Gloucester County Town Hall: Meetings, Week of Oct. 12, 2026

Good morning, Gloucester County. Here is what town governments have on the calendar this week and what they took up in the last one. Each item links to its County Brief meeting page, which has the posted agenda and a link to the official documents.

Meetings ahead

Monday, Oct. 12

Monroe Township Zoning Board of Adjustment, 6:30 p.m. The board is set to memorialize approvals for Lee Braddock III (lot coverage, rear and side yard, Res. #47-2026) and Rafael Medina (side yard, Res. #48-2026), and the adjournment of Kenneth Paul's application (Res. #49-2026). New applications include a use variance from David McCahill for an accessory structure, a lot-coverage variance from Anthony Spagno for a pool and deck, and a side-yard variance from Steven Benz for an addition and driveway extension. The board will also take up an amendment for 1085 NBHP LLC, which wants to expand the permitted uses of its property. Agenda

Tuesday, Oct. 13

Westville Borough Council (special meeting), 5 p.m. Two items. Resolution 131-2026 would reject every bid for the GAC Filter Pole Barn Installation Project as out of spec and over estimate. Resolution 132-2026 would authorize an emergency purchase to build the pole barn anyway, to keep the borough's GAC water filters from freezing this winter. Agenda

Franklin Township Committee. A public hearing on Ordinance O-17-26, which authorizes the sale of undersized township lots no longer needed for public use. Also listed: bond anticipation notes for capital improvements, disabled-veteran tax exemptions, appointments to township boards and commissions, and a raffle license for Our Lady of Mercy Academy. Agenda

Pitman Borough Council, 8 p.m. Council will introduce Ordinance No. 15, 2026, amending Chapter 7 (Vehicles and Traffic) of the borough code, with a public hearing set for Oct. 26. The consent agenda includes Resolution 172 (towing contract term), Resolution 173 (fire association membership applications) and Resolution 174, a curfew for Halloween. Creative Pitman's event permit for its Fall Harvest Dance is also up. Agenda

Wednesday, Oct. 14

Washington Township Council. The council's last two agendas list Oct. 14 as its next regular meeting. No agenda had been posted as of this weekend; check the Washington Township meetings page.

Looking ahead: the Washington Township Planning Board meets Oct. 20, and Woodbury's Planning and Zoning Board picks up the Mayis Properties subdivision and site plan for 263 Park Ave. on Oct. 22.

Decisions behind

Monroe: 338 townhomes proposed near Scotland Run. On Oct. 5 the Planning Board reviewed a preliminary major subdivision from Traditions at Scotland Run LLC for 338 townhomes, a clubhouse and open-space lots at Glassboro-Williamstown Road and Franklinville-Turnersville Road. The board approved minor site plans for Kevin Bielski and Michael Fitzgibbon (PB-41-26) and for Gail Stadtler, and heard the Blaze Mill HOA's request to lift the development's ban on sheds. Recap A week earlier, the Zoning Board heard Renegade LLC's minor site plan for 14 greenhouse grow facilities for cannabis cultivation. Recap

Clayton: water bond and housing code up for adoption. Mayor and Council had three ordinances on final reading Oct. 8: 23-2026 (employee salaries), 24-2026 (a bond ordinance for water distribution improvements, introduced Sept. 24 at $1.2 million) and 25-2026 (replacing the borough's affordable housing chapter). Council also introduced changes to personnel policies and the raffles and bingo ordinance, hired crossing guards, and moved to publish notice of intent to buy recycling carts through the Sourcewell cooperative. Recap The Planning and Zoning Board adopted Clayton's Fourth Round Amended Housing Element and Fair Share Plan on Sept. 28. Recap

Gloucester County: more than $1 million in grants. On Oct. 7 the Board of County Commissioners added special items of revenue to the 2026 budget, including traffic-safety and child-advocacy grants totaling more than $1 million, authorized online auctions of surplus property, and honored Robert Holwitt for his service on the Pitman Environmental Commission. Recap

Washington Township: three boards in two days. At a special noon meeting Oct. 6, the council held a public hearing on Ordinance O029-2026, a temporary change to alcoholic beverage hours, and considered Resolution R234-2026 to make it effective in time for Oct. 11. Recap The Planning Board that night passed Resolution 2026-23, extending final site plan approval for Bella Vista Village, 200 Delsea Drive, to Nov. 14, 2027, and heard SEGME Washington LLC's application for 134 County House Road and 201 and 209 Delsea Drive. Recap On Oct. 5 the Zoning Board postponed the Cortese & Celano, Flores, Salerno, Pfersich and Marketplace Mission Group applications to Nov. 9; Sparacio withdrew. Recap

Franklin: a truck scale on Harding Highway. The Zoning Board on Oct. 6 heard ZB26-04, CAT Scale Company's request for use variance relief and an amended major site plan to add a truck scale and sign at 4461 Harding Highway, where a convenience store with fueling stations was already approved. Recap

Also recently:

Westville adopted two bond ordinances Sept. 28: No. 10-2026, $600,000 for capital improvements, and No. 11-2026, $200,000 for the water utility. Recap
Woodbury introduced Ordinance 2462-26 amending its vehicles and traffic code, authorized a consent order with Fair Share Housing Center, asked its planning board to study possible redevelopment areas, and awarded Garrett Paul Construction the Meadow Lane and Franklin Street water main project (Res. 26-164). Recap
Wenonah authorized a Kubota compact utility tractor, a change order for Well #1 and an amended bond ordinance for a fire command vehicle. Recap

Where's my town?

County Brief posts agendas and recaps wherever towns publish them online. We don't yet have meeting records for Deptford, East Greenwich, Elk, Glassboro, Greenwich, Harrison, Logan, National Park, Newfield, Paulsboro, South Harrison, Swedesboro, Woodbury Heights or Woolwich. More are added as they come online; the full list is on the government meetings page.