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Gloucester County Town Hall: Week of Oct. 19 — Westville's $199,000 Emergency Pole Barn, Washington Township's Inspection Fees
Two planning boards meet this week, including Woodbury's on a 263 Park Ave. subdivision. Behind us: Westville's $199,000 emergency contract to protect its water filters, Washington Township's inspections-and-fees ordinance and a Franklin land-sale hearing.
Good morning, Gloucester County. It's a quiet week on the town calendar, with two planning boards meeting, and a busy one behind us: Westville's emergency contract to protect its water filters before winter, a new inspections-and-fees ordinance in Washington Township and a land-sale hearing in Franklin. Each item links to its County Brief meeting page, which has the posted agenda and a link to the official documents.
Meetings ahead
Tuesday, Oct. 20
Washington Township Planning Board. The board set this date as its next meeting when it last met Oct. 6. No agenda had been posted as of Friday; check the Washington Township meetings page before you go.
Thursday, Oct. 22
Woodbury Planning and Zoning Board. Back on the table: Mayis Properties LLC's preliminary-final subdivision and final major site plan for 263 Park Ave., which the board carried from its Sept. 24 meeting. Sept. 24 recap
Looking ahead: Pitman Borough Council and Westville Borough Council both meet Monday, Oct. 26, when Pitman holds its public hearing on Ordinance No. 15, 2026, amending the borough's vehicles and traffic chapter. Washington Township Council meets next on Wednesday, Oct. 28.
Decisions behind
Westville: a $199,000 emergency contract to keep the water filters from freezing. At a special meeting Oct. 13, the council rejected both bids for the GAC Filter Pole Barn Installation Project, from Pioneer Pole Building Inc. and Dutchman Contracting, as out of spec and over the estimate. It then authorized an emergency purchase under state law to get the pole barn built before winter, awarding the work to Pioneer Pole Building for no more than $199,000. The structure is meant to shelter the borough's granular activated carbon water filters from freezing temperatures. Recap
Washington Township: inspections and fees, and snow plowing bids. Ordinance O028-2026, which amends Chapter 92, Article I of the township code covering inspections and fees, was up for a public hearing and adoption at the council's Oct. 14 meeting. The consent agenda authorized bids for snow plowing services and canceled taxes for several totally disabled veterans. Council also recognized the volunteers who worked on Washington Lake Park and proclaimed October Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Recap
Franklin: selling off undersized township lots. The Township Committee held its public hearing Oct. 13 on Ordinance O-17-26, which authorizes the sale of small township-owned lots no longer needed for public use. The agenda also included R-148-26, authorizing bond anticipation notes for capital improvements; R-149-26, a tax exemption for a totally disabled veteran; appointments to the Planning Board and the Communications Commission; and a junkyard license. Recap
Monroe: council and ordinance committee meet; zoning board takes up a commercial use change. Video of the Oct. 14 Township Council meeting and the Ordinance Committee meeting the same day is posted; written minutes are not yet available. Council video · Ordinance Committee video On Oct. 12 the Zoning Board memorialized approvals for Lee Braddock III and Rafael Medina, and took up 1085 NBHP LLC's request to add office and commercial uses to its approval, along with variance applications from David McCahill, Anthony Spagno and Steven Benz. Recap
Pitman: a traffic ordinance and a Halloween curfew. Council's Oct. 13 agenda introduced Ordinance No. 15, 2026, amending Chapter 7 (Vehicles and Traffic), with a hearing Oct. 26, and listed Resolution 174, a curfew for Halloween. Creative Pitman's permit for its Fall Harvest Dance on Nov. 14 was also on the agenda. 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.