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Elk Township planning board elects chair, sets 2025 schedule and appoints professionals
Summary
At its Jan. 15 reorganization meeting the Elk Township Combined Planning & Zoning Board elected Matt Afflerbach chair and Jay Hughes vice chair, adopted its 2025 meeting schedule and approved professional service appointments and two memorialized resolutions.
Matt Afflerbach, chairperson of the Elk Township Combined Planning & Zoning Board, was elected chair at the board's reorganization meeting on Jan. 15, 2025. Jay Hughes was elected vice chair. The meeting was held at the Elk Township Municipal Court Room in Monroeville and began at 7 p.m.
The board adopted its 2025 schedule — regular meetings at 7 p.m. on the third Wednesday of each month, except November which will meet on the first Wednesday — and designated "The Sentinel" and "South Jersey Times" as official newspapers for notices. Ann Marie Weitzel was appointed board secretary; the law firm Dasti & Staiger was appointed board solicitor; and Bach and Associates was chosen as both board planner and board engineer (the engineer appointment passed on an 8-1 roll-call vote). Mayor Carolyn Sammons administered oaths to reappointed members and board professionals.
The board also memorialized two prior resolutions: Resolution 2024-16, granting a bulk variance to Harry and Serena Holmes for property at 930 Aura Road (Application ZB-24-03), and Resolution 2024-17, a preliminary and major subdivision/site plan for D.R. Horton (Application SD-24-03). In the Holmes memorialization, the board adjusted Mr. Smith's prior vote to an abstention because he had not been present at the original hearing; the final tally recorded 8 yeas, 0 nays, 1 abstention. The D.R. Horton memorialization passed with a recorded tally of 8 yeas, 0 nays, 1 abstention after an administrative correction to road names was noted.
Chair Afflerbach and Vice Chair Hughes thanked board members and said they look forward to working together for the township's residents. The meeting adjourned at 7:30 p.m.
Votes at a glance: - Chairperson: Matt Afflerbach — approved by roll call, 9-0-0 (SEG 015–021). - Vice Chair: Jay Hughes — approved by roll call, 9-0-0 (SEG 022–026). - Meeting schedule (Resolution #2025-01) — adopted unanimously (SEG 029–034). - Official newspapers (Resolution #2025-02) — "The Sentinel" and "South Jersey Times" designated, unanimous (SEG 035–036). - Board Secretary (Resolution #2025-03): Ann Marie Weitzel — approved unanimously (SEG 037–038). - Board Solicitor (Resolution #2025-05): Dasti & Staiger — approved unanimously (SEG 040–041). - Board Planner (Resolution #2025-05): Bach and Associates — approved unanimously (SEG 042–043). - Board Engineer (Resolution #2025-06): Bach and Associates — approved 8-1-0 (SEG 044–047). - Memorialize Resolution 2024-16 (Holmes bulk variance): adopted 8-0-1 after vote adjustment (SEG 051–061). - Memorialize Resolution 2024-17 (D.R. Horton subdivision/site plan): adopted 8-0-1 (SEG 062–068).
The board announced that Mr. Cheney, the board solicitor, will provide a short training on meeting procedures at an upcoming meeting, and Chair Afflerbach asked that the training begin at the next meeting.
