##VIDEO ID:smoWLNV5fB8## e e e e e e e e e okay yeah we're good good evening the Maple Shade Township Council and staff welcome the members of clergy visiting officials family members and guests to this the 50th reorganization of the maple shet Township Council the meeting is called to order please rise for a salute to the flag remain standing for an invitation by Pastor Vince McDonald ofan Baptist Church pleas Al to the FL of the United States of America and to the for it stands one nation God indivisible with liy and justice for all bow with me almighty God we thank you for the gift of Life Today We Gather with different hearts and different journeys of faith we recognize together the founding of this great country that uh we believe that we have been endowed with rights by a Creator and so we recognize the history of our nation's dependence upon your Providence and care when I was a child this building was a coat factory and it's now the center of our government when I was a child the center of our government is now a a restaurant landscape of of politics and government changes oh God but the heart of it all is the people of this town Maple Shade New Jersey this town that we love we care about and so we gather again today uh asking for your guidance and wisdom and peace for those who will oversee our needs uh and foresee concerns we ask for that special guidance oh God we we ask that you would give wisdom that you would give protection we thank you for those in our town who provide that through uh Public Service of uh law enforcement of of First Responders those caring for even the very roads we drive on on days like today we have as a nation just uh observed the passing of one of our former presidents whose life reminds us of both the value of public service but also the value of service as private citizens and so we ask that we as private citizens might surround these public servants with a willingness to participate be United and move Maple Shade forward so we ask for your blessing on this Council and on our community and we pray it in your Almighty name amen amen public notice of this meeting pursuant to the open public meetings act has been given by the maples shet Town Township Council in the following manner notifying the Township Clerk December 27th 2024 mailing notice to the carrier post the central record the Brant County Times on December 27th 20124 posting notice from the official Municipal buting board on December 27th 2024 we are now going to do the certification of Elections Heather Taro was duly elected to the township Council for a four-year term expiring December 31 2028 and we will now have the administration yeah I'm going say that we're good office by assembly leis Greenwald the first one yes raise your right hand I Heather Taro I Heather Tarico do solemnly swear do swe that I will support the Constitution that I will support the constition of the United States United States and the Constitution and the constition of the state of New Jersey state of Jersy and I will bear true faith I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same Al to the and to the governments established and to the governments established in the united states in the United States and in the state and in the state under the authority of the people under the authority of so I do further Solly swear I do further Sol swear that I will impartially I will partially and justly and justly perform all the duties perform all the duties of the office of council member of the office of council member according to the best of my ability the best of my ability so help me go so help me go congratulations [Applause] John zarnik was duly elected to the township Council for a four-year term expiring December 31st 2028 now sir get the open Office I John zik I John Z do solemly swear swear that I will support the Constitution that I will support the constition of the United States of the United States and the Constitution and the constitution of the State jersey of the state of New Jersey and I will bear true faith and I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same and allegiance to the same to the governments established to the governments established in the united states in the United States and in this state and in this state under the authority of the people under the authority of the people so help me God so help me God I do further Solly swear I do further Solly swear that I will impartially I will impartially and justly perform all the duties perform all the duties of the office of council member of the office of council member according to the best of my according to the best of my bill through so [Applause] congratulations Andrew Simon 6 sen was duly elected to the Town Street Council for a four-year term expiring December 31st 2028 sir take the oath of office by assembly leis Greenwall hi Andrew Simon SEC hi Andrew Simon SEC you're solemly swear you solemly swear that I will support that I will support the Constitution of the United States Constitution of the unit St St and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and the constitution of the state of New Jersey that I will bear true faith I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Saint and allegiance to the same to the governments established and to the governments established in the united states in the United States and in this stat and in this state under the authority of the people under the authority of people so help me God so help me God I do further solemly swear I do further solemly swear that I won partially that I won partially justly and justly perform all the duties perform all the duties of the office of Council of the office of council member best of my according to the best of my abil to help [Applause] me okay I'm going to do the roll call Mr cofman here miss Nunes here Mr Simon here Mr zarnik present Miss Tarico here at this time nominations will be accepted for the office of Mayor of the township Maple shave for the year 2025 I nominate pther C Rico I second no others motion to close the nominations soit second roll call Mr Kaufman yes M Nunes yes Mr simig yes Mr zery yes mayor tallo yes the top one there I Heather tallar I Heather T do solemnly swear do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution that I will support the Constitution of the United States of the United States and the Constitution and theti of the state of New Jersey of State New Jersey and I will bear true faith and allegiance andg to the same to the same and to the governments established and to the governments established in the united states in the United States and in this state and in this St under the authority of people under theth so help me go I do further solom I do further that I won partially jce perform all the duties of the office of Mayor perform all the duties of the office of Mayor according to the best of my according to the best of my so help thank [Applause] you marit's all yours oh okay at this time nominations will be accepted for the office of deputy mayor for the township of Maple Shade for the year 2025 my nominate John zik second anyone else okay motion to close nominations so move roll call Terry need a second I'm sorry second Mr Koffman yes Miss Nunes yes Mr sim yes Mr zadnik yes mayor Tarico yes [Applause] United States of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and I will bear true faith and I will bear two Fai and allegiance to the Saints and allegiance to the Saints the government's established the government's established in the united states in the United States and in this state I do further swear fur that I won partially but I will partially and justly and justly perform all the duties perform all the duties of the office of deputy mayor of the office of Deputy Mayor to the best of of [Applause] congratulations thank you okay we'll start with Sandy for Council comments I just wanted to welcome everyone in here here tonight and wish you all a happy healthy prosperous new year and I like to congratulate our three newest members I wish them not nothing but the best and I do look forward to working and uh getting some things done and uh we'll make that happen thank you so much thank you Mr C yes ma'am I'd like to welcome everybody coming here for the this re oranization um it is a good time here in Maple Shade that uh we uh move forward in a New Year 2025 uh we'll move forward I wish everybody had a good uh holiday season um I'm going to ask everybody to please be careful when they go home because it started snowing again but our our uh DPW folks are out there on it and we know that they do a good job um I'd like to thank all the members of the staff over here for everything they've done this year and hopefully we'll be able to do a lot of good for the counil of M shade moving into next year um my congratulations to our three new uh members of council um I'm here to work cooperatively with them and hopefully we can move forward in a in a in a good year for for the township of maple shave for the citizens of maple shave um so thank you all for coming and uh hopefully we'll have a good year thank you mayor thank you Mr hello everyone thanks uh to everyone for coming out tonight it's a special night for the three of us Township the two remaining members uh I look forward to working with them as well um and I would like to especially thank the uh people of this town um they're the reason that we're up here and uh I will continue to do what I've set out to do for those people in this town um on a daily basis and uh take everything up here seriously so thank you and a special thanks to my family for putting up with all the aggravation to get us here thank you thank you may I'd like to thank everybody in the audience for coming uh thanks to the people that helped us get up here family friends I especially like to thank my wife for dealing with me and uh all my friends that helped us get here my kids and uh hopefully we have a good four years okay all thank you my turn right good evening everyone and thank you for attending our meeting tonight um I would like to start by thanking my family and friends your consistent overwhelming support was a huge factor in getting us here today I also want to thank our Maple Shade residents for the opportunity to sit up here it's an honor and a privilege that I do not take lightly my promise to you is that I will always do what is best for for our community and be as transparent as possible congratulations again to Mr Andrew simonik Mr John zarik and a special thank you to Mr Chuck caufman and Miss Sandy nuns for welcoming us tonight I look forward to working with all of you and the staff that makes our town great thank you also to assemblyman Greenwald for taking the time to come here tonight swearing Us in um and I wish everyone a happy and healthy New Year would you like to say some words you're welcome it's it's an have been asked to swear you all in uh I grew up in in watching my mother in government I was 9 years old when she was elected mayor of Cherry Hill our hometown at the time I've been privileged to serve in the state legislature and keep her memory alive you should know that what you do leaves a lasting impression on not just your community but the people that are closest to you I got involved in public service because my mom was the single greatest role model in my life and the one thing that I would um you'll do a lot of things in your life that will matter in your professional life in your private life you touch people's lives that you don't W even know through public service and the role that they're taking on it's a very significant oath you know we take an oath today not just symbolically we take it because it matters and the words on those sheets of paper when you go home tonight read it and understand it because it is really about honoring that Ser you've been elected to use your best judgment to represent the people of this community and the community and I have great confidence in their ability do that just please know I'm a phone call away I love this town my wife and I started out in cwick and Cherry Hill right down the street we still come back from na shap Custard Stand we started out at the church down the street and uh I think this is one of the greatest communities in New Jersey and I love being here I love coming up and down the Main Street an honor to represent this community and forward to working with all of you God bless you thank you very much thank [Applause] you okay our first resolution number 2025 r-01 be appointing various members of the township professional staff for the year 2025 Township auditor Bowman and Company environmental engineer Remington and Vernick Engineers Township prosecutor grungo law Township Public Defender Christian M Towers Bond counsel Parker McKay Redevelopment affordable housing attorney Syrian Edwards and Nolan planner higher girl and Associates labor attorney Lennox Law Firm financial adviser Acacia Financial Group and Township utility Recreation engineer Remington and vering Engineers I need a motion to approve so move second comments on the motion roll call Mr Kaufman yes Miss noon yes Mr Simon yes Mr Z Zednik yes mayor talico yes resolution number 2025 r-2 resolution rejecting all RFP RFQ submissions for 2025 Township solicitor and reissuance of the RFP RFQ motion to approve I'll make that motion second it comments on the motion roll call Mr Coffman yes Miss NES yes Mr sim yes radnik I apologize mayor mayor t r yes so for the consent agenda instead of making you all sit through that I'm going to do it as a bulk approval I'm going to start with resolution number 2025 r-03 through resolution 2025 r-29 motion to approve the consent agenda so I'll second comments on the motion roll call Mr Kaufman yes Miss noes yes Mr Simon yes Mr zadnik yes mayor T yes managerial appointments for 2025 thank you yes managerial appointments on the recommendation of council for Township engineer will be appointing Al Lio and Associates or the Alo group and then for our voter registration it will be Gail Gillan Karen McShan Jane Eastwick police chaplain chaplain Vince McDonald an Marie cook Michael stinsman and Greg ginyan and our local emergency planning committee Emergency Management coordinator liutenant Brian lieutenant Brian Davis will continue myself Township manager Susan Danson police chief Christopher Fletcher EMS first aid Squad Chief Rob Tobin Public Works director Patrick Lions superintendent of schools Beth Nora Captain Brian Weiss Maple Shade Fire Marshall Dan Kerr Township Clerk Terry mcfay and mayor Heather tallerico thank you okay this is a public meeting so we're going to open the public portion does anybody have anything to say come up to the microphone state your name and your address don't everybody come at once mayor you were too efficient we got through that so quickly I so I had to come up but I was coming up anyway thank you all for the appointment to to planning board thank you folks for running and you folks it seems like you're going to go forward as a team I offer my full support and wish you the best thank you very much thank you anyone else good evening Joe Walters 163 Frederick Avenue I have Len jidi said I'm getting over so I'm going to save my comments for your next meeting but I wouldn't miss tonight for the world congratulations to the three of you and I hope that uh this team does a good job for the residents of Maple Shade thank you thank you thank you anyone else okay seeing none like to have a motion to close I'll make that motion so make second anybody I'll second okay comments all in favor I Hi I hi hi all right Pastor McDonald you are up oh glenly we absolutely I will close this almighty God I thank you for the privilege to be part of this uh Gathering and we do ask for your protection we ask for your blanket of Peace around us as a town a state a nation we certainly want to close tonight with gratitude and asking for your protection on our military who are serving us many of them were not able to be home for Christmas overseas uh or serving and we just a lot of our families in town are have military family members and so we just just pray a special blessing on them and uh for your protection in the days ahead again we ask your blessing in your Almighty name amen amen thank you and before we close I would like to welcome everyone to join the members of council after the meeting at splitz Bar and Grill to celebrate the new year with some finger foods and a cash bar motion to adjourn so me second comments all in favor all