New Order first can we all please stand and salute the flag pledge allegiance great good evening everyone Jamie at this time could you please read the sunshine statement and call the rooll be advised that proper notice has been given by the ship Council in accordance with the Sunshine Law in the following matter notice advertis in the burans county times and Camden carrier post on January 4th 2024 and posted on the bulletin board on the same date Mrs AO here Mr Smith here Mr Jenny here Mr lion Mr bar here thank you Jamie first up this evening we have a very special proclamation to uh award so I'm going to ask the mayor invite the mayor and counsel to head down to the front how are you sir goody stand right here okay move this back a little bit too far okay we go all right here we go come on you're welcome to come up if you'd like so this is this is frankly uh part of our commitment to our veterans and uh it is always a pleasure for me to be have the honor to read these proclamations on behalf of the council um so let's get started you all set well absolutely there's going to be a lot of wear asses here okay no problem we're going to do that a lot this is a proclamation from the mayor's office whereas in January of 1975 Sergeant Bruce Stowers started his enlistment in the United States Air Force receiving basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio Texas prior to receiving his specialized training at Lowry Air Force in Denver Colorado as an inventory management specialist and whereas after training in 1975 Sergeant Stowers was stationed at Maguire Air Force Base in Burlington County New Jersey with the 438th military airlift Wing as well as thean air base in Korea with the eighth Fighter Wing during his tour Sergeant Stowers was able to acquire his college degree at North Carolina entt State University while attached to the 145th Air National Guard out of Charlotte North Carolina ultimately Sergeant Stowers completed his enlistment in the the United States Air Force with the 108th Fighter Wing in the New Jersey National Guard ending June of 1978 after over three years of faithful service to the United States Air Force and whereas after completing his active service Sergeant Bruce Stowers served as served in law enforcement with the Attorney General's office law and Public Safety retiring after 25 years and we have one more whereas problem it's a big one but it's we'll get to the good part with the their fors okay hang in there whereas Sergeant Bruce sters continues to serve his community in numerous capacities Sergeant Stowers has served as president of Our Lady of the Divine Shepherd Church in treton for 14 years and was the first president of the newe New Jersey chapter of the Knights of St John International under the dicese of Trenton during his eight years with the organization he attained the rank of Captain and was recognized and commended for his service to his comrades with the United States of America as well as uh camarades or comrades in Libya Nigeria and Sierra Leon Sergeant sters efforts including assisting children originally from African countries in the Mercer County area with finding tutors and counselors Sergeant Stowers is also an active member of the alpha fi Alpha fraternity helping various programs to include but not limited to Big Brothers Big Sisters of America St Jude walk March for babies breast cancer awareness walk and numerous community cleanup efforts now therefore be it proclaimed that on this day March 12th 2024 I Gary Katherine bone mayor of Delan Township on behalf of the entire Council and the citizens that we serve to hereby express our gratitude to Sergeant Bruce Stowers for his service to our country and the citizens of the United States of America and to hereby commend him for his acts of Bravery and honor while defending our great country and democracy we wish s Sergeant Bruce Stowers continued success and safety in all his future endeavors [Applause] sergeant you have a good night all right folks next on our agenda is the first reading of ordinance 2024-the approving the baale of third party owned property 97 Fox Fox Glove drive 75 Fox Glove drive and 217 Rose Bay Court to the Salt and Light Company Inc and the conversion is set affordable housing unit I'll entertain a motion motion second Jam you call the rooll please Mrs AO hi Mr Smith hi Mr Mr Jenny I Mr barell I you guys have it motion carries the ordinance is introduced next up is our long consent agenda council is there any issues with the items in the consent agenda we're all good this time I'll entertain a motion to approve the consent agenda I'll make a motion second uh Jamie mrso I Mr Smith I Mr Jenny I Mr barell I guys Haven it motion carries the consent agenda and the items within are adopted moving right along through this right J next up is our reports first up this evening as we always do our rep reports from Emergency Services see Chuck in the back from Del emergency Squad long time this see I know getting ready for winter or summer mean uh good afternoon I just wanted to kind of get you guys update for the Emergency squad for February um we responded to 247 calls we're projected about 300 calls a month so we're a little bit low which is a good thing people are behaving and and not doing things uh Hally so we like that um but obviously we sit around a little bit more uh 17 calls were handled by Mutual Aid cinnamon and uh um willing bro came in to provide assistance to us we did transport 127 patients last month and we did have 45 patient refusals that's about standard for us when we're at this number right now so it's a little bit lower completed all of our annual competencies which have to do with how we utilize the ambulance all the equipment in the ambulance your Hipp protection and bloodborne pathogens stuff like that that was all completed in February and we are excited for the Easter egg hunt so we should hopefully see you guys there all right we'll be there great let know if you have any questions appreciate it thanks for all your service all right no other emergency service folks is there anyone here from boards and committees that want to speak de de Pond chairwoman of the Green Team good even evening mayor council and Delan um up next for us we have on March 23rd we're kicking off a love your Park campaign with three simultaneously conducted cleanups at Lake Lonnie Princeton Park and the wildf flower garden we're starting at 10 we have all the equipment and hopefully we get some volunteers at the March 26th work session we are planning to install our first batch of crop of our Memorial leaves for the trees uh the tree in the lobby um and the trees that have actually been purchased will be planted late April early may we are also celebrating Arbor Day this year on April 27th at Conroe Park we had hoped to do it at Brown Street but it's not ready yet so after our celebratory planting we'll be handing out seedlings if you'd like to help plant trees let us know we could definitely use the help and if you'd like more information you can email us at D.G green gmail.com great thank you can I give you quick homework dad real quick can you just email us those dates so I can put them on my calendar on our calendars yep thank you very much appreciate it we also have this find them on Facebook thank you Deb appreciate it next up there's no one else from our boards and uh committees here next is uh our administrator J Bina no report this evening Mr President okay Joe next up is our clerk Jamie ERS I also have no report thank you Jamie next up is our mayor mayor Caso thank you council president excuse me so um the bad news is the boom cars are back uh the good news is believe it or not they came to New Jersey uh for many folks uh who heard them the other night uh we were all very disappointed that the season had started already however um fortunately uh two really good things happened one one Senator Singleton sponsored legislation uh that now has a law that makes makes what they do and and with a very easy burden of proof uh sh have that be illegal and penalized and there are also local ordinances that do the same and our Delan police found them they were in Delan and uh the group there was there were about five people that received a couple of summonses U that were issued for that under our ordinances and senator Singleton's legislation and hopefully they get the message all the way back to wherever those boom cars are created that you really don't want to come to New Jersey for that uh so we're very happy about that the other thing um I'm pleased to say that we signed the contracts for the steuart Avenue project phase two one phase one okay so preconstruction meeting was held on Monday and utility work will start shortly again uh weather permitting but it looks like the weather's going to cooperate and finally um I know that several of us were had the had the honor to be at Pastor Paul Jackson's uh kind of retirement he's stepping back he's the uh lead pastor at the Calvary Church at Hartford and Conroe and uh he had 38 years of service and he is a a there's a younger Pastor that is now taking the lead uh Pastor Paul was a uh not only a great spiritual leader but a a great uh to all of us and U uh the church was always I think it's safe to say always uh first to offer volunteers to help out in any capacity for Township events and sometimes they were the only uh organization that did that um and U it was it was an amazing turnout of folks uh for the two services and the lunch and and several of the council folks had an opportunity to be there along with myself and uh we just wish him the best of luck he's taken a couple years off and got a got a complimentary membership to Riverton from some folks so Riverton Country Club so I think he's going to be playing some golf uh and that's my report thank you great thank you mayor next up from our solicitor's office is Robert Wright I have nothing to report thank you next up members of council first up councilwoman Nikki AO um just once again wanted um say thank you to Sergeant star for his service right like flowers yeah and also um I have some information on you know um DP is actually hiring students and also um for it so I'm going to post that on my Facebook page that's it yeah next up is councilman Marlo Smith councilman yes just a couple quick items uh once again we do want to uh congratulate Sergeant Bruce towers and his family it's always great uh when we're able to honor a local veteran and um you know much like many of the veterans he continues to uh do great things in the community uh even after his service to the country so we just want to continue to uh honor those folks that uh do so much for us not just for the country but like I said even here locally uh secondly it's uh you know we have U gone into that uh spring forward mode so uh there is a longer uh uh daylight and so as you're driving around town just be uh careful that uh there will be more uh kids out playing uh later in the day uh so just be mindful as you're driving around and that's my end of my report thank you next up is councilman ly J councilman thank you council president I just want to Echo uh the congratulations to Sergeant Bruce Stowers for all the things that were mentioned he truly uh does commit a lot of time and energy to our community uh and to Echo uh Deb Hyman's points about the Green Team the memorial tree a dedication on the 26 um is uh going to be something special we invite people to be here for 10000 hours you can buy a customized Silver Leaf to be put on the tree in memory or in honor of a person of your choice for $350 you can purchase a tree and would get a gold customized leaf on the tree and be the tree will be identified with their name on it as well as they could be present and help plant that tree and select which park they might want to planted in so I would urge every resident to be involved if you can if you want to uh to be here for the unveiling of it on the 26th um one last thing I want to mention is we had a resolution 202 24-6 tonight which was another Grant accepting another Grant uh we have a lot of our departments a lot of our people administrator bolina is very active in uh directing these grants the grants help our community immensely they keep our finances down by uh utilizing these grants it's not easy to apply for a grant and gain a grant so I just want to congratulate all those uh departments and and Mr bolina for the work they doing getting those grants and that is my report thank you great thank you very much ly um to Echo your your comments about the grants this year we hired a grant writing company's on retainer um that we're going to hopefully use to get some grants that we haven't had the Manpower enough to get to so we look forward to that also want to congratulate the sergeant thank him for all his service to our community um Echo the comments I didn't get to attend Pastor Paul's ceremony but um as the mayor mentioned anytime there was anything in the community they were the first to volunteer homecoming I remember you'd walk down on your way to homecoming and the church would be out there giving water to to the kids and candy things so they've just made themselves a part of the community whether you practice their religion or not so that's something um you know that he was at the helm of so we wish him the best of luck in his retirement and also want to congratulate Joseph LoveIt of Delan who is another Eagle Scout joining the ranks over the weekend congratulations Joey that's all I have I'll now entertain a motion to open the floor to the public comment motion I'll second all in favor I I those opposed motion carries or Floors open to public comment if you wish to speak please raise your hand you'll be recognized as that time you'll have three minutes to speak right so we three you do five right five used to the school board see B uh five minutes to speak um all remarks are part of the record it cannot be redacted or retracted any public comment see none up got one hi hello Leslie sweet Stewart AV I just wanted to ask when did you say that that was phase one did you say a date pH ones right now so for construction yes so so we had the pre construction meeting on Monday that's correct okay work should be beginning within the next couple of weeks a lot of it's weather you know weather dependent we're going to start off with utility work and then there's some sore work to do then they'll take address the road the whole project should probably effectively last 60 to 90 days okay so phase one is all of that in utility you said utility work sewer all of it is that pH the name of the contractor is Earl we'll see them out there they have green and yellow trucks okay and uh we'll always have an inspector out there from CME they'll have a you know he's easily recognizable so feel free to go and ask them questions yeah will'll be there well I probably won't but thank you they're there if you need them than any other comments see none I'll ask for a motion to close the floor motion I'll second all in favor I I was opposed motion carries floor is now closed I'll now rain motion to adopt the resolution 202468 just authorizing executive session to discuss contract negotiations with the Army Corp of Engineers I'm I make a motion second call please Mrs AO I Mr Smith I Mr Jenny I Mr burrow I guys have it motion carries resolution's adopted this time we'll go into uh close session and we'll be back to take any action if any in the public portion e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e yeah all right we're back back on the record uh motion to um exit the Clos session and come back to the public please motion I'll second all in favor I was opposed motion carries there's no action to be taken so at this time I'll entertain a motion to adjourn motion I'll second all in favor there