good evening it is Monday March 10th 2025 6m this is a regular council meeting for the burough of Beach Haven please stand and join us in the Pledge of Allegiance I pledge alance to the flag of the United States of America and to
the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible Li and Justice person to the New Jersey open public meetings act adequate and electronic notice of this meeting has been provided by posting on the bulletin board in the Beach Haven municipal
building on the bur website and mailing the same to the beach Haven times the Asbury Park Press and the Press of Atlantic City Miss Anderson here Mrs B Miller here Mr mcaffrey here miss Snider here mayor l
here okay this evening we have a proclamation to read and it is my pleasure to do so and it's regarding meals on wheels and that wonderful senior program that they provide a proclamation of March 2025 as
a month celebrating senior nutrition programs and their efforts to end the weight whereas on March 22nd 1972 President Nixon signed into law law a measure that amended the older Americans Act of 1965 to include a national public
private nutrition program for individuals 60 and older and whereas for over five decades this Landmark law has supported our nation seniors and help to fund community-based organizations like Meals on Wheels and it is still the only
Federal program designed specifically to meet the nutritional and social needs of older adults and whereas Meals on Wheels of Ocean County provides nutritious meals both hom delivered and at Community cafes to seniors throughout
Ocean County that help them maintain their health and Independence thereby helping to prevent unnecessary Falls and hospitalizations and provide necessary connections Meals on Wheels of Ocean County has served our communities
admirably for 50 years and whereas Meals on Wheels of Ocean County deliver daily nutrition to Homebound and food insecure older adults while the drivers provide all the important wellness and safety checks to ensure our seniors remain safe
living independently where they are most comfortable their home whereas Meals on Wheels of Ocean County offer a powerful opportunity for social connection for 2,000 seniors to help combat the negative health effects and economic
consequences of loneliness and isolation and whereas Meals on Wheels of Ocean County deserves recognition for the heroic contributions and essential Services they provide amid the covid-19 pandemic and during inclement weather and other
emergencies and whereas the senior population is substantially increasing an action is needed now to support local Meals on Wheels programs through federal state and local funding volunteering donations
and raising awareness is to ensure these vital Services can continue to be delivered for years to come and whereas Meals on Wheels of Ocean County serves over 260,000 meals a year to seniors who are still threatened by or experience
hunger 62% of the seniors are lonely and it is imperative to end the weit so that all who need Services receive them and whereas Meals on Wheels programs from across the country are joining together for the end the weight campaign this
March and Beyond to celebrate their Collective success and to generate the support needed to ensure these critical programs can continue to address food insecurity and malnutrition combat social isolation and loneliness enable
safety and Independence and improve health outcomes therefore now I Colleen Lambert as mayor of Beach Haven buror to hereby Proclaim March 2025 as a month celebrating senior nutrition programs
and urge every Community member to take this month to honor our senior uh nutrition programs the individuals they serve and all who care for them we hereby recognize the older Americans act nutrition programs and Meals on
Wheels of Ocean County for their heroic efforts to end the weight and help combat senior hunger and isolation in America dated this 10th day of March 2025 so we are very privileged and honored tonight to have with us Jim
sigard son who happens to be the executive director of our Ocean County Meals on Wheels and I want to say I know people who have been uh drivers for the program and I know people who have been recipients and it is an outstanding program and is our honor and pleasure to
have you and we can't thank you enough J on beh of the B Council and all the people present absolutely please do mayor Lambert members of the Town Council and to the is this on again okay and also to
the residents of Beach Haven I'd like to thank you for the privilege and the honor to actually be here say is my very first time I've been doing this for 25 years okay our program started February 1st of 1973 we cooked our very first meals out of St Francis right up the
road from you they've been our longest standing partner in this uh crusade to end senior hunger in Ocean County um I have 46 employees who work tirelessly day in and day out to make sure that
those meals are cooked that they're packaged properly that served at appropriate temperatures and that the safety and the wellness of over 1,000 seniors every single day is checked up on and then maintained so I have an
awful lot of people and as Vel Sassoon said some of you may remember depending upon where um if you look good I look good so the people that work for me who are passionate about making sure that every single senior receives that meal
and that they're safe and well in their homes are the people that actually make me look good they're the ones who are on the front line every single day um not to minimize the importance of my job but I push an awful lot of paper and I'm probably sure that you know what that's
like but having a staff like that and then having the community support of this Council and of its citizens is very very important to our cause we need people to know that we are a not for-profit organization we're not a
government entity we don't have an endless well of funding to draw from from so when our funding is exhausted we do not have the capacity to add people who need our services fortunately our waiting list is low right now we have
about 30 people who we are unable to get on the program and we work very very very hard to try to get on as many as we possibly can we're constantly revising routes and making changes in our program to make sure that we are operating at our maximum efficiency at all times and
that every single person that we can squeeze onto those delivery routes gets onto to those routes currently we have 18 routes that cover all 530 plus miles of ocean county every single day so we're actually very busy and very active
and again I would like to thank you for taking up our cause and for participating with with us in this event and mayor Lambert I know you told me that in a short while you're going to be doing a Ride Along uh for our program actually going out and delivering meals to our homebound
seniors so we thank you for your participation we would like to also encourage every other burough and municipality in Ocean County to follow your lead and to join us in this cause thank you again thank you very much wonderful thank you thank you so
much all right great cash receipts in the current fund account for the period of February uary 1st to February 28th 2025 were 2,2351 16410 cash dispersements in the current fund account for the month of February
totaled 639 259.50 cash receipts in the water utility account for the period of February 1st to February 28th were $ 35,6 15.95 while cash dispersements in the
water utility account for the month of February totaled $3,553 eight cash receipts in the sewer utility account for this period total 262,144 while the cash dispersements in the sewer utility account for the month of
February total $ 35,44 submitted by our Treasurer Sher bowler thank you ordinance this evening 20251 C an ordinance amending chapter 120 licenses of the burrow code of the Burrow Beach Haven county of ocean state
of New Jersey to direct appeals of denied mertile licenses to the governing body rather than the land use board final reading as this is the final reading it is open for public comment it there's nobody here besides our uh two
chiefs is there anybody online who would like to comment I don't see anyone all right seeing none anybody on the council would like to make a comment about this no no all right then is there a motion to approve 2025 d1c I'll make the
motion I'll second Miss Anderson yes Mrs Paul Miller yes Mr mcaffrey yes Miss Snider yes mayor Lambert yes ordinance 2025 2C was reviewed by the land use board at its
most recent meeting um they suggested a change um we agreed that there are some changes and edits that need to be made so 2C will not be moving forward so we can strike that from the agenda um and when we get to the end here we'll
present an alternate ordinance for that uh we'll move to 20253 C an ordinance of the Burrow Beach Haven county of ocean state of New Jersey amending section 30-2 A of the code of the burough Beach Haven to allow for two police captains
to be employed to amend the table of organization of the police department to increase the number of captains from one to two final reading final reading um is there anybody who would like to speak to this no on anybody on the
council no I think it's a good idea it's temporary change and I'm all for it right this is a a temporary situation as we've mentioned a few times but I did have a question about it from a citizen and U as the chief explained this is something to keep the line of succession
moving smoothly and uh there is no pay increase at this time period so I think it's a a good move for the burrow all right so anybody else no okay is there a motion to pass 2025 d3c I'll
make a motion I'll second it Miss Anderson yes Mrs ball Miller yes Mr mcaffrey yes Miss Snider yes mayor Lambert yes ordinance 2025 4C in ordinance of the Burrow Beach Haven in
the county of ocean amending chapter 2 of the Burrow Beach of a Beach Haven bur code to establish chapter 2 Section 34 restricted areas of burrow Hall to clearly designate specific areas located on burrow property that are necessary to
be secured from unauthorized access final reading okay um anybody on Zoom I don't think nobody's on Zoom for this one no anybody the council have a comment on this I think it's a basic housekeeping item all right is there a motion to
approve 20254 C make a motion I'll second 20254 C Miss Anderson yes Mrs B Miller yes Mr mcaffrey yes Miss Snider
yes mayor Lambert yes ordinance 2255 Bond ordinance authorizing the acquisition of certain Police and Fire Equipment in and for the burough Beach Haven in the county of ocean state of New Jersey appropriating 830,000 therefore and authorizing the issuance
of 790,000 bonds or notes to finance part of the cost thereof final reading okay again um anybody on Zoom nobody's on Zoom anybody in the council have a comment no all right is there a motion
to approve 20 25-5 C oh I'm sorry I'm sorry Chief Adam aler Beach Haven fire 100 South uh bav I just want to thank you guys um for passing this ordinance and
making the investment uh in the community with the the uh Public Safety departments uh us and the police department um you guys are doing fantastic job with everything so thank you very much thank you chief chief marosy you're
good okay all righty um is there a motion to approve 202- 5c I'll make the motion second Miss Anderson yes Mrs B Miller yes Mr mcaffrey yes Miss Snider yes
mayor Lambert yes okay at this time I I'd like to present ordinance 2025 6C um an ordinance amending chapter 2112 zoning definitions of the burough code of the burough Beach Haven county of ocean state of New Jersey to amend the
definition of accessory building or structure residential and retaining walls this will include the new definition of retaining walls as defined as a structure that is constructed between lands of different elevations to stabilize the surfaces prevent erosion
and or protect structures retain in walls in the storm water the storm water hazard area shall be designed by a license design professional to prevent flotation all retaining walls must be constructed on the same lot as the Improvement
requiring the retaining wall and count toward impervious coverage retaining walls shall not be counted towards building coverage for definition purposes bulkheads along a body of water are not retaining walls first reading see as this is the first reading
um it is not open to the public but is there anybody in the council who would like to comment I have a question I guess it's for Jamie um just I think it's a good idea just a couple questions I just is there typically does it one
standard brick that they use or block that they use what can a retaining wall be made out of I don't think that there is um a specific type of brick that's used but it as it says in the definition which
Phil our zoning officer rewrote today it has to not it has to withstand a certain amount of flotation so I can't imagine that I imagine that with the IBC that there would have to be some type of weight requirement for that but I don't
know but it does have to be designed by an engineer so that has to be submitted to Phil and then Phil our zoning officer has to has to approve it but I I have I'm actually meeting with him on Wednesday and I can definitely oh no I'm just curious I'm just I can definitely I did speak to VI I think about it once
and she said they're they're frowning on on using wood because it could not and it could probably right aesthetically speaking you would like it to be some type of brick red brick and I've only ever really seen retaining walls in
resolutions with a lanu board especially when there's like a subdivision and there's a smaller house and a neighbor asks for one because a larger house is going up and with the fill and everything it's going to drain onto their lot so that's the only time I've ever really seen retaining walls and we didn't have a definition and
aesthetically that's something that could be put into a resolution would be the type of material revisit it see who takes advantage of it yeah I but I'll definitely ask him and yeah that's it's great I'm glad thank you for I so hard
on these I thought we uh while back retaining walls were to be counted as lot coverage not that I'm opposed to them not counting no so in uh the definition of lock coverage lock coverage is a percentage 35% of a building and a building is defined by
four walls and a roof so you can't have something count as lock coverage if it's not a building okay so that that's that's why these definitions we we just really want to get it right so we keep going back and back until one day we're
going to have all the definitions squared away and then we'll have to read do it again yeah now I mentioned I spoke with be wasburn in our building department today and she said um a problem came up when people were using belum block and building beautiful retaining walls and then they decided to
extend them out and put a garden in and all of a sudden it took on a life of its own and I think that's why we need to do something and have you know better wording and more careful legal requirements yeah what we what we know when we go through these definitions and
the reason why we're so thorough is because because we think we have it straight and then someone wants to do something different and then they're interpreting it one way and we interpret it the other way and so we really want to just have one straightforward definition with no gray area and it's always just a work in
progress and I'm sure more definitions will come up with more structures especially now that we're seeing you know outdoor living environments and outdoor kitchens and rooftop fire pits and uh pretty soon we're going to have Bridges to houses and all these
ridiculous things so yeah okay progress remind me CH is direct all fire Pi comments to the we need to revisit that because we talked about that last year and then we haven't brought it back up again to have an ordinance against that what you mean I can't feel the heat from my neighbor
fire pit I shouldn't be able to warm my hands up that and the impervious I'm glad that this counts is impervious well people need a permit for the raining wall it'll be part of their building everything needs a permit yeah so anything else no okay is there a
motion to approve 202- 6C this is first reading right or no first reading I'll make a motion thank you I make a motion to approve 20 25- C6 thank you Miss Anderson yes Mrs
ball Miller yes Mr mcaffrey yes Miss Snider yes mayor Lambert yes and in case you're not aware when there's a c that appears at the end of the order orance that is a particular ordinance that amends the code the C is for code so you'll see the bond ordinance doesn't
have one because it's an ordinance but it doesn't amend the code so you'll see things I wrote One in I thought it was a no so just so you know all matters list 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 are supported by a certificate if ification 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 60 returning Street opening bonds 77 refunding performance bonds 78 releasing remaining land use board inspection fees 79 is also releasing
remaining land use board inspection fees 84 returning piling bonds 8 N is awarding a contract to Corin Maine for water and sewer department parts 90 is executing an agreement with Tuckerton seport in Bam's museum for the ferry
service and 91 is memorializing a labor agreement with Local 97 public works from 2005 to 2007 okay executing an agreement oh with between yeah
y okay has everybody had a chance to review and is there anything you'd like to pull and discuss no I just wanted to thank Mike mcaffrey for sticking with us through the Public Works negotiations yeah good job you guys um it was a long one um we
started in the fall and it's till now we finally could get something in writing um but just to give a couple highlights on what we agreed on um they did have do an amendment to the language in the contract so they will earn time and a half when the burough Hall is closed
whether it be a declared emergency or not the previous contract only gave them that time and a half if it was a declared emergency most recently we did have a closure and it was not a declared emergency so we felt that was an appropriate change their clothing
allowances increased from 1,200 to 1,800 um they negotiated some flat dollar amounts to increase their salary amounts for year one they ask for a $2,500 increase um that equates to uh
really a 5% increase for Public Works salary and wage uh with a dollar value of 47,500 in year two an $1,800 increase to their salaries that equates to 3.5% or
34,200 to salary and wage um year three for 2027 is also an 18800 increase it equates to 3. 4% and totals 34,200 um we did increase the
compensation for special certifications um we want to still encourage continued education um growing their careers in the department finding where they fit and um working their way up through the
Civil Service titles and we're also offering um some additional compensation if they're holding some college degrees as well and again this is a three-year agreement so thank you Mike yes thank you thank you thank you
all okay uh if everybody is okay with the U resolutions then is there a motion to approve them within the consent agenda I'll make the motion second M Anderson yes Mrs B Miller yes
Mr mcaffrey yes Miss Snider yes mayor Lambert yes I have a bill list this evening in the amount of 3,280 29121 everybody get a chance to look them over yes okay is there a motion to approve the
bills I'll make a motion to approve the bills I'll second thank you Miss Anderson yes Mrs B Miller yes Mr mcaffrey yes Miss Snider yes mayor Lambert yes that's all I have for this evening okay now there's nothing under
General discussion for a change that's uh and we come to public comment and like I said not a lot of public in here tonight anybody online like to make a public comment Deb witcraft hello Deb witchcraft 528 doc
Road and Beach e on um Saturday March 1st the Beach Haven taxpayers Association had a public meeting at the Beach Haven first aid Squad building it was a two-hour meeting and it was very
well attended I just wanted to thank mayor Lambert and councilman Mike mcaffrey they did an outstanding job addressing many issues uh raised during this
two-hour meeting and I just simply wanted to thank them for taking the time to address the concerns of their constituents thank you very much Dad that was very kind of you thanks
D is there anybody else online who'd like to comment you can raise your electronic hand or raise your physical hand if you'd like to speak no no one else all right saying none we will close the floor to public comment
and move on to final remarks by Council and Mr mcaffrey you get the honors tonight again again yes uh I really don't have a lot I just want to wish everybody a happy St Patrick's Day and I would say be careful but um I would be
talking to the chief of police and fire chief but uh yeah I hope everybody has a happy SA Patrick day thank you Mrs Snyder um well I'd say thank you for coming but we have no one in the audience um but thank you for those of
you that are on zoom and um yeah happy St Patty's Day and I guess a shout out to Southern regionals wrestling program and maybe you could speak on that we are proud to have you could talk about the championship I mean I know we have a state
champ um Wyatt Stout Wyatt Stout who was um Southern's coach for many years his his father was the coach for many years we have um another um the 113 pounder
took a fourth place that was um Mason uh Scotty s took a sixth place and Kade Collins took a seventh place that's amazing I mean really amazing yes from a public school it was darn right I mean
really great so congratulations to the southern wrestlers and their Co es and to Southern Regional and that's it just thanks have a great um enjoy this weather we had a nice day today so hopefully tomorrow get another nice day
thank you Mrs Anderson um I don't have much to add I was reading over the police activity report and I'm thankful to see that there's not much on there to be we're doing good thanks Chief rest up thank you Mrs PA Miller um no I don't
really have much to say except that today was I think opening for spring season was today for most of the schools I know spring season started from the school that I work at I know that uh Middle School tracks started so is that time of year again where it's starting
to get warmer more people are coming just when you think Winter's over hopefully we get another sow storm thank you that's one of the things I was going to mention that the weather's great but after living here for a long time we know don't put those snow shovels away quite yet no March
is yes I remember April 11th one year we had a snows um and I also wanted to thank Jim siggson for um coming tonight representing Meals on Wheels great program so nice and on that note meeting is adjourned thank you thanks everybody
is there motion toour so