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By LINDSEY NOLEN
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By ZANE CLARK
The Sun
Its a clean break between Mt.
Laurel Township and former
township manager/tax collector
Maureen Mitchell.
At councils Aug. 15 meeting, it
approved a resolution authorizing a settlement agreement, general release and waiver of claims
regarding Mitchell and her former positions with the township.
The resolution was the first
public action from the township
regarding Mitchell in the nearly
seven weeks since councils June
27 meeting where it first passed a
resolution authorizing the removal of Mitchell from her duties.
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exit exam for graduation has been reduced almost in half from 25 in 2012
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percent passed 10th-grade English.
We tend to agree with Hespe on this
point, though. Many students who
took the test the last two years knew it
after celebrating.
For this reason, the Mt. Laurel Police
Department is partnering with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
to stop drunk drivers and help save lives.
The high-visibility national enforcement campaign, Drive Sober or Get Pulled
Over, runs Aug. 19 to Sept. 5. During this
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New Covenant Presbyterian
Church: Sunday worship 11 a.m. to
noon. Adult Bible study 9:30 to
10:30 a.m. Coffee and fellowship
after the church service each
third Sunday. Church is at 240
Creek Road, Rancocas Woods.
MONDAY AUGUST 29
Storytime With Molly and Jenny:
Ages 5 and up. 1:30 p.m. and
again at 2:30 p.m. Mt. Laurel
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Crochet anyone?: Adult. 7p.m. Mt.
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Tuesday Matinee Boy: Adult. 2
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devout Michael Jackson fan, gets
a chance to know his father, who
has returned to find a bag of
money he buried years ago. 2010.
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The event will feature food and
fun for all ages and will be held on
the church grounds at 200 Masonville Road (across from the
Masonville Fire / EMS stations).
Before the event a worship
service (with junior church for
kids) will be held at 10 a.m.
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with her salary for the three calendar months following her departure.
It was also at the June 27 meeting that council gave what so far
has been its most detailed rationale for Mitchells departure, as
the text of the resolution passed
that evening read: Council believes the retention of a new
township manager to carry out
the legislative and executive programs of the township is in the
best interest of the township.
Although council did not publicly comment on Mitchells departure at the Aug. 15 meeting,
Prime echoed councils previous
sentiments in comments made
later to The Sun.
Township council aspires to
employ the absolute best people
to run the many departments of
the township, and this is in the
furtherance of that goal," Prime
said.
At the Aug. 15 meeting, Councilmembers
Irwin
Edelson,
Richard Van Noord and Dennis
Riley each voted in favor of
Mitchells resignation and settlement agreement, with Councilmember Jim Keenan voting
against. Mayor Linda Bobo was
not present.
Mitchell could not be reached
for comment.
For now, township clerk Meredith Tomczyk continues to serve as
interim, acting township manager.
In other news:
Council passed a corrective
action plan related to findings of
the recently approved 2015 township audit.
One finding related to an operating deficit in the Paws Farm
Nature Center reserve fund of
$4,142.
As trust funds are meant to be
self sustaining, the township
plans to remedy the action by examining the fees currently being
charged at Paws Farm as well as
looking into the possibility of corporate sponsorship.
Council approved a $334,850
bid from R. Maxwell Construction Inc. for the construction of a
concession and restroom facility
to be built at Memorial Field, adjacent to the existing turf athletic
field and parking area.
The next meeting of the Mt.
Laurel Township Council is
scheduled for Sept. 12 at 7 p.m.
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