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Resident requests later meeting time; commissioners highlight parks, Kings Highway completion, fire training and library reopenings
Summary
A resident urged the Camden County Board of Commissioners to move monthly noon meetings to 6 p.m.; commissioners responded and provided updates on labor relations, parks projects, the Kings Highway $12.1M project finished ahead of schedule, the county fire academy, a book donation to the juvenile detention center, vaccine sites, and local events.
During the public comment portion, Courtney McDaniels of Haddonfield told the board she and friends cannot attend noon meetings because of work and asked that the county move its monthly meetings to 6:00 p.m. The chair said meetings were moved to noon during the COVID pandemic to allow online participation, noted additional Camden County town hall meetings, and said the board would take McDaniels’ suggestion under consideration. McDaniels provided her name and address on the record.
Commissioners used their comment time to summarize department activity and community events. Commissioner Nash thanked administration for resolving recent labor disputes and praised parks department work, including a gospel festival he said drew over 5,000 people and roughly 60 active parks projects; he highlighted drainage and ballfield improvements expected at Bonita Park.
Commissioner Young said the county assumed responsibility for the Lakeland fire academy and listed upcoming training offerings, noted the new training tower will open in October, and thanked staff for a donation of more than 1,000 books to the juvenile detention center provided by Freedom Reads. He also noted a county representative will participate in a Rutgers sustainability conference.
Commissioner Dyer and Deputy Director McDonald both congratulated staff and local mayors on the completion and opening of the Kings Highway project, which the transcript cites as a $12,100,000 project covering improvements from Haddon Heights to Audubon to Mount Ephraim. Commissioner Bediritz/Betteridge reminded residents that flu vaccination sites are posted on the county website and announced a county Hispanic Heritage Month event at the Collingswood Ballroom with about 175 participants and roughly 15 honorees. Commissioner Cooley Fleischer said the Nelsa Cruz Perez downtown library branch has reopened after remediation and previewed several veterans events connected to Homecoming 250, and noted Veterans Affairs Director Ted Gallagher will be honored by SpectraCare.
The chair closed by praising the Kings Highway teamwork, took a motion to adjourn, recorded ayes, and adjourned the meeting.
What happens next: the board said it will consider the resident request about meeting times and pointed to the county website for town hall schedules and additional meeting opportunities.
