hello how are you i don't think It was You want to switch i'll switch that was a while ago everyone please rise we'll salute the flag i pledge allegiance 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 on December 6th 2024 notice of this meeting was emailed
to the Carrier Post newspaper and Philadelphia inquire and duly posted on the Bolton Board of the Municipal Building all requirements of the Open Public Meetings Act have been met in compliance with the Sunshine Law roll call fran Council Ber here councilman
Casey here council D'Angelo here councilman Evans here councilwoman Fina here council Wilhelm mayor S here this time I'd like to entertain a motion for approval of the council meeting
minutes from February 27th 2025 so moved second roll call fran council Ber yes council Casey our state council D'Angelo yes evans yes yes
okay at this portion of the meeting under our communications we have a couple proclamations that we're issuing tonight um at this time I'd like Councilman Bill Evans to do his presentation come around come around
on behalf of Americ Council I'd like to read this proclamation for Sarah Sharp proclamation of appreciation for our dedication and commitment to the community cat club whereas Sarah Sharp founded the community cat club whose mission is to assist with overpopulation
of our community's cats through targeted DNR efforts public education assistance and whereas Sarah has proven her passion for public service through her volunteer efforts as president of this nonprofit organization and whereas her organization has discovered many ways to
make positive impact and difference in the lives of welfare of animals indeed and whereas we are aware of great Community cat club has to extend their outreach and dedication to make a difference in our borrow and out there therefore be it resolved we acknowledge
and thank you for your compassion your generosity your kindness and your volunteerism with and through the community capital with sincere appreciation mayor Charles Solder III and members of Council congratul Thank you
congratulations Sarah thank you at this time this evening we have with us tonight uh from the Prevent Child Abuse New Jersey Pamela Stalecup the senior director of development and
communications and Harvey Lurmac the president board of directors if they would come forward I have a proclamation to issue to them tonight we issue a proclamation for Child Abuse Prevention Month and I'll
read just a couple parts of it to you whereas children are our nation's most valuable resources helping to shape the future of New Jersey and whereas childhood trauma can have long-term psychological emotional
and physical effects through an individual's lifetime and impact future generations of their family and whereas prevention is possible because of the partnership created between Prevent Child Abuse New Jersey
families prevention advocates child welfare professionals education health community and faith faith organizations businesses law enforcement agencies and local state national government so we wanted to recognize
them and I as the B of Delmare do hereby procla April as National Child Abuse Prevention Month in the Bur of Belmar and urge all our citizens to recognize this month by building a narrative of hope for children and
families through collaboration and the creation of an ecosystem of primary production [Applause] can I ask the council to indulge us in
taking a photo with everyone with their pin wheel sure i don't have to be in the picture and the reason why the pin wheel is our logo and our national symbol is because when you give a child a pin wheel it's joyful it's fun it's whimsical so it's a
very good emblem of the happy healthy childhood that every child deserves there you go y Thank you for coming out thank you thank you for making a great place to raise children and a healthy happy environment for children we want
that for all children everywhere [Applause] this time we'll go into committee reports councilman Bder uh the only two
things I have uh April 5th will be the opening of uh softball and baseball in town with parade and games at uh the fields and uh the only other thing is the April meeting will be the budget
presentation uh for this year hopefully we'll also have schooling county by then we do not have them as of yet so uh the April meeting though will be that presentation
if anyone has any questions i have nothing else until that reports done thank you Ray councilman Casey no Councilman D'Angelo thank you Mayor i have a few things um permanent repairs to all of the water main break
excavations have been finally completed a total of 13 water main breaks occurred from December 5th to January 28th every effort was made to make repairs in a timely and efficient fashion uh two projects that were under our capital improvement plan for 2024 the
redevelopment of well number five and that's completed and presently Booth Mechanical is replacing a 6 inch water main break uh line on Princeton Avenue from Deveni Drive to Carter Avenue the project should take up to five weeks to
complete weather permitted um and finally we have received approval of our 2025 consumer confidence water report for 2024 all residents should have received a copy of the report if not it is on its way and that's all I have
thank you Jim councilman Evans thank you Mayor um this past March 3rd our business alliance meeting went off it was a great success um honestly one of the best meetings we've had uh in that meeting we discussed the fact that uh we're asking our businesses local
businesses to sponsor our calendar this year to try to offset the cost for that and uh we we'll probably be doing the same thing for like the Belmar Bulletin anyway we can we can offset those cost and advertise for our business I think it's a success um I want to follow up on
Rey that the there are parades and full day of games set for the Belmar Little League and they had a fantastic uh res registration of over 160 children playing baseball this year uh and they had a u clinic that was sponsored by
Game Day which is a local business in town uh so they they've had some great success i encourage everybody to get out see the parade uh and also to uh watch some of the baseball games it's a lot of fun thank you Bill thank you Bill
councilwoman Fina thank you Mayor um our Easter egg hunt will be again this year on April the 12th at 11:00 a.m there will be a reinde April 19th there will be um three groups
toddler to three-year-olds four-year-old to six-year-old and seven years to 10 year olds uh at the rec center again 11:00 a.m on April 12th ring date would be on the 19th and that's all I have thank you
thank you Joanne under uh my report for the police department activity for February there were 993 calls 56 investigations 68 individuals arrested
motor vehicle crashes 22 motor vehicle summons issued were 330 for our fire department monthly report for February total incidents were
76 in town 38 out of town 10 highway 28 and their training sessions were 68 for the EMS we had 251 142 in Belmar 34 Brooklyn 20 highway
55 mutual aid and 15 mutual aid received and in the Bureau of Fire Safety we had life hazard fire inspections nine non-lifehazard fire inspections nine
or education for fire prevention they had two and the fire official fire inspector meetings they had one here for February i have um one other reminder on this coming
Monday the 31st here in the courtroom 700 p.m uh we'll be having our first meeting to gather everyone's thoughts and ideas for our 100th anniversary that will be coming up next year so if anyone's available uh please attend
we'll be here at 7 o'clock and the last thing I have for Miss Belmore contest we'll be having it this year believe it's going to be Sunday June 8th june 8th and the um
signups are on our website it's very easy for them to go in and sign up for that this year and that's all I have under my reports at this time we'll open up to the public portion if anyone has anything for the
public please come forward and state your address for the record yeah we'll move okay thank you hello it's picking up the recording so you um 456 Dewey Road uh Blake
Shbasheski um hello gentlemen um and madam uh I come back today uh same thing i've been coming back for the last couple of months uh to uh Howard what is the update on the uh the property that we've been talking about for the last couple of months now
oh um there's they've been they've been cited it's pending there's been an appeal taken to the zoning board and we're we're asserting that the um use is inappropriate and they're not operating as intended so that appeal will
ultimately go to the land use board to uphold or deny the determination of our zoning officer sitting in the back do we know when that uh zoning and planning board meetings i don't think it's been scheduled yet okay thank you very much i appreciate
your problem thank you anyone else for public portion 4925 Mlen Avenue i just wanted to thank Sarah um I don't think people really understand like some of the heart and hard work that goes into that sarah's personally helped me with cats and
before it was Sarah it was Ralph and Jo and before that I had to help out with city came out to help apparently if you're chosen by a cat that's a big deal and I'm allergic so they just show up and I'm just I'm going to get Sarah plug i mean I drop off food aldi has the cheapest food don't you have an Amazon
wish list just drop it on she does a great work her and her volunteers and um the cats sometimes don't ask to be put in those positions and keep all right thank you yeah thank you you don't mind no problem
hi everyone i just wanted to first say thank you and of course thank you especially to Councilman Bill Evans and Mayor Solder for personally inviting me to come out here tonight um and we also attended the most recent business alliance which you guys invited us to which we did make some good connections at we also found some new cats to help through that from you and someone else
so thank you but yeah we just wanted to and we do we feel we do really good work in the community so it's nice to be recognized by you guys um just last year I think I not back there but we helped probably around 100 cats just from Belmar alone that doesn't include the
thousands we've literally helped in the county of Belmar i'm in the county of Camden um and surrounding we do a little bit in Waler County as well um so you know any recognition is appreciated um it cost us also thousands of dollars to help these cats so any
maybe eventually would be helpful um but also just sending donations are always appreciated because we get every cat fixed vetted um we've also helped with local community cats who do unfortunately need to cross over the Rainbow Bridge if they're really sickly so that cost us money um but you know
it's better than them passing away out on the streets i know we just went through this and we were chatting about that so we help with people those things as well we also help community members who maybe can't afford to fix their own cats rather than to the shelter we get them fixed so they can stay in their
homes but no more babies being made so that's a big thing that we really are passionate about and of course also have some little just like if you guys want them yes thank you all of our links on app thank you guys
thank you so much and as we mentioned at our business meeting um anyone would like to make any donation or drop off any cat food or cat supplies they can bring them here to the burrow hall and we'll make sure we get them
to anyone else for the public portion hearing no one we'll close the public portion of the meeting one told business Fran no business new business business we have resolutions on a consent agenda
0368-23 to including 03 72-5 entertain the motion so moved second roll call council yes council Casey yes council
D'Angelo yes council Evans yes yes resolution 0373 resolution authorizing advertisement for the sale of certain lands owned by the var purpose in accordance with the requirement of the local land and
building law entertain a motion so second roll call yes councilman Casey yes councilman D'Angelo yes councilman Evans yes council yes resolution 0374-25 resolution authorizing
appointment of parttime MT employee for the Bar Fire Department i place the name of Ed Merkeline entertain a motion so move second roll call council Ber yes councilman Casey
yes councilman D'Angelo yes councilman Evans yes council yes resolution 0375-25 resolution OEM deputy coordinator i place the name of Mac Collins entertain a motion so move
second roll call yes councilman Casey yes councilman Dro yes councilman Evans yes council yes resolution 0376-25 resolution authorizing the ratification of contract and agreement between the Bar and ASME New Jersey
District Council 63 local 31 white collar members entertain a motion so move second roll call council yes council Casey council D'Angelo yes council Evans council yes resolution
0377-25 resolution approving March bill list for 2,235,117.76 so move second roll call yes councily yes council D'Angelo yes councilman Evans council yes so I have nine having no further business I'd like to
entertain a motion for adjournment second roll call for him all in favor thank you all for coming out tonight appreciate it i did see my man hey Tom how are you
i need my signature