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Council’s office works collaboratively together. He also gets referrals for issues of concern that may or may not be an issue and they are all referred to the appropriate department. That may be zoning, Code Enforcement, maybe the Police Department and it may be all of them because they work collaboratively. Every monthly department head meeting, when this topic comes up, the local ordinances about folks being able to have the quiet enjoyment of their home and for people to following the rules and being respectful and civilized with their neighbors. It’s very simple because he is the one saying that we have local rules for a reason. If someone is violating the rules it’s very simple; they go to court. That’s with all 16 different departments that we have here and that’s simply not Code Enforcement or local ordinances generally speaking we’re a Nation of Laws and we should be a Nation in a Country and a Municipality of mutual respect for each other.

He wanted to share how we conduct our administrative affairs in conjunction with the Council and in conjunction with the taxpayers and user groups. There was clearly a need for additional coverage. One of the complaints that we had was to what extent are you able to manage a call when it comes in the middle of the night or comes in during off hours and they're not working or it's the weekend it's Saturday morning, it's a Sunday afternoon. The default had been reach out to the Police Department and the commentary was that the protocols weren't consistent with what the goal was of the complainant so we met and we discussed that issue. Two parts and he'll get to the more staffing issue to address specific concerns; we're revising the protocol within which the communication Officers handle inquiries should feel comfortable anytime, any day with the 24 hours and 7 days a week. If they see an area of concern that they wish to have addressed, they can confidently contact the Police Department. He stated the Department heads are here too and they can give you a macro view of how they work and how they operate so you understand the value that's being provided to you.

One item specific to staffing we are engaging in having complete coverage for 7 days a week for full days because unfortunately in a 100 square mile town was approximately 60,000 people. You have the vast majority following the rules respecting each other and raising their families to live, work and play and succeed. However, there are folks who violate the law, who don’t care, who are disrespectful of their neighbors and even when provided with summonses continue to disrespect and continue to not care and not be concerned with multiple summonses and even when provided with summonses, continue to disrespect, and not be concerned with multiple summonses. That’s very difficult and very unusual happenstance when that happens. We have a full time Code Enforcement member starting next week. So we have full time coverage on Saturday and full coverage on Sunday and a few additional interviews and additional coverage to bring a full day coverage from morning to the late afternoon to the early evening hours. He stated what we want you to know and feel comfortable that we’re still adjudicating your local ordinances that you’re paying taxes for consistent with the goals and objectives with the Council on a full 7 day a week basis. However there still will be times when you still may have to reach out to the Police Department; there are revised protocols that are updated in place to better manage those issues when you are dealing with persistent violators and it’s really unfortunate when it does occur. However when fines are put into place or rather summonses that’s a Court process and we are not involved in the court process that is not a legal place for Administration to be involved with. The Police Department is a separate entity, the court is a separate entity as well so once it’s in that area then that’s a different path.

He stated to Council President Kern that it was a longer answer, he also wanted the folks to know that the departments are here. They're available to you. Our doors are open and every single complaint is referred to the appropriate department. If you find a failure in that particular department area, please let us know and you also have the council available, the Mayor and the Township Attorney and we are continuing to do our best to have that. Regardless of background, where you live and where you are from or your faith we all follow the same rules together as respectful neighbors of Jackson Township.

Council President Kern stated he would like the department heads to come up. What can the Council do and what has the council done. Last year someone already mentioned the 700 person party. The very next meeting less than two weeks later, we had an ordinance up and ready and on the books banning short-term rentals in the Township. Since then we've raised a dozen different fines throughout the Township and raised the fine amounts and penalties for breaking those laws. There's a number of things we can do and a number of things we already have done and we do and we look at and we consistently go through