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COUNCIL PRESIDENT KERN- Please remain standing for a moment to honor the soldiers who fought so that we could have a meeting like this and our First Responders who keep us safe while we do it.
ROLL CALL: COUNCILMAN BORRELLI COUNCILMAN CHISHOLM (Absent) COUNCILMAN SAUICKIE COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT FLEMMING COUNCIL PRESIDENT KERN ATTORNEY MCGUCKIN TOWNSHIP CLERK KISTY
As Clerk of this meeting, I publicly announce that in compliance with the provisions of the “Open Public Meetings Act” adequate notice of this meeting of the Jackson Township Council has been advertised in the manner prescribed by law.
COUNCILMAN BORRELLI – Stated that Chief Kunz shared with the Township Council that there’s a display of Jackson Police Department memorabilia available for the public to view until the end of October. It is located on the first floor at Jackson branch of the Ocean County Library; included in the display are photographs, Police equipment and items used or worn by Chief Jerry Showell who served our town from 1946 to 1962 and Chief Walter McCurdy who served our town from 1962 to 1986. The families of Chief Showell and McCurdy helped provide the personal effects for the display. As well as Major Borden Applegate who’s a retired Jackson Police Officer.
He wanted to encourage our fellow residents to stop by and enjoy the display exhibit. That’s at the Jackson Library which was created in honor and recognition of the Jackson Township Police Department 75th milestone. Thanked them for keeping our great town safe and secure.
In closing, Johnson Day is this Saturday, October 2nd from 12 to 6 p.m. at Johnson Park. It’ll be fun for the whole family, including a parade kickoff starting at 11 AM. Leading into the park opening ceremonies in the park around 12 which will include the signing of the National Anthem. All different kinds of food vendors, beer garden, petting zoo, a game truck among other things and different kind of other informational vendors as well as the First Responders and Firefighters. Encourages all to attend and wants to encourage residents to invite your family, friends and neighbors to join us.
The town would also like to honor and recognize our doctors, nurses and health care workers by inviting them to walk in the parade, so if you work in the health care field and know of anyone that does or belong to an organization in Jackson or coach a sports team in Jackson, and you and your players will like to walk in the parade, please reach out to our Township’s Recreation Department at (732) 928-1260. They are organizing the Jackson Day event for all of us and he hopes to see all of you on Saturday.
COUNCILMAN SAUICKIE- Called attention the first reading of Ordinance 22-21, on the agenda tonight. He stated this is a revision of an ordinance that he’d authored and the Council unanimously passed back in April of 2020, known as the Soil Fill ordinance. That ordinance passed and it was based on a New Jersey DEP template in response to what the residents of the town had asked of the Council, which was to protect the unique environment of Jackson. The ordinance was then brought to Court by a builders union and a developer and the Judge overturned it. He is happy to be resubmitting it tonight. Stated it did take a little bit longer than he had hoped, but we wanted to make sure it was in line with the original intended coordinates and he hoped that Council would pass it tonight.