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Resident questions lack of notice for Police Headquarters work; asks about $255,000 housing payment
Summary
During public comment, Anne Hearing asked why residents were not notified about Police Headquarters construction and whether a $255,000 payment to the Haddonfield Housing Agency was for units on Fowler and Stiles Avenues; officials said the payment was for repairs to affordable units and that the Police HQ project is in the construction phase.
Anne Hearing of Walnut Street raised two concerns during the Nov. 25 public-comment periods.
First, Hearing asked whether Check #2713 — a $255,000 payment to the Haddonfield Housing Agency — was for work on the Fowler and Stiles Avenue affordable units. The Borough Administrator replied the funds were for repairs to affordable units; the minutes do not specify which units or provide a payment breakdown.
Hearing also said residents were not notified about the start of work on the new Police Headquarters and asked when the project would go before the Planning Board. Mayor Bianco Bezich responded that the project is in the construction phase. The minutes record Hearing said she believed the action ran counter to the Master Plan; the mayor’s reply did not address the timing of Planning Board review beyond confirming construction status.
The minutes show no additional follow-up from the board at the meeting; who will sign borough checks was answered by the Borough Administrator, who said the Commissioner in charge of Revenue and Finance would be responsible, but the minutes do not identify that commissioner by name in the response.
