[CALL TO ORDER]
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I HAD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THIS MEETING OF THE UPPER PROVIDENCE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, UH, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18TH.
UH, IF YOU'D PLEASE RISE AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
[MOTION TO APPROVE BOARD AGENDA]
CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE AGENDA.I'LL, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE FEBRUARY 18TH, 2025 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS REGULAR MEETING AGENDA.
ALRIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND.
[SPECIAL PRESENTATION]
ON TO A COUPLE OF SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS, AND I THINK I'M TURNING IT OVER TO CHIEF FREEMAN.WELL, FIRST, UH, MY BOARD, I, I WANT YOU TO MEET, UH, CHIEF MIKE JACKSON.
APPARENTLY, UH, I WAS AT A MEETING ONE DAY AND ONE OF HIS BOARD MEMBERS CAME TO THAT MEETING AND SAID HE WAS THE BEST CHIEF OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT, BUT HE LITERALLY RAISED, UH, UH, CHIEF MIKE JACKSON FROM LITTLE PROVIDENCE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I JUST WANT TO KIND OF RECOGNIZE HIM, UH, TODAY.
ARE YOU APPRECI AGENT THOMAS
UH, IT'S ALWAYS AN HONOR TO STAND BEFORE YOU RECOGNIZE, UH, THE OUTSTANDING WORK OF OUR, OUR POLICE OFFICERS, UM, WHO SERVE AND REALLY AN UNWAVERING DEDICATION AND PROFESSIONALISM.
UH, TODAY I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF PRESENTING LETTERS OF RECOGNITION, UH, TO A TEAM THAT CARRIES OUT SOME OF THE MOST CHALLENGING AND COMPLEX INVESTIGATIONS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.
AND THAT'S OUR ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION TEAM.
THE WORK OF THIS TEAM IS NOT, UH, ABOUT ANALYZING THE AFTERMATH OR OF COLLISIONS.
IT'S ABOUT SEEKING THE TRUTH, THE WRITING CLARITY, AND ENSURING THAT JUSTICE IS SERVED.
THEIR INVESTIGATIONS HELP BRING UNDERSTANDING TO TRAGIC CIRCUMSTANCES, OFFERING ANSWERS TO FAMILIES WHO HAVE SUFFERED, SUFFERED UNIMAGINABLE LOSS.
IT IS A RESPONSIBILITY THAT REQUIRES BOTH TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND A DEEP SENSE OF COMPASSION QUALITIES THAT EACH MEMBER OF THE TEAM DISPLAYS.
IN PARTICULAR HERE WERE TO RECOGNIZE SERGEANT ROBERT, SERGEANT DAN MULLIGAN, DETECTIVE ROY STUTZ, AND OFFICER KRISTEN FLYNN.
FOR THE COMMITMENT TO THIS DIFFICULT YET ESSENTIAL WORK.
THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE BEEN HAD A PROFOUND IMPACT, NOT ONLY WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT, BUT ALSO THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY THAT WE SERVE.
THE DEDICATION WITH THIS TEAM DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED THEIR EFFORTS, UPHOLD THE, THE INTEGRITY OF OUR INVESTIGATIONS, SUPPORT THE PURSUIT OF JUSTICE, AND REINFORCE OUR MISSION TO PROTECT AND SERVE WITH EXCELLENCE.
IT IS WITH GREAT PRIDE THAT I PRESENT THIS LETTER OF RECOGNITION TO THESE OFFICERS.
CAN THE OFFICER COME UP, PLEASE? AND WHILE THEY'RE MAKING THEIR WAY UP HERE, I JUST WANNA READ WHAT THE LETTER OF RECOGNITION SAYS.
IT IS WITH GREAT PRIDE AND APPRECIATION THAT I COMMEND EACH MEMBER OF THE UPPER PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP POLICE RECONSTRUCTION TEAM FOR THE YEARS OF UNWAVERING DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO THE INVESTIGATION RECONSTRUCTION OF, UH, SERIOUS AND FATAL ACCIDENTS.
THE NATURE OF YOUR WORK IS BOTH CHALLENGING AND EMOTIONALLY DEMANDING, YET YOU APPROACH EVERY CASE WITH PROFESSIONALISM, PRECISION, AND EMPATHY.
YOUR EFFORTS PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN BRINGING CLARITY TO TRAGIC SITUATIONS, UM, PROVIDING VITAL INFORMATION TO ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY AND HELPING FAMILIES UNDERSTAND THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE LOSS OR INJURY OF THEIR LOVED ONES.
THROUGH YOUR METICULOUS INVESTIGATIONS AND DETAILED RECONSTRUCTIONS, YOU HAVE GIVEN MANY FAMILIES THE ANSWERS THEY NEED TO FIND SOME MEASURE OF CLOSURE, UH, DURING THEIR MOST DIFFICULT MOMENTS.
EACH OF YOU HAS DEMONSTRATED AN EXTRAORDINARY ABILITY TO BALANCE TECHNICAL EXPERTISE WITH COMPASSION, ENSURING THAT EVERY ACCIDENT SEEN IS CAREFULLY ANALYZED AND THAT NO DETAIL IS OVERLOOKED.
YOUR WORK DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTES TO THE PURSUIT OF JUSTICE AND SAFETY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY AND REFLECTS THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.
THE SERVICE YOU PROVIDE IS INVALUABLE NOT ONLY TO THE FAMILIES IMPACTED BY TRAGEDY, BUT ALSO BY THE LEGAL AND PUBLIC SAFETY PROCESSES THAT RELY ON YOUR THOROUGH INVESTIGATIONS.
YOUR TEAMWORK, DEDICATION, AND RESILIENCE MAKE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE OFTEN DURING THE DARKEST TIMES FOR THOSE AFFECTED ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT, I EXTEND MY DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO EACH OF YOU FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING SERVICE.
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TO THIS ESSENTIAL WORK IS RECOGNIZED AND DEEPLY APPRECIATED BY EVERYONE YOU SERVE, AND BY THE FAMILIES WHO FIND SOLACE AND THE CLOSURE THAT YOU PROVIDE.THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXCEPTIONAL EFFORTS AND CONTINUED, UH, DEDICATION TO OUR MISSION OF JUSTICE AND COMMUNITY SERVICE.
THANK YOU, DETECTIVE ROY STUTZ.
UH, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO THIS FOR A FEW MONTHS NOW, AND UNFORTUNATELY TODAY IS JUST ONE OF THOSE DAYS THAT HE COULD NOT BE HERE.
BUT, UH, HE'LL GET HIS LETTER, UH, THE NEXT TIME I SEE HIM.
SO YOU GONNA TAKE A FEW PICTURES OF ANY FAMILY MEMBERS? ALL RIGHT.
I ACTUALLY HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF ACTUALLY DOING A UNIT ACCOMMODATION.
UM, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, IT'S ALWAYS A PRIVILEGE OF SAYING BEFORE YOU RECOGNIZE THE DEDICATION, SKILL, AND BRAVERY DEMONSTRATED BY THE MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR DEPARTMENT.
UH, IN THIS INSTANCE, UH, WE'RE ALSO RECOGNIZING, UH, OUR PARTNERS, OUR NEIGHBORING AGENCY, LOW PROVIDENCE, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, SOME OF THEIR OFFICERS AS WELL.
UH, TODAY WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT A UNION COMMENDATION, AN AWARD THAT HIGHLIGHTS NOT JUST INDIVIDUAL EXCELLENCE, BUT THE POWER OF TEAMWORK AND COLLABORATION IN THE FACE OF CHALLENGING AND HIGH RISK, UH, SITUATIONS.
ON THE NIGHT OF SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10TH, 2024, WHAT BEGAN AS A ROUTINE CALL FOR SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE QUICKLY ESCALATED INTO A COMPLEX BURGLARY INVESTIGATION, ULTIMATELY LEADING TO THE ARREST OF TWO SUSPECTS AND THE RECOVERY OF NEARLY $23,000 WORTH OF, UH, STOLEN PROPERTY.
THE SUCCESS OUTCOME WAS THE DIRECT RESULT OF OUTSTANDING COORDINATION, QUICK THINKING, AND DECISIVE ACTION BY THE OFFICERS INVOLVED.
EACH OFFICER PLAYED A CRITICAL ROLE IN BRINGING THIS S INTO A SAFE AND EFFECTIVE RESOLUTION.
OFFICER MICHAEL CLARK DISPLAYED REMARKABLE INITIATIVE AND SKILL IN THE FOOT PURSUIT THAT RESULTED IN THE APPREHENSION OF ONE SUSPECT OFFICER.
OCTAVIA BAKER'S EFFORTS IN CONTAINING AND STOPPING THE SUSPECT VEHICLE WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN SECURING THE SECOND SUSPECT.
THEIR ABILITY TO REACT SWIFTLY AND DECISIVELY UNDER PRESSURE SPEAKS VOLUMES, UH, ABOUT THEIR COMMITMENT TO DUTY.
IN ADDITION, THIS OPERATION DEMONSTRATED THE STRENGTH OF INTERAGENCY COOPERATION OFFICER ERIC CONNICK AND OFFICER LANCE CANNON OF THE LOWER PROVIDENCE TOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT PROVIDED INVALUABLE SUPPORT BY HELPING ESTABLISH A PERIMETER AND ASSISTING IN THE APPREHENSION OF ONE OF THE FLEEING SUSPECTS.
THEIR PROFESSIONALISM AND WILLINGNESS TO WORK SEAMLESSLY WITH THE OFFICERS ENSURED THE SUCCESS OF THIS OPERATION.
THIS COMMENDATION IS NOT JUST ABOUT RECOGNIZING A JOB WELL DONE, IT IS ABOUT HONORING THE TEAMWORK, DEDICATION, AND RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF JUSTICE THAT DEFINE THE VERY BEST IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.
THE EFFORTS OF THESE OFFICERS NOT ONLY BRING CRIMINALS TO JUSTICE, BUT ALSO REINFORCE TRUST AND CONFIDENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY, PLACES IN US EVERY DAY.
IT IS WITH GREAT PRIDE THAT WE RECOGNIZE OFFICERS CLARK BAKER, HYNEK, AND CANON FOR THE EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE, THEIR COURAGE AND COLLABORATION EXEMPLIFY THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.
PLEASE COME THAT ONE I'LL READ WHAT THEIR UNIT ACCOMMODATION SAYS.
BEING IT KNOWN THAT THE UPPER PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT PRESENTS AS COVETED ACTION UNIT CITATIONS TO THESE OFFICERS ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10TH, 2024, AT APPROXIMATELY 11:00 PM THE UPPER PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, WERE DISPATCHED TO FERGUSON ENTERPRISE FOLLOWING A REPORT OF A SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE DRIVING ON THE GRASS NEXT TO THE PROPERTY, BUT BEGAN AS A ROUTINE INVESTIGATION QUICKLY ESCALATED TO A HIGH STAKES OPERATION THAT CULMINATED IN THE SUCCESSFUL ARREST OF TWO SUSPECTS FOR BURGLARY AND THE RECOVERY OF APPROXIMATELY $23,000 WORTH OF STOLEN PROPERTY.
THIS IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE COMBINED EFFORTS OF OFFICER MARK CLARK, OFFICER BAKER AND HYNEK AND CANNON OFFICER CLARK IS MADE, UH, OUR STANDING INITIATIVE AND TACTICAL SKILL AND APPREHENDING ONE SUSPECT IS SWIFT, UH, SWIFT FOOT PURSUIT AND ABILITY TO MAKE CRITICAL DECISIONS IN A RAPIDLY INVOLVING, INVOLVING SITUATIONS.
UH, WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN THE RECOVERY OF STOLEN TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT ESSENTIAL TO VICTIM, UH, TO VICTIMIZED BUSINESS OFFICERS.
BAKER, UH, EFFORT WAS EQUALLY COMMENDABLE AS HE MANAGED THE CONTAINMENT AND TRAFFIC STOP OF THE SUSPECT VEHICLE LEADING TO THE SUCCESSFUL ARREST OF THE SECOND INDIVIDUAL.
THE OUTSTANDING COOPERATION BETWEEN THE OFFICERS AND THE OUTSIDE A C PARTNERS
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WAS KEY TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS OPERATION.OFFICERS HYNEK AND OFFICER LANCE CANNON, UH, FROM THE LOWER PROVIDENCE TOWN STATE POLICE DEPARTMENT PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN SECURING THE AREA, ESTABLISHING PERIMETER, AND ASSISTING IN THE APPREHENSION OF ONE SUSPECT DURING THE FOOT PURSUIT.
THEIR SUPPORT, PROFESSIONALISM, AND DEDICATION WERE INVALUABLE TO THE SUCCESS OF THE OPERATION AND HIGHLIGHTED THE STRENGTH OF INTERAGENCY COOPERATION AND ENSURING A SWIFT EFFECTIVE RESPONSE.
THE SEAMLESS COORDINATION BETWEEN ALL FOUR OFFICERS NOT ONLY ENSURE THE SUCCESSFUL RESOLUTION OF A HIGH PRESSURE SITUATION, BUT ALSO EXEMPLIFY THE TEAMWORK AND RESOURCEFULNESS THAT DEFINE THE VERY BEST IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.
THE COLLECTIVE EFFORTS REFLECT THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE DEPARTMENT IS GREAT HONOR THAT WE PRESENT THIS A COMMENDATION TO THE OFFICERS IN RECOGNITION FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING SERVICE, TEAMWORK AND DEDICATION.
THEIR ACTIONS ARE A SHINING EXAMPLE OF THE PROFESSIONALISM, SKILL AND COOPERATION THAT ARE ESSENTIAL TO OUR SHARED MISSION OVER PROTECTING AND SERVING OUR COMMUNITIES.
OFFICER KONICK WOULD CANNOT BE HERE THIS EVENING, BUT, UH, THE CHIEF WILL PRESENT HIS, UH, NEXT TIME IN SEASON.
TIM, I THINK YOU HAVE SOME WORDS ABOUT, UH, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
WE GATHER HERE TONIGHT WITH HEAVY HEARTS TO COMM, TO COMMEMORATE THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF TOM BROADVILLE, OUR ESTEEMED PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR WHO SELFLESSLY DEVOTED OVER 30 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP.
TOM WAS MORE THAN JUST A COLLEAGUE.
HE, HE WAS A DEDICATED PROFESSIONAL, A VETERAN, A MENTOR, AND A FRIEND OF MANY OF US.
HIS SUDDEN PASSING LAST MONTH LEFT A VOID IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT IS DIFFICULT.
TOM'S COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE WAS UNPARALLELED.
HE TOOK IMMENSE PRIDE IN EVERY PROJECT HE UNDERTOOK, ALWAYS STRIVING TO IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENHANCED THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL OUR RESIDENTS.
HIS TIRELESS EFFORTS AND UNWAVERING DEDICATION HAD LEFT AN INDELIBLE MARK ON OUR TOWN.
IN ADDITION TO HIS PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS, TOM WAS A PASSIONATE CAR ENTHUSIAST.
HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING ORGANIZE OUR FIRST CAR SHOW, A TRADITION THAT BROUGHT JOY AND EXCITEMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY IN HONOR OF HIS LOVE FOR AUTOMOBILES AND HIS LASTING IMPACT.
WE WILL BE NAMING ALL FUTURE CAR SHOWS, THE BROAD BELT CAR CLASSIC.
THIS EVENT WILL SERVE AS A TRIBUTE TO TOM'S ENTHUSIASM AND HIS REMARKABLE ABILITY TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
TOM WAS ALSO KNOWN FOR HIS KINDNESS, GENEROSITY, AND INFECTIOUS ENTHUSIASM.
HE HAD A UNIQUE ABILITY TO UNITE PEOPLE FOSTERING HIS SENSE OF SOLIDARITY AND COLLABORATION THAT WILL BE SO MISSED.
HIS PASSION FOR HIS WORK AND HIS GENUINE CARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY WERE EVIDENT IN EVERYTHING HE DID.
AS WE REMEMBER TOM TONIGHT, LET US ALSO CELEBRATE HIS MANY CONTRIBUTIONS AND THE POSITIVE IMPACT HE HAD ON EACH OF US.
WHILE HIS ABSENCE IS DEEPLY FELT, HIS LEGO STATE WILL CONTINUE TO INSPIRE US AND GUIDE OUR WORK.
THANK YOU, TOM, FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP AND YOUR FRIENDSHIP.
AND THANK YOU TO YOUR WONDERFUL WIFE, DOREEN, WHO IS WATCHING US FOR CHILDREN.
BOTH OF YOU ARE INDEED SOUL MAN WHO GAVE THEIR HEARTS AND SOULS TO PUBLIC SERVICE.
THANK YOU DOREEN, FOR SHARING YOUR HUSBAND WITH THE TOWNSHIP ALL THESE YEARS.
JOINING US THIS EVENING ARE NUMEROUS PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEES AND COLLEAGUES FROM SURROUNDING TOWNS WHO ARE HERE TO PAY TRIBUTE TO TOM.
AND I WOULD, IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS, THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR YOU TO SHARE YOUR MEMORIES,
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BUT, UM, I UNDERSTAND IT'S, UH, INTIMIDATING, BUT, UM, JUST, UM, JUST TELL EVERYBODY OUT IN THE COMMUNITY HOW DEEPLY, UM, DEEPLY WHAT A GREAT PERSON TOM WAS.AND, AND WE'RE STILL TRYING TO COME IN TERMS WITH THESE MASKS.
THANKS, UH, TO LYNN, RUDY, AND THE STAFF FOR COMPILING THESE PICTURES.
THESE PICTURES GO BACK, UM, SEVERAL YEARS TO USED TO BE A, UM, EMERGENCY RESPONDER, UH, AND, UM, SURE BRINGS BACK MEMORIES.
ALL RECORD ON EXECUTIVE SESSION COMMENT.
[PUBLIC COMMENT]
UH, ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD.PLEASE MOVE FORWARD TO THE TURN TO PUBLIC COMMENT AND, UM, PLEASE TRY TO CONTAIN YOUR REMARKS IN THREE MINUTES.
UH, MY NAME IS, UH, PAUL FISHER.
UH, WE LIVE AT ONE 15 MCDADE ROAD.
I'M HERE ACTUALLY ON THE BEHALF OF OUR CHURCH, OTTER BY UNITED METHODIST, UH, CHURCH.
IT'S AT 180 1 WALNUT STREET MONT.
THERE, UH, THE PASTOR WAS EXPECTED TO BE HERE TONIGHT, UNFORTUNATELY, SHE SAID.
AND I GOT TO BE THE, UH, LAST MINUTE SUB, SO I'LL SEE WHAT I CAN DO HERE.
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OTTER BAYOU UNITED METHODIST CHURCH WOULD LIKE TO GIVE PERMISSION TO USE THREE VACANT LOTS OF LAND NEXT TO THE CHURCH'S PARKING LOT FOR A COMMUNITY GARDEN.UH, THE LOTS ARE 1 53, 1 59, AND 1 63 WALNUT STREET, AND THEY ARE CURRENTLY OWNED BY THE, UH, TOWNSHIP.
IF ALLOWED, THE CHURCH WOULD OVERSEE THE GARDEN AND WOULD ALLOW NEIGHBORS TO HELP PLANT THE VEGETABLES AS WELL AS TAKE CARE OF THE GARDEN.
IN RETURN, THESE FAMILIES WOULD BE ALLOWED TO HELP THEMSELVES TO THE HARVEST.
ANY CROPS THAT ARE NOT CLEANED BY THE NEIGHBORS WILL BE TAKEN TO THE LOCAL FOOD ENTRY TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO THOSE IN NEED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
UH, WE WILL NOT DEVELOP THE LAND OR PUT ANY BUILDINGS ON THE PROPERTY.
THE ONLY THING WE WOULD LIKE TO PLACE ON THE PROPERTY WOULD BE A TEMPORARY FENCE TO KEEP THE DEER AWAY FROM THE CROPS.
WE BELIEVE THIS PROJECT IS, IS NEEDED.
IN ADDITION TO OUR COMMUNITY, THERE ARE A FEW TREES WE WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE TO ALLOW MORE SUN TO GET THROUGH THROUGH THE CROPS, AS WELL AS MORE PLANTING SPACE.
IF THAT'S PERMITTED, UH, WE WOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR REMOVING THOSE TREES, UM, OURSELVES.
UM, WE THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND HOPEFULLY, UH, APPROVAL OF THIS, UH, OF THIS PROJECT.
ANYONE ELSE WANNA CALL A COMMENTS ON MARLENE LASKA? UM, 1 4 11 42 EGYPT ROAD, UH, OAKS.
UH, I CAME IN TODAY AND REVIEWED THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE CHANGES AND IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION ORDINANCE CHANGE NUMBER, UM, SIX TEN TWO OH NINE DASH EIGHT ENTITLED RESTROOM.
READING NO POST, NO, NO PERSONS OVER THE AGE OF FIVE YEARS SHALL USE A RESTROOM OR WASHROOM DESIGNATED FOR USE BY PERSONS OF THE OPPOSITE S SEX.
WE'RE JUST WONDERING WHY THIS REMOVAL IS BEING PROPOSED AND WHETHER THOSE THAT PROPOSED THE REMOVAL WAS AWARE OF A CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY STUDY WHERE THE NUMBERS SHOWED THAT JUST UNDER 90% OF SEXUAL ASSAULTS, UH, COMPLAINTS IN PUBLIC FACILITIES TOOK PLACE IN RESTROOMS THAT DIDN'T DESIGNATE A SEX.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE JUST WONDERING WHY THE REMOVAL.
DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT THIS EVENING? UH, CHRIS MCKAY, 180 WALNUT STREET, UM, HERE TO SPEAK ON THE, UH, CHURCH, UH, REQUEST.
UM, DID A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH, UM, BETWEEN THE, YOU KNOW, ON THE FEDERAL WEBSITE WITH REGARDS TO LIKE, UH, PERMITTABLE USES, I GUESS FOR THE OPEN SPACE, GARDENING, CULTIVATION, THAT KIND OF THING IS PERMITTED.
I NOTICED IN THE, UM, THE FLOODPLAIN DISTRICT AND THE OPEN SPACE, UM, ZONING, UH, CULTIVATION IS ALSO PERMITTED USE ON THOSE AS WELL.
UM, SO I THINK WHERE WE JUST, I GUESS JUST PERMISSION TO USE IS WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO, TO GET FROM THIS.
UM, GOT A GOOD GROUP OF PEOPLE AND, UH, THE CHURCH IS, HAS ALWAYS BEEN A GREAT NEIGHBOR.
UM, SO IT'D BE REALLY NICE TO HAVE THAT.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE CALL? A COMMENT OF THE SAFETY? OKAY.
SEE NO ONE RISE YOU TO MOVE ON TO TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
[EXECUTIVE SESSION REPORT]
SESSION REPORT.EXECUTIVE SESSION WAS HELD JUST PRIOR TO TONIGHT'S MEETING.
DOCS DISCUSSED WERE REAL ESTATE NEGOTIATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE MONTCLAIR FIREHOUSE.
[APPROVAL OF BILL LIST]
HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE BILL LIST IN THEIR PACKET.I'LL MAKE A MOTION, UM, TO APPROVE THE JANUARY 1ST TO JANUARY 31ST, 2025.
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BILL THE AMOUNT OF 1,003,000.WAIT, 1 6 2, 3, 6, 9, 4, AND 23 CENTS.
I HAVE, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
MINUTES THAT WERE IN YOUR PACKET FOR THE JANUARY 21ST MEETING.IF THERE'S, UH, ANY CORRECTIONS I'LL HEAR AND IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE JANUARY 21ST, 2025 FOR SUPERVISOR'S REGULAR MEETING MINUTES.
ALRIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION AND A COUPLE OF SECONDS.
WE HAVE NO PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY OLD BUSINESS ON THE AGENDA.
[NEW BUSINESS (ACTION/DISCUSSION ITEMS)]
BUSINESS, UH, CONSIDER AWARDING, UH, THE 2025 ROAD PAVING PROJECT DESIGNATED A TO GB CONSTRUCTION OF FEASSTERVILLE PA IN THE AMOUNT OF $556,443 AND 36 CENTS AS THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER.SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING.
ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT? I THINK WE'RE ALL GOOD ON THAT.
I MAKE A MOTION TO AWARD THE 2025 ROAD PEYTON PROJECT A TO G AND B CONSTRUCTION OF FEASSTERVILLE PA IN THE AMOUNT OF $556,443 AND 36 CENTS.
AS LOW AS, EXCUSE ME, LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BID.
UH, THIS TIME WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, CONSIDERING AWARDING THE 2025 ROAD PAVING PROJECT DESIGNATED B ALSO TO GB CONSTRUCTION OF FEASSTERVILLE.
AND, UH, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THAT.
MAKE A MOTION TO AWARD 2025 ROAD PAVING PROJECT B TO GMB CONSTRUCTION OF FEASSTERVILLE PA IN THE AMOUNT OF $855,331 AND 46 CENTS IS THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER.
THE NEXT, UH, ITEM OF BUSINESS IS TO CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 11 RATIFYING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY SWAT, UM, REST WITH THE WESTERN REGION.
ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT? I THOUGHT JOE WAS GONNA BE ADDRESSING THAT THIS EVENING, BUT TYPE IN CHIME AS WELL.
I, I, I CAN BRIEFLY SUMMARIZE, UM, THE RESOLUTION ESSENTIALLY ADDS, UH, THREE ADDITIONAL MUNICIPALITIES TO THE EXISTING, UH, INTERMEDIATE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT.
EAST GREENVILLE BOROUGH, PENNSBURG BOROUGH, AND MARLBORO TOWNSHIP.
UM, AND THIS IS, UH, TO BECOME MEMBERS OF THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SWAT WESTERN REGION, UH, PROGRAM.
UM, OTHERWISE THE AGREEMENTS, UH, STAYING THE SAME, THE COOPERATION AGREEMENT IS JUST AFFIRMED AND RATIFIED.
UH, SO IT'S REALLY JUST ADDING THOSE, UH, THREE ADDITIONAL MUNICIPALITIES IN A MUNICIPAL AGREEMENT.
I APPRECIATE THE OFFICERS FROM ALL THE DEPARTMENTS WHO ARE WILLING TO UNDERGO THE ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND RISK AND BE A PART OF THIS TEAM.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 11 RATIFYING THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY SWAT WESTERN REGION.
ALRIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
UH, OUR NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 12, ACCEPTING DEDICATION OF THE ULTIMATE RIGHT OF WAY ALONG A ADELINE WAY OF FOUNDER'S ESTATE AND, UH, SIT BACK.
UM, THIS WAS A FINAL DAY DEVELOPMENT, UM, FOR, UH, SOUTH SHORE ACQUISITIONS LP.
UH, LAST REVISED PLAN IS DATED JANUARY, 2025.
ESSENTIALLY, THIS IS JUST ACCEPTING THE ULTIMATE RIGHT OF WAY, UH, ALONG THE EDGES OF THE STREET.
UH, THIS WOULD BE THE AREA THAT YOU WOULD, UM, POTENTIALLY RIDE, WIDEN THE ROAD IF NECESSARY AT SIDEWALKS, DO THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, THIS HAS BEEN OFFERED FOR DEDICATION BY THE DEVELOPER, AND THIS WOULD JUST BE THE TOWNSHIP ACCEPTING, UH, DEDICATION OF
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THAT ULTIMATE RIGHT OF WAY.SO WE HAVE TO PUT, WE COULD PUT SIDEWALKS IN SIDEWALKS, RIGHT? THERE'S DO OFF.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 12, ACCEPTING DEDICATION OF THE ULTIMATE RIGHT OF WAY ALONG ALENE WAY OF FOUNDER'S ESTATE.
CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 13 AUTHORIZING THE USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN FOR TWO 40 WALL STREET.
SO THIS IS A PROPERTY, UH, THAT IS CURRENTLY VACANT.
UM, THE PROPERTY OWNER, UH, IS, I BELIEVE, DECEASED.
UH, BUT WE ARE GOING TO PROCEED WITH, UH, OR THE PROPOSAL IS TO PROCEED WITH EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY.
IT'S LOCATED IN AN AREA THAT IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING THAT'S CURRENTLY ALIGHTED PROPERTY IN THE TOWNSHIP.
UM, ESSENTIALLY THIS RESOLUTION IS NECESSARY TO ALLOW US TO PREPARE AND FILE A, UM, A DECLARATION OF TAKING.
UH, WE WOULD THEN FILE THAT WITH THE COURT ALONG WITH THE RESOLUTION, UM, AND PAY JUST COMPENSATION FOR THE PROPERTY.
UH, AND WE WOULD THEN START THE COURT PROCEEDINGS RELATED TO THAT.
SO EVENTUALLY THE HEIR OF THE STATE WILL RECEIVE THE FUNDS.
CONSTITUTIONALLY THE TOWNSHIP IS NOT PERMITTED TO TAKE ANY PROPERTY WITHOUT PAYING JUST COMPENSATION.
SO IT WOULD, IT WOULD COMMENCE THE PROCEDURE FOR DETERMINING WHAT WOULD BE JUST COMPENSATION AND ACQUIRING THE PROPERTY.
I WAS DOWN TO LOOK AT THIS PROPERTY ALMOST A COUPLE MONTHS AGO NOW WHEN IT WAS WARM STILL, BUT YEAH, IT'S SO OVERGROWN.
I, I WASN'T, I DIDN'T REALIZE THERE WAS A STRUCTURE INSIDE OF THE EARTH.
ANYWAY, IT'LL BE GOOD TO GET THAT TAKEN OUT AND THEN WE'LL OWN IT.
AND THEN AS SOON AS THE DECLARATION OF TAKING IS FILED, UM, AND THE ANY PERIOD FOR OBJECTIONS IS PASSED, THE TOWNSHIP WOULD OWN THE PROPERTY AND THAT IT WOULD JUST BE COURT PROCEEDINGS TO DETERMINE WHAT EXACTLY JUST COMPENSATION IS.
AND, AND THIS INSTANCE, IT'S LIKELY GONNA INVOLVE FIGURING OUT WHERE THOSE FUNDS GET PAID INTO AND, AND WHO THE RECIPIENT OF THIS FUNDS WOULD BE.
IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO ONE OF THOSE LOTS THAT FEMA HAS ALREADY.
I'LL, UH, ENTER, IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I'LL MAKE MOTION WITHDRAW RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 13 AUTHORIZING THE USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN FOR TWO 40 WALNUT STREET.
ALRIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
AND OUR NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS CONSIDER AN ENACTING ORDINANCE 6 0 8 RESTATING TOWNSHIP CODE CHAPTER 23 REGARDING FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES.
SOMEBODY WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THE CHANGES ARE IN THAT ORDINANCE.
UM, THIS RESTRUCTURED HOW THE, THE CHAPTER, THE OLD CHAPTER WAS WRITTEN, WHICH REALLY WAS NOT BASED ON A 24 HOUR, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UM, ESSENTIALLY WE RELIED COMPLETELY 100% ON THE VOLUNTEER DEPARTMENTS AND WE WERE SORT OF ASSISTING THEM SINCE WE MADE THE CHANGE TO A FULL-TIME 24 HOUR DEPARTMENT.
WE RECOGNIZED THAT WE NEEDED TO UPDATE THE CODE.
SO, UM, IT IN EFFECT, UM, CHANGE THE STRUCTURE TO MAKE US THE DEPARTMENT OF FARMERS SERVICES PRIMARY AND FOR FARMERS SERVICE.
PATRICK, WITH THE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMES IN, UH, SUPPORTING US.
SO IT KIND OF FLIP THINGS AROUND AND IT ALSO DEFINES THE, THE ROLES OF, UH, MYSELF, THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE AND THE EMERGENCY MANAGER OFFICE.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ENACT ORDINANCE 6 0 8 RESTATING TOWNSHIP CODE CHAPTER 23 REGARDING FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES.
ALRIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT WITH THE EASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY REGIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT GROUP.
I, UH, ANN SHAFER AND CHRIS BACONS WORKED, UM, HARD TO PUT TOGETHER, UM, THIS MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT THAT MIMICS VERY CLOSELY AN AGREEMENT WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE WITH, UM, ACTUALLY THIS
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TERM END OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY.UM, THIS IS MORE LOCALIZED TO US AND
SO REALLY WHAT ALLOWS, UH, US IS TO ASSIST THEM AS NEEDED AND THEN THEY CAN ASSIST US AS NEEDED WHENEVER NECESSARY.
DAVE IS STILL DOING THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING FOR TRAP BOROUGH TOO, RIGHT? AS WELL ALREADY HIS TIME A LITTLE BIT? THAT'S CORRECT.
IT'S LIMITED, IT'S VERY LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT THAT HE DOES.
UH, TRAP ACTUALLY HAS SIGNED OFF ON THIS ALREADY.
UH, IF ANYBODY OR ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS NOT I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION, I MAKE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT WITH EASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY REGIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT GROUP.
ALRIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION A SECOND.
ITEM 13, CONSIDER AN ENACT ORDINANCE 6 0 9 AMENDING TOWNSHIP CODE CHAPTER 2 37 REGARDING SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL.
THIS AMENDMENT TO THE SANITARY SEWER PROVISIONS OF THE TOWNSHIP CODE IS BEING MADE AT THE REQUEST OF THE LOWER PARK VALLEY REGIONAL SEWER AUTHORITY TO WHICH ALL OF OUR WASTEWATER FLOWS.
UM, ALL OF THE TOWNS THAT DISCHARGE WASTEWATER INCLUDING, UH, SKIP BACK, LOWER PROVIDENCE, COLLEGEVILLE, PERAN TOWNSHIP, UH, TRAP ROW AND UPPER UPPER PROVINCE ARE BEING ASKED TO MAKE THE SAME CHANGE.
IT IS ONE SMALL TECHNICAL PROVISION THAT CHANGES THE, UH, MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE, UH, AMOUNT OF ARSENIC IN WASTEWATER FROM 0.425 MILLIGRAMS PER LITER TO 0.385.
UH, IT'S BEING DONE ACROSS THE BOARD FOR EVERYBODY WHO'S, UH, CONNECTED TO THIS COLLECTION SYSTEM.
UM, AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE, IT DOES NOT AFFECT ANY OF THE USERS IN THE TOWNSHIP.
UM, I ASSUME THIS MEANS THE WATER THEY DISCHARGE.
IF YOU HAD LIKE A METALLURGICAL, UH, INDUSTRIAL PLANT THAT DISCHARGED ON, DID A PLATING OPERATION, THEY MIGHT DISCHARGE WAY SHORT THE CONTAINED ARSENIC.
THIS CREATES PROVISIONS ACROSS ALL ENTITIES THAT ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THE LOWER PARK VALLEY REGIONAL.
SO AUTHORITY PLAN, UH, TO ESTABLISH THAT LIMIT AND IT'S GOTTA BE IN, UH, IT'S GOTTA BE IN PLACE FOR EVERYONE IN ORDER FOR THE AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE IT.
THAT'S WHY THEY'RE ASKING ALL THE MEMBERS TO ENACT THIS PROVISION.
SO THEY, THE LIMIT IS THEN ON THE, THE, THE BUSINESS FOR HOMEOWNER WHO'S DISCHARGING THE BUSINESS TO BE GENERALLY YES.
UM, THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ENACT ORDINANCE 6 0 9 AMENDING TOWN CODE CHAPTER 2 3 7 REGARDING SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL.
ALRIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
AND, UH, ITEM 14, CONSIDER ACTING ORDINANCE 6 0 1 RESTATING ARTICLE ONE AND TWO OF THE TOWNSHIP CODE CHAPTER 2 0 9 PARKS AND RECREATION.
SUE'S NOT HERE TO SPEAK TO THIS TONIGHT, SO I'M GONNA GIVE IT A SHOT.
UM, I DID HAVE A HAND IN HELPING HER CRAFT SOME OF THE PROVISIONS IN HERE.
UM, IT'S BASICALLY A HOUSEKEEPING CLEANUP PROVISIONS, UH, CLEANUP MEASURES, UH, FROM LITTLE THINGS THAT SHE'S NOTED OVER THE TIME THAT AREN'T WORKING.
UM, A COUPLE OF THOSE THAT STICK OUT IN MY MIND IS WE INCLUDED THE SKATE PARK, UH, AS A FACILITY.
THE SKATE PARK WAS NEVER IDENTIFIED AS A PARK FACILITY PREVIOUSLY.
UM, IT GIVES SUE THE AUTHORITY TO TEMPORARY CLOSE TEMPORARILY CLOSE FACILITIES.
UH, THAT WAS AN ISSUE LAST YEAR WHEN THE SKATE PARK WAS COVERED IN SNOW AND ICE AND, UH, SHE WANTED TO CLOSE IT.
PEOPLE WANTED TO USE IT, AND WE LOOKED AT THE CODE AND SHE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT.
SO THIS WOULD ALLOW HER TO DO THAT.
UM, THERE'S A, A NEW PROVISION IN THIS ORDINANCE, UM, REQUIRING PERMIT APPLICANTS PEOPLE THAT WANT TO USE A PAVILION OR A FACILITY TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION, UH, TWO WEEKS AHEAD OF TIME.
INSTEAD OF, I THINK IT SAYS 48 HOURS TODAY.
WE'VE HAD PROBLEMS WITH CHECKS NOT CLEARING, UH, IN THE RECENT PAST.
SO SHE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND THAT, UM, AMOUNT OF TIME A LITTLE BIT.
AND IT ALSO INCLUDES PROVISIONS FOR E-BIKES AND E SCOOTERS, UH, PROHIBITING THEIR USE IN THE TOWNSHIP PARKS.
UH, IN REGARD TO MS. LASKI COMMENT, UM, THE MAJORITY OF OUR RESTROOMS AT THIS POINT ARE UNISEX AND AS SUE ENVISIONS REPLACING PAVILIONS IN THE FUTURE, FOR EXAMPLE, MCFARLAND OR ON THIS CAMPUS, UH, WHERE THERE ARE MALE AND FEMALE RESTROOMS, WE WOULD LET MOST LIKELY, UH, MAKE THEM UNISEX RESTROOMS AND IT WOULD NEGATE THE PROVISION THAT MS. LASKI SPOKE OF EARLIER.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ENACT WORKING SIX 10 READING STATING ARTICLES
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ONE AND TWO OF THE TOWNSHIP CODE CHAPTER 2 0 9 PARKS AND RECREATION.OH, MARIA, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT YOU
CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 14 APPOINTING MARIA SADLER TO SERVE AS A SUPERVISOR LIAISON TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD AND VACATING HER APPOINTED PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD POSITION.
OKAY, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY QUESTION, MR. CHAIRMAN.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT ONE THING THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE DOES, UH, ALLOW WHEN WE DRAFTED IT SEVERAL YEARS AGO IS ALLOWS THE SUPERVISORS TO POINT LIAISONS TO NOT JUST THE PARKS BOARD, BUT THE PLAN COMMISSIONS.
IT'S SOMETHING YOU GUYS CAN DISCUSS IN THE FUTURE.
I, I REMEMBER YOU TELLING ME THAT EARLIER ON THE WEEK.
ALRIGHT, UM, I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 14 APPOINTED MARIA SADLER TO SERVE AS A SUPERVISOR LIAISON TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD AND VACATING HER APPOINTED PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD POSITION.
AND NEXT, UH, WE DISCUSSED, UH, I THINK WE DISCUSSED THIS LAST MONTH, BUT, UH, CONSIDER APPOINTING CHRIS MORRIS TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD TO FILL A VACANT POSITION WITH A TERM THROUGH DECEMBER, 2029.
UH, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT CHRIS MORRIS TO PARKS AND A BOARD FILL A VACANT POSITION WITH A TERM THROUGH DECEMBER, 2029.
UH, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND WE HAVE ONE MORE APPOINTMENT AND WITH THIS, ALL OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS WILL BE FULL.
UM, I'LL ENTERTAIN, THIS IS FOR KATIE HINES ON THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT KATIE HINES TO THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION TO FILL A VACANT POSITION WITH THE TERM THROUGH DECEMBER 20, 27.
ALRIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
AND THAT CONCLUDES THE BUSINESS PORTION OF THE MEETING, UM, MANAGER AND DEPARTMENT
[MANAGER AND DEPARTMENT HEAD REPORTS]
HEAD REPORTS.UH, I THINK WE WERE GONNA DO A 20, 24 YEAR IN REVIEW.
MAYBE GONNA DO, I'M NOT GONNA DO TOO MUCH CO UH, COPYING, UH, COMMENTING, BUT, UH, I THINK THAT SLIDES SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
SO IF YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH IT, AND THIS WILL BE ON OUR, UH, WEBSITE EVERY YEAR WE TRY TO GIVE A HIGHLIGHT OF ALL OF OUR ACHIEVEMENTS.
AND, UH, I WAS ABOUT TO READ EVERYTHING ON THESE SLIDES, SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, UH, GIVE A SHOUT OUT.
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I HAVE TO SAY, LOOK AT THAT LIST AND BIG KUDOS TO OUR STAFF.I MEAN, EVERYBODY WHO WORKS HERE CONTRIBUTED TO THAT LIST AND, UM, IT'S JUST A, A GREAT TEAM.
TREMENDOUS JOB, UH, CHIEF FREE.
YOU'RE GONNA, UH, THE YEAR IN REVIEW KIND OF STOLE MY THUNDER FROM MY FIRST SLIDE HERE, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
UH, BUT JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, 2024, UM, WAS, UH, QUITE THE YEAR.
UM, AND WE'RE, WE'RE JUST GETTING BUSIER AND BUSIER, BUT, UH, I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THE, OUR STATISTICS FOR, FOR THAT, UH, FOR THAT YEAR.
SO THE SCHOOL BUS, UH, CAMERA, UM, CITATION PROGRAM.
THIS IS SOMETHING I KNOW THE BOARD HAS BEEN INTERESTED IN, UH, SINCE IT BEGAN.
UM, THE COMPANY TYPICALLY WILL PROVIDE AN END OF YEAR REPORT, AND THEIR REPORT IS ACTUALLY FROM A JANUARY TO DECEMBER REPORT.
UM, UNTIL RECENTLY, WE ACTUALLY GOT ACCESS TO THE SYSTEM WHERE WE CANNOT RUN OUR OWN REPORTS.
AND, UH, SERGEANT LORI ON THE BACK THERE IS IN CHARGE OF THAT PROGRAM FOR US.
BUT, UM, BUT THE REPORT THAT I HAD WHEN I PUT THIS SLIDE TOGETHER WAS FROM JAN, JANUARY TO DECEMBER AND TOTAL CITATIONS REVIEWED.
UM, THAT MEANS ALL THE, UH, VIDEOS THAT WERE SENT TO US, UH, FROM THE COMPANY THAT THEY THOUGHT WERE VIOLATIONS IS WHAT WE REVIEWED.
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APPROVAL RATE, UM, WAS 71%.SO OUT OF THOSE, UH, 1,443, UH, UH, REPORTED VIOLATIONS, UH, OUR OFFICERS APPROVED A THOUSAND, 26 OF THEM.
UH, TOTAL TICKETS ISSUED, OR, UH, CIVIL CITATIONS, LET'S JUST SAY, UH, FOR 1,020.
AND, UH, THE TOP TICKET LOCATIONS ARE, ARE THE TOP THREE THERE.
UH, ROUTE 29 Y ROAD AND HOPEWELL DRIVE SO FAR IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR.
NOW THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO THAT SYSTEM, WE ARE LOOKING AT, UH, LET'S SEE HERE, 175, UH, REPORTED VIOLATIONS AND 110 OF THOSE WERE APPROVED.
UH, SO WE'RE, UH, YOU KNOW, NOT REALLY SURE IT'S STILL REALLY, UH, SO IT'S, IT'S $300 PER VIOLATION, RIGHT? CORRECT.
NO POINTS BECAUSE MOVING CAMERAS AND THE, THE CHALLENGE NOW IS BECOME, UH, THAT PEOPLE AREN'T PAYING THAT $300.
AND SO IT BECOMES, IT IS A CIVIL ISSUE.
SO, UH, THE COMPANY IS TRYING TO MAKE A DETERMINATION WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO ACTUALLY GO TO COLLECTIONS, UH, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT.
UH, BUT THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE AN AGREEMENT BY EVERYBODY IN THE PROGRAM.
ALL MUNICIPALITIES, SCHOOL DISTRICT AS WELL.
AND THE BUS COMPANY, UH, BEFORE THAT WOULD WERE HAPPENED.
UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO OTHER PENALTY IF THEY DON'T PAY IT.
UH, IT JUST KIND OF, AND THERE'S BEEN CASES WHERE AN INDIVIDUAL'S BEEN CAUGHT TWO, THREE TIMES.
UH, SO IS IT LEGAL TO LIKE PUBLICLY SHAME THEM SOMETIMES? UH, SOLICITOR,
IF, IF, UH, YEAH, LET, LET US KNOW.
YES, FOR SCHOOL BUSES, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE.
MY GRANDCHILDREN, GET ON THE SCHOOL BUS EVERY DAY, PLEASE.
IN OTHER NEWS, UH, WE HAVE, UH, THREE OFFICERS THAT ARE INJURED THAT ARE OUT CURRENTLY, TWO THAT WERE, UH, DUE TO INJURIES THAT SUSTAINED WHILE, UH, WORKING AND ONE, UH, WAS NOT.
UH, BUT WE DO EXPECT THEM BACK WITHIN THE NEXT, I HAVE EIGHT WEEKS HERE, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, I GOT NEWS TODAY.
THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE SOONER THAN THAT.
UM, RECRUITMENT AND STAFFING, UM, WITH APPROVAL OF THE 30TH OFFICER FROM THE BOARD FOR THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, UH, WE HAVE, UH, RECEIVED ABOUT 25 RESUMES.
UH, AND AFTER REVIEW OF THOSE RESUMES, THE LIEUTENANT AND I HAVE, UH, CHOSEN 11 CANDIDATES TO BE INTERVIEWED, WHICH WILL BE OCCURRING NEXT WEEK.
THIS IS FOR THE DETECTIVE RIGHT.
TO, TO MAKE A FOURTH DETECTIVE? CORRECT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH CHIEF, AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DO EVERY DAY THERE.
UM, WE'RE, UH, COMING UP ON A, UH, TRANSITION.
UH, WE'VE HAD CODY, UH, OUR RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SINCE, UH, 2010.
AND, UH, CODY HAS NOW, UH, OVER THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING A NEW, UH, UH, PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SYSTEM CALLED PATHFINDER.
AND WE ARE SCHEDULED TO BE ONBOARDED, UH, THIS YEAR IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
UH, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
IT, IT'S ALL WEB BASED VERSUS SERVER BASED HERE, AND THERE'S JUST SO MANY IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, I COULDN'T REALLY GO, UH, THROUGH THE LIST, BUT, UH, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT AND, UH, IT'S A LOT MORE USER FRIENDLY THAN OUR CURRENT SYSTEM.
WE'RE ALSO EXPECTING OUR, UH, UH, TWO, UH, HYBRIDS THAT WE ORDERED IN 2022, UH, FINALLY CAME IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR.
UH, WE'VE NEVER HAD HYBRIDS BEFORE, BUT, UH, SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED TO, TO TRY THESE OUT AND SEE HOW THEY WORK FOR OUR PATROL FLEET.
I THINK THAT'S THE LAST THING.
SO, UM, THE PARKS AND RAG FIRE POLICE HAVE, UM, PARTNERED UP AND, UH, WE'RE, UH, HAVING A A 5K
WE'VE BEEN BLASTED AND OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
UM, AND, UM, WE, UH, WE REALLY NEED PARTICIPANTS AS WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, PARTICIPANTS, UH, TO, TO DO THIS.
I SEE SOME ABLE-BODIED MEMBERS ON THE BOARD AND DID SEE, UH, HELENE, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, QUITE THE AVID, WHAT IS THE GAUNT, WHAT IS THE GAUNTLET PART? SO IT, IT IS A FIVE CASE.
SO ESSENTIALLY, UH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE RUNNING FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AND THEN YOU, YOU COME ACROSS AN OBSTACLE, UH,
SO WE HAVE A SMALL TIRE, WE HAVE A MEDIUM TIRE, THEN THERE'S A BIG TRACTOR TIRE.
SO YOU WOULD JUST FLIP THE TIRE ONCE, AND THEN YOU FLIP IT BACK, AND THEN YOU CONTINUE ON YOUR RUN.
AND THEN YOU WOULD COME ACROSS ANOTHER, UH, OBSTACLE, WHICH MIGHT BE A SANDBAG CARRY WITH A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF WEIGHT OR, OR KETTLEBELL CARRY, UH, THEN BRIAN.
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ANOTHER OBSTACLE AFTER A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME, IT MIGHT BE A, A HOSE, UH, PULL.UH, AND A LOW CRAWL IS ANOTHER OBSTACLE.
SO IT, WE, WE CALL IT A GAUNTLET.
UM, OF COURSE WE ANTICIPATE GETTING SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY SERIOUS ABOUT THAT, THEIR, THEIR COMPETITION OF GAUNTLET AND FIVE KS.
BUT IT IS REALLY JUST TO INTERMINGLE THE POLICE FIRE AND OUR COMMUNITY AND HAVE A REALLY FUN EVENT.
THE ONE MILE KIDS GAUNT LIT IS ACTUALLY, I WANT TO DO IT.
I MEAN, THE PARKING REC DEPARTMENT REALLY PUT A LOT OF EFFORT AND TIME.
THERE'S THREE BIG BLOWUPS THAT ARE GONNA BE THERE, UH, FOR THE KIDS THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE'S LIKE A MILITARY, ONE'S A FIRE TRUCK AND THERE'S A THIRD ONE.
BUT ANYWAYS, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN LITTLE MINI GAUNTLET.
THERE'S GONNA BE A DJ THERE, UM, AND, AND PROBABLY A FOOD TRUCK OR SOMETHING.
SO, UH, IT, IT REALLY IS GOING TO BE FUN AND, AND, UH, HOPEFULLY IT'LL BE A GOOD WEATHER DAY FOR, FOR ALL OF THIS.
BUT, UH, WE REALLY WOULD LIKE TO GET SOME PARTICIPANTS, UM, AND GET THOSE NUMBERS UP.
UH, THEY CAN LOOK IT UP AND SIGN UP THERE.
ALRIGHT, ON SUPERVISORS, SEE WE SHAVING US.
YOU SEE THAT? DID YOU SEE THAT SMIRK? RAISE YOUR HAND NOW.
I MEAN, IF YOU COME ACROSS AN OBSTACLE THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO DO, YOU CAN BYPASS THAT OBSTACLE.
WE HAVE, WELL WE HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE.
UH, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO RUN AN EXTRA, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED YARDS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT BEFORE YOU'RE BACK ON THE ACTUAL TRACK.
BUT, UH, IT'S GETTING, DO A SHOT.
I'D LIKE TO ALSO PUT OUT THERE THAT WE'D LIKE YOU TO PUT ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA TO BLAST IT OUT TO YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND STUFF, PLEASE.
EARLIER BIRD, THERE'S AN EARLY BIRD, UH, REDUCED SPEED THAT YOU JOIN.
SO, OR TO SIGN UP, JUST SAYING YOUR POSTER LOOKS TERRIFYING.
I THOUGHT IT WAS ACTUALLY KIND OF COOL.
OUR ROPE STYLE
LIKE, YOU KNOW, I TALKED ABOUT A FOOT PURSUIT HERE, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO JUMP OVER FENCES, SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO CARRY PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, PULL 'EM OUT CARS OR WHATEVER.
SO IT IS REALLY KIND OF BEST OF BOTH WORLDS THERE.
AND JUST KIND OF, AGAIN, MAINLY TO INTERMINGLE WITH OUR, OUR COMMUNITY AND JUST TO KIND OF GET TO KNOW ONE THAT'S THE PURPOSE.
AND LAST ONE IS JUST A, A SHOUT OUT TO THE RED CROSS.
WE DID OUR, OUR THIRD ANNUAL, UM, BLOOD DRIVE.
AND THIS ONE WAS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE CRITICAL BECAUSE OF THE LA FIRES AND UM, UM, THE STORMS IN THE MIDWEST, UH, THAT HAVE OCCURRED.
AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENS AND BLOOD IS IN HIGH DEMAND AND SO WE WERE VERY HAPPY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET 56 UNITS OF, UH, OF LIFE SAVING BLOOD.
I TRY NOT TO STEP ONE MORE NOW.
[CONSULTANT REPORTS]
TO CONSULT REPORTS, UH, ENGINEERING AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT UPDATES, UH, ROAD PROJECT C IS CURRENTLY OUT TO BID.WE ANTICIPATE HAVING A RECOMMENDATION FOR AWARD ON THAT PROJECT AT YOUR MARCH MEETING.
AND, UH, SOLICITOR REPORT? UH, I HAVE NO REPORT.
[SUPERVISORS COMMENTS]
COMMENTS? ANYBODY HAVE COMMENT? I HAVE A COMMENT.UM, I WANTED TO GO BACK TO THE, UM, UH, THE RIGHT OF WAY, TYLENE WAY.
IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT SO MUCH ABOUT THE RIGHT OF WAY, BUT I WAS WALKING IN HESS PARK YESTERDAY AND BECAUSE OF THE WIND, ALL OF THE CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL WAS ALL OVER HESS PARK, LIKE BIG SHEETS AND PLASTIC AND BOTTLES.
WE REACHED OUT TO THEM AND, AND WE REACHED OUT THEM LAST WEEK.
WE TALKED TO THEIR, MIKE SPECIFICALLY TALKED TO THEIR CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISOR.
THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE SOMEBODY OUT THERE.
I OBVIOUSLY THEY DON'T WORK ON THE WEEKEND, SO THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE THIS LAG CAME IN FOR WHAT WAS THERE THIS WEEKEND.
BUT THEY SUPPOSED TO HAVE A DEDICATED LABORER OUT THERE TO CLEAN UP, CLEAN UP AFTER THE PARK.
WE CAN CHECK BACK IN WITH 'EM TOMORROW TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE FOLLOWING THROUGH ON THAT.
BUT MIKE'S FIRM DOES HAVE INSPECTORS OUT THERE AND HE LOOKS FOR THAT TOO.
AND THEN THAT LEADS ME TO THE TRASH AND I KEEP BRINGING THIS UP OVER BECAUSE, AND I DON'T WANNA BE A PAIN ABOUT IT, BUT I DID SEE PEOPLE ON 4 22 PICKING UP TRASH.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT PROGRAM'S BACK ON TRACK, BRIAN, THAT MAYBE WE CAN HAVE, I SAW A DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS VAN, LIKE A STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS VAN OUT, PICK A TRASH ON 4 22.
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WE'LL TRY JOE WEBSTER'S OFFICE.I WISH PEOPLE JUST DIDN'T THROW TRASH ON THE ROAD, BUT THE TOWNSHIP, CERTAIN ROADS ARE JUST LOOK SO BAD.
AND I JUST WANNA SAY, I, AS I SAID AT OUR UH, JANUARY MEETING, SOME THINGS WERE GOING TO OCCUR AND ONE OF THOSE WAS THE SUPER BOWL.
OUR PHILADELPHIA EAGLES, WHAT THEY DID IN THE SUPER BOWL.
AND IT MADE ME THINK TONIGHT WATCHING THESE VIDEOS ABOUT TEAMWORK AND UH, AND HOW MUCH THAT, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLIES THE EFFECT OF ANY ONE PERSON.
BUT WE ALL WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM AND UH, THAT CERTAINLY IS THE CASE HERE TOO.
[UPCOMING EVENTS]
UPCOMING EVENTS, UH, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, UH, MEETING SCHEDULE.OUR MARCH MEETING MEETING WILL BE ON THE 17TH ST.
AND, UH, OUR APRIL MEETING WILL BE ON THE 21ST PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING SCHEDULE, UH, FEBRUARY 19TH.
AND, UH, THEY'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE RIGHT OF WAY MAP, UH, IN THE, AND THAT'S IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN I THINK.
RIGHT? AND THEN, UH, ON MARCH 5TH, UH, MILLENNIUM ESTATES TENTATIVE LAND APPROVAL.
AND THAT'S SIX 50 EGYPT ROAD, JUST AS A REFERENCE.
WHEN IT'S NAMED LIKE THAT, YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW WHERE IT IS, SO.
UM, THEN, UH, 200, 400 CAMPUS DRIVE ZONING, TEXT AMENDMENT, AND ALSO 5 92 SOUTH MENNONITE ROAD.
ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT WILL BE ON THE AGENDAS AT THAT PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY COUNCIL WILL MEET ON MARCH 19TH AND PARKS AND REC WILL MEET ON MARCH 12TH.
UM, MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY WILL MEET ON APRIL 3RD AND THE ZONING HEARING BOARD HAS ONE MEETING SCHEDULED AT THIS TIME.
AND THE APPLICATION IS, UH, THE TRACTOR SUPPLY STORE THAT WILL BE MOVING IN.
OFF TRACK BEDDING PLACE DOWN IN OAKS.
IT'S BEEN VACANT FOR A COUPLE YEARS AND, UH, ACTUALLY I THINK THAT WOULD BE, UH, A NICE USE OF THAT.
SO ANYWAY, UM, I'LL, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.