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Pemberton to Require Water Utility Hook Up Where Service Exists, Though at Its Discretion

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Those Who Receive Notice Would Have to Disconnect Their Wells, Pay $2,000 Fee with Payment Plan Available

By Douglas D. Melegari Staff Writer

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After a Decade-Long Reduction in the Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) Program for Open Space Taken Over by the State, Eight Pinelands Townships Are Surprised to Find Those Missing Funds Deposited in Their Bank Accounts—at Least for 2021

By Bill Bonvie Staff Writer

PINE BARRENS—Some eight area municipalities are the recipients of a longawaited but still unanticipated bonanza in the form of more than $881,000 combined in Open Space PILOT (Payment in Lieu of Taxes) funds for 2021 that have been quietly restored by the State of New Jersey, which deposited the additional money in each of their bank accounts during this past week without any apparent advance notification.

The welcome windfall represents a 54 percent increase in the money the state

has been paying out as compensation for lands it owns or are owned by taxexempt nonprofit organizations that are used for preservation and recreational purposes, which were sharply reduced in a cost-cutting effort by the administration of former Republican Governor Chris Christie over a decade ago.

The biggest winners by far, according to a chart emailed on the evening of Oct. 13 to the Pine Barrens Tribune by Tammori C. Pe t t y-D i xon , c o m mu n i c at ion s director for the New Jersey Department of Com munity Affairs (DCA), are Washington and Woodland townships,

followed by Bass River, Shamong and Tabernacle townships. Recipients of smal ler amou nts were Pemb er ton, Medford and Southampton townships.

The reinstatement of the PILOT money also seems to have taken municipal officials totally by surprise, as, unlike other initiatives that economically benefit local jurisdictions, this one was unaccompanied by any fanfare after having failed to materialize in 2020 as area officials had hoped it would, due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on state revenues.

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P E M B E RT O N —T h e o w n e r s o f “residential and non-residential buildings” within Pemberton Township that currently receive water from a private water well, might soon have to instead receive any water for potable-use from the municipal water system if the structures are located within “200 linear feet of a township water supply main” and an investigation from the Pemberton Township Water Division determines that they are able to connect to it with sufficient supply and capacity available.

Pemberton Township Council, during its Oct. 6 meeting, introduced a proposed ordinance that would give the township Water Division “the opportunity to require connection” to the municipal water system “in locations where property owners haven’t connected,” according to Business Administrator Daniel Hornickel.

Councilman Paul Detrick, however, while ultimately voting in favor of introducing the proposed ordinance, declared that he was “concerned” about it given that “a huge percentage of families,” according to statistics he has seen, don’t even have $800 in emergency funds “socked away” right now.

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Sudden End to Lax Enforcement of Zoning Requirements, Construction Code Has Pemberton Residents Up in Arms

By Douglas D. Melegari Staff Writer

PEMBERTON—Actions taken over the last several months by officials of the recently reorganized Pemberton Township Department of Community Development (which oversees the municipal Divisions of Code Enforcement and Construction) to enforce the zoning laws of the municipal codebook and follow the state’s Uniform Construction Code (UCC) generally would be considered routine or nothing out of the ordinary.

Except it turns out it is apparently something of a change for this municipality, with both residents and a house flipper now facing difficult and potentially costly predicaments, causing them to become frustrated with the township, all what appears to be the result of past department officials seldomly, if at all, enforcing the municipal law, or following the UCC, for at least the past several years – with some reports that it extends a decade or more – until this past spring.

“Now we happen to have a construction code official who wants to go by the actual construction code and enforce it,” said Business Administrator Daniel Hornickel during a Sept. 15 Pemberton Township Council meeting. “And that is really what should have been done all along.”

That official, Hornickel said, was hired by the municipality “at the beginning of June” and “expects applicants for construction permits to adhere to the requirements of the UCC as it is adopted for use in New Jersey.”

But according to Ian Wildman, a resident of Pemberton who is in the process of flipping three houses in the Browns Mills section of the municipality, that new practice has meant that he can no longer submit hand-drawn sketches for things such as building a new deck or rehabbing a basement, as he had done for the last 10 years. Rather, he must now submit architectural plans prepared by an architect, which carries with it an added expense.

And with new management in the code enforcement division as well, also working to resolve what was previously described by Councilman Donovan Gardner as a lack of enforcement, among other issues, residents have recently received (and apparently continue to receive) Notices of Violations for conditions and items on their properties that have existed in some cases for more than a decade.

For resident Cathy Gritton, of the Country Lakes section of Pemberton, she continues to fight a Notice of Violation she received this past spring for having at least two sheds on her property, despite contending that she was told by the township about 16 years ago (when she put the second one on her property) that it was OK to have more than one shed.

America Phillips, a veteran in-person council meeting attendee, is pretty much “in the same boat,” also fighting a Notice of Violation for having more than one shed on her property.

All three residents, in recounting their recent experiences with the township, also maintained that the law is not being applied evenly.

Gritton, who previously questioned at a Pemberton council meeting why only now the township is deciding to enforce a municipal law stating residential properties of Pemberton can only have one shed, told council during its Oct. 6 meeting that she had her first date in court, the municipal prosecutor is moving ahead with prosecution of her case and she now faces a $1,000 daily fine unless she removes it.

“I have lived in this town since 1983,” Gritton declared. “I have seen this town pull a lot of bull crap, but this is getting ridiculous!”

The last time that Gritton appeared before council, she asked, “When did it

become against the law to have more than one shed?”, seemingly unaware that it was illegal given not a word was said about her second shed for “over 15 years.”

Township Solicitor Andrew “Andy” Bayer replied, at the time, to the resident that the shed ordinance was “put into effect a longtime ago,” later determined to have been enacted in 1977 and “last amended back in 2001.”

Other residents also came forward at the time to say they recently got Notices of Violations for having more than one shed, including Phillips, who reported that “about three quarters of the houses” in the municipality “have double sheds at their home,” if not more.

Both Cou nc i lwoman El isab eth McCartney (who said she was in the process of obtaining a second shed) and Councilman Jason Allen, in response to the concerns earlier this year, assured the upset residents that the limitation would be revisited by council should it be determined that it was not a mandate of the Pinelands Commission.

“I did confer with our planners and Pinelands is OK with us amending the ordinance,” said Hornickel during the Oct. 6 Pemberton council meeting. “This won’t be a Pinelands issue. If we bring an ordinance to council to amend the existing ordinance, we can do that.”

The councilmembers, after the revelation, however, did not say whether they would now attempt to amend the law in any capacity.

Instead, Council President Gaye Burton pressed Gritton as to whether she asked for an “extension.”

“We are doing numerous things that should have been done in the past through code enforcement,” Burton declared. “So, this is probably why this came about. When you got your violation, did you ask for an extension, which would have prevented you from coming in front of the court?”

Gritton explained that she didn’t apply for an extension because the Notice of Violation does not mention that you can seek one, and because Hornickel had previously advised her that he would speak with the prosecutor. “ T h a t g e n t l e m a n (t h e b u s i n e s s administrator) said he was going to help, but never talked to the prosecutor,” she said.

“So, now I have 15 days to get rid of a shed that I had permission to have 16 years ago, all because I have no paperwork, nothing to stand on! He never talked to her!”

The business administrator previously told this newspaper on Aug. 2 that he had directed the Code Enforcement Division to “temporarily suspend prosecution of violations alleging multiple sheds on properties” in residential zones.

Hornickel, when later asked by this newspaper about why Gritton’s case proceeded to the court system, replied that apparently the case involves “multiple sheds.”

He further contended, however, that the temporary suspension had not yet been lifted.

Gritton could not be reached for comment on this story as of press time, and the circumstances surrounding the reported continued prosecution of her matter remained somewhat unclear.

Burton, however, told Gritton on Oct. 6 that she can be given an extension “as long as you are working on your situation.”

“If you didn’t do that – ask for an extension – they will follow through on the next step, which is going to court,” the council president said.

Gritton, who pointed out on Oct. 6 that she was previously told that council would be working on a new ordinance in five to six weeks, asked if coming before the governing body was a “wasted trip.” She added that she felt like she was “being called a liar” by the governing body for saying that she See ZONING/ Page 8

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In-person Early Voting Added as Option to Cast Ballots for General Election, County Adds 15 Secure Drop Boxes to Give Vote-by-Mail Voters Easy Access

By Douglas D. Melegari Staff Writer

MOUNT HOLLY—The Burlington County Clerk’s Office is encouraging registered voters in the county to familiarize themselves with changes to the voting process beginning with this November’s General Election.

The changes primarily have to do with added early voting opportunities.

One of them allows voters to vote early, inperson, at select polling places in their county from Oct. 23 to Oct. 31.

No matter where you live in the county, according to officials, you can vote your specific ballot at any of your county’s designated inperson early voting locations.

In-person early voting polls will be open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. during that timeframe, except on Sunday, Oct. 24 and Sunday, Oct. 31, in which the polls will be open on both days from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Appointments are not required, and accommodations will be made for voters with disabilities, according to county officials.

In Burlington County, locally, the Pemberton Community Library at 16 Broadway in the Browns Mills section of Pemberton Township, as well as the Gibson House at 535 E. Main Street in Marlton (Evesham Township), Medford Town Hall at 49 Union Street in Medford Township, and the Tabernacle EMS Building at 81 Hawkins Road in Tabernacle Township, have been designated as in-person early voting sites.

In addition to the added in-person early voting, the county has expanded the number of secure drop boxes by 15 for county voters choosing to vote-by-mail to deposit their completed, specific ballots.

Locally, in Burlington County, the drop box locations now include the Evesham Township Municipal Building, 984 Tuckerton Rd., in

Marlton (Evesham); Medford Town Hall; Pemberton Community Library; Shamong Township Municipal Building, 105 Willow Grove Rd., in Shamong; Southampton Township Municipal, 5 Retreat Rd., in Southampton; and Tabernacle Town Hall, 163 Carranza Rd., in Tabernacle.

There are now 28 drop boxes located throughout the county, which are accessible 24 hours a day. All of them, according to county officials, are subject to video surveillance and other security measures.

Completed vote-by-mail ballots can also be placed in a drop box at the Burlington County Board of Elections, 50 Rancocas Rd., in Mount Holly. Voters are also permitted to mail their sealed vote-by-mail ballots to the Board of Elections or hand-deliver them to the Board of Elections Office at 50 Rancocas Rd. Unlike last year during the 2020 General Election, completed vote-by-mail ballots will not be accepted at regular polling sites for the November election.

Additionally, vote-by-mail voters who previously checked off that they would like to always vote-by-mail on a vote-by-mail application were sent a letter in the mail recently asking them if they would like opt-out of that program in favor of in-person, early voting.

Anyone who did not opt-out of vote-by-mail voting and casts a vote at an in-person early voting location will be given a provisional ballot.

Nearly 40,000 vote-by-mail ballots, according to the county, have been printed and sent to county voters on the county’s All Future Elections Vote-by-Mail list, but all registered voters can request a vote-by-mail ballot, in person, at the Burlington County Clerk’s Office up until 3 p.m. on Nov. 1.

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A secure drop box at the Pemberton Community Library for Burlington County voters to deposit their completed, vote-by-mail ballots. mail, until Oct. 26.

Those serving as ballot bearers may deliver no more than three ballots and must provide identification to the Election Board and sign the Bearer Book recording that they transported the ballots to the office and delivered them.

“Voting by mail is safe, secure and a convenient way to exercise what is a fundamental right,” said Burlington County Board of Elections Chairman Joseph Dugan.

“The additional drop boxes will make it even easier for those who choose to vote this way to submit their ballots.”

Besides vote-by-mail and early in-person voting, registered voters also have the option of voting in-person at their normal polling location on Election Day.

Voters can check their registration and status online at Vote.NJ.Gov under the “Am I Registered?” tab.

For any election-related questions or issues, call the Burlington County Elections hotline at 609-265-VOTE (8683).

“Voting is secure, easy, and more accessible and convenient than ever,” said Burlington County Commissioner Linda Hynes, who is the Burlington County Board of Commissioners’ liaison to Elections. “You can vote early, or on Election Day, or by mail, drop box or hand delivery. It doesn’t matter how you cast your ballot, the most important thing is that you do, and we hope all voters will take the time to exercise that right.”

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Pinelands Commission Schedules December Public Hearing on Amended Application for Chatsworth Cellphone Tower Review of Latest Land-Use Board Approval of Proposal Finds It Fails to Show How It Would Serve as Fire/EMS Company ‘Accessory Use’

By Bill Bonvie Staff Writer

WO O DL A N D —T h e N e w J e r s e y Pinelands Commission has determined that an amended application for the 120foot FirstNet cellphone tower proposed for a site behind the Woodland Volunteer Fire and EMS Company’s firehouse in the center of the Village of Chatsworth, which was approved in August by the Woodland Township Land Use Board, raises “a substantial issue” requiring a public hearing, just as did the application it replaced.

The commission, following a review of the new application, has also scheduled the requisite hearing for Dec. 15, the same date on which a hearing on the original application that was approved by the landuse board, which had to be scrapped due to a property-line mix-up, was to have been held.

However, the Pine Barrens Tribune has discovered that a letter from the commission dated Oct. 8 and informing the developer, Centerline Communications (also known as Tower North), of West Bridgewater, Mass., of the upcoming hearing and the reason for it, was emailed to a former official of that company who hasn’t worked there in some time, and that the agency had no immediate intention of sending it to any current representative of the firm unless specifically requested to do so.

The issue referred to in that letter, which was signed by Charles M. Horner, the commission’s director of regulatory programs, involves the firm’s continued failure to demonstrate to the commission’s satisfaction that the proposed tower, or “monopole,” which is intended to provide both emergency cellphone ser vice to first responders and dependable wireless com mu n ication s er v ic e to tow nsh ip residents, would serve the fire/EMS company as an “accessory use.”

“Specifically, this issue is raised because the proposed local communication facility (tower) is only a permitted land use in the Pinelands Village of Chatsworth if it qualifies as an accessory use to the existing EMS/Fire Company facility on the parcel,” Horner’s letter notes.

The letter also makes clear that “If the issue(s) is not resolved and a written request to adjourn the hearing is not submitted, the application can be recommended for denial based on the information contained in the file.”

A number of residents whose homes sit in close proximity to the site have mounted an opposition campaign to the tower’s being located there (though they agree a cellphone tower is needed to serve the community), claiming that constant exposure to the electromagnetic energy it would give off in the form of RF waves would be harmful to their health, despite the contention of Centerline’s lawyer, Warren Stillwell, and an expert the firm brought in to testify on the subject that the amount of exposure would be well below the limits of what the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) considers safe.

O ne of thos e opponent s, A nd rew Windisch, has engaged a leading env i ron ment a l attor ney, P r i nc etonbased Stuart Lieberman, to represent them, although Lieberman is admittedly constrained from raising a health-related

argument by the language of a 25-yearold telecommunications law and must instead focus on whether the tower would meet Pinelands Commission criteria for being situated in an area over which it has jurisdiction.

C ont a c t e d by phone on O c t. 13, Lieberman told this newspaper he was glad to hear a new date had been established for the callup hearing and that he looked forward “to having a discussion with the Pinelands Commission” and was prepared to “strenuously argue” about the land-use board’s interpretation of what constitutes an accessory use. Should the commission fail to be swayed by the board’s or the applicant’s position, he noted, “it certainly would mean they can’t put it there on that basis.”

“That’s not to say there might not be some other basis,” he added. “But my hope would be that they get the message loudly and clearly that this is not an appropriate use for this tower.”

Lieberman added that he hoped a more appropriate site is eventually approved.

When asked by this newspaper for a comment on the letter, Stillwell replied, “I am not authorized to speak to you.”

“It is what it is,” he maintained. “I have directions from my client.”

Several attempts by this newspaper to reach someone in authority at Centerline during the past week were unsuccessful, with an employee named Kim, who answered the phone on one occasion saying she had seen an executive of the company a short time before and would attempt to convey the message to him. Other messages left at the corporate office number went unanswered.

Whether the actual applicant in this case, in fact, is Centerline or the fire/EMS company, however, was not entirely clear, with Stillwell indicating that it isn’t the latter and Lieberman observing that they have “an identity of interests.”

But the individual to whom Horner’s email was directed about the Dec. 15 hearing on the amended application, David Grigonis, who, according to his LinkedIn page, was Centerline’s director of business development until May 2020, confirmed in a return phone call to this newspaper that he hadn’t worked there since being furloughed at that time, having subsequently assumed a position as wireless infrastructure director at a firm in Atlanta.

“Without his company asking us to change the recipient for the email, we would continue to send that email to that person,” Pinelands Commission Communications follow us on officer Paul Leaken told the Pine Barrens facebook.com/MedfordUMC Tribune, indicating that Centerline had never bothered to request such a change.

Asked what would happen if the new application fails to meet the commission’s standards and is denied by a vote of the full commission following the public hearing, Leaken replied, “the applicant could amend their application again so that it meets the standard.”

“They have an option of other locations (for the tower), but they would have to meet our standards as well,” Leaken noted. “We have specific rules that apply to the siting of these types of facilities. They would have to apply for a location, and we would review it. But they would have to meet the parameters of the Pinelands Comprehensive Management Plan.”

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Police Apprehend Man Who Allegedly Assaulted Evesham Officer E V E SH A M — A m a n w a nt e d fo r reportedly assaulting an Evesham Township Police officer on Sept. 26, while that officer was conducting an overnight commercial business check, has been identified and arrested, authorities announced.

Michael Martin was taken into custody in Trenton on Oct. 14 by the U.S. Marshal Fugitive Task Force, in conjunction with the New Jersey State Police Fugitive Unit, according to a press release from the Evesham Township Police Department.

He was then transported back to Evesham Police headquarters for processing and lodged in Burlington County Jail.

Martin, around 3:35 a.m. on Sept. 26, was allegedly observed by the Evesham officer to be “slumped over the steering wheel of a Ford F-150” while that officer was conducting a property check of a commercial business.

Martin, according to authorities, regained consciousness during an investigation, with the officer suspecting “he had operated the vehicle under the influence of illegal drugs.”

At some point, they said, Martin “became combative, refusing to exit the vehicle.” He then purportedly fled the scene in the pickup.

“While fleeing the scene, the male’s vehicle struck the Evesham police officer,” the press release states. “The male suspect led officers on a pursuit, operating his vehicle in a reckless manner, while putting innocent motorists in danger.”

The pursuit, according to the press release, ended when the vehicle Martin was driving “became disabled” in the area of Kettering Court in Evesham, but the man was able to flee the scene.

“Subsequently, it was lear ned the vehicle was reported stolen out of Bristol, Pennsylvania,” the press release states.

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Suspects Sought in Evesham 7-Eleven Robbery and Assault EVESHAM—Two men who robbed a convenience store and assaulted the clerk Tuesday night were the object of an extensive search by Evesham Township Police, but the investigation was “still active” as of this newspaper’s press time, a spokesman for the department said.

Officers responded to the incident at the 7-Eleven at 300 Greentree Rd., in Meetinghouse Square, at 10:44 p.m., to find the clerk had been physically assaulted by two men and that some tobacco products had reportedly been stolen.

An investigation determined that suspects entered the business wanting to buy vapingrelated items and were refused as they were suspected of being underage. They then reportedly attempted a diversionary tactic by breaking a glass bottle in an attempt to lure the clerk from behind the counter. When this proved unsuccessful, they went behind the counter and knocked the clerk to the

ground, repeatedly punching him in the face.

The suspects subsequently fled on foot in an unknown direction. A perimeter was established and a K9 unit was summoned to the scene to assist in the search. The store clerk was taken to a local hospital, where he was treated for facial injuries.

One suspect was described as a tall white male with a thin build and curly, lightcolored hair, while the second was described as a shorter white Hispanic male with dark hair and a beard. Both suspects had on backpacks, black hooded sweatshirts and face coverings.

Anyone who might have information is asked to contact the Evesham Police Department at 856-983-1116, the Confidential Tip Line at 856-983-4699, or email the department at Facebook@Eveshampd. org . Those with anonymous tips can text ETPDTIP to 847411.

Martin and was treated on scene by Evesham Fire-Rescue personnel. Lt. Joseph Friel, a spokesman for Evesham Police, previously told this newspaper that the agency would not be releasing the identity of the injured officer.

Evesham Police were assisted by the New Jersey State Police’s Aviation Unit on Sept. 26 in the search for the suspect, whose identity was unknown to police at the time.

Police, on Oct. 14, contended that Martin was “quickly” identified as the suspect through a follow-up investigation conducted by the Evesham Police Department’s Investigative Bureau.

Martin, according to a write-up beside a photograph of him released by police, faces charges of aggravated assault on police, eluding, stealing a vehicle, and drug possession.

Suspect Charged in 2020 Theft of Catalytic Converters in Evesham EVESHAM—A Camden resident has been charged in the theft of $6,000 worth of catalytic converters that were taken from an Evesham Township service station in November 2020, following a thorough investigation by the Evesham Township Polic e Depar tment that involved an examination of evidence found at the scene.

Charges against the suspect, identified as

Jose M. Morales, 34, of Camden, include 3rd-degree theft and 4th-degree criminal mischief.

Morales was already incarcerated in the Southern State Correctional Facility on unrelated charges when the latest counts were lodged against him, police said.

The converter thefts occurred at Liberty Gas, 925 West Route 70.

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VOTE Chris Logar, Column ONE, for Shamong Township Board of Education Shamong Kids First Chris will be attending the regular BOE meeting on 10/19/21 @IMMS library, 7 p.m. If anyone would like to discuss with him his reasons for running for BOE, they may meet him before or after the BOE meeting.

Dear Shamong Voters, I have been a Shamong resident since 1994. I live at 8 Burr Trail with my wife and children. Myy (2) older boys have both gone through Shamong School District, (1) 6-8 and the other 1-8. I have 10-year-old twins who have attended our schools. Currently they are both out of district due to disabilities and personal views of our current school system. I have coached many children in Seneca Youth Soccer and currently coach my son in Medford Soccer Club. I sat on the board as the Commissioner for soccer and still continue to referee children’s youth soccer games.

I am one of eight children, spanning 15 years amongst us all. I grew up in Mt. Laurel, NJ, I moved to Shamong after college. I have spent my entire life around children; whether it was my younger siblings, children my mom watched in the neighborhood or the many, many nephews and nieces I have. I enjoy coaching, teaching, mentoring and just being around kids.

During my residency in Shamong, I have seen both positive and negative events in our school district. Recently, during the pandemic, I feel things could have been handled differently that would not have had such long-lasting negative effects upon our children. There has been a lot of controversy regarding the decisions of our current board members and I would like to be a voice not only for my children but all children of Shamong. I want to help all parents who have lost their voice this past year in making personal decisions for their families. My involvement with the BOE will try to help bridge parents and educators back together in creating one community to enhance our children’s future.

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Pemberton Enters into Shared Service Agreement with Seaside Heights for Chief Financial Officer After Person Who Held Post Recently Retired

By Douglas D. Melegari Staff Writer

PE M BE RT ON — S e a s i d e H e i g h t s Borough and Pemberton Township have entered into a shared service agreement for the duties of chief financial officer (CFO) after the latter municipality’s CFO, Robert Benick, retired on Oct. 1.

The shared ser vice agreement was announced by Mayor David Patriarca during Pemberton Township Council’s Oct. 6 meeting.

Patriarca, in making the announcement, not e d that Pe mb er ton re c eive d few applicants to fill the vacancy, but called it a “good thing” because it enabled him to “set my crosshairs on a target,” Joyce Tinnes, of Seaside Heights.

Tinnes, a former employee of Pemberton Township, also lives in the municipality.

According to the mayor, she left Pemberton seeking employment as a CFO. “As much as I hated to see her leave, I encouraged her to seek out her goals of becoming a CFO, which she did,” Patriarca said. “She moved around to one position, and then to her current position.”

Tinnes, however, apparently took some convincing to rejoin Pemberton, as she wanted to remain employed full-time with Seaside Heights.

“We went through all kinds of lengths and went back and forth on this for quite some time,” said the Pemberton mayor of the negotiations that had occurred. “She kept leading me to her current employer, which is Seaside Heights Borough, (encouraging me) to look at working something out with them.”

It just so happens, according to Patriarca, that the current business administrator of Seaside Heights is Christopher J. Vaz, who at one point served as the business administrator of Pemberton.

“Since I could not steal her away from the former business administrator of Pemberton,

who is now a BA in Seaside Heights Borough, we had some conversations with Chris Vaz, and were able to come to a shared service agreement. This really makes sense for all of us.”

According to the Pemberton mayor, under the agreement, Tinnes will be considered a full-time employee with Seaside Heights.

However, Pemberton will be “picking up half the hours and half the pay.”

“It essentially becomes part-time work for each entity,” Patriarca maintained.

“So, both entities are saving from what we were paying originally for these positions that we are required to have. I think it falls into the state’s vision of what communities are supposed to be doing in government, looking after tax dollars and finding creative ways to save money for the taxpayer. I know we accomplished that in this agreement.”

Ac cordi ng to Pember ton Busi ness A d m i n i s t r a t o r D a n i e l Ho r n i c k e l , Pemb er ton’s contr ibution u nder the agreement is to pay $76,083.57 towards Tinnes’ salary this year (prorated) and $76,238.91 next year.

Tinnes, he noted, began employment with Pemberton in 2007 in an administrative support/clerical position and worked her way up to Fiscal Officer, a position she held until she resigned in 2018 to accept a job as a CFO in another town.

Seeking CFO experience, Tinnes left after apparently observing that Benick would likely be holding his position as Pemberton CFO for several more years.

Tinnes returned to employment with Pemberton, in a part-time capacity, in March of this year “to help with accounting work due to the resignation of an accountant,” Hornickel said.

She is a longtime Pemberton resident.

“The administration is very confident we are bringing on an individual able to make this agreement work,” Patriarca declared. “I can assure you she will have the answers.”

Threat to Restaurant Worker Being Investigated EVESHAM—Two white men in their 20s who were suspected of making a threat involving a handgun against an employee of an Evesham Township restaurant early in the morning of Oct. 1 were still being sought this past week, according to an Evesham Police Department spokesman.

According to a police report, a blue SUV, possibly a Cadillac SRX with a New Jersey license, drove up to two employees near the rear door of Chickie’s and Pete’s at 25 South Route 73 at approximately 1:30 a.m.

The occupants of the vehicle then asked if a particular employee was working. When

advised that he was not, they reportedly brandished a handgun and indicated that it was a good thing the employee wasn’t working that night since they were looking for him.

The vehicle then left heading westbound on West Marlton Pike, the witnesses said.

Anyone with information relevant to this case is asked to contact the Evesham Police Department at (856) 983-1116 or the Confidential Tip Line at 856-9834699 or email the department Facebook@ Eveshampd.org. Anonymous tipsters should text ETPDTIP to 847411.

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Pemberton’s Director of Recreation and Senior Services Resigns; Spring Lake Beach Playground Plan Suffers Snafu Over Permitting Councilman Shares Suggestions for Adding Chess Tables, Pump Park

By Douglas D. Melegari Staff Writer

PEMBERTON—Joseph Marrolli, who played an integral role in formulating Pemberton Township’s “two-prong” parks improvement plan, unveiled earlier this year, outlining major updates to at least 17 of 19 Pemberton Township parks and calling for the establishment of a massive trail system to “connect all neighborhoods” in Pemberton Township together, has resigned from the municipality.

Marrolli, according to Mayor David Patriarca in remarks he made during an Oct. 6 Pemberton Council meeting, has left his role as Pemberton’s recreation director to accept a position with Princeton Township.

“Joe has served us well for many years,” said the Pemberton mayor of the recreation director, who also in his capacity oversaw the municipality’s senior citizen services.

“He has been very instrumental in the trail project, and with the parks’ project. We are going to miss him. We wish him well in his new endeavor.”

Marrolli worked as director of Recreation and Senior Services for Pemberton for the

past four years and six months, according to his LinkedIn profile page. He was a beloved by many township seniors for his active engagement with them, as previously reported by the Pine Barrens Tribune.

Marrolli, of West Windsor, had served as program supervisor for the Recreation Department in Princeton, prior to joining Pemberton. He held that post from 2011 to 2017, but had been employed in another position with Princeton since 2004, as this newspaper previously reported.

“He has taken a position with Princeton where he previously worked,” said the Pemberton mayor on Oct. 6. “A position opened up there and he just felt it was in his best interests to take something closer to home and be somewhere that he was very comfortable with.”

Immediately following the Patriarca’s announcement, Councilman Donovan Gardner raised the issue of Spring Lake Beach. He asked the township administration if there was “any progress” in relation to a project to put a playground there.

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Dominique Johnson Center to Reopen After Water Damage

By Douglas D. Melegari Staff Writer

PEMBERTON—A local veteran’s group, comprised of many senior citizens, is calling on Pemberton Township to expedite the reopening of the Dominique Johnson Center on Scrapetown Road.

The township recreation facility has been closed since July after a roof leak following a heavy rain event reportedly caused significant damage to the building.

Mayor David Patriarca assured a 90-yearold woman representing VFW Post # 1065, Pemberton, who called for the expedited reopening during Pemberton Township Council’s Oct. 6 meeting, that the repairs had since been completed, but the municipality was just waiting for a cleaning company to perform a deep cleaning of the building before reopening it to the public.

The mayor committed to the concerned woman that if a private vendor could not perform the deep cleaning within a reasonable timeframe, he would have township staff “wipe everything down” and get the building ready for a safe reopening.

Business Administrator Daniel Hornickel told Pemberton Township Council on Aug. 4 that staff of the Pemberton Township Recreation Department routinely conducts site visits to all its facilities, and in the

process of conducting one at Dominique Johnson “on a Monday,” came across a “musty smell.”

“When they did further investigation, they discovered that a roof above a closet had two holes in it the size of soda cans,” Hornickel maintained. “That allowed water to leak into the building and damage about 400 square-feet of closet space.”

During the Oct. 6 council meeting, Patriarca noted that the water that leaked into the building “during heavy rains” came “in through the foundation area where the walls and concrete meet.”

“It caused substantial damage to the building,” he said.

Hornickel, on Aug. 4, said that the township turned in a claim to the Burlington County Joint Insurance Fund (JIF).

“All the work has been done to fix the damage,” the mayor declared. “We had to wait and go through our insurance company.”

On Aug. 4, Hornickel told council that it would probably not be until October that Dominique Johnson would reopen.

The business administrator told the Pine Barrens Tribune this week that the building will reopen to the public on Oct. 18.

“I believe the repairs came in around $4,135,” Hornickel added.

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As a former caregiver, I understand how complicated it is to navigate this healthcare maze. My father, who suffered from Alzheimer’s, was in the AtlantiCare system. All doctors were in contact with each other, and care was well coordinated.

My mother suffered from dementia and, while in assisted living, services were more “ala carte.” This required more interaction between myself and medical personnel, especially critical during hospital visits where personnel saw her for the first time.

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Tribune’s Coverage Appreciated, Lack of Enforcement Isn’t First, I want to thank your paper for providing coverage of subjects which otherwise would not receive attention. I also want to provide additional perspective and information regarding the two articles published on the subject of the Arrowhead tennis courts in Medford, as I was one of several people quoted. (“Residents Urge Council’s intervention in Stopping Outdoor Tennis Court Project,” Sept. 9) There are a few factual aspects of the discussion on which I would like to elaborate. One is simple – the inclusion of lighting in the proposed project. Regardless of any individual’s recollection, the plan initially approved by Medford Township includes three “Lithonia TDD LED 2” area lights, which are each equivalent to a 175W mercury vapor light. This information is in the design drawings.

Mr. Jeff Sallade (a neighbor of mine) referenced a number of instances of nonc ompl ianc e w ith the tow nsh ip, Pinelands, and state regulations, which have gone unaddressed. These are rather well documented and verifiable: 1.) In the 2012-time frame, the tennis club cleared the rear portion of the property and paved the parking lot, which was previously crushed stone. The Pinelands Commission intervened (at the nearby residents’ behest) and issued a violation. No corrective action has taken place since then.

2.) In May 2018, the sanitary sewer line clean-out at the rear of the property was uncovered and uncapped, presumably due to a blockage. The water service was not shut off, so this resulted in an open discharge of sewage over a period of days. Medford Township was notified (and the release should have been stopped immediately thereafter, but it was not).

This begs the question, was this significant violation of state law up-channeled to the county health department and the New

Jersey Department of Environmental Protection? There is no evidence that it was duly reported.

3.) In December 2020, the rear of the property was again cleared of trees, vegetation etc. without an active township construction permit, or county soil permit.

No further action was taken.

These instances are just the more obvious ones, and ones where the action was well documented photographically.

This dynamic is the catalyst for some of the frustration over a lack of enforcement of rules and regulations, and a lack of trust going forward. As for the back-and-forth discussions, determining what is factual in this discussion has been difficult, especially when answers change, zoning regulations are not accurately applied, and other regulations not adhered to.

One factual item that is specifically worth highlighting is that this development application should have been referred to the Burlington County Planning Board for review and approval (Citation: NJ Revised Statute 40:27-6.11). It was not.

We are hopeful that the deficiencies noted thus far will be able to be addressed in the county forum.

The residents of my neighborhood are invested in the issues and interested that development be executed in accordance with the law. Your paper has helped raise awareness in other nearby communities and I appreciate that. Case in point: the planned closure of the unimproved road connecting Stokes Road and Lakeside Drive will have far more impact on the Birchwood communities than the one I reside in. Hundreds of people walk and bike that byway on a nice day.

Matthew P. Bell Medford, New Jersey

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(Continued from Page 1) got permission 16 years ago (after some members of council asked to see the Notice of Violation she received and wanted to know why a recent request she made for a variance was denied) to have a second shed.

The real issue, she maintained, is, “Why all a sudden can we have no more than one shed?”

Burton replied that she was “still irritated by that too.”

“Why it was not enforced, I don’t know,” the council president said. “I have been there. I had permission too. But we can’t go backwards. We are trying to deal with a lot of these things.”

Council is also said to be “correcting the sins of past councils” with respect to the township water utility (see separate story), which has prompted concern of unnecessary expenses and difficulties being passed on to affected residents.

Gritton, during the Oct. 6 council meeting, pointed out that there are a number of properties in town that have multiple sheds, including one on Tensaw Drive that currently has five of them. She contended that she felt like she was being singled out and developed a list of 29 other properties in her neighborhood alone that have more than one shed.

However, Gritton quipped, “I am not giving you these names!” after being asked if she would turn them over to council, adding that they can be seen in “broad daylight,” unlike the ones belonging to her.

Allen, in response, contended that “it doesn’t mean they are not in our system.”

“Nobody is moving their sheds out,” Gritton retorted. “Actually, sheds are coming in!”

Bayer maintained that “council can’t fix it going backwards” and that the governing body “can’t vacate a violation that code enforcement issued.”

“They don’t have the legal authority,” he said. “Neither does the mayor or business administrator. But if you need to talk to code enforcement, we can arrange for that to happen if that hasn’t happened. The other option is you can appeal (the variance denial) to the Zoning Board.”

Burton added that Gritton’s other option is to proceed with the court proceedings in hopes that “they correct the situation.”

Gritton, who noted that she purchased a second shed to store her $30,000 motorcycle, one that is specially designed for individuals like her with back problems, quipped, “If you allow me to pull it in here and park it, I’ll be glad to get rid of the shed.”

Phillips, who said in her case she did find out that she could request an extension, and since did so, urged council to change the township law and consider that she, like others, are “human beings in Pemberton.”

WWW.PINEBARRENSTRIBUNE.COM “What this township is doing to the residents (is wrong),” she declared. “Don’t chase them away! Take into consideration these people are very proud to live in this township. They pay taxes.”

Phillips noted that she could get “a bigger list” of residences in the municipality with currently more than one shed, indicating it would be a massive undertaking, one irksome to a lot of residents, for the township to continue to enforce the shed law as it stands. She warned council that if officials continue down the road of issuing violations for having more than one shed, “This is not over yet and only the beginning.”

“I’ll be honest with you – and you can take it or leave it – that is my property!” she said of her predicament. “The day the township pays my taxes, and pays my mortgage, then you can worry about what I have on my property!”

Hornickel, when later asked by this newspaper if council plans to entertain changing the law with regards to sheds, replied, “Once we have prepared an ordinance, I would hope so.”

“I can’t sp eak for what may have transpired in the past, but I can appreciate the residents’ frustrations,” he added.

“Residents do have the option of applying for a zoning variance and seeking approval for an accessory structure. Some residents have chosen to remove their sheds.”

While the business administrator told this newspaper that neither he or Mayor David Patriarca can “interfere with the enforcement” of Chapters 145 and 148 of the township code book, which deal with the subject of sheds in town, he did acknowledge that “our instructions to the Code Enforcement Division are to enforce Chapters 145 and 148 of the township code.”

Wildman, in contending to council on Sept. 15 that “there seems to be no consistency or uniformity as far as the application of New Jersey UCC, not just for this township, but all over New Jersey,” compared the situation to the “inconsistent interpretation” of the Bible.

“I live by the Bible every day,” he declared.

“But everybody has a different opinion of the Bible.”

The 72-year old man, who said he retired from the U.S. Military after 22 years of service and was also a 22-year veteran of the U.S. Postal Service, explained to council that he has been in the investment business for the past 10 years, and during that time, whenever he would flip a house, he would simply come into the municipal Construction Division and fill out forms, attaching hand-drawn sketches of the work he planned to perform.

“I filled out the forms the same way for the past 10 years,” Wildman noted.

But “about two months ago,” he said, he brought in a construction jacket and asked the new construction code official to “do a preliminary look over.”

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After giving the official a hand-drawn sketch of a planned deck for one of the homes he is currently flipping and presenting another to finish a basement, Wildman recounted that the construction official said, “‘No, no, no!” “‘You have to find an architect and get architectural plans drawn up,’” said Wildman of what the official said next. “I was in shock and had to go see a therapist after leaving his office.”

What “really broke the straw on the camel’s back,” Wildman maintained, was that he was asked by the official if he “planned to live in the house” or “was an investor,” with the official maintaining that the latter requires architectural plans. The investor told council that the UCC should be “applied uniformly, across the board,” and therefore, “Don’t ask me if I am an investor.”

Wildman pointed out that after asking to see the UCC requirements, he was shown verbiage indicating architectural plans were actually required for the things he was planning to do, but asked the governing body, “What happened to the past 10 years?”

“The guy who was there – I love that man,” Wildman said. “But what was going on with him? Did he not know how do his job? Did he not follow the guidelines as prescribed in the UCC?” While Wildman acknowledged that it did appear some things in the UCC were required that had not been asked of him before, he warned the governing body, “If you think this guy knows what he is doing, let me tell you … you are wrong!”

“He does not know what he is doing!”

Wildman declared.

The house flipper described to council that he set a trap for the official in which he “put him in a corner” where “he couldn’t maneuver his way out,” inviting him to one of his job sites at 1058 Pemberton Boulevard.

“One of the things he told me is that you have to ‘hardwire all the smoke detectors,’” Wildman recounted. “You only have to hardwire smoke detectors for ‘new’ construction, however.”

Wildman claimed he had since confirmed the rules for hardwiring smoke detectors with both his electrician and architect.

After the house flipper made the point that “he knows about management” after serving the “most efficient organization on the face of this Earth – the U.S. Military,” as if to suggest that the Construction Division is being mismanaged, Bayer cut him off, maintaining that the “township doesn’t supervise the construction code official” and “the construction code official reports to the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) because you don’t want local people trying to cut favors for someone.”

“If he wants to challenge what the construction official is requiring, this gentleman can appeal that to the county, and then take it to court if that is case,” Bayer added.

“Just to be clear, I am not unsympathetic to him if there is any inconsistency by this official not enforcing the law. But I am telling you, at the municipal level, there is little we can do.

Do you have a request of the township other than your frustration?”

That latter comment by the municipal solicitor appeared to irk Wildman, who quipped, “I am one of the wisest men that you’ll have ever met in your entire life!” He then clarified that what he was asking of council is “cooperation.”

“We have to work together!” Wildman declared. “We are on the same team – you are not against me; I am not against you. But I feel like when I go to the construction office, it is as if when I was young in school, and it is not a wholesome learning environment.

The teacher is looking to fail you – looking for all the mistakes to fail you! That is how I feel like it is being done in the construction office right now!”

Burton, in thanking Wildman for “putting her on notice” about what was happening in the Construction Division, noted she was now “concerned,” and pressed the administration if they could “at least have a general conversation” with the construction code official about some of the concerns council has been hearing at its recent meetings.

A fter Bayer mai ntai ned that “our official works for Pemberton Township, but is ultimately supervised by the state and regulated by state,” Patriarca added that it “does not mean we have no say over the construction official,” but rather the administration has “very limited say” over what he does and how he applies the UCC. “When it comes to the UCC, that is what is governed to DCA,” the mayor contended.

“We can talk to him about personnel matters, such as, ‘Is he coming in late?’, ‘Is he driving correctly?’, or ‘Is he taking too long for lunch?’

We can ask him to follow the township policies.

But we have no say in whether he is following the UCC guidelines, or not.”

That being said, Patriarca acknowledged that Hornickel “has had conversations with that construction official,” though the mayor added “the construction official is still going to take that part of his job (having to do with the UCC) and do it as he sees it needs to be done.”

“If he says it is in the book, and is going by book, there is nothing we can do,” Patriarca declared. “If he says it is in the book and it is not in the book, there is nothing we can do.”

Bayer pointed out that if the mayor was to say to the construction official, “You better fix this application,” he “would be accused of corruption.”

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Older adults may feel like they’re always visiting one doctor or another. But what is an acceptable frequency for doctor appointments?

The answer isn’t always so cut and dry, and many health professionals have mixed feelings even among themselves over the magic number. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends adults over the age of 65 visit the doctor more than twice as often as 18- to 44-yearolds. According to Paul Takahashi, a physician at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., adults should see their primary care physicians at least once a year to make sure diseases are being properly managed and to stay current on preventative screenings.

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can do the opposite. Dr. Peter Abadir, an associate professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, says frequent visits to health facilties where sick people congregate puts one at a higher risk of illness or infection. Visiting the doctor only when necessary is one way to avoid risky exposure.

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Health care basics In the United States, health care is largely privately managed, with most employers offering access to various health coverage plans. Government subsidized plans include Medicare, which is for retirement-age individuals and younger people with disabilities.

Medicaid is a joint state- and federally-run government program that provides health coverage to lowincome individuals and families.

Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada have access to a universal health care system that is paid for through their taxes, according to the Government of Canada. Each province or territory has its own health insurance plan that covers a variety of services.

Just as in the United States, health insurance in Canada does not pay for nursing home care in most cases. In the United States, unless an

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to rules regarding asset transfers.

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Paying for long-term care can be complicated business with lookback periods and required spenddowns. It is in a person’s best interest to seek the guidance of a financial planner who specializes in elder care to navigate these financial waters.

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According to Irene S Levine, Ph.D., The Friendship Doctor and contributor to Psychology Today, it is not unique for seniors to want to make new friends. Age can be a barrier because there are stereotypes that pigeonhole people of certain ages. But Levine notes that state of mind and

aking friends as a child or even as a parent to school-aged children is relatively easy. Classrooms and school functions facilitate the building of friendships. Even as one gets older and enters the workforce, it’s not uncommon for people to become friends with their coworkers.

As people near retirement age, their situations may have changed considerably. Children have moved out, careers are coming to an end

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Both Shamong Township Manager Susan Onarato and Bass River Mayor Deborah Buzby-Cope, when contacted by this newspaper prior to the receipt of the DCA’s email, claimed there had been no prior notice of the increase, which was simply deposited in their municipalities’ accounts.

“We had no idea when we would be receiving it, but kept hopeful,” said BuzbyCope, a Republican, who back in 2019 had broached the subject with Democratic Governor Phil Murphy, now in a campaign for re-election, facing a challenge from Republican Jack Ciattarelli.

Murphy, as previously reported by this newspaper, had called Buzby-Cope to inquire if the township needed anything after being threatened by a nearby forest fire, and she requested at that time that some or

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(Continued from Page 8) number of the DCA to file complaints against the construction code official.

While township officials, in the matters of Gritton, Phillips and Wildman, maintained that they were limited in overriding the decisions of the Code Enforcement and Construction divisions, Patriarca pointed out during an Aug. 18 council meeting that “council is aware we increased our code enforcement,” and “our numbers will show that the code enforcement has increased code enforcement,” and “our code enforcement officers are tasked with a difficult mission, and we are on them constantly about meeting the goals of

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all of the approximately one-third reduction be restored.

Murphy, she said at the time, had replied, “Mayor, you don’t have to go any further—I know exactly what you’re saying, I know where you’re coming from, I am looking into that and I’ll see what we can do.”

Buzby-Cope said she told the governor, “We would appreciate that—it’s a small town, but we’re losing over $90,000 a year,” coming to about $800,000 over the past decade, and Murphy had replied that “he was seeing how he could handle it for all the towns.” (Bass River’s share of the increase is $87,078, according to the chart).

Upon receiving the restitution, the Bass River mayor said she was “very ecstatic to see that the state is following through with its promised payment delivery for our PILOT funding program,” and credited the Bass River Township Board of Commissioners for having worked alongside 9th Legislative District Republican state representatives

Senator Christopher Connors, Assemblyman Brian Rumpf and Assemblywoman DiAnne Gove to help bring it about.

“We have worked endlessly with our surrounding municipalities and legislatures to bring this full circle and we can now bring some much-needed tax relief to the residents of Bass River Township,” she asserted.

William DeGroff, the Republican mayor of an even bigger beneficiary, Woodland Township, which received an extra $264,187, said in a press release that “the restoration of the funding will directly benefit our residents and provide much needed budget relief for our town.”

On behalf of the entire township committee, DeGroff then thanked “our representatives who worked with us” to restore the funding, including 8th Legislative District Assemblywoman Jean Stanfield (now running for state Senate) and Assemblyman Ryan Peters, both Republicans, as well as Murphy.

Brian Woods, chief of staff for Stanfield

and Peters, said the two legislators “are proud of the hard work put in for all our Pinelands towns that have seen their funding cut for years,” contending that while it is “ridiculous that the state has been taking their money with no explanation, we can now exhale that we were finally able to convince the governor to return it.”

“This funding will go a long way to help municipalities ease their property tax burden,” he added.

Of the six other area towns that received the i ncreases, based on the amount of their land area under state control, Washington Township came in first with an extra $396,762, followed by Shamong Tow nsh ip w ith $60,956; Tab er na cle Township, $48,797; Pemberton Township, $14,997; Medford Township, $5,340, and Southampton Township, $2,969. Two other townships outside the area, Bordentown and Cinnaminson, also were the recipients of smaller payouts.

administration, and that is meeting the concerns we hear from residents, who are supported by council.”

Patriarca then offered a rather vigorous defense of the stepped-up code enforcement program by reading a letter into the record from a former resident of the Presidential Lakes community of Pemberton, who apparently had visited his old neighborhood recently. “‘We moved to Presidential Lakes in 1971,’” the letter writer was said to have written to the mayor. “‘It was a beautiful place to live. Quite frankly, I still think it is, but we moved to Florida 10 years ago, and we visit family and friends in New Jersey every year, and Presidential Lakes has really gone downhill. We are very glad we moved due to the junk cars, trash, overgrown grass, green roofs, etc. Some people work hard

keeping their properties looking nice and others do nothing.’”

Patriarca, after reading that portion of the letter, noted that the former resident then asked, “‘Hasn’t the code enforcement officer noticed it?’” “‘Hopefully Presidential Lakes looks much better next time we visit,’” is how the former resident apparently ended his letter, according to the mayor.

Patriarca noted that “code enforcement is working to address these issues” and “they are,” noting “they are issuing so many violations out there, and we are constantly addressing complaints that come in.”

The Pine Barrens Tribune previously reported about numerous occasions over the last several years in which council heard complaints about the conditions of many properties in the municipality and pleas for

stepped up enforcement.

“But we also get complaints why are you picking on me,” the mayor noted. “Why are you targeting my house for this when the one up the street looks worse, not even knowing the house up the street received a violation. … If you want to live with junk in your yard, move to another town, and I’ve said this before, you can probably go out to the middle of Chatsworth and nobody will bother you.

“Code enforcement is working to correct these issues. I understand the former resident is concerned with problem areas, but I can say there are nice properties in Presidential Lakes. We will continue to enforce the law.

We will continue to get folks who say, ‘Why are you picking on me?’ And we will continue to get people who say there are properties that need enforcement.”

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(Continued from Page 1) water system to pay the standard $2,000 connection fee, in addition to a $25 application fee.

Those who have to connect would also have to pay for the cost of permitting, including a “$25 plumbing subcode fee,” Hornickel pointed out.

And that doesn’t include what affected property owners might have to pay to have their wells disconnected, as would be required under the proposed ordinance.

While affected property owners would be allowed to maintain their disconnected wells for non-potable purposes (washing their cars, filling their pools, and watering their lawns, etc.), according to the proposed ordinance, if they decide against it, they would be required to cap their wells.

Dan Callahan, of Callahan Well Drilling & Pump Service, based in West Berlin, told the Pine Barrens Tribune in an Oct. 13 interview that the cost of disconnecting or capping a well is generally somewhere in the ballpark of $800 to $1,500.

Additionally, once connected to the municipal water system, users are required to pay a quarterly service charge, (currently the minimum quarterly service charge is $42, totaling at least $168 annually), whereas those with wells typically will only have to pay for occasional maintenance and testing, unless there is a failure of some sort.

Tow nsh ip ad m i n istration of fic ials acknowledged at recent Pemberton council meetings that some who could be affected by this proposed law have owned their wells for at least 50 years or more.

According to Callahan, when asked about the cost of a new well installation, replied that it is a “really broad question to ask”

and “like asking a car dealer, ‘How much does a new car cost?”, but that it can cost “anywhere from $6,000 to $20,000 and above.”

Older wells, he noted, can generally last about 25 to 30 years, but “new wells tend to last longer” at least as much as 30 to 40 years, because they are made of PVC piping, but it is “hard to say how long they will last because they are not that old yet,” and therefore, “we don’t know what the real failure rate is yet.”

Once affected property owners “get a bill for $2,000,” maintained Detrick during the Oct. 6 council meeting, “a lot of them are going to think, ‘Hey I am happy with my well.’”

Hornickel retorted that Pemberton council previously approved a payment plan allowing property owners to “spread that (connection fee due) out over 24 months.”

“So, it is less than $100 a month, without interest,” the business administrator pointed out.

Hornickel, during a preceding Sept. 15 council meeting, declared, “Unfortunately, we come to this council asking you to correct the sins of past councils,” and then in expanding upon those comments, indicated that there had also been some previous reluctance by prior councils to require connections to the municipal water system.

“It is time to rectify some issues of the past,” the business administrator asserted.

“If you were to look at our water service map, it looks like a Christmas tree, where there are locations where there is water service, but people have not connected to it. And that has unfortunately put our water system – our collective water utility – in a financial situation where it shouldn’t be.”

Instead of having a “robust” water utility, or one that “should be returning a surplus every year to the budget,” Hornickel maintained, the township has one that “is

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“And it is because prior councils didn’t have the correct ordinance in place to make people connect,” he added.

Detrick, during the Oct. 6 council meeting, asked the township administration who determined the cost of the connection fee, with Mayor David Patriarca replying, “council,” with Hornickel adding that the determination for it to be $2,000 was made “years ago.”

The business administrator noted that “water repairers” are dispatched ahead of any connection to “do a measurement” and will “confirm what the fees will be,” and if a certain distance is exceeded in running a connection, sometimes “a per foot fee” is assessed as well. “$2,000 is probably on the lower end, but it is not unreasonable,” maintained the business administrator, adding that he and the township engineer reviewed other connection ordinances and associated fee schedules from nearby municipalities in arriving at the language contained in the proposed ordinance for Pemberton.

Hornickel, during an Aug. 4 council meeting and in later remarks to this newspaper, contended that “it has been commonplace for decades that municipalities have compelled property owners to connect to city water.”

However, according to Callahan, who noted he has “come across this plenty of times,” a property owner is “absolutely allowed to keep their well until it fails” for potable-use unless the well is “a source of contamination” or “within a zone of contamination.”

“A municipality can’t force someone to get rid of a well,” he maintained to this newspaper. “However, if the well fails, they will no longer be able to get a permit to replace their well if city water is available.”

He emphasized that unless contamination

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is at issue, it is only “once the well is beyond repair” or “once the well is no good” that “you must convert to city water,” if available.

“Just because city water is in front of a house, you are not forced to take it, although towns want people to believe you do have to take it,” Callahan said. “You are not forced to take city water. You have an option until the well fails. That is the part towns don’t tell people. They just kind of force city water on them. And it is a big expense to hook to city water.”

Callahan told this newspaper that the $2,000 connection fee is “just for the connection to the street” and that property owners would also “have to pay for a whole new line to be run from the curb to the house, and then have to disconnect the whole well,” which can cost upwards of $10,000.

“That is the thing,” he said. “How can you force someone to spend $10,000 to get city water when they have a perfectly working well for free?”

Just the connection fee at the curb alone, Callahan said, would deter property owners from wanting to make the switch.

Another well driller, based in Pemberton, declined to comment on this story.

Hornickel, when asked by this newspaper what legal authority the municipality has in which it can require a connection to municipal water, replied that “the statutory scheme that permits such is found at N.J.S.A. 40A:31-1 et seq.” That section of state code, however, does not appear to discuss the circumstances of those who have existing, capable wells in use.

Hornickel, during Pemberton council’s Sept. 5 meeting, maintained that “in any other town you look at” that offers water service to its residents, “they either have to connect, period, or if they choose not to connect, they have to at least pay the base See UTILITY/ Page 12

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(Continued from Page 11) service charge for having that available.”

During Pemberton council’s Aug. 4 meeting, Hornickel remarked that “now that we have the extension of water service into Rottau Village, and the connection points available for people to connect, we need to pass an ordinance to either compel people to connect or require them to pay the service charge.”

However, an option to allow affected residents to keep their wells for potableuse and just pay the service charge is not included in the introduced ordinance, with the business administrator noting during Pemberton council’s Oct. 6 meeting that the township engineer ultimately “wanted to make sure that people couldn’t cheat the system by keeping their well connected as their primary water source.”

However, what is i nclude d i n the introduced ordinance, are “provisions to delay the requirement to connect for property owners whose wells are less than five years old,” according to Hornickel.

Any property owner required to connect their building to the municipal water system would have one year to do so after receiving a notice from the Water Division, according to the proposed ordinance. At the suggestion of Councilman Donovan Gardner, property owners would receive a reminder notice six months prior the deadline.

After that deadline passes, according to the proposed ordinance, “if such properties have not connected to the water system, the property owner shall pay the annual minimum user fees and a lien shall be placed on the property in the amount of the connection fee.” That lien could be put up for tax sale, the proposed ordinance notes.

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ordinance, in part, is Pemberton’s recent completion of a roughly $650,000 project to extend the municipal water system into part of Rottau Village. The proposed measure, according to the business administrator at the recent Pemberton council meetings, is needed to “compel people to hook up to water.”

“Because we are not spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to extend water service only for people to say, ‘Nah, I am going to stick with my 25-year-old well,’” the business administrator said.

Hornickel, during the Sept. 15 Pemberton council meeting, noted that no residence in Rottau Village has a well that is five or less years old and there are “maybe two wells there that are less than 10 years old.”

“So, we are not necessarily going in and depriving people of the benefits of having wells,” the business administrator contended. “Because the wells in that neighborhood are all pretty old.”

Hornickel told this newspaper that the municipal water system has recently been extended to “about 20 homes or so” in the area of Rottau Village, including “along Scrapetown Road and up First Avenue.”

Over the next couple of years, he said, “we will also extend water service along the other streets within Rottau Village.”

During Pemberton council’s Sept. 15 meeting, Hornickel said that “we are also expanding down Scrapetown Road” and that “the goal” is to “loop it up back up Magnolia Road so that we have a connection – a robust water system that is interconnected.”

The proposed ordinance, which was introduced unanimously, in an effort to cover future extensions of the water system, states in part, “all residential and nonresidential buildings within 200 linear feet of a township water supply main presently existing, or to be constructed from time to time, shall be required to connect to the township water system and pay the

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appropriate connection fees, and annual user fees for such water services.”

Additionally, the business administrator confirmed to this newspaper that the proposed ordinance “will enable the township to address other areas of the town (outside of the Rottau Village area) where water service exists but property owners are not connected.”

“The determination of other locations will be made in due course,” Hornickel said.

As was pointed out by the business administrator to this newspaper, the proposed ordinance does not apply a blanket requirement on those who may have a private well currently, but fall within the municipal water system territory as it states any obligation is “subject to the availability of sufficient water pressure,” “sufficient capacity” and “at the sole discretion of the township.” Additionally, it states that “connection shall only be required where a water main is available from the front or side yard of a building.”

“The passing of the proposed ordinance will not mandate the entire township (or, more specifically, those areas where water service exists) to connect to city water,” Hornickel contended. “Instead, it gives the Water Division the opportunity to require connection in locations where property owners haven’t connected.

“Before we can require property owners to connect, we first have to investigate whether the properties in any given location have meter pits; if meter pits are lacking, they will have to be installed before we can issue a letter requiring connection. Our plan is to

identify locations where some percentage (say 25 percent or more) of the potential customers on a particular street are not connected and investigate those locations.

The township (through the Water Utility) previously invested the funds to expand the water service area. To the extent that large numbers of property owners on a particular street have not connected, they have not paid their fair share for the infrastructure that was constructed.”

The business administrator noted that “residents across various areas of the town have infrequently requested the extension of township water.”

“From our research, the township’s connection fees are rather low as are our quarterly water bills,” maintained Hornickel to this newspaper. “We offer an interest free, two-year payment schedule. For a water utility to supply fresh, potable water to its residents, it must be self-liquidating, meaning that the revenues have to cover the expenses. That is a bedrock principle in the statutory scheme indicated above (N.J.S.A. 40A:31-1 et seq.). … Keep in mind, an impoverished family with a failing well will pay much more than $2,000 to rehabilitate the well. … The township is well aware that homes connected to city water (and sewer) have higher market values than homes serviced by wells and septic systems.”

The proposed ordinance, 35-2021, is currently scheduled for second reading and public hearing at Pemberton council’s Oct. 20 meeting, according to Deputy Township Clerk Sunshine Dashiell. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m.

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T h at p roj e c t h a s b e e n m e t w it h considerable controversy, as previously reported by this newspaper.

The project, slated for a sandy, mostly open lakefront township property abutting Country Lake, was apparently only first learned about by most residents when they saw the “addition of rip-rap on the shoreline to discourage swimming,” according to Patriarca in a previous interview with this newspaper.

Some residents of the neighborhood – though the Pemberton mayor has contended that it is a very limited number – have been seen in the past using the property to take off for a swim in the lake (in addition to using it to launch watercraft).

As Patriarca previously acknowledged, some have taken to social media with “a lot of negative comments” and called the township, contending “the town is taking away their beach.” “… Some refer to it as a beach,” the Pemberton mayor stated earlier this year.

“It is not a township beach; it is township property.”

The purpose of the project is to put in a “pocket park,” Patriarca maintained during a council meeting earlier this year. A pocket park, he maintained, would actually “discourage swimming” due to the fact that the property is not an officially recognized public beach.

“What the township is doing, as part of maintaining our properties, is creating another park in the community, while also protecting the township against risk,” contended the Pemberton mayor at the time. “If that property was accepted as a township beach, I believe it would then be subject to the standards the town is required to maintain for a public beach, including performing regular water testing and employing lifeguards. If we then failed to do that, then I believe an attorney representing someone would sue this town. Part of our job is to protect the town from potential litigation.”

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Patriarca, a former township police patrolman, earlier this year, also had further contended that he recalled seeing a “horse on a spring” mechanism that children could play on back in the day on the parcel, and that it “wasn’t like a beach like Mirror Lake.” He indicated it had long been a playground site.

He added that the property used to be owned by the then-Country Lakes Homeowners Association, “but when they failed – I want to say it was in the late 80s,” the organization “signed everything over to the township and it became public property.”

The Pemberton mayor, in response to Gardner’s Oct. 6 question, revealed that a complaint had since been filed by a resident with Soil Conservation that the municipality did not obtain the proper permits to do the work it had already completed.

“The floating dock came in, and we are looking to get that installed,” said Patriarca to Gardner. “I don’t think that compromises the complaint we received from Soil Conservation.”

In expanding upon that complaint, the Pemberton mayor contended that it was filed by “a resident who does not want to see any progress in that ‘park.’”

“Basically, he filed a complaint and reported us for doing work without first getting their blessing,” Patriarca maintained.

“Apparently, we have to file for a permit from them, and now we are looking at any other entity we are required to notify in trying to improve the recreational park area for kids as opposed to the old playground that was once there. We are working towards the regulatory process of building a park.”

Daniel Hornickel, business administrator for Pemberton Township, later told this newspaper that when township officials “scoped the project,” they “did not believe a Soil Conservation District (SCD) permit was necessary based upon the dimensions of the project.”

However, he added, “once we began the site preparation, it became apparent that our site work would exceed the parameters of the original scope, necessitating a permit application.”

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The Pemberton business administrator called what occurred “disappointing” as the township was “prepared, this month, to construct the new playground and install the two new docks.”

As far as the currently known costs to implement the two-prong improvement plan, improvements to Spring Lake Beach along with Jean Ammerman and Mirror Lake parks are estimated to cost $177,100; while improvements to Reflections, Bianchini Beach, Blueberry Manor, Rottau, American Legion and Veteran’s parks are estimated to cost $205,500.

Pole Bridge and West End parks are anticipated to be upgraded for about $285,100, while improvements to Tensaw Drive and Orian Branch parks are expected to cost about $224,500. Improvements to Pemberton’s “sports complex” are expected to cost around $245,750.

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Marrolli had told this newspaper earlier this year that it was a work in progress.

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“We might have residents who enjoy playing chess outside,” he said. “Also, the rec department can have a chess club.”

Patriarca, who replied that he “liked that idea,” admitted to having a chess board of his own in the mayor’s office.

Allen also shared a request he received from a new Pemberton resident to build “what he called a pump park” in the municipality.

“A pump park is basically a park where kids go to ride bikes and skateboard,” Allen explained. “It is a bike track, essentially. But I did do some quick research and they are pretty popular throughout the nation. New Jersey actually has five of them.”

Allen said it was “just a thought” he would like to share to possibly have one built in town should resources permit.

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