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Pemberton Township Engineer Chris Rehmann presents a concept plan of a potential new traffic pattern for Sunbury Village.

By Douglas Melegari Staff Writer

PEMBERTON—Major infrastructure and traffic flow changes have been proposed by Mayor David Patriarca for the Sunbury Village neighborhood, long beleaguered by crime, in a bid to deter such activity and “give control of the neighborhood back to the residents” who live there.

The proposal, unveiled Feb. 25 by the mayor during a special town hall meeting held at the Nesbit Center in Sunbury,

attended by seven residents in-person, with over 20 others watching live online through YouTube amid the Coronavirus pandemic, comes in the wake of a recent uptick in gun violence affecting the neighborhood since last summer – and also follows a rash of shootings and other violent crime that occurred there in 2017.

“We are trying to deter an ongoing problem,” said Patriarca during the meeting, also attended by Acting Police Chief David King, Council President Gaye Burton, Councilman Donovan

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“The residents of this neighborhood should be able to go to bed and watch the late-night news with peace and quiet, and not have to worry about boomboxes blaring outside, car stereos blasting and gun shots being fired throughout their neighborhood. They should be able to relax in the evening, like most other people enjoy doing.”

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1/22/20 12:04 PM E V E SH A M — Ju d g i n g f r o m w h a t transpired at the most recent meeting of the Evesham Township Council on the evening of Feb. 24, the greens of the municipally owned Indian Spring Country Club may well be the “blue suede shoes” of area recreational facilities.

As far as many local and area residents are concerned, the manner in which the club’s golf course has been managed in recent years is in the same sacrosanct category as that vintage footware of rock ‘n roll fame— something that township officials had best ‘lay off of’, no matter what they might be planning on doing with other municipal resources.

That much became clear from the response to the second reading of an ordinance “amending the township code … found at Chapter 3 Administrative Code and Chapter 11 Golf Course,” which was enough to convince a number of area golfing enthusiasts that council was on the verge of replacing the longtime PGA management of the course with a person or persons less qualified to address the requirements of the sport. It also got them sufficiently ‘teed off’ to either attend the meeting in person, despite the ongoing pandemic, or to call in, asking that the measure in question be tabled for now.

It wasn’t, being ultimately adopted by a 5-0 vote of the all-Democratic council. But

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Finding That One Ticket for Barking Dogs Was Issued in 2020 Ultimately Leads Officials to Disclose Animal Control Officer Was Not Given Ticket Books Upon Hire, Position Outsourced Officials Defend Decision to Contract for Animal Control Service, With Current Firm Indicating Tickets Are Seldom Issued Anyway

By Douglas Melegari Staff Writer

PEMBERTON—Officials in Pemberton Township have now publicly recognized an oversight involving its animal control program, following repeated inquiries made by a township resident over the past couple of months at Pemberton Township Council meetings that had previously gone unanswered.

However, the township’s current animal control officer indicated to this newspaper in a March 1 interview that the oversight did not have any real impact.

This newspaper, in exploring the situation further, also confirmed another piece of information the resident learned – that the township outsourced its animal control program. Three top township officials have since provided a detailed explanation to this newspaper for doing so.

Re s i d e nt M i c h e l l e For m a n , who contended during a Dec. 2 council meeting that she learned through an Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request that the municipality had only issued one ticket over a ten-month period last year for barking dogs, demanded to know why that was the case, finding such a low number troubling.

“Ten months – one ticket,” Forman said.

“Now I realize why I had a problem with dogs barking the last three years disturbing the peace in my neighborhood.”

The resident also apparently learned that the township outsourced its animal control program to New Jersey Animal Control, LLC. “When are we going to get an animal control officer back on staff, so we can start issuing some tickets for the barking dogs so people don’t have to put up with this anymore?” Forman asked of council.

Council President Gaye Burton, during council’s Dec. 2 meeting, said officials were not able to respond at the time as “the issue would have to be looked into.” She asked for the address of the source of the barking dogs, which Forman initially declined to say during a public, on-the-record meeting.

Forman, when asked by Burton if she had filed a formal complaint, responded that when she did so before, she had to involve a lawyer and had her “animals killed and life threatened.”

“If the police give out tickets, they will stop the dogs from barking, won’t they?”

Forman asked. “I want to do that (file a formal complaint) as a last resort. For me to put in a complaint against my neighbor should be my last resort. That is what we pay taxes for – an animal control officer or police officer to crackdown on these people.”

Bu r ton repl ie d that “it has to b e documented somehow, someway” for “something to be done.” The council president warned that Forman “might be still dealing with the same issue” if she was unwilling to give an address during “this public call,” or file a formal complaint.

“I understand you are calling in, but you need to give us a street name, or you need to come in and put something in writing,” Burton said.

Forman eventually provided the name of the street in which she resides, but added that a police dispatcher told her that “‘they are getting calls from Pemberton Township on a daily basis about barking dogs’ – and only one ticket has been issued this year –

that’s my problem.”

Burton initially replied to Forman “that we do have one,” but then after someone could be heard speaking to her in the background, said, “No?” “So, we will look into that,” Burton said.

“That will be done. Yeah.”

The council president added that “she can’t speak to that” when asked by Forman whether she thought one ticket being issued was sufficient for a town (purportedly) receiving complaints on a daily basis.

“I don’t even think it would be fair for me to answer that, because I don’t even have anything in front of me to look at,” Burton maintained.

After Forman indicated that council should be concerned about the enforcement of the laws it enacts, Burton replied that she “doesn’t think anyone is not concerned,” but that there are “certain protocols” that must be followed.

During council’s Dec. 16 meeting, also held by phone, an update on the issue was not provided. Forman returned during council’s reorganization meeting, yet again held by phone, seeking an update from Burton during public comment (held at the start of the meeting), asking the council president, “Did you come up with anything?”

“We will address it later,” Burton replied.

“It will be addressed later in the meeting.”

When Forman asked Burton for a specific time, Township Solicitor Andrew “Andy” Bayer contended that public comment “is a time for comment, it is not a question and answer time.” Bayer added that council can “choose” whether or not it wants to answer any public comments.

“But Andrew, this is going to be a very, very long meeting,” Forman pointed out.

“Can you give me an (approximate time) – at the very end, or soon? When is she going to address my question?”

Bayer, despite a lengthy reorganization meeting agenda, contended that he did not think it was going to be very long of a meeting, adding “generally it shouldn’t be.”

Forman had still not received a response, however, more than two hours and 20 minutes later, when the Jan. 6 council meeting concluded.

“Excuse me!” said Forman at the end of the meeting. “Can somebody address my issue about the dogs. You said you were going to talk to me about it.”

Business Administrator Daniel Hornickel, at that point, was heard informing the council president that he would follow up with her. Burton then told Forman she would speak to the business administrator and get back to her “very soon.”

It was only after James Boland, a former council contender, remarked during yet another council meeting held by phone on Jan. 20 that Forman discovered “a startling low number of summonses being issued to people concerning dogs,” and demanded to know “what kind of answer the council president had for this young woman,” that the resident received a response.

“Our investigation late last year led us to the conclusion that the company we contract with – New Jersey Animal Control – did not in fact have summons books available to issue tickets,” Hornickel said. “So, they were responding to calls when the police department called them, however, they were See ANIMAL/ Page 8

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TABERNACLE —If the Tabernacle Township Committee decides to move forward with the sale of the old municipal landfill to CEP Renewables for a proposed solar farm, it appears unlikely the company will receive its necessary designation as the “redeveloper” of the project as quickly as it had hoped.

CEP attor ney Steven Gou i n made known at a Feb. 8 committee meeting that his client would like to be named the “redeveloper” of the site, which sits north of County Route 532, between Old Indian Mills and Oakshade roads, by the end of this month – or even preferably two weeks before that. Such quick action, he said, would enable the company to sign up for the regional grid’s study on the project’s feasibility and impact before a March 31 deadline, an opportunity that won’t come up again for another six months.

CEP has wanted to connect the solar farm, which would be expected to produce 10 megawatts of power at any one time, to the grid and register its project with the current state-subsidy incentive program, Transition Renewable Energy Credits (TREC).

However, doubt has now been cast on that prospect by one municipal official, who claims the process will take months to reach the point at which the tract involved is determined to conform to the requirements of the state’s Local Redevelopment and Housing Law. “I have no confidence that deadline will be met,” said Township Solicitor William Burns in a telephone interview with this newspaper on Feb. 26.

The potential solar project, along with the possible sale of the township’s community center at 81 Hawkin Road, will be the subject of further discussion at the next virtual workshop meeting on March 8 at 7:30 p.m.

The TREC program was previously described as a limited-time, “lucrative” opportunity due to a “successor program” being in the works that could replace it in the near future.

Gouin did not respond to a request for comment prior to this newspaper’s deadline.

In addition to the aforementioned property transaction concerns, the rest of the committee is apparently not yet ready to jump on board with establishing the solar farm, as indicated by Committeewoman Nancy McGinnis having made a motion to “move ahead with the solar project” at

the Feb. 22 virtual meeting that was not seconded.

“There are questions that need to be answered, at least from where I am, and I’ve been trying to hunt down my own answers,” said Mayor Kimberly Brown at the conclusion of a brief discussion sparked

by McGinnis, in which no “clear direction” from the committee was delivered to the township’s professionals.

Two lengthy presentations and Q&A sessions have already been held with CEP officials at virtual public meetings of the township committee, and McGinnis told this newspaper that the solar developer’s team could be back for a third time on March 8.

T he tow n sh ip’s profe s siona l s d id offer some additional insight into the extensiveness of the redevelopment process prior to McGinnis’s motion to proceed with what had been offered by CEP. “I would suggest that if there is going to be movement on any redevelopment project, whether it be the old Tabernacle landfill or another area in need of redevelopment, that redevelopment counsel be procured to deal with that,” Burns said.

Implementing that, however, would require advertising for such a professional with expertise in the “specialized niche area” of the law, and then making the final appointment through a “fair and open process.”

Once hired, the redevelopment counsel would assist in areas such as drafting all the “necessary legislation” to move the project forward.

Township Engineer Dante Guzzi said the Tabernacle Township Land Development Board and its professionals would play a key role in determining whether or not the landfill qualifies as a redevelopment area under the state statute before CEP can be designated as the “redeveloper.”

Committeeman Robert Sunbury, in a telephone inter view, said he hasn’t formulated an opinion either supporting or rejecting CEP’s proposal, but needs more “proof” about aspects of the proposed benefits, such as the future tax contributions of the property once it is converted to a solar farm.

“It is our job to be skeptical,” he maintained.

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Pemberton Borough Administrator Agrees to Consider Buying Reflective Markers to Make Hydrants Easier for Firemen to Locate in Snow, as Resident Suggests

County, Growers Mourn Passing of Longtime AG Agent WASHINGTON—The Burlington County Board of County Commissioners, along with area growers, are mourning the passing of Ray Samulis, who served more than four decades as Burlington County’s agricultural (AG) agent before retiring in 2017.

Samulis died on Feb. 24, with family by his side, according to the Rutgers Cooperative Agricultural Extension, where he spent 41 years leading the Burlington County AG Office.

As the county’s agricultural agent, Samulis aided farmers and gardeners throughout the county and region, dispensing advice and information on a host of issues and subjects, including irrigation, pesticide use, farm safety and business programs.

“In a county renown for being the birthplace of farmland preservation and No. 1 in New Jersey in total preserved farmland, Mr. Samulis was our foremost expert on how to make things grow green and bountiful,” said Commissioner Director Felicia Hopson. “He was the plant doctor for our entire county, and he treated every farm and garden like it was his own. On behalf of our entire county family, we want to extend our deepest condolences to his family and to all his colleagues at the extension.”

The Roebling resident garnered statewide attention for his expertise with sweet corn and was responsible for establishing the extension’s comprehensive sweet corn program involving field research, training seminars and marketing research.

Samulis was said to also be knowledgeable about the county’s other crops and he worked closely with the county’s cranberry, pumpkin and vegetable growers. In addition, he was a leading farm safety advocate.

“Burlington County has such a wonderful agricultural heritage and Mr. Samulis was a huge part of that,” said Commissioner Linda

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Hynes, the board of commissioners’ liaison to the county Department of Resource Conservation. “For over 40 years he was the person our farmers turned to when they had a problem with soil, weather, pests or even business trouble. His passing is a huge loss for Burlington County and our entire state, but his contributions will be remembered fondly with each successful harvest.”

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PEMBERTON BOROUGH—While there was much praise for Pemberton Borough’s cleanup efforts following the recent snowfall at the Feb. 16 virtual Pemberton Borough Council meeting, a suggestion from a resident as to how that response might be improved in the future struck a positive chord.

Resident Kevin Mulligan, a regular attendee of meetings, noted that in scouting the Hearthstone development (where he resides) after the recent storm, he noticed that fire hydrants were almost covered in snow by the plows.

“It’s not the plowers’ fault, that is for sure – but with those mounds of snow, you lose the visibility of those fire hydrants,” Mulligan contended.

He then suggested that, as is done in some other communities, high-visibility, reflective rods be connected to the hydrants so that firemen can see where they are located in the event of a heavy snowfall.

Borough Administrator Donna Mull replied that the borough would look into purchasing some reflective markers and later confirmed to this newspaper that she followed through on the suggestion.

However, she did not respond publicly to an idea from another regular participant, resident Diane Fanucci, who maintained that many sidewalks were not cleared of snow within a reasonable amount of time from when the first flakes hit the ground.

“I hope someone’s addressing that,” Fanucci said. “It is a safety issue – big time,”

Ray Samulis, who served more than four decades as Burlington County’s agricultural (AG) agent before retiring in 2017. based in Washington Township, said of Samulis’ passing that it was “sad news for cranberries and NJ AG as a whole.”

“Ray was a good friend to every cranberry farmer in Burlington County, as well as every other farmer in Burlington County,” said proprietor Bill Haines in a statement.

“His focus on pesticide coverage, as well as ensuring the safety of farmers was his top priority and it was always greatly appreciated.

He was always looking to help and I appreciate everything that he did for us.”

she said. “And I think if we put out letters to every resident telling them that they are liable, if someone falls on their sidewalk that hasn’t been shoveled, I think you are going to see a lot of compliance in the future.”

Under the snow and ice removal section of the Pemberton Borough code, owners or occupants of households must remove any snow or ice from a sidewalk abutting a residence within 24 hours of a storm, lest they be subject to paying the cost of its removal by the borough. A fine of up to $1,250 is also listed as a possible consequence for violating the provisions of the local law.

Mull later told this newspaper she did not respond to Fanucci because it is the police who let homeowners know if they are in violation of those provisions.

The status of street repairs was another discussion topic at the shorter-than-normal meeting, which lasted only about 25 minutes, with Borough Engineer William Wentzien confirming previous updates that Jane Street is next on the list to be repaired and repaved.

“As soon as the weather conditions allow, and the snow and ice (disappears), we can start getting crews out and working on base mapping,” he said.

The borough council voted 5-0 (with Councilman Cliff Rutherford absent) to approve a resolution awarding a $40,900 contract to Abbington Engineering for the engineering services associated with those Jane Street repairs, such as surveying, construction design, and inspection.

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Two Top Police Officials Earn Sizeable Raises In Newly Approved CBA with Medford Lakes

By Andy Milone Staff Writer

MEDFORD LAKES—The chief and lieutenant of the Medford Lakes Police Department will receive significant pay hikes beginning this year to “bring their salaries in line with industry standards,” according to Borough Administrator Dr. Robert Burton.

Those salary increases were stipulated in a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between Medford Lakes Borough and the Medford Lakes Police Superior Officers Association, which is the union that represents the two top-ranking officers of the local department.

Me d ford La ke s Boroug h Cou nc i l unanimously approved the execution of the new four-year agreement at a Feb. 24 meeting.

Chief Robert Dugan, or whoever is serving at the helm during the years the agreement is in force (Dugan having told this newspaper that he is nearing retirement), will receive $129,880 this year, with increases in each successive year to $131,178, $132,489 and $133,813, while Lieutenant John McGinnis Jr. will receive $111,648 this year, with increases to $112,764, $113,891 and $115,029 in subsequent years.

In 2020, the last year of the previous fiveyear CBA, the chief and lieutenant received $113,063 and $94,194, respectively.

In a recent telephone interview, Burton told this newspaper that the borough “wanted to reward” its chief and lieutenant, who have served in the Medford Lakes department for 19 and 14 years, respectively.

Neither has received a substantial raise in past agreements, nor have their past salaries been reflective of what other similarly sized departments are purportedly offering.

“The borough really looks out for its employees, whether that be us, fire, wastewater, or someone else,” Dugan said in a telephone interview. “But, if something isn’t feasible, they are going to be the first to tell you, because we don’t have the ratables like other towns.”

“At the the end of the day,” Dugan added,” both sides were happy” with the agreement, which Burton described as a “win-win.”

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“It is very expensive to have this building sit there without a whole lot of use,” McGinnis said.

She pointed out that it cost the township $1,089 last month, $857 of which was owed to South Jersey Gas to heat the place during the winter. Other expenses include Internet and phone service.

She then made a motion to have the administration request proposals from realtors “to get an idea of what we could get for the building,” but it failed to get a second.

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that differ from the former one.

Under the new vacation/holiday buyback program, for example, a union member may sell back up to a maximum of 60 hours (7.5 days) of vacation time per year, as opposed to before, when a member could sell back up to a maximum of 80 hours (10 days) vacation time.

In other business at the Feb. 24 council meeting, it unanimously approved a change order, via a resolution, for an $8,362 increase in the construction costs of the new Ballinger Lake Park across from the municipal building from $74,700 to $83,062 to cover additional work, including the widening of the sidewalk next to Stokes Road from eight to 12 feet.

Command Company, based out of Little Egg Harbor, was awarded the $74,700 contract at the end of last year to carry out the project.

Medford Lakes received $55,000 in grant money from the Burlington County Community Park Development Program last year, and according to Burton, had an additional $40,000 to spend on the project from previous grant funding – meaning the hard costs are still less than what grant funds the borough has available.

A nother re solution, approve d unanimously, promoted Jeff West from his role as an alternate member of the Medford Lakes Planning Board to a regular member.

He will now assume the role previously held by Dennis O’Neill, who was recently appointed as a councilman to replace the late Bob Hanold.

The planning board consists of nine members – six residents, in addition to Mayor Thomas Cranston, Code Enforcement Officer David Crane and Councilman William Fields – and two alternates.

As part of the same resolution, James Vogdes, who was designated as alternate member II, will be reassigned to take West’s former role as alternate member I, leaving one alternate position vacant. Both planning board reassignments expire Dec. 31.

Also approved unanimously was a resolution formally appointing Jeannie Watters as the Medford Lakes Colony Representative and Jennifer Ruegg as Environmental Commission representative to the newly formed borough’s Community Forestry Management Committee (CFMG).

horse, let’s talk about it and discuss it,” responded Deputy Mayor Samuel Moore.

The bui lding is used by local organizations, such as the Boy Scouts, acts as the township’s designated emergency shelter during natural disasters and is used for storage of certain equipment.

The committee has committed to selling it before, and even had an appraisal completed two years ago indicating it was worth $175,000. Whether the committee would now like to keep the building and allocate funds for needed repairs, has been a lingering question for years.

“This has been dragging on and dragging on and dragging on,” McGinnis added. “It’s just ridiculous. We’ve been talking about selling this building as long as I have been the committee, which has been over a year.”

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Councilman Steven Fenster, who is responsible for overseeing the upkeep of streets and roads, also mentioned a “sinkhole” that had been repaired near 6 Davis Street and that “it looks like it is starting to sink again.” He requested that Wentzien take a look at the area to see if it needs to be repatched, as well as another spot further down the street that also appeared to have “recessed.”

Last month, Fenster initiated a brief discussion on the future paving schedule that ended in portions of Reynolds Street, east of Hanover Street and Egbert Street north of Elizabeth Street, being approved by council as priorities.

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Department of Transportation (NJDOT) had been awarded to Pemberton Borough to make repairs to Jane Street, noted that he had not received word on another NJDOT grant application seeking funds for sidewalk repairs on Elizabeth Street.

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Pemberton School Board Seeks Another New Member After Former President Jeffrey Wilson Suddenly Resigns

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P E M B E RT O N —T h e P e m b e r t o n Township Board of Education is seeking a replacement for its now ex-president, Jeffrey Wilson, who, after deciding in January that he did not wish to remain for a second consecutive year as president, has since resigned from the board all-together in the middle of his third term in order to relocate his family out of state, according to what he told the Pine Barrens Tribune in a phone interview.

Wilson, a lifelong Pemberton resident who was involved in a variety of local organizations, said he made the decision to move for personal and professional reasons and had previously hinted privately to the rest of the board that he might be leaving.

The board accepted his resignation, to take effect immediately, at the Feb. 25 meeting. Wilson, who was not present at the meeting, spent more than seven years on the board.

“Jeff is very smart and very passionate,” said Board President Tom Bauer in a telephone interview with this newspaper.

“He not only knew the needs of the district, but he knew what needed to be done to address those needs. We wish him the very best. I’ve been around a long time, and there are not as many people as loved in this community as Jeff.”

Whoever takes Wilson’s seat will become the fourth new member this year to join the nine-member board, which now includes Andrew Sytnik and newcomers Sheri Lowery and Sherry Scull. The meeting opened with the swearing-in of Sytnik, who takes the seat of Tom Maier, a former member who resigned in October. The board

is accepting letters of interest for Wilson’s seat until March 11, and according to a public notice, expects to hold interviews March 18.

Bauer and Board Vice President Terry Maldonado said Wilson’s decision to leave was not a surprise to them.

Both Wilson and Sytnik happen to be Pemberton Township High School alumni, Wilson having graduated in 2003 and Sytnik in 1999.

In offering an explanation for his sudden departure, Wilson told this newspaper that “sometimes the weight of expectation is often heavier than the weight of personal satisfaction.”

As a “relatively young individual with a young, energetic family,” Wilson said the personal aspect of his decision to leave was “absolutely centered” on his family, which includes his wife and two- and five-yearold sons.

“Time has already flown by so quickly in my kids’ lives, and it will only speed up from here,” he said. “I want to be present for them and ensure they have the support, motivation and love to grow into respectful and hardworking individuals.”

In addition, his professional career is “growing rapidly,” he said, and “a new opportunity of expansion and vertical growth” will consume more of his time and energy, he said.

“Stepping outside of your comfort zone is never easy,” he said. “This is especially true for someone with deep roots and commitment to their community. I am confident in not only the person I’ve become, but also confident in what I have been able to do for my community.”

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Hornickel blamed the delay in responding to Forman on a recent absence of the township’s acting chief of police.

“We have since confirmed the municipal court has since issued summons books to New Jersey Animal Control, and they are now able to write tickets,” the business administrator maintained. “In the past, they did not have the ability to do it.”

Charles Garrity, an investigator and owner of New Jersey Animal Control, when interviewed for this story on March 1, told this newspaper that the township’s “humane law enforcement officer” is “first in line” to write any tickets, and only when he becomes unavailable, is his firm able to write tickets.

He further contended that “his superior” is the humane law enforcement officer, a sworn-officer of the Pemberton Township Police Department, and that individual determined that there was “no sufficient evidence of any violations (with regard to the situation Forman is referring to) to issue any summonses,” and that when his superior makes such a determination, “that is it.”

In this particular case, Garrity added, both he and the humane law enforcement officer responded to Forman’s neighborhood, despite the fact that she “was told to file a formal complaint and hasn’t as of this date.” Garrity said that the dog responsible for Forman’s complaints to council is an 11-month old German Shepperd “puppy.”

“It is only 11 months old,” Garrity said.

“They hadn’t yet scheduled it for training.

They let it out three times a day, and bring it back in. And it is a German Shepperd – that is what they do – bark when they see

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The situation is she (Forman) doesn’t want to hear dogs barking at all.”

Garrity contended that Forman has made multiple calls, including to Pemberton Police, but even if there might have been a violation, there is very little officials can do because they must witness any violation before issuing any summons, especially in the absence of a formal complaint.

“We have to have sufficient evidence,” he said. “We have been out there multiple times and nothing is occurring, and that equals no tickets.”

As for whether not having ticket books immediately issued actually had an impact on the number of violations given out during the course of 2020, Garrity told this newspaper that tickets are seldom given out not only because he and his superior have to actually witness a violation, but also because they would “rather give out warnings.”

“We want to maintain a good relationship in our communities,” Garrity said. “We are not there to issue tickets – we are there to help people. We really only do so in cruelty cases, and when you can prove it. But if we are not witnessing a crime, it is impossible to issue summonses.” He added that “most of the time” dog owners don’t even realize their pet is disturbing others and a conversation with them usually resolves any complaint brought to their attention.

“Some people don’t want to hear it (barking) at all, and that is not possible,” he said. “If there is a dog that is consistently barking, the owners will get a summons.”

Forman contended during council’s Dec. 2 meeting that the “dog barks every time I walk out to the back of my property … if the German Shepperd hears me walk on leaves

it barks … if my son comes over to visit me it barks … if my son walks down the street it barks and comes toward him violently and scares him.”

The resident, during the Jan. 20 council meeting, maintained that while police have since been very helpful with the dog issue in her neighborhood, and that the issuance of ticket books to the contracted animal control firm is “a step forward,” she reported her observation that the police are overwhelmed with more pressing issues, and that the contracted firm has “three animal control officers manning 10 towns” whereas “we used to have two or three animal control officers that I remember for 30 years or so manning one town.”

“I have spoken to the officers and they are so busy all the time, it is very hard for them to issue tickets for barking dogs as well,” Forman said.

Boland remarked during yet another council meeting held on Feb. 2 that he hoped Forman would “get some real answers to her questions,” to which Burton and Hornickel replied that an answer was already provided.

Mayor David Patriarca, in a Feb. 23 interview with this newspaper, maintained that it had only been brought to his attention recently that the contractor did not have ticket books issued by the municipal court system.

“I didn’t know they weren’t enforcing, but that doesn’t preclude any violation from being enforced,” he contended. “A violation can be enforced by a resident or the police department. There were still mechanisms in place.”

Hornickel, in an emailed statement to this newspaper on Feb. 25, confirmed that township awarded a contract to New Jersey Animal Control in May or June of 2019 in anticipation of the last remaining, and now-

Saturday, March 6, 2021 former, animal control officer’s retirement on July 1, 2019.

“From my research, most of the towns in Burlington County have not replaced their animal control officers (on staff), and instead have outsourced the position,” he added. “I can’t speak for why the summons books weren’t transferred from the outgoing employee to the new company – I can only speculate that it had to do with my predecessor trying to get as much as he could accomplished prior to his August 1, 2019 retirement date.”

Patriarca, in the Feb. 23 interview, said outsourcing animal control was a “cost-efficiency” measure. He said of the township’s three recent animal control officers that were on staff, one was hired by Willingboro, another was let go, and the last one retired. The mayor further contended that the position “should really be something done through the county shelter and a service provided by the county to towns.” He contended the state-required mandate that towns provide for animal control is “very challenging for small towns” to maintain due to cost.

“Somebody has to pay for it,” the mayor noted.

Garrity, in the March 1 interview with this newspaper, when asked if he thought the township should bring back its animal control officer staff, replied, “Not at all!”

He claimed that a full-time animal control officer, with Pemberton’s work load, would “sit around twiddling their thumbs” for four hours of an 8-hour day “because there is not much going on in Pemberton.” He added that the township’s previous animal control officer would work a set schedule from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., whereas his firm is available 24/7 to respond.

“It is not an eight-hour day – not even close!” Garrity said.

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The American Academy of Family Physicians notes that seniors should aspire to be as active as possible.

Exercise is a great way to incorporate physical activity into your daily routine and has been linked to reduced risk for diseases such as heart disease, diabetes and osteoporosis. Though adults with chronic illnesses may be hesitant to exercise, the AAFP notes that it’s possible for men and women who have been diagnosed with such conditions to exercise safely. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes that regular physical activity is one of the most important things seniors can do for their health and can potentially prevent many health problems associated with aging.

Frequency of Exercise Seniors, particularly those who have not exercised much in the past, may not know how much exercise they need to reap the full rewards of physical activity.

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The mayor contended that while he would like to say that no one township neighborhood has more crime than the other, a report recently produced by King indicated that the one-and-a half square mile Sunbury neighborhood accounts for 25 percent of the crime that the Pemberton Township Police Department has to deal

Anderson Road.

Norcross Lane would also be turned into a one-way street, with traffic moving one-way from Anderson Road toward Emmons and Lemmon avenues.

“At Norcross, you wouldn’t be able to make right to get onto Anderson, as we would close Anderson,” Patriarca noted.

“You would have to go back out (or take Norcross) to Emmons.”

The proposal calls for a small roundabout, according to the mayor, at the currently

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“That is a large percentage concentrated to one area,” said Patriarca, a former township police officer who noted that he had patrolled Sunbury in the past, and now travels through the neighborhood as mayor.

“So, it is a problem.”

Currently, there are four access roads from Pemberton-Browns Mills Road to enter Sunbury Village; Delap Court, Bush Street, Emmons Avenue and Anderson Road. The proposal calls for the permanent closure of the Bush Street and Anderson Road access points, thereby making Delap Court and Emmons Avenue the primary entry/exit points to Sunbury.

“They (the “bad guys”) will have limited ways to get out,” the mayor said. “They are going to think twice. By being forced to go one way, police can now catch them more easily.”

Kinsely Road, where numerous shootings and drug raids have occurred over the last several years, under the proposal, would be turned into a one-way street, with traffic moving one-way from Dulap Court toward

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three-way intersection of Norcross Lane, Emmons Avenue and Lemmon Avenue.

“So, when you are coming off of Norcross, you would go around the roundabout to come down Emmons to get out, or you would take the roundabout to go down Lemmon to Delap,” the mayor said. “So, basically, it would be one-way on the Kinsley side, heading towards Anderson, and back the other way on Norcross, Lemmon to Delap.”

The proposed roundabout, along with a triangular traffic control mechanism and proposed pinch points or “devices to narrow the road” at all intersections in the neighborhood, “will force traffic to slow down,” according to Patriarca.

Patriarca noted that the township had received reports “early on” in the crisis that “cars are racing up and down the neighborhood,” turning Kinsely Road and Norcross Lane into a “drag-strip,” and that while the township has since installed speed tables, these additional traffic calming measures will hopefully only further help to reduce the speeding problem.

A couple of the in-person town hall attendees contended to the mayor that the

speed tables have not worked, or as one woman put it, “once they get over the speed tables, it is pedal to the metal.”

Patriarca is also proposing prohibiting street parking in Sunbury on most nights from approximately 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., though he cautioned “these are rough numbers.”

One woman attending the town hall urged the mayor to consider an earlier start time of the parking prohibition, pointing out that gunfire can be heard in the neighborhood as soon as it gets dark, and especially just

ghost town-like,” Patriarca said. “The residents, of course, would be there … and everyone is going to know who the residents are, and the young adults who are coming in from the other neighborhoods, and are coming there with the wrong purpose, will leave as soon as they figure threats are coming where they are going to get into confrontation with the police. We want it to be a neighborhood of safety, and the residents to feel comfortable with where they live.”

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The mayor discussed his observation that Sunbury is a driveway neighborhood (or one where most homes have driveway cutouts for residents to park their vehicles), and that those parking along the street are mostly from outside the neighborhood.

He contended that during one night he traveled through Sunbury to check on recently improved street lighting that was installed to also help deter crime, he came upon about 20 or so young adults playing craps in the middle of the street, and even observed a “pile of money in the street.”

Playing “dice in the neighborhood,” he said, “is not an ingredient you want” as it “creates a bad mix” in which “guys are showing off for the girls by playing dice” where “something is going to happen.” The playing of craps in the streets of Sunbury is a “common occurrence that goes on down there,” the mayor added.

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As for the mun icipal ity i nstal l i ng surveillance cameras in Sunbury, which has been previously a major topic of discussion with disagreement, but with some calls for the implementation of such devices growing louder in recent months, while the topic was not brought up by any resident, Patriarca raised the issue, and noted that what he was looking for “is solutions that will help stop the crime,” while pointing to the number of criminal acts caught on camera and shared on television news programs.

One person, in response, interrupted the mayor, claiming, “At least it (the cameras) helps!”

Patriarca also discussed the concern of some that such devices may result in an invasion of privacy. He also said that his administration has been unable to locate grant dollars for such devices, and discussed how expensive they are. However, in somewhat of a change from past remarks, he acknowledged that “cameras can become a tool for the police department and there is no question about that,” and that Burlington City has found the use of surveillance See SUNBURY/ Page 10

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cameras to combat crime useful per a recent conversation with a member of council (as previously reported by this newspaper – Councilman Paul Detrick). The mayor left the door open to the possibility to installing cameras in the future, by remarking, “It

to access both their homes and PembertonBrowns Mills Road.

“I avoid that area at all costs,” said one woman, while another said, “I am not allowed to go there as my husband won’t let me drive there.”

In response to those concerns, the mayor said that “hopefully the effort of taking action to correct the problem will change that attitude of the second block.” One of the two women recommended that until there

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Residents of Sunbury Village participate in a town hall meeting about solutions to crime woes in the neighborhood. would come down on the township buying the cameras and is that going to give us our greatest return on that investment?”

The mayor also briefly denounced a suggestion proposed by one of Sunbury’s landlords (who is a top proponent of the cameras), Richard Gober, to rename the community, contending “that is not going to solve the problem” and the goal is “addressing real problems with real solutions.” Prior to the town hall, Gober sent out an email to the community making them aware of it, and mentioned that, “I have also worked on changing the name from Sunbury Village to Pemberton Pines.”

The municipality participating in a Ring camera subsidy program (which had been raised in the past by camera proponents), Patriarca added, would also not be a practical solution because several township homeowners purportedly don’t have internet access, and are unable to afford a subscription monitoring plan required by Ring.

The proposal of “controlling the flow of traffic, the direction of the traffic, and when you are able to park on the streets” received no hard objections from town hall attendees, and, instead, one woman called it an “excellent” and “awesome” step “that is going to do wonders.” However, several women in the audience, while in favor, expressed concern about the “transition period,” with the new traffic pattern likely causing them to travel what are currently notoriously dangerous blocks of Kinsley Road and Lemmon Avenue

are noticeable changes, however, police patrols should be increased.

“In looking at the problem, and bringing the solution to it, I thought, “Is there a return on this investment of having to drive down the road for 30 seconds extra?” said Patriarca, prior to the concerns being raised, of his recognizing that some residents who live on Bush Street and Anderson Road, for example, will now have to traverse more of the neighborhood. “A few extra seconds is worth the travel to have a peaceful neighborhood, and take control back of your neighborhood. You are giving up a little bit in my eyes to gain a tremendous amount of peace in this process.”

One of the women also pointed out that the proposed traffic pattern would also increase traffic at the intersections of Pemberton-Browns Mills Road and Delap Court, and Pemberton-Browns Mills Road and Emmons Avenue. She claimed that there were a number of minor accidents at those intersections already occurring.

While King, sitting beside Patriarca, did not speak during the town hall, Patriarca said “he knows the chief welcomes the solutions,” and “he is encouraged to finally get to change this area,” to which the township’s top cop nodded his head in agreement. The mayor added that he knows council “would love to be part of this solution,” to which Burton lightly clapped her hands.

The proposal, Patriarca noted, has to

be implemented by Pemberton Township Council through various ordinances, or legislation that would amend the existing traffic patterns and street side parking regulations in the neighborhood. The mayor said he would move forward with taking the proposal to the full council given that there were no objections heard during the town hall.

P ubl ic hear ings would be held on any ordinance, providing for additional opportunities for public comment, he said.

If council implements the changes, the mayor said temporary materials, such as barriers, would be put in place to expedite implementation of the plan, all while permanent infrastructure is built.

Some town hall attendees requested that local officials also address what they claimed to be frequent occurrences of jaywalking in Sunbury, and activity purportedly occurring in the “tree line” by a nearby church. One man asked that the officials also explore possibly closing Lemmon Avenue at Bush Street permanently to further reduce the issues in the neighborhood. Patriarca replied that officials would work with the church to post its parking lot as a no trespassing area, and review its options with respect to Bush Street, as closing it at Lemmon Avenue “might be problematic” for emergency vehicles, etc. attempting to access the neighborhood. However, the mayor believed closing the road at that point would definitely further reduce speeding.

The traffic control proposal, the mayor said, is based on a “solution utilized years ago” for the former Lake Valley Apartments (now University Apartments), which he contended had also been beleaguered by crime and was a “very hot spot” at one point. He said new ownership not only “addressed the occupancies, who was renting, how they were renting, and who was living in those homes,” but also “addressed the circulation,” and now it is “one of the nicest places to live” and the “police are very seldom there.” He contended that a similar traffic flow solution in Sunbury will provide for “strong impacts on this problem,” though he cautioned it is a problem requiring multiple solutions and the help of the people.

“If this solution works, it is well worth the investment to bring peace to this neighborhood and give it back to the residents,” Patriarca maintained. “It is not government that should be controlling it ... nor folks from other parts of the township, or other towns. It is the people who live there.

That is your neighborhood. You should be controlling that. As I said, it is not going to be government fixing this. It has got to be the people, and the people who live there. That is who is going to fix this problem.

“We can do things like this, but then we have to start addressing whose kid is out there on the street. So, parents have to step up, be more involved, and another part of the process is to bring about those types of programs.”

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(Continued from Page 1) before that happened, Township Manager Robert Corrales, when asked by Mayor Jackie Veasy to “be a little more specific on how this is going to actually affect the golf course,” assured those in attendance that the local links would not be subject to a course change by passage of the ordinance in question.

“The golf course will still be run by those individuals who are there now,” Corrales maintained. “… It will be by professionals. It will be separate from parks and open space responsibilities so they can focus only on golf.”

When Veasy responded, “So the golf course will be focusing solely on the golf course,” Corrales replied, “Correct.”

In a subsequent phone interview with the Pine Barrens Tribune, however, Corrales confirmed reports that due to the provisions of the ordinance, “those individuals who are there now” no longer included PGA Director of Golf Bob Hennefer, who has been in charge of the course for the past few years. Hennefer, according to the township manager, had resigned just hours prior to the vote, although PGA Head Golf Professional Curtis Kirkpatrick, who has worked at the club since 2014, is now expected to manage the operation and Jeremy Hreben will also stay on as grounds supervisor.

Corrales further acknowledged that the reason Hennefer had left was that his other official functions as director of open space and recreation for the township are indeed being taken over by the Department of Public Works, which the new ordinance provides “shall operate and maintain public buildings and grounds owned by the township” and “shall care for all township parks and public grounds, including the trees, lawns and landscaping appurtenant to public buildings and the recreational areas and facilities operated by the township.”

“Basically, he knew his position was being eliminated,” Corrales told this newspaper, which prompted Hennefer to tender his two weeks’ notice just prior to passage of the ordinance, which was based on the results of an efficiency study done by a consulting firm.

Hennefer, the town manager added, then used vacation time he was owed to leave early.

The wording of the part of the ordinance pertaining to the golf course itself, in fact, does make it understandable why so many residents were under the impression that the entire management structure was about to be replaced.

It provides that “the township manager or his or her designee shall be responsible for with (sic) the following golf course operations,” which shall include such functions as developing and implementing educational and instructional golf programs; See GOLF/ Page 11

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good guy.”

Bertino then credited Hennefer with having “done wonders with the course,” but whom he also correctly speculated “is probably going to move on,” adding, “maybe he already has.”

“I would respectfully request that you table the ordinance and call for a town meeting to

of the latter facility’s recent management, as contrasted with the previous one. As a result, he said, during the last three years he has received “a ton of compliments” from customers at the course.

“I know the numbers, and especially at the golf range, have gone up,” he said, crediting both Hennefer and Kirkpatrick

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Indian Spring Country Club. service and driving-range operations; and developing, managing and implementing a long-range master plan for the golf course.

It also authorizes the township manager to discount golf course fees up to 20 percent “to attract golf outings and for the promotion of food and beverage specials with the contracted caterer.”

The ambiguity of that language was expressed at a public hearing preceding the vote by Ben Bertino, a local resident of 50 years’ standing, who claimed that having played more than 4,000 rounds at the Indian Springs course gave him “a unique perspective on what the golf club means to the township,” and who interpreted the ordinance as a measure that might result in new managers being hired who “are not trained or don’t have the facility to actually run a golf course.”

“I am so concerned because the township m a nager (a s sig n s) t he de sig ne e t he responsibility of daily operations,” Bertino said. “What does that mean? Who (is) his designee? Is that person going to be a PGA member who has the ability to do the job?

We have such a member, Bob Hennefer, a

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discuss what the golf course’s future will be, how it is going to get implemented, and who is going to be here to do that job,” Bertino told the council members.

A number of other residents also attested to how much the course had improved under the expert oversight of Hennefer and his team, and expressed hopes that their roles would continue (with their remarks often drawing applause).

“This golf course was inherited by the township on not so favorable terms, but it seems that the talent, and the know-how of Mr. Hennefer and others have been able to turn it around,” stated one such speaker, Evan Scott, who maintained that under their supervision, the course has shown a trend toward profitability. I hope you would consider the fine job Mr. Hennefer and his staff have done against your goals of finding efficiencies.”

Scott referred to the latter as a “noble cause.”

Evesham retiree Tom Cantone, a township resident for over 40 years, who spoke as someone both with experience running customer-service operations for major companies and who now works part-time at the golf range, praised the responsiveness

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Another speaker, Fred Wisenauer, also recounted the history of the facility, contending that the individuals who were originally in charge of it ”knew nothing about running a golf course,” and that as a result, “people came here to play, and never came back,” causing it “to be known as the cow pasture in Marlton.”

“But for the last seven years, they have done a great job of running the golf course” and bringing in customers, Wisenauer asserted, advising the committee to “please think about what happened in the past and don’t let it happen now.”

Then there was Gretchen Quigley, of Medford, who said she spends four or five days a week at Indian Spring as manager of “the largest ladies’ golf league in the entire United States,” which had 375 women that play golf and 225-250 on any given Wednesday prior to the pandemic, and still has 125-140 women playing there every Wednesday.

“I must say Indian Springs had a huge mark

on the golf community, because there is nothing else that can touch us,” Quigley asserted.

Also briefly addressing the meeting was Hreben, the grounds supervisor, at the course whose work was complimented by a number of those present, and who despite not having intended to say anything by virtue of being an employee, declared, “the only thing I ask is that you table the vote and discuss with the employees how they can benefit the town.”

The validity of the study on which the ordinance itself was based was also questioned by local resident Sandy Student, who wanted to know who conducted it and “what their expertise is,” noting that he hadn’t seen anything about “how the service would be improved or how we would save money,” which he termed “very important questions that a board of directors asks.”

Student expressed additional concern about a “brain drain” he had been hearing alluded to in municipal government.

“We used to have the best people, we won tons of awards, recognition for everything from our parks to our police department,” he noted. “The way we do that is through professionalism, not cronyism.”

The loss of talented municipal employees was also a subject raised by for mer Republican councilman and deputy mayor Bob DiEnna, who claimed that in the two years between Jan. 1, 2019 and Dec. 31, 2020, the township had lost 34 full-time staff members, 24 of whom resigned, amounting to an average of one resignation a month.

“People don’t resign from a position because they’re happy” he contended.

DiEnna, who said he had given great attention to “reviewing every penny spent by the township,” contended that while it would be “disingenuous to say the golf course is a big revenue producer,” he was able to ascertain from conversations with Hennefer that “it was about to turn the corner.” “… The rounds played are up, the volume is up, and if the weather holds up, and the rounds played continue on their trajectory, we will actually go ahead of last year’s figures, Coronavirus notwithstanding,” DiEnna maintained. “This is one of the last areas where I would look for economies in terms of combining or redefining positions.

I would humbly request that you table this ordinance.”

In a subsequent interview with this newspaper, DiEnna also emphasized the i mpor tance of Hennefer’s “good relationship” with the caterer and the synergy between the golf part of the operation and the food, beverage and catering part.

“It is always been my opinion that morale deserves a line item in a budget,” he maintained. “It is a tremendous asset, and so was Bob (Hennefer). The only thing you’d ever catch him doing was working.”

Neither Hennefer, nor Kirkpatrick, responded to attempts to contact them for comment on this story.

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and all the different safety regulations.”

With his professional background in information technology, Wilson added that he felt as though he acted as a “catalyst” in the district’s technology initiatives and was ready for the “change from pen and paper.”

Going forward, it is a young board from an experience perspective, Wilson pointed out.

Wilson, when first contacted by this newspaper, said he had lived in Pemberton for his entire life. But at the age of 35, he thought now would be an appropriate time to leave the community where he grew up, since his sons have not yet established themselves in the school system or developed social networks to the point where relocating would pose more of a challenge for his family.

He was first elected to the school board in 2012 and re-elected in 2015, losing a second re-election bid in 2018, but successfully running again in 2019. He served as board president in 2020 and as vice president in 2017 and 2018.

R e fl e c t i n g b a c k o n h is ti me on the board, Wilson recalled helping le ad it th roug h t wo superintendent searches, and what he described as a “perfect storm” in 2020.

The district faced a lot of challenges on top of the pandemic, including Photo By Andy Milone its latest superintendent search, which ended in Jeffrey Wilson, who resigned from the Pemberton Township Board the appointment of Jeffrey of Education.

Haver s , who wa s it s assistant superintendent at the time, to the “If they stay focused on doing what is position, and its preparations for a budget right for the students and community, season in which millions of dollars in state the right decisions will fall into place,” aid are scheduled to be cut. he predicted. “… The board will have Of the current pandemic, Wilson noted that some hard decisions to make, but I have “there was no playbook for this type of thing” confidence in the administration led by Mr. and “we were navigating the political pressures Havers. He has the heart for the job, but

also the competency.”

Wilson’s community involvement has run even deeper than the school board, including having served as president of the Good Will Fire Company for many years, and having held volunteer roles in the Rotary Club of Pemberton, Pemberton Township High School Hall of Fame and the Pemberton

the community for the rest of my life.”

Wilson and Maier were elected to threeyear terms in the 2019 election. Their replacements, one of whom is Sytnik, will be guaranteed the seats until January 2022 and would have to run in the upcoming election to finish out the remainder of that year.

Sytnik told this newspaper that he intends to run for the board.

“I never thought in my wildest dreams that I would be here until I saw the email come through,” he said during public remarks at the end of his first board meeting.

Eve n t hou g h Sy t n i k officially joined the board Feb. 25, his appointment was approved back on Jan. 21 in a 7-1 vote, with Wanda Knox being the lone board member in dissent. She said after the meeting that she had another candidate in mind who had impressed her with volunteerism in the community and schools.

In a follow-up interview, Sytnik said he had lived in Pemberton from 1990 until 2002, moving back in 2006.

His two sons, 5 and 8, both attend district schools.

“I have a lot of experience Photo By Andy Milone in what I do, that can help Pemberton Township Board of Education member Andrew Sytnik the school,” said Sytnik, takes the oath of office. a regional manager at the prop er t y-management Township Zoning Board. firm FirstService Residential. “I do a lot of “I will forever have a special place in my heart budgeting and financing for large buildings. for Pemberton,” he wrote in his resignation I deal with a lot of different personalities, letter, obtained by this newspaper. “This is and I know how boards operate. I know how not a forever ‘good-bye.’ My commitment to be a fiduciary, and make decisions for the to helping the community goes way beyond masses, versus the special interests or my where I live, and I plan to support and promote own interests.”

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