this is two never SE am your [Music] call this meeting to order uh please rise for the pleasure me to flag the United States of America
and to the for it stands Nation God indivisible liy and justice for all announced that the 48h hour notice is required under the open public meetings Act is emailed to the asur par 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 Mr Noble here uh miss greenl here Mr NWI excused Mr Weber here mayor koszi
here thank you Erica so let me just warn everyone uh as we begin the evening uh our agenda is going to be a little little Topsy turby tonight uh if anyone's actually following the agenda I warned our uh our
Council uh 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 the wiki 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 uh first and foremost I want to get
into section five of our agenda which is presentations and bids and I'd like to introduce U people I consider to be our honored guests from U Kaza MMO County ly patussi is the executive director of
Casa and of M County and and Casa stands for court appointed special Advocates I was introduced somewhat unexpect i l to this organization I honestly knew very little about you in fact forline 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 C so Lynn can I ask you to give us a presentation good evening thank you for
having us my name is Lyn pesi and I'm KAS executive director with me tonight is Janine Hernandez she's our director of Community Development we here to talk about our program Casa Kasa stands for court appointed special Advocate we are a nonprofit that started 20 years ago
Kasa is Nationwide and each program throughout the country for abused and neged children and foster kids 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 Mamas 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 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 needs remain a priority CA visits it 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 c d makes recommendations to the judge at each court hearing a what is in the best interest of the child they are the child's voice Casta volunteers are a 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 Kasa Kasa show up no matter what each and every month C stay with each case until it is closed and the child place in a safe permanent home for many of youed children their C of 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 a few 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's security blanket of course the children they don't have mommy or daddy to reach them at night instead their cost of volunteer is their security blanket shows up for them each and every month this is how important our Cass of volunteers are to these children my Cass
my class of child Josie is in her second for the 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 sand offish her God was way up and her self-esteem was way down after a
couple of visits I brought a deck of mindful exercise C with me to build our relationship and to build up her self-esteem Joie 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 deep 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 she said she wanted to do the exercise when she hugged me I could actually feel her melt into my arms and I could feel how much she had began to trust me I asked how she felt and she
said she loved the exercise and it felt good when the holidays came around and I brought jie her gift 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 at this is the
impact our our program makes to these children living across the care another KAS child Johnny is 12 years old he is in his third fora home and has experienced physical abuse when his CLE showed up at his new fora home after he had been moved Johnny ran up to her and
said you found me this is what we mean when we stable adults in these 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 the C program our goal is to serve all the children in Mammoth County who need a casa volunteer by their side we can't do this without your support please consider sharing the word about Casa or attending one of our events we rely heavily on fundraising to sustain our program our 20th anniversary
Gall is coming up on THS April 3rd at the Shadow Brook and shes B we have some invitations if if you would like um we also hold a go 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 are interested in
becoming uh 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 CA volunteers Advocates Joe alanes is a resident of Bradley and he would like to share his
experience and what cost means to him thank you thank you I'll keep it short I know there's a lot on but um it's a great experience um I'm in a year and have a case for year I started 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 the child's life um The Advocate and they listen to you we have court sessions with the judge case there from Child Protection and all services provided and
your job is to uh listen to those individuals meet with them on zoom in in person monthly or every other month and to find out what's going on with this job 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 r that call that judge expect you to stand up for that child it's been very and I've done a bunch of different type of volunteers and I'm on the L which I
enjoy you know participating with events in town I've done T and neighborhoods that require that kind of assistance but this is great so we are looking for volunteers I I won't deny that so there anybody or spread the word if you got
some time it's about maybe I don't know eight hours a month it's not a lot uh making calls checking up on the child giving to his patient andca to those agencies are looking for services so it's a great thing these ladies are
fantastic I'm glad thank you very much ER you do have a certificate or two um we have another Resident cathine C was she able to join us toight cathine stand up and take a bath we put together a couple of quick
little certificates of appreciation both for for the two of you Joe and Catherine so would you mind stepping up here one more time oh the mayor and Council recognize your volunteering time and effort with Kasa of man County thanks to volunteers like
you uh our burrow has dedicated and caring citizens oh thanks thanks and cther this one's for you absolutely I have a feeling it's his the
same right so bough Bradley Beach Katherine Clifford the mayor and Council recognizes your volunteering time and effort with Kasa of M County thanks to volunteers like you our buau has dedicated and caring citizens March 4th
2025 thank you very much thank you you can put that together I take it apart okay problem thank you thank you sure absolutely again we just wanted to take a moment to highlight the the wonderful work that
organization is doing and especially to recognize 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 you can step down here one more time Michael's going to make the Pres by the way ladies and gentlemen Michael Rosenberg is the head of our lifeguards how's everyone doing so Pete looi uh he's been in
Bradley for much longer than I've been alive um known him forever he has been the honorary starter for the Bradley beach lifegard tournament for how many years would you say I would say since 2009 okay I thought it was even more um
and also P has 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 brother lifeguards um and he's continuing to give us monetary um gifts each year and we can
be I mean we are just so happy and this is just a little token of our appreciation to you and there you go I thank you very much Happ give to the life guards as
uh it's my pleasure and uh I'm glad to get to 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 thank you Pete and Mike thank you 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 denovo who was sick and I spoke to about a half an hour ago and the conversation took twice as long as normal because there was a lot of coughing I had to pause for it but she graciously offered to join the beginning of our meeting so we could
move uh a vote up early a very important vote uh for the for the burough to authorize this the expense of uh uh operating expense of $150,000 we'll describe the work later but because it's an emergency
authorization we need U 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 move up the vote on our uh 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 U 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 this the temporary budget resolution the individual resolution 202-1184 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 uh handicap pickup and drop off areas at two of our
beaches um uh building handicap lockers for uh wheelchair bound individuals purchasing MIM mats and we'll about this over time uh Mob mats that are extra wide our current mob Mets are 4T wide uh
these will be 10t wide to accommodate Wheelchairs and and make sure that folks don't run the risk of running off the the current narrow m m 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 plate readers to help us uh identify the status of people parking on Ocean F uh under a new program we'll have there uh Park Mobile so the reason
for the Emergency is because we're running out of time before between here and more of it so we'd like to get this done this evening so with that said I I'd make a motion that we uh that we approve resolution 2025
114 second Mr Noble yes M greenl yes Mr nki Excuse Mr Weber yes mayor gzi yes uh council president feel free to leave any time you'd like I think you wanted to 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 U related to the the council's approval of theou with our
local 152 unit is there a second second Mr Noble yes M greenl yes Mr nki excused Mr Weber yes mayor gzi 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 ra ify uh the the agreement that have 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 uh make comments discuss this some of our Union employees who are here 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 oh sure I have to ask a question and first thanks for the the DPW folks and dispatch that are here some time 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 I'm pointing to you but everybody out there too in like two months did anything even close to that like you know do you have any idea where that kind of V came
from mat Matt I'm looking at you if you know I'm looking at you oh I didn't know you looking me I was giving you credit for you know getting this across a Finish Line with the mayor well no it was it was the mayor's doing I mean I 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 teamers with as 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 Cent is is really atrocious uh but it's a testament to uh to to Mayor duosi 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 Ians blue collar and white collar mixed together um so so uh it may sound like we're saying a lot but may gitos 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 coun we for the last two years well thank you both are you still are you for a second did we do that yet uh no but U 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 202- 1112 authorizing a memorandum of agreement between the buau and UFCW loal 152
second Mr Noble you know I'm sticking around for this one we've been waiting for a long long time and I want to first of all thank the residents for all your support I want to thank the local 152 for your
patience and I want to really have a big thank you for our mayor hosi and our acting VA Matt Dy and our labor attorney Alan Roth for your speedy and effective work and getting this contract settled
and approved and I vote Yes Miss RTO on everything J just said Mr nki Excuse Mr Weber I thank the people in the room but it just it occurred to me there's 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 signs guys get to people want to toss them they can toss them it I will vote Yes mayor
Ki I 100% vote Yes this was far too long incoming 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 WTH is Alan here tonight am I miss him okay he said he was going to try to make it um but our relatively small team worked really closely
together and uh and pulled 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 uh our employes is a 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 set scales for salaries and wages uh we will be providing some retro 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 brought our labor attorney
let the record show has just enter the room and Al I was just compl complimenting you as well as Mr dhy uh for representing the burough 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 right dispatcher Brownie and I'm the B employee council and mayor I would like to express the Gratitude of the local W2 and members for fulfilling your promise of completing our contract the care that
you was given and displayed was unprecedented we were seen heard and given the utmost respect by all of you up on the dasas 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 RAB each I cannot thank you all enough for your support I also want to thank the negotiation team each one of
you cared so very much about every member of the Union mayor gubitosi thank you so much ba dhy thank you so much Alan R thank you so much I am so proud
proud to be a member of your Workforce and will continue to serve the burough 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 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 with 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 um when we were at odds with
the previous administration you guys stood with us and we appreciate that and then you follow through him 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 of 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 lawn signs that the town's 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 special thanks to the negotiating committee so we got Michelle Wy who's a deputy clerk we got Mike mcor from public works and we got Nicole brownie from dispatch 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 a congratulations thank you appreciate 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 it a lot easier go forward any other questions or comments thank you thank you
than 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 thank you for joining us thank you okay we have three workshops scheduled for this evening under section three uh the first one is must of work on more of a a brief update from our business administrator mat on Fair Share housing oh on Fair Share housing which
we just discussed so uh I um 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 had a chance to uh talk with our planner Jen Bean she will be here in person to talk with the mayor and counsel and answer any questions 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 and research the total number of required
units that Bradley Beach must provide is negative five 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 some talk about the number 64 uh the accurate number is5 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 Nega five Matt is it's kind of accurate to say that to get to that Nega five number because it's kind of mindblowing are 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 getting to a negative number so it's not like no affordable housing is going to get built because we're at negative 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 taken into account what's existing and also what is planned and the available space in the B well yeah so there's something that's been referred to in the past as you may have heard is a vacant lot adjustment uh
as you can imagine in Brey Beach like my town of Belmar there's not a whole lot of developable land um and that gets factored into the calculation of well again to get into more detail is really the best thing to have the professional planner come who's been working for the
burrow for several years now uh knows the pan well um and she could better explain it and also better answer questions uh from the public if I could um mayor Mas for a moment please so I just want to follow
up on what the ba said I don't and I no want to still J Thunder next week with the the nitty-gritty investigation but the two big upshots are tonight there's planed 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 in the rain and the burrow could um realize the full value of the property which is obviously we've been chasing for a while thank 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 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 bills that would follow and then contribute still more taxpayer dollars in terms of uh uh tax uh reductions so the burrow would
have to give you know tax concessions on that property so all in probably would have cost the burrow taxpayers uh 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 uh 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 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 was set up and have just recently
activated but 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 new and can't wait to have Jen be join us in
two weeks to share more information as we go forward thank you Matt U 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' 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 have done and what rather 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 Mar May so so Duff 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 bra and the mayor says I only have five minutes and Bill if you need seven feel
free I'll take it I'm going to give everyone a packet unal clerk you're an important person thank you ba definitely important they run the towns thank you sir Police Department chief yes sir I
was police for 40 Years sir you looking forward and Al has it pack I piss out the package prob who who was Bill Duffy I'm Bill Duffy who's this guy who lived in Clark New Jersey up Union County his whole life moved to Brick in 2012 and now he's here at the Bradley
Beach council meeting uh giving us suggestions on how to better honor Bradley Beach's of 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 when I read it 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 ER veteran 68 to 71 I served in
Korea from the DMZ in 6970 in artillery unit uh we we looked across at the North Koreans they looked across at us at the 38th parallel 10 GIS died the year I was there in' 6970 they would try to infiltrate under 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 here tonight we live in Freedom because they died fighting our enemy um 1.5 million
Americans have gone off the war since the re 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 uh one
until Afghanistan so I moved to uh I did a little of research up my hometown of Clark uh 21 Fall Euros I had the town pass n in the '90s at all new streets in Clark would be dedicated in name to the Clark for EUR I've done all the research
on 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 memorial and that needed some tender loving care so mayor Ducey appointed a committee we raised $20,000 in 4 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 oil so we did the war oil we got got their names on there so what's after bricks then I the Lavalette and they L's
got a beautiful War oil on the bay but there C there's some towns that didn't have War oils so I first all I do was bayhead bad didn't have a war Mo well maybe they don't have any forign Heroes no they have five uh three from World War II and two from Vietnam and one from
Korea uh Lavalette man Lan Point Pleasant Beach has 17 fallen heroes no water moil and I don't go knock at the door City Hall and talk to somebody at the front desk I go 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 Point Pleasant burrow nine fallen heroes no water oil 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 town that's why they didn't have War oils so we got together with the mayor
and the council appropriated the money so in 2020 3 uh on M Day weekend we did the Bay Head we did Beach and the burrow and uh last year uh so now we after that over to Briel Bridge uh B's got a beautiful War World
Mason's got a beautiful moral but I get all the names of the fallers and I do all their research how they died when they died where they died what unit they were with where they grew up in those T those towns so last year seagar seagar's got five fallen heroes included a female for World War II so with the mayor and
the council and uh we dedicated the seagert war o so now I'm continuing um manisan got beautiful waren oil then it was uh Spring Lake Spring Lake Heights they got beautiful waren oils but I took got their names
and did all the research then it was uh Belmore Belmore has what is known as the Belmore 4 four Belmar residents at 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 by see they got a nice war memorial took the names off the memorial and did all the research and what I do
is I I got over at least 200 fallen heroes now and on the day of their anniversaries I place them on my Facebook page and I'll share them to individual towns uh like preser and Bradley Beach I put them on there and uh so what's next Bradley Beach so my
daughter is a teacher at Mount School 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 names of Bradley Beach war memorial 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 us actually walk up to that to see his memorial I think that's should not be that way so then I posted posted the Bradley
Beach news and that's when uh Al mayor should call Mayor right and that's when 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 the packet there after the newspaper article that's the World War II Memorial by the softball field right at top it says dedicated Veterans Memorial Field and down the bottom with
the red arrow that's Melnick Memorial according to Paul from the Valley Beach historical society when melck died in the late 60s they did do a memorial on the beach area and in the late 60s I had the newspaper article from Asbury Park Press and a North
Easter came through right fall early 90s and it destroyed everything so what they did is they moved melnick's Memorial over to the softball field right the next one picture is Riley Park you've got a beautiful world war war memorial there I it's actually
beautiful I I did my resurch IND case 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 20x 30
brass and bronze Boulder put into a 3 ton Boulder and I think they'll actually gorgeous my suggest here at Bradley Beach obviously you got to lead the W War II Memorial by a softball field because it's dedicated to veteran Shield but let's let's my suggestion let's get
a 20 by3 brass plaque with the World War II names Lieutenant melik's names and anyone else who's who's has a Bradley Beach connection and put on a boulder and put it over by the wart woman Memorial maying 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 that's that's wrong that's wrong so I think by moving the Boulder and the plaque with the World War II guys melic and anyone else put it in that Raleigh
Park and you can do your whole Memorial Day Ser Services there and the last one when I do all the research on the fallen heroes this is most important is this brochure
this brochure this brings them back to life for a little bit on more of Day weekend it gives them a voice this is Brick's uh brochure it's I just updated the brick BFW which on noero uh paid for this and it's uh a little bit on their
bios who what when were how and why they died where they live 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 Raleigh 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 be and uh that's my suggestion any questions yeah let's let's start with questions from the council
John 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 Al was so passionate about
this last year so thank you I to have been briefed by by mayor this and very much appreciate you know your interest it's a labor love it's a passion uh I just I love American history especially military history and uh I just absolutely love it and if I can enhance
the fallen heroes in the other towns to make it even better for the fallen heroes uh that 1.5 billion 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 soldiers in Russia died that's that's something and out that 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 what is true well do let's open it up to the public any questions for Mr D yes sir sir do you have a website that list the memorials and where they are no
I do not I that's a goal of mine you have a list get list of what sir of of where they are so I'm not familiar with the other Town memorials I know Neptune has a great yeah they have one on 71 Neptune is gorgeous though NE I can
do that yeah um get us a list I'd love to see and ride around and see them I mean some of them are grand and I'm here to help the business administrator the council uh 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 one Memorial uh Arthur G yeah and I I for the Historical Society I had put together a little uh summary of Arthur G
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 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 CAU me dff was when you said you
should bring these all together solid it be make it easier for you yeah it's better the question Ry Park is gorgeous in Bry Beach I think it's gorgeous it's gorgeous but the question you asked what you asked again tonight do we walk down to you know uh the World War II guys or
Mel them and we don't and we we should and uh the plan over the next few 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 home there's other dnbs die non battle wounded in action maybe di three
months later in a hospital uh suicides uh accidents Jeep tanks fall over uh and service accidental and uh not everyone's a k there's different types of deaths there's different types of deaths I one of 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 not
exactly sure where they're starting but ending up at there BFW like a five or six block thing and he reached out to me just because he wants to get as many Vietnam Vats from the area uh involved in this and then of course it's a pra so we need people to be on the sidelines
watching I put him in touch with Bill shuck who I'm actually shocked is not here because he's a regular Council guard 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 Lane said he was going to give a f 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 get it out I salute you all
thank you thank you thank you just make a quick announcement uh councilwoman Z Noble asked me to inform everybody she's leaving the the zoom meeting thank you Erica okay yes good night everybody BR work thank you Jane
thank you what 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 of Park mobile this is basically a cashless way to pay for
parking up on the beach front um uh 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 uh it's an app on your phone uh that you know many people are already familiar
with um the nice thing is uh 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 open the class one doesn't write you a parking ticket uh before it expires uh so it
gives you an opportunity to um to to pay the parking as opposed to paying a parking ticket uh it's kind of pulling um some of the parts of Bradley Beach into the 21st century a bit getting away from the cash and the coins uh of the
past and um making the beachfront or starting to make the beachfront a little more cashless um it's great for AR you our CFO loves it uh anyone in finance will always love automated things over over cash uh
transactions and we also have uh I'll call it an aging uh meter infrastructure um a lot of the the machines we have on the beach right now are showing SS of rust some have already had to be replaced U the screens are
fading from the intense Sun so you can't always see what you know what you're trying to you know sign up for um so we're also at a at kind of a point in time where we have to decide to start to invest in upgrading what we have today
but that's relatively 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 better technology so that's the direction we're going there
will be some Growing Pains uh you know as mayor and counsel 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 download an app um
but towns all around us use part 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 brother Beach hold on um we are going to take questions in a minute just B business any other questions though specifically 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
asber does does um does Belmar I'm not really sure uh no no belm they have they've had this in place for a number of years a couple years now yeah particularly um um it really became popular during co uh just the less
interaction with 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 sign and make it look unattractive so that'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 won't resolve it tonight it could be challenging for example setting up a certain area that had cash meters but you can only use that if you can't download app the logistics of it could be challenging to figure out so part of
me my 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 be first and uh and and communicate the heck out of it so residents and visitors just understand
we 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 have to understand 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 to go in that direction okay I'm G to do something again I warned you all a little unusual in that uh we have right now A you know the next item on our agenda closing
closing the workshop and looking no more questions U would be for the council to vote on part mobile but I realized we'll 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 2025 uh as I'll make a separate motion at
that point to move it to individual resolutions so right now the motion is let's move to approval of minutes item seven on the agenda and uh take from there oh uh Mr Noble excused M greenl
yes Mr noi excused Mr Weber yes mayor buos 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 M greenlet yes Mr Weber yes Mr nki excused uh mayor
gain okay uh item number eight on our agenda is public comments or questions pertaining to agenda items only for oh you did that cover both yes yes yes you cover both you're good
okay so um are there public comments or questions on any agenda items yes M Mullen 302 4th Avenue um I'm my JW dropped with the affordable housing discussion this evening Kudos thank you
and I just wanted to remind you that that was a big issue during the mayor 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 blur 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 at the last election with the mayor they don't participate in in the detail of what a lot of us in this room do I just wanted to ask you if you can do something in the newsletter we can ask you maybe we
give her a little Yeah just something to to highlight that you know it's the negative five or something that makes it a very positive because people were very there were people upset about that during the 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 it's just yeah it's just a positive thing for the town where people are worried about it and there's no need to worry anymore that's what I'm seeing so thank you thank you
[Music] question Nancy m o par Condominiums um resolution 2025 d17 it would be really helpful I think and maybe it's on the website but we're
not going to get into that right now if there could be some sort of fee schedule that we could see that exists for you know what we charge for different kinds of permits I don't mean the building permits I mean the special event permits with the you know pass
throughs in the who has to pay who doesn't have to pay um you know what do We Rent Out toachi Courts for for six hours $300 $300 and is that what we is that let's say 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 we we jumped it from 300 to 600 no no they paid 300 last year also oh okay so it's so that's a $300 thing yeah
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 because it you know I've said it before all of these things cost the burrow money um which well I'll save that for next month
thank you thank you yes I mean just she went to a Fourth 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 Brinley so please remove that
machine from the area also the bot courts when they have tournaments do they is there a f associated with that do we generate any any any in from the B courts I think you were just saying that's the only one that's the only one
and they do it as a fundraiser just the food pantry 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 I only know the food pantry does one every year for their organization so if it's through
Recreation I'm I don't think people paying a fee it's it's not always tournaments it's just Recreation play they used to have that regular but it would not surprise me if some people because they have nice courts they just show up with their own a equipment and
play and not paying for anything well I just I just know that I thought I saw many tournaments during the course of the summer and should they be free if it's a
tournament let's say if there's a tournament for paddle bow or anything else do they get it's a good question I recall there was a tournament that paid the burough 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 locals that that organiz and who maintains I know I see volunteers out there but does Public Works yes they they're using man hours to maintain the
courts it's it's a question of 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 there a way we could isolate people to charge them the Fe when they go to the playground it's
Recreation and it's family and there's no thing you I can't but a lot of families play bball well that I'm not complaining of 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 fee
associated with that we we will look into it 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 to TI to the b ball cours for a certain amount of time a certain number of hours then you got to pay as opposed
to like for hour I'm not I I I feel as though if a family wants to go out there and play B they should be allowed to do that my my issue is when you have an organized
group or an organized tournament there should be some type of thee associated with that's just my own personal we're not aware of organized tournaments coming in so we have to identify them set a policy okay and okay
I think volleyball also don't we have volleyball tournaments that that's volleyball Clinic that's a company or they pay Fe yeah that's they have a concession license okay but therefore it's generating income on some level for the
burough correct which is a good thing and yes and it's compensating for whatever Manpower that we have to use agree okay thank you thank you [Music]
Mr Thomas jco and 612 Third Avenue mayor with regard 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 that was about a $75,000 Improvement and we were told we're going to get all this money back because we're going to charge for tournaments now I guess it was politicians speak because I haven't seen where we made any money from so these
previous speakes are not incorrect I 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 video tape and that's what transpired uh there's no reason our facility should just be used for free and uh they're
they're 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 Pi 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 the comment but I'd like to make a motion now to move Mr nki Excuse Mr Weber yes mayor gboi yes okay next section of the agenda
ordinances introduction we have on the agenda ordinance 2025 D1 which basically was focused on uh increasing our fees for um for violations and uh we came right down to
the wire we are still tweaking that working with the court so we are not ready tonight yet to introduce it plan will definitely be introduced in two weeks but for now I'm going to make a motion that we table uh the introduction of this ordinance
2025 second Mr Noble excuse M 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 they they've long been
um okay Mr nii Excuse Mr Weber yes mayor gesi yes uh next is adoption of ordinance 2025-the Locker rentals uh because this is an adoption we'll entertain uh public
comment if there is any actually to make a motion i' like to make a motion to entertain public comment if there is any second Mr Noble excuse M green yes um Mr n excuse Mr
Weber yes mayor G yes so is there public comment or questions did you say ah had to come up here yes yes yes okay sorry you have to say where you live loud me I'm 302 4th Avenue I 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 this we to Poli each other I guess we have secret
ways like how do you that so in the lease it says that you read that you cannot suas your locker all we're doing is putting that into the ordinance oh cleaning up paperwork that you can't really enforce
any uh somebody I got this lock 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 times stumble across that
we punch these people yeah we have to avoid the contract I just I should report people any other public okay I motion have oppose public comment and adopt ordinance
202-10 Mr Noble excuse M yes Mr excuse Mr Weber yes mayor gzi 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 perhaps specifically me the mayor just received a letter from the board of County Commissioners that there's going to be um over time renovation stun to this
strip of uh 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 U and they're going through a fairly lengthy process
the process begins with u what do they call it it's uh preliminary engineering then it'll move to final engineer final design rather and then final engineering so the first phase is kicking off with a
meeting on March 10th u a few days away right week away and U it'll be 5 to 7 p.m. Neptune City Community Center that is 117 Third Avenue of Neptune City so
anyone who's interested I just want to make sure our residents at least made aware uh once again it's it's to shrink the width of that road and it's uh March 10th 5 to 7: p.m. Neptune Community Center can I share some of the elements
that they're going to be looking at because this affects many of us 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 4th Avenue not sure what kind of signal that is if
they talk about a new signal because there's not an existing red light 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 question I'm recognizing you so yes please 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 AR I'm I'm sorry but I just
um 4th 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 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 Court and and I I would also recommend this is a public meeting that's taking place on March 10th it's a public information session it res are welcome to attend I would is it possible is it going to be on Zoom at
all I don't that is there a way that we could find it just says in person okay it's next Monday okay to thank you okay no other questions or comments on that uh we'll go back to the agenda
uh resolutions and consent agenda resolutions in particular uh before we vote are there any items you want to consider disc voting on Sear okay with that said I'll make a motion that we approve consent agenda
resolutions 2025171327 and I want to make sure ER where did you bring forward- 95 is that at the end I mean 98 you can do it now if you want you you moved it to individuals you can do it let's do it now just ear okay for
U resolution 2025 98 approving the contract with Park Mobile LLC and make a motion that we uh approve this resolution Mr Noble excuse M greenl yes Mr n excuse Mr Weber yes mayor G
yes um item 112 we already moved up and voted U individual resolution 113 is the public sale of surplus property consisting of certain artifacts and other it in the burough former Church property at 319 L Avenue um Miss Den
Noble is spearheading a lot of this work and U Mr Weber is unable to V he has to recuse himself uh and I spoke with council president denovo earlier today there are still a couple things she's trying to twe so for all these reasons I
make a motion that we table 2025 d113 I second um Mr Noble excuse M greenl yes Mr Wiki excuse Mr Weber I can I vote to
table an ordinance about the church John I ask this question and the answer is it won't matter you should just abstain so I'll obain I just want to make sure okay so I will abstain but thank you you're welcome apparently the the
voting members rule so if we tie here sh I have no idea what we do Che yes okay okay item uh individual resolution 2025 D14 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 M greenl yes Mr nowicki Excuse Mr Weber yes mayor gzi yes 202- 1116 I make a
motion to approve the approval of a lean Redemption refund for 113 Line app in the amount of $2,569 21 Mr Noble excuse M rlap yes Mr NWI excuse Mr Weber yes mayor gub
yes let's see 202- 1117 author I make a motion to approve the authorization of the payment of $2,500 to Galaxy geese for goose control services at fler Lake Mr Noble Excuse miss green uh I say
yes and emphatically yes as a lect l commission Theon Mr n excuse Mr Weber yes mayor G yes 202- 1118 bill is for March 4th 2025 make a motion to
approve second Mr no excused M greenl yes Mr nii excus Mr Weber yes mayor GB 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 D thank you m I will try to be as brief as possible um because we already discussed the contract and and some other Park Mobile stuff uh and affordable housing
already but one other thing that I think important for folks to recognize um uh our relationships that people build so uh I had the uh director of the County Commissioners Tom on approach because he wanted to get information and meet with
our mayor alos 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 relationships with m
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 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 a business administrator to try to
facilit those facilitate those relationships on behalf of the municipal government particularly with organizations organizations much larger than us that have again purchasing 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 Joshua here uh who comes to work every day uh 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 kudos to Joshua but that's all for me mayor unless there's any questions from the council I have no good stumpers for you today councilman Weber like uh who's got the most popular Beach Locker uh locations in town so I
apologize for that but I will try to come up with something next time thank you all thank you Mr D uh now move to item 13B on the agenda which are mayor and Council reports and councilwoman GRE ask you sure um so I would just first
like to personally thank the municipal workers the flee fire and Ems for the warm welcome they gave to Bradley Beach Elementary School third graders uh last week when they visited the Barrow 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 healing now so
thank [Applause] you um so I'll start with my report I was also tasked with sharing Jane Den'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 anticipated 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 2 p.m the rec committee has not me met since our last council meeting so some of my announcements are repetitive the silver ball 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 Main Street adjacent to the fire station and behind the VII 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 6:00 p.m and Fridays till 7 P.M the next senior
club meeting is Wednesday March 26th 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 fund 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 7 weeks June 30th to August 15th Monday
through Friday 9: to 300 p.m. please go to the bar website homepage for details and registration the recreation board's next meeting is Monday March 10th 6:30 p.m. at the rep Center the Fletcher light commission also has not me 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 a 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 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 councel for approving it the next
commission meeting is scheduled for Thursday March 13th at 6 p.m. shall I proceed with president president doy's report thank you for your comments uh so this uh uh president uh council
president denoble 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 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 chance to sit on the mayor's seat and use the gab each student came up and banged on
the Gabel some a little more than others were starting up here 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 okay just check I think the fire truck has something to do with oh fire truck okay right the jail so jail yes um shade tree meets tomorrow night at 700 p.m. 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 heidleberg 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 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 do Noble's report thank you again sure and I think it is worth saying that the council president great
job in your absence but we certainly aren't glad that you 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 make 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 a 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 um 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 2 at the very end of 2023 I believe um this was a $10,000 Grant to do community energy planning and it State money but sustainable Jersey sort of hand in it or the technical uh 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 we said what Grant what are you talk nobody had any idea I couldn't get any answers from anybody in town um finally 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 made be 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 this gr so fingers crossed but that will happen but that's something I'm kind of I wouldn't say dumped 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 to and 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 this reports is should these be going to Paul or something or cuz on on paper I'm not the 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 just I get anyway um the squad responded to two day calls and four Night Calls for total of six calls five were for medical there
were no fire calls thead also welcomes uh our their newest member the 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 brings the
squad's total numbers of the Mt 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 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 br'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 n u Paul N is
the council Le on to our police department and I'm reading the police department report a resident was arrested in charge 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 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 K9 unit was deployed to assist Avon PD on a Narcotics vehicle
sniff which resulted in a positive alert the subsequent 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 contemp of Court warrant and investigated six motor
vehicle accidents since the last council meeting so thanks goes to detective Terry brownie for that report I have a couple of other quick ones silen Lake uh pawi is the liaison I served as liazon for five years prior s Lake's got really
big uh plans for SN Lake that will hopefully ultimately include the dredging of the lake and the restoration of the Lake's Health there was a tack meeting at Tac technical advisory committee I think is what that stands for um Paul and I both joined that 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 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 later this year um uh towards uh increasing
opportunities for grant funding developing plans 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 civil commission but U 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 aleski from the Amer literal Society is involved uh Jim shishes was I think he was here earlier he's there resent he's
involved so it's a really uh amazing group of people helping us um we referenced the third graders uh and council president the noble report they had a blast I want to add in that our uh Representatives not only Council
women uh greenl and den Noble but uh but but I know I'm going to forget somebody but two of them are sitting ready well actually Chief you couldn't attend but Captain brownie did uh B you had a couple of your guys join so we had police DPW represented we had the rec
center represented U Courtney papis we like I said I know I was going to forget folks but of course of course Erica um in the hall did a phenomenal job she actually set up a little passport so as the kids toward the building they got a
little sticker in their little passport book for visiting the clerk for visiting for slamming the mayor's gab and uh and the third graders had a blast so 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 uh for these for that next Generation to consider playing um You 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 signed a contract or approved the 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 be getting Memorial Day um you
heard us tonight approv 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 in our beach front will'll be looking at that as well um you heard Mr Duffy talked about falling her we want that in place by Memorial Day and we do have a memorial day um U 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 rather be's just there I'm going to repeat once again can't say it enough local 152 and the leadership not only our employees but the the leadership of the local 152 negotiating team did a phenomenal job thank you
again and finally u i I did just want to I just want to say uh thank you to uh BR Beach Community at large the outpouring of uh support and prayers my my son was and his wife were
injured in an automobile accident bottom line is there were very serious injuries and yet they're recovering wonderfully uh miraculously I might say uh but the support we got from the community was was immeasurable so I said it on
Facebook last night I think and I want to say to the folks here on Zoom but thank you very much for your support that concludes my comments with that said uh we can now open it up to public comments and
questions yes Paul Paul the champion 4 11 half 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 Bazi Center on Wednesday um you're going to be a hard
act to follow um I've got to figure out something as exciting is having a passport to stamp um but um 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 AI 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 we're training Doss and we hope to have it open a few hours each week on 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 it 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 eight years and we hope to have that set up with some um displays uh later in the year so uh more to come on the historical society and the museum and the Bazi Center but I'd like everyone to know that it's there
and if you'd like to see it uh contact me thank you other comments or questions Beth Kepler 504 Central Avenue Kira Bradley I'm serving the town with towards 9 and 10 tonight topics for
should be um I'm serving the burrow with the Tor claim 9 and 10 what I've uncovered while researching what's been hidden for 8 years under mayor's Engel stat and fox Administration is alarming let's rewind last year fox sat right here and told us
the burrow had approximately 26 bank accounts the 22 audit flag that are bank accounts weren't reconciled monthly I over 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 offered 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 request claiming opr doesn't allow citizens to inspect the finance office except I
didn't ask to rumage through desks or filing cabinets I ask 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 I over requested new bill permits from 2017 to 24 to calculate what should have been collected in fees for fair share housing the response we don't maintain a 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 date 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 coers just think about it every new build every renovation that's literally hundreds of projects over 8 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 borrow planning board by a professional planner the 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 there were secret deals made under the table if they took less money in exchange for colle in the whole fee and pocketed the cash themselves oh and one more thing I over requested emails between Fox DeMarco and farbach about tnm drafting the RFP for the church demolition as
Canon and cus revealed on January 21st in their private conversation tied toward 7 the reply too many emails they need a 37-day extension for Canon to reviewing 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 from 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 burrow 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 a 37-day extension of an request for emails with
redactions 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 pattern of criminal behavior and it's too big to be dismissed there's a motive means and opportunity and
overwhelming evidence to support probable cause this didn't happen in a vacuum it spanned eight years and two Mayors I'm demanding answers I've involved the authorities who are actively investigating these irregularities and forwarded them evidence including evasive responses
I've received regarding my over requests attempting to get to the bottoms 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 burrow 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 thank you I appreciate you for that extra something 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's one other step that I became aware of that we had to get that the ordinance itself 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 May kicked that off and it took some time and it's finally approved so much as I would clock to go back to 2017 we could have been collecting this Fe since then there was still another step that the courts had to say yes we approve your thee
ordinance and then we can start collecting and that seems to take a year or two or something along those 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 the they just that's why it's expensive people for so um it's
just a step every Everybody every open request goes to for redaction may not get redacted but everyone goes so just move on was there a question in the J virtue 420 mam I wasn't sure about
the uh elimination of parking streets where where that was occur the parking spots where that was occurring uh I don't have the specific stre but I can describe it and you can easily figure it out oce it's all on Ocean Avenue it's
yes it's yes so it's because if we're in land I would think we can consider four-way stops because even in land there's some okay that specific comment though we we fired a vak in and they are making recommendations to us to improve
the side triangles on there are certain streets that are westbound only like nework that that's 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 the recommendations but it's all on Ocean a uh there is one obscured uh triangle orway leaving Bradley Boulevard uh the
Northbound side often oversized vehicles very hard to get out make left turn without southbound traffic uh that's a bad Seline that that would be one especially when oversiz Boulevard
pulling onto ocean you're saying no Bradley bouevard pool we own to main yeah Sean probably runs it this first effort is uh is focused on Ocean but we have site triangle Pro you're right
right all town uh so we will continue to evaluate those as we go this first pass Memorial Day coming up we're doing all this other work uh pick up and drop offs for handicap handicap shower so forth U 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 aition thank you any other comments or questions oh yes [Music] me 3024 Avenue just related to the
traffic and the bad sight line I think it's Madison that I'm 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-way 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 to be fourway because there's Madison's in one way right oh three the three-way is
crossed out right but yet it is a three-way so I just find it odd when I'm driving down they like why is that blocked out it was originally on the sign dat it seems like someone something hovered it over yeah what's the cross street
you no maybe just I just not when I'm com from C of town just roughly oh on the north end it's just as on approaching Fourth Avenue from the north there's a couple of them that it's just
blocked out and they're three-way 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 but I to look at it it doesn't tell me that there's three way even though there is maybe it's my imagination but I swear
I've seen this last year our supervisor DPW is tell me that that we will look at okay 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 I 15 so we are at adjournment I make a motion to adjourn all in favor thanks everyone [Music] you're welcome