Township of Berlin

The agenda includes public hearings for ordinances concerning municipal budget appropriation limits, zoning amendments for fueling stations and convenience retail, and the introduction of ordinances regarding police vehicle acquisitions and salary ranges. The council will conduct a public hearing and adopt the municipal budget, authorize payment of bills, and process a liquor license transfer. Further resolutions address roadway and drainage improvements, the release of escrow funds and performance bonds, contract awards for street improvements, and fee waivers. Additionally, the meeting involves the approval of various mercantile applications and business registrations.

The council conducted a public hearing and adopted an ordinance for road milling and resurfacing. They introduced ordinances to exceed the municipal budget appropriation limit, amend zoning regulations for fueling stations, and introduced the 2026 municipal budget. Resolutions were passed to extend memoranda of understanding for redevelopment projects, approve the purchase of a compact track loader, authorize the sale of surplus police equipment, request raffle licenses, re-appoint special law enforcement officers for school security, certify compliance with equal employment opportunity guidelines, and apply for community development block grant funding. Additionally, the council approved various mercantile business licenses.

The agenda included second and first readings for ordinances concerning road milling and resurfacing, municipal budget appropriation limits, and zoning amendments for fueling stations. The meeting featured the introduction of the 2026 calendar year budget and several resolutions, including the extension of memorandums of understanding with UL Partners and Green Grove Baptist Church, the purchase of new compact track loader equipment, the sale of surplus Taser devices, and the appointment of special law enforcement officers for school security. Additional items included authorization for a community development block grant application, the certification of employment compliance, the approval of various business mercantile applications, and the ratification of bill payments.

The meeting included departmental reports, a public hearing for an ordinance fixing salary ranges for officers and employees, and resolutions authorizing the adjustment of the public bidding threshold, rescinding a conditional offer of employment, authorizing appropriation transfers, ratifying payment of bills, refunding payment of trash carts, authorizing a contract agreement for shared services for a Chief Financial Officer, requesting the issuance of raffle licenses, renewing membership in the Camden County Municipal Joint Insurance Fund, authorizing participation in traffic signal emergency response and signal modifications, and terminating participation in the State Health Benefits Program. Mercantile approvals were also discussed.

The meeting included a police accreditation recognition, departmental reports, and a Halloween proclamation. Resolutions were discussed, including those authorizing the township to enter into a Camden County Cooperative Pricing System for sodium chloride, ratifying payment of bills, confirming an official tax sale, authorizing advertisement of RFQs for professional service contracts, and regarding review and amendment of the personnel policy manual. Also discussed were resolutions rejecting an RFP for a feasibility study to explore a shared service for emergency medical services and authorizing re-advertisement, confirming a list of uncollectible taxes, and renewing a three-year extension for the Camden County Shared Service Program "Substance Abuse Visionary Effort" (SAVE). Additional resolutions covered authorizing a refund of sewer funds, rescinding an off-premise draw raffle and requesting a new one, confirming authorization to transfer overpayments from 2025 current year final half tax to 2026 preliminary year tax, granting arcade amusement games licenses, recommending the appointment of a Class 2 member of the Planning and Zoning Board, authorizing the declaration of default by HOVBROS Berlin, LLC, requesting the release of a performance bond and posting of a maintenance bond for Myrtle Development LLC, and awarding a contract for roadway improvements to Pine Avenue- Phase 1. Mercantile approvals and an animal permit were also on the agenda, along with a best practice checklist, public portion, and adjournment.