Gloucester Township Observer Podcast – November 19th, 2024

Workshop 

Batting cages 420k 50k grant 

Spring Lane easement. Lost buyer. Dates to the 1958 dry cesspool terminate 

Batting cages bids base bid $1.4M for 4 lane no mechanicals. Reject bid. Orlando – “now is not the time for this bid”

Meeting 

Change overlay villages of Gloucester 

Fee schedule ordinance 

Public hearing on Zoning change – highway commercial from environmental residential. Burns. Orlando states no time restrictions for public portion. This is different than his normal breaking it up into 5 minute time limits for a public hearing.
Burns brings up  Master plan pg 8 especially along stream corridors. pg11 mentioned stream channels. 

Denise -we have a master plan for a reason. 4 acres. Notes recent Zoning changes the other way where they stated changing it to hyw commercial makes it economical and adds rateables, yet they changed hwy comm to residential just a short time ago (Little Pond)  Using their words against them. 

Has to search for a second. Does not pass. Mignon Grace and Orlando vote yes. 

Egov 2 will be read during public hearing. 

Police spending is current year not to borrow 

House hit by truck. Reduce speed limit.

Joe debt- budgets posted. CLIP 6 One day everything is fine and then the next we have to sell everything and now it’s fine again?

Rich coyne – debt and spending rebuilding public trust. Debt has declined. Throws in batting cages and mentions wants and needs 

Albert Newton – 6m replacement fund 

Cash windfall, what will become of the spending commitments. Cardis claim clean outs have not been discussed. 

Leader egov – minutes do not include his demand to be heard.

Dena – has questions about bond issuance 

Denise – sewer clean out must be done because they discovered. Cardis says there is a difference between a proposal. DCA stipulation  

Ray Paladoro – sewer is worth. The people spoke. Will you honor your word? Orlando will not state they won’t.

Cardis quoted saying taxes will rise. Cardis is a magician every other year 

Burns- thanks council for voting no for zoning. Asks Murray hays property. Carlamere word salad. Hold for issues. 

Smitheman – thanks for crosswalk maintenance. Wind blows her hair. Move bus stop 

Leader lectern stored away.

Roof reserve fund. ) Asked about closing meeting. Pull clip if he did . Nash agreed it wasn’t premature closed. 

Dena asked to have her email confirmed and when she will get it. Cardis starts arguing with her. 

Nash invited everyone to historic society