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PILOTLESS IN A PANDEMIC
As COVID-19 Cases Increase, Pemberton Council Debates Need of In-Person Meetings Until Pandemic Controlled Councilwoman Contends Residents Have Contacted Her About Partaking Via Phone, Concerned Over Exposure
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Restored Open Space Funding Was Expected, But Ultimately Withheld from Pinelands Towns Due to New Jersey’s COVID-19 Financial Crisis By Andy Milone Staff Writer
NEW LISBON—Municipalities in the Pinelands are urging Democratic Governor Phil Murphy and the state Legislature to restore a withheld portion of funding designated for an open space preservation program that, before COVID-19, was expected to be fully reinstated for the first time since 2010. The decision was part of a revised fiscal year budget adopted at the end of September. Members of the Pinelands Municipal Council (made up of the mayors of the 53 municipalities in the Pinelands Area or their designees) have or are expected to have their respective governing bodies pass resolutions asking that these previously promised monies
for the Open Space Payments In-Lieu-of Taxes (PILOT) program, once known as Garden State Trust funding, be provided after many local finance departments had believed the projected revenue figures for the program put forth by the state earlier this year to be authentic. T h e s e p r o j e c t e d a m o u n t s we r e subsequently incorporated into many finalized budgets and tax rates, which later were certified by the state, with tens of thousands of dollars in additional revenue anticipated in many cases. One of the highest amounts of restored funds had been designated for Washington Township, which now stands to lose more than $370,000, according to a resolution passed by its governing body on Nov. 10.
Municipalities have not been receiving an estimated one-third of what was originally allotted under the Garden State Preservation Trust Act since 2010 when Republican Governor Chris Christie, faced with budgetary constraints, had to make cuts of his own. This year’s projected revenue figures had reinstated this funding, which serves as aid for towns with acres of untaxable preserved land owned by the state or a nonprofit conservancy. The Pinelands Municipal Council had met on Oct. 27 and adopted its own resolution asking for reconsideration to get the ball rolling. “For some municipalities, this is a lot of See PANDEMIC/ Page 9
PEMBERTON—Members of Pemberton Township Council are conflicted as to whether the legislative body, amidst the apparent “second wave” of the Coronavirus pandemic, should hold its meetings in-person, as is customary, or go back to doing them remotely for the time being as was done during the initial wave. In late March, when Democratic Governor Phil Murphy issued work-from-home and non-essential business closure mandates, the Pemberton Township Municipal Building shut its doors to the public. The township reopened its doors to the public in October, with a revamped facility that contains a number of pandemic safeguards, and in-person council meetings resumed at that time. Only one remote session, held on June 15, in the wake of protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, had five members of the public on the telephone line. The rest had three or less members of the public in attendance. “Some residents have conveyed to me their hesitancy to come here, even though we are distanced apart” said Councilwoman Elisabeth McCartney during a Nov. 4 council meeting. “But we know the direction of COVID nationally is not going in the right direction. … I know that when we did phone calls, not a lot of residents called in, but I am wondering if we, as a town council, should talk about considering going back to dial-in sessions during this time, because I don’t know that we can do both where See MEETINGS/ Page 9
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PEMBERTON—Officials in Pemberton Township would like to make improvements to the alleyways in the Lake Valley Acres development, and have even fielded some recent requests to address their apparent significant deterioration, but have run into a snag in which they will need resident buy-in to get resolved. According to Mayor David Patriarca, the alleyways are actually owned by the various homeowners in the development, and no easement had ever been granted to the municipality when the development was built. This means the township cannot make major improvements to the alleyways without reaching some kind of easement agreement with the homeowners.
In most cases, homes run along both sides of alleyways, and the backsides of each home face them. The alleyways, the mayor added, are how residents access their homes. “The residential properties actually meet in the middle of the alleyways,” he said. “So, the ownership of those properties technically belongs to the homeowners, each own half of it (the alleyways), and each own the portion behind their house.” Some elderly residents of the neighborhood approached the township nearly a year ago, according to Patriarca, about repaving the alleyways, and township officials believe they have finally come up with a solution that will provide them with the access they need See ALLEYWAYS/ Page 10
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PEMBERTON—Seven lakes in Pemberton Tow nship are in the process of being temporarily lowered to allow for vegetation and weed control. The lowering of Colony, Big Pine, Little Pine, Long, Mirror, Spring and Washington lakes began on Nov. 6, as directed by Mayor David Patriarca with permission from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP). It is expected that the surface waters of the lakes will be released to a depth of not more than 3 feet, “as measured from the crest of the spillway in each lake,” by Nov. 15. weir gates or sluice gates, located on the respective dams, are purportedly being “incrementally opened” until the desire water level is reached. The mayor said the lakes will remain lowered until Dec. 31, 2020, at which time refilling of the lakes will begin. “The purpose of doing this is vegetation control,” Patriarca contended. “I really believe they (NJDEP) ought to extend our being able to do this until February, because the idea is to lower the shorelines into the lake so that the shallows have a chance to freeze from the cold
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Center for Family Services Offered 5-Year Lease to Use Nesbit Center for HHS Head Start Programs BCAP Previously Administered Such Programs for 54 Years, But Was Forced to Apply for Federal Funding Continuation After HHS Performance Review Found Several Deficiencies
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Please place your bags along the edge of the road upside down, with the tied end facing down. This will help prevent rain from leaking into the bags. Each bag shall weigh 30 lbs or less. We will not collect bags that exceed 30 lbs. Once the leaf collection crew has been through your area, they will not be authorized to return to your area for leaf collection. If you miss the collection period in your area, you may deliver your leaves and pine needles to the Public Works Yard.
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AREA 1 – BEGINNING NOVEMBER 23 Pemberton Township Municipal Building west to Route 206, Fort Dix Boundary to Magnolia Road. This area includes Lake Valley Acres, Oak Pines, Birmingham, Sunbury Village and Johnson Court.
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PE M BE RTON —A d i f fe r e nt a r e a organization now administering the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Head Start and Early Head Start early childhood education programs in Burlington County has resulted in Pemberton Township creating a new lease agreement for use of its Nesbit Center. The municipality, through Pemberton Township Council, terminated last month its lease agreement with the Burlington County Community Action Program (BCAP) and agreed on Oct. 21 to enter into a five-year lease agreement with the Center for Family Services (CFS), so that the latter non-profit can use the Nesbit Center as one several locations in Burlington County to administer the early childhood programs for low income children between the ages of birth to 5, including children with disabilities. BCAP had administered the Head Start
and Early Head Start in Burlington County for 54 years, but in early August lost a grant competition that would have allowed it to continue operating the program. BCAP and CFS, according to an Aug. 18 letter signed by both Dr. Ruben A. Johnson, chief executive officer of BCAP, and Merilee Rutolo, chief operating officer of CFS, had agreed to a “seamless transition and continuity of services” after CFS “was identified as the new grantee through the Designation Renewal System (DRS)” by HHS Administration of Children and Families’ Office of Head Start (OHS). Johnson in a Nov. 10 interview with this newspaper, said there are HHS policies and standards that organizations must adhere to when administering Head Start and Early Head Start, and are automatically put in for a five-year non-competitive grant continuation so long as there are no recorded deficiencies. See NESBIT/ Page 8
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Troopers Recover Vehicle Stolen in Southampton SOUTHAMPTON—A 2020 Land Rover was stolen from a property on Oct. 22 in Southampton Township. The vehicle theft occurred in the area of Bridal Path, and was reported around 7 a.m., according to Trooper Charles Marchan, a spokesman for New Jersey State Police. He said State Troopers recovered the vehicle
later that day in Newark (in North Jersey). “The vehicle was recovered unoccupied,” he said. No arrests, as of press time, had been made in the case, and Marchan could not confirm the condition in which the vehicle was recovered. “It is currently still under investigation,” Marchan told this newspaper.
Ford Transit Van Taken from Business Next Door to Red Lion Barracks of New Jersey State Police SOUTHAMPTON—A commercial vehicle was purportedly stolen on Nov. 2 from a business that is apparently located next door to the Red Lion Barracks of the New Jersey State Police, but “recovered right away.” A Ford Transit van was reported stolen from American Mobile Clean, located at 1716 Route 206, around 8:38 a.m., according to Trooper Charles Marchan, a spokesman for New Jersey State Police. Marchan told this newspaper that the vehicle “was recovered right away” at a property once
used by Cardinal Paving, “a now-defunct business.” The former business is located less than five lots north of the police barracks. The barracks, according to Google, is located at 1722 Route 206, and a Google Map confirms that the barracks is next door to American Mobile Clean. “There has been no arrest in that theft,” Marchan said. “I cannot confirm condition in which it was recovered.” He added there is an active investigation into the incident that is ongoing.
‘Suspicious’ Man Purportedly Violating Parole Apprehended After Extensive Search in Forests WASHINGTON—New Jersey State Park Police recently apprehended a man reported by many people as acting suspiciously in and around the Wharton State Forest. The “suspicious” nature of the man, according to a state park police statement, resulted in “numerous” telephone calls from concer ned citizens to authorities, in addition to social media posts. The social media posts were what had initially sparked the investigation, the statement contended. The man was located by police off the Batona Trail in Bass River State Forest “after extensive searches of the woods of Wharton State Forest and Bass River State Forest” and “taken into
custody.” State park police detectives, according to the statement, learned that the man had violated his parole for sexual assault. The statement released on Nov. 9, which did not identify the man, or the original case he was involved in, also did not specify when the suspicious activity reports were received by authorities, or the date that the man was taken into custody. “The NJDEP does not comment on matters under investigation,” said Caryn Shinske, a spokeswoman for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), which oversees the New Jersey State Park Police, on Nov. 10.
Suspect Sought in Area Jewelry Store Thefts EVESHAM—Police are trying to identify a man wanted for stealing more than $187,000 worth of jewelry from three jewelry stores in Burlington and Camden counties. The suspect, described as a black man approximately 5'9" tall, with a thin build, is believed to have first struck Billig Jeweler’s, located at 330 S. Route 73, in the Marlton section of Evesham Township, on Oct. 28. The man, according to Evesham Township Police, purportedly walked into Billig wearing formal dress clothes and requested to view engagement rings.
While viewing the rings, the man allegedly “grabbed a handful of engagement rings from the display box and the jeweler’s hand,” and then fled the store in black-BMW sedan with tinted windows. On Nov. 2, according to New Jersey State Police, the suspect entered David Arlen Jewelry in Hainesport and began speaking with a sales associate. While viewing some pieces of jewelry, the man allegedly “grabbed two diamond rings from a display case and See THEFTS/ Page 12
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Man Wanted for Attempting to Sexually Assault Woman While Taking a Walk in Marlton Village EVESHAM—A 34-year-old man from the Marlton section of Evesham Township is suspected by authorities of attempting to sexually assault a woman while she was walking in the Marlton Village neighborhood on the evening of Nov. 8. According to a statement released by the Evesham Township Police Department, a 61-year-old woman was walking on Marlton Village Drive around 5:30 p.m. when the suspect, purportedly identifying himself as “T,” struck up a conversation with her. “The man asked the female if she was single and began to compliment her,” the police statement stated. “Beginning to feel uncomfortable about the interaction, the
KEATON female attempted to end the conversation and walk away, at which point the male hugged the female and grabbed her buttocks.” See WANTED/ Page 14
28-Year-Old Riding Dirt Bike Dies After Colliding with ATV in State Forest, Activists Call for Change WA T E R F O R D — A 2 8 - y e a r - o l d Pennsylvania man died after a collision last Sunday afternoon (Nov. 8) in the Waterford Township section of the Wharton State Forest, according to Caryn Shinske, a spokeswoman for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), which oversees the New Jersey State Park Police. “The victim’s dirt bike collided with an ATV driven by another individual in his group,” she said. “He was not wearing a helmet.” The identity of the victim, and other accident details, were not immediately available. The collision, however, has sparked controversy in recent days about ATV riding in area state forests.
“This is a tragedy and our hearts go out to the families involved,” Jeff Tittel, director of the New Jersey Sierra Club, in a press release sent to this newspaper. “Unfortunately, tragic events like this happen on a regular basis because New Jersey hasn’t done enough to regulate ATVs and dirt bikes. This unfortunate incident reminds us that we need to do a better job to protect people on ATVs and off-road vehicles. “We also need to ensure that this includes stricter regulations to protect our forests and environmentally sensitive areas from illegal off-road vehicles. This young man’s death should be a wake-up call to the state that they See RIDING/ Page 14
Man Receives Eight-Year Prison Sentence for Supplying Fentanyl-laced Heroin to Customer, Causing Her Death PEMBERTON—A man who pled guilty to causing the death of a female customer by supplying that person with fentanyl-laced heroin that led to her fatal overdose early last year has been sentenced by Superior Court Judge Philip Haines to eight years in state prison. Terrance D. Walker, 38, of the Browns Mills section of Pemberton Township, must serve 85 percent of the term before becoming eligible for parole, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. Walker pled guilty in August to first-degree strict liability for drug-induced death. An investigation into the death of Tessa McCullough, 21, began in May 2019 when she was taken to Virtua Mount Holly hospital and pronounced dead following an overdose in her
Pemberton Township home. An autopsy performed by Burlington County Medical Examiner Dr. Ian Hood determined that her death was due to fentanyl toxicity. The investigation revealed the drugs that led to her fatal overdose were purchased from Walker. “This successful prosecution and extensive prison sentence are the result of a prompt and effective investigation following the tragic fatal overdose of Ms. McCullough,” Coffina said. “We will continue to be relentless in tracking down and prosecuting the dealers of the drugs that are snuffing out so many young lives in our communities.” Walker, according to Coffina, has been in Burlington County Jail in Mount Holly since being taken into custody at a motel in Maple Shade during October 2019.
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Committeeman, in Quarantine, Misses Town Meeting, Other Washington Figureheads Absent Due to Illness
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WASHINGTON—Several Washington Township figureheads were absent from a Nov. 10 Washington Township Committee meeting, said to have either fallen ill, or in quarantine. Mayor Daniel James and Deputy Mayor Paul Seybold, representing a majority on the threeperson governing body, conducted the meeting without their colleague, C. Leigh Gadd, Jr. “We are one short a committeeman because he had two reported cases of Coronavirus at his workplace,” said Mayor Daniel James. “He is self-quarantining for two weeks.” James, who “vacated the chair” on action items throughout the meeting, noted that he talked to Gadd about the agenda prior to the meeting, and a couple of items would be tabled until December. Township Clerk Karen Bacon later pointed out that there were six confirmed COVID-19 cases in Washington.
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VAN DREW Just prior to the start of the meeting, a substitute for Township Engineer Kevin Dixon took a seat on the dais, appearing to surprise officials. The substitute, upon introducing himself, explained that Dixon started not feeling too well, and it was decided that he would appear in his place instead. “I kind of got thrown in here at the last minute,” the substitute said during the engineer’s report portion of the meeting. During public comment, a resident pointed out her observation that Township Clerk Kathleen D. Hoffman has now missed two township committee meetings in a row and asked about her whereabouts. “She’s out sick,” James replied. Hoffman, also the township administrator and clerk in Southampton Township, did not appear in-person at last month’s Southampton Township Committee meeting. Instead, she See ILLNESS/ Page 15
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(Continued from Page 4) HHS staff, Johnson contended, around 2018, evaluated BCAP to see if it was meeting the policies and standards, and a later performance report, he said, found several deficiencies, including in “board of governance” and “protocols for budget execution.” “They gave us 120 days to correct them and we did,” said Johnson, noting his organization even received technical assistance from HHS to resolve the issues. However, according to the BCAP executive officer, once a deficiency is recorded in the DRS, regardless of any cor rections, an organization administering Head Start and Early Head Start must apply for subsequent grant funding. “BCAP was not qualified to receive a noncompetitive five-year continuation grant,” said Patrick Fisher, a spokesman for the HHS Administration of Children and Families, in an email to this newspaper on Nov. 10. “In November 2019, OHS posted a competitive Funding Opportunity Announcement to provide Head Start and Early Head Start ser vices in Burlington County. Several eligible agencies applied to the competitive grant opportunity. CFS was selected as the new Head Start and Early Head Start provider, based on the selection criteria described in the Funding Opportunity Announcement.” Fisher provided this newspaper with the most recent OHS monitoring report for BCAP, and according to that report, of most concern to HHS was that, without prior approval, BCAP made a $254,982 payment to TD Bank, using grant funds, to pay off a mortgage. Pre-approval is required by HHS when an organization makes payments greater than $250,000, according to Johnson. “We, since then, were approved,” contended Johnson, noting that he had only been with BCAP for a year-and-a-half, following in the footsteps of a 40-year executive officer, when the review occurred. “I was, basically, a new kid on the block at that time.” Also cited in the HHS report was that the then-chief operating officer (COO) of BCAP purportedly was discovered to have received a $48,000 increase in compensation over an 11-month period, “representing a 114 percent increase.” “The employee holding the position of COO received a substantial increase to his level of compensation without documentation to support the reasonableness of the charges to the Head Start grant,” the report stated. “… In an interview, the executive director stated the employee's salary was not charged to the Head Start grant; however, a review of fiscal records from May 1, 2017 through Feb. 28, 2018, found charges for the employee were made to the Head Start program beginning June 1, 2017, ranging from 63 to 96 percent of his total salary.” Johnson told this newspaper on Nov. 10 that since the report was issued, an audit performed as part of Quality Improvement Plan, “found out that is absolutely not the case.” “T hose percent ages were tot ally inaccurate,” he contended. “Our Corrective Action Plan proved that. By going through the general ledgers, while I don’t have an actual figure, it was nowhere near 90, or even 114 percent.” The COO of BCAP, Johnson said, left in July of this year “as a result of COVID-19 and other budget cuts.” The “35-year fiscal director” of BCAP, he said, left during his second year as serving as executive officer of BCAP. “This-- absolutely – was before my watch, and my coming in working aggressively to look at systems not in place, and policies that were not strong as they should have been. This is all happened during the time of a transition period.” CFS officially became the new provider of
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residents can come in and call in.” Murphy, in response to “now being in the second wave,” issued a mandate that took effect Nov. 5 requiring employers to conduct daily health checks, such as temperature screenings and/or health questionnaires. Where the nature of an employee’s work, or the work area, area does not allow for 6 feet of distance to be maintained at all times, employers, according to the executive order, shall ensure that each such employee wears a mask, and shall install physical barriers between workstations wherever possible. Council members are considered township employees since they receive a paycheck from the municipality, and would have to complete such screenings and/or questionnaires prior to council sessions, according to Mayor David Patriarca. “… Also, in light of the fact that employees
are now going to have be assessed daily, I am not so sure the residents are being involved with town council,” McCartney said. “I think they may be concerned about coming.” Township Clerk Amy Cosnoski said that “feedback issues” from various microphones have prevented the township from holding a session that is both in-person and via telephone, despite it “being tested many times.” “I think if people are going to work and have to be assessed, I really feel more comfortable doing these remotely,” said McCartney, also a nurse, noting the municipality has no way of knowing where people have been prior to coming to a session. Council President Gaye Burton asked, in response, “Have we heard from that many people who want to come?” McCartney, who ran in the General Election on the Democratic ticket alongside Councilman Donovan Gardner and Paul C. Detrick, pointed out that Detrick is currently caring after his See MEETINGS/ Page 10
money,” said Woodbine (Cape May County) Mayor William Pikolycky, who serves as chair of the Pinelands Municipal Council and a member of the Pinelands Commission, in an interview with this newspaper on Nov. 10. “What are they going to do now? And on top of COVID, this is like a one-two punch.” T he Pi nela nds Mu n icipal Cou ncil’s resolution argued that it is unfair for the costs associated with protecting and preserving the “treasured” Pinelands to be solely borne by local residents making up municipal tax bases, because it is a “unique ecological and cultural area” enjoyed by residents of the entire state. As the COVID-19 pandemic began to unfold, however, state leaders were faced with a budgetary crisis (the temporary shutdown of many businesses and courts resulted in a sharp drop in revenue) and had to make cuts when it came to the expenditures that originally had been proposed in this year’s state fiscal budget. Murphy signed the state’s budget into law on Sept. 29, and as part of a local finance notice sent Oct. 1 from the state Department of Com mu n it y A f fai r s ( DCA), ma ny municipalities learned of the once-anticipated 54 percent program increase being eliminated as part of this modified spending plan. Pikolycky said budgeted municipal revenue increases in anticipation of receiving increased PILOT funding will have to be recouped, most likely through cuts to services, or future fiscal year budgets, since the tax rates for this year are already set and cannot be raised to make up the difference. While the notice to municipalities did not include reasons for why cuts to this program were prioritized over other segments of the state’s budget, Pikolycky did note his belief that “this is something that fell through the cracks.” The magnitude of the decision, he said, was
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garage on East Greenbush Road. Chief Financial Officer Al Stanley cautioned that this “loss of anticipated revenue has no effect on expenditures budgeted for 2020.” “The anticipated increase for 2020 was welcomed but the township was not relying on it to stay fiscally sound,” he wrote. Even without the PILOT increase, he said, the township will be able to keep the local tax rate the same thanks to the sale of some vacant properties to the state this year in excess of $125,000. When asked if he had received anything in writing from the state regarding how much PILOT funding the township was expecting to receive, Stanley replied that the restored Open Space PILOT funding had been a stateapproved amount and was much more than a “verbal” acknowledgement. Woodland Township Municipal Clerk Maryalice Brown said during an Oct. 28 Woodland Township Committee meeting that her municipality, prior to the pandemic, had been informed that it would be receiving a fully restored amount of $732,000 this year, but it was not included it in the current budget. “COVID hit and there was a lot of talk about what was going to happen to the budget,” she said at the meeting. “Thanks to our committee, our finance officer, and the staff, when we worked on our budget, we were a little leery about moving forward and anticipating that full amount because we had nothing in writing; we just had a verbal response.
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to do it, though it could be a long, drawn out process depending on how much cooperation the neighborhood provides to the town. “We are hoping we get a really good response from the neighborhood regarding a maintenance easement ag reement on that proper t y of theirs,” Patriarca said. “Each homeowner will have to sign-off on this and give us access to this property.” The mayor said the current plan is to “target one block at a time.” “We are going to pick a block, talk to both property owners whose land backs into that alleyway, give them all access to this agreement, and encourage them all to sign it so we can then get in and do the maintenance that is needed, because there are some really serious potholes and deterioration in the alleyways and so forth,” Patriarca contended. The mayor asserted that he believed the Lake Valley Acres development project was “poorly done back in the day” and “the township should not have accepted that project in the manner in which it did.”
WWW.PINEBARRENSTRIBUNE.COM “So, we made a decision to base our budget on the previous number, the $486,000 that we have been receiving for the last few years. Thank God we did that, because, as you all know, Governor Murphy removed all of the Pinelands Garden State money (expected to be restored). Our budget is still very stable thanks to that. There are a lot of towns that anticipated the full amount, based their budget on the full amount, and are now scrambling because they are not getting the full amount.” Shamong Township is expected to be short by $61,000, said Township Administrator and Clerk Susan Onorato during a Nov. 10 Shamong Township Committee meeting, noting that she received confirmation from “multiple levels” before deciding to proceed with including the anticipated revenue in its budget and factoring it into its final tax rate. Onorato listed more than $120,000 of possible spending curtailments, which already had been considered due the “significant downturn” caused by COVID-19. Items affected by these possible spending reductions include the year-end recognition dinner for volunteers and repaving of a parking lot for the Shamong municipal building. Shamong Solicitor Doug Heinold said he would be talking further with the committee during executive session about other potential legal avenues that the municipality may want to pursue, but no further action, beyond an adopted resolution asking for reconsideration, was taken at this meeting. Heinold later told this newspaper that there was nothing else to report at that point. Staf f Writer Douglas D. Melegari contributed to this story. “The town over the years has maintained these roads, plowed these roads, paved them; our trash pickup is done back there; and we have utility easements and we run utilities back there, such as sewer and so forth,” Patriarca said. “… Rear access should have been approved with the township having this easement -- even if they put up a maintenance bond back in the day to cover the cost. But something should have been done.” Council President Gaye Burton suggested inviting Lake Valley Acres residents to a council meeting so that they can hear details of the plan, and to help facilitate the process. The mayor, who said the deterioration of the alleyways has been a concern of his for years, suggested providing “an easy-to-read” summary explaining the township’s intentions to the neighborhood. “I think we are going to have some trust issues,” said Township Solicitor Andrew “Andy” Bayer. “We are going to have to explain why we are doing this.” If the township obtains the easements, it would assume any liability for the alleyways, according to Bayer. “I think the residents will accept whatever we come up with,” Burton said. “Because they need it (improvement work).”
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parents, and therefore, did not want to risk potentially contracting the Coronavirus by attending the meeting in-person. The latest Pemberton Council meeting had one public participant, America Phillips, a longtime attendee who had not been present for meetings since the spring. “I just don’t know how are residents feel about going to our meetings with the number of cases going up,” McCartney said. “I just don’t know if we are serving them best this way, or if they are more comfortable calling in.” Other longtime attendees have not attended the last few meetings, and at least one, Richard Gober, a landlord of Sunbury Village, recently emailed this newspaper crying foul over the inability for him and his residents of the community to attend remotely. He contended “residents aren’t getting a fair shake here,” and at least seven residents from Sunbury want to participate in council meetings, but are afraid to do so. “The residents, including myself are very curious why you would not be doing that (remote meetings)?” asked Gober of Pemberton officials via email, which he forwarded to this newspaper. “At a time with the pandemic roaring its ugly head in New Jersey, why would you want to put your resident’s heath at risk? At a time when it is much better to err on the side of safety, residents are now forced to leave their homes and sit in a meeting with what can always be a large number of residents.” Some of McCartney’s colleagues pointed out that there were not many callers during the telephone sessions. “For us, in terms of safety, maybe we can do the same thing (hold council meetings) from home,” McCartney replied. Township Solicitor Andrew “Andy” Bayer contended that due to what he believed were some recent rule changes, if a meeting is held remotely, everyone must participate remotely. “You can’t do it where council is sitting here, and the public is sitting at home,” he said. “They changed the rules on that.”
McCartney declared her “benchmark is the governor,” and that Murphy has access to the “broader picture.” Gardner remarked that he believed residents “would like to see us in action,” but that he could possibly set up a Facebook Live where members of the public could leave their comments below the video stream. Responses to the remarks, he said, then could be provided “later on.” Patriarca said livestreaming council meetings “are an option to look at,” and was considered in the past, but that a former councilman did not agree with doing it, “though he livestreams his meetings now.” Burton was adamant that she did not want to be on Facebook, but she would be OK with a livestream. McCartney pointed out that residents would be able to “get their answers right away” if they called in to the meetings and “won’t have to wait a day to get a response.” “Liz’s concern is safety and I totally agree with her,” said Councilman Jason Allen. “I am the councilperson sitting up here with two masks on. Everybody’s comfort level is different.” Allen contended there was a difference in what McCartney and Gardner were discussing, in that McCartney is discussing “the numbers going up,” while Gardner is talking about “livestreaming.” “But even when we were on the phone, the most we ever had is five people on the phone at a meeting,” Burton said. Allen said he is approaching the situation from a “safety” perspective. In New Jersey, the average number of reported COVID-19 cases has been averaging 2,381 cases daily, according to the governor, “the highest numbers since May” (though there has been some criticism of the governor’s comparison given that testing availability and capacity is much greater than May). “… The difference is now we have more restrictions in public areas, and we know where the trend is going,” McCartney said. Gardner insisted that the answer was a Facebook Live, where residents “could at least get answers to their questions,” albeit a day later. Cosnoski contended that would not See MEETINGS/ Page 12
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be an acceptable solution in that, “by law, we must allow for resident participation in council meetings.” Council decided to have Bayer do additional research into the “different regulations” recently issued by Murphy and report back to Patriarca and Cosnoski ahead of council’s next scheduled meeting on Dec. 2. Councilwoman Norma Trueblood inquired how other municipalities were handling their meetings. Cosnoski replied she believed most other towns are holding in-person sessions, but she could reach out to see how they are doing it. Bayer contended most others were still choosing to hold remote sessions. Nearby Medford Township, during the summer, held one of its planning board sessions i n-person, and allowed some members of the public to participate using Zoom, setting up a projector screen in its meeting chambers to accommodate those attending virtually. That setup received praise. But that combination, however, was not used for Medford Township Council meetings, and the governing body in Medford was criticized recently for holding a session with a topic of great interest, drawing a large crowd, with attending in-person being the only option. Several members of the public had argued that many people wanted to participate, but could not do so due to being in quarantine. Since March, Woodland Township has held
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Watson said. Galie noted that ESAC is “trying to think outside the box,” so that it can find “other avenues of f unding” for its initiatives, rather than use taxpayer funds. “We want to be able to leverage that money, so that we can do better and bigger projects for the good of Medford residents,” she said. Exce pt for one long t i me cou ncil meet i ng at t e ndee, membe r s of t he general public attending the gover ning body meet i ng were f rom a g roup t hat h a s b e e n vo c a l l y o p p o s e d t o a t r e e ordinance recently adopted by council. T he law wa s proposed , or ig i nally, by ESAC a nd r e c eive d c ont i nu e d ESAC suppor t in the wake of the opposition, including from Galie. T he ESAC chai r woma n , du r i ng he r public presentation, did not mention the ordinance. D av id C a r n s , w h o c o - ow n s a t r e e s e r v ic e w it h h i s b r ot he r, Br ia n , a nd maintains a family tree farm in town, and has been par ticularly vocal, along with his brother, about f irewood restrictions i n the new ordi nance (and a f i rewood law pu r por ted ly enacted pr ior to t hat o n e) a f t e r a c l a i m t h e i r f i r e w o o d stand was shutdown by the municipality’s zoning officer a couple years ago, which then snowballed into other zoning violations being issued, again asked for council to reconsider its position on firewood during the Nov. 2 meeting. “Take a look at the ordinance that has been restricting our farm from being able to bring wood in and sell it,” David Carns said. “… Maybe something could be done to help us and our farm … If you grow up on a farm, it’s a different way of life and you carry it with you, even when you leave the farm.” Council did not respond to David Car ns, and u nli ke several other recent gover ning body meetings, there was no quarrelling and all remained cordial. Police Chief Richard J. Meder, however, again maintained a presence in and just outside council chambers during the meeting. No ord i na nces were enter t ai ned for first or second reading during the Nov. 2 meeting. A nd af ter t he publ ic por t ion of the council meeting concluded, To w n s h i p S o l i c i t o r T i m o t h y P r i m e c onve r se d br ief ly w it h Dav id C a r n s , and the tree ser vice co-owner was also seen conversing with members of ESAC, including Galie. David Carns, while council w a s i n e xe c u t i ve s e s s i o n , t ol d t h i s newspaper he was optimistic the governing body was finally listening to his concerns and would potentially soon take action to loosen the firewood restrictions.
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MOUNT HOLLY—Incumbent Democratic 3rd Congressional District Rep. Andy Kim has won his bid for a second term in the House following a hard-fought contest with his Republican rival, David Richter. The ex-CEO of Hill International called the congressman on Nov. 10 to congratulate him on his victory. Kim, from Evesham Township and the son of South Korean immigrants, and who served with the U.S. State Department as a civilian adviser to top military brass in Afghanistan and as a national security adviser in the Obama administration, had forged ahead of Richter, 53.3 percent to 45.4, a lead of nearly 8 percent, with 96 percent of the vote counted when the latter conceded defeat. The tally at that point was 215,290 votes to 183,443, with an additional 3,432 votes cast for Independent candidate Martin Weber. Kim’s re-election was perhaps even more significant than his previous win over twoter m Republican Rep. Tom MacAr thur, since the Democrats managed to hold onto control of the House of Representatives by a considerably smaller margin this year than they gained in 2018 in spite of the declared victory of Democrat Joseph R. Biden over incumbent Republican President Donald J. Trump, who had not yet conceded a week after the election. Contributing to the shrin kage of the Democratic House majority was Republican incumbent Jeff Van Drew’s win over his Democratic challenger, Amy Ken nedy, in the neighbor ing 2nd Cong ressional Dist r ict. W hen or iginally elected in 2018, Van Drew was a Democrat, but changed his party affiliation after refusing to vote for Trump’s impeachment, turning this usually conservative district back from blue to red. T he 3rd D i st r ic t , by c ont r a st , h a s been trending more toward Democratic representation, as indicated not only by its twice sending Kim to Congress, but by Burlington County, its western sector, having switched from a GOP-led board of freeholders (now commissioners) to one made up entirely of Democrats. The eastern part, however, comprising most of Ocean County, has remained a Republican stronghold. Prior to Kim’s election, the district was only briefly represented in recent years by one Democrat, the late John Adler, who served from 2009-2011. Kim noted that sea change In his acceptance speech, delivered online in a video posted on Facebook, by crediting his team for
having won “one of the toughest seats in the country,“ pointing out that “a lot of people back when we started this, I'm talking back in 2017, said this was impossible, that there is no way for us to be able to win this seat.” “And then once we won in 2018, people said that that was a fluke, that there is no way that you can do it again, (inasmuch as) no Democrat had won this seat for re-election since before the Civil War,” Kim said. “They said everything that you have done was just because of some blue wave. … I believe we have proved them wrong.” The congressman noted, however, that “election day is not the finish line, it is the starting line,” and that “we need to make sure that we are fighting for the healthcare that people need and deserve,” as well as taking the necessary steps to “address climate change, the coronavirus, and the economic hardship for small businesses it has created, as well as looking out for our veterans and our military, our joint base.” “… That is a big task ahead of us,” Kim added. T h e c h a l le n g e n ow, K i m t old h i s supporters, includes finding “a real way to be able to heal our country,” noting that “no one came out from this election thinking everything is going to be OK.” The “long road to recovery ahead,” the cong ressman maintained, will involve healing the “deep divides” that have occurred within communities and even families. “It is not going to be easy, but I believe that this election has given us the opportunity to be able to do that,” Kim declared. At the same t i me, he caut ioned his constituents to “make sure we never fall into that false sense of security that we had before.” Kim added that while he believes “this is going to be a new chapter; it will have its share of setbacks.” “But it will be a chapter of progress,” he contended, “And we need to make sure we keep working with each other.” Richter’s concession came in the form of a statement in which he noted that “while there remains many votes still to be counted in the race for the 3rd District seat, it is highly unlikely that our current vote deficit can be overcome,” and that he had therefore placed a congratulatory call to Kim. He also conveyed “a heartfelt thank you” to everyone who supported his campaign. “Whether you volunteered your time, donated your hard-earned money, made an endorsement, or simply shared a Facebook post, I appreciate all that you have done and I am extremely grateful,” Richter declared.
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PEMBERTON—Faced with confusion over busing schedules that have resulted in considerable snafus, along with worries and headaches for families and employees during the first few weeks of in-person classes for its younger students, the Pemberton Township School District has announced it is taking steps to mitigate the apparent chaos in its transportation operation. T hose cor rective measu res, dist r ict officials report, have already brought about a “significant” decline in transportation-related complaints since it began receiving expressions of frustration with the situation last month. Displeasure over the scheduling chaos has been vented by parents and district employees on social media, over the telephone to the district’s transportation office staff and at Pemberton Township Board of Education meetings in the weeks following the start of its hybrid program for pre-kindergarten through sixth grade students on Oct. 13, and around the same time that some students who attended in-person specialized programs twice a week beginning in September being moved to a fiveday-a-week schedule. The district has since announced plans to spend tens of thousands of dollars to upgrade its technology in hopes of improving its transportation-related communications before the end of 2020. Interim Superintendent Paul Spaventa, who said publicly last month that “there is no excuse for poor service” and that district officials took responsibility for problems caused by it, told the Pine Barrens Tribune in a more recent interview that he is now confident the district has resolved its transportation problems in time for students to return to Pemberton Township High School later this month, as is currently anticipated. “I had parents calling me from the last school year, asking me why my kid’s bus didn’t show up,” said bus driver Leslie Koster at a board meeting on Oct. 22. “They weren’t even told that their routes were changed, so something is wrong somewhere.” Parent Natoya Coleman described a similar situation with her daughter in a Facebook post. “She waited almost 45 minutes at the bus stop,” Coleman wrote. “No show. No call. Nothing!!!” During these opening weeks, the most common complaints were related to students not being picked up or dropped off at the times provided to parents, according to Business Administrator Dan Smith, who oversees the
transportation sector of the district. He added in an Oct. 30 email to this newspaper that “the department has worked very hard to address the timing of all routes, and we have seen a great improvement since Oct. 13.” Smith had said in an earlier announcement that these efforts included “making sure all the students are assigned properly,” whether that be a special needs student who rides a van versus a bus, or whether it be consolidating bus runs where there is low ridership to “become more efficient and free up drivers to do other runs.” A number of possible reasons for the complications were provided at board meetings, in district announcements and in conversations with this newspaper. One reason often cited by officials was a shortage of bus drivers and bus aide staffers. Another was the increase in the number of days that the district’s special education students would be coming to school, coinciding with the return of younger students who are now attending classes in school buildings. Another complicating factor was the “drastically” altered landscape of the school district, with three student populations moving into the new Denbo-Crichton Elementary School, whose start time of 8 a.m. may have further added to the confusion. (Denbo-Crichton, as of press time, has since been temporarily closed until at least Nov. 30 for in-person instruction due to two students having confirmed cases of COVID-19.) Susan Hertell, president of the Pemberton Township Bus Drivers Association, contended during an Oct. 15 board meeting that “transportation is in trouble” because there were too many employees, specifically back at the office, who were new to their respective jobs. In addition, she contended, there was not enough consolidation of students on buses. “There were 13 buses assigned to do runs,” Hertell said. “Nobody was put in the seat of those buses. Staff did not know that those buses weren’t even on the road until parents started calling. That is unacceptable. We also have buses that only have single digits on their buses. We’re driving with one kid on a bus—a big 54-passenger.” She urged the district administration to fill each school bus with a minimum of 22 kids. “They consolidated some of those runs and there has since been lots of improvement,” Hertell told this newspaper on Nov. 2. She said the consolidation freed up multiple See BUSING/ Page 14
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buses to go to the Denbo-Crichton school. The transportation department is headed by Dav id Ja nt a s, for me r ch ief of t he Pemberton Township Police Department who was hired shor tly af ter he retired from the police force in the spring. The depar t ment consists of about 100 staff members, made up of bus drivers, bus aides, mechanics and office staff. To alleviate purported problems caused by obsolete equipment, there are also a number of technology upgrades in the pipeline that the district administration expects to be in effect by the end of the year, “and that should help assist both employees and families in communicating with each other.” One such i mprovement will i nvolve increasing the radio frequency range of the employees’ walkie talkies with a tentative completion date of mid-December. In addition, it is anticipated that a new GPS tracking and notification system will be implemented by the end of November. It will allow the transportation garage to easily track buses and generate more eff icient transportation routes. The district is also planning a conversion of its current routing software by the end of t h i s m o n t h i n o r d e r t o g i ve s c h o ol administrators and clerical staff the ability to track buses at all times with real-time transportation data. In addition, officials have already moved forward with a purchase of an application for parents to use that will link with this converted software. “Parents will be able to monitor their st udents, when they get on and off the bu s,” noted Sm it h i n a d ist r ict v ideo explaining the upgrades. “They'll be able to
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barriers to stop ATVs. It needs to include real enforcement, funding for education for ATV riders on what they can and can’t do and the consequences of breaking the rules.” Albert Horner, who has served on the Pinelands Preservation Alliance’s Board of Directors, in an email to this newspaper, contended that the Nov. 8 incident was the “fifth or sixth death of an off-road vehicle rider” in the Pinelands just this year, and that “since COVID, there has been an increased interest and use of public lands, and that is also true of off-roading enthusiasts.” “The NJDEP has never been interested i n h a v i n g a m o t o r i z e d a c c e s s pl a n for the Pinelands public lands, even though they are being devastated on a 24/7 basis by off-roading abuse,” he said. “T his incident shows the need for such a plan and restrictions on off-road vehicles in our public lands.” Shinske was unable to immediately say how many off-road vehicle deaths have occurred in the Pinelands so far this year.
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reserves” were cancelled by a 2-0 Washington committee vote. In an unrelated matter, James, asked, “Do we have any extra money?” The mayor said Seybold is in need of a new computer because it is “basically antiquated.” Seybold noted he was looking to purchase a refurbished one, and officials appeared to agree there were enough funds to proceed with the purchase. Seybold noted that a dumpster was ordered some three weeks ago, which will be put “at the township yard” for residents to use for recycling. “I anticipate we will have it in the township yard within the next month or so,” Seybold said. “We also ordered an address sign for the maintenance yard as no address sign is currently posted.” Seybold contended that some residents recently called him inquiring about the stat us of the mu nicipalit y’s annual Clean Communities initiatives, after observing that the program apparently did not run this year. The officials who were present for the meeting speculated that COVID could have been a factor, and Seybold was directed to call an individual
for an answer. The deputy mayor also reported that the township’s loaders were serviced recently. A report from M. O’Hagan, appointed as the municipality’s new code enforcement officer on Sept. 1, was read into the record, and noted a number of violations that he recently issued to property owners in town. He issued, according to the report, a: • Property maintenance violation to the owner of a property on County Route 542, directing that individual to clean up the exterior of their lot; • Property maintenance violation to the owner of a lot on River Road, directing that person to maintain and repair the exterior of their building; • Zoning violation to the owner of a property on Turtle Creek Road, who was purportedly conducting unauthorized construction without Zoning approval; • Zoning violation to the owner of a property on Bulltown Road, who is reportedly using an RV trailer in the rear of their yard; and • Ordinance violation to the owner of a property on Bulltown Road for failing to register a vacant and foreclosed property. “He is busy,” James said.
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criticize the country’s lack of preparedness for the current Coronavirus pandemic, saying he “almost feels like the most humiliating part of it was that we didn’t have a strong enough supply chain, we had to go back to China and beg them for the PPE that we needed for our people.” “I don’t want to ever see that again,” Van Drew declared. Several days later, on Nov. 9, following ack nowledg ment s t hat he ha d i ndeed b e e n r e - ele c t e d , Va n D r ew m a de a n appearance on the Fox News prog ram Fox & Friends, in which he maintained that switching parties had been worth the risk, because “the Democratic party has changed a great deal” and is now “very progressive” and controlled by “extreme radical people.” The election, he contended, was all about “which path we’re going to take,” with his rival having represented “a radical path” involving her purported belief “in the Green New Deal, defunding police, sanctuar y cities, open borders, and not supporting our
WWW.PINEBARRENSTRIBUNE.COM military” as opposed to “the path of a strong and good America.” But he did acknowledge that “we can always make it better.” Van Drew also thanked President Trump for having “broke everything open” and “ripping the Band-aid off and seeing what is underneath.” (As of Nov. 11, the president had still refused to concede in his race for re-election despite his rival, former Vice President Joseph R. Biden, being declared the winner by major media with at least 290 electoral votes.) “ He showe d t he se a my side, q u it e frankly, of politics, he showed how politics could be better, that you really could work and fight for the average person,” Van Drew declared. The congressman also contended how the election showed that “everyday working people out there need to be listened to and not forgotten about, and not looked down upon,” which he said “has happened a great deal. “Just look at this election—Donald Trump was just going to get thrashed (according to predictions) and lose terribly, and basically, he got half the vote,” he said. “We were going to lose much more of the House, and that also didn’t happen at all. (They said)
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I was going to lose because someone who cha nge s t hei r pa r t y neve r w i n s, t hat didn’t happen either and we’re winning by a great major it y. So, they were wrong about ever y thi ng, but the people knew. … the people knew they wanted to see some change.” T h e “ n e w R e p u bl i c a n Pa r t y,” t h e cong ressman f u r ther noted , “is about having that relationship with the ave r a g e e ve r yd ay p e r s o n , w it h r e a l people making sure we have government t h a t wo r k s fo r t h e m ; t h a t we d o n’t j u s t ke e p i n c r e a si n g t a xe s; t h a t we don’t just keep pushing more and more programs that don’t really in the end help anybody but bureaucrats.” As of press t i me, accord i ng to t he Associated Press, Biden received 77,558,792 votes, compared to 72,349,982 votes for Trump. The method of tabulating votes itself, however, came in for criticism from Van Drew, who told the Fox audience that “we need a new election system.” “I feel like I have gone back to the 1900s, I mean we are able to decode DNA, we are going to put people on Mars and on the moon, but we can’t have an election system that works accurately, quickly and
electronically,” Van Drew said. (He didn’t mention that the especially slow pace of this year’s vote count was due to large numbers mail-in ballots having been used due to the pandemic, however.) Kennedy, in her concession statement, declared that “while this is obviously not the result that I was hoping for, my fight for the people of South Jersey does not end tonight.” “ I b el ieve eve r yone he r e d e s e r ve s bet t e r pay i ng jobs, af ford able healt h care, and a strong, diverse economy,” she said. “I believe that South Jersey’s working fa m ilies deser ve t he protect ions t hey need and the benefits they have earned. And, I believe children born anywhere in the district, regardless of the color of their skin, deserve equal access to opportunity and justice.” Kennedy added that she hopes “it will be said of our campaign that we stood up and spoke out instead of sitting back in silence, and that we stayed true to our values and ran a campaign focused on unity, service and integrity.” “And finally, that we kept our faith in each other and in the idea that together, we can build a stronger and more equitable South Jersey,” Kennedy said.
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