the United States of americais Liberty and Justice me pleas pursuant to public meetings act adequate notice of this meeing to the official town lecate for the B Board of Township wbsite onu 4 on 24th this meeting has being will be on channel 9 Mr Dell here Mr fella here Mr K here Mr Mar here working the right to like f yes she than the public he with following ordinances ordinance 624 placement o over 62 the Barbara halber Harden Highway good evening um definitely Pro tree ordinance I believe the environmental commission tried to enact a tree ordinance many years ago and it didn't happen this one's mandated by the state so it's pretty much there's no choice here um and what forests we have left and what Tre remain at this point do need protection especially in areas like the Malaga area there's very little left you look at aerial maps and you zoom out there's not enough to protect the residents from storm water and air pollution and all the other wonderful services including replenishing and cleaning our groundwater that these trees provide so please approve this and uh not that you have much choice because it's mandated but thank you thank you thank you so what's that margar D Forest Grove I just have a question about the tree ORD I can't quite figure out it's going to be uh enforced by the police it says and by you said uhhuh uh so really you know it's going to have to be neighbor calling neighbor isn't it uh I'm sure they're prbly to S out you're the comp so where would the tree be planted that if they if there's no room to plant it in their yard it says into another place what are you what are you talking about do me B that well I answer that yeah yeah so the way the permit reads is that if people can't PL it on their property right there is a fee structure in there that they can just pay money to the township we have to start a fund then situations like Mal the park or other areas that we have that are Green Acres the tree could be planted there so we could start a fund to plant it that way or you know use that fund for other things relating to the trees it's very listed out in the m ms4 pering so anywhere that there's Township property we could take that fund and put trees there in replacement for the tree from something else's property so so it really is literally going to be tree for tree or I hear you saying well no they so if they can't plant the tree then there's actually a f structure based on the side and we would plant trees based on that amount of money so the township would it dep after they're paid off by the the owner they're going to take that money and they're going to put a tree in we can yes you can yes will you well we we have to do something with it we can't just take the money and let it sit in an account so the whole 40 the tree ordinances if one's being taken down one has to be placed somewhere so uhhuh normally it's clustered yeah now it's a uhhuh cluster of uh reforestation plans planting yeah there opposed the day the one tree comes down the other tree go in more comprehensive and is there going to be like a report that that says a plant trees were planted here 10 trees were planted here well we're going we're with the state you're going to have to keep record of everything so going to have to create a workbook that has where the trees came down how much money was collected and then where those replacement trees were planted or okay put back and we'll be able to see those reports it's going to have to be filed with the date I'm sure I don't know if it's going to be yearly quarterly what it's going to be uh they haven't said that but once it's enacted we're going to have to and when's it going to be enacted well it's up today so uhhuh yeah so the state's already saying it should be in in process right okay all right well I'm for it I just couldn't figure out it's hard to understand it is a state document very very difficult to ous yes uhhuh so I I was I was wondering how you interpreted it so that I mean that's the best that we've come up with that that's the way we can do it so that's what we're going to go with until we're told otherwise so Soh but I agree with Mr Lions I don't know that it will be one tree to one tree well then if the money comes to us I would I would think we would try to do cluster planting and do it that way documenting where they how many where they are what they are and then there's a whole list on there of trees we C A can't plan so yeah and you know half of those trees are in my yard the ones you can't plant yeah well they're go the states claiming that they should never have been there but somehow they got there I think you probably planted them so okay um all right all right well um thank you you're welcome man Mr Mayor Harry Kennedy 1578 friso Road will this ordinance apply to uh agriculturally zoned land yes so if you're clearing a field for farming you will have to replace the trees so we we pushed on that Mr Kenedy and the response we got Mr Finley s was part of it also was that it does not of course this loal ordinance should proceed the right to farm and the the protections Grant to our farming Community um but they made it clear not to insert that type of waiver language in in the ordinance because it was an issue that that we Goes Forth so basically what their position State's position is this none of this undermine the right to farm rights however that's in essence a case by case basis uh for the the way to make at the time of whatever action that you're you're regress you through referen and so it's uh nothing written in stone or on paper as to what the outcome will be is that what you're saying and it'll be flexible I don't know if flexible is the right word uh but again that that the uh nothing in this ordinance is is to um diminish those rights uh so it it I don't know if flexible is the exact word it's it's uh to be determined uh based on what what activity the the farmer or the landard was is proposing or do well let's let's say I have a piece of ground with uh 30 Acres off Little Mill Road filled with trees and I want to plant soybeans I take down all the trees uh what's the outcome I have to pay to replace those trees they under the right to farm law I have the right to take down trees to plant crops it's got to be one of the other but we'd have to clear that through the New Jersey DP because they have not given a firm answer on that and this is their legislation so by not putting it in there you're waiting for the D to decide when the time comes well the D is the one who's telling us to ordinance I know they are they're the ruling body on it so it it's it's yeah it's uh it's an interesting question because unclear yes very unclear because we also passed the right to farm ordinance in uh 2022 I believe it was which uh declared everybody lived in an RA zone so therefore maybe they have the right to clear it for a garden again because of the differing rights and the ordinance written in differing ways because you are allowed to clear trees under the ordinance for farmland yet this ordinance uh is not clear on agricultural ground again uh you know it's what hey won't be the first or last ordinance that isn't clear welcome into jerse right welcome to Franklin Township mik but uh you know hopefully it won't be one that goes the way of the solar ordinances in terms of its uh uh ability to be enforced anyway thank you for your time please I motion to the public hearing 1 6.4 motion toose second all in favor I fa motion to adopt ORD 6.4 motion to adopt 620 I was was second Mr Doyle no Mr P Allan yes Mr ke yes Mr Mr Marsh no yes I'll motion toan ordinance 724 regarding renunciation of any and all actual or potential interest in ownership of lock 6401 lock 7 in the C trag ones and the property retired to the ownership of f Township S7 fav yes  motion Clos door4 second 72372 selected Mr do yes Mr fella yes Mr ke yes Mr Mars yes may yes motion to paid coins will V any all actual or potential interest in CIP of BL 701 M 4 and C for Franklin can the return to the ownership ofing tror a motion to close a the second TR to ad ordinance in24 motion ad01 second Mr yes sister yes Mr K yes s Mar yes may yes pleas get a motion open thei 924 chap 53 man development chapter 335 SP War B within the outside Pine man Zone at the code in the task Franklin K State th motion open public portion 0924 second all in favor motion CL hear ordinance 9 motion close second all favor I motion adopt ordinance 924 motion adopt 0922 second Mr yes Mr K yes Mr ke yes Mr Marsh yes be Bram yes he motion to open the public hearing on thetion 106.4 by money4 budget motion open the public portion for R 106 second all in favor I good so Cindy mkss 330 gavinet um I have a question on the budget and um I know robie's here so she can help me out here um what's the average home right now with sesat in Franklin Township do we have those numberss of the county it's 18952 okay and um so with this budget if it's approved what would the uh average homeowner pay for just the municipal part uh the total tax would be quino 420 full down at increase of 3790 of last J an increase to $37.90 for the year okay okay and um my next question maybe youd know the answer I'm not sure on the county reevaluation the reassessment the Clayton was just finished um when is Franklin's do so in other words the the County's been reassessing and re-evaluating homes and all throughout the county but I think we might have been the last of the buch haven't heard anything from them that we're on no it's schule so we're not so you're not so we don't have to worry about that for at least the year right because they haven't noticed anybody with that see with Clayton it was such a big amount because some of the houses were bringing such a large amount of money from like you said 189 with the reassessment if they bring it up I'll make if if they bring it up to either of us I'll make sure they posted ahead of time but they usually reduce am I how far behind your when be r i I don't know but years I can tell you they they packed Clayton a couple months ago when these notes went out and their their homes were like our it's 189 that was my first question and so if your home is 200,000 and you're now just sold it your neighbor got 400 500 whatever now you're in the middle of that re-evaluation and then they have to adjust and I correct the tax rate tax rate would come down if all the assets values which are actually we we 7 we I don't count about go down okay and that's that's what drives their I know yeah and we Dro was certainly yeah below into the 70s with 60s well perent most of the people that are asking they're they're concerned obviously for that that purpose because of the you know the way the Market's been but the other factor is is you know where do you go because if you sell it and you're stuck in the middle of that and your taxes go up but then we have the other factor which is we're supposed to have these new uh procedures where the towns are getting ready to allow those that are senior citizens to have the reduced rate so you know what I'm saying it's it's that big question mark and I didn't know if you had any latest news on any of that but again as you as you were at the meeting with the senator right they have no answers to that as to what's going to happen so you haven't gotten anything with with introducing our budget didn't make any difference with all these senior freezes what's going to happen with the freeze point Who's going to reimburse the the other the other Mount exactly the state would have to reimburse us well that's why everybody think going to come up the money don't know that okay so but we haven't gotten anything with the budget coming in and all this stuff nothing's been there's no latest Clos the books in October right right right so I mean it's July didn't not there for this they couldn't do it that period of time if they wanted to right start tomor I just thought we might be next on their list and we were the last ones to could be but I don't know everybody else has been done that I see I would think 25 okay if I was all right if I was a guessing person I would think we're going to add notice for 25 yeah just when comes in right right okay thank you to keep it Barber Halper again I'm not sure I understand everything but I had a couple of questions about the budget uh there's on shoot 24 there's a 2023 local Recreation Improvement program uh and 78,000 and that was paid or charged what did we spend that on you haven't spent it yet okay cuz I thought if it said paid it was spent no that just means it's it was taken out of the budget and put into the grant fund okay well that's good to know the other question I have was related to the open space Recreation and farmland historic preservation trust fund on page 43 um I I understand I don't understand why there's no interest income on that fund um and don't know if I'm reading this correctly but the reserve funds is what's left in it after the end of the year yes so we do receive interest on that they just added that um in not on the interest line it's just added into the revenue side okay well but we do re interest on a buing space okay well on the appropriated side it talks about uh development of land for recreation and conservation other expenses 50,000 um what is that for exactly um whatever we need to spend for open space uh there are different things what did we spend last year nothing right no last year we did and what itation with Ken ainson okay cuz there is a line for Farmland preservation but there's nothing on that line so I was very confused because we've got ,000 under development of land for recreation and conservation as other expenses then we have 350,000 under maintenance of land for recreation and conservation other expenses and uh reserved out of last year was 15,600 so that's $400,000 and how much of that did we spend last year and what did we spend it on we preserved quite a bit of land last year to S uh land water trust Farmland preservation yeah okay it just seems like the lines don't make sense where they put all this because it's an acquisition of farmland and it's blank is this filled out right yes it's done it's done by the Auditors and they send this up to the state to be approved so it it is filled out directly it is a little confusing but like like I said most of the money goes towards preserving the farm land right and basically you're expecting to spend another 400,000 so if we only get $15,438.24 yeah because it looked like summary of program that there wasn't a whole lot left because it says one total collected to date is 1,861 236 say total expended to date is 1,324 n32 and that's that's a that's about right what we had still have in there 5 600,000 okay so if you spend 400,000 you we won't have very much left that's just that's just an estimation we're estimating we try to estimate based on what was spent last year I can tell you it's not going to be that much because I believe talking to Mr ainson there's only two properties left that are even in the process that could go to settlement this year and there's no one else even close so that is a high estimate but we have to estimate based on what we did the previous year okay does that estimate include py Hollows uh matching funds the grant is that anywhere in this budget it is budgeted out of the reserves we have because we can't use the open space on but the way the resolution is written at this point it's only for Farmland okay even though the V voters voted for both open space and a Farmland correct but the resolution was done in 1999 only specified formally not open space think so can we draw up a new resolution and fix this problem well it actually needs to be an ordinance but yes we have discuss doing that because it it is the way it should be done okay yeah this for a lay person it's very hard to understand what's being said um Bonnie Hollow has been taken from the reserves we actually have to match the green AC um the only estimate I have of how much the township is expended from Farmland is from their own report which is a couple years old I think it comes from January 2022 at and during that report they indicated about 5565 2017 from the open space fond went towards permanently preserved Farmland do we have an updated figure on how much we've actually spent I can see what Mr Atkinson was sent us I believe he sent us an end year report last year posted and also the cost of the services for Mr ainson and before that um I forget demand you oh it's it's each each one is done via resolution here right when we do it a farm and then the the breakdown is put down on each resolution as to what the costs are for be it title work survey work appraisals South Jersey water but all that goes into comes out of the open space fund itself what yes whatever our resolution is that's passed all that total comes out of the open fees okay that sounds good any idea what the $78,000 will end up being spent on not yet we we've been in multiple discussions as to what possible and useis part could be but it's going to go to one of the parks to do something there possibly Mal Lake playround could be improved and also when the trees get that did pass right the tree oret you yes they catch maybe malake Park could get some trees because that was one of the things people were questioned what they wanted on a survey and they wanted some shade especially around the playground so possibly some of those trees could be planted so that the parents and the children have some shade thank you and stay tun good evening Dave Marshall 67 New Road Malaga uh when it comes time for raises whether it be Department of Public Works uh clerk administrator any any position who decides who gets what kind of increase and ex it's an actual notes FL okay I didn't know if it was any performance-based you know factor of course you know normal inflation you know all the factors that come in but I'm just looking at from a business standpoint of how it normally gets done so I'm just curious on us the um non-represented try to keep that line the out can and that's based on what do you just okay contract public War contract okay and there's statutory protection for theed officials relative to that to to keep the raises at B to protecting is not for no I understand and is it in line across like all of them have the same percentage or it's based upon position did same percent okay I'm just curious on uh sheet 12 and this something I I think it would go to you Robin uh line items 20-120 and 20-100 under the the clerk and administrator there's other expenses listed uh you know for one is $33,000 respectively and one is 8,250 M any idea if you can give me a breakdown of what that is you know what do they entail um under the clerk there's many different things there is elections under there uh there are office supplies with all different things we have a more broken us in our system computer system which there could be 10 20 different lines go adverti BR there's a lot yeah a lot of different things under under um admin never under under the admin is basically all the functions of the Town chip whether it's copers it's telephone it's any kind of you know operating uh expenses are all under there okay because I saw breakdowns of that in other spots too telephones and all the other stuff is broke down in other areas some some there are other uh telephones but there are other things that go in the give you a total yeah can you yeah do I have something I have to over or can you provide that not tonight but can you get that to me yes I didn't know if I had to over it or if you could provide it I just want to ask to see and I don't have it you know right in front of me but I there was when you brought up phones there was another spot and I don't have that line item in front of me unfortunately and I understand that probably covers cell phones and and a little bit of everything but under the telephone we're putting out $65,000 a year there are quite a for the whole yeah but I understand is that self line land lines that's everything okay and I just one of just seemed pretty outrageous especially when you look at other towns and they're under 15 most of them under 15,000 so that's why I'm asking why we're at 65,000 it just seems outrageous and from a tax standpoint I was just curious on how we get to that point when yeah if you don't mind I mean and that was the the main one that was there that just seemed I mean some of the other ones are a little off but that varies and there's too many factors but that's one that just seemed extremely high you know in all right so do I have to give you information after this you know I'm no okay all right thank you why what Nancy Kennedy 7-Eleven St George Street so I guess I should have done my homework a little bit before I came but I wanted to ask what committee members were actually the committee members who were appointed to work or who decided to work on the budget s myself and John K okay and so you worked in conjunction primarily with the CFO and with the administrator we worked with the the administrator come was to the department heads they c a budget together because that dra was that could is I I don't want I don't want to offend anybody and I don't want to comment on the specifics of anyone's salary being ridiculously an egregiously high especially given the level of service that's provided to most members of this Township I would ask the committee to look again at the salaries and the ones that you have discretion over maybe maybe tweak them a little uh the one thing I would also say is that anyone who sits as the administrator or as a Township committeeman or committee woman or a professional in any capacity is going to take some heat is going to take some scrutiny and when I look back at my time I can identify right away some mistakes that I made and one of the biggest mistakes that I made was overlooking the value and the talent that you have in your court office and in your police department now I will tell anyone who sits still long enough wherever I am for court that our police are the absolute best in the world they are the absolute best in the world in encountering other court professionals many of them are phenomenal but nobody at least at the municipal court level is better than the staff that you have here and if I could go back in time and I could undo or redo or fix anything other than telling Mike Marsh I was going to turn the ambulance building into um or the dog kennel into an ambulance building I would raise the salary of Tracy blader Tracy bler has been here I think since she graduated from high school she doesn't cause anybody any problems she's polite to people whether they can help her politically or not she immediately comes to the window if another staff member isn't available even though she's the very important court administrator and just because she's not somebody's political favorite or knows where the bodies are buried or what have you I would strongly urge you to consider giving her an increase um all the women in that office are phenomenal Gina brasia it's my understanding is one of two remaining police clerks I think the others are no longer here which means that the work of four people is now being done by two people and it's my understanding that the other young woman in that office is also phenomenal Candice again anything you can do to bring up their salaries to resemble some of their more glamorous counterparts uh I think as a taxpayer would be one wonderful and if you would take that into consideration and learn from the mistakes I made I think that would be great before I said I just have one more question it's not specifically on the budget but it relates to the budget indirectly is there a second public portion because it's not on the agenda yeah for the second all right thanks very much is closed all motion Clos the second all in favor ad resolution 10644 motion ad R 1062 Mr D yes yes Mr King yes Mr Marsh yes mayor yes a motion open the first portion resolutions in motion second all in favor who I don't Barbara Halper again um I see under here uh R 111 15-24 they we're going to award the contract for the planing holla preservation Trail Improvement project or are you going to vote on that basic yeah um I noticed that the bids were solicited in March and it's now July is the contractor still uh willing to stick to his bids you've spoken to him yep awesome already stro with him already already agreed with writing he would extend due to us having to use the budget to pay for it so okay so he hasn't said the costs might be different or anything like that okay so if you go ahead and award this contract this evening uh when can we expect to see some construction be again and the sign going up have to coordinate with M and CMA and see you what company just need it that kind of stuff if any is needed so has a sign been put out there yet I know that's a requirement that they put the Green Acre sign out there yet I think it may need to be visible from the road or something I'm not sure okay well good to see that it's going to get moving forward everyone is going to vote for us tonight thank you no than FY Kennedy still 7-Eleven St George streak I'm in a nostalgic mood tonight and since I waxed philosophic as my friend Nick Christian would say about some of the mistakes I made let me talk about something wonderful that happened while I was the administrator Heather flame was not yet on Township committee but she brought to our attention the fact that at that time we were the only School District in Gloucester County that did not have school resource officers some of you know Heather she's incredibly Dynamic she's phenomenal she's brilliant she should still be on Township committee if Dave Degan hadn't lied to the executives neither here nor there she along with Leo vallo championed getting school resource officers into our schools as quickly as possible ironically Dave Degan voted against it which was pretty funny but tonight you are not voting against it ostensively you are taking it even further than wonderful Heather flame and Brilliant Le of a Salo did you're building on the good work that they started and you're making sure our kids are safe and so for that I wanted to take a minute and say thank you 3 2 and the Marshall 67 new road on the resolution R 11 1924 on the trash truck repairs the trucks that actually had the problems were they the some of the trucks we just got from Logan Township were these ones that we had previously right and any of the trucks from Logan Township and I think this was asked before but if you can refresh my memory were they bought to be able to be put service or for parts for for needs like this we had one that's B service and actually is the only truck I hasn't broke down out and the other one were the to get help okay one may be is AR all right and the two different failures of there one was an oil pump and Camp Shi fa I'm assuming it caus catastrophic engine damage yeah I kind of figured that and the other one it just says engine failure sensor I mean that narrows it down to about 423 sensories so which one was it that failed he going through a bunch of different about was all right a lot a lot of dios support okay any idea what the end result was uh a lot just just curious and a specific sentor would no just ER ERG EGR EGR that's that was one of them that was on the invoice and then some Alice I forget what the other one was y that was two of the ones they came up with they they tried to repair and then ended up having just to replace it was then trickled down to other things when they had replaced that so I remember I remember the I remember that that acronym from the Inu so I didn't realize the trash trucks CU they gbw shouldn't have regen systems on them but I guess they do every okay yeah cuz they should be over that classification and and uh and Diesel chopped over 67 okay so they are over I thought they were I thought there were 22 and 23,000 resp spe okay all right so I knew the over was but I thought they were red under that okay do you know what the cost of those two repairs were roughly it doesn't say that in the uh and the resolution truck 7 I believe was 74 7500 54 yeah 54,000 yeah all right thank you R well I to be to close the mo close first second all in favor I V to approve correspondence in report motion correspond second all in favor motion to approve the minutes from June 11 2024 motion Al yes Mr K yes s Mar yes s yes motion to approve a solicitation per R by Anderson ption of Sol second all in favor yes I motion to approve raffle lies Mala Fe of assumption motion to approve the raffle license selected those in favor resolution resolution 107.4 ta jumction for R 10724 second Mr do yes Mr Allan yes Mr P yes Mr Mars yes that yes resolation 108 22 Al Cat by R 10823 yes Mr King yes Mr Marsh yes yes v94 off dark r192 second Mr do yes sister Chella yes Mr King yes sister Marsh yes yes resolution 24e of the Town agreement resource offic town1 yes Allen yes Mr King yes Mar yes mayor PR yes resolution 11124 out ready to practice to OB agreement SEC provide two school resource officers to aan Christian one that's a b one sry okay one school resource officer to Theon Christian the24 motion r114 SED Mr do yes s Allan yes sister King yes sister Mar yes a yes there ra 1122 all CIT death the fr the the agreement by 2 okay schol research Adult super schooled point4 235 school r1224 second yes Mr yes yes Mar yes J resulation 1344 side Ling AC ofland preservation C ver r 11324 exited Mr go yes Mr K yes Mr K yes Mr Mar yes yes transolution 1144 s person cy.com motion R 11424 yesan yes Mr ke yes Mr Marsh yes mayor BR now yes resolation 1152 contract that's can to Professional Services in Project the count FR I'm going to make make a motion to table that resolution to finish my conversation with Mr s financing the fun protest second Mr Doyle table Mr pel me who ke yes Mr Marsh yes may have it yes good resolution 11624 two c will J to County re Tom train getting keep for inside the pleas motion r1628 it Mr D yes Mr kand yes Mr King yes Mr Mars yes now yes 11724 team training august24 R17 Mr D yes Mr Fen yes Mr K yes Mr Marsh yes may G 118 f f g FR County r184 second Mr do yes Mr fella yes Mr Keem yes Mr Mar yesy yes resolution 11924 authorized urgency pregn from draft truck on one and number s stre w c Supply to Atlant County motion R11 19-24 s Mr do yes Mr P Allen yes Mr Keen yes Mr Mr Marsh yes n yes resolation 12024 authorization of letter of support for B count Ander for courtown Road Dan m r 120 s24 second Mr D yes to Al yes Mr ke yes Mr Mar yes yes second take a motion to open the second bu P seven all faor I'm back again guys Mike I'm definitely disappointed about the Piney Hollow project and I don't know what what we're waiting for when will we be able to decide and how long is our contractor going to wait wait long this going wait was SP being all well I mean I had the impression from Mr Finley that he had a funding source good my I looked at it today excuse me extremely hot what's on AR we have to contribute well it's $400,000 Grant and this is came under the $400,000 and if you just pass the ordinance you can get it from the open space fund believe it's $400,000 gr it is 200,000 no it's a $400,000 Grant we pay half I appli for the grant so let me explain it to you it's a $400,000 Grant and you can look at the grants on my website if you're unfamiliar with it green Frankin Township at wordpress.com um it's wordpress.com now the money for this supposed to come from the open space fund and you don't have to pay the contractor until he's done and delaying it further is only risking losing the cont contractor it's been 7 years uh we obviously have enough Surplus to cover this it is a $400,000 Grant and our portion is 200,000 the state green Aces program is giving us the other half so I'm not sure what the problem is I think we're getting a good deal because we're only paying half of what it's going to cost to the improvements and the price is even lower as Mr Doyle made sure that we changed it so that it wasn't a boardwalk so that it would be cheaper um what do you really expect to happen by delaying it further I don't think he's trying to delay for I just take this T say it sh him back real chge beac and he wants to Bic the numbers that make sure it's the G he has everybody to do and if we have to wait another month it's so de well that was my question how long are we going to wait I mean I got a flippant answer he has documents he's going to request some worries looked at well you've had since March so it's really uh disturbing that it's July and you haven't looked at it and it's finally coming up now Ace makes waste you don't rush it to thing we was SP it was like I guess you would like to do that not V I didn't say that and I don't know why you're insisting on that it's been seven years this project has gone through a lot to get where it is today so it hasn't been Hasty at all uh I'm sorry you weren't around for any of this so you don't really know I want to learn that's great but you've had ample opportunities since it's been seven years now thank you can Margaret Dar forest grow Mr Marsh I am amazed that you haven't looked at this already I looking at the what the B hasn't been around for 7 years m and I did I say seven years the beta has not been around for that's another morance information spread I don't think I said seven years it's been around for a long time months and we've been waiting for a long time for this park to open for and it's it hopefully does get open hopefully C how about can we have a date here we don't know we it's you right we all to discuss I have to look at it I'm I'm going to pick it up for and I'm not going to spend the tax taxpayers one leeks to leave we have needs of ones out I'm sure everyone knows the difference between G at want we need police cars we need public horse employees we need trash trucks this is a want we can afford it on all four I want I thought the money was set aside for this I'm going to look into that look into it yes it it was a done deal the money was set side it wasn't it's cting the taxs a lot of money to 5 minutes I I'll think that thank you I'm I'm I'm really dismayed and disappointed I'm not going to vote Yes blindly I'm looking in blindly yes blindly that okay you should want that from your elect ficient shouldn't you I guess I want some action I want some work out of you then that's what I'm doing get to it get to it I am doing it and give us a deadline here give us a a time when this will be done oh hopefully next month meum more maybe sept weing with if I don't get it to more brand it's goodness I can see much evening mayor council staff my name is Robert foot from 20 Clubhouse Drive right here in IA Lake um I'll give you a little break because it has nothing to do with anything that's on the agenda um it's a personal matter but also it's a concerning matter because there's a perception of power of abuse within the municipality as well as in the court system here regarding my situation uh some of you might be aware of it I'm not sure I know um when I get into it Mr BR mayor you have been copied on so many emails I had met with Mr Finley before um I have been for I've been on I on a lake for the last seven years I purchased a house and for this August the last four years my family and me have been pretty much basically harassed terrorized by uh neighbors that don't feel that I conform to what they think the the town or the uh Community should be like and I stated about the perception about the the abuse of power and all because for two years I well let me ask you a question can anybody tell me what is the cost of police officers being sent out to a home for a random as an average their salary Le salary okay what about uh a fire truck an ambulance um Two Fire Department utility vehicles Les and the fire marshal vehicle being dispatched out and sent out because to this date I have had to police of my house over 37 times I've had to fire marshall fire trucks fire utility vehicles and everything at my house and neighbors houses as well over a half a dozen times as well and to give you in less than three minutes what has been going on for 4 years um I basically have been harassed by use of the township and the neighbor that I'm talking about has used the township at will to as an extension to basically terrorize my family going out um besides the fact of constantly being spit at demoralized uh narcissistic Tendencies because I received slanderous diminishing letters that were handwritten signed and sent certified mail so that I knew exactly who sent these letters to me and to my neighbors as well too uh the township has sent me um citations and emails for having a unregistered boat on the lake having a motorized boat on the lake having a motorized build on a lake that's leaking fuel having a shed that was not Zone having a fence that was built without a permit to the point where I had to have a meeting with Mr Finley to show that I did have a permit it was never checked on nobody ever came out to even investigate the boat does it's a shell doesn't even have Electronics let alone an engine or a gas tank and it's registered and Coast Guard certified even though there's nothing there for it because of the neighbor's actions I went through I believe her neighbor's Rosemary she's I he anymore three times to get a 4x4 shed zoned out into my thing I had the permit where I was informed the reason I got the citation is because they didn't go back further enough to see if the permit but yet the fence was put up 7 years ago and I'm receiving citations for putting up without a permit on top of that too um I finally after a year of the police coming out and asking what I could do I got told I could do nothing but file complaints file complaints I file complaint compl s uh against the neighbors and then um when I went to court I got to find out by the prosecutor that somebody changed the docket number on my complaint so that my evidence does not match the docket number so that got dismissed and that person got a waste got free for that the other time the prosecutor was using a fire marshal as a witness on our behalf to show The False Alarm calls and and was going out there and the fire marshal twice did not show up to court and neither time was the fire marshal ever issued a benchmark cuz I know if I didn't show the court twice I would have a benchmark issued out for me and it continues to go on to the point where I'm not sure what else I could do now because I filed complaints because there was a no contact order and then they started putting false or um Anonymous complaints in um so the township is still getting involved with that as well too and now it's to the point where I'm receiving letters from um lawyers offices about my aggravated assault charges that I'm assuming I'm going to get in the mail soon enough too that I can put down complaints where I have evidence photograph letters videos Witnesses where the witnesses that showed up the court all of a sudden start getting citations from the count or from the township for stuff that they had on their property or the line because they were witnesses to the way that the neighbor has been behaving and acting and it's to the point where I have two autistic children they don't care about that I live 10 ft from the county clerk Hogan where they work for them I'm friends with them we exchange up Christmas where if I was that bad of a neighbor I think that would be the first person to make a phone call I'm looking for help on where to go next with this because now it seems that the next s i I don't know what to do I don't know where to go and it's getting to the point where my wife wants to move my kids don't a't want to go outside anymore and it's being an extension of the township being used to do this and it's not stopping B I mean yeah I to can start with the with the prosecutor what your Ty this Sor first I not really uh get confidence to G talk to about the Mr I know I this was one years ago Police Every days probably years every Then There came out you C to come out to hang and that's the thing so now once have I ever been told to lower music or never put out a fire or something like that they call up the municipal and they're like look it's 3:30 Friday afternoon we we we can't call down here on a noise order and so then he calls d11 because you're forced to come in that's my point police and fire even if they are suspicious that in fictitious cge have to come out which is harassment to you because you didn't do anything but they fired it's not with the town but when the mar When The Fire Marshall comes out six times to the same 24 in home Depot campfire fire pit no yeah it's extreme I'm just I'm explaining that no but yet the township is still doing it the township is still feeding into this narcissism that it it's you know like I said I file complaints where I have evidence and all and they get rejected and then all of a sudden a falsified complaint can get put in and now all of a sudden I'm accuse of aggravated assault because somebody's trying to get me to move you all seen our the house on iake and what it looked like 7 years ago to what it is today I take pride in where I live that's the only reason I do the work that I do cuz I like where I live I wanted to look at I want the place to look good I want the neighbors to like it the neighbors have joined in the place and uplifted and I get it people don't like change but that doesn't give somebody the right to terrorize a family and use the township as the finger to do it than I we're aware of it now Mr F said Mr Mr with look well I appreciate that thank you I don't know where else car he say thank you each Dave Marshall 67 new road just real quick master plan any ideas of when that'll be coming forth nothing come nothing's come forward though I believe they were putting together dat to happen meing should the last I heard was they had the meeting on the 26th yeah that meeting's been done right yeah I KN I've not heard them see me or Chris do me as to when the war for the 26 and well the 26 was the master plan about they did they did they did it after the meeting they didn't do it as a for the planning board members were there they had their meeting closed the meeting then had it end up their meeting um and then there was another one on 26 that the last I heard they had become agreement at the 26 and Chris do was going to draw up his draft but I have not gotten anything guys this St yet from here once that becomes available that draft is it something the public can access before the planning board meeting besides you know if not when the agenda comes out when we only have two days but is there a way to get it ahead of time to talk with them but I mean a draft is is a draft it's a working document so yeah but once it's past that point I'm going to be coming forth to the planning board well I think it'll just go to the planning board I don't know that they'll vote on it that night because they're going to need to review the final draft that's why the last time with it being leaked that's why when the agenda opened up for the planning board I recommend being put on there because it was out on Facebook the draft report and people were calling and having questions and we hadn't even seen the the full draft report but other people had it they were on the committee so we had to kind of put the carpet or the horse to to let the elected and the board members know what was being talked about so they could review it no it makes sense but what I'm saying is it before the obviously you have to do it 48 hours prior to the meeting but is it once you know before they're going to vote on that meeting once they get their official draft approved when Mr docy gives it to me because it's it's actually cme's document that they're giving to us check with him and I'll check with Mr Lions as to the the factor when it becomes available for people right yeah because I understand the part of drafts with the open public meeting act but that only has to do with its employees or finances with dfts anything to do with the public or taxpayer site is supposed to be publicly released so just make sure you're clear that thank you this is Nancy Kennedy 7-Eleven St George Street Jake this is the first meeting that I've attended since you won the Republican Party nomination we'll call it a nomination that you're officially going to be the Republican candidate on the ballot so I wanted to say congratulations I also wanted to congratulate Mr seers who ran a rem remarkably good race especially for it being a trump year I know that he made a lot of contact with residents which is something that of course should be important to all of you as elected officials reaching out to Residents contacting them finding out what's important to them and what they need to have as good an experience in Franklin Township as is possible it was it was very gratifying to see the positive response what wasn't gratifying and I don't know how many of you are on Facebook I know that the township has a Facebook arm we'll call it but that there are also multiple Facebook pages that are run by residents and I don't know how many of you if any of you are are members on those pages they can get somewhat heated we'll say um and and again some of the people who were extremely heated negative borderline defamatory were supporters of some of you who sit up there and I would just ask that as the elected officials any influence you have I've never seen any of you post anything certainly not your own names anyway and I wouldn't accuse you of otherwise um I've never seen any of you post anything that that fell into that category quite frankly uh and I would just ask as a resident who does frequent those pages that you would encourage all of your supporters to show respect for the freedom and the rights that every person in this Township has to express themselves politically and I have 3 minutes and 14 seconds left so some of you weren't there uh when actually I don't think any of you were there when the Facebook pages were originally created Jake you were probably on the school board um but when the Franklin Township residence page that's managed by Nora primarily was put up I think it was back in maybe 2013 and then in 2016 Christina Ridgeway wanted to have a counter voice to that page and she started we are Franklin and the two pages have different rules and as I said I don't even know what all of you are members but I encourage you to take a look because it'll probably give you a little Glimpse as to the pulse of the community and and who the people are who support you and and and who don't um you know it's funny back in 2016 I was saying about Leah vallo M Ridgeway wrote that she was the only committeeman with the hatrick and I thought of it tonight because I came up three times so it's a hatrick she was the only committee person Miss ridr wrote of Lea vallo who had intelligence fortitude and truly wanting what's best for Franklin and its residents now none of you were on the committee at that time I'm sure miss richway would have equally lovely things to say about some of you and hopefully going forward all of you will do as Miss Ridgeway said Leah Vaso was the hattrick intelligent showed fortitude and truly wanted what was best for Franklin I hope all of you will continue to do that as well thank you so much have a good evening get a motion to close the second B portion second seconde reports Mr you U Frank colle this week which was a h success I was uh look after the Shon you know that bu six cre I was going there but it was great the green shft uh 26 kids taken to Philadelphia was a little bit Notting but it turned out to be a great day and was a great Le K congratulation hits and great job by Poli withal Comm had this week his government wasend my very you should bring me very good job we did it Mr may we got a budget so thanks to the administration thanks to Robin everybody who work on that Martin HS um congratulations if you got what you looking for sorry if you didn't to went both ways on a lot of uh things but um so really grateful to have some good stats and help about the back and also Library board is still looking for um a library director so um please residents um keep an eye out ear open and may you send somebody to the direction of the library Board Room looking for the position that also happy July time to be inter then I may not always agree with everybody comes up in the mic I'm happy that you guys do come up to the mic and have that right expect being that bus new Public Works has been obviously fighting the trash truck battle on it also um with the drought and spring clutter issues on going for years me Senter need that SP a while try trying predo and sort that out unfortunately gr could not make it the is great the is right now and fin so you get and this will get better for a while they and the clean Design Dallas so no hopefully if the weather toer still I saw um first Godly thank you work to put on budget Matt thank you farmer heads thank you that e way you know not or uh so it's obvious We R one AC going there is a lot of cost and curve fuel electricity benefits so split table 308 the household then last last them my it's $9 maybe a quarter how might have keep buy H but I understand that now it's Bing it public works they tra trunks keep breaking down let just guys stand it's out take on so appreciate that Rex don't how these people do it they had a coin drop there two weekends ago two weekends ago after Friday liting afternoon and then satday morning and col down some out it was it was nice I'll be it so with that said I mer the close s all in favor thanks come to out e