both coexist or no? >> Good evening. It is Monday, February 9th, and welcome to the regular council meeting of the Burough Beach Haven. Please join us in the pledge of allegiance led by Mrs. Bowman. I aliance to the flag of the United
States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Pursuant to the New Jersey Open Public 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 Burough 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. McCaffrey >> here. >> Miss Snder. Mayor Lambert >> here. >> I have uh the January 12th, 2026 Community Development Block Grant
meeting minutes and the January 12th, 2026 regular meeting minutes for approval without formal reading. Everybody have a chance to review them? >> Motion to approve? >> I'll make a motion. >> A second.
>> All in favor? >> I. Thank you. Cash receipts in the current fund account for the period of January 1st to January 31st, 2026 were 2 million. >> Yeah, this isn't working either. >> Sure.
>> Oh, great. >> I just did my hot spot. 2,820,922.119 cash dispersements in the current fund account for the month of January totaled 1,276,625.14. Cash receipts in the water utility account for the period of January 1
through January 31st, 2026 were 51,000 $2664. Cash dispersements in the water utility account for the month of January totaled 126,853.94. Cash receipts in the sewer utility
account for the period of January 1st to January 31st, 2026 were $36,350 43. Cash dispersements in the sewer utility account for the month of January totaled $8,77166
submitted by our treasurer Sherie Bowler. Thank you. Ordinance 20261C, an ordinance amending chapter 163, sewers and sewer utility in the Burough Code of the Burough, Beach Haven, County
of Ocean, State of New Jersey, to prohibit sewer system cleanouts in sidewalks or driveways. Final reading. >> Since it is the final reading, it will be open to public comment. As always, please hold your comments to three
minutes and don't forget to ID yourself. Anybody in the room like to speak to this? Seeing none, anybody on Zoom? >> No. >> No hands up. Right hands. >> Sorry. >> No hands. All right. Seeing none, we'll close the floor to public comment.
Anybody on the council have anything to say about this one? >> No. Makes sense. >> I say that makes perfect sense. Okay, then. Is there a motion to approve 2026-1c? I'll make a motion to approve 2026 1C. >> Second
Mike. Miss Anderson. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Ball Miller. >> Yes. >> Mr. McCaffrey. >> Yes. >> Mayor Lambert. >> Yes. Ordinance 2026 2C, an ordinance amending chapter 101, floodplane management in the burough code of the Burough Beach
Haven County of Ocean State of New Jersey to increase permit fees to cover the cost of flood plane administration first reading. Uh since it is the first reading, there's no public comment and I believe this is due to the fact that we used to handle this in-house and now we
have to go out of house and that necessitates a fee change. >> Yes. Originally, we were looking at a a fee in the amount of $500, but um we've been working inhouse to make some changes. Uh so, we're looking for um a
lower fee in the amount of $350. >> I'm sure everybody would appreciate that. Thank you. Um anybody in the council wish to speak to this? >> No. >> Cover our bills. >> Is there a motion to approve 2026-2C?
I'll make the motion. >> I'll second. >> Thank you. Miss Anderson, >> yes. >> Mrs. Ball Miller, >> yes. >> Mr. McAffrey, >> yes. >> Mayor Lambert, >> yes. >> Ordinance 20263C, an ordinance amending chapter 90, fees
of the Burough Code of the Burough, Beach Haven, County of Ocean, State of New Jersey to amend fees within the chapter. First reading. >> Again, first reading. So, no public comment on this one. Um the fee schedule
hasn't been posted yet, has it? I guess >> this is for um variances. >> Okay. >> So, there's an administrative charge of $50 for each use variance, not just all variances together. It's per. >> Okay. All right. Anybody on council have
anything they want to say about this? >> No. If not, is there a motion to approve 2026-3C? I'll make a motion to approve 2026 3C. >> Thank you. >> I'll second. >> Thank you. Miss Anderson, >> yes. >> Mrs. B Miller,
>> yes. >> Mr. McCaffrey, >> yes. >> Mayor Lambert, >> yes. Ordinance 20264C, an ordinance amending and supplementing chapter 155 to provide for registration of rental properties with the burrow,
repealing and replacing article 14, uniform fire safety act enforcement, change of occupancy inspections and registration and inspections of rental properties of chapter 95 and updating sections of chapter 212 by adding
subsection C requiring fire extinguishers. Um, the purpose is to remove the requirement for rental properties and resales to be inspected for fire safety by a Beach Haven code official as inspections will now be handled by Ocean County Fire Marshall and to adopt a
requirement for rental properties to register and provide proof of insurance to the Burough Beach Haven. First reading. >> Again, first reading, so no public comment. Anybody in the council wish to speak to this? So, I was just speak to this because this was uh new to me this
afternoon. So, I really haven't had a time to even go through this and I really like to have like a 24-hour period to really digest something. Um I understand why we have it was it's a state law that the state came out with a few years ago that requires the uh fire
inspection and we would were doing it inhouse but now within the last year we found out that the state has required that the person actually doing the inspections has to have what >> a an inspection certificate that's
provided through the fire marshall's office. >> Okay. So we don't have that. So, originally we would at the burrow, you would come in and you would um apply to have someone from our fire department come out and to make sure that we had a
carbon monoxide detector >> and also a um a fire a smoke detector and they both had to be within the 10-year battery uh whatever, right? And then in that process, we were also
more or less signing up that there was a rental property and insurance anyway. So, we already have we already have been doing that. It was a $35 fee. Nice and easy. And that was that. Now, we have to
still do the rental property. Still have to do um the proof of insurance saying we have a rental property, $35 to the burrow. >> Yep. And we're not getting anything for that. >> They're just registering. >> Why? What's the What's the point of having a I don't understand what's I
understand that we have the registration to know that all our rental properties have, you know, the safety necessary, but why do we need a list of rental properties? What do we what what are we using that for? >> Well, we're still required by the state to make sure that every one of those
rentals has a certificate of liability insurance. >> Okay. And at least the $35 would cover the administrative cost of our staff to collect that paperwork and make sure that everyone's filed it. Okay. >> And that they have proof of this fire safety inspection.
>> Okay. So, second is that now that it's going to be done by the county, things are a lot slower. So, with us, it was like, you know, you could get it within the week easy. Now that you're doing it with the county, do we think that maybe the May 31st is too early? Because I
don't know. I just I just know anything that done by the county, look at our roads, takes way longer than stuff that's done at the municipal level. >> The way the county established their fees is that if you need this fire safety inspection done 10 plus days
prior to your deadline, they'll do it for $45. But if you need it for if you need it one to three days prior than your deadlines, they charge you what was it? $160ome dollars. So you they can turn it around in 1 to 3 days, but it will cost you a
lot more. >> So are we paying the $35 to are the rental properties paying $35 to the burrow and then another fee for the inspection? >> Correct. Because they have to have that inspection certificate when they register with us. They need to
show proof that they've already done it. So at most it's going to be a $45 fee to the county and a $35 fee to the bureau to register all that paperwork. Not at most. >> I'm sorry. At least >> at least.
>> U Sherry brought this to my attention about two weeks ago and I did bring it up at the League of Municipalities because Beach Haven's a little unique and we do have a volunteer fireman who's had 30 plus years experience who is our code officer. So I said, can't we
continue to use him because certainly doing this in-house would be more cost-effective and be simpler. and um they were going to check into it and I'll let you know as soon as I hear back from them, but I would say don't hold your breath. >> But it just seems like another and
actually >> maybe still do it. >> I don't think that's >> the other mayors kind of agreed that this is something another regulation the state is imposing on us that >> it's just like we have we're paying
$3,000 a year for homeowners insurance. like you think we're not protecting our property and then to have like another fee here to sign up for this and another fee here for you for me to come in and make sure you have this but then that's it. So it's just >> I I just
I think other people are going to feel the same way. >> Yeah. It's just like come on. Like what else? What else do you want another fee for to have another piece of paper that says I have a rental property but I already have homeowners insurance or I'm already covering myself at safetywise.
So, and I don't agree with a lot of the other, you know, safety precautions that we're requiring because it's if you're not you only can make something that you can properly enforce. Other than that, it's just another thing that you're going to have to pay for. So, I've got a lot of
I've got a lot of problems with this. I still wanted to do this in-house some way if we can, you know, certify some one of our own guys. And when we have a lot of we have a lot of volunteer firemen that maybe we could pay to get them certified, do it in house. I like
it nice and clean. I like to keep everything at the municipal level >> because then it's easier. We know our people. We know who's renting. We have a nice list. we have like a a back and forth with them. I know Mary Cla's back and forth with them all the time. I'd
like to handle to find a way to handle this in-house. >> Um let me just weigh in here because this has been my baby for many many years. >> You've done an excellent job out of this. I just wanted to say >> thank you. Um I was very disappointed
um about this new role as well. Um, prior to being told very recently that the courses to get these get any volunteer people up and running and certified have been cancelled for this year to date. Um, and no, none are on
the horizon. We're kind of stuck at the moment. My goal is the same as yours, Jamie. I want in-house. Whether or not it's Pat getting certified or me finding somebody else who's certified that we can um
subcontract with, that's my goal within the next year. I don't like outsourcing to the county um regardless of how many inspectors they say they have that they have all this time on their hands. It's adding another step for our residents.
Additionally, it's adding um more more bureaucracy for everyone to deal with. Addition in addition to myself, um anytime I have a something going on, I try to set up a process that works
smoothly. Every year I refine it, I try to make it better. Um this is making it more difficult for me. So, my goal this year is to try to find a way to get someone trained so that we can have someone in house or subcontracted with just for us. Um, but unfortunately,
we need to have these places inspected prior to and these papers collected prior to the rental season. And if in order like I've had we've been working on this resolution now for like or ordinance for a couple weeks, maybe even
a month or more because I have people calling me every day. What am I going to do? I know I need to get this done prior to the first rentals coming in. And we have we get a crush in April and May, but this time of year, I have people that are the early birds that I want to
take care of, >> but I can't take care of them until these ordinances are passed. And the $35 fee is covers the absorbent amount of work that I do on this process, the ridiculous amount of emails that I send out,
reminders. Um, it takes up a significant amount of my time during these months. Um, I don't think that's a very high fee compared to what other towns are are collecting. Um, however, I understand what you're saying,
>> right? because it used to be included with the actual >> tax labor and my labor and now it's not >> it's not over the last couple years I thought this is a small fee compared to the amount of work that I do for it. I don't I'm not sure if anybody understands the amount of work that it
takes >> to get compliance from almost 600 people in time for May 31st and in time for the fir it's it's multiple emails to each homeowner. Um setting up the website
reminders to set up their appointments all of those things. This year I have to handle it differently. Right. And it's just it's very frustrating because you know most rental owners when it's done in house you know you know who's coming into your house but now you're going to have to take off of work you know you're
going to so you're losing money at work you're paying the fee and then you're paying the burrow fee for someone that comes in your house for literally less than a minute to make sure the dates >> yes >> are not with are within the 10 years >> and we've talked to the to Colleen has talked to people Sherry's talked to
people is there a training program that is smaller that fits this kind of of inspection. And the answer was no. Um, sorry, I have to let somebody else in. >> Um, so
we're kind of we're kind of stuck at the moment. >> Can I ask this question? If we waited, if we tabled it now and held it until the last meeting of the month, it's a February 27th or whatever, would you still feel that you had enough time? And then Jamie that would give you time to
look into this more. I mean is that >> it has to happen. The when I was going through it the first time the only thing that I think should be taken out is the requirements for for the fire extinguishers because again these you have to make sure you have the right one. You have to make sure that they're within a certain date and they're not
expired and they're not required by the state. >> Correct. >> Right. So, why are we adding another fee again for something that has to be enforced but really isn't enforced? And when the
inspector comes in, they're not going to they're not going to check the fire extinguisher for municipal code. Who's checking the fire extinguisher? >> You're going to have to take a picture of it and put it in with our application. So when um zoning still has to go out and do their own walkth
through for a resale. So they were going to check it then. But like it's not required. So I don't >> you said for resale. >> Yeah. Wouldn't it wouldn't be for rental. This would be specifically a resale requirement. >> And I completely understand where you
understand that too. >> Yeah. I think that needs to be out. >> So ideally I want to work on this throughout the year. I'm going to keep my feelers out. when's the next training coming out? Who can I work with? Um if and Pat had expressed interest, but
there's no training. They cancelled the training. So, they've kind of put us between a rock and a hard place. Um and I want to start helping my residents out with the goal to get back to inhouse
because I agree with Jamie that it's nice. People like people like the system. They know me. They know where to go. They know how it works. They know Pat very well. They see him around town. >> Yeah. I just I just don't understand the training. What does the ocean What does the Ocean County Fire Marshall training
have to come into my house and do the same visual inspection? It's not like he's >> right. >> Coming in and operating or, you know, >> Yeah. >> looking at the structure of my house and making sure that this and that are aren't going to catch fire or my electrical outlets or this and that.
They're coming in and they're looking at that date. >> We feel like an overreach to me >> 100% and a and a sh a shuttling of inspections toward one specific type of person. So I would if you have this much
feeling about it, I would recommend that you reach out to people and we start finding out if there's if somebody could create a training program that would >> be more appropriate instead of just a county program require inspections.
>> Right now there's no training at all. >> This is a state it's a state requirement right now. >> So do we have enough time if we delay two weeks or do you feel we do not? It's up it's up to you guys. I I I mean this
time of year I have some feelers some people reaching out but it's going to start increasing increasing because people are they know the system now they know me so they want to get stuff going early. >> Didn't we just spend $2,500 too on a software program to facilitate all this?
>> We did. So, but I mean from an administrative viewpoint, if we table this tonight, is it still doable or do you feel we should take action tonight and maybe eliminate the extinguisher or how do you want to handle this is basically what I'm asking. I would
suggest that you strike section six of this ordinance, the draft ordinance that requires the fire extinguisher because that was >> a reach on the burrow's end. If you're uncomfortable with it, you are the legislators. I would strike that if you feel comfortable with the rest. Let's
introduce it tonight by title with section six struck from the ordinance. >> Okay, Jamie, are you comfortable with that? >> Okay. All right. >> Anybody else want to weigh in here? >> I know we have our fire personnel in the
back. Um, all right. Everybody had chance to say what they wanted to say. >> Is are all the other municipalities doing the same thing? they're going with the county. >> So, a lot of county, a lot of municipalities when it first came around that these re inspections were required,
um, you could choose to use the county or to use somebody in house. We actually had county people come down and train Pat in these inspections. Um, and we chose to go in-house. >> Anyone else did?
>> So, we're covered, right? We did it because we had someone. >> We did it because we had someone. And we I I think like with we agree with Jamie that having something more local feels more personal and it's easier for people
to handle. But um so yeah, that I'm not sure, but I think we might be the only ones on the island, but Viv might have said maybe Barn Light. So, would you continue? >> Once once training gets started again,
we'll we'll start trying to figure that stuff out. But for this year, it's a definite no. >> Okay. All right. If um everybody's amendable to introducing the ordinance striking the fire extinguisher requirement, is there a motion to
approve 2026-4C? We're still getting the county involved no matter what. >> Yeah, inevitable >> for this year. All >> right, I'll make the motion. >> Thank you.
>> I'll second. >> Miss Anderson, >> yes. >> Mrs. Ball Miller, >> yes. >> Mr. McAffrey, >> yes. >> Mayor Lambert, >> yes. Ordinance 20265C, an ordinance amending chapter 43, affordable housing of the revised
general ordinances of the Burough of Beach Haven, County of Ocean, state of New Jersey, to amend chapter 43 in its entirety to conform with applicable provisions of the Uniform Housing Affordability Controls, the amended Fair Housing Act, the Fair Housing Act
regulations promugated by the Department of Community Affairs, Division of Local Planning Services, and Statutory ly upheld existing regulations of the former Council on Affordable Housing. First reading. >> First reading. No public comment. Um I
think this again is one of those kind of proform things that we have to do in order to be compliant. >> Yeah, we have a mandatory deadline to adopt our revised ordinance by March 15th. So it must be introduced. There are no real substantive changes. Um the
ordinance talks about you know the term COA now defunct COA and it references in a lot of places these UAC controls the uh um uniform housing affordability controls that's like a sweeping change throughout the ordinance. Um the
terminology the program as a as opposed to COA that's also a change throughout the ordinance. Um the terminology regarding the compliance certification or judgment of repose. That's what we're trying to get. It refers to prior rounds
dated and round four that we're in right now. So that's all part of the mandatory language that's being updated right now. Um one substantive change was the mandatory set aside for projects that qualified that that were of a certain
number. They had to provide a 20% set aside of affordable units if they were for sale and 15% set aside if they were for rent. That no longer is available. It's a 20% set aside across the board.
>> And now they have the option. They used to have to round up. Now they can round down and then they can contribute to the fund, our fund for that partial amount in the calculation. So that's new. Um this new ordinance which is 38 pages
sets new design standards for different types of development including materials accessibility uh location of the units. It talks about qualification for the low low low moderate income units. Um income limit
limits, maximum rents and sale prices. Um affirmative marketing plans and strategies, occupancy standards, um control periods for the units, which is 30 years. um some information about the municipal housing liaison which is
myself, the administration, the administrative agent, how these regulations get enforced. Um it also confirms the residential development fees at 1.5%. They also now have a bonus development
fee. Um, when there is a board approved Dvariance that approves additional units over the allowable density, they have to provide a 6% fee for each approved unit over the
allowable density. Um, the non-residential is 2 and a.5%. It also regulates the use of trust funds and how those are also monitored. So that's just a quick rundown of the 38page ordinance and all the regulations.
>> What does that that 6% developmental fee increase? Does that also include if it's part of a redevelopment plan? >> No, because a redevelopment plan would come before the board with zoning. >> I know. So it doesn't it just you Okay.
So you wouldn't receive a varian. >> It sounds like it would be >> great, but it's really >> you're like by right by the time you come to the board. >> This says, for an example, if an approval allows four units to be constructed on a site that was zoned for
two, the fee could equal 1 and a.5% of the equalized assessed value on the first two units. and the specified higher percentage of 6% of the equalized assessed value for the two additional units provided zoning on the site has
not changed during the 2-year period. We'll >> just do a >> I was going to say >> well redevelopment is controlled by the council. So maybe that's not an option. >> My only only thing and it always has been are is the one is the 1.5% >> the fee.
>> Yes. And that is at I think is at the maximum that you can and we could actually change that. We could lower that fee to I think the lowest is 0.5%. I'm not sure what the range is, but it didn't change from what it was,
>> right? I mean, I always think that that would be something that we would kind of take a look at because >> we're collecting all this all these these funds and we're not using them because we really we're in a really hard place because our property value is so
high that you know these fees are drawing an amount of money but we really have nowhere to use it and >> not yet anyway. >> Right. And I mean >> 10 more years. >> Yeah. But >> well, maybe that's something a change
that we could look at when we're beyond this legal deadline. >> Okay. I I >> always am interested in lowering the fees for >> people in town. >> Sounds reasonable. Okay. Anything else on this one?
If not, is there a motion to approve 2026-5C? >> I'll make a motion to approve 2026 5C. I'll second. >> Miss Anderson, >> yes. >> Mrs. Ball Miller, >> yes. >> Mr. McAffrey, >> yes. >> Mayor Lambert,
>> yes. >> 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 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 51, permitting sidewalk sales. 52, consenting to the issuance of amusement licenses for Wayne
Amusements LLC for the 2026 amusement games. 53 is authorizing execution of additional services, additional service number one for the professional service agreement with Jensen Hughes. 54. Authorizing application for the devel
community development block grant funds. 55 approving a settlement agreement with the Marlin restaurant and bar concerning its the appeal of its license suspension. State ABC appeal 280 OAL docket number ABC180000
2024S 56. approving the right-of-way use to Celco Partnerships doing business as Verizon Wireless. 57, awarding a contract to Mid-Atlantic Waste Systems through Sourcewell National Cooperative System for the
purchase of a garbage truck. And finally, 58, authorizing execution of a revised shared services agreement by and between the Burough Beach Haven and the County of Ocean for fire inspection services and terminating the prior agreement. Anybody want to remove
anything for discussion? >> Um, can we add to 58 that that it might be changeable down the road if we could, you know, get it back in house? >> Well, we always have the option with plent with enough notice that we are
terminating the agreement. Either party in the agreement could terminate in in writing. Okay. This might be an option >> of course. Yeah. >> Anything else? They need to mention that such and such was struck out 56
the same thing revised fire service except fire extinguisher. >> Oh, we already did that ordinance. >> Yeah, we good. >> Okay. Nothing else. All right. Seeing none, is there a motion to approve the resolutions within the consent agenda?
>> I'll make the motion. >> Thank you. I'll second. >> Thank you. Miss Anderson, >> yes. >> Mrs. Ball Miller, >> yes. >> Mr. McCaffrey, >> yes. >> Mayor Lambert, >> yes. >> The bill list this evening in the amount of 4,515,36466. >> Any questions about the bill list?
>> No. If not, is there a motion to approve? >> I'll make a motion to approve the bill list. >> I second. >> Miss Anderson? >> Yes. Mrs. B Miller, >> yes. >> Mr. McCaffrey, >> yes. >> Mayor Lambert, >> yes. >> That's all I have.
>> Okay, we now reach public comment. And as always, please come up to the microphone. Three minutes, identify yourself. Anybody in the room wish to speak? Please come on up. >> Hello, Mather. Fire Chief Beach Haven.
Uh the fire company has responded to a total of 23 calls for service since January 1st. Had nine automatic fire alarms, three carbon monoxide alarms, three assist citizen calls, two assist with damage calls, two utility problems,
one outside fire, one gas leak, one electrical hazard, and one elevator rescue. Our members have started our annual OSHA and GIF trainings for 2026 and they participated in the ice rescue training during our freezing weather we've been having.
>> Two members have been recently certified to drive and operate our high water and forestry truck 1519. Uh the fire company conducted a storm standby for the snowstorm on January 25th from 7 a.m. until January 26 at
1:00 am. And our 109th annual turkey dinner fundraiser is this Saturday. It's going to be noon to 8, $25 per ticket. And you can buy them at the door if you didn't pre-order already. And of course, you guys know you can have it in our dining hall or ticket to go. So,
>> thank you. You just took care of that for me. >> Copy that. >> First, >> yes, I can put it in. Thank you. You read so fast. I didn't write it all down. Thank you. >> Yeah, I had the fire dinner. I'm sure everybody else did, too, in their public comment. So, thank you, Chief. Thank you, Justin.
>> Anybody else in the room for public comment, >> Adam, uh 100 West 14th Street, Long Beach Township, OEM. Um, I just want to thank everyone from uh starting with the first aid squad, fire department, the police department, uh all you guys, uh
the administrators, and uh of course our public works team for all the communication and help during uh winter storm Fern. Um we had actively good communication between all agencies. We had a declaration in place. We actually didn't end up needing any resources, but
everybody was working together and firing all cylinders. So, it was awesome. Um training has begun with our new emergency management team. As a matter of fact, this Friday we're going to be going to do a tabletop exercise with Ocean County OEM on um hurricane scenario.
And just a reminder uh to everyone that's on Zoom, there's not a lot in the room, but we still have a lot of placards available. Uh I'm sitting on probably a couple thousand. Um so please come to the police department to pick them up Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 400 pm. and I spoke with the
president of the fire company. We're going to set up a table at the turkey dinner and we're going to give out placards then because a lot of people come down um this weekend. So hopefully with a lot of people being down, we can give out some uh re-entry passes and it did change for anyone on Zoom uh any of
our condo owners that changed at the end of last year as well. So they're welcome to get re-entry passes. So just make sure you bring valid driver's license, tax bill, anything like that. We'll have a table set up at turkey dinner. also have some uh brochures and stuff to be giving out. So, that's pretty much it.
Thank you guys. Thank you for all the work. >> Thank you guys for all the work you did as well. Appreciate it. Anybody on Zoom? >> I don't see anyone on Zoom. >> All right. Seeing no hands then, we will close the floor to public comment and
move on to final remarks by council. And Mrs. Ball Miller, that starts with you tonight. >> Because I >> It goes with the pledge. >> I said the pledge. I forgot. Um, I have nothing really to say. Thank you everybody for coming tonight. Oh, wait.
>> Interesting here. Anybody on Zoom? Okay. You had a couple. >> A couple. Um, yeah. Turkey dinner this weekend. I'll be working the gravy boat station. So, stop in and say hello. I do the late shift because that's the most fun when you're there all day and I just come in for the ending, the grand
finale. It's a great uh it's a great time especially to sit down and have all the little uh beach shaving kids wait on you. So um even if you don't like turkey, you can just come and take it home and someone will eat it at your house. Other than that, um looking
forward to a great Olympic season. That's why I'm wearing my my flag today. So that's it. That's all I got. >> Thank you, Mr. McCaffrey. >> Yeah. Um, I'd like to thank uh during this cold weather that we've been going through, uh, public works with clearing
snow and doing what they had to do. The water company, fire company, first aid, and the police department. It was extremely extremely cold out there. Um, the water company, I know one night they were out out there till after 1:00 in
the morning and they were soaking wet. So again, I would like to thank them for that. Um, wish everybody a happy Valentine's Day and a happy President's Day. >> Thank you, Mrs. Anderson.
>> I'll ditto Jamie and Mike. Thanks for keeping the town running as best you can. I know it's been super super cold. Thanks to Sherry and Mary Cla for all your work. Everybody, we're all in this together. Support the fire company this Saturday.
And if it remains cold, stay home and watch the Olympics. >> Thank you. Um, again, we thank you all. You know how much we appreciate it and it's always nice to be publicly acknowledged. Anyhow, and I'd like to acknowledge Mrs. Mason has a new
granddaughter. Congratulations. >> Thank you. >> Um, >> thank you. >> I I have something written down. We had a meeting today. There was concern about uh people with their driveways and things like that. So, we met today to discuss how to handle um issues that may
come up, particularly medical emergencies with the storm. So, I'm going to read it because if I try to wing it, I always forget stuff. The recent storms and subsequent freezing temperatures brought up numerous concerns. Anyone with a serious medical emergency who can't get out of their
driveway should call the police non-emergency number at 49205 who will in turn relay the message to public works. Otherwise, if you have an issue, call public works at 4922525 if you need help. But please understand
it may take a day or two or even longer. And please make sure that it is something important if you are calling, not just that you want to come down and see your house. Um, remember public works can only do the end of your driveway. I think there's a little misconception there, too. They're not allowed on private property and it's the
property owner's responsibility to make sure they have someone clean them out to the street. For legal reasons, we can't go on I'm sorry, for legal reasons, we can't recommend contractors either. Um, we're hoping that somebody in the public will take it upon themselves on Facebook
or social media somehow to come up with a list of people who might be interested in shoveling you out. We know it's so hard here. We have a senior population. We have very few kids and it's tough to find somebody. But again, the burrow will do what they can when they can. But
if it is a true medical emergency and like for instance, somebody had to go to dialysis in the last storm, call the police non-emergency number. Otherwise, call public works. And again, thank you very much and happy Valentine's Day. See you at the fireman's dinner. >> Thank you.
>> Is there a motion to adjurnn? >> You make a motion to adjurnn. Thank you. So move. Thank you. Meeting adjourned. I volunteer my husband's do that. He >> Oh, really? >> He struggled out.