you again for all of them bless them and keep them in the name of the almighty God amen amen thank you Pastor we're going to just switch around the certification of election first we'll have the certification of election of Philip mcfaden to the Delano Township committee certification of election board of County canvassers of Burlington County New Jersey the said Bo board do determine that election held in this in the said County on the 5th day of November in the year of Our Lord 2024 Philip L mcfaden of Delano Township was duy elected to the office of Township committee as Township Committee Member and it is signed in Witness by Joseph Dugan chairman of the board of County cassers and Joanne Schwarz County Clerk and at this time we'll have the oath of office for pH mcfaden repeat after me I Philip mcf I Philip MC do solemnly swear do swear orm or affirm that I will support the Constitution of the United States that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey the Constitution State of newers state of New Jersey that I will bear true faith and allegiance that I will bear truth faith and allegiance to the same to the same and to the government's established to the government's established in the united states in the United States and in this state and in this St under the authority of the people under the authority of the people and that I will faithfully and partially and that I will faithfully and partially and justly and justly perform all the duties perform all the duties of the township commit of the township committee according to the best of my ability according to the best of my ability so help me God so help me [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] okay so we're just going to hold off until uh we're waiting for Senator Singleton to arrive from another swearing in so it'll just be a brief pause until he gets here so we'll take a short recess uh and hopefully senat Singleton will be here with us shortly actually change of plans thank you so much for that idea we've called the meeting back to order yes and we are going to actually um the uh Deputy Mayor as of right now is going to present years of service Awards um I believe we have one person here and the other person I did not see her but we can move forward with that great so we have a recognition of 15 years of service to the township of deleno presented to our administrator Richard swab for 15 years presented on the second day of January 2025 by the township committee myself Kate Fitzpatrick Matt Barlett Philip mcfaden and fern olette so Richard thank you so much for 15 wonderful years of service [Applause] thank this microphone's tall and the other um years of service award is presented to Danielle Bry who is our police um secretary for 15 years of service to the township of Delano presented on the second day of January 2025 by the township of Township committee thank you Danielle for 15 wonderful years of service we really do appreciate you Danielle is not here tonight but we'll make sure she gets that award so thank you Danielle and Senator single 10 is in the house [Music] what yes good evening Senator Singleton right on right on Q we are ready for you you're in the house welcome okay so next order of business is the certification of election of ma Matthew Bartlett to the Delano Township committee and I'll read that quick quickly find that again certificate of election board of County canvassers of Burlington County New Jersey the said board do determine that an election held in said County on the 5th day of November in the year of Our Lord 2024 Matthew S Bartlett of Delano Township was duy elected to the office of delango Township committee Township Committee Member signed by Joseph D chairman of the board of County canvers and Joanne Schwarz County Clerk and now we will have the oath of office administer to Matthew Bartlett by Senator Singleton [Music] [Music] off [Music] [Applause] thank you here how you moving right along um Bano needs a mayor for 2025 do I have a motion for to appoint a mayor for 2025 so move um that Carolyn Seuss be appointed mayor of Delano Township for 2025 I have a motion by Miss Fitzpatrick second second by Mr Bartlett Mr Bartlett yes Mrs Patrick yes Mr mcfaden yes Mr olette yes Miss Seuss yes and now we have Oath of Office administered to Mayor Seuss by Senator Singleton thank support theti of the United States I support theit of the United States ofit of the state of jerse [Music] willes United States and in the of the people the authority of the people fa faith partially partially and justly perform and justly perform all the duties all the duties of the office of Mayor the office of Mayor [Music] [Applause] my God you're so Carol she meant tall she meall and at this time I'll turn the meeting over to Mayor Seuss thank you Jonas that there so much stuff thank you all your okay so I need a deputy mayor can I have a motion to appoint Miss Fitzpatrick to the office of deputy mayor for 2025 I'll make a motion second roll call please Mr Bartlett yes Mrs Patrick yes Mr MC yes Mr olette yes Miss Seuss yes uh the O of office will now be administered to Deputy Mayor F Patrick by Senator Singleton please you to your Bible yeah oh yeah [Music] stes was the United States and state TR that I will bear true faith and allegiance to this and to the establ St in the United States and this state under the authority of the people I will fa and that I will Faithfully partially and partially and justly perform all the duties all the duties May of the office of Mayor to the best [Music] ofation thank you [Applause] arms thank you thank you thank you Senator Singleton thank you you are good thank you so much we appreciate you thank you Jen that was a busy man right there okay let's get the show on the road Township committee liaison Physicians appointments by consent roll call please so we for myself Miss Seuss is going to handle Administration staff finance code enforcement and construction code Services kazon Public Works caison and Recreation caison Miss Fitzpatrick is going to handle senior citizens she will be the recreation so Authority daisa and open space kazon hen Advisory Board and shade tree commission Mr Bartlett Board of Education fire and EMS code enforcement construction and Public Works kazon Mr olette Library joint Insurance Fund burington County Commissioners and history board as well as Municipal Court kazon Mr mcfaden joint L use board environmental Advisory Board Municipal Court kazon shared service Route 130 Corridor and open space kazon can I get a motion to approve those positions please so move second roll call please Mr Bartlett yes Mrs Patrick yes Mr mcfaden yes Mr olette yes Miss yes thank you local Board of Health can I get a motion to appoint uh myself Matt Bartlett Kate Fitzpatrick Phil mcfaden and fern olette to be appointed to the local Board of Health for 2025 motion please so moved second motion by Mr Barlett second by Mr Patrick roll call please Mr Barlett yes Mrs Patrick yes Mr mcf yes Mr alette yes M yes thank you I apologize in advance this is a long one we have a consent agenda consent agenda items are considered to be routine and will be enacted with a single motion any item requiring additional discussion will be removed from the consent agenda all consent agenda items will be reflected in the full minutes consent agenda for Resolutions 2025 d1.1 through 202-203 resolution 1.1 adir Advanced written notice of all meetings of the township of deleno 252 establishing the regular meeting dates of the township of deleno three establishing public officials bonds for 2025 four adopting cash management plan five authorizing signatures on Township checks six authorizing investment of idal funds and fund transfers seven establishing interest rates for delinquent taxes within the township of Delano eight authorizing the Forgiveness of interest on tax payments paid within 10 days of the due date nine authorizing the assessor to file with the Burlington County Board of Taxation such appeals as may be necessary to maintain accuracy and quality and assessment list of the Cil of Delano 10 appointing Daniel Rosenberg as Municipal public defender for 25 11 appointing Daniel G as Municipal prosecutive for 25 12 authorized tax assessor to handle rollback assessment matters on behalf of the township of Delano 13 authorizing representatives to participate in meetings of the Burlington County shared services forum 14 resolution of the committee of the township of Delano County of Burlington New Jersey authorizing the Township's participation in the collaborative Municipal efforts for the mutual purpose of generating and sharing ideas concerning Municipal cost savings efforts to benefit the municipality's participation participating and authorizing the Delano Township committee members its Township administrator and or assistant Township administrator to represent the township of Delano at joint meetings 15 appointing fund commissioner JF Aron kenzano 16 appointing alternate fund commissioner Jif Fern olette 17 resolution designating official newspaper for local publication for the township of Delano 18 authorizing the purchase of Fu from Majestic Oil Company Inc under the state contract in accordance with njsa 40a uh colon 11-12 19 adopting the temporary budget 20.1 cancelling Delinquent Tax balances under $10 20-2 appointing temporary substitutes for municipal prosecutor 20-3 resolution appointing Municipal public agency compliance officer lard swav consent roll call for Resolutions 2025 1.1 through 2025 20.3 can I get a motion please Mo second motion by Miss Miss Fitzpatrick second by Mr mcfaden can I get roll call please Mr bartl can you read him again first uh yes take as yes yes thank you Mr yes Mr MC yes Mr olette yes Miss yes did I miss something here oh that's why I'm on the old one okay circling back we have a proclamation honoring a special individual in our town mail letter carrier Dave rust has retired after 37 years with the United States Postal Service and we would like to thank him for his service to our residents by honoring him with a proclamation so I'm going to come down there [Music] da could you come on up embarrass you for a minute greater treasure than those individuals dedicated to purpose of people whereas d a long time [Music] res has served as the res ofo at the United States area for 37 years whereas David last day on his mail retiring Saturday December 28 whereas David has identifi the highest level Comm res of carrier now therefore I Carn mayor of the council Delano on behalf of the members of the counc counc committee and all the citizens of coun to hereby recognize and Comm rest out service to the res [Music] [Applause] of no more bills right Dave no more bills okay sorry about that reading off the old thing there okay back to the consent agenda we're going to do the consent agenda for appointments fair and open competitive process resolutions 202-21 through 24 resolution 21 resolution authorizing the amount of the award of contract for Professional Services Through the Fair and open competitive contract Provisions for Township solicitor we have Douglas heinold with Rayman Coleman and heinold LLP 22 resolution authorizing the amount of the award of contract for Professional Services Through the Fair and open competitive contracts Provisions for Township auditor Robert inverso with inverso and Stewart 23 resolution authorizing the of the award of the contract for Professional Services Through the Fair and open competitive contract Provisions for Township planner Scott Taylor Taylor design 24 resolution authorizing the amount of the award of contract for Professional Services Through the Fair and open competitive contract Provisions for Risk Management Consultant for the Burlington County GIF we have Steve Walsh with the barklay group 24.1 resolution authorizing the amount of the award of contract for Professional Services Through the Fair and open competitive contract Provisions Township engineer we have Christopher N with ER uh consent roll call for Resolutions 21- 24.1 can I get a motion to approve that please second motion by Miss fatrick second by Mr Bartlett roll call please Mr Bartlett yes Mrs Patrick yes Mr mcfaden yes Mr olette yes Miss Seuss yes thank you non-competitive professional appointments resolution 2025-the resolution authorizing Professional Services appointment of affordable housing planner Mary Beth lonan of Clark Canton and hin 26 resolution of authorizing Professional Services appointment for special counsel employment law attorney Susan Hodges of Parker McKay can I get a motion to approve please 25 and 26 move second Mo motion by Kate second by Matt roll call please Mr Bartlett yes Mrs Patrick yes Mr mcf yes Mr alette yes Miss yes 202527 resolution appointing acting chief of police should we stve his name he Warren the second second motion by Kate second by Fern roll call please Mr Bartlett unequivocally yes Mrs Patrick yes Mr mcfaden yes Mr olette yes M Seuss yes and I'm going to administer the oath of office to acting Chief as a Warren [Music] [Music] I will support theti of the United States andit of newey I will bear true faith and Allegiance fa to the same to the government establish in the United States United States and in this state St under the authority of the people the authority of the people and that I will faithfully fath impartially and justly perform all the duties all the of the office of of the office [Music] acting conat [Applause] okay next up appointments by consent roll call Township administrator for 2025 Richard swab assistant Township administrator for 25 Janice lure Deputy Township Clerk for 25 Beverly Russell Deputy registar of vital statistics for 25 Aaron provenzano alternate Deputy register for 25 Beverly Russell and Aaron mcfaden manual Improvement search officer and Deputy Treasurer Janice lure tax search Officer Jennifer delal police matron for 25 Danielle burry crossing guards for 2025 Bernie satai Nancy rust Joanne yes yes Larry Wolford and Valerie Romano environmental Advisory Board threeyear terms expiring 1231 2027 Linda GNE Elizabeth matet and ammer permal environmental Advisory Board three-year unexpired term expiring 12 3125 Elizabeth Garland Recreation Commission altered at number two 5-year term to 123129927 there's three R nailor Alma Jordan and Joanne Donnelly history board three-year term to 12 3127 altered at number two Mary ell Mary Ellen Davidson history board one-year term to 12312 Township committee representative folette shade tree commission 5year terms to 12 3129 John Brown and Carl tarashi joint land use board class 3 one-year term expiring 12 3125 Phil mcfaden sewage Authority 5 5e term to 131 2030 Kate Fitzpatrick H Advisory Board one-year terms expiring 12312 Suzanne Perez Lyn Fulton Jess snight and Caitlyn nasino zoning code enforcement officer for 25 Ed Riano Co and Rental inspector for 25 Ronald Holt Deputy zoning officer for 25 Janice slur motion to approve the above appointments please so moved second motion by Fern second by Matt roll call please Please Mr Bartlett yes Mrs Patrick yes M Mr mcag yes Mr alette yes Miss yes Recreation Commission 5-year term to 123129927 [Music] Mr Bartlett yes Mrs Patrick yes Mr M yes Mr olette yes missus abstain Recreation Commission 5year terms to 12 3129 Tony Bartlett can I get a motion to approve Miss Tony Bartlet to Recreation for five years I'll make a motion second motion by Phil second by Kate roll call please Mr Bartlett abstain Mr M Patrick yes Mr MCB yes Mr oette yes M Seuss yes mayor's appointments to the Joint land use board joint L use board Class 2 one-year term expiring 12 3125 Janice lure joint land use board class 4 fouryear term expiring 12 3128 Carl tarashi and Thomas finan joint L new board class for vacant unexpired 4-year term expiring 12 3126 William adich joint land use board class 4 alternate number one unexpired term expiring 12 3125 Steven Jass joint land use board class 4 alternate number two 2-year term expiring 12 3126 and more joint land use board class 4 alternate number three 2-year term expiring 12 3126 Christiana Ellis and we're going to do an oath of office administering to the new appointees present please so we want to have all the new appointees come up to the front to take your oath of office please and I just I'll take this opportunity just ask that everyone who takes an oath of office tonight after the meeting adjourns please see Beverly at the front here to quickly sign your oath before you leave thank you [Music] yeah right your right hand I take your name do Solly swear or affirm swear or that I will support the Constitution of the United States I support the constition of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and the constitution of the state of New Jersey that I will bear true faith and Alle to the same [Music] I and to the governments established to the government established in the united states in the United States and in this state and in this state under the authority of the people under the authority of the people and that I will Faithfully I will faithfully impartially and L performed perform all the duties all the duties of the office of of the office of take your all according to the best of my ability of abil if you choose [Applause] okay since we did our employees years of service earlier I'm going to take this time to do my mayor's welcome little late that's cuz I was reading the wrong agenda it's okay thank you to everyone that came out tonight thanks to Senator Tory Singleton for taking the time out of his busy schedule to be here tonight and swear the three of us in we truly appreciate him and all that he does for our area thank you to our family and to our friends that are here tonight supporting us thank you to my husband of course for being by my side and supporting me in this new role thank you to my fellow committee members for voting me in as the lano's next mayor in 2025 and of course thank you to our residents for electing me to this committee position in 2022 thank you without this vote of confidence it would not be possible it's truly an honor and privilege that I will continue to work in moving Our Town forward and making it the best it can be this is my third year on Township committee and I have learned so much about local government in these two short years mostly I've learned to have patience because nothing in government happens quickly I really appreciate the administration and the staff members always taking the time to explain things to me to help me understand the processes on how how local government operates throughout the next year I will work with our administration department heads and professionals closely to establish more effective communication and processes to make sure we are operating to the best of our ability to serve our residents since I was a little girl I've always asked questions I always want to know how things work and why you do things in a certain way I think I drive my husband crazy because I do the same thing to him when he does something but ultimately this is how you learn this is how you grow as a person and how you become an effective leader when they asked me in high school what I wanted to do when I grew up I always said I wanted to be the CEO well hopefully my 16-year-old self is proud of me where I am today I'm proud to be the squeaky wheel Richard but enough about me let's talk about what we did as a as a committee in 24 it was an exciting year we accomplished many of our goals because of our healthy financial situation we did not have to we did not have to increase taxes for our residents we were we were able to start the long awaited seaw wall and park project along the Waterfront in front of zerber mansion as you can see the seaw wall itself is finished and the park has an estimated completion date of early July that's scotten har yeah it's gonna be down by July we received our grant funding for the historic fi remediation necessary at our property along the creek at 200 Ash we also approved an exciting Park design for the site with the help of of our awesome planners the bab Ruth complex has a new basketball court that's been resurfaced parking lot paved and walkway installed to the baseball field this allows for easier access for disabled residents for parents with strollers and for kids with bikes this was a project that we received grant funding for in 23 we still have a few things to add to complete this project and will be hopefully completed in the spring at the Field of Dreams complex we received the Grant from the state of New Jersey with the help of Senator Troy Singleton to install lights at our soccer field that project was completed in August and our soccer teams really enjoyed and appreciated playing Under The Lights we also repaved the access road installed a new fence and had the sheds and concession stands repainted it really looks nice out there and finally on the park front we opened public access to Hulk Island which is a goal of this committee for the past few years this year will be another busy year in our parks and projects moving forward and we couldn't be more excited to be able to offer this new and improved facility to our residents here at the monesa building we installed these huge AC acoustical sound panels and upgraded our microphon so it's easier for the audience to hear us in the courtroom we continue to stream our committee meetings on YouTube and post them for our residents to replay at their convenience we even started a Delano Township Facebook page we upgraded technology that included new and faster computers and did many things behind the scenes our Police Department welcomed several new officers and said goodbye to some due to retirement thank you Chief Adam tier for your many years of service and we wish you well and all the best in your well-deserved retirement congratulations to our new acting Chief basil Warren yet again the committee continues to support our police and values all you do to keep our community safe we look forward to working with your department planning community events this year Public Works welcome new staff in and new roles in 20204 for the first time we have a dedicated facilities and ground staff member to help uh keep our assets in great shape we established a public works subcommittee and continue to meet often to discuss concerns and how to better optimize our great Public Works Department John we thank you for all you do and your team to keep our town so beautiful make no mistake I'm not done make no mistake 2025 will be an important year for this town lots of things are happening behind the scenes our recreation department will be busy planning our annual events but we'll also start planning our centennial celebration which is in 2026 speaking of Centennial we officially renamed the Vine Street pocket park Centennial Park we have an exciting Park design that we hope to receive a grant for to help offset cost our goal is to complete this park in 25 so it's ready to be on display to our residents by 26 we have some really good great features planned for this area including a large clock tower and Time Capsule I'd like to take this time to thank all the volunteers that dedicate their time to serve on various boards thank you to the Delano fire department for always risking their lives to keep our town safe I want you to know that I will continue to work hard for our residents I'm here to serve the residents of this great little town we moved here in 20 13 by accident we had our site set on Del Rand but because we share a Live code we had a house pop up on our search when we found our house on Second Street we instantly fell in love with this town and its charm and hope to stay for decades to come it's been a blessing to meet so many wonderful people over the years and we've made great lifelong friends honestly I couldn't imagine living anywhere else Delano really is a great Riverfront town I know I have a lot more to offer as a Committee Member and 25 is going to be a great year of growth and progress my phone is always on and my emails or answer quickly it's no secret where you can find me I encourage all the residents with questions or concerns to reach out to me communication is key I'm always willing to listen and offer Solutions I work for you the residents now let's get this year started it's time to get things done [Applause] okay thank you and with that the meeting is open to the public for comments and questions please if you would like to come up please state your name and your address anybody have anything to say okay with that I will close this section of the meeting to the public and we will go to uh comments from the township committee Mr olette I'll start with you do you have anything you'd like to say happy New Year everyone and looking forward to uh great things that'll happen in Delano this coming year so happy New Year happy thank you Happy New Year Mr mcfaden welcome I want to thank the residents for allowing me to sit here uh as a Township Committee Member my first time around I have volunteered for many years on the Recreation Commission and uh I look forward to this year working with Fern Matt Kate and Carolyn I think we got great things that are going to happen thank you and have a good New Year's thank you Mr Bartlett thank you Carolyn um yeah as Carolyn eloquently said we did a lot of great things last year and um I look forward to doing more great things in 2025 uh I thank the residents for electing me from the beginning of my second term this year and we have a lot more work to do and we're going to continue to do it I look forward to working with everybody up here and happy New Year thank you Matt Miss Fitzpatrick well I have to reiterate Happy New Year to everyone um and I look forward to serving with carollyn as mayor and the other committee members this is my 24th year on Township committee and I can tell you I truly love being here I truly love working with our professionals we have a great team we have a wonderful working staff here that is just absolutely incredible and dedicated and as Carolyn and Matt both said we have a busy year ahead and I'd like to thank the committee and the professionals and the staff for the year we just had one of the busiest years in Delano Township and I'm very proud to be a part of it so I look forward to working with everyone again this year and um it should be a great here thank you thank you Kate and with that um Pastor wesa would you like to do the benediction please loving God thank you for your for us of sexual meeting we ask you that you continue to bless our community and the new elected leaders continue to bring unity and peace Among Us and may your presence side us wherever we go amen amen many blessings thank you Pastor anybody else have anything else to add I I missed it before but I want to thank my family especially my wife Tony who if it wasn't for her I probably wouldn't be up here because uh you know she keeps the house running and everything else and you know of course my son Gavin I don't know where he disappeared to and my daughter and my grandson went out there and my future son-in-law Frank you know just the whole family support because it's not just me up here it's the family behind you and I'm sure that's the same for everybody up here for sure definitely anyone else okay can I have a motion for adjournment please so moved second all in favor I I thank you everyone we'll see you on Monday night yeah half hour or 45 minutes yeah is it that last year I think I P pretty quick don't forget to come up and sign your oath if you took an oath tonight thank you if you took an oath tonight please come up and and sign it sign your Oaths as well please