wi to flag of the United States of America to the repic which stands one nation indivisible for so the open public meetings act adquate notice that this meeting was bed to the official Township newspapers on the bulletin board and Township website on January 4 2024 this meeting was being video take to we on Channel 9 go Mr fan here Mr Marsh here mayor bro here um Matt you want to read that Proclamation now we have a proclamation on and apiz for participation in nation Poli week t uh yeah so I want to thank um Jamie from uh he's bsiness Center during National Police Week um he came uh to the station of bedor officers uh launch in appreciation for all they do so it's Proclamation honor Hing Big Papa J's barbecue for providing the Franklin T Police Department lunch in honor of National Police Week whereas Big Papa J's barbecue cre truck reach out to aeve Theory and offer to barate cater L to the frach police department MAV on May 15th 2024 and whereas big papa Jays is a locally owned and operated two trop business own by Jamie and Alis and Juliana Al land cake grow and whereas big papa jays came to the police station provided a variety of water selections and fed the entire police department in honor of their service and sacrifice to the residents of Franklin Township on a daily basis and now therefore be resolved that the township of Franklin or the town Committee of the township of Franklin County boster state of New Jersey hereby thanks honors and congratulates Jamie and Alis and Juliana for their dedication and generosity to the members of the Frank attach police department and honor of naal Police Week 2024 presented by the cas committee County of gler and St G on June 11th 2024 John Bruno mayor and committee Deputy Mayor Tim do Mark fella John and M Mar thank you thank the [Applause] sa you tell everybody it was excellent you didn't know uh second motion they have abuse the following ordinance the public hearing for all these ordinances these four ordinances will be on July 11th 2024 uh first ordinance is 624 tree removal replacement ordinance motion 6 second all those in favor I uh the next one is ordinance 0724 regarding the renunciation of any and all actual and potential interest and ownership of block 6401 lot 7 in the township of Franklin and the property returning to the ownership of Franklin Fest motion 7 three second all those in favor Ty I uh the next one is ordinance 824 we go in pronunciation of any and all actual potential interest in the ownership to lot 701 mean block 701 lot four in the township food in the property turning to the ownership of ownership of prood Township Mo 8-1 second tror I uhin 0924 M amending chapter 253 Land Development chapter 335 storm water control within and outside pman zone of the code in the cast frankt County gler standing Jord motion 09 this one second all in favor I and again these the public hearing will be held our next meeting July 11 2 p the motion open the first por to resolutions in motion open the first second all TR take your motion to close the first B cour motion to close second all favor I I motion to approve corresponden and reports I a motion to approve correspondence and includes second all favor I uh motion to approve the best the minutes from May 11 2024 motion to approve the minutes second B favor I motion to approve toest motion approve toest second Mr yes Mr Mars yes mayor Bruno yes motion to approve ra raffle The Oasis Animal SE motion to approve the gra license second all those in favor I motion to approve far stand permit carisman motion to approve the for stand permit second in favor I uh motion to approve mobile food handing license what is that luxuous Caribbean phones motion appr the license second those in favor I uh res resolutions uh resolution R 8824 re-budget by title own Mo for r88 d24 second call Mr Allen yes Mr Mark yes mayor Bram yes resolution 89 introducing introduction of the 2024 C Fring budget bu R 8924 second Mr Gellen yes s Marsh yes mayor yes you B 924 recogniz acceptance of a donated K9 do and authoriz the chief of police to begin process of selecting Handler and scheduled training of new K9 motion r90 do 20 second Mr P ellan yes Mr Marsh yes mayor Brant yes which dog we retire uh so K9 Lee who is corporal fator's dog um that will be our next dog to time uh you soon go it'll be coming on in September is there's something wrong there up the doll break just no um we have anticipated promotions okay that's that's the reason that's out thank you I'm sorry resolution 9124 Al Fire Works displayed by pyro techn National mation motion r91 that's 24 second Mr F yes Mr Marsh yes may BR yes resolution 9224 author two to an agreement with American bouns for than attach National Night Out celebration or man two second Mr F yes Mr Marsh yes may for no yes resolution 93 to board a knowledging and direct contach administrator to complete and sub application for consideration of school year 2024 New Jersey base pain training institute by is New Jersey Affairs r at R 93- 24 second Mr fella yes Mr Marsh yesing yes resolution 9424 limitting employee payroll pay stops training effect of June 27th 201 motion r94 D second Mr Fel yes Mr Marsh yes may B yes resolution 95.4 according r g and Iris a trapman as Port time gold s take this buing r95 that's 2 second s yes Mr Mars yes mayor BR yes resolution 96.4 approval to submit a Grant application and executed Grant contract to the New Jersey Fin and trans agent spray improvements the Dutch Mill Road saves and said say than okay r96 toin second Mr pero yes Mr Marsh yes s bring yes C six that's six miles F that's what he giv on a mile con right you like what4 million for one month I mean can like if we're like 100 ft short can we like maybe just do the r it's better better prove the chain good we'll take a look at the ones in just just to make a note to Mr Mayor the public hearing is on July 9th not July 11th should say but thank you stop funny bordon uh resolution 9724 approval to submitted Grand application of executed Grand contract from the New Jersey Department transportation to the approvement to waiting Town Reddit Mo R 97221 second Mr Pell yes Mr Marsh yes may BR up yes resolution 924 gr LIC within that's in 23 point R 98-2 second Mr Pella yes Mr Marsh yes mayor B yes resoltion 9924 R Ral of liquid license with C with fire count for 202 r901 second Mr P Allen yes Mr Mars yes may BR yes resolution r100 24 Mery temporary budget protion R 100- second Mr F yes Mr Marsh yes Mayo yes resoltion 101 ta p r 101-2 second Mr Fel yes Mr Mar yes may yes resoltion 10224 authorized to tax exemption disable motion R1 2-24 second Mr P Allen yes Mr Marsh yes yes resolution 1322 Al Grant ta dection R1 3-24 second Mr Marsh yes Mr gerell yes mayor bro yes resolution 10424 a knowledging award for electric generation Supply service under to South Jersey power R 10424 second Mr the AL yes Mr Marsh yes may yes resolution 10524 authorize the close executive me to theion committee C vers sanin froster L1 te P high G R15 24 second Mr F Allen yes Mr Marsh yes may bring yes I the motion to open the public hearing on ordinance 05 C4 privately owned Sal motion through in public ption for 052 second all those in favor hi got M on Thea thanks yeah it's uh can I get a motion to close the public portion close AC second all the TR room I can I get a motion to adopt ordinance 0524 PR salge motion approve 05- 24 second Mr K yes Mr King yes Mr Mar come in hot yes mayor yes session would take any action no Serv no they're going to take any action of close uh so we'll do a conve reports and then you know so you want to stick around and theist to choose not so so mik um second oh I'm sorry where's that he motion to open the second portion motion to open the second P por count second all in favor what you got for I'll go Cy Ms S um mayor I'm not sure maybe you're going to give it in the committee report so um if I'm jumping the gun with it um is there any update I understand there was an EDC meeting on Thursday night and is there any update regarding the marith Farms property cuz I'm hearing that there's something with a well and that they got approvals I don't know if that's true or not but that's why um repres was there okay you gave us concept plan concept plan okay like what they want to do out there that a we question the water yeah uh he said that they went into the P Point P but their allegation what wasn't as great as the demand or the ass was early on okay 105 whatever that was cuz we couldn't get you couldn't get in there we couldn't get in there that's why um okay I just didn't I heard it and I was on that committee for a short time like Mike I think we were on there together at the same time so I was just curious as to did he give you any idea other than this was all verbal they have not they've not given us any documentation supporting it just a little to yeah they well we were relying on that water to make our our plans go and all of a sudden he can get into it and we couldn't I just was curious again I'm l a little skeptical this but okay and nothing is official was simp concept plan and just due to the size of the property start they're going to actively start marketing the property they have no end user at this point but they're smart right that just seemed strange that like I said we we couldn't you know move anything forward with that water situation and all right and uh when I heard it I just thought that you know didn't add up to what we had been told Mike and I I said atten for what their usage going to be it's like I down well yeah because of fire suppression and all the other things they would have to with a warehouse and all the other things they would need probably more but I don't know okay that thank you for your time I also another gentleman m j man on the car guys oh Mr Copart yes it's a go that's to Amit Farms they bought all the properties boarding mer of farms so it wasent that both of them be at the same time since the property's are joined okay so how many cars I guess we'll have 30 or more cars coming in a day uh he said what well I don't know glass BR 60 trips well glass bar the two that they do up there is sometime anywhere from 20 to 40 you know what I'm saying it depends on you know the days they kind of line up all the toad trucks right I guess they all have access out to re they have access and M yeah oh yeah well yeah okay might not say no well I know these guys come and go we don't know whether they'll to go through with their plans on but thank you for the info on the on the well Jason Brant 688 rosmont Avenue Newfield I object to this tree ordinance it's unamericans he it's also my opinion violation of my constitutional rights under the Fifth Amendment I'd like you guys to reject it and litigate it if necessary I understand that it's a mandate from the D which is a bureaucratic unelected role making organization it's accountable to know him and I would like you guys to stand up for the resident's rights and litigate this if necessary obviously just my individual opinion there's probably some other socialists here you goad and the community that like it but are you going to find no I mean on a Ser on a serious note though was there any discussion at like League of municipalities or anybody uh as far as this ordinance goes or there there was no of of on the legal challenge now there was challenged to some of the really broad-based ill informed to uh there were earlier deadlines in place and there was back and forth primarily through Municipal Engineers who have to to play a role in implement men in it and and municipal government where where they a lot of these things are written without a lot of uh understanding of our County couny south of here and limited resources and abundant trees so but but there there was a lot of resistance objection and input but now there and none of the uh associations that we or the government's attorneys uh group down was there actual funded discussed or voted on uh legal action one problem is that they're tying our storm war department to it which if they revoke that there'll be no building of anything anywhere in this Township yeah and this is round two years ago and Jason I'm sure you know this there were similar things on the books tree ordinances and tree funds and all that and they were they were stricken by the courts that's why came in in another Direction which is as as uh storm water management that the the underlying gist of the whole Foundation is that the trees play a role in protecting our drinking and that's that's how they I understand what they're saying is they don't have but that's the theory right that's the distinction uh that they believe makes it legal yeah I mean and we we are months behind the deadline for this was May the only reason we're still at this point and not being fined is because the committee here reviewed it and had a lot of great questions that we ran back and forth with dialogue with BB and with CME involved but then the final word was it no just pass the ordinance and go through there you have no discretion yes we're we're being required to enact this B so you do have you defend do something about this don't it well well I mean honestly you know I can't because the D is an unelected body you know I mean there's not legislation that's requiring this ordinance to be passed they're they're extorting municipalities through the the storm water permit so well and Jason I can say I was I was to F and I mean we did make a few changes that we because but most of them were shot down to better suit our no I mean listen I'm sympathetic to the position that you're put in I mean as Schoolboard President we were put in positions during Co with mandates from the state you know and told that we either do this or else you know which is an unfortunate position for an elected official to be in uh because you think that you're elected for a purpose and when somebody comes and tells you that uh you have no choice although they're asking you to choose um it's it's frustrating Sal stor say I can't come out toly guess it and four or five this year right yeah I don't know what I'm going to where I'm going to store my salt now you know you know what when you cut down all the trees like some little going around well anyway to the extent there's anything at all I mean like I said I understand the position you're in um to push back on this um I'd appreciate you guys do so so thank you know do you think was Jim meter Dutch Mill Road Franklin Township why some of you I've known previously um I have a couple of issues I'd like to bring up one directly pertains to uh the uh resolution or ordinance forthcoming for Dutch Mill Road resurfacing of the remaining portion of Dutch Mill Road that's where I live and that section there's about a 300t section right in front of my house into the side that floods all the time time and there's about 6 in of water there it's been in existence for years since South Jersey Gas repaved the road put a high Crown in that roadway we' never had that problem before and back in the late 80s early 90s South Jersey Gas created that problem uh but it's been existing and every time we get severe rainstorms uh and it lays there for years because I have there is 13 1/2 ft of clay under the uh under the ground uh that's how far I had to go down with my septic system not far from the roadway what's your house uh 3312 Dutch Mill I'm sorry that's okay I just want to Mar the doubt he's probably 200 th from where there the new road stops and the old roads head right no I have a meeting with C on Thursday I am everybody knows like this is what I've been talking I'm exactly we we had had about be part side world that's so okay we are aware of the situation I'm exactly 3550 ft east of Union Aben good I'm so yeah between where the the the new pay ended yes the only way I can see to to take care of this because you can't put drainage on either side because there gas lines on both sides uh is to Mill the roadway down and get rid of that high crown that that's the only way I can see uh uh taking care of that will water still stay there because there was water there before is GRA yeah there was water there before but this is how it exists now I give you these I it's halfway up to the door of my house that's that's how far it goes out oh this stuff here yeah this is G giv a little you back no no I'm good um that's what I'm worried about and and I was I almost bought a rowboat with a mannequin and a fishing pole so I could put out my front yard uh and even in my driveway it comes up my driveway about 30t um Justin Bo bber Justin bber uh that's where the majority of the water lies I mean he's kind of fed up with it too somebody bought the prop well had a contract I guess uh or to purchase a property some time ago uh and they were going to subdivide it and build houses and I came in and said well your house is going to have to sit back A Wass cuz I don't know if that's going to be proclaimed a uh a Wetlands or not uh because it at times it's bad and it lays there for days and days and days and sometimes weeks because of the the clay under the under the ground I always want to you can always see the W like I was see the water 3 days thereat I see the water two days there like I go out tempor and thing back just to get that water off I I don't know how it could be done other than put a drain but the drain would have to be on the property and away from the roadway Edge because of that big high pressure line that South Jersey cast has on the south side of the roadway that crossers that go up and down it go it goes up and down it crosses at some point almost a Piney h uh but it's on the South Line yeah the high transmission line the other one the other's a farm line on the North side yes uh but uh the elevation changes and it drains in a Northerly Direction uh into the woods across the street uh there's about a maybe 2 and 1/2t uh elevation change from my property to the woods across the street um the other issue I wanted to bring up is the uh the problem with dirt bikes and and uh quads riding up and down dutchmill Road some at high rates of speed it's it's it's terrible it's going to get worse in the summer it's been bad on the weekends and uh it wasn't that much of an issue to me well it was years ago when I was a police officer because I would put the police car out there and stopped them with every short of uh grabbing some of them uh we did a sting operation in Monroe where we went into the pits and uh uh roused a bunch of them out and we had State Police uh and and my guys out there and we captured uh quite a number of them where are they call are they com from the prince well they're they're coming from locations down down dutchmill Road there are a couple locations where I suspect where they coming coming from I followed one on my dirt bike or two of them on my dirt bike but they took off into the woods uh I couldn't follow them any farther to find out where they live um but they are going into the pits in in Monroe off Jackson Road that's where they go um there's an issue with stopping them this weekend a lot of on yeah this weekend they've come by as late as 11:00 at night with no lights for call it it's it's crazy it's nuts the what brought it to a light was my wife was out getting the mail this last summer and and they came by and actually went over to scare her she fell down and hurt her hip right off the roadway I called 911 on my cell phone and I get Hamilton Atlanta County 911 I can't get Gloucester County on that far end of the township it goes to Atlanta County for some reason the cell phones we approved on the planning board uh a number of years back a tower to be built off Piney Hollow Road that never got built uh that was going to address some of those issues uh as well as n the 911 and some other cell phone issues that was with the county yes yes can you give me a call tomorrow because the hington should have done a 911 enac form and should have switched it to your well they switched me to Gloucester County no but they should have done a 911 enac form and it would have automatically rerouted the next time you call 911 it should once it goes wrong okay all they have to do is file something with the state they would fix it give me a call tomorrow okay thank you thank you CU you know it's just been an aggravation because on the weekends like I said it's it's not every day but it's even some of the weekdays Wednesdays Thursdays I'm not sure where they're coming from there's one kid on a dirt bike that goes down the road on his back wheel okay and wait for him to crash uh two years ago I was riding my legal dirt bike down the road and two of two quads went by by me uh I think they lived in Bluebell acres and uh cut in front of me and almost ran me into a utility pole so it it it's just an ongoing issue the the problem is you can't really chase them that you know I know from being in law enforcement we got blasted for that so what do you do we did that sting operation that got a lot of M look into this so we are aware of it we we do aware of both of member coming from uh is a resident and we have SP to the parents and during they just don't seeing me care what can you do R Street you have to catch them first but probably this that we're not going to do like you said we're not going to go chase right there's too much liability for down be chasing these you know them down the road one even though all for um D get up a half so that then you know we're all getting sued right um so I personally go out this residence um sometime this week and try and talk to the people and see PR God yeah know I'm sure they're coming from other places as well but there is one house where we have targeted uh where that AR com from they we had this problem in Monroe good and the problem is you talk to the parents and they say Well they're riding in the woods okay so I'd say well you know the woods belong to somebody they don't just belong to No One woods but they that's their attitude oh they're they're the woods anyway this the Third thir issue I'd like to bring up has to do with signing now I worked uh 31 years in law enforcement uh 10 years doing civil litigation for law firms and basically traffic crashes and I worked 10 almost 10 years with the New Jersey Department of Transportation and traffic engineering section I was a traffic investigator and I investigated signing issues on state highways for the most part and some other roadways that do had jurisdiction to uh we followed very strictly the mutcd which is the manual on for Traffic Control devices which is like the Bible for traffic uh safety in the state of New Jersey pretty much all the states have adopted it from the federal government um they working with DOT I'd go into a lot of municipalities and see improper signing and it's it's terrible you try and tell them about it and oh well the sign's been there for 800 years so you know it whatever um Franklin Township has a couple of issues one in particular that if a crash happens at this particular intersection you're going to get sued I know you're going to get sued I work civil I worked in law enforcement I work at the do I know you're going to get sued for Millions uh that has to do with Lake Avenue and Union with that curve where a number of years ago oh gosh probably 30 years ago or so some kids were killed uh unfortunately and one was a neighbor of mine uh she died her father was a vent police officer a Victor Victoria Lake extension tree yeah they hit a tree there it was really unfortunate uh but somebody put up a sign saying dangerous curve you don't use that sign that sign is not authorized in the mtcd you're going to get sued you have to use a turn sign which is a sign with an arrow to the right as you approach or arrow to the left approaching the other way not a curve sign because anything with uh advisory speeds of 30 mph or less at which that is when I ball banked it uh one time it's a 20 it should be a 20 mph advisory speed there uh the sign on the other side on the on the east side is about 300 ft that's improper the sign should be 175 ft from from that curve and they should be turn signs with 20 monary advisories check with the engineer uh on that I'm sure they'll agree and there are some other issues too as well uh I just wanted to point that out the township because doing like I said civil litigation in the past that's an issue and I want to see Frankl the township avoid something like that that's my concern thank you very much thank you yes um wash wood get point to any or what this uh in sprakes and whatever the Cs Mot CL can't they just compensate then and now have to wor about they can they take the court cuz they're going to lose if they takeing the court cuz of ju you got to catch you got to catch them first you got to catch them first and you can't chase them what Happ they chase them the chief said they they can chase them they can't chase chase against the L they can't chase no not anymore in violation I can't chase them creates too much me if I if I was creates much danger toley I know now in now well it seems to me there there has to be something and done like he was saying I mean they run out of this wife already CL her injuries oh take the Paras cour then they're responsible for these kids can you prove and that not no that's the problem then a that easy it's not that easy stay Woods woods they they they ride away in the woods and they're they can't tras and they can't buy yeah but they know who the kid is right cuz he said they L got a pretty good identified picture and said they in the woods so take the fair according we wish you do that just can't be down like that unfortunate gr Mar they the mo motion close second motion second all in favor I I now we try here I I'm okay for refugees I'm 100% on your side it's not in treats an absolute scam I have to pay to take down trees of property it's unconstitutional in my opinion you better hurry up Z come at the end of the mons all I think just ridiculous if you want to take down the shed of a tree bigger than two which is you have to thousands of dollar it's ridiculous but on higher note we had Memorial Day Parade dis passed m is a long Rue had a great turnout um that they were full of memory so the veterans that gave their lives and U that's something that is it's all should be formed is celebrating not not celebrating Ming uh the veterans of our Our Town our state our country that gave their lives and uh it was a very good ceremony and it was a great turnout I was proud to be there go Ahad goe uh with in stored all out of youday right on history of farming throughout the town um on another note uh the last delsa board meeting was actually Dr gr's last board meeting she was an eity teacher in the town she was an Ela supervisor she's been a superintendent for a very long time so sad and see her go um along with the BFW comments I think jrc did a great job that we're there for for the library they have a new website that's uh much more user friendly and I would suggest that you check out the calendar on that website because they have a lot of fun events in June and July we Su thanks finance committee that Mr Mayor um and just um before the record for the other committee members um there was an evaluation against what was requested and what was um what is what we're looking at approving and so we have we are about 5% less than that after we looked through we did some haircuts on some things so um that's where we're at so far thank you y uh I just want to congratulate the dsea baseball it did come up a game short in the state championship was the first time they've been there um Dela Jack and field they lost by a point for state championship and uh mat you want to tell us what you did this past weekend um come on you posting about over there pretty good you play the music you got the music on your phon about about my team yeah about your team winning the champion we want we wanted nice Championship Des what was that what is that to you it was uh I I coach a team in town has allowed the Freshman stal force on to travel team uh we try to get them some college exposure great yeah it was pretty success successful year for them the kids at dels all year one and uh they should be commended to that coach everybody else so uh can motion to go into close session motion to go in close session second all in favor how long you stay that case EV EV can I get a motion to enter open can I get a motion to close close session motion I close to close session second all those in favor a motion to go into Open Session motion to go back in Open Session s all those in favor I we get a motion to adjourn motion to adjourn second all those in favor I e