{ "document_id": 12361, "page": 28, "width_pt": 612, "height_pt": 1008, "rotation": 0, "pipeline_version": "paddleocr-vl-1.6+paul-48", "engine": "paddleocr_vl", "source_run_id": 12473, "item_count": 8, "counts_by_type": { "header": 2, "text": 6 }, "build_ms": 2, "items": [ { "id": "p28.1", "order": 1, "type": "header", "bbox": { "l": 87.12, "t": 971.52, "r": 399.12, "b": 957.6 }, "text": "Jackson Township Council Meeting Minutes November 8, 2007", "attrs": { "block_label": "header" }, "level": 2 }, { "id": "p28.2", "order": 2, "type": "header", "bbox": { "l": 447.12, "t": 971.76, "r": 516.72, "b": 957.6 }, "text": "Page 28 of 29", "attrs": { "block_label": "number" }, "level": 2 }, { "id": "p28.3", "order": 3, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 85.92, "t": 935.76, "r": 523.68, "b": 906.72 }, "text": "explained he had valid questions but as a prior elected official he is held accountable for the actions taken place during his term in office." }, { "id": "p28.4", "order": 4, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 86.16, "t": 894.96, "r": 525.6, "b": 504.48 }, "text": "JOHN SUTTLES-403 MEADOWOOD ROAD: He asked the Council that earlier in the meeting they held a hearing on resolutions only and allowed the public to speak on resolutions they were about to vote on and stated he understood the system was to allow the residents to come up and comment and question the Council on what they were doing and why and perhaps influence the Council's vote. Council agreed. He then stated about 51 weeks ago they were in a similar situation where they were voting on a resolution to amend the budget for 2006 which is a budget that was passed approximately eight weeks prior and a resident came to the microphone and stating the money was[p28.4.1] spent why were they doing a budget transfer? The answer came from the attorney who stated it was impossible to estimate in February what they would need in November even though they were estimating it in August and not February. Then the resident asked how much the transfer was, where was it coming from and where was it going to and no one had the answer yet fifteen minutes later they all voted to approve it. Mr. Suttles stated that when residents come to the microphone and ask questions about something they are about to vote on he felt they should be able to assure the residents that they know what they are doing before the residents find out in May they didn't know what they were doing and replace them. He also stated when someone comes and asks the Council what they are doing they should have the courtesy to answer them before they allow other guests at the meeting to interrupt and get between the Council and who ever asked the question and stated the reason he said that was because earlier in the evening someone asked a question about the budget and the Mayor jumped all over him and if he, Mr. Suttles, had done that he would have been escorted out by two police officers. Mayor Seda stated he resented the comment and stated the budget question was directed to him and he answered it. Mr. Suttles reminded the Mayor it was a Council meeting on a resolution and not the Mayor since he prepared and submitted the budget. Mayor Seda stated if Mr. Suttles came prepared with meeting minutes and documentation instead of hearsay and stated if he was accusing him of something he would appreciate it if he came with the facts to back it up.", "children": [ { "id": "p28.4.1", "order": 5, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 86.16, "t": 894.96, "r": 525.6, "b": 504.48 }, "text": "3/4", "attrs": { "inline": true, "text_offset": 661, "text_span": 9, "bbox_estimated": true } } ] }, { "id": "p28.5", "order": 6, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 86.4, "t": 494.16, "r": 524.88, "b": 409.68 }, "text": "SHELDON BRANDMAN-56 CYPRESS POINT LANE: He asked if they were getting a new cable contract? Councilman Martin explained he was meeting with them next Thursday and would have a new resolution one way or the other about it. Mr. Brandman stated if they had the Township Council meetings on cable it would blow the Nielson ratings off the charts and advertising space alone would save the budget for the next three years." }, { "id": "p28.6", "order": 7, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 85.92, "t": 397.68, "r": 525.12, "b": 285.12 }, "text": "JOSEPH BRILL-100 MURIFIELD ROAD: He stated he was in the engineering office today and was told to go to the Mayor or Administrator to see about getting grant money to upgrade the doors in his building to accommodate handicap people. Administrator Del Turco stated he wasn't familiar with any grant program that would provide handicap access and knows the township is a recipient of a yearly community development block grant and it could be done in a public building but the Mews was a private community and as a courtesy he would make some inquiries but because it's a private community he wasn't sure what help he would get but would inquire." }, { "id": "p28.7", "order": 8, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 86.4, "t": 273.84, "r": 525.36, "b": 77.52 }, "text": "PAUL MAYEROWITZ-91 CYPRESS POINT LANE: He stated Mr. Giblin brought up the “Pay-to-Play” issue and yet when he brought it up originally he was asked to come back with a list of recommendations where he thought “Pay-to-Play” made sense. He stated Mr. Gilmore commented on the excellent job Chris Christy was doing and that he didn’t feel “Pay-to-Play” ordinances were necessary. Mr. Mayerowitz pointed out to Council that they adopted the ten point republican blueprint for reform in the State of NJ and other items indicated that this Council would approve “Pay-to-Play”. Council President Updegrave committed during a September meeting a plan would be presented in a month or so and at the last Council meeting he asked where the ordinances were because a month had gone by and she indicated they weren’t quite done and it would be another month. He assumed there would be an ordinance to look at in December based on what she said. He brought it up because he was disappointed since learning they had ordinances back in February 2005 that were not acted upon yet the Council told him to present his recommendations. He stated those recommendations were in the minutes of" } ], "excluded_furniture": { "first": [], "last": [] } }