yeah but I've got a cool little model you know scale model in my office Do we have um basically just like Zoolander like the uh the school for kids who can't read good yeah Do we have like how
are they going to get in there have you seen it done oh yeah It's great You know yeah I want to bring my little Matchbox cars when I drive around it It's so cool to play with 35 grand I could have bought a coffee cup
Nice visit with your daughter I had a great time Yeah a lot of fun A lot of talented people It was It was pretty cool We've had We've had party in the past Really right in DC She's in Northwest Yeah
[Music] Yeah Yeah We hit golf There's like three golf simulators Did you see Canon just sent us It's the in the past hour maybe
Canon sent us the resolution for volunteer It's right there Take a look just in case there's any wording that we want to adjust I looked and and they're renovating the whole thing Yeah
Actually one of our nephews went to breakfast We went there and we went to the water Yeah there's a lot of money going in there She was
related actually designated for hospice and like where in New Jersey and James the right thing because I use a Mac at home Yeah So the Wi-Fi is public 701
Yeah exact Yeah that's what I think of it They can't move the way they used to you know pick up these little 40 lb kids What's really bad is keep I'll just go to your
You know in her mind it's like I don't think I'm show all three of those because I I was like looking at it and I was like because they're so similar Yeah And exactly They were they were kind of hard to read I was kind of
played around the resolution And you'll you'll better commit attention if you're just talking If you're talking with something they're gonna be kind of listening to you looking there And don't forget I think I think you agree that great reframe is
we gota we got to fix this lake got it removed Yeah Yes Wow Constitution Oh my god Oh my gosh Actually we have a women's leadership meeting
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in one minute [Music] [Music] like to call this meeting to Pledge of Allegiance I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and
to the republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all I wish to announce that 48 hour notice is required under the open public meetings act was emailed to the Asbury Park Press the co-star and the new
coaster 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 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 quorum Mr Noble excused Miss Greenblat here Mr Nikki here Mr Weber here Mayor Gubetzi here
Good evening everyone Um I'd like to uh begin tonight's uh meeting um with a modest change in the agenda Uh normally we would move to item five workshops but instead I'm going to make a motion that we move to presentations and bids Uh so
we have an opportunity to uh address a presentation early in the meeting and anyone who might be in attendance would have an opportunity to leave after that So motion to uh momentarily skip workshops and move to item six on the agenda presentations and bids
Second Mr Noble excuse Mr Mr Noiki I mean M Miss Gblat here Mr Noiki yes Mr Weber yes Mayor Guboszi yes Okay And uh the first item on presentations and bids is a proclamation recognizing former
Bradley Beach Elementary School interim superintendent um Robert Bob Mahan And is are members of Mr Mahan's family with us would you mind uh joining us please up front councel come down
And is Bridget deain here not yet because you changed the agenda Oh you want to call it run quickly Ready welcome I'm nice to meet
you Nice to meet you So uh if you guys want to turn and you know please the audience Um Bridget Deain it's my fault I moved this up five 10 minutes on the agenda Bridget Bane who's worked with our board
that work worked with Bob Um was going to say a few words and unfortunately she's not here with us yet But number one you know we uh we're very sorry for your loss um your your father your husband touched Bradley Beach um our
community He was a major contributor to our elementary school as I'm sure you know served as our superintendent for three years And when we heard of his passing we just want to have a small recognition uh in his honor So I was going to have Bridget read this but I I
think I'll I'll do the honors Bur Bradley Beach A proclamation in memory of the former Bradley Beach Elementary School interimm superintendent superintendent Robert Mahan Whereas on behalf of the burrow of Bradley Beach the mayor and council wish
to record their condolences over the passing of Mr Robert Mahan on March 12th 2025 Whereas Mr Mahan previously served as the interim superintendent for the Bradley Beach Elementary School for three years Now therefore be it resolved
in recognition of Mr Mahant's valued service to the Bradley Beach Elementary School faculty and students the governing body of the Burrow of Bradley Beach do hereby express our deep appreciation for his dedication to the progress of this community and extend to
his family our sincere sympathy upon his passing dated this first day of April 2025 So thank you all very much for joining us this evening Uh I will leave this with you and if anyone would dare to make any statement at all you you
have the floor That's right We just appreciate everything you love to hear and thank you very much for thank you very much for joining us tonight I don't have my phone I forgot Okay item While we're still on
presentations and bids item number two uh is a just an intended placeholder for a a very brief summary of the local 152 contract Um we are in the process of getting the final contract signed Just the lawyers going back and forth Uh no
changes no issues that I'm aware of Uh we had hoped to have it signed today It'll probably be signed in the next day or two But I put together a a very brief three slide PowerPoint just to summarize where we uh at a high level where we close the
negotiations And this is already on the uh on the burough's website Folks can reference it afterwards if they'd like but just a quick walk through Michelle if you could go to the b the next page Okay great I can barely barely see
it from here Um but what we've what I've set up on the left hand side of this slide is what the uh steps in the world of unions um we negotiate salaries based upon steps A step typically is associated with a year of service or a
year of experience A brand new person coming in might be start at step one An experienced person depending on how much experience may start at step three or five or eight or so forth And so just for the record the the steps on the left
side are broken into uh five categories The first one uh with a little red circle on it if I don't know if people could see it That first column is DPW There are a couple of other columns for u for other categories but I just
thought we'd maybe focus on DPW to give folks a an idea of how the process worked Um in the world of DPW there's actually 20 steps Uh I cut them off here but there is an appendix with the full schedule uh in the back of this document
Uh so at step one the the goal going into the negotiation was to make sure that u that we had a fair and affordable contract established with our union uh that was and and that was really to say
what is market value for the services rendered and I thought this is uh this is the way we approached the the establishing of what is fair market value and it was by looking at the very first step that's the step where you're coming in off the street you know you
very likely be compared to what a minimum wage type job might be and the blue shaded area light blue shaded is the old contract um periods of time 2020 2021 and 2022
The yellowish gold area is 23 through 27 That's represents the new contract period I actually tracked what minimum wage percentage increases were during that period of time in the middle And then on the far right side the two
numbers circled there the one in the middle of the old contract and the one in the middle of the new contract represent what step one was $32,000 even And step two is a little above 41,000 I
think it's 41,400 And that is literally multiplying that 32,000 which was the middle step Oh sorry It was the it was the step identified in the old contract u for
step one but it was um it it should have represented the midpoint of that contract So when you when you compare what the midpoint of the old contract was to the midpoint of the new contract there was an increase of around 28% Now that sounds like a lot If you
you know if you say "Wow salary in a given step in a given band went up 28%." That's a big number But Michelle if you go to the next page one more Yeah So what I did is circle for everyone to
see Now the old steps are on the left and then new steps in blue on the right And that first set of red circles at the top of the page that those circle the exact same numbers the 32,000 moving to 41,000 even So it's not quite I think
the old number was a little over 28 29% This actual step is a 28% increase Uh in the middle range you can see there was uh the bot the step one was a 9,000 increase Step eight or so I'm having
trouble reading my own slide was around a 7,000 something increase And step 13 is still a lesser increase What's important to note is if you look at how those increases track over a 4-year
period the midpoint of the old contract to the midpoint of the new contract you can see that the the increase was uh Sean can you read that is it It's like 5% or so Hold on I have 6.4 3.4 2.1
Thank you Stop showing off Sorry Um I do have it in paper now in front of me So the the lowest level step one remember that kept pace with minimum wage in the state of New Jersey over four years that reflects for the entry level person an
average 6% increase 6.4% But at step eight which is you know roughly in the middle of a 20step uh plan the average increase over that period was 3.4% And at the higher pay end of that
spectrum a prior contract 63,750 at step 14 it increased 5,500 which was an 8.6% overall increase but on an annual basis that equated to 2.1%
So depending on where you were in in the step guide um you had a different average rate of increase but in aggregate the overall increase was something around 4% close to 4% So um just want to give everyone a sense for
the mechanics of how this worked And uh Michelle if you go to the next page these are the uh these are some highle references of some of the key points negotiated in the contract Uh once we have the contract signed we'll
have some additional data that we can share with the public and we'll be sure to post that on the website as well But a quick summary of items where the union um you know felt um uh the significant terms you know were acceptable to them
Um wage increases uh required fairly significant retrop payment of wages Keep in mind the union employees were not paid a a wage increase for two years So those percentage increases I showed you when you lumped them together over two
years um we the bureau did have some significant retrop payments to be made Um we added a holiday there were already 13 holidays and Junth is a federal holiday We added a 14th holiday to the
union contract Um I'll talk about what the union provided the burrow in return We agreed to include part- timerrs with a reference because previously part- timerrs legally must be covered by the union That is state law But our prior
administration had said the part-timers were not covered and the union accepted that at the time We had no choice but to make sure that we recognized part- timerrs were in fact subject to the union terms and we agreed that uh they would receive a minimum of 2% increase
annually Uh and then sickly this was a very significant issue for the union and uh uh I I told the union right up front this was not a point of negotiation they there had been a cap uh placed on their
sick leave of 29 days and and the union can acrue their sick leave in a bank and they you know they can use that bank for when they're ill uh when they miss a day or two or five um or at retirement they can cash out that bank up to a limit of
uh $15,000 Um but that 29-day cap ended up capping many people that they weren't even going to be able to reach the 15,000 amount payout And what was really concerning to me was that that bank the
way it used to exist could be 100 days could be more Um they couldn't get cashed out a lot 15,000 cap but that bank served as insurance for them if they had a catastrophic illness or injury they would be paid disability
leave out of that bank So we wi with with advisor with my advisor's uh agreement We told the union this should not have been capped to begin with It's just not appropriate We didn't feel appropriate to treat our burough
employees this way Um so we did return the sickly days that have been cashed out Now the good news is that provides insurance The good news for our employees it provides assurance for them The good news for the burrow is we are now able to avoid a use it or
lose it mindset that existed within the union If you think about it if you're given a 29 day period to accumulate sick leave and you get to 28 days 29 days you you earn a day a day and a quarter whatever the exact percentage is a
little over a day a month Well you're at 29 days and you're earning a day next month You can't save it You're capped at 29 You're going to lose it unless you use it So the prior administration shared with
the council they were seeing that the union individuals were starting to utilize a day here and a day there a month but with pretty good regularity to the point that it was referenced as it could be abuse and I shared with them at the time and I felt going into the
negotiations uh very strongly about this it's not abuse it's human nature people earn that day they like to use that day So by removing the cap I I'd like to think we the Burough Bradley Beach have
restored an equitable balance with our employees We now allow them to accumulate that put that in a bank They can draw on it if they need it but if they don't need it they leave it in the bank for that hopefully if they never need it but it'll be there for that
rainy day where they might have an illness extensive illness So um my my own estimates I thought that that actually would save the burrow productivity costs because folks being out a day a month a day every other
month that's perhaps 12 days a year for a given individual at a cost of work per day You know there was a potential significant productivity loss that we will now be able to avoid Finally uh just a couple thoughts in terms of uh
items that benefited the burrow Um the way overtime was being calculated it was rounding up as high as 30 minutes You worked one minute into a 30-minute period and overtime would be calculated as rounding up 30 And Mr Dohy pointed out that that probably didn't make you
know total sense for the burrow Uh and the union said they agreed and they were willing to to change that particular provision Um they there were challenges with getting a sufficient advanced notice on uh vacation So they the union did agree
to provide one week uh for one week vacation to provide 30 days notice to their supervisor They had six personal days and this is very significant give back by the union Uh we given that we were adding uh Junth and we were doing some
of these other things with sick leave days Uh the union agreed to uh move from six personal days to three And then finally we established a bit longer of a probationary period for new hires uh where we would look at uh
performance over six months plus 45 days So effectively seven and a half months So those were the key criteria just to give everyone a sense I don't think there's any doubt that the biggest significant the most significant issue was the retro pay and we are working
through that with our budgeting for this year uh the the bureau is in a really good position to make sure that we're able to continue to pay our employees a fair wage um and uh make sure that we manage our budgets effectively for our residents So want to make sure I took
everyone through that Um council any questions or comments no thank you Okay when we open it up for public comments and questions Um you feel free to address any questions you may have about this as well Okay Now I'd
like to u go back to item um I'm sorry I'd like to move forward to um item seven which is the approval of the minutes I'd like to make a motion that we approve March 18th 2025 council business meeting minutes
Second Mr Noble excused Miss Grie Yes Mr Nikki Yes Mr Weber Yes Mayor Guboszi Yes Now I would like to go back to item number five workshops and invite Mr Bennett Matlac to make a presentation
for us Thank you I'm just going to pull up my slides here real quick Uh thank you mayor and council Uh here today to talk about two projects that we're working on Uh the recreation center improvements and uh the Silven
Lake project Uh first one I'm going to talk about is the recreation center Here is a uh color rendering of the improvement plan for the rec center Um just to and I know I've gone over this a few times before with uh public meetings
for grant applications and other uh updates but I'll just run through quickly what the improvements are Uh resurfacing the basketball courts and the tennis courts that is uh removing the the surface coat of asphalt and repaving them and then uh color coding
them and restriping Um additionally the uh playground is going to be uh expanded uh drainage improvements installed Um we are we met with uh Courtney Papis your recck
director She uh gave us some some feedback on what she would like to see at the playground Uh she selected a few uh amenities which I'll show in a minute Uh and and uh we've designed this so that uh all the equipment fits has the
proper safety fall zones uh and it's uh surrounded by the a poured rubber safety surface Um and then in order to be able to get all of the equipment that uh Miss
Papis wants so get getting pricing through uh our state contract Uh but I' I've met with uh your public works director Bajio Kafone and he uh came up with a good idea of having the public
works uh um employees install new pavers around the walkway instead of doing that through the contract We're able to save a lot of money by doing that um probably in the range of 50 to $75,000 to uh utilize public workers
public works guys uh to do that work instead of uh prevailing wage through the contract Um so that all all good things there Um the construction of this project uh is
going to be in September uh the intent is to not interfere with the summer schedule for uh the the programming that they have at the rec center Um so we we discussed that with Miss Papis and that was uh you know her her big thing was
that from uh the end of June until the end of August they have a summer program So we don't want to interfere with that We'll we'll hold off construction until uh basically when school starts back up
again Uh and I'll show you the real quick the playground that we selected People on Zoom can't see the slides Is there anything we can do about it going forward i realized that we can share the screen
Hopefully that works Can they see it on Zoom now nancy Um they're texting me So say we're trying Oh I got a Thank you Sorry about that to everybody on Zoom
Uh so these are the the some of the amenities that that we're looking at Um and I want to point out that uh originally when we had had uh conceptualized this design we we talked about two different uh playground um
structures One for age groups 5 to 12 one for two to five um in order to be able to fit everything and uh one of the important things for for the rec director was uh getting some swings in there Um and and she wanted to get a
larger 5 to 12 uh playground uh piece of equipment Um we are not putting in the two to five However the 5 to 12 has three components You can kind of see there at the top left corner and some of those are for smaller children Um and
then you have some of those individual pieces the ladybug the the yellow flower that you know smaller children are able to to climb on and play with Uh as well as the uh the swings that we're proposing So it's it's still inclusive
of all different age groups It's just a little bit different than you know what we originally thought And any questions um I had a question Um Ben if you go back to the plan Sure Just if you could just share with us um in the playground area are you also
are you also providing benches um and and where would those be located you mentioned expanding that playground So again you're thinking more like more capacity Do we have enough benches along there to to be able to or should we be
looking at that as well yeah so the the playground area is this L-shaped right here Uh we're still leaving a green space uh grass area to have uh picnic tables or benches in here And we also like to usually put benches right in the playground area itself Uh so that you
know you're you're watching your kids uh on the equipment you have a place to sit you know actually in the the playground area Thank you And Ben um for the pickle ball enthusiasts whether they be here in the
room tonight or on on Zoom or watching this later uh I know we you are working with uh Courtney Papis direct director to do the u resurfacing that will include pickle ball correct outlines That's correct Uh if you see at the
bottom of the screen there um that is your tennis court and it which is striped kind of up and down Uh the horizontal striping uh courts are this the four pickle ball courts that overlay onto the tennis court I think do other
questions about the only question I can ask is I I since I'm a liazison for wreck I understood um the discussion uh about whether this was going to be done before camp or after camp and I know there's a deadline in using the grant is the deadline the end of September or
something there there's a deadline to use one of the grants uh which is the end of September uh we have a workaround for that because uh by purchasing the playground equipment uh through state contract uh you can pay for that now and submit
for your reimbursement through the grant program before the end of September before we even start construction Um so we're able to to do that to utilize the grant funding and still uh work within the rec department's schedule So even if
you go beyond the the end of September you're okay Yes because uh we're we're going to utilize the the funds just to purchase the equipment because it's it's more than uh this is one of the grants we're talking about The local recreation improvement grant for
$74,000 Uh the equipment itself we're getting quotes for but it's probably in the in the range of $200,000 So we can uh get reimbursed portion of that right away Yes On the tennis pickle ball courts
with the overlay like that Does that get confusing say for tennis players like I don't really play either and I would not know if the ball is out or not You know what I mean like is that are you going to get complaints about that it it's a very common thing to have pickle ball
overlaid on tennis currently They work right now are set up that way Okay Um they you know it we can certainly strike for only one or the other but we're showing it as both It will accommodate
all the sports Uh but you know that's that's your preference if if you want to only strike for tennis or only strike for pickle ball Well I'm just if it if you say it's standard and it's doable and like the tennis players know like where the cord is because I couldn't figure a lot of times the the striking
are different colors Maybe they might have white striping for tennis and yellow striping for pickle ball That would make a lot of sense Color coding Okay Thanks Ben We do know one organization that's not really fond of the pickle ball I do The uh US
Tennis Association we went for a grant They they offered a a grant program um up to I think it was $20,000 for resurfacing and uh refencing tennis courts but they had a strict policy that
you cannot strike pickle ball on them So we didn't qualify for that unfortunately Thank you for asking We appreciate that We we had a meeting with them on site They they thought it was a good idea but that that was a little caveat that um
didn't work out Um after your second presentation we're going to open up to public comments so the public will be able to ask questions of Ben of both of these presentations Shall you move on to civil lake ben Yes Thank you
One other comment Uh Bridget Debain do you realize that the Mahan family has kind of gotten i'm sorry we moved them up ahead of you but just wanted to make sure you do
And can I ask you one more question yes The recreation sign that's problematic at Main Street is that being replaced under this grant uh that was a uh kind of a last minute request from uh Courtney uh which our I told her we
could get uh some information about a sign I think she had one picked out already and we'll try to incorporate that into this project as as funding allows What's problematic that I'm not familiar with it's it's you can't really pull it and it doesn't stay open in
order for her to be able to update the information Yeah it's it's a pretty old sign and it needs to be updated Uh I know you had to pick out something that was I think it was an LE sign But that that's why I asked that like an electronic sign like wouldn't that I'm
concerned that she's picked that out already and we haven't even discussed that I was aware Okay So because now we're going to have three LED signs on one main street and that's like a lot of LED signs Then let's let's caucus you know Sure over the the week ahead and
we'll talk to Courtney Um but we are as a general rule we try to avoid LED signs We have one at the elementary school We have one for the fire department I think we're trying to keep it at two if we can Counting the school we have three in total already So yeah Okay Um all right
Silven Lake Yes So uh you've probably seen this concept plan before This was a plan um dated uh September 1st of 2023 um prepared by uh Matrix Engineering for
the um Silven Lake Committee's uh group that that's working on the Silven Lake dredging project Um I'm showing you this plan just to kind of reiterate that there is an overall plan for for Silven Lake Uh the
project that I'm working on is kind of one component of Silven Lake but ultimately the the main goal is to consider the health of Silven Lake um the safety of the lake uh and and to
make sure that you know any improvements we do keeps those those things in mind Um the main reason we're doing the project that we're doing uh addressing the failing bulkhead is because it's failing It's a safety issue Uh the
burrow had to install the snow fence uh from Madison to Evergreen uh just to make sure that people didn't get too close to the bulkhead because it it was unstable There was erosion happening Uh there is erosion happening So it's it's
something that needs to be addressed Um I had a uh a meeting with the Silven Lake Commission I presented uh three different concept plans to them Uh I'll I'll just run through briefly what they what they entail Uh and then I'll show you the one that they selected Um the
first one was to continue the improve the retaining wall bulkhead improvement that uh happened at the Silven Lake Park on the east side Uh it was essentially cutting off the existing wood bulkhead
at the water line having a few feet of um grasses and living shoreline and then the uh Block retaining wall behind that That was that was concept number one And uh no impacts to Bradley Boulevard Uh
and it it's essentially just replacing the bulkhead but giving a small area for some living shoreline Uh the second concept we had talked about was doing no bulkhead at all Uh shortening or excuse me uh narrowing
Bradley Boulevard by 10 ft Uh currently it's a 50 foot wide roadway uh and we would make it 40 foot wide and just have a more of a natural shoreline uh similar to what is over on the Avon side
Um one of the the downsides of uh of that treatment is you're making the road much more narrow Uh does not allow for vehicular and bicycle traffic at the same time Uh it also actually kind of uh
cuts off access to the lake because with with doing that you have to sort of create a burn uh on the uh Bradley side Uh and and that will reduce visibility from Valley Boulevard Uh your your
grasses are going to grow grow tall on a burm Uh and it'll actually creep out into the the water surface area So you're reducing the uh surface area of the lake by doing that coupled with the
ultimate plan of dredging uh Silven Lake some of that material is going to be kind of piled on top of of you know uh that shoreline area So that would further reduce the surface area of Silven Lake The third concept uh and
I'll uh the other thing about the second idea was that we couldn't do it the whole way up on some lake because the walk gets too tall towards the west side The third concept uh which is the one I'm showing you here
was ultimately the one that uh the Silven Lake Commission agreed to uh like the best It's sort of a hybrid between the two It's still uh taking uh reducing the pavement width of Bradley Boulevard by 6
feet make it 44t wide It's still which still allows room for vehicular and bicycle traffic uh to share the road just like they do on Main Street And uh it allows room for parking which you
currently have there Uh it also has about a 12t wide area of of upland grass area um which is parklike uh similar to what you have now
Uh and then we have the the retaining wall modular block wall and a 13 foot space of area for uh living shoreline plantings The good thing about this is
that you have a w a larger area at the base of your new wall for ultimately the dredge material to go somewhere Uh so dredge material can be put up against the wall or you know in front of you uh and it reduces
the impact of the surface area of the lake um by giving basically a shelf to place some dredge material You're reducing or you're lessening the reduction of surface water surface area
Um because once you make it deeper the soil has to go somewhere So you're you're blessing the blow there Um Ben in this in this design so the new retaining wall would be much
closer to Bradley Boulevard than what it where it is right now Correct It would actually be a a little bit Well it would be a little bit closer but because you're moving the curb line as well you're reducing it six feet and then you're pushing the wall back Okay If the
road wasn't moving it would be closer Okay Yes Um but what's happening with all that dirt that seems like a lot It's like 13 ft of dirt That's Yeah there's What are you dealing with there's a lot a lot of soil that have would have to be removed Uh it depends We would have to
do some soil testing just to see what we're dealing with Uh and then we would it would either be brought off site or we could potentially uh use it in some sort of reuse Does that make it crazy expensive to move
that much it's depending on if it is uh contaminated or regulated meaning to be treated a certain way It depends but that that's one of the um one of the things that we have to do is is figure
out you know test the soil see if there is any special treatment that it has to be given Otherwise it's essentially just like excavating in your backyard No I know but I thought like moving that much would cost a lot of money if it's not contaminated but I don't know
It's it does cost a lot of money but that's captured within the budget uh that we have um to do this project Okay And Ben you're not talking about tonight but but fairly close by Bradley will be
entertaining the extension of the prominade and there may be opportunities to move that dirt a very short area to support that project That is one of the things that we're looking into Yes uh as part of kind of
the the collaboration of projects uh we're we're looking to see if if some materials can be taken from this area and brought over to another area uh in town for reuse that would benefit both projects in that way
Yeah So so I have I could say a lot about this project I've been pretty involved with the process with the commission as the lays onto the commission and also working with Ben Um and I think the thing that's really important here is to understand how
critical um what we do around the lake affects the health of the lake and and so that includes the the um how the water gets to the lake but also how it's treated before it gets to the lake Today what happens is the water comes right
off the road through a pipe and just spills right into the lake There's no treatment there's no water quality and um so you get garbage you get silts you get oils off the pavement and there's no no pre-treatment to it reaching uh the lake What Avon did on
their side was the concept of a living shoreline was they pull back those outfalls the street sewers in order to um let the water run through grass and rip wrap soils in order to treat the water before it goes into the lake Basically bio remediation is what it is
referred to Um and every little bit helps It collects the silt so it doesn't go into the lake Um and right now that lake just give a little background we have um anywhere up to depths of up to seven feet of silt in that lake And so when you notice that there's um it
appears as the lake is pretty shallow Um that also is not good for that lake because you're um reducing oxygen in the lake and the fish will not live The birds will not come there because there won't be food and um it will turn into a
swamp And so everything that we do needs to consider the quantity and the quality of the water to the lake by reducing that little bit of pavement that six feet also reduces the amount of water that falls into the lake because it it it's less direct runoff It helps improve
the quality of that water So there's a lot of different measures that are being looked at uh by the engineering team on this project as well as the other projects around the lake um how can we improve the water quality and quantity that goes into the
lake and be able to manage a more healthy lake so that we can have that resource uh for the future So that's really critical and one of the things that the commission wants to do is invite the general public have a public information center as these projects are
starting to develop to be able to come say to the BIOSI center have this information out there be able to see it firsthand be able to come have discussions ask questions understand what it is that is being done in different projects Uh but there's approximately five different projects
that are going on at the at the lab over the next year to year to two years Um and some of them are going to start construction as early as this uh this fall uh when the outfall pipe out to the ocean gets replaced by DP Um and so
there's a lot of things going on with this lake And so this is one component Um but everything has to fit into almost a puzzle to best um treat the health and safety of the lake And so this is just the first step of putting this out there
of the concepts that are being looked at And so we want to use the commission Um the next commission meeting is in two weeks from Wednesday So you're you're able to come to that It's open to the public to be able to listen and be educated Um but again in addition to that I've talked to the mayor about
having a public info center set up um timely to be able to get that input and be able to show the concepts and things as they're being developed uh to make sure the public is involved in that um ultimate solution Yeah I would say just
to make sure the public understands how dire the situation is with our lake Silvin Lake Um as Councilman Noiki mentioned we've got six to seven feet of siltation that's been
built up over many years leaving about one one and a half ft of water For example a county engineer was um visiting the other day studying uh runoff from Neptune which is really critical to us too because we want to
make sure the runoff from Neptune is appropriately managed going through filtration systems that we will build But uh he asked how deep was the lake and someone in our group pointed that there was a a swan out in the middle of the lake standing up and you could
basically see its legs Couldn't quite see its feet They were underwater but there were probably six inches of water that the swan was standing in in relatively speaking the middle of the lake So it looks really pretty and we still have wildlife but this lake is in
dire need of of resuscitation Um what we want to do is dredge that five six seven feet of siltation but right now we don't really have a lot of places to put that You dredge it but
where does it go that's why Councilman Noiki working with the commission thought through this process of basically taking six feet more of from the dirt when we build a new bulkhead build it six feet closer to the road
giving us more capacity within the lake So if we cannot remove that siltation from the lake altogether we can at least move it from the center creating more depth for the water and move it into this space on this at least some of it into the space on the side that we'd be
creating So you can see there's a lot of moving parts here Um but we have a really dynamic team uh made up of Avon people uh Bradley Beach people on the commission a number a couple of engineers representing Avon uh and a
couple of engineers representing Bradley uh and our own engineer uh Paul Nikki uh working really diligently with those other engineers and of course our municipal engineer Mr Madlac We've got a true all-star cast and um I've been
affiliated with this project for five years and it's been fascinating to watch all the engineers you know kind of work through this and figure out the right solutions secure grant funding and so forth But but I I just think the momentum just keeps building and Paul with you joining the team uh I think
we've just been you know accelerating our progress So now with the county involved I I I have very high expectations that we're going to make a lot of progress in the couple years ahead I just want to ask what is the what is the order of the process uh so in the
fall the first thing that's happening is the the sinkhole area the outflow is being repaired Correct And how long of process is that going to be that's going to start shortly after there's a window of five months that that has to be um done in uh between the months of
November and March and that's because of the um particular type of um ecology that exists um based on um environmental constraints So they have a window in which they can do that work and disturb the dunes in that area So that's that's
a critical time schedule for that So uh D is running that project uh their management if they've already have a contractor uh on board and so um that's going to advance um so that should start sometime um late Octo you know the
latest will be I think November 15th or so but that again those dates are still in flux but that's that window they're trying to go through the fish game and wild federal fish game and wildlife to see if they can get some um ability to move that schedule into October um and
they have to do some field sightings and whatnot to see they can actually advance that in advance Uh in order to do that that project it's really an I could talk all day about this project but it's really interesting It's an old it was built in 1960s It's a wood box that basically carries the water from Silven
Lake out to the ocean and now falls there and that box collapsed So they're going to be putting back in a new um you know ductal iron pipe on piles So they actually have to dig that out remove it and then put the pipe in Um and the other thing that's really a critical project that we're going to be working
on here as well that has to get advanced quickly um is the the actual gate that controls the water leaving the lake And that's a critical project because we've only done a last year a measure to um temporarily fix that gate uh was put in
place for that gate is not in any way um has does not have any longevity and is actually a big risk to potential flooding or failure Um so that's something that has to advance here rapidly as well So that's a priority When it comes to the project that Ben's
working on right now we have the funding from DOT to do that project which is replacement of the wall from um Evergreen to Madison And so that's the that's a critical piece And uh through permitting and everything else um that's probably six to nine months until we get
to construction Yeah it it's probably a an early 2026 uh construction project This is the bulk the bulkhead area what you were showing Yes correct And does that also when does the actual that gate
get replaced so we're looking for the opportunity to possibly do them together uh so that we can have one contractor do that Um but we also have the option to be able to to separate those Um what's going to drive that is the permitting process is really going to be critical of what permits are required for what
and can we do one permit get it all done and expedite it Uh so that that's kind of like what we're um looking to advance at this time and and similar to what he was talking about with uh the outfall project where there's some environmental factors that that limit your time frame
of when you can work on on the beach at the dune area Uh there could be something similar in the lake area We just don't know what that is that it would depend on you know the DP's research of what you know threatened endangered species might be around there
or or anything like that So until we go through the permitting process we won't know if there's any type of moratorum that we have to adhere to Um so that it's it's there's not a definite schedule yet but but like you said these are the critical projects The uh the
gate structure is certainly uh I think probably the most important one Uh and then the the bulkhead is probably number two Uh and with the bulkhead we have grant funding that has a clock associated with it We have to use that
money by um I don't have it written down in front of me but it's sometime in 2026 Um I want to say it's April 26 For which the the um contract to to award to award to award a contract april I think it was
April 26 So it do we conceivably see some of this taking place well first of all I I guess one question is um for the outflow I care of that which is going to be happening in the the fall winter Is the street getting opened up ocean
Avenue No it's just on the side The gate is contained um at the opening and there's a chamber that is like in the parking lot area That's there's a parking lot there next to the park and then there's a separate pipe that goes underneath Ocean Avenue to another
chamber So um that had been replaced at some point in time I don't know exactly when Uh but but that piece is not being touched between those two chambers So um but the gate would be critical and and that's the one we're trying to advance
But the gate's going to come after um the outflow That's right Yes What yes the outfall is going to happen first That's going to because that's already designed and ready to go to construction They're just waiting for more We're trying to catch up to that get the design on the gate and the wall done as
quickly and expeditiously as possible so that we can then advance that um and and coordinate that between the two projects because that's the other thing we want to make sure is that we're not putting contractors when they're working on top of each other and so that they have you know um places to store the materials
etc right and then you're using the potentially using some of the dredged material in capsules to for the bulkhead recreating a bulkhead So that does that need to be fully determined yet but that's that's the idea is to somehow
reutilize that dredge material instead of trying to take it off site and have having to ship it somewhere and and dispose of it somewhere uh which is sometimes hard to even find a place that will accept it Uh reusing it in in
creative ways essentially So that really has to come right on the heels of the bulkhead project They have they have to be coordinated Yes Or we have to provide the space to be able to put that in the system to be able to do that Whatever system we use on that wall that we have the ability to put material in front of
the wall perhaps I I would say in the interest of time because Sean you probably have a dozen more questions and I don't blame you but there's so much we still don't know that I I I wanted to make sure we had this opportunity to give everybody some exposure to this but we're going to have to circle back two
or three more or five or 10 more times Um especially when we start factoring in the county So so great questions but in the interest of time maybe we move forward and then we revisit um at subsequent meetings Well the bottom line to this there's a a lot of moving parts
We've got a lot of really talented people managing it but u it's deceptive because the lake looks beautiful but it's in a lot of trouble So we got a lot of really good people working to fix it Um Ben any other comments before we open
it up to the public uh nothing else Okay I'd like to make a motion that we open it up to public comments pertaining to the agenda items only second You don't have to make Well then not even listening to No I'm
opening it up to the public for comments Uh anyone interested in commenting so I have to go up there You can open right yeah you have to and tell us where you live Brandy Beach Well thank you for the second anyway I
appreciate it Anytime Lindy 312 Grimley Avenue I just have a small question With the recreation area are you going to provide benches by the tennis pickle ball courts and a table maybe for people to sit that are waiting to play besides the children's area
yeah we did we typically would provide uh you call players benches You know they could be movable benches in the actual tennis area They had removed them because they felt they were unsafe Don't be safe for the outside They little butt thing I don't know what that was for A
ticket booth of some sort Is that going to be removed you know what I'm talking about then right there's a ticket by the parking lot Yeah Yeah Uh that that wasn't planned to be removed but we did talk about some type of uh shade structure on
the outside near that area Oh that would with potentially some benches or a picnic table or something like that And I just have a small question from the bucket like I I'm imagining dread is dredge is like silt It's like movable Like how do you make it hard to stay somewhere
so you mix it with like sand Yeah Or gravel Yeah There's there's ways to make it structural Um so there's ways to do that Um or you put it inside of a mechanical device like the tubes and you put it inside the tubes and and you create it um basically it fills the voids of those tubes called you know
basically and it dries out and and it dries Yeah All right Thank you Welcome Nancy Can we I'm sorry Nancy Can Can we get back to Zoom so we see Sorry Tennessee Meadow Ocean Parkinian
Association regarding the rec center I've been waiting years when I will admit that I've not been there in one year So I don't know if this has been remedied um from the pathway from the parking lot down to the current tennis court Um
there's I don't know two three maybe four steps to go from the walkway to the courts As of a year ago there was no railing So does this plan include a railing or have we put one in in the
past year that I've not been there just saying steps You should have a railing I'm sorry at the rec center that was uh we can certainly put a railing in on the steps Why would we even overlook that
either that or or regrade the uh the pathway to get rid of the steps that could be done Either or being more safe would be my vote Um also I might not have paid full attention Did the plan for the rec
center in improvements include anything regarding drainage or regrading of the field that is uh phase two That's not part of this project The the field isn't going to be touched but there are drainage improvements to the playground area
which has has issues Okay So in my little warped head um I you know that field's a mess It's not regulation It's soggy It's this that and the other thing So if you're concerned
about lines and striping for pickle ball I would just wrote everything rotate everything put the playground where the field is put the basketball court where the playground is and then on the other where the basketball court is make it the ball court because the field is
pretty much not usable except for on field day Um and the other thing I wonder about is thank you for bringing up the sign It has been my mission for now almost two years in
June Um I don't want to speak for anyone but I'm well aware that there's somebody willing to hold up the sign while the information was changed if the window is too heavy as well as we have employees
who have volunteered to build a new one which I'm sure would be more attractive than another electronic one So um these little things are just as important as the whole big thing because some of us do believe that
the devil is in the details and Bradley Beachway let's do it two or three times in order to get it right It would be nice to not have that happen with this current new administration Thank you Thank you Mr
Despus Hi Rich Um over the years I've heard discussion about the greenhouse Um was there any discussion for what project you're talking about tonight i
would ask to what date that would that become for this particular project Uh the greenhouse is not being addressed However the environmental commission has been asked to bring recommendations as to whether or not it's worth uh preserving a greenhouse in
some shape or form probably not this particular building because it's pretty dilapidated but should we build a new greenhouse or should we use that space for some other activity it's a good idea Okay The other item I had there was discussion quote in the many years that
I've been here 13 um about a dog park Has there been any discussion about the very little land that we have here available for one and there might be some land as part of the project we're talking about now and there might be
some land available in the other project that's going to be coming up which is the extension of the prominade Has there been any talk about that there has been talk in terms of people bouncing ideas off of other people but we're going to formalize a
committee to evaluate areas where we could have a dog park There's there's been talk on both sides People who are advocating the use of that space for dogs and people who are adamantly opposed to the use of that space for dogs So I don't want to mislead you and suggest we're close to a solution but to
answer your question yes there's conversation and we're going to be more formalized in putting together a committee to evaluate it Just a a little note on on dog parks Um I grew up with dogs our street that we were on a dead end
street Nobody owned the leash and um it's interesting Every dog and street knew which is their property and we defended and everybody got along and I love dog I've been bitten three times twice by Argo who kept kept on a leash
all the time I felt bad for him never to go over to him to comfort him And so I I big time was into dogs My logical mind has changed me and wanting to own his dog or not Especially the thought of
putting a dog on a leash is not a good thing for me And then living in New York City didn't make any sense And since then I have not had a dog That doesn't mean that I can't appreciate the value the dog brings in so many different ways Now I can think of where I was
going with that of the towel I lived in Morris County for 20 years Randolph I was involved as I am here in a much smaller way in this in this town and utility wanted to use some land
that belonged to the town and they worked a deal where they were going to buy this land from the town and the big question came up Oh a chunk of money what are we going to do with it and somebody thought of the idea of a dog park and thinking about all the
other priorities that they had I thought that that was not a good idea and spoke about that often Well they did use the money for the dog park and I am thrilled at the
results of that What it did for the town is there's a calming thing about the pro and anti one big thing a place for people to get together The town had a big problem Nobody got together in town They would bring the kids to school They would go to work and come home and that
was it It brought people together and it was very healthy for the dogs So it was a very very positive thing to have So I was certainly supportive Thank you That's right Mr Co Thomas J
612 third after you Uh Mr Malik on these two projects um does the grant require a public hearing on both of them uh no it did not It does not Okay Um great Then um the uh the pavers you referenced
public works working on are they resetting the existing pavers or is that going to be all new papers they're looking at buying all new papers All new pavers Okay great And then on the pickle ball courts uh it it does look a little bit messy but based on your overlay
would it be possible to just do away with the tennis court and reconfigure uh the pickle ball courts to get one additional court so you'd have five instead of six It we can configure the the courts however they fit onto you know that area
It would just be a preference of the council whether they want to eliminate tennis entirely Okay Cuz and also you know painting wise I like the kitchen to be a different color So you know we can call people on you know that's uh the other thing Um on the uh on the lake
project of the three uh men that you mentioned what is the price differential do you have a price differential on any of these the the different concepts yes Yeah One two three Uh I I don't have exact dollar figures Uh the the first
and the third are essentially are close to the same same cost Uh the second one was was less costly because we would wouldn't have to put in the the block wall but it would be more grading work
Um but roughly they're they're in the same same range with the new curving and road work I mean I must say like Bradley Beach's curbs aren't that great but Bradley Boulevard has decent curbs that are like modern standard So we'd have to rip those out now and then put all new
curbs all along that run Yes I mean I don't like to spend money twice but it seems like we already spent money on that Um so so that was that was my concern on that uh due to the additional cost of the the paving But again environmentally
um we'll see what's more superior and and financially uh beneficial Um and and then um mayor I I just had a question about your comment about fair market value Um so as that
relates to the sheets there um in the previous step was the first step less than minimum wage it was well keep in mind at the time it was said it was not less than minimum wage was at a point entering these
negotiations where pretty much there were four or five college you may recall uh clerical was the lowest of the steps and that was below minimum wage below and so they never kept up with it or they you know adjusted it state did keep
in mind it was scheduled to end 2022 and at that point it was probably still slightly above minimum wage but by the time we were setting it with this new contract it now two more years elapsed now we're sitting here in 2025 and it was below minimum wage Great Okay Well
thanks for doing that I appreciate it Thank you Okay Uh can we call folks Eric on the uh Mia Mullen mia Mullen Hi Can you hear me okay Yes Okay great So this is regarding the
tennis court pickle ball uh decision Um I don't know if you've talked to any tennis players but there is an absolute reason why the USA said they wouldn't give the grant if there's pickle ball lines on the court The tennis people
will not use the tennis court So why would they give you money or ask money if the courts are not going to be used you might see some kids tooling around but you're not going to see any people that are serious about in the sport of tennis I am a tennis player but I've
become also a pickle ball player now because it's kinder to me in my old age But I you know it's disappointing that I I plan on getting back to tennis And I don't think for me to say this you know but I don't think you should put we
should put the tennis lines on the pickle ball courts It's it's uh irritating totally to the tennis player and pickle ball people would be thrilled if there were no tennis lines on there Pickle ball people kind of grew up if you can even say grow up because
it's a fairly new sport but they grew up playing on tennis courts That's really where it it all started in people's neighborhoods So they're used to it But tennis people do not play on pickle ball courts You can ask any tennis player that So I don't know if you've done any survey I don't know if there's any
tennis players sitting in the room there but the USA kind of proved that point which is my point Um and so getting back to the pickle ball um Nancy brought up a good point about you know resting areas and I don't I didn't catch all the
detail on it but definitely need benches outside of the courts is a nice thing because pickle ball is so popular people are waiting to play Um I'm not sure if there's room for them on the courts I'm not uh the the best pickle ball police
person but they might be intrusive on the game because I know people are get a little annoyed when you leave a bag your like personal bag in between the courts People are always like "Can you please move that?" So people feel as if they're crowded to begin with So as far as the
the closeness of the court so I I guess I would ask you are we consulting with anybody who knows how to make a pickle ball court um and paint those lines um TJ brought up a very good point that there should be a difference in lines I
have played on pickle ball only courts and there is a difference in line color uh for the what's called the kitchen It's an area on the court uh that the when you're playing you have to keep your eyes on and it's always good when it's a different color and I think even if you watch the professional on TV it
is painted in different color lines So I end my my time here with I strongly emphasize talking to tennis players before you paint those tennis lines And I wish there was a place to put a tennis court because it's very sad in for many
tennis players that the if pickle ball is going to take over and has taken over uh the space for where there were tennis courts So when I moved to Bradley Beach we had a tennis court It's always been decrepit I couldn't play on it because the ball bounced in all different
directions because the pavement was cracked and and coming up off the ground So I've never been able to use them always hoped that we would have a tennis court here It was exciting to me that there was even an attempt to have a tennis court but then pickle ball quickly took over with those lines There
was no pickle ball lines when I came here and that was only in I think 2016 I believe there were no lines on that court Or maybe there were but it was just a mishmash Anyway um anyway so I don't know I I guess I would ask have has anybody talked to any tennis players before we make what I would think is a a
bad mistake a waste of money and irritating to the pickle ball players I personally have talked to a handful of tennis players and I've been overwhelmed by many many pickle ball players just finding out where I live and calling me
So uh yes Now do we do we have official um guidance you know have have tennis players sworn to us that they will never play on our courts i I can't say that I have had tennis players say "Please you know keep tennis available to us." And
they were saying that knowing that our current courts are shared with pickle ball So um and if we had enough room to have a separate tennis court we certainly would I think I think the path we're on right now is to you know uh preserve both but we can certainly
inquire further I'm not planning to conduct a formal survey Miss Bolen but certainly we can ask if there are tennis players out there if they're watching the uh video of the meeting tonight please let us know if if you're willing to play on uh mixed
courts because if no one's willing you know we can certainly reconsider Pickle ball people will play on a tennis court because they're used to it but tennis people don't like to play on pickle ball if there was room and I it and maybe it's definitely would be more expensive
but between the Nancy even made the suggestions flip-flop you know put the basketball courts where the where the tennis court is now it does become more expensive but if there was any way to preserve a tennis court or find a place
to expand to have a tennis court it would be the perfect town Bradley Beach but no town can be perfect so thank Yep Okay Miss Shush Eileen
Eileen Shishious Can you hear me yes Okay Um I like the idea of the whole of the recreational um recreation center rehab Are there are there any plans to replace that chain link fence that is falling
apart with a nicer looking fence The the fence around the tennis courts and and uh along the basketball court Yes Uh there's there's a fence that runs along the uh line of the residences
between the um the wreck area and and the residences I don't think we are going to touch that fence because I think that may sort of belong to the the private property owners Um but and and also it it has
vines growing on it which actually provides a nice visual barrier for the residents uh to the um basketball courts Uh but the other ones yes there is going to be along Memorial Drive
Uh there well the there's the the greenhouse and the wreck building between the courts and Memorial Drive but by the basketball court by the baseball field when you're driving down towards the um public works building
um the fence doesn't look very attractive there the so the fence along the baseball field that is is outside of the the limits of this project but that could be addressed in a future project And who is the design expert for all of
this i know I I'm just curious I mean do we have design experts for recreational areas like the tennis like making it a tennis/pickle ball center or are we just playing you know we just
putting are we just playing checkers with all of this thinking we know what we're doing but we really don't know what we're doing And I don't mean to be critical but I have a feeling and I've been been saying this for many years no
band-aids on wounds If you're going to do a job you do it right And I agree with Mia as far as uh a tennis court or a pickle ball play a pickle ball court because I don't think the two mix as far
as the players Also are they going to put shade are they going to put any umbrellas or anything like that pergulas for shade We did uh talk to Courtney Papus about a
potentially putting a shade structure near the uh tennis pickle ball courts near the parking lot side I'm sorry Go ahead So that that if if the budget allows we could do something like that Uh to
answer your question from before yes my office I personally have designed several tennis and pickle ball courts both combined and separate Uh we have a a recreation department a landscape architecture department that designs a
lot of recreation centers Uh we have numerous examples of of our projects that the Garland Council has received Uh so we are qualified to to design these improvements
and the shaded area I'm hoping it's going to be aesthetically pleasing and not like what we have up on the boardwalk with the railings and that one by um you know which one I'm talking about Um but I'm just hope I I just would like
to see it done correctly and aesthetically pleasing and making it welcoming for everybody wanting to be there That's all Okay Thanks Thank you And and to to follow up on that um yes
we will if if we select a shade structure it will be submitted to the burrow for review and comment and to make sure that that it's visually what you're looking for Uh and this is exactly what we're doing here We're this
is part of the process uh coming to to this public meeting This is just a conceptual plan at this point uh we're presenting it to the public and to the council for this type of input so that when we go into our final design and put together uh final plans and bid
documents uh they are comprehensive everybody's had input and and we come to a a decision that the council is comfortable with Okay Thank you Okay Are there any other questions yes
Mr Shishes a real tennis player by the way Are you willing to play with that so uh to the point they made it was made I played tennis since I was a kid high school
varsity tennis player played at four years of varsity tennis at Rutgers and I'm still playing I would not play on a court that had to as a tennis player I've never played pickle ball but I know which I
know how they play and I know the striping I would not play on a court that has the pickle ball striping on it That's from a long time tennis player It's nice to look at what Belmar has
because they had the space and that being able to carve out the pickle ball next to the established tennis courts was ideal So he had both but he had the space So I don't know whether we have the space to do anything that would
allow for a separate tennis court and still a pickle ball which doesn't take as much space but still is required But that was ideal at Belmar But they didn't try to strike the tennis courts So I played there but I would not as a tennis
player long time in containing I would not play on a court that had the pickle ball striping on it I mean Ben we've heard from a limited sample size but if we can determine that all tennis players universally agree
with these sentiments we probably should reconsider just creating pickle ball I think that's easy to do because it's it's just striking So it's it's an easy change to make You could take back to the recreation committee to take a look
at outreach Yeah I guess another question though is is do we know that the basketball courts are used regularly probably more regularly than the tennis court which apparently is never used but okay because of but we don't know if it's
because people have lost interest in tennis or because it's pickle ball so chicken and egg conundrum here but we will do additional research uh thank you all for highlighting that concern since I uh could never hit a tennis ball onto
the court I uh I did not appreciate that you know that perspective okay if there are No further comments uh from the public We'll move to item nine on the agenda ordinances There are no introductions but we do have three ordinances for adoption And for each of
those we'll um encourage public comment Um uh first is ordinance 2025-11 This is the ordinance amending uh provisions rel related to our court fines Um any comment questions or or any
council comments or questions okay I'll make a motion we open it to the public for any comments or questions Yeah to make a motion Oh make to make a motion Okay Sorry Second I'm going to keep making a motion Sooner or later I'll get it right You're fine It's made
You're good Second Second Thank you Um Mr Noble excuse Miss Greenwat Yes Mr Niki Yes Mr Weber Yes Mayor Guptesi Yes Okay Um public any comments or questions regarding the um adoption of this ordinance
Oh the fees are going up You for the first time in 25 years now Okay With seeing no comments or questions I'll make a motion to close public uh session and adopt ordinance 2025-1
Second Mr Noble excuse Mr Uh Miss Ringlat yes Mr Noviki yes Mr Weber yes Mayor Gubetzi yes Okay I'd like to make a motion that we open uh the open up the public for questions and comments regarding ordinance
2025-12 which is um ordinance to exceed the municipal budget appropriation limits and to establish a cap bank Are there any questions or comments seeing no hands raised um I'll make a motion to close public comments and uh
adopt uh ordinance 2025-12 Second Mr Noble excuse Miss Greenblat yes Mr Noiki yes Mr Weber yes Mayor Guboszi yes Okay Ordinance
2025-13 an ordinance establishing certain salaries of certain officers This is our overall salary ordinance Uh I will make a motion that we open it to the public for comments or questions Okay
Mr Noble excused Miss Greenblat Yes Mr Noiki yes Mr Weber yes Mayor Guboszi yes Are there any questions or comments okay Seeing no questions or comments I'll make a motion to close public session and adopt ordinance
2025-13 Second Mr Denov will excuse Mr Wlat yes Mr Noiki yes Mr Weber Yes Mayor Gubosi Yes Moving to item number 10 on the agenda communications There are two
documents for the public's uh review a list of new hires really over the past few months of our new administration And um I noticed uh that Miss Courtney Papus has been named not will continue to be our rec director but
has also been named the new rec director for Neptune City It'll be a shared service with Neptune City and they will reimburse the burough for uh 50% of Miss Pepis's current salary and um and benefit costs
Um and that's it for communications Item number 11 on the agenda resolutions and the consent agenda Are there any items on the consent agenda the council would like to vote separately or discuss male I will make a motion that
we adopt or that we approve consent agenda resolutions 136 2025 136 through 2025 137 Second Mr Noble will excuse Miss Greenlat yes Mr Nikki yes Mr Weber yes
Mayor Guboszi yes Okay moving to individual resolutions The first is 2025-127 appointing Matthew Doherty as the burrow administrator Kind of get a little deja vu here or something
I'd like to make a motion Wait is this an April Fool's I'd like to make a motion that we adopt 2025-127 appointing Matthew Dohy as the burrow administrator Second Mr Snow will excuse Miss Greenwat Yes Mr
Nikki Yes Mr Weber Yes Mayor Guboszi I am very excited that Mr Dhy will remain with us and I vote a resounding yes Thank you Matt Uh resolution 2025-138 authorizing a partial refund of
land use board escrow funding to Susan Quinnland Ripki in the amount of $1,000 I make a motion that we approve this resolution Mr Noble excuse Miss Green Yes Mr No
Yes Mr Weber Yes Make a motion that we approve 2025-139 Bradley Beach Fallen Well before I make that motion I'm sorry Um let me open 2025139 Bradley Beach Fallen Hero eligibility criteria Let me just give
the the opportunity to the council to question or comment I would just say thank you for hearing us I believe this was brought forward and I thought that the comments were incorporated So thank you Okay And if no further comments I'll make a motion that we approve
2025-139 the Bradley Beach Fallen Hero eligibility criteria Second Mr Denov excuse Miss Greenblat yes Mr Nikki yes Mr Weber yes Mayor Gubosi Yes Are there any questions or comments related to
2025-140 the bill list for April 1st mayor if I may just highlight one issue on the bill list which may look a little confusing Uh there's a charge for $1,18959 and it comes up as K9 officer
blanket Check with our chief of police I can assure you that this is not a blanket for a K9 officer This is a blanket purchase order for the Hungry Puppy Corporation uh where we purchased uh items food and
other supplies for the dog So even though it says blanket it's not actually a blanket It's a blanket purchase order Thank you for that clarification I I did actually have a question Um at
25-00441 Lake Terrace in N for $9,410 Was that um a problem it was page four of the PDF Which one did you say i guess forformational purposes Um Lake Terrace $9,410 And I just wondered if that was a
repair if that was a problem Um I apologize Page four page page four of the PDF Um Lake Terrace Um it's very uh this was engineering that was
done [Music] um engineers Yes [Music] Yeah This is under uh sewer Was it sewer related do we know
what this was for you not 1230 24 uh one principal engineer I don't I'm just curious general engineer I can find out maybe was there work that was done on Lake
Terrace in the recent past maybe the park the park yes last year say last year I mean anyway person Are they in here avakian is the
cuz there's an address I don't want to call the address up but there's an address associated You see where it says principal engineer oh are they the lander yeah they're suspected something See it says uh the block and lot and then the address Yeah that that's probably a land use charge of some kind Hold on a second
Let's go to the back page and it tell us yeah this is the address when it like for what applications it the address So I think they even have an application number there on the top You see it that's the block and lot but the next
line up there's an application number right 2207 right okay 2207 Okay I was just curious I know there was compliance issues on this application and it was reviewed again last year So I was on the email So I don't want to
discuss beyond privilege I don't want to discuss more than that But I know that that this was taken a look at because there was compliance issues with it That if this is a land use board professionals charge and it shouldn't be on our bill list right i don't know if it was related specifically to the
application or enforcing the compliance when it was built That guy's built Okay Uh I mean I'm going to make a motion that we remove you know we remove this item from our vote to approve the bill is just to temporarily view and better understand
what the charges related to Second Mr Noble excuse Miss Greenblat Yes Mr Nikki Yes Mr Weber Yes Mayor Dubosi Yes And and ma'am let's just make a followup
to find out what this is No we'll do it Okay Thank you Um that concludes our resolutions item 11 and we'll move now to item 12 our announcements There are none So we'll
move to 13A our administrator's report Mr Jordan and Mayor Council thank you for having me back I'll go ahead and say anything negative last time I was here Quite embarrassing Uh one of the things that
the mayor uh mentioned before was the u the finalized agreement uh with local 152 uh the retrop payments that the mayor referenced will all be paid out uh at the next pay period which is April the 15th Uh I can tell you that um
having those retrop payments done having the contract settled has been a tremendous boost to the morale of the employees who are part of that bargaining unit um both at the Department of Public Works in this building and uh in other buildings as
well Um as the uh mayor mentioned we do have uh some new folks uh that joined us Um one of them uh Tiffany is the new person who's going to be working at the front desk at the front window So I ask everyone to be gentle with her This is
her first time working here and I'm sure a lot of you going to see her Uh the next as the mayor mentioned we have someone new working the court Um this is Patricia She's the part-times violations clerk and I'm sure that no one in this room will ever see her because no one in
this room ever gets any violence But those are two two great new additions to the uh to the team Um I recently uh toured the uh township of Neptune Sewer Authority That's where the flow from
Bradley Beach along with other towns like Avlon goes uh and I can tell you that uh they were doing a very good job uh processing our flow and the flow is down significantly Just to give an idea
uh that the flow in January of 2024 was 29,000 four I'm sorry pardon me 29 million492,000 gallons of flow out of this
town That's about 6,700 gallons per resident this year That number is down to 11,300 I'm sorry 11,382,000 The reason why is because
there was a repair to a pipe that was leaking and all that flow was going out to Neptune and being processed and paid for by the residents here in Bradley Beach Um so there is a a movement of
foot and councilwoman Greenblat has really led the charge to continue to improve the rest of the uh sewer lines throughout town by engaging with Suburban Engineer Uh and I can tell you
uh one of the things that Sperman engineer has brought to the table because of Councilwoman Greenblat is a program where we will be able to acquire about $6 million in grant money Uh it's called forgivable principle but
essentially it's grant money from the New Jersey State Infrastructure Bank which is under the Department of Environmental Protection It's going to be a multi-year project but I can tell you that um between the grant money and the money that we'll have to bond for
through the sewer authority um the sewer utility you can see the savings that will occur as we continue to make improvements and put in modern sewer lines as opposed to the old clay pipes held together with hulum that uh are
much older than than anyone in this room Um so kudos to Councilwoman Greenlad I don't think there's any council member who's ever been in a position for three months and found $6 million uh for her town That's remarkable Uh and lastly um
shared services Uh as as the mayor mentioned we are now engaged in a shared service with recreation um sharing recreation services with Neptune City which is going to be a great benefit to them great benefit to us both financially but also just more children
playing together uh benefits the community overall But we also had a great meeting with the Bradley Beach Elementary School about shared services with them as well because whether your tax dollars are going to burrow hall here or going to the elementary school
wherever we can be more efficient and effective and save those tax dollars and stretch them as far as we can we're going to look uh at every opportunity So we're going to start engaging more with the Belmar Elementary School at the mayor's directive to to work with them
on whatever shared services we can come up with Some of them may be as benign as uh information technology or uh more robust as you know Department of Public Works So uh that's all for me If anyone does have any questions on flow I am now
an expert on the flow coming out of your town They said there's only one place that's up mayor and that's Burough Hall since I started working here It isn't before Did you just say Belmar or Neptune City i thought you talked about both towns for the schools Friendly Beach I'm sorry
Friendly Beach But sharing with what other town neptune City Neptune City for recreation right and Bradley Beach for the school our elementary school But you had mentioned a shared service Sorry You mentioned Belmar and a shared service
potentially with another school district No no with our school district in Bradley Beach Sorry I confused Belmar and Bradley Beach It's happened multiple times this week Uh but then who we Sorry I'm missing something Who are we sharing with in Bradley Beach and with the school okay just to add clarity uh we
met yesterday with Dr Hidleberg and uh and BJ Franks Uh and they laid out a pretty broad agenda Hey are there any opportunities for us to mutually benefit through any any form of shared services uh a couple our DPW department
represented by Daja Kafone said we could very easily help them if if they needed it Uh for example with lawn maintenance cutting grass because our DPW crew has a routine they go around town in his words
to stop one more time is not a big deal doesn't require overtime the way it used to be before correct stop cutting this was launched Okay So right now the school has a private contractor so they can save money maybe pay us a little bit for it
as well Information technology they have someone there full-time We have a a contractor So there's opportunities for us to to share services when we can't May I suggest snow plowing as well well you may but that is actually an area where we think the uh opportunity to to
share services fairly unlikely And the reason being whereas lawn maintenance is a very routine scheduled event that they can plan for when snow hits all hands on deck to clear our streets to do our work and unlikely that we'd have the capacity
to take on their additional snow So just because we used to what happened is in the middle of January the burough administrator here called up the school and said we're not going to remove your snow anymore No warning and no Yes exactly happened Um since I've been on I
was the leazison to the school board at the time probably 2018 or something or and um so that's I just always said "Yeah it' be great if we could share services with our own town within our own town." And um so I'm glad you're looking at the grass cutting Uh if snow
is a possibility great If it's not that's fine But it used to be that way So yeah back to your point Matt Wherever wherever we all think in terms of taxpayer dollars in terms of our real estate taxes almost half of your tax bill goes to the school 40% goes to the
school 40% goes to municipality 20% goes to the county That other 40% that goes to the school if we can help them with their spend we're collectively helping you our taxpayers us our taxpayers So we're going to look at all opportunities
to reduce resident spend So that's a good example Thank you Thank you Okay with that said we are through with the administrative report and on to 13B mayor and council reports Let me ask Mr
Councilman Noiki to start Thank you Um we start with the police department activities Um on March 17th um individuals arrested and charged with programing and theft of a motor vehicle Uh the motor vehicle was taken on November 17th from the 200 block of
Newark Avenue Uh the vehicle was recovered in short time later by patrol officers in Ansbury Park A thorough investigation by detective Gregory Pansa led to the identification of the suspect and as a result warrant complaints were uh
endorsed uh charging him with burglary and theft He was ultimately arrested under warrant by the newer police department on March 17th Um the police department urges all residents to please remove their key fobs and keys from
their vehicle I know I'm guilty of leaving my fob in my little cup there What kind of car do you have really but I but I leave it when I'm driving I I remove it But it's very important to to not leave your fobs in your car Um
this is what happens Um also that the police department also answered several calls for service and and investigated two motor vehicle accidents between March 10th and March 31st Moving on to the fire department Um for the month
ending March 31st the fire department responded to six day calls and four night calls for a total of 10 calls One was a structure fire two were fire alarm activations one was a a burning odor and one was a motor vehicle accident One was
a carbon monoxide alarm and four were cover assignments for ASR Park Fire Department The department conducted two trainings one training for vehicle entrapment extrication and one mutual and training with the Az Park fire department Uh there were no requests for
mutual aid from other fire departments Our department fulfilled 100% of our assignments for this operational period and I'm happy to report to probationary firefighters are enrolled in the summer fire academy class Uh we are still looking for volunteers to the fire department and offer training for
qualified individuals Anyone wishing to volunteer for the fire department may inquire through the burough's website And um my first report on the first date as I took this over appropriately from uh Councilman Weber um for the
operational period ending April 1st uh the squad responded to six day calls and five night calls for a total of 11 calls Eight were for medical three were fire calls Uh the squad requested no uh no mutual aid for this operational period The squad fulfilled 100% of their
assignments for this operational period Uh we are still looking for volunteers for the first aid squad We offer free training for qualified individuals Anyone wishing to volunteer for the first aid squad applications can be found on the burough's website Uh we are now accepting applications also for our
cadet program That's for young people 16 to 18 years of age who are interested in serving the community And uh the last one would be the Silven Lake We spoke a lot about that But again just to remind everybody as I said earlier uh two weeks from Wednesday on the I believe that's
the 19th uh there will be a uh Silven Met that would be the 16th and that's my Very good Thank you Councilman Councilwoman Green Great Thank you Um I'll start with uh the Fletcher Lake
Commission um which has not met since our last council meeting They only meet once uh monthly Uh as spring blooms around Fletcher Lake the commission is pulling out its gardening tools for planting new garbage cans and enhancement to the lake for recreation
The commission is considering installing likes lights in the lake fountains On the near horizon will be a lake cleanup an afternoon community event that will bring together both oce residents in a common endeavor The
Fletcher Fletcher Lake Commission will be looking ahead to partner with other communities that have seashore lakes in Monmouth County to promote recreational activities and appreciation of its natural amenities With lakes straddling both ends of our burrow the two commissions hope to get together to
organize shared interests The next commission meeting is scheduled for Thursday April 10th at 6 PM in this chamber Um the rec committee also has not met since our last council meeting but I will share a bunch of the uh activities that are uh going on Um
recurring events uh Majan meets every Friday at the Bazi Center from 1 to 3:00 p.m Open wreck runs Thursdays until 6:00 p.m and Fridays until 7:00 p.m And this is for school age children The senior club meets Wednesday April 23rd at noon
at the Bazi Center and some activities for the spring Morning pickle ball runs from April 15th to May 6th Uh the April sessions are full Afternoon pickle ball runs from May 13th to June 3rd with two
time slots 4:30 and 5:30 p.m The fee is $20 for the 4-week session Registration for May opens on April 21st Botchi spring season is almost here It will run from May 6th to June 24th Registration
opens on April 14th for the spring league Student baseball softball clinic runs from April 14th to to April 18th 9:00 a.m to noon And I think that's during um the school break Uh a glow-in-the-dark Easter egg hunt runs on
April 12th at 7:30 p.m for students in grades 5 and up at the Rec Center Baseball Field 49 Main Street Salted Soul Yoga will run on April 26th at 9:30 a.m at the Lraine Beach There's no charge for admission Bowling night will
take place on Wednesday April 30th from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m at the Bradley Bowl 1217 Main Street $12 per person and includes shoes and a 2-hour bowl Wreck is offering a student drop off associated with this event if there's sufficient interest Registration is open
now And finally summer camp 2025 registration is open The program runs for 7 weeks June 30th to August 15th Monday through Friday 9 to 3:00 p.m 9:00 a.m to 3:00 p.m Please go to the recreation homepage for details and
community pass for registration for recreation events The the recreation board's next meeting is Monday April 7th at 6:30 p.m at the rec center And finally the arts council The arts council met Friday uh March 21st and
voted on its membership for appointment The candidates will be forwarded to the mayor for appointment at our next council meeting on April 15th Fingers crossed Um at that time the council hopes to have ordinance amendments introduced to reflect the council makeup Once the council is filled they will
reach out to volunteers for program support More to come on a newly invigor invigorated arts council and collaboration with the BBBCA's visual arts community a program with recreation and performing arts events The next arts council meeting is
Friday April 11th at 2 p.m And I believe uh that the uh nominees will be invited to that meeting And I had also sent you um the the arts council pics um I think yesterday where you're
Thank you very much Councilwoman Councilman Weber All right So we're going to talk about bulk trash and the reason for that is uh we've been informed that the bureau spent $20,000 last year getting rid of bulk
trash That's just the tipping fees to dump it Just so everybody knows it's more expensive to get rid of a ton of bulk trash than regular household trash Uh so that and that doesn't include staff time wages anything like that Doesn't even include the dumpster because we own the dumpster So uh we and
we took in a only a fraction of that $20,000 in bulk sticker fees So we are looking to do some changes Uh we will probably be discussing in a future time Um could be raising the bulk stick sticker fees It could be changing the
amount of bulk that people are allowed to bring down to the DPW yard Could be both of those things But uh we will be talking about that and bringing that uh bringing that in the future Um some other stuff that DPW's been busy with You've probably seen there's new concrete pads at Evergreen and Quip
These are to accommodate new handicapped showers which are will be there They're actually already underway at Evergreen Um building a new handicapped shower Uh DPW built a second storage container for the lifeguard equipment They have to figure out where to put that but they're
and we're busy with that And um we're going to get a new gas and diesel tanks at the DPW yard Um the old ones are old They're in bad shape so good to replace them Uh they're going to be on skids which makes it so
they can be moved If the whole operation from DPW moves to the North Yard one day we won't have to rebuild um gas and diesel tanks We're just going to move to the ones that we will have Uh they DPW built two new storage areas uh on the beach or they're I don't know if this is
they built or they're going to build but new storage places for the police and for first aid Um my understanding this is going to be on the Evergreen Beach where that part was surrounded by like three students on three sides So there's going to be some new places for uh police and first aid storage there And
in the summer there's going to be some changes on the crosswalks Um we're going to have I'm I love this because I want this Um there's going to be like a cross crosswalk going across ocean a there's going to be traffic cones in the beginning of the crosswalk when you first step off the sidewalk and these
very visually stimulating black and orange like horizontal bars that go in between that hang in between the traffic cones just really eye-catching So you really know that oh there's this pedestrians here Anybody drive through Avon in the summer you see this you know what I'm talking about Okay Um I think
it's going to be a lot better a lot safer So looking forward to that change Uh on the beach front in the summer Um and then one thing about the environmental commission they meet next week I think this is the first time that first Tuesday is before the first Monday
so they haven't met yet Um but they had an idea from a couple of months ago that came to fruition in March Uh they had students in the environmental club in town uh go and help plant dune grass to fill in gaps Uh there's some bare spots
in our dunes and we have worked with the American Literal Society to come in and donate the grass and and then we got the kids in the environmental club to go and plant it So that happened uh just a couple weeks ago So teaching kids and improving the resilience of our dunes
And uh that is it for my report Mr Mayor thank you Councilman However uh for before I begin my report I wanted to u note that Council President Denobyl is not with us tonight Uh her mother passed
away overnight uh yesterday TJ thank you for being with us But uh but uh understandably uh council president could not join us tonight but um uh her family and and uh you know the challenges that they face are are are in
our prayers Um for my report uh I have a wonderful announcement to make We received yesterday our 2023 audit So we are the audit report So we are in you know early stages of
2025 Um it truly came down to the wire I think the 31st was our deadline to get this Uh I believe it's been disseminated to our council via email uh at our next meeting in two weeks We will all there will be a resolution where we will all
attest to having reviewed the comments in that report Um in a very very small nutshell um um it wasn't great it was given how bad the 2022 audit report
was uh it was an improvement So we did we did have a slightly better report Um but in 23 for example we did draw down um uh surplus um across the three the two utilities in the current fund a
little over $800,000 $600,000 which we more or less knew about from the current fund and uh 57,000 I believe from the sewer and maybe a little over 100,000 from the beach Um in and of itself that's not a bad thing Drawing down surplus in and of itself is not a bad
thing What it really comes down to is you know do was it for specific uses and was it planned versus unplanned Um we'll get into more of that as as we all review the report Um but uh it was a long time in coming The auditor shared with us that the 24
data that that again this was a 23 report but uh a lot of it was the 23 data was cleaned up during 24 by uh uh our interim CFO last year Ricky Garts So he said the 23 data that he got was much
cleaner than the 22 data he received which was apparently atrocious Um so so I feel like we're building some positive momentum in in our world of finance Um you all met our CFO our interim CFO John
Barrett at our last meeting Um he's been great to work with He's identifying all kinds of opportunities for us to continue to improve enhance our finances He just identified a couple of days ago a $450,000 receivable that we were not
aware of it means monies that are owed to the burough that we were not aware of So we keep finding little you know treasure eggs and uh and again a lot of credit goes to our new CFO Uh and speaking of our new CFO our plan in case
anyone is wondering uh I feel we're a good solid month late in getting um getting a workshop together for our 2025 budget I've got a million reasons for that Um however the good news is our
plan is to um uh workshop our 2025 budget at our next meeting on April 15th Uh April 15th will probably be a long meeting That alone is a fairly extensive process to make sure that information is shared with the public Public has a
chance to ask questions Um depending how what kind of questions we have from our own council there may be an opportunity to consider uh presenting that budget for introduction at the same meeting Uh and we may or may not do that but I just want everyone to know that that is on
the immediate horizon Um mentioned earlier about the local 152 contract provided that little PowerPoint overview Um as I also mentioned we should have the actual contract signed any day and we will continue People
periodically have inquired of updates on the reporting out of that contract Uh we don't quite have that ready yet but it's paperwork that needs to be filed As soon as that's available we will let the public know Uh the I'm I'm a member of the library board and the library board
uh just last week in their meeting or beginning of this no end of last week I'm sorry um hired a restoration consultant to help the library board uh identify opportunities to um conduct repairs on
the building Probably most noteworthy would be once again taking a really good look at the the big bronze doors and see what what could be done with the doors on the library Um they had three bids and um it was a unanimous vote that all all the board members including myself
felt one particular uh bidder was head and shoulders above the others in terms of not only their credentials and their focus on restoration also uh and their fees were were very competitive Uh but I thought most importantly they really narrowly focused their scope they
customized the scope to the needs of the library There was another firm for example that was really uh powerful powerful credentials but their their scope was not anywhere nearly as as well defined uh to meet the library's needs
Um we also have much work ahead for the upcoming Memorial Day and it's still almost three months away May 26th I believe our u uh Memorial Day celebration We als we obviously have the parade We have a a committee working on
that and they're making great strides um uh identifying a lot of the vendors that would be on the beach setting up the parade and and participants in the parade itself That's the one that's the Saturday before Memorial Day Um we also have um the we've talked about this
before Host compliance is the entity that will monitor our short-term rentals We'd like that in place by Memorial Day We're having weekly meetings with myself Mr Dohy and our um other members of of the administration to make sure we have
that up and running have taxes collected for the 3% of those fees as well We're as we've mentioned before I'm going to keep saying this broken record but I want to make sure people are ready for this We are introducing Park Mobile for our parking service Work to be done there but it's moving very smoothly If
you haven't downloaded the app already please do so to the extent you need to park on our beachfront We'll do a lot of communicating to make sure our visitors are aware of that as well I think the good news regarding Park Mobile one they're very efficient welloiled machine when it comes to uh servicing
municipalities along the shore Uh and two they're pretty well established already in most other municipalities So most people have downloaded that app but to the extent our visitors still have not yet done that We want to make sure we communicate that clearly
Um folks Mr Weber most recently but folks have referenced DPW Um they are helping us prepare for Memorial Day with a lot of concrete work they're doing uh to help us create wheelchair access at two of our beaches Um Mr Madag mentioned
earlier that they that they're doing the papers I I guess what I want to highlight about our DPW folks is everyone loves I think all of our employees but especially DPWs very very um resident facing We see them every day
picking up garbage and so forth But that said I still don't know that we all appreciate enough of what they do for this burrow Um not only are they going to save us $40 or $50,000 on those pavers um they Bajio sat here and and
the other day said "Sure uh you know uh superintendent um we can we can pick up your garbage we can cut your grass uh we can save some money Uh the school will transfer some funds to us We'll be able to use that to reduce taxes directly." Um so they've
just been building storage units Mr Weber you mentioned um these are things that we would be paying people a good amount of money to do for us and they're doing it and with very clear instructions to do it not using overtime They're weaving it into their schedules
during the day So um so it's just phenomenal value that they continue to deliver to the burrow Um and back to uh Memorial Day Uh not only do we have the wheelchair access coming uh with pickup and drop offs but I think I mentioned it last time we have
at these two beaches that will be wheelchair accessible we will have 10 foot wide moi mats which are really really cool I've seen pictures of them I hear great things about them Uh it's effectively allows two-way traffic There's a line drawn down the middle of it 5 foot wide on each side but it's
going to be great for wheelchairs and people on on uh mechanical uh scooters and so forth Uh and finally regarding Memorial Day um I've been pretty clear you heard it tonight We we passed a resolution uh establishing criteria for
our fallen heroes people that who have died in service that in some manner shape or form represent Bradley Beach Um we are moving forward with creating a monument that will capture a lot of the fallen heroes that are not currently uh
recognized at Riley Park We're going to build a separate uh bronze plaque with their names put that at Riley Park so we can recognize all of our for fallen heroes in one place on Memorial Day at Riley Park Um and and on that note if
you haven't received it yet it's probably hasn't gone out but it's going out if not today tomorrow um a fundraising request from your mayor uh me in case there was any reminding needed Um asking folks to consider
making donations to that fund the fallen hero trust fund Um the way that will be set up whatever monies that come in we're going to use that to so we're not using taxpayer dollars to fund the actual memorial that we're putting together uh fund other related activities such as a brochure
recognizing our 19 fallen heroes and uh we will keep that in trust to make sure that those funds are used only for that purpose Also if you anyone who's making a donation uh can have a loved one or two there's no real limit on this of uh
either either relatives or friends or family that uh have actually have died in the war Would not be a Bradley Beach specific fallen hero but I for example have two uncles who died in foreign wars Uh I am going to make sure I put their
names in the back of this uh appendix They had no correlation to Bradley Beach whatsoever Uh but also you can name just um veterans Veterans you know could be your family your father your cousins your your aunts uh your children any
veterans you want to name Uh we will put those in with any donation just to make sure we all as as a community get a chance to uh pay respects to people that we know and love as well So with that said uh that concludes my comments and
I'd like to open it up now to the public Yes sir Andrew Main Street you guys doing nice to see Uh as you know I'm going to be going for um approvals for use of the
T restaurant Uh I don't know if this is the place to bring it up or to ask the question I figured since you're all here I understand there's a way that you could get a special permit to run the tent uh for certain amount of time And I was wondering if there was any kind of
limit on that time if I can ask for it to be a month or two or summer while I go for the approvals Uh I did hire an engineering company I hired a lawyer and I hired everyone that I necessary but I'm afraid that it might take a little
longer than um we would like I don't know exactly how long it's going to take I just like I said we just got started with the just get started but the process is a little bit cumbersome if you want for especially for me I don't know much about this kind of stuff So again the question is if it can be
answered here if it can be answered another time The special permit is it only a day or two is it a week is it a month is the three months and that's it Appreciate the time Thank you all so much The attorneys talking about Yeah Uh
so so Mr Canon I I know you and I briefly spoke about this earlier today Do you have any thoughts or do we need to come back to that there's no specific time in chapter 393 Um but obviously it's understood to be a temporary situation because if it's not
a temporary situation it's generally not you have to go to the zoning board to do per to do something permanent Um so I think we'd have to further just discuss what time frame as a policy you want to set Um but in general the language of the ordinance doesn't prohibit you from doing perhaps a
monthlong special event So So Anthony we we don't have a specific answer for you right now I think what we'll need to do is talk to you about what time frame you're looking for how it would work what the parameters are for this We do have an ordinance that allows for special events
that the council can approve Um so if you'll talk with me and and Mr Dohy just to give us a time frame we can share that with the council and discuss whether or not we can put it into a council resolution Appreciate it thank
you Okay Thank you Questions yes Miss Bets Hley 504 Central Avenue Um I wish I could say April Fools at the end of this statement but unfortunately it's not a joke I'm here to share a troubling story about transparency where the lack of it revealed through a dispute over
requests This isn't just about records It's about what those in power don't want us to see and why I submitted an over request for communications between former and current burrow officials including email logs simple metadata like sender receiver date and subject These logs were official critically to
the um investigation of criminality within the Fox administration where Canon and Kostas both served I received a denial from Canon through Kostas claiming recent Oprah amendments barred my access to email server logs The reasoning was vague the citation shaky
it didn't hold up I appealed citing clear president of New Jersey Supreme Court ruling I reviewed the 2024 amendments myself There is no exemption for email logs Canon's denial was baseless Then I got an email from Costa CC to Canon conceding my request She
claimed it was solely her decision alone with no instruction from any professionals or colleagues and promised to provide me the requested email logs this week That's where this gets interesting and suspect Cannon our borrow attorney and supposed Oprah expert denied my request implying I
wasn't entitled to the laws Yet after my appeal exposed his error in legal judgment or worse his intent he stayed silent and hid behind Costas She unilaterally reversed course implausibly without his approval She wanted me to believe She the clerk went rogue
overriding Canon's legal stance without consulting anyone That's strange fragility It's far more logical cannon realizing his denial wouldn't hold up a legal challenge orchestrated this concession to avoid putting his name on it Why either he grossly misjudged the law unlikely for an attorney or he knew
that the logs would reveal something he'd rather keep buried something tied to my investigation that he was hoping I would accept his denial and not have the skill set to challenge him This brings me to a letter sent demanding that they recuse themselves from handling my request citing rule of professional
conduct their rules their rules in the Fox administration create a conflict of interest They're not neutral custodians They're lead players First denying my request and then capitulating when challenged smacks of abusing their authority to shield themselves personally If I didn't know how to write
a legal appeal they would have succeeded in withholding records illegally and without cause denying my right to access This isn't just my fight It's about every resident's right to know what's happened As an attorney Canon knew from the start I was legally entitled to those logs He didn't want them released
because of what they would prove Misconduct Cannon and Costas are desperate to conceal That's not incompetence That's premeditated calculation And it's precisely why Canon and Costas can't be trusted to handle my requests when it's not their own actions when it's their own actions under
scrutiny I opened the construction permits and was denied saying they must be requested by specific addresses not by year However Jen Bean revealed that it was not her experience She received the last 5 years of permits by year Another lie to deny my obtaining information Canon and Kostas don't want
me to have Transparency isn't optional It's the law When those entrusted with it twisted to protect themselves they betray us all And I urge this council to investigate this behavior to hold accountable those who would rather hide than serve Fox stated publicly last week
it was TNM who wrote the RFP for the church He said it was Demarco Faren back and Humphrey He admitted he he's not qualified and doesn't have the skills to draft an RFP But apparently they he claimed that they ran it past TNM He and TNM got paid approximate He said TNM got
paid approximately $4,000 only to have the RFP Demarco Farabback and Humphrey wrote run past them Yet Tannon and Kostas explained in great detail on January 21st 2025 in their infamous video that TNM knew nothing about the
RFP and Fox and Ferback and DeMarco wrote it Someone is lying I opened the financial records TNM was paid $27,000 for an RFP they'd ever drafted And we're paying CME 20,000 to write a second one
That's $47,000 of your tax dollars not $4,000 that Fox claimed Was TNM paid 27,000 or was that money in Bezel too so many questions with so few answers Who really are the fools
here that concludes my statement Thank you Are there any other comments or questions i see Miss Mullen online Mia can you hear me okay Yes Oh great Okay I'm Mia Mullen 3024th
Avenue Forgot to do that last time I just wanted to continue from before because um Councilwoman Greenblot brought up a good point as far as what is used more the tennis court or the basketball court You cannot judge it based on today's times because anybody
who plays tennis is not going to use the courts Anybody who's serious or in knows the sport of tennis would not be using the courts that are there because of not only the lines but there's cracks and bumps Those court that one court is
decrepit So there's it's useless Um Avon has a Avon has two courts that are just tennis courts and there's always a wait there Nobody comes over to Bradley Beach I actually ride my bike to
the Avon court So it's super super close and nobody comes over to use the courts at Bradley Beach because they don't work So you're not going to use tennis courts that are unusable You might see some school kids tooling around on those
courts batting a racket around but you're not going to see people that are really into the sport um have grown up with the sport like me and Jim We know exactly you know what we would want to play on but it's not here in Bradley
Beach So I go back to Councilman Greenblat's question which I thought was very fair What is used more the tennis court or the basketball court i wouldn't want to take anything away from kids that are using a basketball court or even if they just go on occasionally but
I just wish there was a way to find room for a tennis court on its own Um and if not then just don't have one because I will enjoy playing pickle ball that much more if there's no tennis court underneath with or not underneath uh conflicting with the lines of the pickle
ball court I think it's in a a decision that has to be made you really should not have both because you're totally irritating tennis players but pickle ball players will be thrilled um to not have to have the tennis lines on the
court So you you can't judge it based on the condition of that court today And I my memory failed me on when I last spoke earlier this evening I did go on that tennis court when I first moved here in 2016 and there were pickle ball lines on
it and of course with all the cracks I realized that this is not usable and it's been in that condition if not getting worse in all the years that I've been here So I play in Avon They keep them maintained and it's two separate courts but there's always a line If you don't go at 7 a.m in the morning you're
not going to be able to play before noon So that's it'd be nice if I could play in my own town So and other tennis players too It's not just about me Thank you Miss Smallen All right Thank you Shauna Councilwoman Greenbot for
bringing up that point Are there any other questions or comments in that case I will make a motion to close the meeting All in favor