Will the meeting to order? Roll call, please. Here. Mr. River here. Notice of this meeting was provided to the bars of leads and courier earnings filed with municipal clerk and posted on the municipal bulletin board on December
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any ordinance, resolution, or motion. You got to record that. I think I know that. All right. Our first presentation will be uh from Coldwell Associates. As many of you know, we have our fourth round
obligation for affordable housing which they gave us a very short timeline to put together. So, uh Jessica and her associates have been working hard to along with the council to get this put together. So, I will turn it over to
you, Allison. Yes. Yeah. And you just need to stand on that silver X so that you could get seen on there. Great. All right. Welcome. Thank you. So I do have a presentation. This will just be a very
brief overview of the fair share plan to give the board and the public an idea of what's included in it. Slide please. So uh there are essentially two components to the housing element and pair share plan. Obviously the first one
made the housing element. Uh this part of the document contains a lot of uh requirements from the municipal land use law fair housing act. It's a lot of background information and data uh such as demographics, population change,
employment information. Um and there's also an inventory. That's about as much detail as I wanted to get into for that session, but of course I'm happy to answer any specific questions that the board they have.
Uh so the second uh more um really the focus of this plan is the fair share plan. This sets forth um the rural obligations for all the city thus far. It talks about status
of any existing affordable units and um it uh goes over the proposed 40 mechanisms. Next slide. So the prior round of affordable housing in New Jersey covered 1987 through 1999.
Uh the bureau's obligation for the prior round was 127 uh units. This was satisfied through a variety of mechanisms. There were some prior cycle credits. These were existing units that credit for um a couple multialation
agreements for RCA and Banboy the Pine founding units and Roland Hills at all of these mechanisms satisfied the firearms obligation. So then the third round uh of affordable
housing covered the years 199 1999 student of this year 2025. Uh as far as the obligation there's really two parts to it. The first being the present needation obligation that the bureau has.
This was 15 units for the burrow. this all of these units were addressed with the implementation of a municipal home improvement program as well as participation that county rehabilitation. So then the second
perspective made new construction obligation the obligation perspective made obligation was 215 units um I won't go into too much detail about this but just as an overview there's a group home a couple of 100%able heights um some
extensions of expiry controls what that means is dedistric units that users set to expire the teeth were were new and so the credit for that there's the lane
redevelopment inclusionary zone and the party site zone as well and so the third round plan did account for all 215 credits next slide so as I'm sure you're aware there's uh
in March of 2024 new legislation was passed class. Um, and this determined obligations for the fourth round of the fourth class. Again, this covers the next 10 years uh beginning in July 235.
And so the bur's rehabilitation obligation for the fourth round is zero units. Uh the prospective need and again that's that new construction obligation is 113 units. Um so the bureau already
has several existing mechanisms in place that are going to partially address this and is also proposing um a couple new inclusionary zones or redevelopment areas to address it. You can go to the next slide and then
next. So uh first we have the quite inclusionary zone. This is already existing. It's the housing rule to 8 zone. Um it includes 31 properties.
This was duration adjusted in the third round and will mostly be the same in the fourth round. Um durational adjustments are u when there's a lack of water and sewer. And so if water sewer does become available, a certain number of
affordable units um certain will need to be reserved for the maintenance. We're anticipating up to 51 affordable apartments and eight up to eight redevelopment that is so the 65 Marmont Road inclusionary zone
um will is supposed to be a redevelopment zone. So the burrow would have proceeded with an area needed redevelopment study followed by a redevelopment plan for four properties on the site and it's anticipated that up
to 28 apartments will be um will be constructed on the site and uh it will enable safe support. Next we have the clar's redevelopable area. This is another proposal. Uh this includes four uh complete porcels and
the pul of another porcel that's uh where the blind unit is located. Uh we're anticipating up to 94 age restricted units but that should just be market rate units and then 18 of the affordable. Finally uh we have the I2 light
industrial inclusionary overlay zone. Um there's three properties in this site and we're anticipating up to 125 in the rental 25 affordable units. That covers that's basically the test notes of the fair plan from the board.
Uh happy to see any questions comments. Yeah, two questions. So thank you. Um, first, can you talk to me about Okay, we're fourth rounds. I know this last round by legislation, but has there been any guidance from the state as to how many rounds there might
be? What the is there a goal like just by rough fact uh calculation? Right. Close to now would be 500 units in the burrow. You know, we've always sort of operated on the fact that there were just 2500 units total in the burrow,
right? So you're looking at 20% um uh for basically affordable housing inside the burough. Has there been any guidance um from the state as to how long this will continue? Uh so as it reads currently uh the methodology by which
the obligations were calculated is proposed to be for every 10 year round moving forward. that could change. Um, but as of right now, that's so it's basically in perpetuity until legislator the legislature or governor changes. Correct. Yeah. But we're good for 10
years. Um it's a lot of rules. It is just what happens if you don't get there in 10 years like so the obligation of the burrow really to zone for
bill that is kind of irrelevant at this point. Yeah. Well, can you maybe to add to Jeff's question, can you just talk about what enforcement exists for the public's benefit as to if towns are not working
towards the obligation as handed down by the state um or they don't achieve it after round after round sort of what the state has taken action on or um like you know terms like builder's remedy etc. But it would just be helpful to have that explained in this. Yeah,
definitely. Thank you. Uh so if the bureau does not um adopt this housing element fair share plan um it does uh open up the bureau to build revenue lawsuits where essentially a developer comes in and paying for the zoning um
and I found a site where we bid these units in and we're pretty limited in um how we can address that. So it really puts it on the developer to change where they want their is a more proactive
but in a case where we like you said our responsibility is zoning it not necessarily getting it built. So if we do a zoning overlay and in 10 years and nobody acts on it what happens then so it would still remain in place. I
know um I believe it's new for this round but in the appendices of the fair share plan which is most of the Washington you notice site plan or preliminary site plans rough sketches of um the feasibility of
a site will need to be included um so for instance if an overlay zone on top of wetlands um yeah that five. Yeah. And so really there's just um a couple extra steps
that need to be taken to know that yeah, this can be potentially developed. So it's really just places where there's potential, right? Yeah. And and with a builder's remedy suit, what what um I know it sort of um
takes it out of the town's control somewhat in terms of like they're allowed to sort of go beyond what the underlying zoning permits, but are there some govern, you know, governance on that? Is it like I mean they can't just build like whatever they want. They couldn't build like a 20s story
building. like what any any like just parameters in terms of what a building remedy suit allow to do. Sure. Court decide. So really the town not only is the location and sites but also as
you know requirements and things like that sometimes involve probably. So it's the court that makes the decision agree with that. university. Yeah. And Jack, what's the
prevalence of Billy lawsuits in the state high level? We've been fortunate and we didn't have any challenges to our prior participated in the third round and the second had challenges
file in so in this area actually. Okay. Yeah. Anybody else? Thursday the planning board. Yeah, Thursday uh
the planning board will hear then probably the same presentation and they have advertised the plan on our website for 10 days as required. So um and then Friday at 8:00 a.m. we have a noon. Oh, it's noon. It was 8. Oh, it's
noon. That's right. Noon. Um just to vote on it. So because it has to be in by what? The 28th. Is it the 30th? The 30th. So yeah. And that presentation's already Yes. It's been up for 10 days. Required to do. Yeah. So the entire
report is on our It's on the first page of the website. Yeah. All right. Thank you. Thank you so much. All right, we have minutes to approve of May 19th and May 27. Motion to approve the minutes from May
19th and May 27th. Second. All in favor? Uh we now have an open session for the public for any items that are not listed for a public hearing. Anybody
from the There's nobody on Zoom. Yes. Hi. Hi. So, daily here. Uh, I just wanted to give updates. A lot of people are asking about the library innovation. Um, things are going off very very well. Many
um we have internet in the north today. We have new carpet things. is arriving and being assembled and we don't expect to be we're mostly closed right now. We have the media library going in the community room and half of the community rooms has a lot of active
programming. Um so you can get books from all over the libraries and still get going. we still have all the new books avail. So, um the library is open and it's going to be fully open very soon. There's um a few shipments that are going to until mid July, but
we'll have a weird mix of the temporary in September. Um and summer reading is also you can still sign up for that. It's not just a party. That was great. We had 50 people down. Um, but you can sign up for it. Oh, and please, if you know any through
coaching or whatever, we still have the the summer library has been taking over the first few days. It was really slow. Um, but we're giving away 15 16 a day now and yeah. Um, someone asked me about the the list for events for the summer. The best way is just calendar on the website.
Yeah. But um we still have a pretty full summer. Perfect. The brush was right in front of because I took one and I have gotten a tour when I was
there for our meeting on Tuesday and it's really coming along. Carpet is gorgeous. I like it with it and um people are adapting. So, you know, it was it's still a busy place even with all the construction going. So, thank you. I think it's going to be good.
It was it was anyone else wish to be heard at this time. Seeing none, I will close the open session. Um, and I will open the public ordinance on ordinance 2025 2021, an
ordinance to reszoning lot 2 block 62 and amending forget what that thing means. Um, 12-2.2 of the burough land development regulations entitled zoning matter. Uh, would anyone like to be heard on this? And this is simply
removing a piece that was zoned for affordable that the is no longer in our plan. So, we're taking it out. Seeing no comments, I will close the public hearing. Uh we'll start with Rich. Okay. I move pass ordinance number
2025-201 on final reading and adopt as second. Roll call, please. Mr. River, yes. Mr. Lee, yes. Yes. M. Yes. Yes.
I will open the public hearing on ordinance 2025 2022, an ordinance establishing a promotion process for chief of police and supplementing and amending chapter 2 of the burough code entitled administration.
Anyone like to be heard on this? Seeing none, I will close the public hearing. Ross, I move to pass ordinance 2025.2 on final reading and adopt as published. Second roll call, please.
Yes. Yes. Mr. Yes. Mr. M. Yes. Mr. Yes. And we'll open the public hearing on ordinance 2025-2023, a bond ordinance providing for a grant to a developer for site work associated
with the construction of affordable housing in the borrow of Burnsville in the county of Somerset, New Jersey appropriating 2.7 million therefore and authorizing the issuance of $2,570,000 bonds or notes of the bureau for
financing such appropriation. Hi. Yes. Hi, Aaron. Aaron Jeff, 51 Trusty Drive. I have some questions and comments about this ordinance. Um, first of all, the uh contract that was
originally awarded um back in 2018 that was done pursuant to a competitive contract process. Is that correct? Anyone know? Yes. And what was the basis for using the competitive contracting process for that
competitive? Actually, it was just an RFP for professional professional services. Uh, state law required that public contracts worth over $2.5 million be referred to the state controllers's office to be reviewed for compliance
with the local public contract law. Has this been done for this award? This is not a this is not a public contract in a sense and discovered by the local public context law. It was a settlement settlement the fair share housing center
was accorded to the spending plan accorded to document. So the you believe the birth position of the contract with RPM is not subject to the local public contract law. Right? That's correct. So you do not
intend to have this contractor reviewed by the state controllers office for compliance with that law. As I said, I don't think this is a contract. This particular bond is not a contract. I was referring to the contract with RPM for some of which we're taking out $3.5
million in debt to pay them to complete the scattered site project and constructing. So gentlemen, just to be clear, the contract with RPM, the development contract to perform to construct the scattered site developments, is that
contract governed by the local public contract law? In what sense? Does it apply? Does the law apply to this contract? We we chose to develop to develop the development. Does the contract
fall under the definition of what is included in a local public contract as far as a local public contract law is concerned? I don't understand your question. How about the um public works contract registration act and the prevailing wage act? Is this contract with ARM to
complete the um scatter site developments governed by those statute? This entire context development. It's a bond ordinance to replenish our affordable housing trust fund in accordance with our
settlement agreement and according plan and obligation. What was my question? My question was the contract with RPM pursuance which for taking out this $2.5 million bond pack ceremony to get to this contractor
is the contract with RPM between RPM and the burden governed by the public horse contract registration act and the prevailing no it is not and why you say that was yeah
from department of labor development. We're not we don't own it anymore. Yeah. And your three minutes is up and I think you know Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's why we have rules. And I think you know you've you've asked these
you've asked these questions in emails and they've been answered in emails and our public hearing is not for you to grill the attorney. It's for you to make to give and the opportunity.
These are pertinent facts. You don't. And that's echoed in your borrow said the exact same thing. It repeat those same phras. You're gonna say, you know what, that's enough. Three minutes is up. We're going to take $2.5 million in background and give it to a developer
who is contractually obligated to do the job without that money and give it to them. He's not contracted with under the develop under the development. There is absolutely nothing in the development that provides for the federal taxpayer fund to cover costs of construction.
Those costs are assigned exclusively to the developer RPM. I believe um Nancy had sent you what the piece the part that's in the contract that says that the shortfall. Well, can we can we take this in written
form and respond to the new questions you ask? But we don't want to ignore your questions either. You want to make sure that my rights to
some limiting rights to appear tonight. I'm anticipating future litigated rather here or there. I mean, you're saying that you're just not allowing the public to try to influence the decision
making of the council members who are going to be voting on this ordinance. You're going to kick me out because it's three minutes on the governor. And you don't you don't want to hear anything that might possibly interfere with pushing through an ordinance that if I
was allowed to finish, I would be able to tell you it should not be fast. you your email and share your account. But the questions you were asking were the same ones new that you want maybe related to this this business but
they were different but the prevailing wage we are not obligated to pay for because it's you're saying that the statute does not apply to the contract to and that that's fine that's
so did you have something additional that you wanted So just make a just so I can make a suggestion. I would s I mean you can do whatever you want in terms of asking questions. I think it would be more productive would be kind of summarized
in sort of major points because I think that council's interested if there is a way to avoid B 2.5 of course we're going to to listen to that and say that I'll comment that and I'll get out the burl proposal to build this um the
scattered sites back in 2018 you got five responses excuse me I was the one who provided five% to my open request so I guess those other um or beyond the five that I saw, not a single one of them proposed
any direct taxpayer contribution to the cost of constructing the scattered site development other than transferring the real estate on which they were to be located for nominal consideration. $1. That's what we were going to do under all five of those proposals that I was
allowed to see. RPM submitted one of them. Pursuant to that proposal, pursuant to the you know competitive process that that was undertaken, we entered into a contract with RPM which provides specifically RPM would
implement and complete the development of the property including financing, design, construction and completion of the project at its full cost and expense. The development agreement contains an integration clause provide. This agreement constitutes the entire argument between the parties and supersedes all prior oral and written
agreements between the parties with respect and subject matter here. Nowhere in the contract does the bureau undertake any obligation for the taxpayer to cover any construction cost whatsoever. Now at the 11th hour after all the time, effort and cost that went
into this deal, the contract negotiation and council meetings and hours and hours of planning board meetings to get them the permits that they needed to actually start delivering on their contract obligations to build these. Now they're coming back to us and saying, you know
what, I don't like the deal I made back in 2020. I'm not making enough money out of it. And I want the burough taxpayer to come out of pocket $2.7 million to cover a contractual obligation that I voluntarily assumed in 2020 and that I
have no contractual right to ask for. So this ordinance, sure, fine. You know what? My my taxpayers, my decisions, my neighbors, we we got it. We'll pick up this $2.7 million.
it it's wrong. It it's I believe it's violative of the fiduciary obligations that this board has to taxpayer. I believe it violates the local public contract law which I believe applies to this contract. I believe it violates the New Jersey
Constitution which every member of the governing body took an oath poll when they were sworn in. I would ask is to that that I would ask that you stand up for your taxpayers. I would ask that you put the taxpayers interest above the
profits of a developer and hold them to the deal that they made in 2020. What I would do if I if I to summarize, what I would ask you to do is vote the ordinance down, instruct your municipal attorney to
immediately demand assurances from RPM that they intend to fulfill the contractual obligations that they undertook in 2020 to the bureau to build these scattered sites with no taxpayer handout. And if they refuse to do so,
immediately rebid the project pursuant to the local public contract law while moving in the superior court for action for specific performance against RPM to make them complete the project that they promised
to in 2020 or for damages in the event that we have to spend money on another contractor to come in and do the job that they promised to do. that I believe is your obligation as um representatives of your taxpayers. Um
talking about $2.7 million. I would not I would ask don't don't let us be pushed around. Stand up for us. Work for your taxpayer. And just for short points just for the record, one is the council in 2018 decided to build
100% affordable credits. State regulations at that time fair housing session and court would not approve any 100% affordable housing unless the municipality agreed to make up any shortfall in the development.
Secondly, our spending plan at that time had $1.9 million plus specifically allocated for this very purpose. That amount has increased for several reasons. One is over the last seven or eight years and the second is the increase in the number of units. If the
council at that time had not decided to proceed in that way, we would have been looking at 300 units apart from unit today instead of 60 units. We may disagree with the council petition at that time, but it was certainly a ration.
I I don't agree don't disagree with it at all and I applaud the council for undertaking the scout developments and for finding developer like RPM um to undertake to protect taxpayer through a contractual obligation with the burrow
to complete an add call there just because we and we definitely did and you have to agree with fair share that if no other options available that we're the lender or you know deep pocket of last year's worth absolutely but there's There's nothing that stops us from going
out there, which we did, and finding a contractor like RPM or more contractor who submitted this to undertake that to take that risk off the taxpayer shoulders and say, "We will shoulder the risk of completing the
development at both cost and expense. essentially an indemnity to the bureaus's you know having to come out of pocket as the lender or a payer toward and just because we have an obligation to fair share does not mean that RPM does not have an obligation to us to
fulfill the terms of their contract we just need to enforce that obligation their contract needs to be made a par with our spending plan which as I said I believe in this 1.9 million and the integration clause is meant to say there is no other understanding or you know
penumbra of potential in the you know interplay of laws that you know might possibly affect. Here's the deal. The integration clause says this is the contract. It's in the contract. The entire agreement between our parties is in the contract. If it didn't make it
into the contract, it's not part of our deal. There is nothing in the contract that says we have any obligation at any point to fund the cost of construction that the exact opposite said about that RPM's risk.
That's their sole responsibility. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. And thank you Mr. I'm close the public hearing right now. Go ahead. Um The money to pay the $2.6 million in
bonds is not taxpayer funds. It's coming out of our affordable housing affordable housing which we fund with development bill. So So it's not going right into debt. It it
will go as it comes in our other developments, the ones that we talked about earlier. Plus, every developer who builds has to Yes. Right. You still may be servicing it from that
fund but still being taken out by case which will burn the taxpayers tax. The intent is to pay 100% of the 2.6 my
other but the general obligation box. So if your intent doesn't follow through, we're fine. That's correct. I think that's what we need. Okay. So hearing on this ordinance unless anybody else
wanted to say it again. No. Okay. Um I move to pass ordinance 2025- 2020 final reading adopt anybody have a comment on roll call Mr. Mr. Yes, the mayor.
Yes. I'm sorry. Thanks. Did you obtain? No, I second. Christine abstain. Thank you. Good night, Aaron.
All right. We now have resolutions 2511 through 25128. There's two more at the end, but I think we need we'll discuss them because they weren't on our work agenda. Anyone have questions, comments? Some
you want to pull out? That's pretty impressive that we have three new volunteers for the fire company. also be there's two more at the end. Yes. Um but we didn't talk. They weren't on the agenda last meeting. So we're
going to do them separately just so you have time to keep them. Yeah. And then you can explain them. um brought me a question. Yes. Charlotte. Oh, this this came from the environmental commission
um asking that whenever we do new plantings on just burough property that we use native species. So, no bamboo. Well, and it's native. I was going to say I I promote being, you know,
eliminating any invasive non-native. I just wanted to see if that happened. Yeah. Um I think all the rest we discussed at last week's meeting. All right. So, do I have a motion?
I move that resolutions 25-11 to 25-128 be adopted. A second. I'm sorry. What's your concern? I'm just looking at the actual language of 128 here. I need to know how broad it is. I don't want it to be a thing. Like I don't want to
overpromise. Before we go to the like because I thought about this. I think your concern was if there was no like it just says native plants that could be added later like in other words that just gives a a long a large range
um like the language is not there's no finite aspect of the language you know what I mean that that was Ross's concern so in other words someone could say this is a native plan or change the definition native plan and then we're obligated to that so I that that was what you were I was going to say we
required to all plant be native. Yeah. Yeah. That's what it on property. That's what it was. I think but see I think there was some like sort of reasonable exception or something like that for like a ball. It could be something that's maybe non-native but not invasive. The point was you didn't want
invasive things that are going to spread and kill other invasive. Yeah. Definitely against because there are some non very well. No, absolutely. I definitely respectful. Um I can abstain
if you're just I'll I'll vote. Yeah. We have to do it. So in other words, I move that resolution 2511 to2127
be adopted. Second roll call. Mr. Yes. Ma, yes. Mr. Trainer, yes. Yes. Mr. Yes. Okay. Now we move I move that resolution
25-128 be adopted. Second roll call. Mr. River. Yes. Mr. Roose. Yeah. Mr. Trainer. Yes. Yes. Okay. Still pass. Yeah. Yeah.
All right. So, now we're up to 94. Okay, the mayor's update. Um, just one more comment on the bond ordinance. Um, originally the ask Oh, you wanted to do it. I was going to say I had it in my Oh, you know my
report. Oh, you can whichever. Anyway, I'll say it. The original ask was $5 million. Um, we had two different attorneys as well as a financial advisory company go through
all the numbers, all the expenses, all their receipts, do a whole financial audit on what RFP came up with and managed to then and made some some changes, some adjustments, and that's
how we got it down to 2.5. So, um, thank you for your work on that, Jackie and Matt and and, uh, financial. They did a good job. And so, it's not, you know, they're not unreasonable costs.
All right. So, as many of you know, I did go over the edge on May 30th. Um, we had on June 1st, we had the ribbon cutting for the historic markers. So if you the the main one is at the library
and from there you can see where all the other markers are. Um there's at all our historic sites downtown. We had Senator Brown Nick here and Commissioner Suie as well for the event. Um we I attended the Arbor Day event at Bedwell and the
middle school. The shade tree committee put that together. They planted a couple of cherry trees there. So hopefully they'll grow and do well and I guess they're native cherries. Yeah. I attended the Somerset County
Office on Aging public hearing which they do once a year. Uh we had a public safety committee with the surrounding towns and um I had mentioned to them that um HASS HA alert system that the
police chiefs association mentioned and it's a a unit that you put in a car or an emergency vehicle and what it does is when there's something going on on the road there's an accident there's a vehicle on the side broken down and a
police car there they it sends a notice to all the cars within a forget it 30 seconds on your little screen it'll say alert vehicle ahead emergency vehicle ahead so that people slow down because there's been a tremendous amount of
accidents where people hit people on the shoulders um so I had a meeting with them today uh the pricing is not out I mean it's fairly reasonable so we're going to discuss it at our next uh safety committee meeting and see if there's a
way that maybe we can get one or two of those units. Um, they're pretty cool actually. We had the senior breakfast at the library I attended. Great turnout, great music. How many people did you have? I think it
was over 40. Yeah, it looked like it were Yeah, it was it was lovely. Thank you for doing that. Um, I attended the Bedwell Garden open house. If you've never seen that garden, it is phenomenal what they've managed to do in that whole
inner little um atrium in the middle there. And I think they put out a cart too where you can get an honor system that you can pick up the produce. Um I attended the Somerset County Business Partnership Women in Business Reception at the AC Hotel. Anybody been
there? It's pretty impressive. Anybody home? There's nice heard. Great. It's It's really nice. We don't get invite upstairs. Uh I did attend a fire a meeting of the
fire um department as we had agreed that I would liazison with them. We told them about the increase in their allocation for the year. They're having some issues with um daytime emergency calls because now that we have um what do you call
city MD here? They're having a tremendous amount of people going to the hospital. So um we're going to try and set up a meeting with them to work out how we can potentially because a lot of them aren't our residents either and so you know
it's it's hard with volunteers to cover. So just to thank her for that. Yeah. So, City MV is asking for our first aid respond to pick up people and bring them send them to Well, they put in a, you know, transport request. So, it goes to us. They should pay for that. Yeah. So,
we're going to And actually the COO of Summit Medical is now. No, it's really it's it's for them to bring them from city to right. I felt that they were right
customers out. No, no, taking the hospital. Yeah. No, they they're using them more like just for transportation, which is not what they're here for. Some still be good though, just to say that their processes. Yeah.
Okay. Do um legislative committee meeting for the League of Municipalities. I went to um which I think I've said before is such a great uh well organized you know they break all the current legislation coming
up into different deals different committees and each one is reviewed and we either uh support it or don't support it and then um the league people go and defend or deny
these bills. So they they're really on top of all the legislation that's coming up that will affect us. Um the library summer reading kickoff that was last Saturday. I had a little table for mayor's wellness and uh it was
a great turnout even though it rained and we had to move it inside. So if you haven't signed up for summer reading, it's for adults, too. I attended the Somerset County Business Partnership BizFest at the Somerset
Patriots Ballpark. If you have never gone to that, it's free to the public. They have just about every business and nonprofit sets at the table um with all kinds of information on services, jobs,
products. It's pretty impressive. Um, we had a white road board meeting. Oh, the taco and empanada festival on Saturday was really good. They had how many trucks? What was it? Oh, eight. 11.
11. I think I counted 11. 11 trucks. Bouncy houses. Um, great. Really good band. Yeah. All day they had switching them out. Yeah. So, welcome. I think it was well well
attended, well done. Um, I had a meeting as you mentioned, flash vote coming up. Um, I forget I think we're up to almost 300 on the panel so far. They did send out an SMS and I will meeting with them
Wednesday. Um, I think what we're going to do for the first survey, if you agree, is um ask about borrowed communications, how they want to hear from us, what methods they use, because that was one of our goals that we had
set was, you know, concerned about how people get information from us. So, I think that's what we're going to work on when we have it done and you'll all get to see it. It shouldn't be more than five minutes if it's that. But and uh Oh, I think that was it. Yeah.
Okay, I'm good. Questions? Thank you. Now it's your turn. It's okay. Sorry. I think Jack if he didn't do that was 400,000. So yeah, they're big, Jack.
Um, yes. that it's not um at the last meeting somebody had brought up cam and um said that it was full. Uh
so I talked to the director about that and he said if we have roughly people but have ongoing rolling registration so he wants right so he want it's not like we cut him off.
So I will I send something out to everybody and maybe the people that everybody is interested. Um I did want to um start tomorrow.
Um I did want to announce that um the longtime employee barer is retiring on Monday and Friday will be her 20 year anniversary
Monday. Are you doing anything? I want to mention even the police chief running his retirement application. So we are very happy to welcome him back for at least the next
year and again we're happy to have him. the department. I mean, he never left, but um and then the good thing is that I'm walking. I saw it. Very nice. It looks beautiful.
I think the grass needs to grow. Um even though they will, you know, make sure to put the grass seed on. Um also, it brought my attention to more dog bags soon. We will put those in as well. And uh we
do have I know that you had mentioned this. We do have signs for the entrances to the bathroom and um well we have them. Um we have them and um I think there was with change in TPW,
change in recreation that kind of got lost in the double. So, um, they dig out and put them. Okay. Are we doing a ribbon cutting for the pan? We should do.
So, when you're ready, should you maybe let the grass grow in a little bit? Yeah. Yeah. It does look nice. It is. I'm doing a good job. I tough hitting
him, but Yeah. Yeah, it all. It's actually wider than I thought it was going to be, too. It's really And people were using it. Yeah. Yeah. People were were walking instead of walking in the road, which was nice.
Is it that long? Are we working on that? Things move slowly, but we get there. Keep hanging in there. Thank you. All right, we need to uh accept the department monthly reports. Christine,
did you do I'll move to uh accept the reports. Okay, I'm sorry. All in favor? I opposed. Correspondence. I think we've got that covered. July council meeting. We have a issue
with the date that new business um busy involveation that day and u schedule. Um she didn't know that or that we had planned our normal
council meeting. Yeah. Yeah, sure. July 20th. Monday, July. Okay. And then we have two more resolutions. So you want to just CO
a um applications the uh deadline to get will be um and so the TWW driver went over all the roads and uh they and
by the way they lifted our first points as far as travel and second in balance money. um the road um travel and very well travel and we'll meet the criteria of numbers
and um apparently so that's our first choice and our second choice we put two in we only usually get one but we put two in second choice is Valentine um so if you're okay with those u
we will ask the um engineer Goodbye. Okay. Well, okay. I move 25 129 be adopted. I second. Roll call. Mr. Yes. Mr. Yes. Mr. Ter.
Yes. M. Yes. Yes. All right. I move that resolution 25-130. Thank you. Welcome. Mr. Zalina. Yes. Ma. Yes. Mr.
Trainer. Yes. Mr. Ruth. Yes. Mr. Romero. Yes. All right. And now we have our second open session for any item that's wasn't having a public hearing if anyone would like to speak.
Can I just say something about the one corner that the um Mullins old colony that intersection is like looking really good. It's not done
because a lot I get a lot of questions about it but it's still in process that um that county um talking about her
I think they um that's put in uh ADA compliant um right across and flashing that corner of all
childs really child to do continuewalk to where in the places where there are no sidewalks filling the place we are asking to
modify that one side speaking of sidewalks how like I'm assuming there's sort of like a list of like you know kind of a wish list of where we would want sidewalks kind of thing. The the one that seems that just popped in my head and we're talking
about that is on Mount Air Road where there's a gap between it like street county. We've asked for many said, "Yeah, you can pay for it."
Walking around, but they don't they have to cut it down. So, it's all over the road. They usually come by dirt like where the sidewalk and Yeah. like a little like 12 inch because people walk on it. So, there is something about at least putting gravel
wood chips or should be putting down. Yeah. It's right in front of the marine rest. Yes. Also, you remember about I over a year ago he asked for a weekend
at Mount Aaron. Yes. A lot of people school that way. Um, and they heard it. Um, supposed to be the second time they're doing, um, what's a beacon. It's a great idea.
Signs on the different. You ever see in Chadam by the water park when people are wanting flashes? So it's not like something sign so it gets your attention. Yeah. I
thought somebody get bumped by a car. We did Florida. So that's kind of how Okay. Okay. So nobody for the open session then I will close the public session and
we do have an executive session. So do I have a motion to adjourn to executive? I'll make a motion. Second contract negotiations. We are not coming back out. All in favor? Hey, thank you for coming.