Town passes fire ordinance about organization, regs
Page 4 • Wednesday, July 31, 2019 • The Hammonton Gazette
COUNCIL, from Page 1
and future – in Hammonton fall
under the supervision and control
of the town; namely, town council.
Council now has the disciplinary
authority to reprimand, suspend or
remove, for any cause deemed
worthy, any member, junior mem-
ber, officer, chief or assistant chief
of the fire department.
this includes the creation of the
fire Department of the town of
Hammonton, and both Hammon-
ton Volunteer fire Company and
the independent Volunteer fire
Company (locally known as Ham-
monton fire Company 1 and 2, re-
spectively) are now members of
that department.
the ordinance also codifies a
minimum age of 18, and prevents
the appointment of anyone nor
shall anyone after said individual
has reached his or her 46th birth-
day, unless such person currently
holds a State of New Jersey fire-
fighter i Certification, is an ex-
empt member of the New Jersey
State firemen’s relief associa-
tion, passes a physical examina-
tion as prescribed by the town of
Hammonton, and has not reached
his or her 55th birthday.
additionally, in order to ensure
the health, safety and welfare of
every volunteer firefighter of the
town of Hammonton, every
member of the Hammonton Vol-
unteer fire Companies shall be
subject to a physical examination
once every four years, which will
be conducted at the expense of the
town, the ordinance said.
the ordinance passed unani-
mously.
in other business, Lt. Kevin
friel of the Hammonton Police
Department (HPD) introduced the
two latest new hires for the depart-
ment: anthony Paulsgraf and
Pedro Benetez. Paulsgraf was
sworn in by Councilman thomas
Gribbin, and Benetez was sworn
in by Councilwoman Brooke
Sacco. Both officers had their
families in attendance. each new
officer was hired as full-time with
benefits at $41,000 annually.
resolution #107-2019 was
adopted, amending the capital
budget for the construction of a
fire suppression building and taxi-
way sealing, for a total cost of
$100,000. Ordinance #016-2019,
to add additional faa grant funds,
was also adopted. this increases
the grant set forth in bond ordi-
nance #002-2016 from $149,832
to $166.763.00.
Mayor and council also voted to
approve Ordinance #18-2019,
which authorizes the sale of town-
owned land in Lot 1.01 and 1.01
t01 of Block 1201, located at 145
S. Second rd., for a minimum
amount of $149,800. the ordi-
nance also calls for a subdivision
of the property prior to the sale, as
a portion contains a cell tower of
which the town wishes to retain
control.
town engineer Mark Hermann
of adams, rehmann & Heggan
(arH) presented his report. as re-
quested by the Public Works and
transportation Committee, arH
provided a proposal to perform
survey work in and around the
Boyer avenue Land application
facility. this work consists of
three components: survey and
right-of-way mark-out of Sewell
avenue; survey of Seventh Street
in order to design a permanent so-
lution to the ongoing storm water
erosion, and survey of Boyer av-
enue and the interceptor trench
area for sanitary sewer extension.
the proposal was in the amount of
$9,300, which was approved.
the Pinelands Commission ap-
proved the relocation of the inter-
ceptor trench discharge as an
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