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Bob Kapolei who and his wife Carol who started it's Italian okay so basically it's mozzarel uh some pesto roasted red pepper basil um basically it's a it's a capric
but made into a uh made into a grilled cheese mhm butter on both sides fried in a frying pan SMS really nice very good but you leave there your life yeah hey Michelle we all with those Dr
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kids I know I look young however all those thingss yeah he said he go sor CFO did yes what's up how you do up to you not up to me yeah it's up to
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that sh call this meeting to order uh please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance Pledge alance to the the United States of America and to the for
stands Nation God indivisible andice for all I wish to announce that the 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 the zoom portion of this meeting fails or is disconnected
the inperson meeting will continue and action can and will be taken providing that there is an inperson quum miss denoy here uh miss greenl here Mr nowiki excused Mr Weber here mayor gboi
here thank you Erica welcome so let me just warn everyone uh as we begin the evening uh our agenda is going to be a little little Topsy Turvy tonight if anyone's actually following the agenda I warned our U our c
uh well our burough attorney that uh he may be having difficulty following the agenda from home he's he's sick uh Jane Den Noble is sick our council president um Paul nowiki is I hope playing golf in Cabo Mexico at the moment so but he has
a long overdue vacation that he's enjoying um and because we have a number of really important guests with us tonight I'm going to ask everyone's Indulgence if we move uh some of the items on the agenda around a little bit but um first and foremost I want to get
into section five of our agenda which is presentations and bids and I'd like to introduce um people I consider to be our honored guests from um Kaza Mammoth County ly pety is the executive director
of Casa and of Mammoth County and and Casa stands for court appointed special Advocates I was introduced somewhat unexpectedly to this organization I honestly knew very little about you in
fact borderline nothing about you but I was fascinated at the work you do and the story that you know your your folks tell so I asked these folks to join us tonight just to give Bradley Beach a little understanding of the work that's
being done here for this particular volunteer organization uh and uh to identify that Bradley Beach actually has two of Our Own uh serving as volunteers for Casa so Lynn can I ask you to give us a
presentation good evening thank you for having us my name is Lyn P I'm C's executive director with me tonight is Janine Hernandez she our director of Community Development we here talk about our program Casa Casa stands with for appointed special Advocates we are a
nonprofit that started 20 years ago Kasa is Nationwide and each program the country advocates for abused and neglected children and Foster Care these are kids have been removed from their homes they suffer trauma either physical
abuse neglect sexual abuse emotional abuse and usually at the hands of someone they love and trusted today approximately 300,000 children in the US are in Foster in Ras County there are around 250 children
in some of them are placed with relatives but most of them are placed with strangers who become their faler parents think about how scary that could be a child is taken from their family usually by a social worker or police officer and doesn't understand why or
when they can go back home that's where Kasa comes in we train and support volunteers from the community who the judge appoints to meet with these children and advocate for them CA volunteers ensure the children's need remain a priority POS visits gets to know the
child and what they need they gather information from the child's family teachers doctors caregivers and anyone involved in the child's life Kasa then makes recommendations to the judge at each court hearing and what is in the best interest of the child they are the child's voice CA volunteers are
consistent reliable adult presence in the lives of these children their case workers change their foster homes change and even their schools may change but not the pass cers show up no matter what each and every month KAS valers stay with each case and C closed and a child
is placed in a safe permanent home for many abused children theira volunteer will be the one constant adult presence the one adult who shows up and never gives up on them next J going to share your stories with you everyone please take a moment to think about your own
lives how many of you have read the same bedtime story to your child over and over again this may be your child security blanket of course the children they don't have mommy or daddy to meet to them at night instead their cost of volunteer is their security blanket who shows up for them each and every month
this is how important our C volunteers are to his children my my C child Josie is in her second fora home she has experienced sexual physical mental and verbal abuse at the hands of the people she loved and trusted the most when I first met Josie she was standoffish her
God was way up and her self-esteem was way down after a couple of visits I brought a de of mindful exercise cause with me to build our relationship and to build up her Josie pulled the card and the exercise was to stand a few feet from the person
take three steps towards one another and hug for three we breaths and say how you feel knowing all that she had been through I asked her to pick a different card you know if she would feel comfortable she denied it said she wanted to do the exercise when she huged me I could
actually feel her melt to my arms and I could feel how much she had began to trust me I asked her how she felt and she said she L the exercise and it felt good when the holidays came around I brought Jersy her gifts that were donated by the community she began to cry and she said she had never received a present before or had anyone care so
much for her she asked me to thank the community and everyone in Kasa this would the impact of our program makes to these children living in C care another C child Johnny is 12 years old he is in his third for home and has experienced physical abuse when his C show off at
his new foral home after he had moved Johnny ran up to her and said you found me this is what mean when we say costes a stable adults in children's lives these are just a couple of our stories thank you on behalf of these children and all of us who care deeply about their Futures and our community thank
you for letting us speak to you all today and to share the importance of our C program our goal is to serve all the children in mouth County who need a CA volunteer by their side we can't do this without your support please consider sharing the word about Kasa or attending one of our events we rely heavily on
fundraising to sustain our program our 20th anniversary G is coming up on Thursday April 3rd at the shadow B and shoes Bing we have some invitations if if you would like um we also hold in the fall and other events throughout the year our events are posted on our
website and on our social media Pages if you'd like to give us a follow if you interested in becoming a CA volunteer and would like more information you can see one of us visit our website or call the office next I would like to introduce you to one of our wonderful C of volunteers Advocates Joe alanes is a
resident of Bradley Beach and he would like to share his experience and what cost means to him thank you thank you I'll keep it short but it's a great experience um I'm in a year and have a case for a year I
start last and uh I tell you the role is significant you're appointed by a court and you get to get involved in every aspect of child's life um and you Advocate and they listen to you we have court sessions with a judge the case
workers are there from Child Protection and all services being provided and your job is to uh listen to those individuals meet with them on Zoom or in in person monthly or every other month and to find out what's going on with this child and
are they getting the services that they need might be Health medical type it might be schooling or extra Health Etc um and it's great they listen to you you write a report you send it in you run that that judge expects you to stand up
for that that child it's been very and I've done a bunch of different type of of volunteerism I'm on the OEM which I enjoy you know participating with events in town I've coing and neighborhoods
that require that assistance plan so we are looking for volunteers I won't I won't deny that so if there's anybody or spreading word it's not8 hours a month it's not a lot uh making calls checking up on the
child doing for his patients and Thena those agencies you're looking for services it's a great thing are fantastic thank you very much thank you Erica you do have a certificate or
to um we have another Resident Katherine in Clifford was she able to join us tonight Katherine at least stand up and take a bow you put together a couple of quick little certificates of appreciation both for the two of you Joe and cther so you
mind stepping up here one more time oh the mayor council recognize your volunteering time and effort with Kasa of M County thanks to volunteers like you uh aruro has dedicated and caring
citizens oh than so this was for you so B Bradley Beach Captain the mayor and Council recognizes your volunteering time and effort with Kasa of M County thanks to volunteers like you our bur
has dedicated and caring citizens Mar for sure absolutely again we just wanted to take a moment to highlight the the wonderful work that organization is doing and especially to recognize the two of our own that are making such a nice contribution so thank you on behalf of
Bradley Beach um as I promised we do have one more recognition and um Michael Michael can you join us uh we can step down here one
more time Michael's GNA make the presentation by the way ladies and gentlemen Michael Rosenberg is the head of our life is everyone doing so Pete Lo uh he's been in Bradley
for much longer than I've been alive um know him forever he has been the honorary starter for the bradle beach life card tournament for how many years would you say I would say since 2009 okay I thought even more um and
also he's been generous enough um I thought it was only three boats but it's actually Four boats that he has donated over the years to the BR lifeguards um and he's continuing to give us monetary um gifts each year and we can be I mean
we're just so happy and this is just a little token of our appreciation to you and there you go thank you very much for the life guards as
uh it's my pleasure okay and uh I'm glad to get the other Charities as well here in Bradley Beach so it's it's my family and it's that's the
way it is thank you very much now we are going to move off schedule just slightly we have uh we have a council person here uh on Zoom council president Den Noble who was
sick and I spoke to about half an hour ago and the conversation took twice as long as normal because there was a lot of cing I had to pause for but she gracious iously offered to join the beginning of our meeting so we could move a vote up early a very important
vote uh for the for the burrow to authorize this the expense of uh uh operating expense of $150,000 will'll describe the work later but because it's an emergency authorization we need um four
votes we did not have four votes so Jane offered to join us uh in a moment I I'll make these motions I'm also going to make a motion to move up the vote on our um Union contract because we have some good news to share with the public uh
the union ratified the contract yesterday we the council will be um approving it tonight and we'd like to do that early in the evening so that I see some of our Union employees here local 152 uh so we
can let them leave relatively early so with that said we're going a little out of sequence here but I'd like to make a motion that we move the temporary budget resolution the individual resolution 202-1184
up to this point on the agenda second Mr Noble yes M greenl yes um Mr nowiki Excuse Mr Weber yes mayor kubos yes so
um with that said I'd like to make a motion to approve resolution 2025 5-14 authorizing amendments to the temporary budget um and this specifically is to cover costs largely
due to uh activities we need to uh complete before Labor Day specifically setting up a handicap pickup and drop off areas at two of our beaches um uh building handicap lockers for uh
wheelchair bound individuals purchasing mob mats and we'll talk more about this over time uh Mobi mats that are extra wide our current mob mats are 4et wide uh these will be 10et wide to accommodate Wheelchairs and and make sure that folks don't run the risk of
running off the the current narrow M Mass um also that will include picking up license plate readers which our police department will be able to use year round but during the summer specifically they'll be able to use those license play readers to help us um
identif the status of people parking on oceanv uh under a new program we'll have there U Park Mobile so the reason for the Emergency is because we're running out of time before between here and Memorial Day so we'd like to get this
done this evening so with that said I I'd make a motion that we um that we approve resolution 2025 1114 second Mr Noble yes
excuse Mr Weber yes mayor gubitosi yes uh council president feel free to leave any time you'd like I think you wanted to hang on for at least one more motion of ours and that is I'd like to make a motion that we move
up uh resolution 2025 112 which is um related to the the council's approval of theou with our local 15 52 Union is there a second
second Mr Noble yes yes Mr nowiki excused Mr Weber yes mayor gubitosi yes so with that said um this we did not we the council did not know for sure if
we would be addressing this this evening with our with the public because um as most folks are aware our local 152 with our very valued employees uh they've gone two years plus two years and two
months without a contract without a virtually everyone without a pay increase um and it was our objective to make that this our top priority to get this done immediately as soon as possible this year um that said as we
put together the agenda the union had not yet voted so we put this as a place holder on the agenda in the hope that the union would um have their members ratify uh the the agreement that had been tentatively reached and the wonderful news for I think all of us for
our residents for our uh Council and for our employees is that the union did in fact ratify the contract yesterday evening um I'm going to uh make a motion in a second but I also want to let everyone know you will have time to um
make comments discuss this some of our Union employ who are here if any of you want to make a comment we'll give you that opportunity but right now I'd like to make a motion that the council approve question first oh sure I have to ask a question and first thanks for the
the DPW folks and dispatch that are here sometime ago I don't know how long ago when this was in the in the other world in the other Administration there was rhetoric like this is going to bankrupt the burrow and you guys got this done in like two un pointing to you
but everybody out there too like two months did did anything even close to that like you know do you have any idea where that kind of rhetoric came from Matt I'm looking at you if you don't know I'm looking at you but oh I didn't know youing I was giving you
credit for you know getting this cross a Finish Line with the mayor well no it was it was the mayor's doing I mean I can tell you in in um there was in my experience and I I've held other positions where we negotiated contracts
with the CWA with the PBA with Teamsters with asne um that nothing ever took this long there was no reason for this to take this long uh it's not going to bankrupt the town uh all it does is put stress on hardworking men and women
whose families rely on these paychecks who rely on them every other week to pay their bills to pay their mortgage their rent their car insurance their their their car leases their car loans and the fact that the town held it up
for virtually no good reason councilman is is really atrocious uh but it's a testament to to to Mayor MOSI and I can tell you as being a former mayor I could not I could not have been able to do what he did I
would have outsourced it to people smarter than me to come up with the mathematical framework so that all this made sense for a variety of people on different scales and different positions blue collar and white collar mixed together um so so uh it may sound like
we're saying a lot but mayosi is it's his leadership that got this over the Finish Line um and I'm telling you that there was no need for this counsman Weber for the last two years well thank you PA and are you still are you looking
for a second do we do that yet uh no but um let's make the motion and then let's have we can have a little more conversation Among Us uh but then I am going to open it up to the public as well I'd like to make a motion that this Council um approves resolution
2025-the a memorandum of agreement between the buau and UFCW local2 second Mr Noble you know I'm sticking around for this one we've been waiting for this for a long time and I want to
first of all thank the residents for all your support I want to thank thank the local union 152 for your patience and I want to really have a big thank you for our mayor Goosy and our acting VA Matt dhy and our labor attorney Alan Roth for
your speedy and effective work and getting this contract settled and approved and I vote Yes Miss greenl ditto on everything Jane just said yes Mr nowiki excused Mr Weber
I thank the people in the room but it just it occurred to me there was a ton of support from the community and uh I'm sure picking up trash isn't the greatest thing in the world but tomorrow you get to maybe people don't need those signs anymore all those support sign you guys get to people want to toss them they can
toss them and I will vote Yes mayor gubitosi I 100% vote Yes this was far too long in coming um we have wonderful employees who truly did not deserve to be put through the last two years um all
that said and thank you for any uh credit given to me personally as as others mentioned our business administrator Matt dhy and our labor attorney Alan Roth is Alan here tonight am I missing you no okay he said he was going to try to make it um but our
relatively small team worked really closely together and um and pull together a lot of information quickly but I can't help but make sure I acknowledge the folks who sat across the table from us because um you know negotiation is a two-way street uh I
think our not only our employees the union but the union representatives for the last two years have sat on the opposite side of the table trying their hardest to get things done for our employees uh and I like to think we just met them halfway we got to
a point I feel where we are now being able to pay our our employees of fair wage uh we will be part of the agreement is we are paying retro pay so the uh agreed upon dollar amounts that you know we've set scales
for salaries and wages U we will be providing some retr pay bringing people whole for the past two years but still in my opinion it was a crime and here is one of the heroes of the day Alan Ro our labor attorney let the record show has
just enter the room and Allan I was just compl complimenting you as well as Mr dhy uh for representing the buau and helping us get this contract done with our Union as quickly as we did but again want to give a ton of credit to the
union leaders and to our employees so I do vote vote Yes and I want to thank you all very much so with that said I'd like to open it up to this is a unique situation i' like to open it up to the room if there's any Resident employee
that wants to make a comment this Brownie and I'm the b b Council and mayor I would like to express the Gratitude with the Local 52 and members for fulfilling your promise of completing our contract the care that
you was given and displayed was unprecedent we were seen heard and given the utmost respect by all of you up on the Dan as well as councilwoman Mahoney when she was there dispatch clerical DPW as well as the C Court Personnel were
finally recognized and even though we were four units we stood as one I also want to thank the residents for your words of encouragement and keeping us in your thoughts from putting your names out putting our names out there to placing the signs in your yards you all
help us complete the task it's a new day and certainly a brighter future for our small Jewel that is Bradley Beach I cannot thank you all enough for your support I also want to thank the negotiation team each one of you car so very much about every member
of the Union mayor gubitosi thank you so much ba dordy thank you so much thank you so much I am so proud to be a member of your Workforce and will continue to serve the B of Bradley Beach with the utmost
professionalism and passion thank you are there any other questions or comments yes sir Chad good evening everybody uh for those of you who don't know me my name is Chad Brooks I'm the collective bargaining representative for UFCW Local 152 um
here on behalf of our president this evening who couldn't be here he was away on business but I did just want to comment about uh just add a couple of things uh to what you said Mr Mayor I mean yeah the last two months have been night and day as far as negotiations are
concerned uh in you know in contrast to the past two years uh two years ago we got an eight page proposal that was nothing but concessions for this contract and we did we tried our best over the last two years to to do what we could and uh you know I think it was
January 1 you contacted our local and said let's sit down and let's let's get this thing done um and so I'm I'm here to say Thank you Mr Mayor for reaching out to us and be willing to engage us and talk with us uh and get through this
in two months or less I appreciate your Matt I appreciate Allan um it just I can't express the I mean on a personal note between you and me Mr Mayor I've had more conversations with you in the last two months than I have the last mayor the entire two years and I just
appreciate that you know we don't always agree but we engaged each other we talked um and we got to where we needed to be and I thank you for that I want to thank the council because you know prior to January uh when we were at odds with the previous administration you guys stood with us we appreciate that and
then you followed through on these last two months and helping get this done so I want to say thank you to to the council as well I want to say thank you to the town's people I mean in that last two years you know we were here at several Council meetings the town's people stood up they were here on behalf of the employees of the the burough of
Bradley Beach and supporting them and we appreciate that it was mentioned before even in the summertime in July we had to get a little creative and and make some La signs that the town people put them in their yards and we really appreciate that I want to thank the the members your employees for sticking together and
standing strong through the last two years it's been a long haul and a special thanks to the negotiating committee so we got Michelle Wy who's a deputy clerk we got Mike Lor from public works and we got Nicole brownie from dispatched we couldn't have done it without those guys so thank you to
everybody involved it's been it's been wonderful we we finally did it and I think everybody deserves it congratulations thank you by the way I don't think I mentioned this but the good news is not only did we finally make up for the past two years but the contract is uh go forward
for three years so we're we're locked in through 25 26 and 27 so hopefully all of these employees can bre a lot easier going forward any other questions or comments thank you thank you thank you
earned everything you you've received okay with that said then we'll close public comment and move on to uh item six on our agenda which are workshops and Kaza folks you are welcome to stay but if you want to
leave thank you for joining us tonight okay we have three workshops scheduled for this evening under section three U the first one is less of a workshop more of a a brief update from our business administrator Matt D on Fair Share housing oh on Fair Share
housing which we just discussed so I I know our last um council meeting uh it was brought up the number of units that are required for Bradley Beach coming uh out
of the fourth round which we're in now uh I've had a chance to uh talk with our planner Jen Bean she will be here in person to talk with the mayor and Council and answer any questions from the public as well at the next council
meeting on Tuesday March 18th but the good news I can share with uh I've already shared with the members of the the governing body but also with the public is that um based on her work in research the total number of required
units that Bradley Beach must provide is5 so you have a credit of five units coming out of round four and you're able to take those credits and move them forward into the future so I know there was to talk about the number
64 uh the accurate number is ne5 so again how that came to be and the methodology behind it uh Jen Bean will be here in two weeks to explain that better than me um uh but I just figured
as soon as I knew those numbers I wanted to be as transparent with the public as possible and let everyone else know so again the number is not 64 the the required number is negative five Matt is it's kind of accurate to
say that to get to that negative five number because it's kind of mind-blowing like how how are we negative um there's there's units that haven't been built yet I mean there's there's basically units on paper somebody has agreed to build them and they haven't been built yet so that's part of how we're getting
to a negative number so it's not like no affordable housing is going to get built because we're at neg five it's like some is it's on paper we're just counting that to get to that number right right again this is coming out of the round so so you're absolutely right it's it's Tak into account what's existing and also
what is planned and the available space in the burrow right well yeah so there's something that's been referred to in the past that you may have heard is a vacant lot adjustment uh as you can imagine in Bradley Beach much like in my town of belmare there's not a whole lot of
developable land um and that get gets factored into the calculation as well again to get into more detail is really the best thing we have the professional planner come who's been working for the burrow for several years now uh knows the town well um and he could better
explain it and also better answer questions uh from the public if I could um help maror may I speak for a moment please so I just want to follow up on what the ba said I don't and I certainly don't want to Ste Jens Thunder next week with the the nitty-gritty investigation but the two
big upshots are tonight or there there's planned developments but there'll be no unplanned development necessary that's not in the works at this time and then two um to the extent that this number holds or what have you we would not face an affordable obligation on 319 the rain
and the burrow could um realize the full value of the property which is obviously we've been chasing for a while thankk you Greg um and I would just as a reminder everyone we had a a tough go last year 2024 where there was
discussion about giving away one of the lots that are going to be subdivided for the church property uh the lot estimated to be worth close to a million dollars the idea was give this to Habitat for Humanity contribute more taxpayer dollars to fund some of the build that
would follow and then contribute still more tax dollars in terms of um uh tax uh reductions that the burrow would have to give you know tax concessions on that property so all in probably would have
cost the burrow taxpayers um I estimated 1.7 1.8 million to get three units last year the council at that time voted not to pursue it with the advice of our professionals um and we withdrew for the last six months of last year from round
three knowing we would re-enter in round four which we did immediately also early this year uh as many people are aware we uh activated an ordinance that had already been in place as well as a trust account that had already been in place for us to
collect fair share housing fees uh development fees from U from private developers as well residential as well as from commercial so we're still doing a lot this year but knowing that we might have a small obligation so this is
phenomenally good news we one saved all that money by not trying to meet Our obligation last year now we have not only met Our obligation but you know unless something changes um we have five extra units beyond what we need and we
are going to continue to look for opportunities to expand affordable housing in the burrow uh through the the trust fund that I mentioned moments ago we set up and have just activated but it'll be very planful very intelligent development so uh the one thing we will
avoid at all costs is anything that sounds like overdevelopment we're not trying to add density to a town that's already pretty tightly packed um but there may be properties that we can improve if we develop a trust fund we can use those dollars to do that and we
can create that much more opportunity for just affordable living in Bradley Beach so we're very excited as a Council we're very excited to get that news and can't wait to have Jen beam join us in two weeks to share more information as we go
forward thank you Matt uh I have another guest that I'd like to introduce to everybody tonight Mr William Duffy uh Mr Duffy I'm gonna ask him to introduce himself in his background a little bit but I met Duff over over a year ago
probably um he is uh and I'd rather he describes this to me other than I will say he is passionate about recognizing men and women who have given their lives in Conflict serving the United States um
fallen heroes uh and it's a personal passion of yours that I know you've taken on I connected with Duff through Facebook a year or so ago um and he started to explain how he's worked with other municipalities and as a council person I asked him if he would coach me
a little bit and give me insights in terms of what others done and what Bradley Beach might consider doing I asked him to come here tonight because this is very timely we're only a few months away from Memorial Day three months I guess right uh March April May so so de uh would you please join us and
give us a quick overview a little bit of your background and then also some of the conversations you're having with Bradley the mayor says I only have five minutes the old there and Bill if you need seven feel free I'll take it I'm going to give everyone a
packet un Kirk you're an important person thank you the VA definitely important they run the towns thank you Police Department chief sir police officer 40 years up north thank you for and has it pack thank
you I P out package who was Bill Duffy I'm Bill Duffy who's this guy who lived in Clark New Jersey up County his whole life moved to Brick in 2012 and that was here at the Bradley Beach council meeting uh giving us suggestions on how to better honor Bley Beach's fallen
heroes that uh Jersey Shore magazine article was put out in Fall of 2022 it basically describes me and my passion my love for the fallen heroes and it put a tear in my eye too I and when my wife read it she says Bill I know you've been doing all this but she had a tear in her
eye so that pretty well explains me it's my passion it's my love I'm a Vietnam year a veteran 68 to 71 I served them in career from the DMZ in 6970 and unit uh we looked across at the North Koreans they looked across at us at the 38 parallel ngi died the year I was there
in 6970 they would try to infiltrate under us over us around us and that's still a combat zone Korea is still considered a combat combat zone and I have a famous quote I came home the fallen heroes did not come home that's why we're having
this year tonight we live in Freedom because they died fighting our enemy um 1.5 million Americans gone off the war since the Revolutionary War and have not come home 1.5 million including 20 from Bradley Beach
now I think for Jersey short toown that's a lot 20 from World War one until Afghanistan so I went to uh I did a little research up my hometown of Clark of 21 forign Heroes I had the town FS
nor in the '90s that all new streets and Clark would be dedicated in name to the Clark for Heroes I've done all the research I was in charge of the mo Day parade and services and I moved to Brick in 2012 the first thing I did was go to the brick War moil and that needed some
tender loving care so mayor Ducey appointed a committee we raised $20,000 in four weeks and we rehabilitated the brick war memorial and my research of the brick fallen heroes I found seven other fallen heroes that weren't on the war memorial so we did the war war we
got got their names on there so what's after bricks then I Lavalette and they lavette's got a beautiful War Royal on the bay but there C there's some towns that didn't have War oils so first do is bayhead bayhead didn't have a warm well
maybe they don't have any forign Heroes no they have five uh three for World War two and two from Vietnam and one from Korea uh Lavalette van Lan Point Pleasant Beach has 17 fallen heroes no waterm moil and I don't go knock at the
door City Hall and talk to so me at the front desk I go right to the mayor I go right to the top so so no one's ever said no to me so we got that done in 2023 with the beach my Pleasant burrow nine fallen heroes no water War but it's
not ignorance it's just the fact they did I think because they didn't have a BFW or an American Legion in the town that's why they didn't have War worlds so we about to get up the mar and Council appropriate the money so in 2023 uh on Mor Day weekend we did the Baye head we did Beach and the burrow
and uh last year uh so now we after that over to Briel Bridge uh Bri's got beautiful War oil mask's got a beautiful warm oil but I get all the names of the PO and I do all their research how they died when they died where they died what unit there with where they grew up in those those
towns so last year seagar seagar's got five fallen heroes including a female from World War II so with the mayor of the council and uh we dedicated the seagar waro so now I'm continuing um madisan beautiful War then it was uh
Spring Lake Spring Lake Heights they got do for war oils but I took got their names and did all the research then it was uh Belmar Belmar has what is known as the Belmar 4 four belmare residents in one day died in World War II on the USS Juno
November 13th 1942 they were all killed in action against Imperial Japanese Naval forces and four from Belmar went down on one day they called the Belmar for and belmar's got a beautiful war memorial I took all the names did all the research on them so what's the next
town Avon b they got a nice war memorial took the names off the memorial and did a little research and what I do is I I got over least 200 full Heroes now and on the date of their anniversaries I place them on my Facebook page and I'll share them to individual towns uh like preservant Bradley Beach I put it on
there and uh so what's next Bradley Beach so my daughter is a teacher at Mount School in Spring Lake and she's the girl softball coach so I traveled with the team so they were played at the Veterans Field in Bradley Beach and when I do that I walk around and it was that
World War II Memorial with the the names of Bradley Beach waral and on the bottom which is uh uh should not have been done this way uh Lieutenant Melnick who was killed in action in Vietnam his memorial is down in the ground you actually walk
up to that to see his memoral I think that's should not be that that way so then I posted I posted the Bradley Beach full news and that's when uh Al May should going that was fun and that's what he got a hold of me we met last year and here we are are tonight
and mine are just suggestions the you may say we don't like that suggestion and uh okay fine but I think this is the way you should do it um let's see in a packet there at the newspaper
article that's the world war Memorial by the softball field right at top it says dedicated to Veterans Memorial Field and down the bottom with the red arrow that's melic more according to Paul from the Valley Beach historical society when
mck died in the late 60s they did do a memorial on the beach area in the late 60s I had a newspaper article from Hasbury far press and a northeaster came through right fall early 90s and it destroyed everything so what they did was they moved melnick's Memorial over to the
softball field right the next one picture is Riley Park You' got a beautiful War World woman War there I it's actually beautiful my did my research education was uh dedicated and erected in the
early 1920s and was dedicated in 1923 the next picture is the boulder uh that one there is the beach uh 20 by3 brass and bronze Boulder put into a three ton Boulder I think they're
absolutely gorgeous my suggestion here at Bradley Beach obviously you got to lead the World War II Memorial by the softball field because it's dedicated to veter field but let's let's my suggestion let's get a 20x30 brass pla with the World War II
names Lieutenant Mel names and anyone else who's who's has a Bradley Beach connection and put on Boulder and put it all by the war one Memorial mayor and Council on Memorial Day when you put the wreath at that war one Memorial you do that on Memorial Day weekend or whatever right do you also go down to the
softball field with a wreath no we don't that's that's wrong that's wrong so I think by moving the Boulder and the plaque with well war two guys melck and anyone else put it in that Raleigh Park and you can do your home world day Ser Services
there and then the last one when I do all the research on the for Heroes this is most important is this brochure this brochure this brings them back to life for a little bit on more their weekend it gives them a voice this
is bricks uh brochure it's I just updated the brick VFW which I'm an no paid for this and it's uh a little bit on their bios who what when were how and why they died where they lived if I have a photo I put a photo in there uh the
Civil War uh veterans and brick I had no photos but all else World War I World War II Vietnam and Iraq I have photos of so I think you should do that also and you should hand these out at the Memorial Day services at Ry Park on Memorial Day and uh I
suggest 500 of them you probably get 300 at the services and give the other 200 to the elementary school and uh I gave give the mayor all the quotes I got all the quotes on what the approximate cost will and uh that's my suggestion any
questions yeah let's let's start with questions from the council with any sh sh no because we were pretty much briefed on this last year by you um Mr Duffy so it's great to have Mr Duffy
here in the flesh but I feel like uh I know a lot about what you're trying to do because I was so passionate about this last year so thank you I to have been briefed by by mayor goosi about this and very much appreciate you know your interest labor loves and passion uh
I just I love American history especially military history and I just actually love it and if I can enhance fall her in the other towns to make it even better for the fall uh that 1.5 million statistic that's low compared to
other countries this is going to shock you this number Russia World War II 13 million 30 million civilians and soldiers in Russia died that's that's something and at at
1.5 million for America little under half of that 700,000 was the American Civil War 700,000 was the American Civil War about 350 each side that that's that
that number is shocking puty Str well Duff let's open it up to the public any questions from Mr Duffy yes sir sir have a website that lists the memorials and where they are no I do not but I that's a goal of mine you have a list get list of what sir of
where they are so I'm not familiar with the other Town memorials I know Neptune has a great they have one on 71 NE is gorgeous NE is gorgeous I can do that yeah um that's a list I'd love to see them right around see them I mean
some of them are BR no I'm here to help the busy minist the council uh well and and the reason I uh well first of all it was happen stance I I did see one of your Facebook posts on a a soldier who's captured on our World War I Memorial uh
Arthur G and I I for the Historical Society I had put together a little U summary of Arthur gy and then you profiled him on your Facebook page so I reached out to say you know thank you for doing this for keeping this person's name alive his memory alive but that led
us to this discussion and I I hope our residents will agree there's just more that we can do to recognize these fallen heroes in Bradley Beach we have these memorials we have a very nice Memorial Day celebration um recognition but I but
there's more and especially where you really caught me deff was when you said you should bring these all together yeah the question of Park is gorgeous I think it's gorgeous it's gorgeous but the question you asked which you asked again tonight do we walk
down to you know U the World War II guys or Melnick and no and we don't and we we should and uh the plan over the next three months is to is to make this all happen so thank you for joining us one last thing not everybody is killed in action in a combat zone there's other
dnvs die non battle wounded in action maybe di three months later in the hospital uh suicides uh accidents Jeep tanks fall over uh died in service accidental and uh not everyone's a k there's different types of deaths there's different types of
death I have one of thing May it's a good time to say this since it's on our mind um Neptune mayor Robert Lane contacted me yesterday and they want to have a a small parade and a service and a lunch for specifically for Vietnam
veterans uh and it's going to be like a short parade in Neptune I'm just not exactly sure where they're starting but and ending up up at their VFW Hall just like a five or six block thing and he reached out to me just because he wants to get as many Vietnam nam vets from the area uh involved in this and then of
course it's a parade so we need people to be on the sidelines watching I put him in touch with Bill Shu who I'm actually Shar is not here because he's a regular Council goer and a Vietnam veteran and um hopefully they'll make that happen but while it's on everybody's mind this is March 29th I'll
get some more information about it before our next council meeting uh Robert said he was going to give me a fire I don't have it yet but um just you should know about it because this is you know again specific to Vietnam and um just it's coming before the end of the month so I'll get more information and
get it out I Sal you all thank you thank you thank you announcement uh councilwoman Den Noble asked me to inform everybody she's leading the the zoom meeting thank you Erica yes good night everybody great work thank you Jan thank
you one one more Workshop this is really much more of a quick update from again our business administrator Mr dhy on Park Mobile uh thank you mayor so um we're interested in moving forward with the contract with Park mobile this is basically a cashless way to pay for
parking up on the beach front um other towns that use this right now are around us or Belmar to the south of us and Asbury Park to the north of us it's an app on your phone that you know many people are familiar with um the
nice thing is it's easy to to collect the money it also alerts you ahead of time so you're not racing back fighting the you know Hing the class one doesn't R you a parking ticket uh before it expires U so it gives you an opportunity
to um to to pay the parking as opposed to parking ticket uh it's kind of pulling um some of the parts of Bradley Beach into the 21st century of it getting away from the cash and the coins
uh of the past and um making the beach front or starting to make the beach front a little more cashless um it's great for you know our CFO loves it anyone in finance will always
love automated things over over cash uh transactions and we also have uh I'll call it an in uh meter infrastructure um a lot of the the machines we have on the beach right now are showing signs of
rust some have already had to be replaced um the screens are fading from the intense Sun so you can't always see what you know what you're trying to you sign up for um so we're also at a at kind of a point in time where we'd have
to decide to start to invest in upgrading what we have today but that's relative ly expensive um The Meters we have in place today have been here for eight or 10 years so we'd be investing for the next 8 to 10 years or pivot
right now and switch to what we think is a better technology so that's the direction we're going there will be some Growing Pains uh you know as mayor and councel we don't we'd love to have this be smooth um easy transition no concerns no complaints there are going to be
people who only use cash there are going to be people who are who fumble downloading an app um but towns all around us use Park Mobile and they're using it very successfully and I think once we will do everything we can to
educate uh our visitors and users of part mobile but my my hope is it'll be relatively smooth and over time it'll be a very valuable enhancement for for Bradley Beach hold on um we are going to take questions in a minute just one more bit of
business any other questions though specifically just comment a little bit oh please so um I firmly believe that we need to move forward with um this technology we're going to be doing it um um I do have some concerns which I've
expressed um about the the need for some physical stations in the event that there are people who either do not have smartphones um or do not have credit cards or debit cards there are people out there but perhaps fewer and fewer I
don't really know so um if there is a need um down the road if we see there's a need is there an opportunity to put a few pay stations in if we feel that we need them I guess that's a question that I have um the communities that do use
this mobile app they also do have some physical pay stations at least I know Asberry does does um does Belmar I'm not really sure uh no no Mar they have none and they've had this in place for a number of years a couple years now yeah particularly um um they really became
popular during co uh just the less interaction with with folks um but one thing we're learning from Belmar we're not going to do is that on every parking space they stamped on the ground Park
Mobile which is really Overkill so when we do this you have to put appropriate signage but we don't want to overdo the signage and make it look unattractive so it's something we'll be conscious of as well right so as we go through the process if we see that there's an
issue as I had suggested um it could be so we're we won't resolve it tonight it could be challenging for example setting up a certain area that had cach meters but you can only use them if you can't download an app it's the logistics of it
could be challenging too figure out so part of me my personal bias I'm not you know the council can vote against this my personal bias would be to say just dive in both you know feet first and uh and and communicate the heck out of it
so residents and visitors just understand the thing is we're not we're four or five years trailing everybody else so the good news is people have been learning how to download these apps for a number of years already so but I'm not saying we wouldn't try to accommodate I'd have to understand
logistically you know yeah I mean I don't know how it works with in Asbury let's say where there's a pay station and there's also the app and they actually use Park Mobile and passport why they use two I'm not quite sure um but uh yeah you know I I think it's
personally I think it's the right direction and we're compelled to go in that direction okay I'm gonna do something again I warned you all a little unusual in that um we have right now uh you know uh the next item on our agenda
closing closing the workshop I'm looking no more questions um would be for the council to vote on part mobile but I realized we'd be doing that before the the residents had a chance to make comments or or questions so what I'd like to do is um make a motion that we
move to approval of minutes and then public comments and then then uh then we can address 20259 B8 uh as I'll make a separate motion at that point to move it to individual resolutions so right now the
the motion is let's move to approval of minutes item seven on the agenda and uh take it from there oh uh Mr Noble excused Miss greenblat yes Mr nowiki excused Mr Weber
yes mayor gubitosi yes so number seven is approval of minutes um executive session I'm sorry executive session yeah yeah the council me business meeting and then the executive
session um I was not there for either so I will look to one of my colleagues to make a motion I make a motion uh uh to approve uh or to go forward with um the um meeting minutes um from February 18th
okay uh thank you Mr Noble excused um Miss greenl yes Mr Weber yes Mr nowiki excused uh mayor gzi abstain okay uh item number eight on our agenda is public comments or questions
pertaining to agenda items only for tonight Oh I thought you said both did that cover both yes yeah yeah you covered you're good okay so um are there public comments or questions on any agenda
items yes M me to Fourth Avenue um I'm my job dropped with the affordable housing discussion this evening rud thank you I'm I just wanted to remind you that that was a big issue during the May
campaign right we all remember that so I just wanted to ask you if you can give some highlight to that in the upcoming newsletter um a blurb of some sort very high level where you also let people know that Jen Bean will be at the next
council meeting to provide further or more detail around it but I really think that it's uh a good thing for the town because I still hear rumors about that when I talk to people that don't understand really what happened in the
last election with the mayor they don't participate in in the detail of what a lot of us in this room did I just wanted to ask you if you can do something in the newsletter we can ask Amy Hall maybe we give her a little blurb Yeah just something to to highlight that you know
it's netive five or something that makes it a very positive because people were very maybe where people upset about that where the units are coming from because we are getting some units and we're getting credit for other units and like just if we are allowed to which just
yeah the positive thing for the town where people are worried about it and there's no need to worry anymore that's what I'm saying thank you comments or questions Nancy Meadow Ocean Park Condominiums
um resolution pass using them who has to pay who doesn't have to pay um you know what do We Rent Out Bo she PS for for six hours $300 $300 and is that what we is that like
said standard in the borrow for other places or that's the only group that does that every year and they their first year was last year and it was $300 so jumped it from 300 to 600 no no no yeah no they paid 300 last year also
oh okay so it's so that's a $300 thing yes but again um other people other groups could or do rent out other facilities and I'm just saying a fee schedule that the public could be aware
of might be helpful that's all that you know I've said it before all of these things cost the borrow money um which well I'll say that for
next thank you thank you yes nameth Avenue regarding the parking on Ocean Avenue I welcome that but please take down that meter on Fourth Avenue
that never worked all summer last year and they had to walk I don't know how many people got tickets because that that machine wasn't working and they either had to go down to second or up to
I guess BR so please remove that machine from the area also the B courts when they have tournaments today is there a thing associated with that do we generate any any income from the borts I think ER you
were just saying that's the only one where that's the only one and they do it as a fundraiser just the food panry but what about the tournaments when we have tournaments there that I don't know I don't know anybody what other groups do tournament gr does one every year for
their organization so if it's through Recreation I'm I don't think people are are paying a fee if it's not always tournaments it's just Recreation they used to have that regular lead but it would not surprise me if some people because we have nice courts they just show up with their own Bachi equipment
and play and they're not paying to borrow anything but I just know that I thought I saw many tournaments during the course of the summer and should they be Frid if it's a
tournament let's say if there's a tournament for padle ball or anything else do they get it's a good question I recall there was a a tournament that paid the bur a couple of years ago I want to say and sitting here we we
approved the fee similar to this but uh but for the most part I think a lot of it's you know locals that that organize and who maintain I know I see volunteers out there but does Public Works yes they they're using man hours to maintain the
court it's question you know can we is it just is it like the playground you can play on the swing set or you can play b ball or is just a way we could isolate people to charge them a fee um and I I don't they go to the playground it's Recreation and it's family and
there's no Fe you know I can't no but a lot of families play bball I'm not complaining I'm not suggesting that they should be charged I'm saying when you have an organized tournament shouldn't there be some type of they associated with that we we will look into it we'll
work with um I wanted I'll say something so you can remember what you were going to say um I would be open to you know if you're going tiee the b ball Courts for a certain amount of time a certain number of hours then you got to pay as opposed to like you know come and play with your friends for an hour like you
know I'm not I I I feel as though if the family wants to go out there and play B they should be allowed to do that on why my issue is when you have an organized group or an organized tournament there should be some type of
thing Associated that's just my own personal we're not aware of organized tournaments coming in so we have to identify them set a policy and then we can I think volleyball also don't we have volleyball tournaments that take place volleyball Clinic that's a company
or organ they fee to yeah that's they have a concession license so okay but therefore it's generating income on some level for the bar correct which is a good thing and yes and it's compensating for whatever Manpower that we have
to use agreed okay thank you thank you Mr go Stan 612 Third Avenue I may with to the comments by the two previous speakers uh when the Bachi stadium was
constructed under the englad administration uh I recall off the top of my head was about $75,000 Improvement and we were told we're going to get all this money back because we're going to charge for TNS now I guess it was politici speak
because I haven't seen where we made any money from so these previous speakers are not incorrect I just want to apologize that I've gone to these meetings for so long that I recall that but I'll be happy to go back in the videotape and that's what transpired
there's no reason our facility should just be used for free and uh there are there are 100% correct thank you thank you any other questions or comments anyone up on the screen I don't see any hands that's a
cursor by the way that little white hand all right so we will now be starting to pick up speed my first I'd like to make a motion as you recall we skipped over 20 25- 98 because I want to make sure the public had the comment but I'd like
to make a motion now to move 2025 d98 approving a contractor part mobile LLC to the uh uh to the uh what you call this the individual resolutions is there a second second uh
Mr Noble excuse Miss greenblat yes Mr nowiki Excuse Mr Weber yes mayor gboi yes okay next section of the agenda ordinances introduction we have on the agenda ordinance 2025 that- 111 which basically was
focused on um increasing our fees for um for violations and uh we came right down to the wire we are still tweaking that working with the courts so we are not ready tonight yet to introduce it the plan will definitely be to introduce it
in two weeks but for now I'm going to make a motion that we table uh the introduction of this ordinance 2025 -1 second Mr Noble Excuse miss greenl um I'll say yes and I just want to also clarify it's not just a matter of
raising the fees it's a matter of bringing them up to current um charges because theyve they've long been uh ignored IGN sorry um okay Mr nki Excuse Mr Weber
yeah mayor guzi yes uh next is adoption of ordinance 2025-the front areas and adjacent Waters of the buroughs revised General ordinances to prohibit the subletting of beach Locker rentals uh because this is
an adoption will entertain um public comment if there is any actually have to make a motion i' like to make a motion to entertain public comment if there is any second Mr
Noble Excuse miss greenl yes um Mr nowiki Excuse Mr Weber yes mayor gubitosi yes so is there public comment or questions Mia yes
[Music] where you want to go did you say I had to come up here yes yes yes you have to say where you live loud 302 4th Avenue it doesn't really affect me because I have a locker already but I don't understand how you would police
that like technically not technically but who's going to who knows who's doing that to Poli each other we have secret ways so so in the lease it says that you
agree that you cannot suas your locker all we're doing is putting that into the ordinance oh we're spting up paperwork that you can't really enforce uh well if somebody brags about like sub their locker like I think we
can you know we actually have identified people but but to your point it's not a programmatic identification but when we do ident when we do at time stumble across that situation they we approach these people we yeah we have to avoid the
contract I just curious I should report people any other public comment anyone anyone on zo no no okay I motion that would close public comment
and adopt ordinance 202-10 second Mr Noble Excuse miss greenl yes uh Mr noi excuse Mr Weber yes mayor gubitosi yes okay item 10 on the agenda Communications uh we already got a local
152 update so I'll move to the second which is County Route 40a Memorial Drive we just received we the council and perhaps specifically me the mayor just received a letter from the board of County Commissioners that there's going
to be um over time Renovations done to this strip of um of uh Street you know whatever uh between Route 33 and Route 35 largely uh shrinking this from four lanes to two
lanes on Memorial Drive um and they're going through a fairly lengthy process the process begins with um what do they call it it's uh preliminary engineering then it'll move to a final engineer final design rather and then final
engineering so the F first phase is kicking off with a meeting on March 10th um a few days away right a week away and um it'll be 5: to 700 pm. Neptune City
Community Center that is 1173rd Avenue in nepon city so anyone who's interested I just want to make sure our residents at least made aware um once again it's it's to shrink the width of that road and it's uh March 10th 5: to 7.m Neptune
Community Center can I share some of the um elements that they're going to be looking at because this affects many of us um Memorial Drive so they're looking to convert Memorial Drive from a four-lane roadway to a three-lane configuration which is called a road
diet uh I'm assuming that that Middle Lane would would be the opportunity to make turns um adding bike Lanes in both directions upgrading existing traffic signals and installing a new signal at 4 4th Avenue I not sure what kind of signal
that is if they talk about a new signal because there's not an existing red light yeah installing rectangular rapid flashing beacons at 11th Avenue improving curb sidewalks and pavement throughout the project so those are some of the things that um they're going to
be addressing but yes I question can I say something is it appropriate or so yes please um we're going out of you know we're being a little flexible here because the point is to communicate this I want to
make sure people understand sorry but I just it's fine um Fourth Avenue and Memorial Drive is in dire need of a traffic light there have been so many accidents in that site
I think I might be wrong I think they now have a flasher there and it's very confusing to the to the driver because it can appear to be a flashing red flashing from the railroad so please do
everything you possibly can to get a regular traffic light on Fourth and end I I would also recommend this is a public meeting that's taking place on March 10th it's a public information session residents are welcome to attend I would
is it possible is it going to be on Zoom at all I don't it doesn't it just says in person so it's next Monday from 5 to 7 okay no other questions or comments on
that we'll go back to the agenda of resolutions and consent genda resolutions in particular um before we vote are there any items you want to consider discussing or voting us separately okay with that said I'll make
a motion that we approve consent agenda resolutions 2025-the individual resolution and I want to make sure Erica where did you bring forward -95 is that at the end of 98 you you can do it now if you want you you moved it to individual so you can do it okay
let's do it now just it's one of the earlier numbers okay for um resolution 20259 approving the contract with par mobile LLC I make a motion that we uh approve this resolution Mr Noble Excuse miss greenl
yes Mr NWI excuse Mr Weber yes mayor G yes um item2 we already moved up and voted uh individual resolution 113 this the public sale of surplus property consisting of certain artifacts and
other items from the burough former Church property at 319 Lorraine Avenue um Miss denoble is spearheading a lot of this work and U Mr Weber is unable to vote he had to recuse himself um and I
spoke with council president Den earlier today there are still a couple things she's trying to tweak so for all these reasons I make a motion that we table 2025 d113 I
second um Mr Noble Excuse miss greenl yes Mr Wiki excuse Mr Weber Greg can I vote to table an ordinance about the church because Greg he's he's coming on
okay John I asked Greg this question ear and the answer is it won't matter you should just abstain so I'll abstain I just want to make sure with the no I didn't know yeah okay so I will abstain but thank you you're welcome apparently
the the voting members rule so if we tie here Shan I have no idea what we do and somebody check on Greg you know he might be on We corre yes okay okay item uh individual resolution
2025 d114 we've already voted on move to 202- 1115 the police department petty cash fund amount increased I make a motion to approve second Mr Noble Excuse miss greenl yes Mr NY excuse Mr Weber
yes mayor gboi yes 2025 D1 16 I make a motion to approve the approval of a lean Redemption refund for 113 line a in the amount of $2,569 21 okay Mr Noble Excuse miss greenl yes
Mr nowicki Excuse Mr Weber yes mayor gubitosi yes uh let's see 202- 1117 author I make a motion to approve the authorization of a payment of $2500
to Galaxy geese for goose control services at Fletcher Lake okay Mr Noble Excuse miss greenl uh I say yes and emphatically yes as a Fletcher L commission leison Mr nowiki
Excuse Mr Weber yes mayor gubitosi yes 2025 d118 bill is for March 4th 2025 make a motion to approve second Mr Noble Excuse miss greenl yes Mr
nowiki Excuse Mr Weber yes mayor gubitosi yes next item on the agenda item 12 announcements there are none uh item 13A the administrator report I'll turn it over to Mr Dy thank you m I will try to be as brief
as possible uh because we already discussed the contract and and some other Park Mobile stuff and affordable housing already but one other thing that I think is important for folks to recognize um are relationships that people build so
uh I had the director of the County Commissioners Tom onone approached me because he wanted to get information and meet with our mayor alosi and that is vitally important because for us as a municipal government
to take care of the services and the needs of the residents having good strong relation relationships with MMO County allows us to provide resources from an organization that's much larger than us that can buy things much cheaper
than us uh whether it's you know asphalt for a Department of Public Works you know some technology stuff for our Police Department uh additional resources it's great to have a good strong relationship no matter what your political affiliation is Democrat
Republican independent it doesn't matter when it comes comes to serving residents so um you know I'm I'm sitting down and meeting with some business administrators that I I I'm getting to know um whether in Neptune City uh or
the deputy city manager in Asbury Park and I have been talking already um but I think it's important for you know uh for me as the business administrator to try to facilit facilitate those relationships on behalf of the municipal government particularly with organizations organizations much larger
than us that have again purchasing power and resources that a small community like this will simply never have um and and and I I know we we already have it on this but you know we have great employees like Joshy here uh who coms to
work every day Department of Public Works literally puts his head down and just works so I think it's important to to recognize those folks individually on occasion also Joshua is a Steelers fan like I am so P Joshua that's all for me
May unless there's any uh questions from the council I have no good stumpers for you today councilman Weber like who's got the most popular Beach Locker locations in town so I apologize for that but I will try to come up with something next time thank you thank you
Mr dhy uh now move to item 13B on the agenda which are mayor and Council reports and councilwoman green butt can I ask you to start sure um so I would just first like to personally thank the municipal workers the police fire and
Ems for the warm welcome they gave the Bradley Beach Elementary School third graders uh last week that when they visited the burrow um it really uh was a display of a strong sense of community and education for the students um and I also want to say how happy I am mayor
that you are here sitting next to me up here on the deis and I think I speak for the whole Community um to just share the gratitude that we all have that your family is healings now so thank you thank you so I'll start with my report I was
also tasked with sharing Jane Den Noble's uh report but um the Arts Council met on February 28th the council has identified a number of potential members they anticipate having all candidates in place by March 15th and hope to bring these appointments to the
mayor by the end of the month the council will also be reaching out to all those who express interest in the Arts Council and organ organize them by Arts interest volunteers will have a supportive role and assist with Arts Council programs the working group will sketch out some ideas for its kickoff
year as a new Arts Council with a scheduled Art Exhibit of Town artists at Posh real estate on June 7th through the 14th this exhibit will be partnered with the Arts Council and the Bradley Beach Alliance Visual Arts Community the vac
and an anticip I ated Performing Arts event during the bbbc Bradley Beach days June 7th and 8th much more to come uh the next meeting of the Arts Council is Friday February 21st at 2m the rec committee has not me met
since our last council meeting so some of my announcements are repetitive the silverball arcade Middle School event will be rescheduled shortly please keep an eye out for updates for those who have registered for radio Bingo it's this Saturday March 8th at 700 p.m. at
the fire hall 8:15 Main Street adjacent to the fire station and behind the Bazi center it's a sold at event so no ticket sales at the door majan continues to meet every Friday at the Bazi center from 1 to 3 open wreck is on Thursdays
and Fridays for kids to come do homework play games get crafty and watch movies after school uh that's Thursdays till 6 p.m. and Fridays till 7:00 p.m. the next senior club meeting is Wednesday March 26 12:30 at the Bazi Center the rec
department will be hosting a monthly Bowling Club 12 uh to begin in April date to be determined but going forward it will run one Wednesday evening per month 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. $10 per person includes shoes and unlimited bowl there
will be a student drop off associated with this this event at the rec center enabling parents an evening out grammar age students can expect movies popcorn fun um all under the supervision of adults summer camp enrollment opens this month resident enrollment opens March
10th and enrollment for non-residents opens March 17th this gives residents a priority enrollment period the camp runs for seven weeks June 30th to August 15th Monday through Friday 9:00 to 300 p.m. please go to the Barrow website homepage
for details and registration the recreation board's next meeting is Monday March 10th 6:30 p.m at the rec center the Fletcher light Commission also has not meant since our last council meeting uh the commission will plan its reorganization meeting this
month and approve its membership and terms as spring approaches the commission anticipates an increase in violators of the ban on electric vehicles on the bridge consequently they've asked that the sign currently on the Bradley side be replaced with the
larger sign which the burrow has agreed to provide in the coming months the bridge will be stained to create a better barrier to protect the natural wood they will select a transparent stain with a low tint color yet to be determined both the Bradley and the Neptune sides are commissioning the
services of Mike Campbell Galaxy geese for the year ahead thanks to our Administration for following up on a resolution to approve the service and payment and to the mayor and counsel for approving it the next commission meeting is scheduled for Thursday March 13 at 6
PM shall I proceed with president president Den Noble's report thank you for your comments thanks uh so this uh uh president uh council president Den noo wanted to share a letter from Dr heidleberg superintendent and principal of Bradley
Elementary School uh and it it reads thank you so much for your H Hospitality today the kids just got back and they were buzzing with excitement about all the wonderful things they experienced during their visit they especially enjoyed touring the Jail receiving their future mayor
stickers and getting the ch to sit on the mayor's seat and use the Gabel each student came up and banged on the Gabel some a little more than others starting up here over there the teachers mentioned that this year you and your team truly went above and beyond we
really appreciate the time and effort you put into making this visit so special thanks again wait so the kids got excited about local government than okay did all the I think the fire truck has something to do with that oh
okay right and the jail so jail think yes very true um shade tree meets tomorrow night at 7M tourism report will be read at the next council meeting and at the February 18th Board of Ed meeting Dr heidleberg discussed shared services
that council president denoy asked me to convey uh he stated shared services allow us to maximize opportunities for growth while being mindful of resources I Dr idleberg wanted to highlight this aspect of our work particularly in light of Friday's
training and recognize our ongoing commitment to these collaborative efforts shared services is always on our mind as it benefits our school and the taxpayers of Bradley Beach he also shared more good news he he indicated that he's pleased to share that Bradley
Beach Elementary School is now a kindness certified school this recognition highlights the ongoing efforts of the students and staff in promoting a culture of kindness uh additionally they've been working with the Bradley Beach Police Department to update drug-free school
zone signs as well as other signage for crosswalks and school safety thank you to the police department for their continued support in keeping our students safe and that concludes president uh council president Den Noble's report thank you
again counil Li sure and I think it is worth saying that the council president did a great job in your absence but we certainly are glad that you were back here um for sure uh so the environmental commission did not meet in this room last night due to an illness and a
previously uh a previous commitment they didn't get a quum so they didn't meet but as I've mentioned they're working on sustainable Jersey the um the application of what they're going to work on for sustainable Jersey or what they're going to try to get points for was due at the end of uh February they
got that in on time so now between well between now and sometime in June they're working to document all the things that they said that they're going for in terms of getting uh sustainable Jersey points to be a sustainable Jersey town and that's where the real work comes in
and as I've said before some we might be calling on parts of town government to help us document this or that that we're doing that uh is sustainable and environmental and we're going to get points for it uh one other thing that the I'm actually helping the environmental commission do is to uh
track down a grant that we got the town got in 2000 at the very end of 2023 I believe um this was a $10,000 Grant to do community energy planning and it was State money but sustainable Jersey sort
of has hand in it or the technical um long story short we got called three quarters of the way through last year and said hey are you guys going to give us a report for the grant and we said what Grant what are you talking about nobody had any idea I couldn't get any answers from anybody in town um finally
actually with our new CFO he jacked it down like that he said oh it got put in the wrong place or categorized wrong so it was kind of maybe hard to find before that but he found it um and we're basically just going to beg the state to let us keep the money and you know give
us another year to actually do the work and get them uh the the planning information that they're looking for in this grant so fingers crossed but that will happen but that's something I'm kind of I wouldn't say dump I have presented to the environmental commission and they're they're going to
help with that um and then uh I'll be doing another round of meetings with DPW and Community Development which I L to and I think we'll do the next round with the administrator I did the first round just just solo but uh I think it's time to bring in the big the big guns and
we'll have the administrator and the department head sit down and we'll do another round of meeting for those very important departments in town and now finally I will read the uh first Aid report but I just realized I'm still getting these reports is should these be
going to Paul or something or is on paper I'm not the on we'll figure that out okay so for the operational period ending today from Mexico for some reason no it's fine that's fine but I I get him anyway um the squad responded to two day
calls and four Night Calls for a total of six calls five were for medical there were no fire calls the squad also welcomes uh our their newest member their newest member emergency medical technician meline dillet we would also like to congratulate member Edward
Hagerman on obtaining his National emergency medical technician certification this bring the squad's total numbers of EMT serving the citizens of Bradley Beach to 11 uh there was one out of town Mutual Aid request for water rescue in Neptune Township and
the squad requested no Mutual aid for the this operational period the squad fulfilled 100% of their assignments for this period uh and as always they're looking for volunteers for the first aid Squad there's free training for qualified individuals anyone wishing to volunteer with the first aid Squad uh
they can find an application on the bur's website and they are accepting applications for their Cadet program which are young people 16 to 18 years of age who want to serve their community and that mayor is my report thank you councilman I also have a report to read
for Mr nowicki um uh Paul nowicki is the Council leaz on to our police department and I'm reading the police department report a resident was arrested in charged with multiple accounts of arson and criminal mischief following a police investigation the accused subject was
linked to setting an intentional fire in Neptune Township early in the day as well as two intentional fires in Bradley Beach a quick response and attention to detail resulted in both fires being ex extinguished prior to any real damage
being done and the accused identified and taken into custody almost immediately a local woman was arrested and charged with hindering apprehension and contempt of court following a field contact for a traffic violation an officer from our can9 unit was deployed
to assist Avon PD on a Narcotics vehicle sniff which resulted in a positive alert the subsequent quent search of the vehicle by Avon PD found suspected cocaine narcotic pills and drug
paraphernalia so our dogs are doing a very good job not only for us but for our neighboring municipalities the police uh the Bradley Beach Police Department arrested two individuals on an active contemp of Court warrants on an active contempt of
court warrant and investigated six motor vehicle accidents since the last council meeting so so thanks goes to uh detective Terry brownie for that report I have a couple of other quick ones silven Lake uh Pauli is the liaison I
served as liaison for five years prior s Lake's got really big uh plans for S Lake that will hopefully ultimately include the dredging of the lake and the restoration of the Lake's Health there was a attack meeting at Tac technical
advisory committee I think is what that stands for um Paul and I both joined that meeting that was about a week ago um and it's an amazing group of very talented expert people a number of
Engineers from different firms um and the biggest challenge is coordinating this group of people all of whom between Avon and Bradley Beach are touching different projects getting them all to work together but that in fact is happening and uh and this Tac meeting
was a great example of that so they plan to move forward forward later this year um uh towards uh increasing opportunities for grant funding developing plants doing some preliminary measuring of contaminants that may or may not still exist in the lake so
there's a lot going on that that group will be reporting into our Sil Lake commission but uh it's just an amazing amount of work going on it uh and they've got they've got the federal government involved they've got the the state agencies involved um Captain Al
maest from the American literal Society is involved uh Jim shishas was I think he was here earlier he's a resident he's involved so it's a really uh amazing group of people helping us um we referenced the third graders uh
in council president Den Noble report they had a blast I want to add in that our uh Representatives not only Council women um green blat and den Noble but um but but I know I'm going to forget somebody but two of them are sitting right well actually Chief you couldn't
attend but Captain brownie did uh basa you had a couple of your guys join so we had police DPW represented we had the re Center represented um Courtney papis we uh like I said I know I was going to forget folks but of course of course
Erica um Amy Hall did a phenomenal job she actually set up little passport so as the kids tour the building they got a little sticker in their little pass Port book for visiting the clerk for visiting for slamming the mayor's gavl and uh and
they the the third graders had a blast so uh it was fun for all of us I think that were here to watch it and you know hopefully we did inspire a little more interest in local government because it's such an important role for um for these for that next Generation to consider playing um you've probably
picked up on the fact we have a lot of Memorial Day projects and planning in place or putting in place um a couple meetings ago we we uh signed a contract or approved a contract for host compliance we want that in place because
those guys are the ones who are going to be monitoring short-term rentals short-term rentals are going to hit hard beginning Memorial Day um you heard us tonight approve Park Mobile but that parking is going to be very impressive uh we have the handicap wheelchair
access points that we're looking at for Cliff Avenue and Evergreen um we are looking at eliminating some of the difficult sight triangles down on Ocean Avenue where the East West streets when you're heading east towards the ocean
and you're looking for oncoming traffic coming from your left coming from the north it's virtually impossible to see so we're probably going to eliminate three or four probably three parking spaces at five or six different
streets net taking out maybe 18 parking spaces but uh in the interest of safety and uh and a more you know U you know a better experience and our beachfront uh we'll be looking at that as well um you
heard Mr Duffy talk about Fallen heris we want that in place by Memorial Day and we do have a memorial day um um committee that's worked on this for a number of years for the parade itself so an awful lot going on over the next three months for Bradley Beach just there I'm going to repeat once again
can't say it enough local 152 and the leadership and not only our employees but the the leadership of the local 152 negotiating team did a phenomenal job thank you again and finally um I I did just want to I just want to say uh thank
you to uh Bradley Beach Community at large the outpouring of of support and prayers my my son was and his wife were injured in an automobile accident bottom line is they were very serious Ines and and yet they're recovering wonderfully
uh miraculously I might say um but the support we got from the community was was uh immeasurable so I said it on Facebook last night I think and I want to say to the folks here on zo but thank you very much for your support that concludes my
comments with that said um we can now open it up to public comments and questions yes Paul Paul CH 4 11 app Avenue I just wanted to let everyone know that the third grade class will be visiting the Bradley Beach
Historical Society at our Museum in bii Center on Wednesday um you're going to be a hard act to follow um we've got to figure out something as exciting as having a passport stamp um find find little
G but U we're looking forward to it and uh they seem to always have a good time um for those of you who don't know that there is a museum in the Yi Center which is probably most of the Town um it's
been largely closed uh since Co and uh we did actually formally open it in January with a reception um and we hope to have it open on a regular basis for training doents and we hope to have it open a few hours
each week down two or three different days and uh in the meantime if anyone would like to see our exhibit of early Bradley Beach and also some of our standing display cases of different
artifacts from our history um you can contact me for a personal tour I will open up the museum for you um we are busy working with a bunch of volunteers to inventory our archives something was
never done um and to set up we have a one room that has not been used for displays in I think probably about 8 years and we hope to have that set up with some U displays later in the year
so more to come on the historical society and the Museum of the diosi center but I'd like everyone to know that it's there and if you'd like to see it contact me thank you PA other comments or
questions that keer 504 Central Avenue here in Bradley I'm serving the town with TS 9 and 10 tonight copies for members absent it should be in order if you could just pass it to them I'm serving the burrow with the T
plan 9 and 10 what I've uncovered while researching what's been hidden for eight years under mayor's Engle stat and fox Administration is a warning let's rewind last year fox sat right here and told us the burrow had approximately 26 bank
accounts the 22 audit flagged that our bank accounts weren't reconciled monthly I op requested the list and what I got was a three-page list from the CFO titled cash reconciliation December 31st 2023 it showed not 26 accounts but 53
double what we were told across three Banks totaling $10.7 million so I overed a detailed list of what each bank account was used for the response the borrow doesn't maintain a list no list for 53 bank accounts I pushed further
requested to review the financial ledgers at Barrow Hall supervised um Mr Canon denied my requests planning Oprah doesn't allow citizens to inspect the finance office except I didn't ask to rumage through desks or file cabinets I asked to
examine the ledgers and finance records the citizens guide to over is crystal clear those are public documents and should be immediately accessible for inspection then there's the construction permits and fair share Housing Trust accounts and missing fees iopa requested
new build permits from 2017 to 24 to calculate what should have been collected in fees for fair share housing the response we don't maintain list you have to request a specific address no tally permits no record of growth for the last eight years they couldn't grab
a $1 notebook from the dollar store and jot down an address dat and permit number and add it up at the end of each month to get a yearly total it's not hard unless you don't want to track it a burrow that's been a burrow that can't report its own development statistics that's not in competence that's shady I
am of the belief that the fees were collected but not deposited into the Burrow's coference just think about every new build every renovation that's literally hundreds of projects over eight years just one example a building on Main Street had a 3.5 renovation
million doll renovation at 2.5% that should have been $887,500 in our account and that's just one project why do I believe this because I discovered that the burrow went through the complex process of passing ordinances resolutions and paying to have a housing
element and fair share plan prepared for the bar planning board by professional planner the document was signed and sealed in September of 2016 in accordance with the State Board of Professional planners and all that was left to do was open the trust account and start collecting the fees according to our state's obligation and consistent
with and in compliance with borrow ordinances but for eight years not one construction official attorney CFO business administrator or clerk questioned why we weren't collecting these fees to the tune of millions of dollars there must be an investigation to determine if the were secret deals made under the table if they took less
money in exchange for collecting the whole fee and pocketed the cash themselves oh and one more thing I over requested emails between Fox DeMarco and farach about tnm drafting the RFP for the church demolition as Canon and costus revealed on January 21st in their
private conversation tied toward s the reply too many emails they need a 37-day extension for Canon to review and redact redact what these aren't State Secrets they're public records about a demolition unless there's something to hide there is more there this is a move
right out of Bernstein's Playbook I've got a news flash for Mr Cannon when the authorities come knocking redactions won't be an option so here we are hundreds of thousands of dollars unaccounted for during Fox's tenure 53 Mi mystery bank accounts the borrow
hasn't reconciled still no 23 audit Co money still unaccounted for no construction permits no fair share housing fees collected for8 years estimated to be $2 million of 37-day extension of an opah request for emails with redaction was decided upon by one
of the remaining Fox administrating Administration officials who implicated himself in one of Fox's many criminal acts this isn't mismanagement it's a disturbing patter of criminal behavior and it's too big to be dismissed there's a mo of means and opportunity and overwhelming evidence to support
probable cause this didn't happen in a vacuum it span eight years and two Mayors I'm demanding answers I've involved the authorities were actively invest investigating these irregularities I forwarded them evidence including evasive responses I've received regarding my open requests
attempting to get to the Botts of these issues as things continue to be uncovered it appears I was correct when I said that I believe that there was a criminal Network operating within our borrow that there was racketeering embezzlement and Rico crimes being committed however it appears to have started well before Larry Fox and some
of the co-conspirators are still employed by the borrow but hopefully not for much longer thank you I appreciate you for that can I add something to that just just so everybody knows and yeah we know the the fee has been in place since 2017 I think for the
affordable housing fee there was one other step that I became aware of that we had to get that the the ordinance itself with the to collect the fee approved by the court and that actually took some time um you know I don't know exactly but that's I think the last
mayor kicked that off and it took some time and it's finally approved so much as I I would like the clock to go back to 2017 and we could have been collecting those fees since then there was still another step that the courts had to say yes we approve your B ordinance and then we could start
collecting and that seemed to take a year or two or something along this line uh and then one other thing the attorneys have to they have to review every Oprah to redact it doesn't matter it has nothing to do with they just that's why it's expensive when people Goose so um it's just a step every
everybody every open request goes to an attorney for redaction it may not get redacted but everyone goes so just move on was there a question in the back Jim did you have one or comment20 Mammoth I wasn't sure about
the uh elimination of parking Street where where that was occur the parking spots where that was occurring I don't have the specific streets but I can describe it and you could easily figure it out oce along ocean all on Ocean Avenue the
west side it's yeah so it's because of our Inland I would think we can consider four-way stops because even Inland or some okay that specific comment though we we've hired a bakan and they are making recommendations to us to improve
the side triangles on there are certain streets that are westbound only like Newark that that's fine but anything that's eastbound um is likely to have obscured view of the traffic coming from the north and I think there's six of those
streets five or six of those streets so they're going to give us their recommendations but it's all on Ocean a uh there is one obscure U triangle or threeway leaving ring Boulevard uh the Northbound side off
often oversized Vehicles very hard to get out make left turn without southbound traffic uh that's a bad sine that that will be one especially when oversiz Bradley Boulevard pulling onto ocean you're
saying no Bradley bouevard Ping On to main onto Main yeah TR probably this first effort is uh is focused on Ocean but we have site triangle prise you're right all over
town uh so we will continue to evaluate those as we go but this first pass Memorial Day coming up we're doing all this other work uh pickup and drop offs for handicap handicap showers so forth um we thought it was a good time if we're going to be repainting some of the
striping to take out some of the the obstacles for uh for our vision thank you okay thanks any other comments or questions oh yes to Fourth Avenue just related to the
traffic and the bad sight line I think it's Madison that when I'm driving South it look there should be four-way stop signs but it looks like they someone crossed out on the signs the stop sign itself there's
nothing it doesn't say four away it's just a stop sign but yet it's a four-way intersection Madison I think it's Madison going South it's not going to be a four-way because there's Madison's a one way right oh three the threeway is
crossed out right but yet it is a three way so I just find it odd when I'm driving down they're like why is that blocked out it was originally on the sign but it seems like someone yeah what's the cross street do you know no
just I just north end of town center of town south end just roughly oh on the north end it's just as I'm approaching Fourth Avenue from the north it's a couple of them that it's just blocked out and they are threeway so it's just
confusing to to me as the driver I'm like well there a stop sign and I see there's a stop sign I have to look at it doesn't tell me that there's threeway even though there is maybe it's my imagination but I swear seen this well over the last year yeah well our
supervisor of DPW has tell me that that we will look into just it's just notice okay thank you any other questions or comments all right well in that case uh we have no executive session item 15 so we are at adjournment
I make a motion to adjourn all in favor I meeting adjourned thanks everyone