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And I haven't seen, >> but they've had >> they've had >> Good evening. It is Thursday, June 25th, 6 PM. Welcome to the agenda meeting of the Burma Beach Haven. Please join us in the Pledge of Allegiance led by Mr. McAffrey.

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I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Pursuant to the New Jersey Open Public

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Meetings Act, adequate and electronic notice of this meeting has been provided by posting on the bulletin board in the Beach Haven Municipal Building and on the Burough website legal notices page as required by law. Miss Anderson, >> Mrs. Ball Miller

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>> here. Mr. McCaffrey >> here. >> Miss Snder >> here. >> Mayor Lambert >> here. >> I have the May 11th, 2026 regular meeting. May 28th, 2026 agenda meeting, June 1st, 2026 special meeting, and the

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June 1st, 2026 executive session minutes for approval without formal reading. >> Anybody have any objections to this? >> No. >> No. >> Is there a motion to approve? >> I'll make the motion. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed?

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Motion approved. All matters listed under item consent agenda are considered to be routine by the municipal council and will be enacted by one motion in the form listed. Any items requiring expenditure supported by a certification

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of availability of funds and any item requiring discussion will be removed from the consent agenda and discussed separately. All consent agenda items will be reflected in full in the minutes. Resolution 163 is permitting an

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additional townwide yard sale date for September. 164 authorizing the sale of surplus property no longer needed for public use in an online auction. This is miscellaneous items like computer equipment.

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165 appointing special counsel and Associates. 66 approving change order number 13 dated June 5th, 2026 for the 2025 emergency operations center renovations.

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It's $6,588.85 for additional fire resistant gypsum. Resolution 167 approving change order number 14 dated June 9th, 2026 for the 2025 emergency operation center

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renovations $14,250.3 for additional wall repairs. Resolution 168, approval to submit a grant application and execute a grant contract with the New Jersey Department of Transportation for the state fiscal

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year 2027 road reconstruction project Nelson Avenue from Bay Avenue to the Westerly End and Mville Avenue from Bay Avenue to West Avenue in the amount of $691,128. Resolution 169 approving the purchase of

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a sponsorship for the July 4th fireworks. 170 urging legislation imposing state reimbursement of the cost of disabled veterans total property tax exemption. 171 adjusting the salary for land use

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board secretary employee number BUNCE005. 72 acknowledging the appointment of special law enforcement officer class 2 rolled. >> Everybody have a chance to look them over. Is there anything you'd like to pull for discussion?

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>> I have a comment about one, so I'll just make my comment before I vote. >> That's all right. >> Which one? Go ahead. Yeah. Uh 171 2026. Okay. read it now. Yeah. Um although I do approve of adjusting the salary for our

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land news board secretary, I did make my position clear that I felt the salary should be higher. Um this is based upon the excellent job performance that um this employee is doing and the number of hours that um she's been working. It's

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um it's a very unusual situation we have here and although I I certainly approve it, I I do wish that it was a it was more. That's >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> I do think everybody up here agrees that the employee was doing an excellent job. There were numerous discussions and

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considerations and respect that. But I just want >> I agreed. >> Anything else? >> No. If not, is there a motion to approve the resolutions within the consent agenda? >> I'll make the motion. >> I'll second.

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>> Mrs. Ball Miller, >> yes. >> Mr. McAffrey, >> yes. >> Miss Snder, >> yes. >> Mayor Lambert, >> yes. >> The bill list this evening in the amount of 1,9,843.13. >> Everybody have a chance to review the bills? >> Yep. >> Yes.

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>> Is there a motion to approve? I'll make a motion to approve pay the bills. I'll >> second. >> Mrs. Ball Miller, >> yes. >> Mr. McCaffrey, >> yes. >> Miss Snder, >> yes. >> Mayor Lambert, >> yes. >> Under general discussion, uh the CAFRA

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application that's been submitted uh for 550 Leeward Avenue. >> Okay. um to lead the discussion. I the council um all the members that I've spoken with and it's for and I I assume that um we

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are very very concerned and a letter is being written by the council to the D expressing our concerns about this uh permit application. Uh I had somebody today ask me, well, you know, use your juice to get the D.

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We don't have that kind of juice. Okay, we will do our best. We will state our position and that is what we can and will do at this point. Um hopefully they'll listen to us, but beyond that, that's where this application stands. I know it just kind of blew up like two

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days ago and uh I know she probably but Councilwoman B Miller wrote an incredible letter and uh she was on it immediately. So we are you know people like what's town going to do? Are you ignoring this? No, we're not. So >> yeah, I just wanted to just wanted to

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say um the letter that I wrote is just a very you know basic general letter just disagreeing with the uh placement of the uh dock parallel to the bulkhead, two outshore boat lifts and a 25 foot linear foot perpendicular breakwater

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projecting into Liberty Thor. Um, as a burough official, we all of us feel that this is a very dangerous um thing to do because of the traffic that goes through this area and that the shallow water that is right around that area as well.

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There was also a very well-ritten letter that was uh posted as well by the maritime museum. Um, and I did use uh a lot of things from that letter as well because they clearly understood a lot more than I than I do. um about this

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area. So, I just wanted to say that that letter was very well written also and thank you for that because really we're just representing you. So, it really takes the public if you disagree with something and you need us to be your voice, that's when we step in and and we are your voice. So, if you do live if

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you did receive a letter from the uh engineer that's doing that in regarding this and you were in the two even if you're not within the 200 ft area, you can still uh write a letter because even if you're using this thoroughfare, um you should write a

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letter also. It's it's very easy. If you need any assistance doing that or the address or whatnot, please contact me or email me and I can definitely uh give you that give you that address. Thank you. And I have been telling everybody, I've had a couple people either talk to me or email

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me. >> Please write your own letters. The more they get, the better it is. It's not just one voice or our voice. We need as many people as possible. >> Yeah, it's a great letter. Thank you for doing it. I hardly agree with this. It's a

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it's a potentially dangerous situation in my opinion and I think it's worth the challenge in terms of um just making sure that it's a safeair. It's been safe. It's I know many of the voters can't even get out of there until it's high tide and just to make sure that everything is just right with the

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permitting and everything, the approvals, just to make sure. Okay. Um, anything else uh about on that subject? No. All right, then let's move on to public comment. Please remember to hold your comments to three minutes and

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don't forget to ID yourself. Uh, we always give the right to go to the room first. Anybody in the room like to come up and speak? John, excuse me, John 319 Avenue. I want to call council on resolution 165

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regarding the attorney that was hired regarding the battery storage system. Hopefully the end game all this would be that uh that does get remanded back. We all have documentation. I know seemed

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to that during that 2022 hearing there was a lot of hope now get back and >> thank you John. Thanks John. I think you know where we stand but remains to be

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seen where council takes us. So thank you. Anybody else in the room? Yes, sir. >> Good evening. I'm Matt Gideon Township. Uh, regarding the battery energy storage system, has been an effort by the mayor and council to to bring this

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collectively to the other townships and bur on beach island. I did mention it at a mayor's meeting last year, last spring and pretty much one mayor in particular said, "Good luck. You're up against the electric company. It's a giant and you

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can't win." The others said, "Yeah, that's it's a shame. Good luck." >> So, they're not interested in getting involved even though if this thing catches fire and becomes a nightmare, it's going to be a nightmare as well. >> Well,

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they didn't seem to be anxious to jump on. >> They understand the significance of this thing and when it happened on this island that happened and maybe maybe an educational

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blur or something needs to go out to the mayors and councils on this island to let them know scenario is that people are going to be evacuated possibly into their towns and could be a real mess. It could. I mean, I think obviously the most closely affected would be Long

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Beach Township. Um, you know, I did discuss it and it's been in the paper. It's been I think it's the information is out there and I think they're all aware of it. The fact that they don't want to jump on as I said,

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one gentleman said to me, you're fighting the electric company. Good luck. And that was it. So we are we have pursued this in many other areas higher up and um it hasn't been real encouraging but we'll see where our

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special counsel wants to take us now. >> Yeah and there is strength in numbers so but I personally would love to see them get involved but so far has happened. >> Anybody else in the room here to speak? No. Anybody John?

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Well, that goes back again. John responds to all the other taxpayers. So all the taxpayers associated the hope was that we taxpayers

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to provide some sort of leverage their methods. We know we have a competition out there on opposition. That's that's what we were coming. >> Hopefully maybe that'll spur some

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interest among the other other >> as I said they were sympathetic but it was kind of like you know good luck with that. >> Yeah. >> Um and every little bit helps Sean. So >> anybody else in the room?

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No. Okay. On Zoom. >> Yep. I would like to say a couple words. It's Maria Lee Carvalo. How are you? >> Hi. And your address, please. >> 204 Angleside A, Unit A.

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>> Okay. Thanks. >> Sure. Um I came to your meeting on May 28th and discussed um a situation where I had a water um leak with my meter and

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um sadly I think you all convened two weeks afterwards and came to a conclusion to deny it but um I had to continuously follow up to get a response. Um, quite frankly, I'm not really understanding

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um if my request was clear. It became very clear that there was no forgiveness for the water. Um but um in a recent correspondence with Sher Mason, she began to um

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maybe insinuate that my problem could have been a leaky toilet, which I'm slightly offended with because we clearly know that my water meter broke and I was losing 20 gallons an hour from February 9th until May 28th. I actually

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had to hire a plumber and a member of your um team actually watched the meter get installed um saw the cracked meter which by the way I just wanted to clarify there was a leak in the driveway continuously but it

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wasn't visible because of the snow and the ice and I did not have any other repairs to the home. it was simply the water meter. So, that was quite obvious um because since it's been repaired, there's been no reported leak um from

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that time. So, I want to make it very clear that I understand there's no forgiveness for the water and that um I appreciate her sharing code 204-206 on um referencing your position on the

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water. Um but it is unjust to not consider that it was a a leak and there was no consumption on the property. Um sorry I want to also say that um I did purchase the property on on u March of

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2025 from my partner. So it was a partnership prior to that. And she also did report no water usage for several years, even before my ownership, which actually has no relevance because I, as I explained on May 28th, it is vacant

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95% of the time. So there should only be a flat rate of water and sewer. Literally for 46 44 to 46 weeks of the year, there is no one in the home. My point today is not forgiveness on the water. It's totally clear and

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unfortunate that it is my responsibility. But Kurt said in his words and I told him that I would use his name and I have consulted counsel for um advice on how to proceed with this since it is very known that the

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water did not go through the sewer. >> That's 3 minutes. >> Okay. Well, this is about sewer and not water from February 9th to May 28th. I would like you to reconsider charging

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me for sewer when it was obviously not used and my plumber and Kurt confirmed it. >> Thank you. >> I think the problem that we have >> I think the problem that we have is you can't prove that it didn't go down the sewer. I mean, usually when there's a

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leak, it comes out into the street, especially if it's frozen, and that's how we find 90% of the water leaks. >> Oh, my neighbor my neighbor did see leaks cuz she does go there every so often. They've been complaining of a leak. We thought it was a leader

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actually. Um there's been an ongoing problem and I don't know the address, but it's the corner lot right behind Memorial Park. So, that house right there um has been complaining of a leak between our driveway, which is her

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driveway, for quite some time, but I don't commute there. I'm hours away. Um, but it it was resolved the morning that I had that repaired the morning. And by the way, Kurt held the meter in his

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hands. It was completely cracked. And um I can give you the plumber's name if you want to verify with him. There is no other leak in my home. I haven't had a plumber at all. >> So there was you were a partner in this

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for since what 2021. >> Um a partner since November of 2021, but I was not on site. I was a silent partner. >> But there was no there was no usage. No one lived there. >> All of the water bills

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Did you pay the water bills? >> The water bills? >> Because what what I'm getting at is you haven't been charged for water for let's see one, two, three, four, five, six years. >> You guys have been paying is

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>> I haven't owned anything for six years. I've owned since March of 2025 and it is 95% vacant. I can't speak of anything beyond that. I can show you my closing. You haven't used it. The way that everything is looking right here is you

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haven't used any water at all for the last year. >> Correct. It's a vacant unit. That is very correct. >> It was vacant all last summer. >> It wasn't vacant last summer, but I will say this, we are not >> So, what it looks like is that the meter

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wasn't working at all according to >> according to our records. Now, the other thing is >> you're you're talking about the sewer. We can't we talked with the the water company and they can't prove that it

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didn't go down the sewer. Now, if again they've had many instances where they have a you know like a drippy faucet or maybe a a toilet running and that all goes down the sewer, >> but being that it's not it wasn't all

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over the road, which if you're talking >> it was all over the It was all over the road. Yes, it was. It was all over. >> Why? Then why did you not bother to get it fixed? >> I did. Oh my goodness. The minute I got my first water bill.

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>> I'm talking about back in >> We're sitting there. We're looking back um No, no, no. They started February 9th. No, I didn't visit the property until May. And I came the day after Memorial Day. Absolutely I did because

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my bill was high and there was water gushing. I don't remember, but the it wasn't the wa the water was gushing in my driveway and everyone was there for the holiday weekend. I didn't even realize you were open that Monday. I don't know if you were, but I showed up

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on Tuesday and I said, "I have a clear leak in my driveway and I reported it immediately. I I purchased a water meter that day and I had to drive >> They fixed it. They fixed it that day.

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Two days later, I had to drive back on Wednesday night. And then Thursday, they fixed it. And I stayed there while they fixed it. Kurt watched. Oh my gosh. Airtech. Yes. Air Techch plumbers. >> You do. You do have a responsibility to

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keep an eye on that and take care of your place so the water doesn't go all over. >> Oh, yeah. Yeah. When I got the bill, >> you're saying that this has been going on since February. >> February 9th. Yep. February 9th. That is that is true. And that is why

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>> nobody checks the Nobody check the property. >> I have I had I had um uh rest assure property managers every other week at the property and there was ice everywhere. So, it clearly

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wasn't showing that there was leakage cuz there was snow and ice piled on my rooftop, which they cleared off, which seeped through my the doors into my third floor. I had to repair ceilings. I had a mess with this. This is nothing

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compared to the repairs I've made to that unit from this ice storm. >> Okay. >> Yeah. And by the way, I recognize you don't have an ordinance for the water. This is about sewer. And I will tell you, do I need to bring I'm just I'm being honest here. This is about

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principal for me. Do I bring Kurt? Do I bring the plumber? And do I bring someone an attorney, if you'd prefer, to speak on my behalf, who would say yes, this was leaking this entire time? Because when I went and spoke to Sher

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Buer, she said, "You have a 20 gallon an hour leak." And I said, "That's crazy." And how did it stop for just 4 days out of four months? It doesn't add up. And I have no leaks in the home and no plumber has been in my home. And I have video

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surveillance that can show you that if I needed to prove it in a court of law. No one has entered my home during that period. >> Well, we're getting back to the same thing. >> You can't prove that it didn't go down the sewer. >> Your Kurt proved it. Kurt said, "This

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did not go through the sewer and so did my plumber." They are the experts >> for the entire leak where it was cracked and broken. I held it in my hand and so did her. >> The entire How much time was it?

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>> February 9th till May 28th. I leaked 20 gallons an hour from February 9th till May 28th with the exception of 4 days in May. I don't know how that is even possible. And the minute it was repaired, it stopped leaking because I

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then called and they verified it stopped hemorrhaging. And by the way, I still can't view my my Aqua Hawk since June 1st. It only registered since till June 1st, which also doesn't make sense to me because the new meter came in on May

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28th and Sherry told me they needed to put my new meter number into Aqua Hawk for me to be able to view that consumption, which isn't true cuz I viewed it for the first four days of the new meter and now I can't see it anymore. So, I can't even stay on top of

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the problem. >> Why don't we wrap this up? >> Yeah. Um, let's let's wrap this up. I think the bottom line is is that the burrow feels that since the leak can't be proved that it didn't go in the sewer. And I mean, even though you may

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have been a silent partner, it looks like >> you said it. >> Okay. You haven't had water bill >> for a very long time. >> Let her finish. >> And I think that when you look at it that way, uh, financially, you're way ahead of this. And I think at this point

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in time, the committee met, everybody met, and we are going to stand with the current policy. You, if you feel you need to do something and you're frustrated, then that is certainly your privilege. But at this point in time, I don't think there's any point in pursuing this any further because it's

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just a back and forth at this point. >> Yeah, I don't think I don't think I'm frustrated. I think it's unjust and I think it's already been discussed. >> Thank you for your comments. All right. At this point, um, is there anybody else

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on Zoom that would like to speak? >> No. >> All right. Seeing none, close the floor to public comment and go to final remarks by council. And Mr. McAffrey, you get to kick it off. >> Oh, wonderful. I haven't said enough tonight.

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Um, just want to wish everybody a happy 4th of July, 250 years. Um, and they're all going to be here. So, be very careful out there. It's already

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a little bit of a nightmare. It's be getting used to the beginning of the summer. So, everybody be safe and have a good time. >> Thank you, Mr. Snider. >> Thank you. Yeah, just saying just happy 250th to us all. Um, have a wonderful

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Fourth of July. Enjoy your families. be safe and enjoy the fireworks. >> Thank you. Uh Mr. Sanderson's not on soon, right? Mrs. B Miller. >> Um everyone, I hope everyone has a wonderful Fourth of July. Now that I am done school, if there's anything you'd

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like me to uh work on, please shoot me an email and I will uh definitely get back to you and give me a project. >> Well, you did great on your first one, so thank you. Um, as everybody else said, as my notes say, happy 4th. And please, parents, do not just let your

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children run the streets of Beach Haven on the 4th of July. Please ask them where they're going. Try to keep them at home. Try to get them to a friend's house, but you know, we really don't need the extra aggravation of children running a muck in our streets. And we would like everybody to have a safe, happy fourth. So, please help us

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accomplish that. Thank you very much. Thank you for everybody who came out tonight. Is there a motion to adjurnn? So moved. Thank you so much. Meeting adjourned. Thank you.