the first. >> Thank you, Brian. >> Are you going to trans? >> I mean, somebody will. Sure. It could be me. You >> probably you over. Do you want to do it or >> Well, you're gonna be involved in this because you're gonna follow him.
>> Yeah. >> Everyone knows who you are. So, yeah. Do you want to officially introduce him and say he's been working with Councilman the Wiki and Green Bed? >> No. Something tells everybody you're not shy about
>> 10:00 emails. >> 10 o'clock emails. >> Is that all? Is that all it was? >> And only three months late. >> Well, that's >> no comments. >> Stick around. >> Big shots.
>> Just in case >> I should be 55 60 minutes. anywhere. I was in the city. Oh, >> yeah. But it's my birthday. I am show you all The first time that anyway It's just started working.
Thank you for telling me. >> I didn't think you guys a little bit. That's the question. Council stand. >> Call this meeting to order. Please stand for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
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only. If for any reason Zoom fails or is disconnected, the in-person meeting will continue without interruption and action can and will be taken providing that there is an inperson forum. Mr. Noble, excused. Mr. Greenlat here. Mr. Carr >> here. >> Mr. Nikki >> here.
>> Mayor Gubosi >> here. Okay, thank you, Erica. Uh, ladies and gentlemen, before we begin our meeting, I have some sad news to share with our residents uh tonight. Alec Majeski, a long-term Bradley Beach resident and
dedicated environmentalist, passed away unexpectedly early yesterday morning. Known to many as Captain Al, the captain devoted over 15 years to his work with the American Latoral Society, leading environmental efforts across New Jersey.
Here in Bradley Beach, his impact is lasting from helping transform a north end parking lot in lot into the Julie Shrek Maritime Forest to most recently guiding the restoration activities regarding Silven Lake. Over the past six
years, Captain Al's passion for our community and our natural environment leaves a legacy that will not be forgotten. Please join me in a moment of silence in his memory. Okay, thank you very much. Um, moving on now with our agenda, we have scheduled a
a workshop. Uh the workshop is on sewers and we have a ton going on in sewers. We're going to con we're going to try to condense uh weeks and weeks and months of work into about a a 15minute total workshop
that will include a presentation from the engineer who's been guiding a lot of our work suburban and Matt will introduce Shane in a moment and uh also Mr. Dohy, our business administrator will share results from a survey uh for
a from a study conducted by Phoenix Advisors. So before I turn it over to you two, Paul, any overview you'd like to share? Not just that, you know, the chute sewer program started many, many years ago um and started on the southside and was being done by all
bonds bonding and and and borrowing and um Councilman Greenblad and myself spent a lot of time and energy putting together this program and working with the consultant suburban um in order to find funding and to be able to find a way to pay for our sewer replacement,
complete the program um as fiscally responsible as possible. And we found a lot of you'll hear about the whole grant money we found through the design as well as um excellent financing rates for um construction as well as principal forgiveness which the engineer will
explain. So it's been a um you know a lot of effort over the last year putting this program together and um now we're going to reap the benefit of it. But but just you know keep in mind that no matter what you know at the end of the day we have to be fiscally responsible because the residents this capital
program to replace these sewers is a cost and an investment of our community in the future. So nothing is for free even though we're getting a lot of grant money and I just want to make sure everybody understands that there is this does have a longerterm impact on our our sewer rates. Uh but we are doing the
things to make it most financially affordable as possible. So, with that, um, hand over to Matt. >> Sure. Uh, council, um, and mayor and council, as you know, um, the sewer system in Bradley Beach is extremely uh,
it's outlived its usefulness many, many years ago. It truly is a testament to the folks who installed it over a hundred years ago that it's still functioning today. Um but it is time to to continue uh as council in the know
mentioned the replacement program. Uh we are seeing a reduction in what's called flows which is the amount of flow that's being processed by the Neptune Sewer Authority. So, as the um sewer system
gets replaced and you know, mayor and council made a decision last year not to simply reline existing pipes, but to actually replace that. And as the pipes get replaced, you can see that flow number decrease. So, as Councilman Wiki
mentioned, there is a cost to this. It is an investment, but there is also a financial benefit. um you know it it's it the financial benefit starting now not at a high rate at a lower rate but it does start somewhat immediately as we
make these improvements. Um, you know, before she was sworn in, uh, Councilwoman Greenblat, uh, had the opportunity to meet with folks from suburban engineering at the League of Municipalities, and she's the one who brought them to our attention, uh, and
the fact that the town uh, has and had been eligible for millions of dollars in what's called a forgivable uh, or principal um, principal forgiveness, which means you borrow money and they
forgive you for a portion of what you borrow, it ends up becoming a grant. So from that we uh we retain Suburban Engineering to look at the remaining sections of the sewers uh for replacement and for finding the
financing in the most uh in the most the least expensive way possible for the rateayers who are all taxpayers. Um unlike other towns that may use American Water or other uh
independent parties, the only rate for the sewer system are the folks that uh live and own property here in Bradley Beach. Uh at the same time uh the council authorized us to go out and find a third-party
uh financial advisement company, a group of experts who do this throughout the state of New Jersey to look at whether or not it would be smart to privatize the existing sewer system. So, I'm going to talk about that after Shane gives his
presentation on what Suburban Engineering is doing now and you know what folks in town uh can expect going forward. So, Shane, turn it over to you. >> Great. Thank you, Matt. Is there a good spot for me to stand or
>> uh Okay. >> Sh. Are we able to Michelle get that? >> Um I need to access this. >> Yeah, it should be bring that up here.
>> Oh, also everything that's being presented today will be put on the website. So, um, you know, the the public will have, uh, be able to fully inspect everything just in case there's some stuff that we may go over a little quick here because we have limitations
in time. Um, feel free to look at on the website and you could always pepper me with questions. If I don't know the answer, most of the time I don't. I'll just go to Shane and get the correct answer and get it back to the public. >> All right, sounds good. Uh, thank you,
Matt. I'd first like to express my my condolences to the bureau for um passing of Captain Allen. I know we worked together on Silven Lake a little bit, but I'm sure that's just the uh tip of the iceberg. But my name is Shane Logan with Suburban Consulting. Matt, thank you for the
introduction. We've been working closely with Matt, Shauna, um and Paul on the burrowwide sanitary sewer um infrastructure replacement program. Next slide, please. Um so back in 2020 the burrow introduced
a six-phase program to replace all the sewers. Um really the impetus behind this as Matt mentioned was they were seeing an increase in flows. Um the sewer system was over a hundred years old and also there were improper lateral connections due to the lack of sewers in
the streets running north to south. Um so as you can see on this map here um two of those phases have already been completed as I'm sure you've seen. Um that's those grayed out areas really more on the south side of town. Um and then there are four remaining phases. Um those phases have been kind of just
split up um on more bite-sized portions that the burrow could handle. And then we also have the state highway which is main street and then the county roads brinley um fletcher lake or lake terrace
and then um ocean. So split up into four different portions that would be tackled um at a later date. That's kind of where Suburban got involved um with the burrow. Next slide. Um so where we're at right now. So, right now, Suburban's been working with
CME um for their first few design contracts to replace the sewers. So, they're looking at um Fifth Avenue, Parkplace Avenue, and Ocean Park Avenue. These were projects that were already in the works when Suburban got involved. Um one of the big draws to these areas was
that DOT resurfacing grants um were obtained for those portions. So, really, you could go in, replace the sewers, and then have the paving funded by the DOT. Um, so as Matt mentioned, kind of the best bang for your buck scenario. Um, and with and with that where Suburban
has gotten involved is we applied for planning and design grant for $2 million. That's going to cover all of the planning efforts for these contracts as well as everything moving forward. And then this work will also be covered by principal forgiveness like Matt
mentioned um up to $2 million per year. Um, so right now for these three contracts, we're looking at a total cost of $2.4 million, $2 million back from the D, $800,000 back from the DOT. So, as you can see, that's over the $2.4
million in cost. So, we can even go further with the project than we expected. Um, and basically the burrow is paying nothing out of pocket. Um, so now moving forward to next year. Um this is kind of what the bureau is looking to do um in state fiscal year
2027 which actually begins July 1st of this year. Um so on the right here we have a map of the survey efforts that Suburban has performed to date. Um in case you've seen our guys out there, this is what they're doing, collecting all the information um so that we can
design these contracts going forward. Um so for next year we're looking at completing Main Street. Main Street is one of the most complex um roadways in the burrow. Um we have DOT work coming up which is going to be fixing ADA ramps
and signals at intersections. Then we also have um CME who is designing a streetcape program. Um so before all of that work happens, we want to get the sewers replaced. That way you could come through pave, you're not going to be disrupting anything. Um and then we
could get all the surface looking great um for all the residents. So again, right now suburban 30% of the way done with designing the main street work. We're anticipating that the construction costs are going to be about $2.5 million. And again, this would be eligible to get $2 million in principal
forgiveness back um to reduce the burden to the rateayers. >> Excuse me, Shane. Yep. and the timing of that main street work because of the other contracts. Correct me if I'm wrong. We're looking we're targeting September right after the or after the high seas. Correct. So this fall we
would be doing the sewers on Main Street. Correct. >> Yep. Yeah. So right now that previous slide that we were looking at the CME design contracts those are also going to be going out in September. Um the reason behind this obviously we don't want to be working in the summer. Um but then
with that with the transition to 2027 kind of happening in the middle of the calendar year um we're also going to be looking to push forward Main Street in September. Um so now kind of big picture and this is what's kind of a segue us into what Matt is presenting on is the burrow is
looking to replace all of the sewers. Um how are we going to accomplish that? We're going to break it out into smaller portions. Um, and we're going to target a different area each year. Um, this map shows up to eight contracts. Um, that's really just targeting that $2 million
number. Um, but the kind of organization of these contracts, what's going to come after the other. Um, that's all a little bit up in the air right now. Um, as we work with CME to target more of the branch for the paving. What that's going to do is stretch your dollar even further. Um because if the paving's
covered, we can use this money more so to focus on what's underground. Um and it gets us as far as we can. And then last slide, Matt. So this is kind of just outlining that approach a little more. Um with the funding sources we have in place, there
are some deadlines. Um design must be completed by September 2029. Um really shouldn't be a problem. We're starting the design now. You've seen the surveyor crews out there. um that is all moving. Construction must be completed by April 2031. This date comes into play because
the first construction contract is going to be starting um this year. From that point, we have 5 years to complete the construction of all of the contracts um so that we can get the principal forgiven. That means 5 years is 5 * $2
million per year. we have the potential to get $10 million back for the construction of these projects. Um so we have the cost breakdown there at the bottom. Um 21 million overall plus 2 million in planning and design have the planning and design covered $10 million
over the course of 5 years. Ultimately what it comes out to is to complete $23 million worth of work. Um it's only going to cost the bureau $11 million. So pretty significant cost savings. Um, and I think Matt that probably uh brings us
to your >> before before you go on to Matt one other comment that's the work underground but the surface pavement is money at cost on top of that and that's why we need DOT grants as correct >> but but if we do save money on the
sewers we can apply that money to to service as well. >> Yes. >> Okay. So right it covers both if depending on our availability of grants. >> Yep. >> I just want to also point out that the principal forgiveness per year is not really guaranteed after the first two
years we're grandfathered into this. >> Correct. So the $2 million in planning and design is locked in. Um then they have also locked in another 2 million in principal forgiveness um that we would be targeting this year um with those first three contracts that were out. Um,
and then we can see on the screen there, um, the DP's released that there's going to be $30 million available for next year, um, at 2 million per year. So, we're confident that the planning and design and the first two years are in there. Um, the rest we're going to have
to wait and see what the D releases as funding availability. Um, >> so since we're grandfathered in, would would we be eligible if there is funding available to continue for the successive years of the principal forgiveness? >> Correct. will be eligible for five years.
>> So the 11 million is best case then. >> Correct. >> Great. Thank you. >> Anything else? >> No. So I just a quick summary just to highlight something. So completion of Fifth Avenue is going to have we're
going to advertise an award, but we're not going to build that until September. Um, Ocean Park, which also is the area that we were having all types of maintenance issues on that DPW's been working on and resolving, that will also
go to construction in se in September. And a piece of Park Place cuz two blocks of Parkplace were already done. We're going to do another block. >> Correct. >> And at the same time, we're going to do Main Street next fall in order to get done and out of the way for DOT to come in and do the redo the um signalized
intersections. Yep. >> Excellent. Okay. Thank you. Good. >> Yeah, I think so. Uh Shane, thank you. We'll come back to you though in a minute after Matt Dordy finishes his part. >> Thank you. >> Thank you.
>> Uh thank you, Shane. Uh and I got to tell you, uh having a engineer on the council uh is both remarkably productive and saves us thousands and thousands of dollars. So, you're all very lucky to have an engineer on your uh on your council. Uh before I I start, I do want
to thank two uh residents, uh Jim and Rick, who started this process years ago. Uh anytime I talk to anyone about this, they're like, "Well, what do Rick and Jim think?" I'm like, "Well, make sure they're included." So, um thank you
both very much for getting us to where we are now. Um you were actually the ones who brought up Phoenix Advisors, um you know, when we started talking about this because you already done the research on them. So, as I mentioned before, the mayor council went out to uh bid for a financial advisor. Uh Phoenix
Advisors was chosen. They um processed all the um financial documents to see, you know, is it worth keeping the system uh public or should we privatize class? Um and as you know, the mayor is an
accountant, so he uh makes decisions driven by numbers. So, they knew that and that's what the numbers they put together. Uh, so if Michelle could put up our first slide drum roll once
it's still shame, it There we go. Matt, can you make that larger chance larger? >> Uh, so here's our first slide. Uh, again, this uh report was finalized the end of March and we want to present the public as soon as possible. This is a um
a PowerPoint presentation about it. So, we'll have this on the website, but uh along with the full report that supports all the the information tonight. Uh, next slide, please. So, uh, as Shane said, there's about
$24.8 million in capital improvements over the next five years. Um, they also looked at what's going to happen with rates and the difference between if you privatize what would happen to rates versus kept it public and within the
control of the mayor and council. Um, as you know with your electric bill, your gas bill, utilities are regulated in New Jersey by the Board of Public Utilities. So ultimately, even rates themselves do have some type of government regulation
process, but when you privatize it, uh, it is outside of the scope of the mayor council, um, but inside the scope of the state government. Um the uh uh based on the current projections estimated the bureau would need to implement a three-year rate
increase of 18 to 19% annually um between 2029 and 2031 uh followed by 2 and 3% increases. Um next slide please. If the burrow was to sell the system, um
some of the bigger names, you know, uh New Jersey American Water, which currently has the water system for the burrow of Bradley Beach, but also other companies like Viola are out there. And there are other burrows currently in the area looking at selling their water and
sewer system. Uh the one closest to us right now in Lake. So they are going through this process as well. But if the burrow was to sell the system, they would estimate the sales price between 5.2 million and 7.8 million. So between 5.2 and 7 7.8
um 1.9 million of the utility fund would also become available to the burrow. The uh utility is what's called selfquidated. So it pays for itself. So the taxpayers do not pay any portion of the sewer utility. Also about $275,000
of municipal costs, salaries, wages, benefits, things like that would also um would would be transferred from the uh sewer utility onto the general fund, which would be the taxpayers. Um
uh next slide. Here's the projected monthly sewer costs. If you went with a um privately owned, that's the top cost where it go from somewhere around $70 to $121.
Uh whereas if you look at right now the um publicly own what you have today is $40. This is on a on a monthly basis. So when you get your uh quarterly store bill, I think it's $119.50
to be exact. Um, and then the $60 to $80 is really where the u uh the market sewer rates should be. So you are currently paying less than what you should pay. Um, if you remember a few
years ago, previous administrations decided to lower sewer rates. Um, they probably should have left them where they were so that we'd be at the market rate. So over time, um, the rate we have to patch up to what the true the pulse
of the sewer system is. Uh next slide please. Um the outstanding debt current outstanding debt is 7.6 million. Uh general capital debt is 5.2. So the total uh payoff for sewer utility that would be 75 plus general capital at
4.8 which would be 12.3 million. So just doing simple math, you got to pay off 12.3 billion, but you can only settle it for 7.8. That's a deficit that is incurable.
So ultimately, it's going to be up to the mayor and council as to whether or not um you know, we move forward with potentially selling the sewer system. Um more than likely that would go to a referendum so the voters would ultimately decide. But when you look at
the math, uh, it simply does not work. And ultimately, the Department of Environmental Protection in the state of New Jersey could prevent any sale where the uh, amount of debt exceeds the amount of revenue they collected, which
again, if you ever worked in the private sector, you have too much expense and not enough revenue, you just can't move forward. Um, next slide, please. This is just a little bit on the the board of public utilities and division
of uh rate council. Again, they are there to protect the rate payers from exorbitant increases by utility companies uh when you privatize if that was a direction that the mayor council uh ultimately decided to go into. Uh I
think that's our last one. Uh any other slides? That's it. Uh any questions? Sorry. >> Yeah, ma'am. Or maybe just a few comments. Oh, actually, Michelle, I'm sorry. Could you go back to the the line slide if you can with the three graph?
>> The three graph. Yeah, the line graph. I'll start talking while Michelle hopefully hears me and looks for that. Um, maybe as a quick recap of all the stuff you just heard back whenever it was 2000, Shamie, you mentioned 200
18 or 20 20 when when the burrow first undertook a mapping of of the sewer work that needed to be done at that time. I think there were five or six phases uh six right >> and it was 2.5 million per phase that
was the estimated cost. We completed phase one at 2.5 million. Phase two, we ran out of money. We couldn't completed. We spent close to $5 million for phase two. to give you a sense for how rapidly
costs have increased in this world. So just back in 2020 when we thought the spend was going to be 12.5 million to totally redo all of our sewers, you now see numbers just to finish what we've started being close to 23 million. So
the prices have been soaring in terms of construction costs and all these you know pricey engineers. So just a joke shame. Um but but no, you know, there's no denying the fact that prices are soaring. So when we look when we talk
about selling the sewers, Matt, to your point, it's it's not just about recovering s costs already, but it's also about whether or not we want to avoid future costs. And so the question, can Michelle get that line thing, the
line chart? Matt, could you ask her? Uh Michelle, could you go back two slides? Please the line chart. Almost there. Keep going.
Keep going. >> Where is she? >> She waiting on the wall. >> I didn't think your presentation was that long. There we go. Okay, there we go. >> So, um, Michelle, yeah, right there. That's good. Thank you. So, the first
thing to point out is if we were to turn, forget the dollars that we'd make or not make in selling it. If we were to turn over the cost of the sewers to an independent utility, that top line, uh, the experts tell us approximates the cost we as residents would pay. And you
can see, I can barely see the numbers, but it it practically doubles. It's 40 going to what, man? I can't 70. >> 40 to 70. >> Yeah. >> The line in the middle, the thing that I just want to make sure I pointed out, the bottom line is where we are now, but
the bottom line is below what where we should be. And what you can see is the little line that's connecting up to the middle line. the middle line. The reason it's so much lower than the rateayer line is because
our councilman council persons flanking me uh Miss Greenblat and and Mr. Noiki working closely with Shane and Suburban, they have secured all of this grant funding andor andor, uh, principal forgiveness so that we've actually brought that total cost from that 23
million down to more like hopefully 11 million. I say hopefully because we still have to secure a few more of those grants. But should we do that, it's that middle line trajectory that we plan to try to get the burrow to. So effectively, we're saying we would not
outsource it given today's state. Now, a couple years ago, that might have been a more viable option because we didn't have all this grant funding secured. So, the one piece of this that you will hear more about as this year progresses is we're going to need to move our
residents from that lower line, the 40 line to what's in the middle. I can't read it again. >> Uh it it goes from uh 60 up to 80. >> Okay. So somewhere along that 60 to 80 trajectory, we want to bring start to bring our sewer rates up because we want
to be uh establish the appropriate level of funding for our sewers. By the time we hit 2030, when all of the infrastructure is completed, keep in mind these are 100-y old sewers. The B only started upgrading them, you know, whatever, six six years ago. We want to
hopefully finish by 2030. And that would include securing any more grant funding we can we can get. There will be sewer increases in cost, but understand we're right now we're priced way below where we where we need to be, right? Even if
we weren't doing capital more capital improvements to complete the system, the line of where it is would be problematic to fund the debt service that's already in place over time. So that debt is growing and that rate that is here today
was not sustainable to begin with. We would have to address that anyway. Now that we're going to complete the program, we're definitely going to have to pay that debt service. And what we're trying to do is minimize how much debt do we take on and do it as economically as
possible. And um can one of the engineers, maybe Shane or or Mr. Noiki, can you guys also reference for the residents what this means in terms of the laterals because as where we have not upgraded our sewers
yet which is you know what maybe not twothirds of the town but what half of the tunnel right is it about half the remainder of the town and which is middle and northern end as well as main street um right now residents are
responsible for the laterals going into the street financially responsible shank Can you just speak to by totally replacing the these existing laterals what that means for a resident? >> Yeah. So, um from every home to every main in the road there's a lateral which
is a smaller pipe just connecting the house to the sewer. Um one of the most problematic areas um that we're seeing with these older sewers is where that lateral connects to the main. Um so ultimately by replacing the main um and replacing the wire that connects to it
um there's going to be a higher level of service um really for all the residents um going to see less backups, less blockages. Um really the sewer is going to be functioning as it should be. Um and as Matt mentioned, there's also going to be less inflows of groundwater kind of seeping through that lateral
connection um getting into the system and increasing the amount of money that's paid to Neptune um sewage authority. Um and then one of the other things as well with the laterals is right now as I mentioned um within a lot of the north and south streets um there
are no sewer method um and in those instances we see laterals that are running from one person's house through someone else's yard through someone else's yard um and then into the system. So when there's an issue everyone's yard is getting ripped up and that's obviously not something that we want to
have going on. So there's a couple different facets of this that are ultimately making it favorable to replace the main and replace the laterals as well. >> Right. And so so then the future like half the town right now that we've already completed the responsibility of
the homeowner is from their home down to that grass strip where the where there will be a cleanout and then you know and which is still in the rightway. So but then from that point to the into the street is actually the burl's responsibility. So, we're basically
providing a location um on the grass strip that would be the point of juncture between responsibilities of us and the homeowner. >> Yep. >> Okay. Thank you. >> And I just want to jump back to the financial component which is part of this program also of that 11 million
that we were hoping for. Um 75% of that loan is at 0% interest. >> Correct. And that's pretty significant with the 25% at what the prevailing rate out rate. >> Yeah. So that's something you can't get or otherwise.
>> Yeah. So that's the cheapest financing that you can find out there. And that's all subsidized by the state. 75% of the construction cost is 0% interest. Tremendous. And just to layer on kind of what they mentioned before, as the sewers get
replaced, so too are the roads going to get repaid. Again, that's through Department of Transportation, but grant money from them. Uh you'll see that um this coming the end of this month is we're going to uh uh finally repay Fifth Avenue, which has had a sewer line
replaced. um we have to wait for asphalt plants to open up and things like that, but that should start the uh last week of April and be done by the end of April as well. Uh and one other thing to note, so one of the things you may ask yourself is, all right, well, if all this work was done, doesn't it make it
more valuable than than the 7.8 million? That's a great question. It makes sense, right? If you make improvements to your house, you should be able to sell your house for more than the improvements you put in. In this case, the Board of Public Utilities gives a guaranteed rate
of 7% for whatever uh investment in capital infrastructure that a utility makes. So, if they invest $100, they're guaranteed $107. Guaranteed $107. if they take over
what's existing, they do not get any return on it. So to the mayor's point, if this conversation was happening 10 years ago, there's a very good chance it would have made a lot more financial sense to privatize the sewers. If this
conversation happens 30 years from now, it may make sense to privatize the sewers financially, right? the mayor council along with the residents ultimately make that decision. But what we just looked at was the financial aspect. What are the dollars and cents
say? And again, right now your debt exceeds the value of the the system. Even though intuitively you would think, well, those improvements, the system should be worth more than that. It simply isn't because of the way the board of public utility provides that
extra 7% guaranteed rate return on the investments that the utility companies make. >> Right. And some sewer systems are more valuable than others because they do treatment and that's where the money is. And all of our waste goes to Neptune Township treatment facility. We don't
have a treatment facility. We just have a collection facility. And so it's not as good of a business for sewer collection to make money. So, so there's a lot that goes into this besides just, you know, there's a lot of pieces of that um business model.
>> Plus, we put ourselves in a strong position where we now have a much improved asset that we can hold on to and value and not sell when we finally got it into a position of strength, >> right? and you put future generations in
a much better position, you know, owning properties here in Bradley Beach as well. >> And just to point out, looking backwards, our debt would have been lower had we entered this program earlier. It was available uh these uh this to participate in this program and
get some more principal forgiveness, but it just wasn't entered into until this point. So, that's unfortunate. >> So, with all that with all that said, I'm going to open up to the public. I I want to though uh reiterate what you said Matt about Mr. Shishius and Mr.
Bartal leading this charge for a number of years. Uh thank you gentlemen for all the work you did just to get Bradley Beach focused on our sewers and the 100-y old infrastructure and the need to upgrade andor sell. and thanks to all of
your perseverance and hard work and and p pestering at times um you know I think you've got you've helped us get to a good conclusion. I also want to thank uh Miss Paula Gavin sitting right behind you who I think was responsible for getting you guys onto that task force in
the first place. So thank you Paula as well. >> Oh of course. So now with that said, uh yes, just just one more quick comment. You know, so you know, I think periodically it would be great as we do each piece of this that we continue to update the public and with the
communications of what's happening next and make sure that we're keeping everybody aware. One, and number two, um this council at some point has to address the rate structure. And so that's something that we'll come back to in the near future to bring back to the public and have that workshop. Well,
yeah, we'll be addressing what that line going up to the middle line looks like basically. Okay, thank you. >> Okay, that said, let's open up to the public. Do you have any comments or questions for the council or for our visiting engineer Shane service to us?
I'm Bob 58 North. This question, I think you answered it. Um, who sets the value of what the sewer system is for? Well, ultimately it's it's what the marketing want, right? >> What we asked
Phoenix advisor to do was to use the information that we had and again I'll put the report so you can see where all these u findings came from and what information they used. Um and then they go out to the to the market and they say all right well what would what would
this be worth at in the market? And that's why they came up with that range of uh 5 point something to 7 point something. >> So who who is the company or entity? >> Phoenix Advisors. >> Okay. They >> they're just a third party uh you know these guys are experts at this stuff but
ultimately it would be the market. You would you know the mayor and council if they wish would say hey listen we're going to put it out there to bid. Who wants to buy our sewer system? >> Okay. All right. Phoenix Advisors is like the broker for on your home in a way. They do their consulting in that
space and they give us an estimate of in your case what your home is worth. >> But the only real way to know what your home is worth is when you offer it for sale. >> Yeah. All right. Just >> any other questions or comments from the audience? Okay. Anyone on Zoom? Um can
we see everyone on Zoom or do I need to close close that uh PowerPoint? >> Uh that's a good question. We need to close the PowerPoint. >> Michelle, would you mind closing the PowerPoint Michelle?
>> I don't know if she's There we go. Thank you. >> Any questions from the uh Zoom audience? I see none. Okay. So, with that said, Shane, thank you again. Not only thank you for being here with us tonight, but thank you for what you and your firm have done to position us so favorably
over the past couple years. >> Yeah, of course. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Okay, moving on to item six on the agenda. We have a couple of proclamations. Um, Chad, may I ask you to read one of those or professional assistance to
>> Okay, this is a proclamation for administrative professionals day. Whereas administrative professionals including administrative assistants, office assistants, receptionists, billing clerk, billing clerks, finance specialists, deputy clerks, and other
administrative support staff make up one of the largest largest segments of the labor force in America. And whereas the administrative professionals play an essential role in coordinating the office operations of businesses, government agencies, educational institutions, and other organizations.
And whereas the work of the administrative professionals today requires advanced knowledge and expertise in communications, computer software, office technology, project management, organization, customer service, and other vital office management responsibilities.
And whereas admin administrative professionals day is observed annually in workplaces around the world to recognize the importance uh the important contributions of administrative staff. And whereas we recognize the important importance and
contributions of highly skilled administrative professionals to the success of office operations. Now therefore, be it resolved, the governing body of the Burough of Bradley Beach, do hereby recognize April 22nd, 2026 as
Administrative Professionals Day, and do hereby recognize and appreciate uh these administrative professionals and their valuable contributions in the workplace and support their continued professional growth on this day, April 7, 2026.
>> Thank you, Councilwoman. and Councilman Noiki, would you mind reading the proclamation for National Volunteers Week? >> Sure, Mr. Mayor. Um, National Volunteer Week 2026. Whereas National Volunteer Week enacted in 1974 by President
Richard Nixon celebrates the spirit of volunteerism, urging all Americans to seek opportunities to provide service to their community. And whereas the B burrow rail which is fortunate to have dedicated volunteers who generously give their time, energy and talents to help
make our community a better place. And whereas the work of these volunteers contribute to the quality of life in the burrow in countless ways. And and whereas these volunteers serve on a variety of boards, commissions, committees, and extends to include many
nonprofit organizations. And whereas volunteers also share their time to help with various burough sponsored events. And whereas volunteering changes the lives of volunteers in a positive way, increasing self-confidence, self-esteem, and physical well-being, offering the
chance to make new connections, providing opportunities to learn new skills and abilities. And whereas the world league recognizes that volunteering improves the quality of life and increases community participation and ownership. Volunteers are vital to our future for desirable,
caring, and productive community. Now, therefore, be it resolved that the governing body of the Burough Bradley Beach does hereby recognize the week, April 19th to the 25th, as National Volunteer Week, and expresses gratitude to all local volunteers for their
tireless dedication and service to our community dated this 7th day of April, 2026. >> Thank you, sir. Uh we will now move to item seven on the agenda which is approval of minutes and I will make a motion to approve our March 17, 2026
council business meeting minutes. >> Second. >> Mr. Noble excused. Miss Greenblat. >> Yes. >> Mr. Clark. >> Yes. >> Mr. Nikki. >> Yes. >> Mayor Guboszi. >> Yes. I will also make a motion to approve our March 17, 2026 executive session minutes.
>> Second. >> Thank you, >> Mr. Noble. Excuse. Miss Greenland. Yes. Mr. car. >> Yes. >> Mr. Nikki. >> Yes. >> Mayor Guboszi. >> Yes. >> That scared me there for a second. >> Okay. Moving to item eight on our agenda. Public comments and questions pertaining specifically to items on our
agenda tonight. If if you have comments or questions about items not on the agenda, please hold those till the end of the meeting. Are there comments or questions for tonight? Yes, sir. Rick >> Rick Park 116 Newark. Uh just want to
point out on individual resolution 2026107 where it reads that the lifeguards are going to be there until 3:30 in the afternoon on the seven months on
weekdays and Mr. Dy just want to comment on what you found out. Uh, the lifeguard is going to be on duty 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p p.m. Monday to Friday and 900 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays during the summer months.
>> So, just wanted to point that out. Sorry. >> So, the 3:30 is a typo basically, >> right? >> That's the same resolution we passed last year. >> Well, let's correct it. So, it aligns with >> No problem. Okay. And uh 96 Saturday and Sunday. >> Yes, ma'am.
>> Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you, sir. Other comments or questions? Yes, sir. >> Hi, my name is Danny Greenberg. My wife and I live at 221 Newark Avenue. Um, each of you has received by email the comments I'm about to share, but I felt
it important enough to be entered into the public record. And so, I will read it again here. Um, I'm writing to express my strong protest of proposed ordinance 2026-19, which among other things changes the depth in which basement can be built.
and I urge you to vote no on this ordinance that's currently drafted. My wife and I have been sub residents here in Bradley for a few years and in that short time since we quickly realized what a special place this town is and over the past year we rewrote our life plan for the future and decided to move
here full-time. With that in mind, we purchased one of the the one of the church lots directly from the burrow at an auction conducted by the burough under the terms set by the bureau and subject to the minimum prices listed by the bureau. Two weeks ago, there was a story in the
news about Americans of Italian descent who had moved to Italy permanently based on a program that granted them citizenship to people with Italian ancestors even from many generations early. The program set out specific criteria steps to follow which have
adhered to makes the descendants Italian citizens within a couple of years. And based on the program, thousands of people sold everything they had and moved to Italy. But out of the blue, the government last week changed the law, limited the program, making most of them ineligible for citizenship. These are
people who upended their lives to move to a country that openly and warmly welcome them, only to have the government change the rules in the middle of the game. I read the story and couldn't help thinking how alike the situation we are encountering is with the folks who are stranded in Italy. Because if you pass this ordinance as
written, you are also changing the rules in the middle of the game. and that is just not fair. This ordinance is a blunt instrument. By effectively banning all new basements in town, the burough risks devaluing not only our lot with the stroke of a pen, but also scores of
other properties in town. Have you given thought to what that will do to the tax base of Rather Beach? Have you considered less restrictive measures that would be effective in helping indigenous homeowners avoid flooded basement like high PSI porch concrete foundations, advanced waterproofing membranes, and redundant drainage
systems? Have you thought about what changes you might make to existing codes that might alleviate the effects of this ordinance should it go through? We have a conforming 50x100 lot, but we cannot build a garage because the 25 ft front yard setback requirement doesn't allow
enough room in the backyard. So if no basements are permitted, what about allow allowing larger sheds to accommodate the stuff that every family accumulates or reducing the front yard setback so a garage could be accommodated? How about increasing the allowable hype? The goal of building of
being a resilient community is an admiral one and the motivation for this ordinance no doubt originated with the new NJP real regulations. But on the one hand, the council in this very room was urge has been urging the state for more time to draft ordinances that support
the implementation of the new regulations while on the other hand effectively banning basement altogether immediately. You can't have it both ways. Between the cases already filed and the likelihood of legislature taking action before July 20th, the odds are very high that the rules will not go
into effect as currently drafted. So, the bottom line is, why rush into this? This ordinance creates an unfair, grandfathered class of homeowners here in Bradley Beach. If my neighbors can enjoy the utility of a basement, but I'm barred from building one on my own lot,
it creates an immediate and arbitrary hit to my property value and the utility of my home. What you're doing is moving the goalpost after we've committed ourselves to Bradley Beach. That sure smells like a regulatory taking to me. I urge you to vote no on this version of
the proposed ordinance. You don't need to rush into this. It would be easier for you to draft legislation that boosts towards greater resiliency of the town without negatively impacting the property values of so many homes in Bradley Beach. This ordinance is not g Thank
you, Mr. Grimmer. Um, we've got a lot to share with you and and the audience, but we're going to do that at the uh adoption discussion. We'll have public comment then again. But we also have some additional information to share that may alleviate some of >> I appreciate this. Thank you, ma'am.
>> Okay. Other comments or questions? Nothing here. Oh, yes. Sorry. >> Hello everybody. >> Hi. How are you? >> So, I see a lot of familiar faces here in the room. >> I just need your name and address.
>> Nick Gawkberg. I live in Neptune. >> Oh, okay. Thank 305 Shadow Launch. >> How How do you uh spell your last name? >> G O K. >> B E R K. >> Thank you. >> It's a doozy. I know. >> So, for those of you who do not know me,
my name is Nick with Cutting Edge. We're a local landscaping company maintaining close to 200 properties here in Bradley Beach and growing rapidly. I appreciate the opportunity to speak. And this is about the gas powered uh bowlers versus the electric powered bowlers. By the
way, I'd like to start with a quick question. By a show of hands, how many of you use a computer in your day-to-day work? Keep it in your head. I'm sure it's all of you. So, imagine being told from May through September
you're no longer allowed to use that computer and instead you have to go back to pencil. Would your business survive? Yes. Would your productivity take a hit? Absolutely. That's what this feels like for us. Gas powered blowers are not a luxury. They're a core tool. Taking them
away doesn't shut us down, but it slows everything down. Jobs take longer. Routes take longer, and maintaining the same level of service becomes harder. It's like taking a roofer's nail gun and giving them a hammer or telling a carpenter to cut everything by hand. The job still gets done, but it takes
longer, costs more, and creates unnecessary difficulty. Now, multiply that across an entire day and an entire season. Now, one of the most important issues here is timing. Implementing this this year would be devastating to all the landscapers in Bradley Beach. And
the May through September window doesn't work. It's actually our busiest stretch of the year. May, June, and July, our peak cutting season. We trim hedges as well. Grass is growing the fastest. Properties need the most attention. And most importantly, we do the highest volume of blowing when homeowners are
prepping parties, rentals, and summer events. So you'd be forcing us to switch to less efficient equipment at the exact time we run on at the most. When time increases, costs increase. Homeowners should expect higher prices just to maintain the same level of service. And that's not on us. All the local
landscapers, we know each other. We talk. We understand the market very well. Pricing is competitive across the board and margins are already tight with the landscapers. And it doesn't stop there. Fall cleanups in Bradley Beach starts early September because some of the trees are dropping their views
early. So in reality, replacing restrictions on the entire season, respectfully, letting us use the gas blowers in spring and fall as a compromise doesn't reflect how desperately we need this equipment. Now, from a business standpoint, this creates real consequences. There are
only a handful of companies servicing Brother Beach at scale, and we maintain far by far the most a responsibility I take pride in. the next tier, a few older solo guys who are very unlikely to invest heavily into new equipment at a stage. They'll just retire. They'll step
away. And the smaller companies with a few customers in Bradley won't fill the gap either. The cost of electric equipment, batteries, and added labor time cuts too deeply into margins. So, they'll avoid towns with these restrictions. You don't get a smooth transition. You get a a shortage. Fewer
landscapers, less competition, higher prices, and the burden falls on the residents. Now, here's a real world logist the real world logistics from a practical day-to-day standpoint. I want to make sure everyone understands what switching to electric blowers looks like. On an
average day, we're blowing about 3 to 4 hours with three guys. That's roughly 9 to 12 hours of blower use. We'll just say 10 hours to keep things simple. An electric blower battery lasts 25 to 30 minutes. And as you use it, the power drops off. It does not maintain its full
output like a gas blower does. With gas, I get about an hour and a half per tank, and the power stays consistent the entire time. So, you do the math. To get through a whole day, I need to buy about 20 batteries just to keep things moving. Batteries range anywhere from $250 to
$600 each at an average of $425 per battery. That's $8,500 just to run blowers for one crew. That doesn't even include the cost of the blowers we'd have to buy and the setting up of the charging stations in my traveler workshop. I'm really trying to
put you in my shoes here as a business owner. Do we buy an additional 20 batteries so we can rotate them? Charging one set in the shop while another is being used during the daytime then swapping them out when we get home every night. That would cost about $17,000
to make sure my operations run reliably. You might not stream, but we do the same thing with our mowers and equipment. We always keep backups for every machine because if one breaks down, which it always does, um, you need to have a backup. And the battery lifespan is another issue. These batteries don't
last forever. With heavily daily use, a battery that lasts 25 to 30 minutes now might last 15 to 20 minutes. Um, and I don't uh, sorry, that means we're not just buying them once. We're replacing dozens every single year just to keep
operations running full at full strength. I don't even spend anywhere near that on gas per year. Not even. It's a fraction of 8,000 or 17,000. It's not even close. So, if you're asking us to go fully electric across all equipment, the cost
of logistics just it would just multiply. And I understand the concern here is noise. So, let's talk about the noise. Gas powered backpacks typically fall in the 80 to 100 volt decel range, which is in line with many common machines. Chainsaws, jackhammers, construction
equipment, nail guns, circular saws, they all they're all about the same decibb. It's all noise. It's all the same. And beyond equipment, traffic, construction, kids playing, dogs barking, it's all part of everyday life. So the question here is where do we draw the line? If the goal is to reduce
overall noise, it's hard to justify starting here without addressing noise. Those noises first. Very important. >> Mr. Blackber, you're going to have to >> Yeah, that's it. >> Do you Do you have that typed by any chance here? >> Yes, I do. I was pretty much finished.
>> Okay. No. Uh, and I'm sorry to cut you off, but but if we could get a copy of that, >> that would be helpful. >> I really appreciate >> send that to me in an email. Thank you. You got it. Thank you very much. I appreciate it. >> Thank you.
>> Other comments or questions in the audience? >> No. >> About this issue >> about well about any any issue on the agenda. >> All right. I'll comment on that. I guess that's >> Brand uh 301 Main Street, soon to be 314
Third Avenue. Um I have a friend that lives in Montlair. So when I saw this issue on the agenda, they banned it in their town and I just said, "How's it going there?" He said that while it's softer, it's still noise. And he said,
"Is it worth uh causing such hardship to small businesses for just a little less noise?" And he didn't think it was he didn't think it was that uh distinct a change. He also said that they originally started there charging them
at like a remote station and then they would drive to them and switch them out. He said that didn't seem to be efficient for the landscapers. So now they just leave trucks idling everywhere, constantly charging all over the place. So if the if the primary reason you want
to pass this uh this restriction for is noise reduction, he seemed, you know, a little less noisy with the blowers, but now you have idling trucks everywhere. And uh like Nick alluded to, I just feel bad that it seems like we're singling out one group of small businesses while
there's tons that make noise um doing other things. So that's that's all I have to say. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Other comments or questions? >> Caitlyn Zelduty 7053rd. Mayor and Council, thank you for the opportunity to speak. It's nice to see
you. I'm here in support of the leaf blower restriction ordinance because these machines have real measurable impacts on public health and quality of life. Gaspowered leaf blowers emit high levels of fine particulate matter and toxic pollutants like benzene and nitrogen oxides, substances linked to
respiratory illness, cardiovascular disease, and increased cancer risk. For workers who use them daily, like our public works employees and residents who are repeatedly exposed, this isn't a minor nuisance, it's a health hazard.
The noise is also significant, often exceeding safe decel levels, disrupting sleep, learning, and simple ability to enjoy time outdoors. Unlike many other sources of noise, leaf blowers produce persistent highfrequency sound that travels far beyond the immediate area.
Beyond human health, leaf blowers are damaging to the local environment we value so much here in Bradley Beach. They kick up dust, mold, pesticides, and allergens, degrading air quality while also disturbing soil health and beneficial insects. What What's more, they often move debris from private
properties into public spaces and storm drains, contributing to pollution in our waterways, many communities have already taken steps to restrict our transition away from gas powered leaf blowers, recognizing that quieter and leaner alternatives exist. This ordinance is a practical, reasonable step toward
protecting residents, supporting workers with safer tools, and preserving the coastal environment that defines our town. Thank you for your consideration. >> Thank you. >> Other comments or questions in the room? Any comments or questions on Zoom?
>> Okay. Oh, yes, sir. In the middle, I can't read the name. >> Hello, my name is Anthony Valardo. I live at 3173rd Avenue and I am a junior engineering student at Lafayette College. And regarding the blower
restriction, I have a few notes on it. So to pick up where Nick said, the lithium batteries would lose 20 to 30% of their capacity by the end of the 2 and a half month restriction. And so every year you would have to
replace them which economically would pass on those charges to the consumers and the business alike. And for the towns that have done this, there's only seven out of over 560 towns in New
Jersey that have banned or restricted gas leaf blowers. And none of those towns are near the coast like how we are. So you have to deal with sand, leaves, sticks, debris from storms, and the powerful leaf blowers that are gas
are the only ones that can handle that in a timely manner. And for the dust and other environmental hazards that are kicked up, well, the same would happen for an electric leaf blower, if not more, because they are 75% of the power
output that a gas leaf blower is. So you spend more time blowing, putting more of those particles in the air over time. Now, if you want to say that noise is a potential issue, well, in Green Witch, Connecticut, they did this same
enforcement during the same time frame of the summer months, and complaints for noise went up by over 500% and police had to go there to enforce the ban. Well, as of January 2020 or 22nd, 2026, Bradley Beach only had 18
full-time police officers. Now, if we had a 500% peak in these summer months when you have tourists coming down, families coming to their summer houses, that's going to put a stress on our police department. Now, would they then have to get diverted from emergency
calls where there's more accidents, more drownings, and other health um health emergencies? So, that could be a critical lack of first aid. Now, would the solution be to hire more police officers and then increase the town's taxes and even to
supply the blowers to the mun the municipal workers? Would you then take the money from the people of the town and raise their taxes as well? That's all. Thank you guys for the opportunity to speak.
Thank you as well. Other comments or questions on Zoom? Okay, seeing no other comments or Oh, yes, sir. Yeah. Ben Sonson 705 Third Avenue. Yeah. I'm all in favor of banning gas
blower, gas power leaf blowers cuz they're loud and obnoxious. Just way behind the times. Of course we should be. Starting with the uh public works. They're the they're as bad as anybody.
worst offenders that start by buying them all electropon. I don't think we have to take consideration of a small business. I'd say put public safety and public
health first. Thanks. Thank you. Any other comments or questions? Okay, seeing none of we will close the public comments and move to uh number nine on our agenda which in
fact are our ordinances. So uh first first on the agenda is um ordinance 2026-21 and ordinance amending chapter 310 noise of the bureau's revised general ordinances to limit the use of leaf
clovers. So that that all the public comments were were very timely. Thank you for that. I'm going to turn it over to Councilman Clark. >> Sure. Thank you. So, um I have to first say that there's one part of the last statement that was made about not caring
about our small business estates and that's certainly not the case up here. Um this ordinance um is a seasonal restriction um on gas powered leash blowers uh Memorial Day weekend through September 30th while continuing to
permit the use during the fall, winter, and spring cleanup seasons. The goal is not to eliminate landscaping activity, but to reduce unnecessary noise during the peak summer months when Bradley Beach is the most densely populated and
outdoors oriented. Bradley Beach is unique. I've heard us being compared to other places like Montlair and other towns in different states. However, we have high seasonal population, incredibly small lot sizes, and a very
dense residential layout. During the summer, residents and visitors are outdoors much more frequently. Windows are open, increasing noise intrusion, and businesses rely on a pleasant, walkable beach town atmosphere. Gas
powered leaf blowers are disproportionately loud compared to other equipment and are often used for routine maintenance where quieter alternatives would exist. And this ordinance is designed to strike a practical balance between maintaining properties and preserving the quality of
life during those peak months. So, this ordinance restricts gas powered leaf blowers during the summer months. Uh, but however, it does continue to allow them during the fall, winter, and spring cleanup periods. I think this approach
is consistent with other municipalities, um, which have held up under legal scrutiny because there's been some questions as to whether or not that would be the case. Um, we've heard from landscapers as uh I've I've I've spoken to them um uh outside of um here heard
from them here. Um and uh I understand and um you know they've said that um you know that this will hurt our business and uh and I think some of the things that we um incorporated into this ordinance to try and balance between
residents and businesses uh was the fact that it's not a full-time ban. Right now the state of New Jersey is considering a complete ban within the next four years. Um, so it's not something that's unheard of. And I think the that the cleanup
seasons, the equipment intensive periods, it remains unaffected. Um, and also importantly, um, I heard about trimming that continues to go on. This does not put any restrictions on gas powered trimmers or edggers.
Um, we've heard that electric equipment isn't powerful enough. Um I think we've all seen the increase in um battery life in cars um in power equipment. Uh houses are being built with batteries. Um u I
see it all the time. So um uh it's an ever improving um economy. Um this ordinance targets routine summer maintenance, not peak leaf removal. Um,
this is also been stated that it's unfair to commercial operators, but it's important to note that this applies to everybody. This is our DPW. These are our residents and these are anybody who operates with an intent. So, everybody is treated fairly and we've heard about
it being hard to enforce. Um, but our noise ordinance is fairly well tested. Um there's clear definitions, there's no ambiguity, and it aligns with existing noise ordinances. So if somebody's having a loud party, um there are
remedies. Um if somebody is doing construction too late at night, there are remedies. And so we just um uh leverage off of that existing. So overall, the benefits to the community are quieter summer environments for residents and for
visitors, improved air quality and reduced emissions. Um, it supports Bradley Beach's identity as a walkable, family-friendly shore town, and it aligns with actions taken by other New Jersey municipalities. The ordinance represents an
intentionally moderate, measured, and practical step towards improving the quality of life in Bradley Beach during its busiest season. It supports the residents and the visitors while still allowing landscapers to operate effectively year round. Um, also as a
final note, um, we've been, um, I've talked to some of the council members, um, individually, um, and I think it would also be appropriate for calendar 2026 to include an additional 30-day grace period after the proposed Memorial Day weekend to start for this to become
enforceable. >> Comments or questions from the rest of the council? So, I heard a comment about the state of New Jersey and um my understanding was is that there was um legislation introduced back in January um proposing
a statewide implementation plan two years and then a four-year complete ban. Um whether or not that would ever happen is, you know, who knows? Um you know, what the legislature will do from a state standpoint. Um I appreciate Bradley Beach wanting to be on the front
edge of of change environment of environmentally. Um so I think that's a positive. Um there is a concern of cost and that's going to get passed on uh to the residents to the people who hire landscapers and so that's you know inevitable. Um but then again the gas
prices are up what 25 30% as well. also gas and we often see people uh we get a search charge from our our um services uh delivery etc because of gas costs. So um I do think that the whole issue of cost could be manageable but at the end
of the day we will see some increase in the rates of those who um pay for for landscapers. Um, and that legislatively proposed uh included uh the potential to help fund um small businesses to transition over
time. Um but again, we don't know if that's ever going to happen. So um it's it's tough to rely upon the state um and we need to also look at this from the perspective of Bradley Beach um and do what's right for Bradley, not necessarily wait for um the state level
government or county or our federal and what's right for our community. So I and I applaud the the the the desire to do this. Um it it just seems very rushed as well um because we're pushing this in. Um but it's great to hear the different
perspectives from the various parties on cost versus environmental and um you know it'll be interesting as we move through the process here of introduction to adoption. Um what will we hear? >> Yeah. Well, as far as rushing it in,
this was originally scheduled to be discussed a few months back, but we had decided to table it to make some changes to the ordinance and getting with because of the feedback that we were getting. >> So, I if I if I could, I would just like
to say I appreciate um um Mitchell's uh Councilman uh Karp's initiative. >> You have to remember the comes from the environmental commission. I happened to be the leazison for the >> but but you actually put this forth a few years ago. So I understood that. I
just want to share you know we've been talking about this for the past number of weeks um as we're approaching this and personally I'm very much in favor of doing this because it's it's a benefit um in the right direction for the community for the environment and for
health. It's one small step among many other uh things that we do in our lives that impact our environment and that create creates a greater uh uh greenhouse gas um effect uh in our in in our environment. So I think it's a very
important step uh and most importantly I think it's we need to engage the community about this. So initially I was kind of advocating for a workshop on this. Uh but the the format of of an ordinance introduction and an adoption
uh at the point of adoption really gives an opportunity for there to be a meaningful discussion a community discussion about it. So that's the uh the direction that we're going in and I think it's very important for us to reach out to the entire community about this because it does have a very strong
impact on uh you know people's property and uh the lifestyle that we're going into in this season. Um you know the the question is do we try and get ahead of uh a Senate proposal uh that may or may not go into effect. um what it what it
does this it's uh you can look it up. It's S623 is really worth reading the details that um it would within two years um phase in this the um the banning the sale of
two-stage leaf blowers and then with four years it would ban the use of these two-stage leaf blowers. So it's it's looking to go in that direction. Uh, in addition, it would offer potentially a tax credit to offset 50% of the cost for
a transition for the landscapers. So, I'm very concerned. I have a small small lander who it would it could break his business. Um, clearly the cost would go on to the uh to the customers. Um, that's no question. And in, you know,
the past number of years when we've had inflation, uh, and rising gas costs, those costs, as many know, have been transferred on to the to the residents. So, I really want to to to get a gauge from our community as to um the interest
in doing this and getting ahead of what the state may be doing. Um, and the question is unknown as to whether uh they're actually going to be going forward with this. Um but it's our hope and uh you know I just look to hear more from the community and from the
landscapers and also some of the best practices and experiences from the communities that have gone in this direction what the challenges are. I do see uh a very strong issue with enforcement with this uh because it's not just um it's not just the chainsaws
that are cutting trees where it's a a kind of a shortened period of time, but it's pervasive throughout the community. So, um you know, I think that it will put a strain on our um on our enforcement. Um but again, personally, I'm in favor of doing this. Um but I
really do want to hear from you. Um, I will add to a little bit of what Councilwoman Greenblat just said in that um, this council and first of all, I want to thank Councilman Karp because you really have been through the mill a
few times on this. Uh, as as this was first presented to the council and then through various iterations, we've been through a lot of changes and a lot of questions raised specifically about the impact on small businesses or or moderateized businesses. I guess it really doesn't matter. it's going to be
an impact on all. Um I personally want to distinguish my thinking from others have referenced the environment which is I'm a a huge supporter of you know environmental safeguards. However, we're talking about
this as an ordinance in our noise ordinance. So I'm really all of my focus has not been what are the degrees of bad emissions and uh health impact on our residents or others just because I
assumed you we're were a relatively small microcosm of a of a of a great universe. What I what I really was focused on was the noise and uh Mr. Mr. Carp and others have helped uh explain to me that a 10 or 20% increase in
decibb could be the equivalent of a four or five times increase in noise. So my biggest concern was um was noise therefore fittingly fit within a noise ordinance. But I I will say Mr. Rockberg, your testimony in particular
um did make me more aware for the first time probably of uh the the drain this could be on businesses of all sizes. Um so what Miss Greenberg Greenblat said was true. Um the way our process works,
we're going to vote tonight. We'll find out momentarily how we'll vote, but this is a vote to introduce. Then two weeks from now we will have another session where we will vote whether should we pass it the introduction. Two weeks from
now we'll have an opportunity to vote to adopt. Uh what councilwoman Greenblad and I had already discussed was we really want to advertise this to make sure we get more voices from the public to weigh in both environmentally uh supportive and small business
supportive. So we want more voices like the ones we've heard tonight. Um, what I'm going to suggest is if we if we vote in favor of an introduction, people should be aware that those of us who might vote in favor tonight could vote
uh opposing it and actual adoption once we've heard more from the count from the public. On the other hand, if the public is overwhelmingly um supportive, then it would be a lot easier for this council, I think, to to vote in support regardless. So, uh I at least am very
taken by the comments uh offered tonight that at least um suggested that there are there are concerns about voting yes for this ordinance. So, um I'll I'll leave my comments at that for the time being, but are there any other comments
or shall we make a motion? Um, no. I guess uh, yeah, I'd make a motion to approve the introduction of ordinance 202621 uh, to limit the use of leaf blowers. >> I will second.
>> Uh, Mr. Noble will excuse Miss Greenlat. Uh, yes. Mr. Carr. >> Yes. >> Mr. Noiki. >> Yes. I look forward to a um additional discussions um at the next meeting. Mayor Gutzio, >> I am I uh I am much closer to middle of
the road on this one. Um I definitely thought it was in the public's best interest to support this ban. Uh but I am much more uh aware of the burden it would put on businesses. So I am going to vote yes and reserve the right to
vote no at adoption. That applies to all of us. Yeah. Yes. >> Okay. Thank you. Thank you all everyone for your comments on this. This is very important for us to hear your feedback. Okay. Uh the next ordinance
uh is actually one of five for adoption. Now just as a reminder to everyone for each ordinance adoption we will open it up for public comment. So, if anyone wants to make a comment on any one of these ordinances, um, you know, raise
your hand and let us know. Uh, but for right now, my first question for bond ordinance 2026-14. Actually, I'm going to turn it over to Mr. Noiki. >> Okay. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um so so um just to introd um this is for the
adoption of bond ordinance 202614 and the bond ordinance amending in part bond ordinance 202526 that was adopted the September 2nd of 2025 uh providing for sanitary sewer system improvements in order to expand the scope of improvements to include
Fifth Avenue and Parkplace Avenue sewer replacement and road surfacing and to increase the appropriations thereby by 1.6 million for a total appropriation of 3.6 6 million to increase the authorized bonds and notes to be issued to finance
a portion of the cost by a million40,79 for a total debt authorization of $3,40,79 um and to increase the allocation of the appropriation to cost per committed under NJSA 48 uh 2-20 authorized in or by the
bureau of Bradley Beach in the county of um Mmouth, New Jersey. Um so in basic terminology um what we are doing here is we are increasing uh the cost of the bond to support the improvement of the fifth avenue and carplay sewer. So this
is fifth avenue from Madison to Ocean Avenue as you saw earlier this evening when uh Shane presented uh the work that is currently being done. Um and then one block of Parkplace, which would be from Fletcher Lake to Madison.
When we had introduced this um bond previously, we did not take into account that all the dollars that were required to do this um back in in September. So, we had to increase those values. And what this is doing is basically putting a bond in place that we will then get
reimbursed on the on the section 20. The soft cost, the design cost will come out of that $2 million grant. And then ultimately this money will also be um part of the principal forgiveness of $2 million. So this is putting in place the bonding that's required by the
infrastructure bank in order for us to move forward with the program. Um so with that I'd like to um um Jose any comments from the council or questions? >> No sir cover we've been talking a lot about subs today.
Um so that I'd like to make a motion to open for uh public comment. Second. >> Um Mr. Noble excused. Mlet. >> Yes. >> Mr. Carr. >> Yes. >> Mr. Noiki. >> Yes. >> Mayor Gubos? >> Yes. >> Okay. Uh comments or questions from the
public regarding this ordinance? Any on Zoom? Okay. Seeing none, I'll turn it back over to you, Councilman. >> Okay. I'd like to uh make a motion to close public uh comment and move to
adopt uh ordinance uh 2026-14 by a motion. >> Second. >> Mr. Noble excused. Miss Greenblat. >> Yes. Mr. Clark. >> Yes. >> Mr. Nikki? >> Yes. >> Mayor Dubet? >> Yes. Ordinance 2026-17.
I will turn this over to Councilwoman Greenblat. >> Thank you, Mayor. Uh so ordinance 202617 um is amending article 4 general regulations uh applicable to all zones of chapter 450 zoning of the burrows
revise general ordinances to clarify regulations pertaining to undersized lots and pre-existing nonconformities. So um this basically focus focuses on the non-conforming lots which are generally the lots that are 5,000 square
ft or less. um more on the the northern side of Bradley. Um and to make clear that these undersized lots are not uh penalized. So the previous language suggested that for non-conforming lots, you had to keep the existing footprint
when making improvements to your home. But this cleans up the language that makes it clear that you can expand on on a lot so long as it doesn't create a new variance and work within the zoning setbacks. Uh so any comments from council on this?
>> Well, one comment is that we we uh prior council a few years ago set this up to protect small lots as you said under 5,000 ft are non-conforming. And smaller lots which tend to be the north end of town um would typically would be deemed
non-conforming and therefore would have to go to the land use if they wanted to build an addition on their house or something. Um, we changed that language to protect to insulate those small lots from having to go to land use as long as whatever changes they were going to make
did not create a new variance. And then we somehow mis language that Mr. Karp and Councilman Karp and Councilwoman Greenblat brought to our attention. uh there was this si silly I'll call it silly little language that said yeah you're you're free to make these
adjustments as long as you don't create a new uh variance as long as you don't change the footprint. Well, thanks a lot for allowing us to build an addition. We can't change the footprint. So what we're effectively doing here is striking the words uh you know as long as you
don't change the footprint. And we're just trying to make sure that folks on smaller lots, undersized lots, less than 5 5,000 sorry, square feet, uh, have the ability to do projects and construction projects and so forth. As long as they're not creating a new variance,
they don't have to go to land use. >> Thank you, mayor. Any other comments? No. So, I'd like to make a motion to open this to public comment. >> Second. >> Mr. Noble, excuse. Mr. Green. Yes. Mr. Cart. Yes.
>> Mr. Noiki. Yes. >> Mayor Gubetzi. >> Yes. Public comment or questions on this res this ordinance. >> Any online? I see no one. Okay. >> Great. So, can I uh I'd like to make a motion to close public comments and to
adopt this ordinance. >> Second. >> Mr. Noble. Excuse. Miss Greenblat. >> Yes. Mr. Carp. >> Yes. >> Mr. Nikki. >> Yes. >> Mayor Gubosi. >> Yes. Back to Councilman Clark for ordinance 2026-18.
>> All right. So, this ordinance is amending article 2 terminology uh and creating a new article 8 subgrade garages and basement of chapter 450 zoning of the burough's revised general ordinances to prohibit subgrade garages and promote flood resilience. So,
Bradley Beach has been allowing construction of subgrade garages that have historically been problematic to both homeowners and their neighboring property owners. And this ordinance specifically um this amendment specifically disallows below grade
garages which have inherent drain issues and um and in making these changes promotes flood resilience. There's also a part of this amendment which addresses the change in the minimum vertical separation between the lowest basement or cellar floor and the
documented seasonal high water ground increasing it from 1 ft to 4 ft. >> Uh the reason that this change was made is 1 foot was not considered standard or best practice and does not promote resilient construction practice. Um
uh so uh we still think it's in the best interest of Bradley um to continue on with that. Um that being said, we understand that this change could cause challenges to property owners who are directly affected by this twoft change
um that this could have on their designs, especially given our 35- foot high restrictions. So after speaking with council individually, we're currently looking at granting relief through ordinance specifically for any
resident who is affected by the increase in the um distance from 1 ft to 3 ft. >> Councilman, I just to check uh you may have skipped one. Are are you describing 2026 18?
>> No, I jump to 19. I think you're on 19. Oh, >> okay. You can just we just like >> you continue to do 19 first and then go back to 18. That's >> We're going to continue with >> somebody trying to stop me.
>> You sounded so good. I was me. That's >> okay. So, we're we're discussing 202619 >> everyone. 202619 >> more congregation please turn. So that subgroup garages.
>> So with regards to subgrade garages, any questions from there's there's a lot to discuss about this. Um you know um I'll just say that you know we do have a groundwater issue in town and the intent
of under the previous or existing ordinance states that our foundation should be our basement uh slab should be 1 foot above um seasonal high water which is not a best practice for
building whatsoever. You should have a two to three feet desire three feet of clearance between seasonal high water and your slab. But again, we are in a wet environment. But um so a one foot really is the absolute minimum that you
would ever do because what happens is your pumps are always running and you're always pumping water out onto the street onto those curb popouts onto the street. And so it it's and it's exacerbates the um groundwater.
So if you're in higher property and everything so you know hydrog drains down to the lower elevations as you stick in basement and push down like a sponge you're pushing that water further exacerbating the properties
around you. And so by raising that foundation level up to 3 ft, it allows more ground to absorb water. You're not pushing that sponge and pushing that water to lower elevations. And so from an engineering standpoint, the best practice would be 3 ft. It does create
problems when you have a lot that has a um high water table and that could happen on a perched property right next to somebody else who doesn't have any issue at all. That could be sandy soil, no water, no ground water identified. And here you have clays and you have a ped water table. Now all of a sudden
that particular property has a problem. So we need to look at this collectively. But um the idea of raising this, it's the right thing to do. Um when you think about the rules that were mentioned earlier in the public comment period of
the new uh New Jersey uh D uh real rules for flood areas, we are facing something from July 20th based on the current statute. And although there's a lot of talk about this not happening or being delayed or
maybe lawsuits being filed, we have to as a council responsibly have to move forward with addressing the rules that are being put in place. And those rules that are being put in place are going to restrict or basically prohibit basement and anywhere in what is referred to as
the calf area, the cafe area, which basically is half the burrow basically from the three, you know, maybe the 420 um block of every avenue east to Ocean Avenue will have an impact. And so those
are all the calf areas under the DPU rules which all the ordinances regarding groundwater putting basement in equipment are all going to be out the door. And so we have a big issue ahead of us and we have to assume that we are um doing the right things to deal with
that um by July 20th which we're working on trying to address. This particular ordinance has nothing to do specifically uh wasn't really created because of Regal. Um but it does address one of the
problems with legal and that is the properties that are west of or or you know of um say Fletcher Lake um so you know street. So, so everything west of to Main Street, those properties um are outside that calf area and
they're still subject to this issue of groundwater as well, but their issue will be less because they're in higher elevations. As you go east, this is going to impact the properties closer to the ocean than the ones further to the west. So, all that being said, I think that
the this is really important. on the subgrade garages being prohibited is the right thing to do because that's exacerbates things and the three feet if we can find a way to introduce and quickly adopt
ordinances to address as we raise these things these basements out or the foundations out of our higher elevations. We have a 35 foot maximum elevation in the town that you cannot exceed 35 feet from your ground to the
top of your roof. But if you raise everything up an additional 2 ft and now you're at 37 ft. So, if we can do something that we can consider that when you have a groundwater issue that you have some re relief on that higher
elevation that you can raise up a little bit assuming you can get everything else to work on your property steps and everything else to get up there. That two feet can be made up of basement height, you know, first floor height, second floor height, and give some vertical
relief, whether it be a foot or two feet um to accommodate that would solve that problem in the short term. Long term, we got a bigger issue with real and what's coming down the road. But short term, in order to enable people to deal with a
what our goal is is to relieve the groundwater. So raise up the three feet, but now we have to address the top elevation issue. And if we can do that, that basically I think solves the problem for the residents who are
looking to build and put in a basement or have to raise their elevation up because of a groundwater issue. So that's, you know, I think an important point here. >> So they would need to document the um the the high water mark, >> right? So professional has to come in,
put it well and be able to document what is that seasonal high ground water. And from there they foundation has to be 3 ft up. But then from there they could actually have their design done for their whole house and be able to come back and say, "Okay, I just need I need
2 feet of relief from that 35 to 37 feet or 36 1/2 ft, whatever that might be." and be able to work our ordinance to accommodate that >> solves that problem and and and gets what we want. >> I would have loved to have been able not to have my house to have a 35 ft
elevation limitation. It constrained what I could do because of the groundwater and I was trying to get up above that groundwater. >> So I'd end up not putting in a basement, only put in a crawl space, >> right? But but this does not prohibit this ordinance in itself does not prohibit
>> a basement. No, you can put a basement right now. >> Right. But real will prohibit basement >> which which is a separate issue for all of those >> other comments. No, no, I think I just I think it was just important to note that because I've heard uh you know testimony
that you know this will prohibit basements and that's not necess that's not the case. It it prohibits it if in fact they can't give a elevation if they can't work out their floor heights to to to meet the 35 ft restriction or be able to get right now you'd have to go for a
variance to get higher than 35 ft. >> But if we can do an ordinance in these situations of groundwater to be able to give relief that would that could solve that problem in my opinion. And at at the risk of being redundant, I'm just going to try to capsulize a
little bit of what you just said, Councilman. Um, this ordinance is doing two things, right? It's it's pro prohibiting underground garages where you have an angled driveway slow, you know, inviting water into your basement. Uh the second thing it's doing is
raising the the the measurement uh the uh the vertical measurement above the highle water mark. So it's raising it 2 feet. Now that was a concern and this is what I alluded to Mr. Greenberg when you were talking earlier uh that the council
has not only been very concerned about that because we want people to have their full basement not just you sir but all residents but they all residents who might be building we want them to have their plans whatever they wanted a basement uh and the only way to truly do
that normally you'd be capped if you wanted to move your basement up 2 feet and you're still capped at 35t height you lose 2 feet somewhere in your house. Now, you can choose to do that, but what Councilman Noiki said was, you know, if we can create this, I will share with
the public, the council has already created a draft ordinance that we still have to refine over the next two weeks, but right now we we basically have full agreement, although Councilwoman Denobyl hasn't been whether she's traveling, but the four folks sitting here have all have tacid agreement that we will
introduce an ordinance in two weeks at our next council meeting that will that will give folks that relief, that two-ft height relief. We have to we have a draft. We just have to work with our council and make sure that we refine it so it works. But the goal will be that
anyone whether you're sitting here in this audience, whether you're on Zoom or whether you're not even aware of this council meeting, if we introduce this uh second ordinance in on April 21st and we adopted in the
first meeting in May, do you Erica know what that date is? May 5th maybe. Yeah, I believe it is. Okay. May we would uh we could not necessarily adopt a May 5th. It would have to get a consistency review but depending on when uh the land use board is meeting get a consistency
review the the latest I think we would be able to adopt it would be end of May because land will give consistency that gives us 20 days into the middle of June a full month ahead of anything that real might do. So, as long as anyone has
plans, as long as they get those plans in before, you know, within that establish period or shortly after that period, they'll have a full month ahead of real. If real happens, real might not happen. Well, it's happening. >> Well, it may not happen July 20th.
>> I think it gets stopped or delayed. >> We haven't We haven't heard that it's not stopped or delayed at this point. No, but but I I guess I wanted to make sure folks understood what the council's thinking. Um this is atypical, but I'm going to >> May I ask a question? I don't know if
it's about to move to the public. >> Yeah, we're going to have public comment. >> Um so, but anyway, I wanted to make sure folks are aware that we 100% I think we're uniformly agree we we do want to eliminate underground garages. Uh but
and that part of the this ordinance is is locked in. But we think we have a good relief plan for anyone who's struggling with that increment of 2 ft above the ground. >> Any other comments? >> Nope. I'd like to make a motion to open up ordinance 2026-19
amending chapter 450 for public comment. >> Second. >> Mr. Noble, excuse. Miss Greenblat. >> Yes. Mr. Court. Yes. Mr. Nikki. >> Yes. >> Mayor Gubosi. >> Yes. Yes, sir. Can I also suggest that as you
I'm sorry, Danny Greenberg, 221 New York to be 317 in the rain to assume. >> Can I also suggest that you might consider um not only raising the height by 2 feet, but also looking at what the definition of a basement is what is as
well. My understanding is that perurrenly a basement has to have more height below ground than above ground. Um, so let's assume that the groundwater is at 6 feet for whatever reason, right? Um, if the basement could be no lower
than 3 feet above that, well, now you're at 3 ft. So if you want to do an 8 ft basement, there's going to be 5 ft above ground. That's not allowed, >> right? >> That's called a but I think a seller has to be less than 8 ft, I believe. Right.
Has to be no more than 7 ft, I think. >> That's my my recollection. I may be wrong. And don't look We can we can we can look at that. >> I would urge you to take a look at that language. >> That could be looked at and um but again what we're trying to do is minimize trying to be as close to that 35 ft
while accommodating groundwater not have people going to 40 ft. >> No no no and that's that's the risk. >> But if you raise 2 ft from all the way you know below ground >> so some of that basement's going to be sticking up. Understood. So that definition needs to be >> Exactly. Thank you. This is if I can
make a suggestion. I've dealt with this issue in Fair Haven where so you need an average grade of lot or you need to pick a spot on the lot that's most reasonable at curb level and then the first floor elevation the FFE is really how you control that mounding the mounding issue
that you're describing. Um and I would encourage you to look at Fair Haven's ordinance that I worked on because it's it's the same issue there, right? High property values trying to get as much square footage as possible. I don't have that house. >> Yeah, I could I'm sure I still have it. But that was the issue there. High
property values trying to gain as much square footage as possible. So they would mound up the lots and then there's a house that's really like 42 feet tall. It's not really >> right. And right now we don't mound lots because we have a prevalent grade already established. So you just need a >> So that would then that to change that
prevalent grade you would have to do a variance for that zone variance to be able to rate at the property level and and that >> you know that that that's another step in the process. So >> yeah that's how they did it in fair haven though. >> Okay same same thing
>> but they're not as dense a community. So when you're >> no but they have the same economic issue on their properties. So, so Fair Haven because they go to school at Rubson has very high property values and so getting as much square footage is it's the same issue as the resort community basically. You know, yours is exacerbated by
smaller lots. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Comment well taken. Thank you. Other comments or questions? Yes, sir. >> Good evening everybody. Frank Lloyer 104. >> Thank you.
>> It's good to see everyone. Um, last time we were here at the last meeting, there was a gentleman on Zoom that lives across from the lot that we bought from the church and I believe he's well over 35 ft tall. And uh, Councilman Nikki, I really appreciate the fact that you guys
are considering giving us a little bit more headroom. Um, when I spoke to TJ, he had mentioned, and I don't build homes for a living, so excuse me if I'm incorrect, but the uh, ground around the home is where the home would be measured from. We're not looking to cheat as far
as height goes. All we're looking to do is have dry basements. And we understand what you all are doing as well. In town, if you took the church lots away, I don't think there's very many empty lots. The concern that you all have for the, you know, the amount of water
that's getting pumped out of the basement is understood as well. We don't want to do that. So, I think that if you allow us with that little bit of extra height, we won't be above any of the homes that are on uh what do you call Lorraine that are facing north and even
facing south. And most of the homes to the west are already up on I don't know if they're considered dirt mounds or what have you, but they have basements as well. I mentioned the last time in the last meeting it was where the church was elevated on its own wall and then
elevated further. gentleman I work with got married there. He was a fire chief here in town. I spoke to Matt and some of the others as far as you know dry basement, no issue. And now with real and everything else, we have a little bit of an issue. So like I say, thank you for considering us because we're
spending everything that we have to do this and it it's uh you know forever home to to move into Bradley. We've been written 5 years here now and it's difficult to buy something that you can fix and repair and and love. So, thank you for doing that. And if we can, you know, get you our plans and everything
and and you guys approve or, you know, add that little bit of, you know, hype for us, that would be great. Really appreciate it. Thank you. >> Thank you. Other comments or questions? Anyone on Zoom? Okay, back to you, Councilman.
>> All right. So, that being said, I'd like to make a motion to close public comment and adopt ordinance 2026-9 amending chapter 430. >> Second. >> Mr. Noble will excuse Miss Greenlat. Yes. Mr. Clark. >> Yes. >> Mr. Nikki. >> Yes.
>> Mayor Gubosi. >> Yes. Now, I'm going to go backwards to ordinance 2026-18 and ask Mr. Clark to handle this. >> All right. So, um, this one, um, is, uh, quite simple. Um, it allows for a wider
driveway for corner houses, uh, when that house has a twocar garage. Uh, previously, the maximum driveway width was 10 ft, and this increases it to 16 ft from the property line to the home. Uh, this, uh, makes it a lot easier for
two cars to be parked on the driveway. It also makes it a lot easier for um egress um in and out of the driveways. >> Questions from >> I did notice one thing that I I wanted to ask you and I meant to call you and
ask you this question by this particular thing. So So we say a twocar garage. >> What if you have a one and a half car garage that's basically 16 ft wide? You can't have a 16 foot wide driveway. >> We specifically state two-car garage.
Well, it says specifically 16 ft, >> but we say the garage has to be two pound. >> So, I'm just wondering if if it was a one and a half car garage, could you have your driveway the same width as the garage at 16 ft? He goes, "Right now, it says it has to have a twocar garage, and
one and a half car garage is not a two-car garage." >> The intent of the ordinance was to alleviate off- streetet parking as well, uh to be able to have two cars parked um on the side. So I would I would think that >> so it doesn't have to be maybe a one and
a half car maybe or or equal to the width of the garage. >> If the garage is only a onecar garage >> and it's only 14 ft wide that means we're still going to allow a 16t wide driveway. >> No, because you have to have a two-car garage in the United States. So that's
my question is should we be just tweaking that language a tad >> to allow for it to be a one and a half car garage? >> Right. So um uh uh so the the lesser of 16 ft or the width of the garage. But
how do we define the garage? >> We call it a 16 outside wall to outside wall 16 or the garage door opening you could argue. >> Okay. So I I know I was involved in the early development of this along with Councilman Karp and the chair of the land use board and and councilman Noi
the concern at that time was navigation in and out of the twocar garage for two cars. So what would be the value in taking up that impervious coverage for example for one and a half car garage? >> Well I just think that somebody maybe has a car and a golf cart
and a half car. You see what I'm saying? or or bicycles and your car's parked there and now you don't have it. You're coming out of your garage and and you're coming onto a grass area versus just being able to come down the pavement. >> I mean, I understand the practicality, I guess. But
>> issue, it's a trade-off. What do you want to do? >> But if somebody wanted to do that, we're saying you can't. You don't have a twocar garage. So, your driveway would have to be narrower. wide if you have a one and a half garage with garage or a true golfer would
probably have a twocar garage just so they could store all their clubs and everything in the second bay, right? But that's my that's my element only issue on this. >> Well, that golf cart is not only for golfers now. We know that >> um I mean I I'm I'm comfortable with the
twocar garage definition, but but I mean it's a it's a valid point. I don't know if that would be a dimminimous change or not to to this regulation. >> It says oh this was this went through the land use board already correct >> and and you're changing the width of
like how of the parameters of it. So I I think it has to go back to them. I'll point out that I my understanding during this process was that they intended flare dry place. Yeah, they did. But but the width of being 16, which is what the
goal was, for a twocar garage, you got two cars in the garage theoretically, and you could park two cars on the driveway. But now, if you only have a one and a half car garage, we're saying no, you can only have a 12t driveway drive on your grass and your and your garage may your door
could be. >> Yeah. A really expensive custom garage door probably, too. >> Well, they come different size, you know. I I have a one and a half car garage. That's why I'm I'm familiar with this issue. So I I pave my garage right up to my my full width of my garage and I can
my car in there and or be parked behind it and I can get things in and out of the garage and and not be trucking through grass or mud. >> But Mr. Can I mean I can't say I was deeply enough involved in it to >> No, I'm just saying >> through the opine one way or another, but if you change the parameter the
width of the driveway, like that's clearly a zoning parameter. We're going we're not changing the width of the driveway. We're changing the width of the garage. >> You're changing the permitted like the perimeter measurements or parameters of an improvements that can be constructed, which is literally the import of a
zoning ordinance. So, >> understood. So, I >> I'm not saying you're wrong, but I would have to go back. >> Just something to look at. I mean, for what you know, for what it's worth, I'm I'm personally prepared to to
vote, but uh but it's up to you guys if you know may be an issue. It may not be or somebody wants to put the wider drive, they have to come for a variance. >> Yeah. >> And and so, you know, if you want a two-car garage or one car garage, do you want one and a half? >> So, we could you have to go for a
variance. >> I'm comfortable continuing on. >> You want to make a motion? So, I would make a motion to I think I did. Um, close public comment and adopt ordinance 2618. >> I think I seconded this.
>> Yeah. Okay. >> Think we were getting to the voting and you have public comment on this? >> Uh, no. >> No, we never did. >> You didn't open it either. >> Not on the driveway. We did. >> You didn't make a motion to open it either. >> Okay. Council comment may
>> that was all council comment. So, good thing we did opening up. >> All right. So, can I make a different motion >> to open up the uh ordinance 202618 for public comment? >> Second. >> Mr. Will excuse. Miss Green. >> Yes.
>> Mr. Clark. >> Yes. >> Mr. Miki? >> Yes. >> Mayor Dubos? >> Yes. >> Public comment. >> Frank Lloyd, 104 Brinley Avenue. I have a question because I'm a corner lot and I I read the ordinance and I don't understand it. I don't have a garage or
probably will not be able to fit one with the 25 foot set back in the front and in the background. Um because the entrance to the driveway will be on Madison and it's one way with parking on both sides. Does that affect me where where the apron or the driveway itself
to be able to turn in would be allowed to be the 12 feet going in or that's what I didn't understand about the ordinance. So if you don't have a garage, how does it affect you and can you have something wide enough that you know especially during season when people are parked right up on top of the
the apron like you know to pull in. So that's what you know I was hoping that that was going to because that way we could park the vehicles you know off the street. So, so are you putting a driveway with no garage? >> Yeah, I don't think I'll be able to fit the garage because of the ground coverage that's allowed. >> So, so in this case, you would not be
able to put a 16 foot wide driveway because there's no garage, >> right? Right. >> But he can't but if he had 16 ft, you could squeeze two cars. >> Well, yeah. Well, the the challenge would be Well, you have to remember it's from your it's from the property line. It's not from where the sidewalk hits
the grass. It's depending on, you know, it's it's different on every street. I know in my street it's probably 4 feet from the sidewalk to my front yard and at that point is where the driveway can then flare would be able to flare out okay
>> to 16 ft but up until that point. So there's no change in the width of the we're not changing the width of the apron and also we're not changing the width of the 10ft driveway up to where your property actually starts. So that it won't be it won't be allowed 12 ft to
be able to get in. It's 10 ft. Okay. Thank you very much. >> Other comments from the public or questions? >> I see no hands on Zoom. So, Mr. Carp, >> I would make a motion to close public
comment and adopt ordinance uh 2026-18 amending chapter 415. >> Second. >> Mr. Noble, excuse Miss Greenl. Uh, >> yes. Mr. Clark, >> yes. Mr. Noiki, >> yes. Mayor Guboszi, >> yes.
Now, Miss, you've got me totally mis. >> So, we we now for anyone who's still keeping track with where we are on this agenda, it's ordinance 2026-22. And I'm going to ask Miss Councilwoman Green to cover this. >> Thank you, mayor. So this is ordinance
amending chapter 450 zoning of the bur's revised general ordinances to clarify that a zoning permit is required for improvements within public easements, rights of way and planting strips. And again, this is also a cleanup of the
language to include the planting strips which uh prohibits uh currently prohibits pavers asphalt stones or artificial turf in the planting strip and rights of way if making any changes under zoning.
So, do I have any uh any comments from council? >> Nope. >> And I'd like to make a motion to open to public comment. >> Second. >> Mr. Noble. Excuse. Miss Greenblat. >> Yes. >> Uh, Mr. Park. >> Yes. >> Mr. Nikki? >> Yes. >> Mayor Gubosi?
>> Yes. >> Any questions from the public? >> Okay. So, seeing no questions, I'll make a motion to close public comment and to adopt this ordinance. >> Second. >> Mr. Snow will excuse Miss Greenlat.
>> Yes. >> Mr. Nikki. >> Yes. >> Mr. Favre. >> Yes. >> Mayor Doug. >> Yes. Okay. Ordinance 2026-23. This is an ordinance amending chapter 314, nuisances public of the burough's revised general ordinances to prohibit
sleeping, camping, and overnight occupancy on public property. U any comments or questions on this one? >> That includes losing on the day offs. Uh, okay. No further u comments from the council. So, I'll make a motion open to
the public. Is there a second? >> Hello. Jane's not here. >> Mr. Noble, excuse Miss Greenblot. >> Yes. >> Mr. Carp. Yes. Mr. Nikki. >> Yes. >> Mayor Gupttoi. >> Yes. Public comments regarding this
ordinance uh sleeping on public property. >> Seeing no hands, I will make a motion to close public comment and adopt ordinance 2026-23. Second. Mr. Noble will excuse. Um, Miss Greenblat,
>> yes. Mr. Clark, >> yes. >> Mr. Nikki, >> yes. >> Mayor Guitzi, >> yes. >> That finally concludes audiences. And now we will move to item 10 on our agenda, communications. We do have a communication. Uh, as mayor, I am
appointing Lauren Serosene to our arts council. Um, and one I want to welcome her aboard. Our arts council is a relatively new entity starting up last year. Uh and they've had great momentum with a lot of
the leadership from Councilwoman Greenblat. Um but Lauren is our most recent member as as of tonight. >> So thank you. >> Thank you, Mayor. >> Item 11, resolutions. Um we have a consent agenda, uh items 103 through
106. Does the council want to discuss any or have any voted out separately? Uh may mayor if I could um just make one comment on the payment of bills list. Uh on the front page you'll notice under manual checks wires $5,000 payment to Second Avenue Grill LLC. That is for the
purchase of equipment that is inside that structure left there by the previous concession air. We're currently out to bid now for a new concession air for that space. Um, and the $5,000 is for the burrow of Bradley Beach to
purchase the hood, uh, threebase sink, breeze trap, and some other equipment in there. So, just wanted to let the council know that that's what the $5,000 is being used for. Um, but ultimately, it's to to benefit the next concession area in there as well.
>> So, it's an upgrade to the building. >> And and Matt, that equipment has been there four years or so. It's relatively new equipment. >> It's relatively new. The uh previous concession air installed it, it was vapor beforehand, but you know, when you
install a hood to try to take that out, it doesn't make a lot of sense. Um, same thing with a grease trap and other stuff. So, um, you know, along with the plumbing that is required for those three base sinks, which is a requirement of, you know, the health department
along with another sink requirement health department. Um, so that's why we thought it'd be a good idea to we negotiated the price uh and pay the $5,000. So I was wondering did they share what that price of that equipment was when they installed it? Susan, did
they offer the price that they actually purchased four years ago and they put that equipment in there? Do we have any idea what they actually what the value was? What what discount are we getting from what the original purchase and installation cost would be? Uh I I don't know but uh it probably exceeds 15 to
$20,000 installation. It's >> kind of like what what magnitude of >> Yeah. No, we don't have an exact invoice purchase price but told me it might be as much as 50,000 new. So to get it for
5,000 seemed very reasonable. >> That's that's my point. Thank you. >> Yep. >> All right. So again, uh to the council, any uh items 103 through 106 that we'd like to discuss or vote on separately? >> No.
>> All right. I'll make a motion then that we uh approve consent agenda resolution items 2026-103 through 2026-106. >> Second. >> Mr. Noble, excuse. Miss Greenblat, >> yes. >> Mr. Cart, >> yes. >> Mr. Nikki, >> yes.
>> Mayor Gubossi, >> yes. Okay. Uh moving to individual resolutions. Um we're starting with beach operation schedule. >> And mayor if I if I may make a comment on this um or mistake um uh where you
say where it says be resolved that lifeguards that should read eight guards. So the lifeguards as I mentioned before are 9 to 5 Monday to Friday 9 to 6 Saturday and Sunday. But the gate guards
are the ones that are um 9 to 4:30 and 9 to 3:30. Um and that's also when you'd have to uh pay for admission to the beach. >> So if we could just change that. Apologies. Tell us gate guards instead of lifeguards. >> But what about the times we have to
>> are the same? >> Oh, so this isn't about lifeguards at all. >> Not about life guards. It's about gate guards. >> Right. But the so the mistype was not including the words gate guards, >> right? But >> lifeguards have nothing to do with beach operations. It's I mean gate guards.
This this falls under uh Sean, not not not Mike. >> Okay. Okay. >> Okay. I got it. >> So Erica, you were correct that it was uh same language as last year. >> Okay. And this and this is a a you know kind of acknowledging um you know it
used to be um on weekends. I think it used to be well I guess weekends is 9 to 4:30 used to be 9 to 5. >> Yeah, we we >> that's what I knew there was something with this. So it gives a little bit of a break to people >> entering the beach in the later
afternoon while the garden. That was the purpose of that early weekends and weeks. >> Okay, no problem. Thank you. Okay. So, first I will make a motion to change the language in 2026-107 to replace the word lifeguards with gate
guards. >> Second, >> Mr. Noble, excused. Mr. Greenblat, >> yes. >> Mr. Court, >> yes. >> Mr. Nikki, >> yes. >> Mayor Gubosi. >> Yes. And now I'll make a motion that we approve resolution 2026-1 amendment as amended.
>> Second. >> Mr. Noble, excuse Mr. Corp. >> Yes. Miss Green. Yes. Um, Mr. Nikki, yes. Mayor Vatos, >> yes. >> I'm getting you guys confused because you're jumping around with people making motions.
>> Okay. We're moving to 2026-108. Uh, this definitely requires a little discussion, but we are about to uh discuss setting the the daily and weekly beach badge prices for 2026. Um, currently the daily is $13, the
weekly is $45. Um, we do we do have a number of expenditures that are hitting the beach. Summer one time, for example, later on this agenda, we'll be presumably authorizing the purchase of a u of a K
Cabota compact truck loader that is just under $100,000. we should have more than ample surplus to use to purchase that Kabota. However, there are other expenditures that are more of an ongoing nature related to recent uh debt service
that were that we've either already um created for the moy mats and the um and the repairs to come on the ramps. That was $450,000 um borrowing. And then uh the the
building that is being renovated currently also is subject to death service uh the sewer pump station. So given that extra um cost to ongoing cost for the next 20 years or so uh for the for the building uh I think we should
consider an increase in these prices. Uh just as a rule of thumb for everybody for the council as well as the public, $1 daily equates to approximately 100,000 $120,000 in beach revenue. Um the debt service
will be significantly more than that 150,000 plus. However, there will be some revenue generated from that concession that gets uh that gets built at the uh sewer pump station. So, uh, a starting point in my mind would be
consider raising daily to $14 and weekly, that's around a six or 7% increase. Doing the same on weekly would be bringing it to about $48. So, as a starting point, I would suggest 14 and 48.
>> Have we Have we held steady at 13 for a couple years? >> At least one year. Two. >> I say at least two or three. >> I want to say three. Okay. >> Right. >> And by the way, the someone can propose going higher than this. I I think these might We still have a very ample
surplus. We should We're waiting for final numbers to come in for 2025, but we entered 2025 with over 700,000 surplus. And uh all expectations are that we had a successful beach season of sunny
season, over 2 million in beach revenue. So, we probably added to that surplus. We may be eight or 900,000 of surplus if I had to guess. So any dollar we're short, we have surplus as a cushion to cover us. Any dollar we
add that we don't need, we'll just be adding to it pretty. >> I think the surpluses that we have shouldn't be used to fund. I think they're they're they're meant to be available for emergencies or unexpected things, not for the general
operating of the >> bad. Right. This 100% true. Understand it's a $700,000 surplus on a $2.5 million budget. So, it's >> I'll call it a grossly adequate surplus to a point that we probably don't need
it for bad weather. Well, I think we've had we've had like the past two summers we've had very good weather summer weather, >> but there was a summer where we had a and and it it wasn't it impacted the >> I believe when I first joined the council our surplus in the beach utility
was 50,50 >> and that was dangerously low but um we do have a CFO in the audience uh Mr. S. Um any thoughts to share how much of a surplus in the beach utility 7
800,000 is that adequate only to cover seasonal fluctuations or is that sufficient to offset some operating expenses to keep the beach badge prices down? Yeah, I mean I it's sufficient to offset some operating expenses and also
I know that there are some capital expenditures that we want to make and uh I think it's it's good to it's a good use of that those funds to utilize the capital expenditures we need related to the beach but uh can also just because Councilman
Clark brought it up what might be you know reasonable broadly speaking you know reasonable surplus that we would look to maintain to cover us for seasonal fluctuations is >> yeah we wouldn't need 7 or $800,000 it would be more in the $200 to $300,000
range. >> Okay. So we have a very adequate surplus >> more than adequate surplus. Correct. >> It was a point we reached a million dollars in surplus and little by little we built ramps. So we've done things. Again keep this in mind for all of us for the c for the public as well. We are
we the council are custodians of this beach utility. We really shouldn't ever be in a position where we're overcharging the public and someone could accuse us if we build too large a surplus that we've overcharged. So, we kind of want to manage it, but it it's a
little bit of an art form rather than a site. >> Do we know what the adjacent communities are charging for their dailies and monthlies? Are those published or maybe you know, Matt, do you know what Mike Belmar charges for a daily or what those rates are this year? >> I don't know. I don't know.
>> You know, this this question though, Councilman, comes up every year since I've been around. >> I'd ask it. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Uh just a couple thoughts. One is uh I' I've personally never liked looking at the other rate. I mean, out of curiosity, >> we don't want to be higher necessarily.
No, we don't want to be. But what I have observed and co was striking evidence. We raised our beach badge prices from $10 back in 2020 to 13, a 30% increase because we were worried about social
distancing and uh that we we wouldn't have as many people come to the beach. So, we had to charge a lot more per person. And that's where we generated a million dollar surplus in one year because one, everybody came to the beach. But um but two, it evidence to me
tremendous elasticity in the pricing. Like Bradley Beach can be a dollar or $2 higher than Aspberry or $2 higher than Avon. But if people come to Bradley Beach as a matter of routine is something they've done or the families have done for years, they don't want to
look for how do you park in Avon or or is there parking at all available in Asbury. So what what I've observed is within reason. I'm not at all suggesting price gouging, but I'm less concerned about what neighboring burrows or towns
charge because we all tend to be somewhat self sustaining. Well, and you don't want to come back every year with another increase, you know, you know, edging this every year and go another dollar, another dollar, another dollar. We don't want to do that either. So, >> and I think at at 13 um 13 daily last
year, there were some nearby towns that were a little higher and some that were a little lower and some that were on fire. >> I think they were roughly all in and especially for dailies, it's harder to compare weeklies, but but I think for dailies they were. and you've
acknowledged we've held 13 for a few years. So I hope the question is really is it 14 or 15 as opposed to holding it at 13. Well, and the capital improvements and you know some service that you know that we have to you know we are doing improvements to the beach and we have to be able to fund that and
we want to do that proactively not reactively >> right >> and I think that having not had an increase in several years having a 6% increase 6 or 7% increase daily weekly is not egregious.
I think that's less than inflation. >> I wouldn't like to see us go over 14. I mean, I would be comfortable putting it at what you recommended, 14 and 48. You and I had talked about it and been >> All right. Well, seeing no further
comment, I'll I'll make a motion that we approve 2026-10 using the daily badge price of $14 and a weekly badge price of 48. >> Second, >> Mr. Noel. Uh, excuse Miss Greenland.
Yes. Mr. Clark. Yes. >> Mr. Nikki. Yes, >> Mayor Guboszi. >> Yes. Okay. 2026 109 requesting permission from the director of the division of local government services for a dedication by writer for an unemployment
compensation insurance trust fund and our relatively new uh CFO identified to the council that we actually have a trust established been used for many years decade perhaps um that we don't officially have a dedication by writers. So this is just an error correction on
behalf of the burough. Uh thank you Mr. S for identifying it for us and this is just requesting permission from the director of DGS to to give us a dedication by writer. Any comments or questions? >> I think this was one of the items that was on the corrective action audit
report. >> That's correct. There were seven uh um trusts that that that were at issue. Um and uh we're going through those to make a determination whether they actually should be continued as trusts. Um in
which case we would need to get permission from the DGS via dedication by Ryder or if um and we're looking into all of those but this one was quite obvious that we we needed it. So we went ahead and went
forward with that right away. So any uh if no other comments or questions, I'll I'll make a motion that we approve 2026-109. Second, >> Mr. Noble, excuse. Miss Greenblat, >> yes. >> Mr. Carr, >> yes. >> Mr. Ny, >> yes. >> Mayor Gubosi.
>> Yes. 2026-110 is a corrective action plan for the 2024 audit. >> I am uh super pleased to say we have our correction corrective action plan for the most recent audit. uh roughly two months after we received the audit
report, which compares favorably to last time, which was about two years later. Uh and uh I I spent a good time with Mr. I'm um going through the comments to make sure that they were um
descriptive, that they gave enough detail to let the DCA know that we are in fact uh taking specific action rather than using generic language suggesting that um uh yes, we will comply. We are actually saying how we will comply. So
again, I applaud our new CFO for getting us to this point. And uh are there any comments or questions? >> I think it's fantastic that we've addressed it with productive responses of what we're going to do because I did look through those and that I was like, "Wow, that's great."
>> All right. So, with that said, I will make a motion to approve uh resolution 2026-10. >> Second. Mr. Noble, excuse. Miss Greenl, >> yes. >> Mr. Clark, yes. >> Mr. Nikki, >> yes. >> Mayor Gubosi, >> yes. 2026-11
approving deputy court administrators and signatories for Neptune City general and bail bank accounts. Uh Neptune City of course is the court that we took on last year shared service and they need to be co-signatories on their money. Any comments or questions?
>> I'll make a motion that we approve 2026-11. Second. >> Uh Mr. Noble excused. Miss Greenblat. >> Yes. >> Mr. Clark. >> Yes. Miss the screen uh yet >> my brain tonight. I'm so sorry
everybody. >> Oh, thank you Councilman Noiki. >> Speaking of Councilman Noiki, uh resolution 2026-112, Mr. Noiki, would you like to take that? >> Uh yes. Um, this is for the approval to
submit an award extension request for LA 202024 MA uh Bradley Beach uh Burough Fifth Avenue Improvements 13 to the New Jersey Department of Transportation. So um this is for uh the we have
received a grant for um Fifth Avenue and this is for between Madison and Ocean and what we're looking to do is use that grant money to resurface after we do the sewers. We're waiting for DP
uh to approve our sewer um plans and we're waiting and biting our nails any day, any day. Um and right right now because we've encroached into the summer months here. Um that grant expires here
in May. So, we are proactively requesting an extension so that just in case the EP doesn't give us the authorization to award that contract, which includes the pavement, we don't want that grant money to be at risk. So, this is basically making sure we don't
lose that grant. So, with that, I'd like to any any questions or comments? >> Is it likely that we'll get the extended? >> Oh, yeah. Yeah. I mean, verbally, yes, already that, you know, but we had to, you know, get a resolution to be able to request this one. >> Yeah.
>> Um, so I'd like to, uh, request a motion to approve on resolution 2026112. >> Second. >> Um, Mr. Noble excused. Miss Greenblat, >> yes. >> Mr. Clark, >> yes. >> Mr. Nikki, >> yes. >> Mayor Guboszi, >> yes.
>> Moving to 2026-13. and I will turn this over to Councilwoman Greenland. >> Great. So, as uh the liaison to the recreation committee, I had asked the mayor if I could just uh speak to this. Um and this is uh this happens annually,
but it's seven free passes for Bradley Beach Elementary School students um for scholarship for the summer camp program. So, the summer camp program uh for one uh camper is $726. So, it's a a value um
of $5,082 uh of give back uh to Bradley Beach Elementary School students to attend the camp. So, on behalf of uh recreation as liaison, I just, you know, encourage uh mayor and council to vote in favor of
this and continue this program. It's a wonderful thing. >> So, I make a motion. I make a motion to approve uh 2026 113 recreation summer camp scholarship program. >> Second. >> Mr. Noble, excuse M. Green. >> Yes. Mr. Carter.
>> Yes. >> Mr. Nikki. >> Yes. >> Mayor Gubosi. >> Yes. 2026-114 temporary emergency appropriations. Um the way this works everyone is that um we already early or mid January we approved a temporary budget that got us
to the first three months of the year. Uh we are now in the fourth month of the year and in order to continue operations we need to uh establish a a temporary budget beginning in April and uh Mr. S taking us through Memorial Day. Is that the target?
>> Target uh that I uh I reached out to each individual department to find out what kind of expenditures they were they would need to make between now and May 31st. So this should cover us up through May 31st >> and across all just my quick math is a little over 1.1 million across all three
utilities current. >> That's correct. >> And you're confident that's sufficient at this point. >> Barring any kind of unseen emergency. Okay. >> Uh that should be sufficient. Yes. >> Any comments or questions from the council?
>> Yeah. Third question is when when will we see a draft budget and when which meeting are we looking for that and you know what those >> the expectation this is back and forth back and forth with uh with our u experts but um the expectation is that I
will see a very preliminary draft uh I actually today I haven't seen it yet >> but um but that's still my expectation so before I go to sleep tonight I hope to have it >> um that along with the AFS. So, both are
due today. Um, so very shortly. The plan also for the public's benefit is our plan is to be able to uh spend the next two weeks reviewing that budget that I should receive and um introduce it on April 21st. That is our plan.
>> Okay. Thank you. Any other uh comments or questions on uh 114? No. Seeing none, I will make a motion that we approve 2026-14. >> Mr. Noble excused. Miss Greenblat. Yes. >> Mr. Cart. >> Yes. >> Mr. Nikki. >> Yes. >> Mayor Gubosen.
>> Yes. Okay. 2026-115. The purchase of a Kabota compact truck loader through ECSJ Cooperative. And this is shy just shy of $100,000. 97,595.65.
And my first reaction was, you know, what do we need this for? And Vagio told me quickly that uh if we don't have it, we won't be able to move lockers on and off the beach this year because the equipment we've been using is 16 years old. It's falling apart. It's very
expensive to repair. >> Uh we do have funding in the beach capital account. Uh so u I think this is a very necessary beach utility expenditure. But comments or questions? I have a little comment, but it's really
not about the expenditure. Um, we we had two versions of this and we had a a change in the price, but on the previous version, I just noted that there was a tariff sir charge of $734. So, I'm just making note of that. I don't I didn't see it on the newer one, so I don't know
if we're paying a tariff on this or not, but I just kind of find it interesting in the world we're living in now that we're actually putting tariffs on these things. >> I I don't know. This is the invoice cost to acquire the >> Yeah, this is not market. This is going to a state contracted
price from what is discount. >> So, >> any other comments or questions? >> Okay. I'll make a motion that we approve 2026-115. >> Mr. Noble, excuse Miss Brainlap. >> Yes. >> Mr. Carr. >> Yes. >> Mr. Nikki? >> Yes.
>> Mayor Gubosi? >> Yes. 2026-116. I will turn this to Councilman Miliki. Right. >> This is for the authorization of a award for professional for professional services uh for suburban consulting
engineers for the sanitary sewer improvements of Fifth Avenue phase 2 park place avenue and Ocean Park Avenue. Those are the projects that we presented earlier and the ones that will be under construction here um post Labor Day that we're going to be advertising uh in the
next month or so once we get approval from D. These professional services are for uh construction inspection and support during construction and we have to have this in place. So when D says you're authorized for advertisement, do you have your professional services in
place or inspection? We can say yes, here it is. and and the uh resolution notes that the fees that we're paying them authorizing to pay just shy of 200,000 but they will be subject to reimbursement from the 2 million
>> is that no from the uh yes but the for the 2 million of construction dollars not 2 million of the um design is separate than the construction that would principal forgiveness and or out of borrowed money if we had if they could have a borrowing line of the
infrastructure Okay, >> very good. Comments or questions? >> Also move to adopt that resolution. I hear a second. >> Second. >> Mr. Noble, excuse Miss Spring. >> Yes. Mr. Corf. >> Yes. >> Mr. Noiki.
>> Yes. Mayor Dubet. >> Yes. That takes us through the resolutions and on to item 12 in the agenda announcements. There are none. 13A, the infamous administrator report. Matthew, if you have a report for us.
>> Uh, yes, ma'am. Very short report. Um, some great some very good news. The uh rec center uh is scheduled to have their grand opening for the the work that was done there on the playground and the uh courts on Saturday, April 25th. So, the
entire community is encouraged to come out and join in that celebration from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. >> And of course, those courts look fantastic, by the way. And and that child lot, you walk on that because it's like you're walking on a sponge cake. It's it's it's unbelievable.
>> Yes, sir. Uh and um progress is being made on the pump station renovation where the new um men's and women's restrooms will be. And as I mentioned before, we're currently out to bid or a concession air for the space there as well. Um, and also we're still uh uh
being very aggressive in trying to secure grants whether it's through Department of Education, Department of Community Affairs, and reaching out to our legislative partners both on a state and federal level um in particular
Senator Booker's office um to to again try to bring as much money back to Bradley Beach for infrastructure projects um as much as possible. That's all, Mr. Mayor. >> Has our resolution been acknowledged um about real that went out to all of the
legislators and so forth? >> So far, I've had one town uh reach out to me. They wanted a copy of ours in words they can do at their council meeting. I think it was Longport, >> some town I never heard of, but it was one that I sent it to. So, >> right. I mean hopefully we get some
response. But >> there was another panel a little south of us starting with B that also uh is going to pass a similar resation >> following Bradley Beach's lead. Of course you probably never referenced that southern town before. This is a new one.
>> All right. Great. Thank you sir. Uh moving to item 13B. Uh we'll go with mayor and council reports. I'll start with Councilman Cart. >> Thank you. >> So um met yesterday with the environmental commission. They meet once a month on the first Monday of each
month. Um, this weekend they will be hosting and running the Clean Ocean Action Beach sweep. So, it's this Saturday, April 11th, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30. Um, if you're interested, you have to register. So, you go to clean oceanaction.org org and you register and
meet everybody at the Fifth Avenue Gazebo at 9:00 a.m. Um there's also going to be a project for removing our invasive knotweed that they started last year. So this is the second time that they'll be working on that. Um it's
going to be May 30th from 9 to 11. Um so they're going to be asking for volunteers. Uh we're still a couple months away so more information to follow. Um they're also working with the beach department uh also the D
on acquiring and installing uh dune protection markers. You may have noticed that when you go to the beach on the ocean side of the dunes, we have little posts and some little string uh to keep people off the dunes. Uh but we need something a little bit more substantial.
Um and uh they're working on getting exactly what is needed to be ordered so that can be done. And and Mitch, on that point, I think I think there was general agreement that we'd use the same for >> Yes, they had he actually was given um
the the rope and the posts that the lifeguards use from around their chairs. Okay. >> And so John actually went out to the beach and was putting posts on the ground, estimating how much space between each post so we can get a good
number of uh what the supplies that are needed in. >> Thank you. >> All right. Uh so for the first aid for the operational period ending April 7th, the squad responded to 12 day calls, 10 night calls for a total of 22 of which
19 were for medical, three were fire, and there were no out of town mutual aid requested and the squad requested no mutual aid. Total volunteer hours for the period were 66 hours and they fulfilled 100% of their assignments for the period. They are still looking for
volunteers for the first aid. They offer pre-training for qualified individuals. Go to their website and you can find out more information. And of course, they're also accepting applications for their cadet program for young people 16 to 18 years who are interested in serving Bradley Beach.
For our fire department for the month ended March 31st, 2026, they responded to seven day calls, six night calls for a total of 16. 10 were for fire alarm activations, two were for carbon monoxide alarms, two cover assignments into Asbury Park, and two EMS patient
lift assists. They also conducted one departmentwide training on the new federal file call fire call reporting system. And they also conducted two community service events, our very successful annual egg hunt on the beachfront and the annual fish fry
fundraiser. There were no requests for mutual aid from other fire departments. And they're happy to report that the department currently has two new applicants for firefighters. So, still always the need for more volunteer firemen and women. And they offer free
training. So, anyone wishing to volunteer for the fire department may inquire about uh that at the burough's website. And lastly, uh one final and most important announcement near and dear to all of our hearts. Tomorrow, April 8th, uh Bradley Beach is hosting a
bone marrow donor registry drive aimed at finding a match for a local teenager and expand and expanding the national registry for all patients in need of a transplant. It's a completely non-invasive um procedure. It's only 30 second swab of the inside of your cheek.
If you're between the ages of 18 and 35 and looking to do a good deed, come get swabbed Bradley Beach Firehouse between 3 and 8:00 PM tomorrow. Um, and if you need any more incentive than helping save a life, anyone who swabs also gets
some free ice cream at >> Sounds good. I will next turn to Councilwoman Greenl. >> Great. Thank you, Mayor. Um, the Arts Council met yesterday, April 6th. Uh, mark your calendar for the Acoustic
Coffee House Singer Songwriters Showcase, Sunday, May 3rd, 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. at Perfect Perk, 300 Main Street. The event is facilitated by Arts Council member Carol Lester with a lineup of local musicians. Registration information to follow as space will be
limited. Plans are underway for the Arts Council's first annual arts fest Saturday, June 27th at Bradley Park. calling all local Bradley Beach artists to participate in the visual art exhibit entitled Home is Where the Art Is Pash
Posh Real Estate, which uh the which runs from June 27th to July 4th with an artist opening reception on the 27th. It's an opportunity exclusive to Bradley Beach artists to exhibit their work. So, if you're a visual artist, a
photographer, or a decorative artist, the Arts Council is accepting submissions through May 31st. So, please see the Arts Council website for details and submission requirements. The Arts Council is seeking volunteers to help with the June 27th Arts Day event.
Please reach out by email to arts councsil bradleybej.gov or go to the web page. No experience is required, just enthusiasm for the arts in Bradley. The Arts Council again welcomes Lauren Sarasine to its council.
Thank you again, Mayor, for the appointment and many many thanks to her and all the arts council membership. Their next meeting is scheduled for Monday, April 20th, 6:30 p.m. at the Byz. And um on to Fletcher Lake Commission, which has not met since our last
meeting. Their next meeting is scheduled uh for Thursday, April 9th, 6:00 p.m. here in this council chill garden. and recreation always very busy. Recreation's very busy in Bradley Beach. Thanks to everyone who showed up for radio bingo. It was a fun evening of
'90s music, laughter, and prizes with about 100 players in attendance. Proceeds go to the Bradley Beach Ladies Auxiliary to support our firefighters and the Bradley Beach Recreation Department. The glow-in-the-dark Easter egg hunt was a great success with about
50 kids who participated. We cleared 600 eggs in a record 60 seconds. >> The kids and their families were thrilled to be there and prizes collected by the rec committee and recck department were a big hit. Recreation is
hosting a Mother's Day flag football. Friday, May 8th, 5:30 p.m. at the recck field. Rosa's kitchen food truck will be on hand with a savory menu of items for sale. 20 to $25 per person registration fee. Includes food options and a
t-shirt. Come join the fun and celebrate. Um the senior club's next meeting is Wednesday, March 23rd, noon to 3 at the Bazi Center. Marjan open play runs every Friday 1 to 3 p.m. at the Biazi Center. Keep an eye out for spring botchi
signups which will begin in miday. Registration will be posted on the recreation website. Summer Camp 2026 runs June 29th to August 14th, Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Registration is closed.
Camp is full. The weight list has been activated and will be determined on a first come first- serve basis. They're still accepting weightless interest and will update by miday to early June. New this summer, Marine Science Camp, July 27th to the 31st, Monday to Friday, 9 to
2:00 p.m. for ages 5 to 14 at Memorial Park in Neptune City. The rec center again, uh, uh, BA Dory took my thunder, but they will have a grand reopening scheduled for April 25th with a festive
ribbon cutting, and mayor and council council are all invited to join. Watch for details. The rec committee's next meeting is Monday, April 13th, 6:30 p.m. at the rec center. That's my report. >> Thank you, Councilwoman. Councilman
Noiki. >> Thank you, Mayor. Uh, first with the police activity report. Um, just want to highlight that um next week is National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. Every year during the second week of April, telecommunications personnel and
the public safety community are honored. This weeklong event started in 1981 celebrates and thanks our dispatchers who dedicate their lives to serving the public. We hope you all join in in celebrating our dispatchers next week.
So if you happen to call into the station, make sure you know thank them. Um with that our um activity since the last meeting, a woman from neighboring Ocean Grove was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated after she struck a car stopped in traffic.
Patrolman Johnson witnessed the collision and watched the woman leave the scene. However, he quickly located her a short distance away. She was additionally charged with several motor vehicle violations. A subject from Eatontown arrested on an active contempt of court warrant
following a motor vehicle stop. He was additionally charged with a motor vehic with motor vehicle violations. And then police responded to a motor vehicle accident on Evergreen Avenue at the train tracks for a car struck by the train. The car was parked at the red
light. However, the front once past the stop line and then slightly onto the tracks. When the train came by, the car did not move and was stuck. Luckily, there was no injuries. However, the police department continues to stress,
never stop on the tracks or past the stop lines or gates at any railroad crossing. And be aware when you're on Memorial Avenue, that sign comes up, no right turn. Don't try to squeeze in there, but go drive around the block. Go somewhere else and turn into town. Don't
try to squeeze up inside that spot or you're going to get hit in the rear end as well by hit by a train. So, be very cautious at railroad crossings >> cuz there's a big red sign that says it says no turn that's and if you stop there that's a violation because you're
stopping in and you know so you're not allowed to stop in that right lane that's a through traffic. So you're not allowed to sit there and wait for that right turn to you know the train to go by. So people aren't aware of that but it's it's the way it is. Uh police responded to a uh to a fight on the
train and found one of the conductors was assaulted by two male subjects who fled once the train stopped. With the assistance of Neptune Township PD, the accused were located and brought back for investig investigation. An 80-year-old man from Burlington was
arrested and turned over to New Jersey Transit Police. Additionally, the uh Bradley Beach Police Department investigated 10 motor vehicle accidents between March 15th and April 7th. And then regarding Silven Lake, uh again I just want to you know again recognize um
the passing of Captain Al came as a shock to all of us. Um he was the um person who really um put the focus on environmental investment uh in in the burrow here uh
from from the forest down at you know Shreford forest and and Silven Lake. He was instrumental. But this gentleman, he had uh became renowned in his field of living shorelines and oyster beds and
not just here in New Jersey but you know the whole eastern seabboard and so it is going to be a big loss um to his family friends uh but also to his craft that um really made a difference um beyond New Jersey. So um again just want to
recognize all the work that he did. uh he actually spoke when we talked about Silven Lake here back in one of the workshops um last year and um just you know very knowledgeable individual and he'll be missed. Um the Silven Lake um um commission meeting will be April 15th
at 7:00 p.m. uh here in this council chambers. Um and additionally just a couple highlights on the projects. Uh the bulkhead along Bradley Boulevard uh the DOT uh just this past week authorized us to advertise for construction. So, they've approved the
plans and so we're looking forward uh to moving uh advancing that project. Uh the outfall pipe over on the beach where they've been working throughout the winter, the contractor has completed the installation of the alpha pipe. Um however because u the work in the dunes
can't be advanced right now due to a moratorum on bird nesting he won't be able to uh complete the restoration of the dunes until late fall um later on you know like November of this coming year October November depending on uh
fish given wildlife um letting them go back out there to bring sand in and restore those dunes back to where the way they were prior to construction. Um at that time I'll also plant those uh the dune restoration as well. Um we're
also waiting for uh D on the outfall gate. Uh all the plans uh comments have been received of permits. Uh we're waiting for the negotiation with the contractor to figure out um the final pricing and them passing that change order to replace that control structure
gate uh at Silven Lake. And so we're hopeful that that's going to advance here shortly. We're just waiting for the uh D to go through their process and um get that in place and then um
that would be report for Silver Lake. Thank you, Mayor. >> I want you go first. >> I just want to ask um since the dune structure is going to remain as it is through the summer and all of those big boulders, does it impact where um all of
the beach lockers are going to go for Evergreen? So, they're going to um fence off areas that they don't want pedestrians, you know, beach traffic to go. Um and then also that needs to get coordinated with the prominade construction that we're hopefully going
to get a permit to advance. Um and those boulders that are are stacked out there are to be used for that prominade uh construction. So, uh the engineers are working on that with D. Um but again, they're looking to fence off that area. I know some people used to cut back
through where the maintenance shed was. That's you're not going to be able to cut through there because that's where all this material were stored. And so they're going to fence off that access just to keep pedestrians out of there so it's clear where where is it safe to walk and where it should not go. And so
they're working that plan up as we as we speak. >> So does it interfere with where all the beach lockers are? Because a lot of the lockers went >> I don't I don't specifically know where those beach lockers I never had one. So, I never paid much attention to where they were. Um, but again, that that
would get worked out um based on with DPW where they've put them. So, I don't have a specific answer if there's anything impacted or not. >> Will the um uh all the equipment that's there? >> Well, they're they're demobilizing all those all the backs are, if you notice,
they're no longer back in that area. They've been they're actually been leaving the site and they're they're cleaning up the site to put it into a a place where um it can be managed through the through the summer months and then uh be able to um complete the doom
restoration in the late fall. >> Okay. >> Yeah. Uh I'll say Councilman Noiki that you you make it sound so easy, but I I'm watching you daily and I I'm involved with meetings with you and and our business administrator, Mr.
And and just to give everyone a sense of scale, the projects just surrounding southern length between the prominade, the alpha pipe, the gate repair, the the uh the I'm drawing black, the bulkhead, the bulkhead. Thank you. We're talking
11 12 million dollars of activity kind of all happening at once, roughly at once. And uh and roughly in the in the same area. So it and we're navigating and I say we but you know certain leads including uh uh Mr. Noiki and Mr.
Uh we're navigating D approvals for beach amarith plants and clover birds and you know nesting clovers and uh you know there's so many uh >> moving parts >> moving parts and and challenges along
the way that you think you're clear sailing and then the federal government weighs in and when they're clear someone in the state weighs in or someone at the county weighs in and you know you're all ready to gear up you production on one piece, but you got to stop on another piece. So, it's it's an
amazing maze of challenges that I'm really proud of this entire team for navigating us to the point we're at. Um, it probably will burden our residents, especially those living along Bradley Boulevard when we actually get to construction. And it's going to be
challenging because depending on when D says we can do this work, it may be in parts or or large part of the summer months. The last thing we want to do is construction during the summer in a beach community. But, you know, all I can say is we will give much more
communication as we go forward so residents are at least aware of when if if there are infringements in their time and access uh to the beach, we'll will be very strong in communicating that. Uh that said, I know that once we weather
the inconveniences that we're going to face, we'll look back on the accomplishments that we'll achieve in that lower end of town, southeastern end. Um and we'll look back with tremendous pride because the resiliency components of this that we're going to protect all those residents in the south
end as we extend this prominade and that we d once we dredge this lake and do all the work we're and and have a functioning gate that probably hasn't been functioning properly for few decades. Um it's going to just be a a
masterful changeover. Uh but it's going to it's going to cause us some pain as we move forward. I just want to give everyone a heads up on that and more to come. A lot of communications to come. >> Um, we're done. Okay. Uh, I do have a few
comments. One, I always try to keep these comments brief, but Ashley Fogley, our librarian, always gives me a list of like 500 things that the library is doing, and it really is impressive. I'm just going to read off quickly. I'm not going to mention dates and times. If any
of this strikes you of interest, go to the Bradley Beach Library website, please. But just to give you an idea, there are weekly programs that have Legos and games for kids, drop in crafts for kids, pickup crafts. They have wellness book club. They have a music
class for babies and toddlers and prek. They have a yarn club to bring your knitting and your crocheting projects. They have, get this one, I love this, historical tailoring dress making where they teach sewing techniques of the late 18th century. They have Spanish English
conversion group. They have a monthly marjon group. They have read to a dog. Children in K through fourth grades are invited to practice their reading skills by reading to a dog. Um there various multilingual programs. Uh so that so
please check the website to see you know what's available. Now, there are three specific announcements. Friends of the Library afternoon tea fundraiser. So, there is a tea fundraiser for Friends of the Library on Sunday, April 26th from 2 to 4 p.m. And there will be awards and
50/50 raffle tickets, awards for the best hat. Uh there's a one beach one read program for 2026 and the book is Have you seen Louise Vez by Katherine Ry Ryan Hyde? that is on May 12th at the Bradley Beach
Firehouse. And then there's a middlegrade one beach one read called Squished by Megan Wagner Lloyd on Thursday, May 14th at the Bradley Beach Elementary School. So that is a capsized version of what was
provided to me to relate to the the burrow. Uh I know other mentioned this, but we had a wonderful uh fish fry sponsored by our fire and first aid back on March 22nd. It was great attendance. I haven't heard uh how much they earned from that event. I don't know if anyone else has, but it looked to be very
successful. It was standing room only when when we arrived. Um also the Bradley Beach Elementary PTA held a candy candyland gift auction and uh that was on March 29th. That was also a full house at the Ascension Church. Um and
packed people, people, a lot of people from out of town. I was amazed even at our table. But uh they look forward to this event every year and it's a great fundraiser for the PTA. So those are my highlights. With that, I'll conclude my comments and we'll open it up to public
comment. Yes. Hello. Um my name is Beth Kepler Central. Um, I'm going to read my statement tonight. Um, rather than um, u, my statement is as follows. Why bother amending, introducing, and
passing ordinances or requiring zoning permits if we are not going to enforce them? Why have a land use board, a master plan, and pay the exorbitant professional salaries that we do if we're not going to follow through fairly, equitably, and lawfully? Why
grant variances by resolution if we're not going to enforce them when the legal contract between the burrow and the homeowner is violated? Selective enforcement is unacceptable. Our code department is a costly, bloated, paper
tiger. Everyone can watch and listen to the audio video surveillance camera footage for themselves on my YouTube channel under my name Beth Kepler. On the February 14th and 20th videos, you will see Rich Davidson, Pam
Valentine, Ted Bangi, and Bill Young. I'm here to inform residents how the code department under the leadership of Pamela Valentine, director of our community development, has betrayed us, lied to us, and weaponized this town's
ordinances against us, and why every single homeowner in Bradley Beach should be outraged and demanding answers. Last August, the code office ordered an illegal condemnation placard be placed on our garage. They stated this violation order was based on the false
statement repeated in three separate emails that acting code officer Ted Biani had inspected our garage. We press we presented security surveillance camera footage and it proves that Ted Biani never set foot inside of our
garage, not once. Not Miss Valentine nor Mr. Bayanche ever produced a written report of the findings of his inspection as is required by law. When we finally forced the truth out, they quietly rescended
the illegal placard with zero conditions, requirements, or any corrective action whatsoever required on our part a silent admission that the entire exercise was a sham. Then this February, a few weeks ago, the
same three individuals involved in the illegal placarding of our garage last fall based on a fraudulent inspection targeted us again. This is because they were allowed to get away with the illegal garage clappering based on a lie
of a fraudulent inspection that never happened. This time they were emboldened and went even further. On February 14th, Remax agent Rich Davidson working for the seller of 214 Fifth Avenue was
caught in the act dead to rights on our security video camera, cutting with a power saw, moving and reconstructing with an air nail gun, and destroying our fence. All without a required zoning fence permit, without a complete
certified two-scale property survey, and without our knowledge, authorization, or consent. Rich Davidson can be seen and heard on video in his own arrogant words telling the plumber who is helping him, quote, "I hope this will suffice and we
can get around the legal notorizing side of it." That is a clear, direct, explicit, on camera confession that he was premeditatedly, intentionally, knowingly, and deliberately breaking the law. The cut fence was left unstable and
caused an estimated $1,200 in property damage. We did the right thing. We reported it to the Burough Code Office on February 19th. So, what did the code office do? They sent Bill Young with an 8-ft ladder to climb up, peer into our
backyard like a peeping tom, snap pictures of our yard, and then issue a violation to us for the exact damage Rich Davidson caused and the exact same violations about our garage again that we had just resolved a few months
earlier. When confronted about both the bogus garage violation in October and this fence violation in February, the burrow quietly rescended both because they were baseless, without merit, clear acts of weaponized government in retaliation for us daring to speak out
critically against the municipal government or its representatives. Kim Humphrey, Leonard Guida, Larry Fox, Meredith DeMarco, and Greg Greg Farenbach are all gone and that's good. However, the residual disease is still
here. The same officials who lied about our garage and who pretended who protected Rich Davidson are still walking the halls of the burrow with impunity. And here is what should make every one of you see with anger. Rich Davidson is getting special treatment.
Not only does the code office refuse to enforce its own fence ordinance against RichDavidson or the seller he represented, it appears they coached Davidson how to get around being cited because of a technicality which can
later be seen on video action had concluded, deconstructing the reconstruction originally performed February 14th on video, thus absolving them of being issued a summon in response to our complaint of unpermitted
fence reconstruction. If Rich Davidson is the listing agent for a house ordering your property, beware. If he needs to cut a fence, move a boundary, or get around the legal side of it to close a deal, you can be sure
this burough code department under Pam Valentine has proven it will look the other way and then punish you for complaining by mailing you a violation via certified mail return receipt requested courtesy of you, the taxpayer.
We gave you video and audio timestamp surveys and emails. The choice was made to protect RichDavidson and punish the victims who spoke up. Mr. Cannon stated in a letter to us, "Preliminarily, I've determined that this dispute over the fence is a private civil matter in so
far as it does not involve public property, rights of way, nor any interest. As such, you will need to obtain personal counsel and avail yourself of civil remedies to address any alleged encroachments or fencing on your property or your neighbors
properties. The bureau does not adjudicate private property disputes. The burrow not the burrow only enforces local property code standards. End quote. This is not a civil dispute or exclusively a code and zoning enforcement matter. This is a human
resource and a criminal matter. Variances are legal contractual agreements between the burrow and a property owner. When these variances are approved by a burrow resolution, if violated by the homeowners, it is not a civil dispute. There is an obligation on
the part of the burrow to uphold that covenant. This is government abuse, selective enforcement, and weaponization of government against residents who dare to criticize and condemn. through through this process, we've been repeatedly pleaded with to get an
attorney and take it to civil court. What it does what that does is silences me. It hides their bad actions from you, absolves them from any accountability for their actions, and then asks the residents to pay for the revolving door
of lawsuits that emanates from lack of enforcement of ordinances and failure to defend variances when violated. There's no accountability in that. There's no change of process. They commit the bad acts. The burrow gets sued. The
residents pay taxes, increase, rinse, wash, repeat. Enough. We will not stay silent. We will not let this be swept under the rug like it was with the Fox administration. The residents of Bradley Beach deserve fair, equitable, and
consistent enforcement, not a protected class that permits for retaliation against us. critics of the conduct of certain burrow officials and representatives and reporting those behaviors and actions to the appropriate oversight authorities. To the council
and the mayor, the ordinances listed on tonight's agenda don't matter worth the paper they're written on if the corruption and the criminals are still allowed to remain. We've provided this burrow with audio and video proof to support what needs to be done. Mayor
Guposce, it's time to clean house, please, once and for all. We deserve better than Lion Larry's leftovers. Thank you. >> Thank you. Um, obviously, I think what needs to be said
here is these are Miss Kepler's accusations and you're entitled to your perspectives. We've turned these questions over to our legal counsel and they are reviewing them. But I would just caution everyone to understand this is one side of a story and our employees
and perhaps others will have you know their side of that story. >> May I just one thing? I just want to let you know to reiterate it's not just allegations. The videos are on a YouTube channel a public YouTube channel that anybody can see under my name Beth
Kepler. B E T H K E P L E R and they can see the videos that law enforcement, the council and the code have had the opportunity to see. >> Thank you. Are there other comments or questions? Yes, sir. Mr. Davidson.
>> Yes. Rich Davidson, 304th Avenue. I'd just like to rebuttle Miss Kepler's comments. Uh this was brought to her attention many times. one, I did not cut her fence. I was there to allow access of a contractor. She received ample
notice that this was going to happen. She never responded to Jeff Beman, the attorney for the buyers, and to Keith Armano, the attorney for the estate. On her accusations on her hidden camera and easedropping, which by the way is
illegal in the state of New Jersey, this was brought to her attention. Also, besides a possible defamation lawsuit, she mentioned that I was also there overlooking the fence, which actually it was a code enforcement officer of
Bradley Beach. All her accusations was brought to her attention. Um, denying the fact that it was me in any of these cases. However, here she is tonight reinforcing this. So, one, it's a flagrant lie. This was properly
brought to her attention. She sent an email to the estate. I don't want to get into the real estate aspect of it that provide a survey. The fence concludes move. There was no boundary line dispute and put on the lot line. After that, she
refused to respond to anybody. Um, so whatever accusations, she has a track record of throwing stuff against the wall without any support, without any attorneys. Nothing has ever transpired to be truth. There's no merit
to anything. I don't want to go back, but if I recall past council, she accused Larry Fox of racketeering. She accused our late chief of police of planting a listening device in her bathroom. So, I'm apparently the fall
end of this uh track record of false accusations. So, that being said, uh I just want to clear my name. I don't know what her problem was. I never spoke to him in my life, but again, I'm not going to sit idle and not defend myself. And
after tonight, I think I will take the next step and bring him to legal representation to shut this down. Thank you. >> Thank you, sir. Other comments or questions from the audience? Anyone on Zoom?
Okay, seeing no. Oh, yes, sir. Mr. West who stuck it in there. >> Well, you know how to follow that real small comment about the 202. >> It just means you state your name.
>> Thank you. um as a uh somebody who hates leaf blowers and the noise and stuff but also has worked in the industry of machinery like electrics are not the answer.
So we have to find something in a little something something an emerging small uh uh industry or or machines uh I think Shauna made reference to uh most of these machines are what are known as two cycle motors not two stage I think two
cycle which are noisier dirtier they work very they do work very well but they have all these bad issues moving forward a lot of these they are starting to come out with a for cycle machines. Fact, I just bought a snowblower this
year because it does snow down Bradley Beach apparently. >> Yeah. >> So, I went out and bought a new snowblower railway. It's a four cycle snowblower and it believe it shocked me. It actually has a catalytic converter on it to reduce emissions much like a regular automobile. So, I don't know if
that it's an answer. It's not a solution. I don't know if you can mandate that landscapers get motorcycle machines. Uh they are probably more expensive. a bit more complicated, but it's a a
stepping stone between maybe uh you know just like once upon a time old uh dirt bikes all dirt bikes with two cycle and and you could hear them 5 miles away and then kind of most of them have now moved to four cycle
quieter more efficient cleaner though just as a j of information that maybe couldn't work something thought. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> Thank you for that comment. Anyone else
in the room or on Zoom? Seeing no other hands raised. >> Nope. Anthony. >> Oh, Anthony Balardo. Yes, sir. Mr. Bolardo, your hand is raised. You are recognized. Keep sneaking these hands out.
>> Anthony Bolardo. Anthony, you muted. There we go. You guys hear me now? >> Yeah. >> Yes. >> All right. I was muted for some reason from the uh the host, but uh again, Anthony Valardo, 317 Third A. Uh just a
few comments after hearing the little bit more from your side on the gas versus electric leaf blower. Uh so New Jersey proposed bill S623 gives a minimum two-year grandfather period which I find reasonable, but I
don't find the 30-day grandfather period that the town is possibly proposing. I don't find that reasonable because after the next meeting which would be the 21st that gives roughly only 60 days compared to the states two years.
Um another thing is that we compared the batteries to construction equipment where they're using a power drill which only run for a couple seconds at a time in different intervals where an electric blower is high input high output. That's why the
batteries drain so fast. And to compare that to gas prices, that would be like the gas prices more than doubling every year. And that would be the cost to constantly replace these batteries and the cost of businesses which would get passed down to consumers.
And then my last question would be is to the mayor who you said that you would like to hear, you know, from the town and how they feel and the general population. So, how is the town going to collect the public's opinion on approval
or disapproval towards these electric blowers? >> Any other comments? I'll answer your question, but anything else to say, Anthony? Okay, my my uh comment was meant to to say we want to hear people's opinions.
We're going to collect those opinions as we're doing tonight. Folks like you speaking up and telling us your perspectives and your insights and your and your facts. Um and presumably if if we do a good job of encouraging attendance, we'll have a a broader array
of of representation. So the council is, you know, as as knowledgeable as we can be between the studying we've done and what we learn from the public. That's what we'll use to make our final decision. >> Any other Anyone else want to comment on
that? >> Um just that we'll continue to um solicit opinions as we go around town. Um I know I've spoken to many homeowners, many landscapers in town as I walk around walking the dogs. So, I'm
um very open and inviting people to come to the meetings and express their opinions. >> I I'll share with everyone uh I I had input from a couple of landscapers over the past few weeks and they seemed somewhat non plus. So, I was surprised but happy to hear, you know, people's
perspectives, but it's interesting. They're not always consistent. You know, I had one landscaper who mentioned to me he thought it was a great idea. He's he he didn't like having to bother the people who live in Bradley Beach. He always put his gas power leaf blower on
the lowest setting. Anyway, okay. Any other comments or questions from the audience? Seeing no other comments or questions, I will make uh there. Let's see. There is no executive session. I will make a motion to adjurnn.
>> All in favor? Thank you all. >> Isn't it enough today?