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Camden County Town Hall: Week of November 9 — Data-Center Rules in Pennsauken and Lawnside, Collingswood's $1.5 Million Land Deal
Pennsauken put a data-center ordinance up for first reading, Lawnside's planning board takes up a ban Monday, and Collingswood's agenda listed a $1.52 million purchase near Good Shepherd.
Data centers are on the table in two Camden County towns this week. Pennsauken's Township Committee listed an ordinance to regulate large-scale data centers for first reading on Thursday, and Lawnside's Planning Board meets Monday night to memorialize its recommendation on an ordinance that would prohibit them. Collingswood's commissioners, meanwhile, listed a $1,522,000 land acquisition on their November 2 agenda. Five meetings are on the calendar for the week ahead.
Below: what's on the calendar, what those meetings took up, and where to find the documents.
Meetings ahead
- Monday, November 9, 7 PM: Lawnside Planning Board (by Zoom). The agenda lists approval of the October 19 hearing minutes and two resolutions. One would memorialize the board's report to the Mayor and Council on Ordinance 09-2026, which would prohibit data centers and cryptocurrency mining facilities in all zoning districts and redevelopment areas. The other would memorialize a recommendation on four proposed ordinances covering short-term rentals, swimming pools, noise and nuisance gatherings, residential parking, and hotels as a conditional use. Lawnside meeting page
- Tuesday, November 10: Cherry Hill Board of Education. The work session and special action meeting is set to include a State of the District presentation from Superintendent Dr. Kwame R. Morton Sr., a quarterly update on district goals, a preview of High School West's fall play, "1776," and September financial reports. The first public comment period is limited to special-action items 19 through 22. Cherry Hill meeting page
- Tuesday, November 10: the Pennsauken Planning Board and the Berlin Township Mayor and Council also meet.
- Thursday, November 12: Camden City Council. Two resolutions are listed: a $304,995 municipal auditing contract with PKF O'Connor Davies, LLP, of Voorhees for calendar year 2027, and acceptance of Federal Emergency Management Agency funding for the Camden Fire Department through the Local Efficiency Achievement Grant Program. The resolution texts were not available when the agenda was printed. Camden meeting page
Decisions behind
Pennsauken: data-center and golf ordinances up for first reading
The Township Committee's November 5 agenda listed two ordinances for first reading: one to regulate large-scale data centers, and one setting Pennsauken Country Club membership, greens fees, outings, leagues, golf cart rentals and lessons for the 2027 season. The consent agenda included budget insertions for recycling tonnage and recreation facility enhancement, escrow refunds, a liquor license renewal and transfer, and an extension request tied to the Wayne Avenue improvement contract under the FY 2025 NJDOT Trust Fund. The agenda also listed a closed session on contract matters. It does not say how any item was decided.
Collingswood: $1,522,000 for 45,546 square feet at 100 Lees Avenue
The Board of Commissioners' November 2 agenda listed second readings and public hearings for Ordinances 1842 through 1845. Ordinance 1843 would acquire about 45,546 square feet at 100 Lees Avenue, part of the former Good Shepherd school and convent property, for recreation at a negotiated price of $1,522,000, subject to subdivision approval, due diligence, a sale contract and funding. Ordinance 1842 would designate streets and alleys as snow-emergency no-parking areas; 1844 amends a recreational bond; 1845 concerns fire inspector salaries. Ordinances 1846 (sump pump discharge) and 1847 (sign brackets) were up for first reading.
Resolutions included appointing a Backyard Hen Advisory Board and a license agreement with Walters Group for due diligence. The agenda lists the next commissioners' meeting for December 7. No votes were included in the posted record.
Barrington: full state aid retained, Shreve Avenue parking on the list
The Borough Council's November 4 caucus agenda reported a Best Practice Questionnaire score of 40.5, above the 34-point threshold for receiving the full December state aid payment. The 2025 audit exit conference took place October 27 with no findings. Engineering items included quotes for on-street parking along Shreve Avenue, a change order for Austin Avenue Improvements Phase IV and a Safe Routes to Schools grant application. Ordinances listed for introduction covered stormwater controls, a redevelopment plan and cannabis rules.
Mount Ephraim: minors and parental responsibility ordinance
The Board of Commissioners' November 4 agenda listed a public hearing on Ordinance 2026-10, which would create a code chapter titled "Minors and Parent Responsibility." Ordinance 2026-11, revised stormwater management regulations, was listed for first reading, with a December 2 hearing planned. Vouchers totaled $1,263,502.39, and six consent resolutions included certification of the 2025 audit and an ADA-accessible chair lift award. The agenda does not establish whether the hearing or adoption took place.
Lindenwold: Fire District ordinance, and an interim high school principal
The Borough Council's November 4 agenda listed Ordinance 2026:35 for first reading, amending the code's Fire District chapter, along with Resolutions 2026:211–220. Those cover extensions to closing dates for four property sales, an FY2025 road-program bid for Oak, Hawthorne and East Linden Avenue, and hiring a police clerk. Council meeting page
Two days earlier, the Board of Education's agenda recommended appointing Dr. Colleen Murray as interim high school principal at $550 per diem, effective October 26. Enrollment figures listed ranged from 459 students at School Four to 696 at the high school. The posted agenda does not establish that anything was approved. Board of Education meeting page
Winslow and Haddonfield schools
Winslow's Board of Education approved a slate of field trips, fundraisers and professional development workshops on October 28, and accepted a donation of coats for students. It also heard a technology audit and an update on state assessments from Interim Superintendent Mark Pease. On November 4 it held a special Strategic Plan Committee meeting with a presentation from Dr. Laurie Bandlow of the New Jersey School Boards Association; that record is an agenda only. Winslow meeting page
The Haddonfield Board of Education's October 29 agenda recognized National Merit Scholarship semifinalists, included a referendum update and a proposal for an in-house program for students ages 18 to 21, and listed adoption of the 2027-28 academic calendar. Haddonfield meeting page
Pennsauken Planning Board: a boba tea shop on Westfield Avenue
At its October 27 work session, the board reviewed a Sterling Properties Group site plan to subdivide 5101 North Park Drive for future redevelopment, and held a hearing for Hollywood Caphe on a change of use from a nail salon to a boba tea shop at 4813 Westfield Avenue. The next meeting is November 10. Pennsauken meeting page
Black Horse Pike Regional and Camden County Technical Schools
The Black Horse Pike Regional Board of Education's November 2 agenda listed monthly budget transfers, bills and use of facilities; the posted text ends before any results. Meeting page At a November 2 special meeting, the Camden County Technical Schools board approved, 4-0, pool use at the Gloucester Township campus for Bellmawr Fire & Rescue/CCUSAR from November 4 through 13 at no fee, and a Model UN advisor job description. Meeting page
Where the records are
Agendas, minutes and summaries for every meeting we follow are collected at countybrief.com/nj/camden/government/. Not every Camden County town has posted meeting documents yet.