##VIDEO ID:6AaV73l2Ucg## e what oh you got it's gonna be a great one happy new year new year thanks for everything that was 11 door open set it all up if anybody wants coffee or cookies or cake over wide open I don't know both doors are open just one no the other one M yeah yeah left that door the chair but the other side I closed to the conru office I asked her to go but she said she was busy yeah so I for it's not Str J prob well Di there you well joh your start for I so turn am right yeah know what hands e spe huh for what happy New Year year hold on I have something very important to do I know should be straight be afraid do make sure here we'll do that it's easier it's easier than falling over this get Bel didn't Mary return there know welcome everybody to 2025 please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance IED to of the United States of America and to the rep for it stands nation under God indivisible with liy and justice good morning everybody I'm going to read a statement of determination a statement of the determination of the board of County caners relative to an election held in the burough of Bradley Beach on the fifth day of November in the year of 20 of 2024 for the election of Mayor and one Municipal officer for said burough of Bradley Beach the said board to determine that at the election Alan gubitosi was duly elected to the office of mayor for a full fouryear term and shanana greenblat was duly elected for a one-year unexpired term on on Council oh next we have the administration of the oath of office ladies and gentlemen let me introduce you to Al gubitosi our next mayor probably jump in the gun here a little since I haven't been sworn in yet hopefully that goes next but just while I have soon to be while the council president has given me the floor I just want to say wow I mean thank you all for coming here today New Year's Day many of you probably recovering from some celebrating last night others of you just preferring to sleep in on on a holiday live on New Year's Day but the fact that you've all come out to share in this moment with not only the new council members but a number of the other folks from fire and first aid that are being sworn in today we all really appreciate your support so thank you very much for being here okay uh okay so we're next we're going to do the administration of oath of office Mayor would you like to come down or mayor elect rather sorry after the be a lot of EMP family leaves Cas anyone's wondering this is uh most of my grandchildren and my children so and their wives I have four Sons uh four wonderful Sons four wonderful daughters-in-law uh and they have granted and embraced my my wife and I with 10 beautiful grandchildren seven of whom are here tonight and uh in sunny Florida soal and two more on the way make this quick so you guys can have more seated oh one more thing the woman to my right soaring Us in is L theer Paul many of you may know her as our assembly woman in this District uh Lan is also a family member of mine through marriage and her niece Emily is sitting here holding one of my grandchild thank you so thank and as you can see em and I it's an honor to be here today it's an honor to be all of this step forward please repeat after me I your name I Alan gzi you Solly swear sorry solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and the constitution of the state of New Jersey that I will bear true faith and allegiance that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same to the same and to the governments established and to the governments established in the united states in the United States and in this state and in this state under the authority of the people under the authority of the people that I will Faithfully that I will faithfully impartially and partially and justly perform and justly perform all of the duties of the mayor of burrow of Bradley Beach all of the duties of the mayor of Bradley Beach according to the best of my ability according to the best of my ability so help me God so help me God congratulations need to please make sure you sign that the first official pretty close pretty close yes you want that's green you join us ladies and gentlemen I'd like to introduce you to shaa greenblat our next Council m and I just like to welcome my family who have been on the sidelines of course gr has been center of my entire campaign and supporting this and a FR Beach member and my family my sister Alisa and live nearby baby sister JY and my mother rep after me I state name I sh G do Solly affirm do solemnly affirm that I will support the Constitution that I will support the Constitution of the United States of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and the constitution of the state of New Jersey that I will bear true faith and allegiance that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same to the same and to the governments established and to the governments established in the united states in the United States and in this state and in this state under the authority of the people under the authority of the people and that I will faithfully and that I will faithfully impartially impartially and justly perform all of the duties of council woman and just perform all of the duties of council woman of the burrow of Bradley Beach the B of Bradley Beach according to the best of my according to the very best of Sor May um before we get to our next I just want to make a quick comment or two about um I had the pleasure as I was running for mayor this past fall I had the great pleasure of running with you and I hit thousands in Bradley Beach 99% of them were very friendly welcoming conversations but we got to know each other a lot it was day in and day out five five hours or so a day and U while while I think of us as having been friends you know I I think that friendship and that Bond Drew tremendously all I want to say is I'm very excited that shot won the election for Council um and she is one of the most intelligent one of the most dedicated hardest working people I know I think she's going to be a great service to and like to also introduce a newest council member Paul nowicki I state your name you solemnly swear I pa solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States I will support the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey the constitution of the state of New Jersey that I will bear oh you want that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same and to the governments established in the United States and to the governments established in the United States and in this state and in this state under the authority of the people under the authority of the people that I will Faithfully partially I will faithfully and partially and justly perform all of the duties and justly perform all of the duties of councilman of the burrow of Bradley Beach of councilman of BU bur of Bradley Beach according to the best of my ability according to the best of my ability so help me God so help me God you done sir Before I Let You Go I'd like to a brief well I was able to wing it with SE because I never while I would have attempted to do that but PA's bio is so impressive and a little bit on the longer side I decided I do better service if I read it so introducing PA to our public Paul the wiki his wife Robin and their two sons Adam and David live on Bradley Boulevard overlooking silen Lake not surprisingly Paul has become a regular attendee of silen Lake commission meetings and has consistently offered advice and support to to the commission members there his passion for our community became early in these meetings and we soon learned that Paul is a New Jersey licensed professional engineer he just recently retired after serving as president and chief chief operating officer of ganette Fleming a a top 25 nationally recognized Consulting engineering and Architectural firm he provided leadership to over 3,000 people across 65 offices internationally and he now provides management advisor services to the industry impressively much of Paul's 42-year career was focused in the state of New Jersey working with communities to build many of the roadways trains um sorry trains we ride Water Systems we drink and infrastructure and environments we live in several of his signature projects include the Reconstruction of Route 18 in New Brunswick and the New Jersey trans New Jersey Transit Ren River and portal Bridge Replacements and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Municipal drinking water interconnection study in order to fill a vacancy on our governing body this Council considered many very talented and capable candidates we believe that Paul's engineering expertise his passion for Community involvement and his strong consensus building skills will add great experience and Leadership to serve the residents of brle beach so with that section for did repeat that for me I state your name hi Ronald Minsky you solemnly swear do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and the constitution of the state of New Jersey that I will bear true faith and allegiance that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same to the same and to and to the government government's established and to the government's established and to the government's established in the united states in the United States and in this state and in this state under the authority of the people under the authority of the people that I will Faithfully that I will faithfully impartially impartially and justly and justly perform all the duties of fire chief perform all of the duties of fire chief for the Bradley Beach Fire Department for the Bradley Beach Fire Department according to the best of liability according to the best of my ability so help me gu so help me gu you hereat after me I st I Rd viny you L swear do solemnly swear that I will support that I will support the Constitution of the United States the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and the constitution of the state of New Jersey that I will bear true faith I will bear true faith and Allegiance and allegiance to the same to the same and to the governments and to the governments established in established in the United States the United States and in the state and in the state under the authority of the people under the authority of the people that I will Faithfully that I will faithfully impartially impartially and justly and justly perform all the duties perform all the duties of Vice President of vice president and second lieutenant and second Lieutenant for the Bradley Beach for the Bradley Beach first a squad first aid Squad according to the best of my ability according to the best of my ability so help oh yes [Music] a story why I asked the marow J in many years ago not not having any know of who Jade was I was promoted by her father in what was New Jersey B away from the yeah this is true one day I'm out in the street and it's a small fire nothing's going on and I hear this P yelling at me in the name only known to those people in New Jersey and I turned around and it's her dad and we got talking and we made a lunch tap unfortunately two weeks later he passed and that's the first time I physically met Jan found about that with his daughter and I thought it would be nice if she could be M with I say your name Z do Solly swear swear CL that I will support I will support the Constitution of the United States Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and the constitution of the state of New Jersey that I will bear true faith and Allegiance I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same and to the governments to the same and to the government established in the United States established in the United States and in this state under the authority of the people and in the state under the authority of the people that I will Faithfully that I will faithfully and partially and partially and justly and justly perform all the duties perform all the duties of secretary and captain of secretary and captain for the Bradley Beach first first aid Squad Bradley Beach first aid Squad according to the best of my ability according to the best of my ability so help me God so help me go I one last small when this one first pinned the bedge on me I had to kneel down 10 years later I don't have to know that it's my granddaughter Alex picture here we go thank you one final comment about John Z he has served Bradley Beach by first a for 47 years get like to the please repeat after me I st I Massa you solemnly swear you solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and the constitution of the state of New Jersey that I will bear true faith that I will bear true faith and Allegiance and allegiance to the same to the same and to the governments established and to the governments established in the united states in the United States and in this state and in this state under the authority of the people under the authority of the people that I will Faithfully I will faithfully impartially impartially and justly and justly perform all the duties perform all the duties of Treasurer a treasurer for the Bradley Beach first state squad for the Bradley Beach first state Squad according to the best of my ability according to the best of my ability so help me God so help me God we're done sir don't want to do it make sure you okay thank you make one comment uh I want to thank my wife for saying two words she says to me most often when you get first a just go you you're welcome Mr Joseph Walsh please repeat after me I St your name I address Bush you solemnly swear you solemly swear that I will support that I will support the Constitution of the United States the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and the constitution of state of New Jersey that I will bear true faith that I will bear true faith and Allegiance and allegiance to the same to the same and to the governments and to the governments established in the United States established in the United States and in this state and in this state under the authority of the people under the authority of the people that I will Faithfully that I will faithfully impartially impartially and justly and justly perform all the duties perform all the duties of first lieutenant of first lieutenant for the Bradley Beach first aid squad for the Bradley Beach first aid Squad according to the best of my ability according to best of my so help me so help me con e Mr [Music] Hagerman please repeat after me I st your name I Edward do solemnly swear do solemnly swear that I will support that I will support the Constitution of theed un States the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution and the constitution of the state of New Jersey of the state of New Jersey that I will bear true faith and I BR true faith and Allegiance and allegiance to the same to the same and to the governments and to the governments established in the united states in the United States and in the state and in the state under the authority of the people under the authority of the people that I will Faithfully that I will faithfully impartially and partially and justly and justly perform all the duties perform all the duties of Sergeant of Sergeant for the Bradley Beach first a s for the Bradley Beach first days according to the best of my ability according to the best of my ability so help me God so help me God con there we go yep thank you thank you Mr ER Hunter there you are I come [Music] [Music] I [Music] you are sir raise your right hand please repeat after me I say your name I Eric H you solemnly swear you solemly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and the constitution of the state of New Jersey that I will bear true faith that I will bear true faith and Allegiance and allegiance to the same to the same and to the governments established and to the governments established in the united states in the United States and in this state and in this state under the authority of the people under the authority of the people that I will faithfully and I will faithfully impartially impartially and justly and justly perform all the duties perform all the duties of President no president for the Bradley Beach fire for the bradle beach first a um let's see according to the best of my ability according to the best of my ability so help me so help me thank you thank you yeah okay sure um okay so as my first well my second official act after having sworn in these wonderful men and women of our first aid and fire uh My First Act will now be to um turn something over to our council president Jane denovo because Jane has very gracefully left me notes of identifying certain dignitaries in our audience today and I want to make sure we recognize everyone who's here J you so mayor buckus from Belmore are you here sir thank Jerry take the councilwoman Sid W is here also anybody I miss any other elected officials here Diane oh Diane hi um Diane's also here I can think of your last name I know your council president Seager yes thank you for being here we appreciate you thing um there is coffee and cake across the the parking lot here if anybody would like to go and you know take a break it's fine going to do a regular meeting now so just so you know and speaking of regular meetings uh not only my own family but any other families who would rather not sit through rather part of this meeting please feel free to leave and start on the the coffee and the cookies anyone else who would like to hear the rest of the meeting by all means please stay with us thank you um okay so we are now at item six on our agenda and that is call for attendance well actually I need to do item number three which I somehow oh because I was so nervous so um I'm going to do the open public meetings act statement and I'm going to take a roll call all I wish to announce that the 48h hour notice as required under the open public meetings Act was emailed to the Asbury Park Press the coastar and the new coastar on December the 19th of 2024 that a copy has been placed on the bulletin board in the burough office and that a copy has been filed with the municipal clerk as a courtesy to the public this meeting may be attended via Zoom if for any reason the zoom portion of this meeting fails or is disconnected the inperson meeting will continue and action can will be taken provided that there is an in-person quum MR Noble here miss greenlot here Mr nowicki here Mr Weber here mayor kubos here good start all president Eric also I left a piece of paper you did you actually left two pieces of paper I just want make sure I lose yes I have them all right I'll ask you you're gonna have to send them to me via email anyway so the minutes thank you okay so uh item number seven on our agenda is the approval of the minutes or I make a motion to approve the minutes of December 11 2024 Council business meeting second Mr Noble yes yes Mr NWI yes okay yeah you both would have to obstain oh Iain thank you they're ready to go Mr Weber yes mayor kuboi yes and similarly uh I'm going to make a motion to approve the minutes of the December 11th 2024 executive session Mr Noble yes Mr nowiki up M greenl obain Mr Weber yes mayor gubitosi yes uh item eight on the agenda there are no ordinances to introduce or adopt item nine on the agenda is the organization of the mayor and burough Council and the first item under under number nine is the nomination of the council president as mayor I would like to nominate Miss Jane denoble to continue as our council president in 2025 second uh Mr Noble it would be my honor yes um Miss greenl yes Mr nowicki yes Mr Weber yes mayor gubitosi yes thank you mayor and Council I really look forward to 2025 it's going to be a great year and I really look forward to working with all of you thank you uh item number 10 on the agenda is new business a new business consent agenda and resolutions 20251 through 202- 29m historically we have read all of these to you we're going to try something new to shorten the L of our meetings this is the easy stuff too getting it right the easy stuff um before we vote on this I want to ask does anyone want to vote on any of these items separately I will also note for the Public's benefit that um while the agenda itself has not been adjusted since notice was provided we have made a couple of minor edits to a couple of the resolutions one of which was um for employee boards committees and commissions we have added two volunteers Beyond those that were already included to OE and they are Brian cream and Jason sorry I was trying to give it a little more of the flare so uh please note that those two gentlemen have been added to our volunteers on OEM I spoke with uh nort bfarm our head of OEM and and he was very excited about the new additions um the other item where there was a minor change was on 20 25-9 um there was authorization of cancellation of tax and Sewer payments the word initially said under and over $10 we don't want to cancel payments over $10 so we have just deleted that over reference as well so and those again uh Erica that you've already made those adjustments yes and you all have the um adjusted resolutions so with that said I'd like to make a motion to adopt uh the consent agenda resolutions 2025-the yes M green BL yes Mr NWI yes Mr Weber yes mayor Fox I think the former mayor would say yes but also going to say yes years like okay we'll move to uh section 11 of our agenda the individual resolutions and resolution Miss greenblock yes Mr nowiki yes Mr Weber yes mayor gboi yes individual resolution 20253 approval of a 5050 cash raffle license for United engine and truck company 5050 cash raffle for January 25th 25 I make that motion to approve is there a second second Mr Noble yes Miss greenlot yes Mr nowiki yes Mr Weber yes mayor gubitosi yes item individual resolution 2025-the this budget which we have 30 days to complete so it is not a concern but I will motion that we table this item at the moment is there a second second Mr Noble yes Miss greenblat yes Mr nowicki yes Mr Weber yes mayor gubitosi yes item 20 25-33 temporary Debt Service budget for 2025 I will make a motion to table this item is there a second second Mr noo yes Miss greenl yes Mr nowiki yes Mr Weber yes mayor gubitosi yes I will uh now address item 25-35 I I make a motion to adopt a resolution to appoint an acting business administrator second Mr Den Noble yes Miss greenlot yes Mr nowiki yes Mr Weber yes mayor gubitosi yes and we I'm going to take a pause in the agenda because we are fortunate to have that acting business administrator in room with us today Mr Matt dhy Matt please stand this may not surprise too many people but I actually have a very quick prepared statement to recognize Mr i'mna for joining us um I just want everyone to have a little sense of the process that God has to this point in time Matt Dy has a wealth of experience in Municipal and state government he served belar burrow for almost 13 years starting as a council person in 20 2006 and ultimately being elected as mayor for two terms he led the bmar community during the aftermath of superstorm sanding a life-changing event that impacted so many people in this area in 2018 he resigned as mayor to become the executive director of the casino reinvestment Development Authority a position he held until early 2022 mat is a masters in public policy and a Bachelor of Arts in government both from Georgetown University this Council interviewed a number of Highly qualified candidates for our new acting business administrator role council members were consistently impressed by Matt's deep municipal government experience his enthusiasm his can do attitude his successful history working in support of his Municipal Employees and his powerful commitment to serve the public as a new Administration we have a lot to accomplish in 2025 we are excited to have Matt in place on day one of a new beginning ready to help bradle Beach accomplish great things as we move forward together please join the governing body in welcoming Matt dhy not okay um that concludes the uh individual resolutions uh there are item 12 on the agenda there Communications there are no Communications item 13 the mayor and Council comments uh I would ask Mr nowiki to begin first I like to say um I'm extremely humbled and honored to accept this um opportunity to serve the residents of Bradley Beach and perform the duties of a council person I look forward to working together with the mayor the council but especially with the community and bringing us together um through transparency and communication uh to build a better Bradley Beach for the future so thank you for your confidence at least for today I'm going left my left to my right so the president to know that I'm just about to say the same thing you said already so um I'll give my detail report next week at a regular meeting but I just wanted to say that I'd like to wish everyone first of all happy New Year and I have a feeling it's going to be a really great 2025 I'm so excited to be here and we have have a lot of challenges and opportunities but together along with the Bradley Beach employees the residents the businesses and our community organizations we can continue to make Bradley Beach a place where everyone feels welcome safe and proud to call Bradley Beach their home it's my honor to be here and I appreciate all of you thank you blood so this is the first uh Council comments that um we can actually speak personally and uh without a real agenda of sharing any liaison report so I'm going to do so um by personally thanking um my colleague uh the now U mayor goosi and fellow Council um so I appreciate your support I appreciate the support of the community who voted for me and uh put their trust in me and I hope to earn the trust of those of you really don't know me um I hope to be an open book and um I actually came with a resolution of my own to add uh to this meeting so this is a resolution for 2025 may we resolve on this day the 1 of 2025 a promise to be kind to our neighbors for they are our family may we respect this meeting place this space of business of governance of community Spirit of shared interest let us treat difference with difference when it seeks out the greater good may we resolve on this day to be our best selves together as a community be the charge to create Harmony where there is enity seek out Solutions amidst problems bring Grace to dysfunction and understanding from chaos may we insist on healing Excellence collaboration and a blessing for bradle Beach it is my commitment as I sit on this de both humbled and in awe it is my promise as I am sworn in to serve as Council today and every day of my term I wish you all a very happy new year thank you mayor goting to say that and happy New Year everybody so great to see so many people here uh it was great maybe earlier to see so many members of our Police Department our fire department our first aid Squad there's folks here from DPW and every professionals and dignitaries from other town it's really great to see everybody um where do I start up here Jane you're GNA do a great job as a council president I know on to the people that had to run I know how hard you guys campaigned you you worked really really hard you deserve this and I have every bit of faith and both of you are going to do a great job I will just say one thing about sh I knocked on a few doors myself just so you know uh and a lot of people knew Al and uh it was just great pleasure to tell people about shaa cuz not everybody knew about shaa so there's a great commitment to this community uh already so it great to tell people about that Mr nowicki you did it the easy way it's the best it's the best way it's the best way all right um campaigning will come soon enough if you choose and then you'll get to knock on all these wonderful people's doors and talk to them uh on their front steps and uh that day may come but we have every confidence in you as well you really impress me on so many levels so happy uh and I know that together all five of us are going to achieve so much because um it's about time we start achieving a lot up here so thanks again everybody for coming and see you over at Cross the way so I will now give myself self a chance to make a statement and I am not reading a prepared statement because I just want this as councilman Weber is so fluent i' like to I like to read things but um um but I guess what I I wanted this to just come from my heart and say to everyone here number one thank you for your support not only for me personally uh for this Council for your commitment to Bradley Beach and your passion for Bradley Beach um you know we are here to serve the residents and I know at times that that message may have been blurred or or not as clear as it should have been but I know for a fact these five including myself these five people are here to serve the residents um you will you will get honesty and transparency and open Communications from this Council um we're all committed to that we've all talked about that I'm very excited about my my partners up here today and I really look forward to working with them for the rest of the year um and uh I want to say that the first my first order of business is meeting with department heads I I have not yet had that opportunity but that starts tomorrow um and my immediate second order of business is to resolve this local 152 contract be the first order business but their representative couldn't be with me until next week so so that was my effort um but we're going to get something done folks um so with that said I know others have said uh there's coffee and and drinks and some cookies across the way please feel free to join us we'd love to have anyone who wants to uh attend uh but otherwise have a wonderful New Year oh yeah I don't think the public should be yes I did go there sorry and with that said uh that concludes Council comments and now we'll turn to public comments on any matter you're interested in this is [Laughter] great we almost got away hi there Maguire 610 Brinley Avenue oh I want to congratulate mayor alosi Bradley Beach is so truly lucky to have your level of expertise and commitment to honesty and integrity I'm proud to say I became one of your biggest cheer leaders organically through the councilman you dedicated yourself to be it didn't even start as a neighbor nor a friend but truly through your service to me a resident who had many questions the time and energy you put in for the seriousness of your oath doesn't compare to most and I couldn't be happier knowing that the majority of Bradley Beach feels the same so thank you and I look forward to what you will be so open to share simply for people to know also a big congratulations to our newly elected councilwoman shaa greenl the dedication to doing what is right is inspiring and I am also proud to have met you simply through fighting for good and babby Beach Council Weber and councilwoman Den Noble's dedication for good and what is right has been a true gift for this town and it is so refreshing to see that now it keeps on growing congratulations to our newly appointed councilman Paul nowicki Mr nowicki I know I I want to say welcome welcome to Bradley Beach I understand you are a newer resident and come with some very impressive qualifications you do have some big shoes to fill after the incredible job Miss Mahoney has done a woman who understands important budget numbers stood up to our town issues with amazing professionalism and a great sense of humor but mostly listen it's a new day in town it starts today where we have a government filled with good people who are neighbors and professionals fueled by Integrity they don't ask favors for friends or do political handshake deals behind closed doors the people that I know up there for their service along with many faces that fill this entire room have become connected by wanting the best for Bradley Beach the truth many have done a lot of hard work to find the facts and have become friends simply through the commonality of good for Bradley Beach I wish this Vibe just continues to spread so that we can become a United nonpartisan friendly Community built on Truth who can work through differences with the same end goals for the town and that it inspires other towns to want to do the same let's make some positive news headlines for 2025 and Beyond thank you and again a big congratulations Sal are there any other public comments any anyone on zo no okay very good thank you very much um but I know I don't want to add it's going so well we're not going home people no uh thank you uh Bri for your comments Miss Maguire uh because you also did remind me that I did want to recognize Miss Mahoney Kristen you served phenomenally with us and and we appreciate you so much one of the most honest perfect people we've we've had up here thank you I make a motion to a turn second second all in favor I thank you