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Camden County commissioners approve block of resolutions, adopt college bond ordinance and approve $921,310 drone purchase for police
Summary
At a public meeting the Camden County Board of Commissioners voted to adopt a bond ordinance for Camden County College, approved a block vote covering resolutions 1–92 plus a walk-on drone procurement, and set public hearings for additional open-space bond resolutions on June 19, 2025.
The Camden County Board of Commissioners voted to approve a block of resolutions covering items 1 through 92 and a walk-on resolution to purchase drones and accessories for county police, and adopted a bond ordinance to fund improvements at Camden County College.
The board adopted a bond ordinance appropriating $3,336,653 to finance improvements at Camden County College. The public hearing on that bond ordinance was opened and, with no members of the public speaking on the measure, the hearing was closed and the ordinance adopted by roll call.
Commissioners also introduced two related resolutions concerning county guarantees and financing by the Camden County Improvement Authority tied to the county—s Open Space, Recreation, Farmland and Historic Preservation Trust Fund. Public hearings for those resolutions were announced for June 19, 2025, at the Camden County Courthouse, 520 Market Street, Sixth Floor, at 12 noon.
A walk-on resolution authorizing an award of contract ESCNJ/AEPA22G between the County of Camden and CDW Government Inc. for the purchase of drones and accessories under the Educational Services Commission of New Jersey cooperative pricing system was included in the block vote. The contract amount listed on the agenda was $921,310.86. A member of the public asked whether the county was using "educational funds" for the purchase; a county official responded that the drones will be purchased for the Camden County Metro Police Department and that the cooperative contract mechanism is a procurement vehicle, not a source of education operating funds.
The board took the block vote by roll call. The motion to adopt resolutions 1 through 92 and the walk-on passed. Several commissioners recorded abstentions on individual numbered items: Commissioner Cooley Fleisher asked to be recorded as abstaining on item 3; Commissioner Nash recorded abstentions on items 17, 40, 75 and 76; Commissioner Young recorded abstentions on items 1, 13, 17, 76 and 88; Director Cappelli recorded abstentions on items 13, 17, 75 and 76. The record shows no named votes against the block motion. A subsequent separate motion for resolution 93 received no motion and the clerk announced that resolution did not pass.
The board opened additional public comment later in the meeting and received a range of remarks and questions from residents on unrelated matters.
Actions recorded in the meeting minutes and by roll call indicate the bond ordinance for Camden County College and the block vote (resolutions 192 and walk-on) were adopted; resolution 93 had no motion and did not pass.
