Ben like doing 20 minutes or so of the workshops. I was trying to get her out of here soon, but I guess we'll get you out of there. But I'll let Ben do a workshop sometime. Okay. to stay there otherwise it's too confusing. Okay.
Thanks. Uh Erica, do you also I heard the recording process of the YouTube on too? Not yet. No, I don't think that's 25 25. Okay. It says on this um agenda I got that the
adoption of 2025-17 And then it says expected to be tabled because wasn't it tabled when it was Yeah, but you have to keep tableabling it otherwise you're going to have to reintroduce the whole thing which is that's probably going to happen anyway. But but it's tabled as it should be
tabled as an introduction, shouldn't it? Because no because we were we already introduced it. Oh, you did introduce Oh, okay. And then there was an uproar from the community. So we tabled it a couple times. Not that there's anything wrong with that. It's actually quite common.
Yes, it is. Let me I'm looking for paper size. I thought I wrote. Yes. Well, what about I stamped your name and I signed it so we have live signature. Look at you. Well, look, I I know she's going to be
in here tomorrow morning. So, and I'm not going to be in here on the crocodile when she comes in. So that's I got to sign all these. I'm getting everything together. Um I already informed up front what they need to do. Hang him. I can all
So this last page here, he's got a sign here and then uh you would sign for that's okay. should be there. Anyone else? Oh, no. He's got he's got sign. So, I have no
idea who this guy is. think. 100 years. Don't worry is is 7.7. So that's pretty good. It's gonna be they had it with radar and just said now.
Yeah, it's gonna be Right. I know. Well, my eyes second. Yeah. So, so we can get off the water. Uh, no. We got
to go into the exact hair gel tonight. I'm telling you, I looked so much better two minutes ago. I brought to my car just now. Is that I realized the thing I thought I bought and I just didn't think of it. actually
was um second person you're swearing at whatever and then say something go ahead and swear. So, but when she gives you the uh I say
every time. We got to make the oath and we have to put breaks and you read too far. Uh, you want me to read you want me to read it because I have that thing down pat. So to up to you
I've read it so many times like I depend someone I think one of her family me or dad put the badge on but yeah I'll and also strategic heard.
My face. So, it's kind of She said didn't go far enough. Alert, right? That emergency third. I said the gate wasn't working. I was asking about his shirts. the gate to lower the leg
Waters backed up to that chamber lower game. I mean pressure I missed your call. Perfect. I see. Very nice. Uh I was by the John. Yes.
Junior. He wants to know if I was going to be here. No. Thank you for the Yeah. I was like I don't know why I didn't think about till like 3:30. Yeah. In the chair again. But today I hear lights.
to support your I don't want you to fall your sword. Our swords. He's still perfect. What? I can't hear you. We're counting down, ladies and gentlemen. One more minute.
Call this meeting to order. Please stand for the pledge of allegiance. Pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice
for all. I wish to announce that the 48 hour notice is required under the open public meetings act was emailed to the Asbury Park Press. the co-star and the new poster on December the 19th of 2024 that a copy has been placed on the bulletin
board in the burough office and that a copy has been filed with the municipal clerk. As a courtesy to the public, this meeting may be attended via Zoom. If for any reason Zoom fails or is disconnected, the in-person meeting will continue without interruption and action can and will be taken providing there is
an in-person forum. Mr. Noble here. Here. Mr. Nikki here. Mr. Weber here. Gutzi here. Thank you. Welcome this evening, ladies and gentlemen. Uh, thank you for braving the weather. We have a
very exciting way to open our meeting tonight. We are going to be swearing in a new police officer here in Bradley Beach. So, all very excited about that. And um, let us begin. In order to do that, the council must approve this hire. So, I'd like to make a motion that
we um approve resolution 2025-228, the appointment of probationary uh police officer Giana Trainy. Second, M uh Mr. Noble. Yes. What? Yes. Mr. Nikki?
Yes. Mr. Weber? Yes. Yes. Now we'll take the oath of office and turn it to Arnold. Good evening everyone, mayor council. Uh tonight I have the great honor of introducing our next regular full-time police officer,
but not only that, the second female police officer in the history of the Bradley Beast Police Department. So I'm very honored. Giana came to us in 2023 as a class one officer. She did such a good job as a class one, but also
as a police dispatcher, which is very difficult to do this to learn to dispatch center. Uh, she went to class 2. She graduated in May of 2024. She's done such a good job over the past year. She's a full-time class two officer. So, we just had a hiring process that she
came out number one. So, um, without further ado, mayor, let me swear her in. Yes, sir. I would be honored. How am I read? Okay. Uh this is the allegiance at public office or Rally Beach. Please
repeat after me. Um, I, Giana Tring, do solemnly swear I, Giana do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of
the State of New Jersey and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey. that I will bear true faith and allegiance that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same and to the governments established in the United States. to the same and to the government established of the United
States and in this state under the authority of the people and in this state under the authority of the people that I will faithfully that I will faithfully impartially impartially and justly perform and justly perform all the duties of a
probationary police officer all the duties of a probationary police officer for the Bradley Beach Police Department for the Bradley Beach Police Department according to the best of my ability. According to the best of my ability. So help me God. So help me God.
Congratulations. Great. Yes. assist. God. Mayor, didn't you say new officers have to give a five minute speech? Giana, by the way, did you care to make
a comment to your family? I would just like to thank the mayor and the council for their decision on on hiring me. I'm really excited to work here. I'm also excited. I'm James King, the chief and the administration for their decision. I'm really excited to work with everybody and thank you for
the opportunity. Now, we have about a threehour meeting ahead. So, please stay seated. Nobody No, any of Giana's friends, family, any of our uh police officers in the back who would like to leave, this is a a great time to exit stage, right? Thank
you again for joining us. Okay, for those staying, we are going to move on to item six on our agenda, workshops. Uh I'll I'll note in advance. So we're going to move through these workshops pretty quickly. I did ask uh Ben Mack to give the the residents a quick update on two projects in the
burrow. We're going to move quickly, Ben, in part because I want to get to some financial stuff so we can have our CFO also leave in a timely hour. U so Ben, uh the two recreation center and Main Street. Yes. Thank you, sir. Bear
with me one second. Can I be allowed to share the screen? Whose permission do you need for the screen from Michelle? Just want to make sure everybody can see. There we go.
there. Okay. Uh the first I'm talk going to talk tonight about is um Riley Beach Recreation Center. Um probably recognize this this rendering uh similar to one that I've shown in the past. Uh we're uh
at the final stages here uh with the rec center. Um wanted to update the council on uh what's happened since the last time you saw this. Um, so we are essentially done with the uh uh design.
We've met with the new recreation committee on June 9th. Uh, I attended the meeting as well as uh our administrator Matt Dhy um to talk to them about the improvements uh talked to them about timing for construction uh
and um exactly what we were doing and to get some some feedback from them. Um, one of the things we discussed was uh the the use of the courts, uh, basketball, tennis, and pickle ball. Um,
from the the information I got from them, as well as talking to your public works director, uh, they're all used. Uh, people play basketball, people play tennis, people play pickle ball. Um, so we want to keep, uh, providing those
facilities for everybody. Um we did look at the possibility of uh adding another court um to the recreation center. However, uh we have limited space. Uh it it was not part of our original uh scope
of our grant allocations and um there just isn't room to to put an additional port. uh if even if there was it would further complicate the project because we would be adding additional impervious uh would would require significant
drainage upgrades. So uh we we vetted that out and uh it's it's just not feasible. Um we did uh come to a final decision on the layout and selection of the
playground equipment uh and the rubber safety surface. I'll have a slide that shows that here are all the components. Um, and I know it's probably a little hard to see, but uh in the bottom right corner there is the kind of color palette. Uh, it's
it's an evolution escape palette is what it's called. Uh, kind of feeding into the theme of of uh our town here. Uh so the these are pretty much the same components that you've seen uh before but uh we we have the the final layout
final color selection. Um the green apple pallet uh for the safety surface uh was was picked. Um so that's that's kind of the look that you're going to get. Uh which again is shown on this plan right at the
top there. Uh we removed the uh the side keys on the basketball court. Uh if uh there were too many too many boxes on the court and uh also the uh summer camp
kids like to use chalk uh draw four square or hopscotch. So we want to give that you know give it space to be able to do that. Uh that was uh one of the recommendations of the recommend. And so at this point we're we're
complete uh ready to advertise this project to to bid and um construction would start after August 15th which is the end of the summer. And any questions? Sean, I just wanted to ask about the
signage, the that that display board that we have on Main Street. Is that being replaced? That is an alternate uh item. It's it's not well, it's part of the project, but it's uh only if if funding allows. Um some of the you know,
the playground components are uh take up a majority of the budget, not a majority, but a large portion of the budget. So, we have certain items such as a uh a sign, um a a shade structure, uh seating area that are alternate items
to be awarded if uh the budget allows. They're not shown on this plan because I don't want to show anything that's not necessarily going to be uh installed. And and Ben, just for clarity, we had already ordered the equipment through the state purchasing agreement, correct?
And so that's already so so that will arrive in time or we already have it's already it's on order. We're we're awaiting uh confirmation of when the ship will be. So this contract So this contract will be the award of the of the cons of the
constructor and the equipment is being pro provided by others. Yes. And and it's it's all incorporated incorporated into one project. The equipment is installed by the state contractor's certified installer, not necessarily the
contractor who will doing the the site work on the park, but uh there are coordination efforts that we do when when we have that. Uh there's certain language we put in the contract to ensure the the site contractor allows timely schedule and and room for the
state contractor's installer to put the equipment in. Thank you. Good one, Ben. The the project costs have varied up and down. I know our DPWs volunteered to take on a lot of the paving work that would have cost 60 $70,000, but I know
some other prices, materials, and so forth have increased. Roughly now, where do we expect the total project cost between grant funding we're receiving and bonding we may do? What's what's the total cost of the project?
Uh it's it's roughly about uh 600 to 625,000. We're we're trying to keep it in in that range. I know that the um in order to maximize our uh grant funding, we have a Mon County Open Space grid for 265,000,
which is a 50/50 match. And in order to get that full 265, you have to spend you have to pay at least 50% of that, which would be another 265. So, um, we're we're trying to maximize that, but also keep it within within the burl.
Well, that 265* 2 is 530. 530. And you had another 70ish. 70 uh 74 is the is the um local recreation improvement grant which is going towards the purchase of the playground equipment. Okay. So, that gets us upwards of
600,000. A little over 600,000. Um Okay. The equip the playground equipment. Can you describe is there uh is there toddler and older children equipment? Is it split 50/50? Just roughly what are we planning? Yes. Pull
that slide up again. So the the large piece of equipment um the play structure uh in the top left corner is for age groups 5 to 12. Um but it does have some small components uh on the the left and right side there. um
particularly on the right side next to the ladybug uh is like a a small piece of uh of play equipment that's geared for younger children. Um then the the individual pieces, the ladybug, the
flower, the duo spinner, those are for for kids of all ages, young fists as well. They can they can use that climb on it. Um and then we have swings and and sway benches uh which are quite
popular with the younger children. And when you mentioned the 600,000 or so of cost, I know a decent chunk of that is actually going to be spent on drainage and it's not all on playground equipment. Correct. Can you just overview what other larger components of
spend? Yeah, there's the there's are there are drainage improvements being done to the playground because right now uh if you go out there it's it's a kind out of a big lake uh in the rain. Um and then there's the repaving of the courts.
That's that's a a big component project. Uh we're also redoing the fencing um in order to save some some costs. We're utilizing the existing fence posts which are in good condition. Um and we'll redo the the fencing uh the wire mesh that
goes around all. Uh my I guess my last question for you on this project is uh is more of a a comment than ask you to in turn comment. Uh we have had a tremendous amount of discussion
from residents of within within the uh the key stakeholders on this project, the rec board, the director of recreation and so forth. Regarding the role of pickle ball like uh do we stripe the tennis court? It's currently striped
with pickle ball courts. Do we continue to do that or do we isolate it only for tennis or isolate it only for pickle ball? Uh similarly questions have been asked about the basketball court. You just mentioned if anything we've tried to remove some of the lines there. Um
can you tell us can you tell the the audience roughly how that final decision came to be? Yeah, it's based on the usage of the courts. Um it's based on you know providing uh a space for your
residents uh to to play while these sports. Um yeah, right now they're currently being as both tennis and pickle ball. Um and we want to continue that. Uh we don't want to alienate one one group versus the other pickle ball
players or tennis players. Um we want to allow them to all utilize the court and and have a place to play. And under related to that question, I don't want to be accused of asking a new question. Uh
you you that group uh agreed that we should keep the the tennis court and pickle ball court combined, but there was discussion also about possibly using pickle ball lines on some all of the basketball courts. Uh my understanding is basketball courts
are probably utilized a lower degree than pickle ball. What was the rationale there? Uh well, part of it is that if you you're going to do that, you have to install new fencing around the basketball court and that interfere with the hoops. Um so it's it's not as easy
to to make to combine basketball and pickle ball to one uh court. Uh that would add an additional cost to the project and it and the it just would not work as well as as the test combination.
Great. Any further questions from the council? Just one more. In the previous meeting, I believe a resident had questioned an area about um I guess I don't I wouldn't want to say ADA compliant, but it was a difficult area to traverse steps and or was a railing
going to be included something to aid or recreate out that area and you're going to look at that. Could you just comment on what that resolution was? Yes, there's uh so there a couple of steps going down from the the pad and I'll pull it up on the screen
uh right in this area here. Uh there's steps going down from the path to the tennis courts. Um it's about two or three steps. Uh and they there's no railing. Uh we will be replacing those steps, installing a railing so
that it's uh Thank you. I just wanted to um this project needs to be completed by a certain date. We had a deadline to utilize the uh local recreation permit grant um of September
15th I think was the date. uh and utili and the the by purchasing playground equipment and safety therapists through state contract, we're able to submit for reimbursement on that grant um before we
even start construction. So that's how we're we're uh we're doing it. Um that way we don't have to wait till construction's complete to try to get reimbursed. So when is the when does this project complete? What is the anticipated completion? Uh it's it's
probably about a 60 to 75 day contract. Uh so August 15th to about end of October. Okay. Um I'm going to hold public questions until Ben completes the second presentation and then normally we don't
have public questions after the workshop, but Ben to take advantage of you being here, we'll open up questions. Okay. Uh so the next one is Main Street and I I don't have a uh a presentation for Main Street today, but I do want to give you a quick update on what has has
happened since the last time I was here. Um your administrator and I uh met with a representative from Housing and Urban Development um branch of the f federal government uh to discuss the requirements for the grant funding. Um
there's a lot of paperwork associated with receiving money from federal government. So uh we have access to a a website on the to their website. Uh and we're we're beginning to fill out
the forms that are needed and go through those steps to uh ensure that the funding is there when we are ready to start construction. Um at this point we are advancing the design. Uh we have uh been working on on
grading the the side the sidewalk the handicap ramps. Um we're looking at the uh different components uh the the aesthetic components for for the ministry. Um specifically looking at the
different options for pavers, uh street trees, uh the um street lights and benches. Uh these are all the the major major aesthetics that that we're looking to uh design and and kind of coordinate so that you get a
cohesive look uh throughout all uh all of town. Um we, as you know, we're designing the entirety of Main Street, uh not just focusing on one component or one section. Um so that you have a cohesive design. And uh based on my conversations
with with your mayor and your administrator u the and and based on the amount of funding we have uh it's most advantageous and and it makes the most sense to start in one section and
do a complete uh street skate and I know that uh Mr. Weber has uh been involved in the uh early meetings involving Main Street and that was uh discussed that we would like to do maybe one component or
two components along the entire length but as we're getting through the design uh we don't want to have to duplicate work. For example, installing a bench uh in on existing pavers and then having to remove it to replace the pavers and then
putting it back risks damage to to certain things. Uh regrading may may result in having to report concrete foundations and things like that. So, it's it's better to do everything you can in uh this one
section at a time and uh work from there. Was there any discussion on any which section that would be at? We did uh have a conversation that it's potentially starting in the middle of town and
working our way north uh maybe not far from right here in front of uh Burough Hall uh or or Riley Park and working towards the northern part of town. So when you indicate doing certain sections, I mean to I guess the the
first thing would be the the paving, right? I'm just thinking of the the process. So the the street wouldn't be paved, not the paving, but the hard. Yeah. So the um the papers are actually the kind of the last step uh that you
want to install. Um you have to get all of your your amenities, your your lights, your benches, um all the uh utilities uh set first and then the last thing is is pushing the pavers down. Um,
and and not necessarily you you may put a bench on top of the pavers or something like that, but the design has to be all done in one at one time. Construction. So, you're not talking
about like a a block, let's say, and and putting all of the the lighting at the lamps in and the benches and then the papers and then moving to the next block and doing the same. Is that what you're suggesting? So, the initial project
utilizing your $1.4 million that you've got uh maybe I don't know how many blocks, one, two, three blocks. Uh and doing that portion soup to nuts. Um it has one project. It's kind of a phase
one. The next phase, depending on uh additional funding received, uh could get the same 1.4 four million, you could get two million, could get 500,000. And depending on that, we would do the same soup don to nuts on the next block or the next two or three blocks, whatever
the funding was. So all of these various contractors that do the work electrical, let's say, for the lighting, aren't they I mean, is it more it more expedient for them to do the whole that whole stretch at once? Ideally, yes. Uh you would it's
a you know, economy of scale. If you do the entire project as one big project, it's expensive up up front. Uh but it's cheaper than doing five different phases. However, so it's because of funding that we're
doing sections. So we're not really able to do what we had anticipated hoping to do. Sure. Yes. On that note, Sha, you're hitting the nail on the head. One of the things uh Mr. Mad like explained to me was as we apply for future funding, it's
it will work to our advantage to one have a have a vision for all of Main Street and that and CME will deliver that and then uh to be able to kind of parcel it into pieces to, you know, apply for half a million, a million, $2
million in grant funding as we go forward. So, as you just said, Ben, we can expand or or contract the next phase, phase two, phase three, but uh it's it's just neater and easier to sell um our vision and our and our
development to date uh if we do it, you know, in in complete pieces. Yeah. And grant agencies like to see phased projects. they they they can see the the progress on phase one so that it gives them uh more likelihood to uh fund a a
second or third phase. Any other questions from the council comments? All right. Uh again, an unusual uh option I will exercise here and that is to open uh this up to public comment or questions of our engineer
while he's with us on either the rec center andor Main Street. Any questions, Mr. Coyant? Sure. M. The uh Thomas Coyant 6123rd Avenue wire mesh fence. Well, will it be what color will it be? Will it be black?
Will it be stainless? Green? Uh I the current fence is green. I would expect that uh in my mind, it's it's a green fence utilizing the same color that you have out there. Okay. When considered black,
We could do black. Uh it would require painting all of the posts which um if they're not done if they're not factory painted uh the the paint doesn't last. Um the uh the greenhouse is not a component of this project in any way.
Correct. Agreed. Um the uh in terms of the pavers and design, I I respectfully disagree about the pavers. I think they should be last done. Um, the street lighting is old and there's definitely been technology enhancements over the
years. Uh, also designwise. I I think that is something that needs to be done immediately. Um, and also I purchased benches for $2,500 that I'm told are going to be the benches because I'm not changing them.
So, I just want to clarify that that's the case. We have not gotten to the point where where you've selected the benches yet, but that's not what I was told. I was told there was a committee. They agreed on the bench. I agreed to buy the first
two in front of Hatch 44 so the public could see what they were and I said that's the bench. Mr. Go, I I don't think Mr. Malik knows the answer, but clearly the goal would be to continue to utilize that that you worked with the BBBCA and I did. I followed all the
rules. We all understand that final decision hasn't been made yet, but I I know that there was discussion during the initial meetings that the BBC PCA would would try to purchase the benches as for this project. Um so I I haven't
been invol involved in what they've been doing. So if if they've made a selection and already started purchasing then then that's great. For the record, no design decisions have been made yet. uh the BBBCA has at least indicated they might make an effort to do fundraising to
support the benches, but we're just trying to give everyone an update of where they stand in that decision. Again, updates are when you can adjust and change to make sure we're we're aware of the bench. Great. Thank you very much. Yes, sir.
line up Rick Rick Baral at 160 Newark. Just a a thought if the work is going to start on August 15th to still have a lot of people here for the for the summer season. Uh then the kids are still going to be wanting to utilize basketball
courts or the tennis courts and so forth. I was just wondering if anyone has thought about maybe delaying it till maybe after Labor Day. Ben, is have you talked time frames with contractors and so forth at this point? Not not yet. Uh
the project still has to be publicly bid. Um and once we do that, award a project, award a contract uh to a contractor. We'll discuss schedule. Uh the the main goal was to make sure we waited until after August 15th. Uh, I
don't think it it impacts the um project if we wait another two weeks to add the neighborhood. Is the magic date August 15th tied to summer camp? Yes. Okay, great. So, so on that note, he ran into an issue on the sewers for Fifth Avenue
because of bonding schedule and and how we were um were able to um had to put certain things in place before we actually were able to begin construction. Are those does your schedule of August 15th have enough time for that whole process
to make sure we have everything in place to be able to begin construction? I I'm not privy to the the finances of of the burough so I can't answer that. I I believe I believe we did a bond issue already a bond ordinance. I'm not sure.
That's why I'm asking if that's all lined. We'll confirm after the meeting. At the end of last year in December, Paul before you were on the council, we uh we had bonded uh ordinances for uh all these projects early rec center uh
Main Street uh the Proven. So I think it total 10 or 14 million. Okay. I just want to make sure we have Yeah, great question. Maybe Matt could double check that. Um because what what what I'm seeing is that we're not doing as well that we don't have all our ducks in a
row on that particular project. I just want to make sure we are doing that proactively so that we're not being dri communicate a schedule that we can't meet because all of a sudden it pops up that something wasn't in place. And so just verify these things with with the
engineer schedule and construction schedule, with the clerk schedule, with the CFO schedule, and Matt, you're you need to do that. So I would appreciate if we could just do that better. I I emailed your CFO and your purchasing
agent uh earlier today with with all the lists of of projects that are we're working on that are upcoming. Uh so they're aware of what grants we have and what the uh cost estimates are and roughly time frame of when we would be trying to go out to bid and award these
projects. So we're working uh to to make sure that is is recovering all our basics. Right. And I think that, you know, as per Rick's comment, we can set when we want to do the construction. So, let's set that and
then and then drive the schedule to what the community needs, not necessarily reacting to a process, but let's do it what best suits the community for the first time that make sure you suit that community.
Um, I think you're doing a great job. I think CME is doing a great job. I know Paul, I know you feel that way. Um, and most importantly, you're coordinating a lot of different projects that we're not even talking tonight about a couple of the other projects, including the sewer pump station, the prominade, Silven
Lake. So, if any, if I have any concern at all, it's that we're giving you an awful lot, and as long as you stay on top of it, we will be very uh appreciative. Thank you. Appreciate that. Um, can you can you I know. Can you undo the sharing so I can also see
who's might have questions on the big screen? Mr. Sharp, did you have questions addressed? Thank you. Okay. Any other questions in the room or comments? Any Yes, we do have a hand. Who is that? Shas. Eileen Shishius, do you have a question or comment?
Can you hear me? Yes, you can. Okay. Um, I noticed that there was a white uh it looked like a white building next to the tennis court and the basketball court. What is that? That is the uh storage greenhouse uh
that that exists there today. Uh that's going to remain. It's not part of this project. Can you explain to me why that is still there? It is an eyes sore and it interferes with the whole aesthetic
part of this of this project. Please explain how that can take place. Eileen, I can help it. You know, Ben's following u the guidance that we've been given with the grant funding received and the grant application we made did
not include that part of the property. it was really focused on the playground drainage issues we had. Uh, for example, it really isn't focusing on the soccer fields and the and the baseball fields either. That's not to say we're not aware that that is a challenge and
something we need to address. It's just not part of this. Is that potentially going to be a hazard for the children or anybody else there? That that building is not in the best condition. Is that going to be a liability?
We'll make sure the property is safe. It's It's just we can only do so much at a time and I understand. Yep. But we'll make sure the property is safe. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Is that it, sir? That's it. Thank you, Ben. I
appreciate it. Thank you. Okay. We'll move on to item seven on our agenda, which is the approval of the minutes. Uh, I'll make a motion to approve June 18, 2025 council business meeting minutes. Second. Mr. Noble, yes. Miss
Greenblat, yes. Mr. Nikki, yes. Mr. Weber, yes. Mayor Guboszi, yes. I'll make a motion to approve June 18th executive session meeting minutes. Second. Mr. Noble, yes. Miss Greenblat,
yes. Mr. Noiki, yes. Mr. Weber. Yes. Mayor Guboszi. Yes. For anyone who's noticing Miss Denovo struggling with her voice, uh we are very fortunate that she was able to join us at all today, but she is battling a
cold. And uh thank you, Council President, for joining us by Zoom. Thank you, mayor. Thank you for explaining why I sound like this. Now, stop talking. Um okay. Item eight on the agenda. will open it up to public comments or questions pertaining to everything on
tonight's agenda. Comments or questions? Yes, Miss Kepler. Hey. Um Beth Kepler, 504 Central Avenue, Bradley Beach. Um I'm here tonight to address resolution 202536. Um it's the troubling matter that
continues to cast a shadow over our community. the $123,000 settlement justifiably being paid to one of our police officers to make him whole after his alleged mistreatment by former chief police Leonard Guida and enabled by the corrupt
ex-meor Larry Fox. This settlement should serve as a historic reminder of the damage inflicted by their leadership. While we all wish to move forward and leave the era of Larry Fox and Leonard Guita behind, unnecessary payouts like this force us to confront
their lasting impact. Just imagine what $123,000 could have done for our small community. Improved infrastructure, enhanced public services, investments in our parks, or just a cushion in our general fund. Instead, it must be used to rectify the
wrongs of an administration that failed us. Worse still is that this is not an isolated cost. Another even larger lawsuit looms threatening to drain our resources further. All because of the actions of a corrupt municipal
government under Larry Fox, Leonard Wita, Kim Humphrey, Meredith DeMarco, Greg Farenach, and others. These are not just financial burdens. They are painful reminders of a time when our town's leadership prioritized personal gain over the public good. As we approach a
critical election cycle, we must keep these uncomfortable truths in the spotlight. In just six months, the Kubatosi administration and this council have made remarkable strides in restoring integrity, fiscal discipline, and real progress to Bradley Beach. We
cannot allow their hard work and momentum to falter. The proposal to change our form of government in November risks undoing this progress and opening the door for the return of those tired tied to the old corrupt regime. Political opportunists do not rest, not
even during the beach season. And make no mistake, they are already scheming to reclaim power. Therefore, I strongly urge every resident to stay vigilant. We must vote no to changing our form of government in November in order to protect the positive direction that
we've fought so hard to achieve. Let's honor the sacrifices made to write these wrongs by ensuring our leadership remains accountable, transparent, and committed to us, the taxpayers of Bradley Beach. We literally cannot afford to let history repeat itself.
Thank you. Any other questions or comments from the phone? Mr. B. Thomas J. Coan, 6123rd Avenue. Mayor, I'm just wondering, you know, we have a CFO here. Um, on that same issue of the
uh resolution 2025-236, was was this 122,000 in the 2024 budget or did you have to put it in the 2025 budget? It's in the 2025 budget, but it was not But it came from the previous
administration. Correct. but it was not accounted for in their budgeting for 2023. That that's correct. Okay, great. So, um the the tax bills come out in August or so. Can we just do a line item so we can keep track of this? What what
the Leonard Gita tax is to borrow each 122 plus whatever comes forward with the other lawsuits. I mean, I think we have that number has to be out there all really. And just to to get a scope on it, how much is 1% of the 2025 budget
approximately? Is it 90,000 of the budget of our taxes? Of your of our taxes? About $90,000. So it is about 90,000. So So basically this is like 1.2% of our taxes. Yeah. Or a little more. Yeah. A little
more. Okay. Thank you for settling this and getting it past us. I know we have more to do, but you know, let's not forget about the letter weed tax. Let's put it right off. Thank you. Thank you. Any other comments or questions from the room?
Anyone on Zoom? Okay, seeing no further questions, we'll close the public comment and move on to uh number nine, ordinances. We have an introduction this evening. As I'll remind everyone, there's Thank you, Bennett. Uh there will will not be public comment now on the uh
introduction of the ordinance. Um, but this ordinance is a bond ordinance to help us fund um some of the sewer work that Councilman Nikki referenced earlier on Fifth Avenue. I'll read it to everyone. Bond Ordinance 2025-9,
uh, bond ordinance amending in part Bond ordinance number 2023-08, adopted on June 14th, 2023, providing for sewer improvements along Parkplace Avenue and Fifth Avenue in order to increase the appropriation therefore by half a million dollars for
a total appropriation of $1 million and to increase the authorized bonds and notes to be issued to finance a portion of the cost thereof. of by $250,000 for a total debt authorization of $725,000 and to increase the allocation of the
appropriation to cost permitted under NJSA4A2-20 authorized in and by the burough of Bradley Beach in the county of Mammoth uh New Jersey. And just as a reminder for anyone hasn't been tracking this, at the very end of uh last year, December
of last year, uh as this references earlier last year in June of 23, I'm sorry, 23, I guess. Yeah. There there was a bond ordinance uh uh adopted. And the reason for that was to do sewer work
on Fifth Avenue. The reason we're changing kind of mid-stream and it's had a number of delays is because that original ordinance anticipated uh lining of sewers on Fifth Avenue and this
council had a very strong commitment to not line and effectively kick the can down the road our sewers. We would like to continue as we've done in phases one and two uh to replace our sewers. And when you line sewers, and my engineer
colleague to the left knows this much better than me, um, but you also do not fix the laterals when you're lining the sewers. And laterals are a big problem of our sewers. And they incur additional risk and liability to our residents who
have to cover any any malfunction of those laterals. So So we kind of stopped mid-stream. We had a appropriations in place. Not enough, however, when you move from lining to replacement. So, that's what we're about to vote for as
an introduction. And I will make a motion that we uh introduce bond ordinance 2025-9. Second, Mr. Noble. Thumbs up change. Yeah, there we go. Mr. Greenlat, yes.
Mr. Nikki, yes. Mr. Weber, yes. Mayor Guboszi. Yes. Okay. Now, I'm going to switch gears for a second just to be courteous to our visiting CFO. Thank you, Jennifer, for staying as long as you have. Um, we have I'm going to ask
in a moment to make a motion to move uh a resolution up. The resolution is 2025-237. And what that uh resolution is doing is amending our 2025 capital budget. But I'm doing this just in case our council
might have any questions. Uh I will make the motion that we address uh and vote on resolution 2025-237 next. Second. Sorry. Mr. Noble. Miss Greenblat. Yes. Mr. Nikki. Yes. Mr.
Weber. Yes. Mayor Guboszi. Yes. And for the record, I think uh Councilman Councilwoman Greylet's winning five to one in sight. I know. Um Okay. So, any comments or questions
from the council about this amendment to our 2025 capital budget? No, I had made previous comments and they were addressed. So, thank you. I am looking forward to looking at this capital program for 2026 and I think that's really going to um
you know um really advance and and take a look at what our needs are going forward over the next three years and then particularly for 26 because it's two parts. It's a three-year plan and then what are we doing each year and so looking forward to that process.
Any other comments or questions council? All good. Okay. Okay, with that said, I will make a motion that we approve resolution 2025-237, the amendment to our 2025 capital budget. Mr. Noble. Second.
Yes. Thank you, John. Mr. Greenblat, yes. Mr. Nikki, yes. Mr. Weber, yes. Mayor Guboszi, yes. Okay. Back on track to ordinance 2025-20. uh the our off streetet parking driveway
and loading requirements of chapter 450 zoning of the bury vice general ordinances. Um ladies and gentlemen, you may recall that uh month or more ago, a little over a month ago probably, we introduced this that's this ordinance and that's why it's now up for adoption.
However, over the last couple of meetings, we've tabled this adoption because we did have a human and cry of concerns raised by residents and businesses on Main Street. Essence of this is we were taking away parking spaces in in Burough Hall that uh I
strongly feel we need to utilize for Burough Hall employees. However, we're doing that potentially uh at the detriment to some of the customers of our businesses because customers of our businesses have been parking in our parking lot or the municipal parking
lot. Um we are very close to working out some of the kinks and we may have a better solution than the original introduction. Uh I should know more about that. In fact, I hopefully will have a definitive answer about that tomorrow. However, I couldn't get the
answer in time for tonight's meeting. So, I am going to make a motion that we uh table ordinance 2025-20. 21. Yeah, you did for introduction. I think you did the wrong one. This this
one you went to the adoption. I think we have to do with this. Oh, I jumped to 17. Okay. Well, I've explained 17. So, I'll make I'll make a motion that we vote out of order just so I don't have to do that again. Um, I'll make a motion
that we vote on 20 uh the adopt the Well, I'll make a motion that we uh table ordinance 2025-17. Pardon me for explaining the wrong number. Mr. Noble, yes. M Greenblat, yes. Mr.
Nikki, Mr. Weber, yes. Mayor Gubos. Yes. Thank you. So, now I have to find out what 2025-20 really is. Okay. Oh, okay. Yes. Ordinance 2025-20
is um uh an ordinance uh impacting chapter 450 of our zoning that would basically allow ribbon driveways. Currently, uh we have language in in chapter 450 that I would say is uh a little ambiguous. It doesn't
specifically uh allow or not allow ribbon driveways. Ribbon driveways typically have two cement pathways with grass in the middle. And our ordinance has language that basically says there are things you can use and can't use as
long as they don't create dust. And so you you can certainly get into some uh confusion, especially if you're uh a contractor andor a resident building a house, as to whether or not a ribbon driveway is allowed. We have many of them in town, and my understanding on
this in particular is that this is just trying to clarify uh our zoning 4 chapter 450 to make sure it's clear that we do want to encourage and allow ribbon driveways. Any comments or questions from the council? I'll just
say a highlight of that also is that that ribbon driveway if you implement one you need to sprinkler it as well has to be hydrated so that way the grass doesn't die and become a dirt mound. So that was something that's highlighted in that ordinance as well.
Any other comments or questions from the council? Okay. U again we will not have public comment until we are ready to adopt. I'll make a motion that we approve ordinance uh 2025-20's amendment.
Second, Mr. Noble. Yes. M Greenblat. Yes. Mr. Nikki. Yes. Mr. Weber. Yes. Mayor Guposi. Yes. Okay. Ordinance 2025-21. Uh this is amending chapter 160
construction codes uniform certificates of occupancy of the buroughs revised general ordinances. Effectively what this is doing is um increasing various uh UCCC fees, uniform construction code fees, uh borrow permitting fees, all
related to construction that basically have not been updated for 20 years. Um any comments or questions? That was actually some of the conversation that you and I had because I was wondering why we were doing these these increases and what they were based on. And once
again, we were just really updating after 20 years is pretty significant. And it's it's on par now with with uh comparable with other communities. You can make a case that it's much closer to par. We may not even quite be there yet,
but we were trying to in the world of municipal budgeting, you know, we have departments. One of our departments is code department. One of our departments is, you know, you name the departments. One is construction and we pay salaries for construction. We have costs related to construction. Our fees should cover
our costs. Um they are not covering our costs in part because we have not been updating our fees for 20 years. I checked cumulative CPI over that period of time. Thank you. Uh artificial intelligence 65% increase. Most of these
increases if you eyeball them are 25, 20, 35. Some are as high as 50. Few if any are above 50 and CPIs increased 65%. So I think these are reasonable. They get us back in a competitive position so we can afford to provide those services
to the community. So any any comments or questions beyond? Thank you for taking care of that little by little. Um okay. I'll make a motion that
we uh we introduce ordinance 2025-21 uh increasing construction codes and construction fees under our code. Second. Mr. Noble, yes. Miss Greenblat, yes. Mr. Nikki, yes. Mr. Weber, yes.
Mayor Guboszi, yes. We've already covered 2025-17. So, we will move on to communications. Um, two communication topics. One is 319 Lraine and in particular, as many of you are aware, we're in the middle of a demolition process. Uh, our business
administrator, Mr. Dhy, has been on top of that from the beginning. Matt, would you mind giving the public a quick update? Uh, yes, ma'am. Uh so the um parsonage next door which is commonly referred to as 317
uh has been completely uh demolished and it's debris has been removed in cargo. Um earlier this week um they started the demolition on the church itself that 319 Lraine and they're starting in the back
corner and working their way towards the um towards the corner itself. the um the worked yesterday, the work today, and tomorrow they're not going to be working purposely uh July 3rd, fourth, and of
course not the 5th or 6th. So they'll resume again on the 7th. Um but right now they they are on schedule with their adjusted schedule. Um the asbestous uh removal took a little bit longer, but we thought it was important to get it done
right as opposed to get it done quickly. So they uh you know are are making good progress. Uh some of the feedback we've gotten from residents, very useful feedback was they do a very good job of
keeping the dust um contained during the demolition. Um but we need to do a better job of keeping the dust contained when they're loading the trucks with the debris. So during the demolition process, they're out there with water,
uh, just, you know, keeping everything tamped down as much as possible. So we're now going to use that, uh, same methodology of spraying it with water when they're loading the debris itself into the, um, into the trucks to be cared away. So, uh, so far so good.
We're doing as good a job as possible communicating with the public, noticing uh the most up-to-date information on the website and you know for individual um residents who are adjacent to the
property uh who who are interested in knowing what's going on. We're communicating uh maybe not every day but at least uh multiple times a week with those residents. One of them is a council member. Well, one of them is is a council member. Yes,
sir. All right. Thank you, sir. Um, the other communication is Fifth Avenue. We've touched on this a couple of times already, but Councilman Noiki, do you just have a quick update on time frames for completion? Uh, yes. I spoke with CME um earlier and um so so basically
the award of the project uh will officially be done on August 5th with construction beginning August 25th and then ending uh somewhere at the by the end of October or November 1st um time frame but we may be able to expedite that a little bit and maybe start a
little bit earlier. Uh we'll be trying to discuss that with the contractor. Our original intent was that this project was going to be um under construction from you know the end of June uh until the end of August while school was out of session because Fifth Avenue as most
people know jobs right there at Hammond right around the school and so we were trying to minimize any impact to the school um loading kids walking that type of thing. Um so this is going to be pretty tight to do anything because you have a week before school starts
September 4th. Uh but CME will be coordinating more directly uh with the school um with principal and um trying to make sure that any of the logistics there of what's going to happen is coordinated and mitigate um anything
that we can and perhaps uh the contractor could do something with that Hammond Street in advance early on versus starting down at Madison. project is going to go from Main Street replacing the sewer of Main Street down to Hammond, turn the corner, continue
down Fifth Avenue um down to Madison. Uh that's the stretch that's going to be built um this fall. Um the resurfacing contract, so that's going to be put in the sewer and then a separate contractor will be putting down the pavement after that. Uh so that pavement work would
happen in November. um theoretical hopefully the weather will be such that we can get the pavement down and not have to wait to finish it in the spring. So that's why we want to try to expedate this thing a little bit sooner uh so this thing doesn't carry over to 2026.
So that's one. And then also just so everybody's aware uh the other piece of Fifth Avenue from Madison to Ocean Avenue is under design right now. And so that design work will be completed here through the summer and then we're looking to advertise that and go to
construction on that probably um you know early fall. Uh so hopefully we can try to coordinate these two contracts very quick you know better. So maybe that same contractor who's finishing up the first phase of this fifth avenue could possibly be more aggressive on the
costing for the second phase if you know that's coming and he doesn't have to remobilize. So we need to talk about that and see how we can expedite that. uh design and coordinate that and make sure that we have all the pieces lined up so we can do this when we need to do it um at the best timing for the
community. Uh, communications are going to be happening on this um that we're going to be sending out a letter to the to the residents along Fifth Avenue uh as well as possibly a walkabout knocking on the door and then the contractor will ultimately be directly coordinating with the residents once the schedule starts
to get um definitive on what pieces he's doing when he's doing it as we get closer to that construction. So that's the update. Can I ask Paul, is it possible that um that once the sewers the sewer portion is completed on phase
one, so from Maine to Madison um and then they'll begin the surfacing. Is it possible that while they're doing the surfacing, we may even be able to start the sewers going forward from Madison Petting East to to Ocean. Yeah, that's possible. Um
and again, it comes down to making sure that we have all the you know, all of our ducks in a row. the design is done, permits are in place, uh the bonding's in place to complete that work. Um and then the surface grants are through DOT which is separately and we have those grants in place so that that money is
available for us to finish and complete that resurfacing work. Can they do the sewer work in the winter time? The sewer work they can. It's the issue is going to concrete work typically you can but it's the pavement it's by two minutes that is more sensitive to temperature.
So, I mean, our goal, as we know, is to complete all of Fifth Avenue before next year's summer season or next year's real season begins. Yes. So, we should be able to Fifth Avenue will be completed. Yes. And then we'll, you know, we're looking to see how we can move on with
the rest of the sewers um as part of the co capital program at Ocean Park be probably the high candidate. A piece of Park Avenue is also in this mix, which I forgot to mention. Park Avenue uh between Fletcher uh from Madison Fletcher to Madison is potentially going
to be part of this project as well. Park Avenue was done from Main Street to um to Fletcher, but um and that's where they stopped it. That's and then and then there's a um potentially the ability to do that next block from Fletcher to Madison on par depending on
how the the bids come in. Very good. Any other comments or questions from the council? Okay, moving on from communications, item 11 is resolutions. Starting with our consent agenda
resolutions 2020 229 versus through 233. Are there any of these that you would like to comment on or vote out separately? Okay. Hearing no. Well, since for the consent agenda, mayor. Yes. All right. I just wanted to make a comment since
they're all the same. They're all about outdoor cafe uh licenses. This is great. I love it. It's one of the things that makes our town cool and quaint and whatever. However, I just want all of these business to be aware that there needs to be enough room on the sidewalk
for like ADA, Americans with Disabilities, so a wheelchair can get through. And I'll be honest, I don't know if it's 3 feet or 4 feet or whatever the code is supposed to be, that needs to be there. And there's other stuff. There's trees. I don't want to get rid of trees. And there's benches. There's all sorts of other
things. I just want these businesses to be cognizant that this is one of the things I'm going to be talking to our code department about. If there's not enough room for a wheelchair to get down our our sidewalks, they're going to hear about it regarding their outdoor cafe. So, hopefully everybody just does that proactively and we don't have to have uh
any conversations further. But, thank you for that. And Council Weber, you can't see it, but uh Chief Arnold is nodding his head vigorously. Yes. Uh our police inspect these setups as well. Correct, Chief? Yes. So, they're they're not going to set up anything that the police don't
approve, John. Yeah. Know, I understand. It's just, you know, chairs get moved and people like, you know, the customers, it wouldn't be our people, but just so if the businesses can make sure they stay that way, that'd be terrific. Without any further comment, then I will
make a motion that we uh approve consent agenda resolutions 2025-229 through 2025-233. Second, Mr. Noble.
Mr. Greenblat. Yes. Mr. Nikki. Yes. Mr. Weber. Yes. Mayor Guboszi. Yes. Nice saw you, Councilwoman. Moving to individual resolutions. Um item 2025-214 is a awarding a bid for Newark Avenue
concession. Any comments or questions? Just just a quick comment. I'm glad that we're getting a concession in place here um ASAP. Uh because of the holiday and on the north side of town, we really need to have that in place. And
additionally, it will be more than just an ice cream truck. So, there will be food morning and afternoon. And um they've designated the hours that you know, food and ice cream will be served and accessible. And I would like to comment that just
this is a great process because we heard from residents and that's why they're getting more than just an ice cream truck. And uh just want to thank I know this is this was a ton of work this one for the administrator and for the mayor and there was a lot of back and forth and so really appreciate you all getting
it to this point. So thank you. Okay, great. Without any further comment, I'll make a motion that we approve 2025-214 awarding a bid uh for the Newark Avenue concession. Second.
Mr. Noble. Mr. Greenblat. Yes. Mr. Nikki. Yes. Mr. Weber. Yes. Mayor Guboszi. Yes. I'll make a motion to approve 2025-234 approval of a lean redemption refund for 509 McCabe Avenue in the amount of
$3,56.77. Second. Mr. Noble. M. Greenblat. Yes. Mr. Nikki. Yes. Mr. Weber. Yes. Mayor Guboszi. Yes. Okay. 2025-235 probably needs a a very brief
explanation, but uh so so the public knows what we're looking at. It is authorizing the retention of David F. Thman JSC retired of and that's a jud that's a judge who is retired of
Breastler Amory and Ross PC to serve as hearing officer to decide an appeal of an outdoor premises expansion permit pursuant to NJSA 40 col 55D-16. Mr. Kennet, can I ask you to provide a very brief overview to the public of
what this is about? Uh, yes. has been as has been discussed at this meeting a number of times. Um the RC's Tavern applied for an outdoor premises extension permit which was granted by our zoning officer in accordance with the new section of the municipal land
use law and um an interested party or resident has appealed the issuance of that permit as is their right and um it could be up to under the statute of the governing body to decide that. um but rather um you know this is a new process
rather than have you know a hearing here which really takes on a you know neighbor versus neighbor sort of context u retired judge will hear all the parties and decide um the matter um in lie of the governing body which is also permitted by the statute um judge Bowman
was the presiding civil judge of Mammoth County worked in all four sections of of the the county as is respected by his fellow judges over there in the in the event that the case goes there. Um, and this is in the vein of making sure that everyone's treated fairly. Judge Bowman
doesn't know anyone. He actually asked for the address to Burl Hall. Um, you know, so he can come conduct the hearing which will be open to the public and um, you know, that's how the governing body has elected to handle it as you guys know from our discussion in executive session last week. That is the action result of that um, which is to make sure
that the most qualified person we could find treats the residents and the business owners fairly and makes a decision. So, thank you. you want to just let me know time what? So on Monday at 10 a.m. um Judge Bowman will hear the parties and then we'll render a decision
um by by the end of the week next week. So everyone gets a prompt which is also required by the statute but gets a prompt result. So Monday 10 a.m. here in this room. Yes, sir. Thank you. So uh without any further discussion I'll make
a motion that we approve 2025-235. Second. Mr. Noble, I have a quick question for Greg Cannon. Can I vote on this even though I have a conflict? I live within 200 feet. Um, you can uh I think you can vote on
this. This is a professional service appointment to decide the issue for you since two that's another uh issue that you raised. There's two governing body members that live within 200 ft. Another reason why we we want to have a a neutral wellrespected third party come in and decide it. So I I believe that
you can vote on this because it doesn't materially bear upon the application or your opinion on it or anything. It's just to hire someone else to make sure that's decided properly. So I I don't think you have conflict. Mr. Noble, thank you. I will vote yes. Uh Mr.
Greenblat, yes. Mr. Noiki, yes. Mr. Weber, yes. Mayor Guboszi, yes. Item 2025-236 authorizing the settlement of pending litigation before the Superior Court of New Jersey Mammoth County entitled
Hasten versus Burrow of Bradley Beach docket number n 3790-24. Any comments or questions on this hearing? None. I will make a motion that we approve. Well, I'll make one quick
comment. um just this is approving a settlement. This is not accepting blame by the burough. This is not anything more than the two parties saying we don't have to battle over this anymore. We'll meet somewhere in the middle. So
with that said, I'll make a motion to ad to approve 2025-236. Second. Mr. Noble. Yes. Miss Greenblat. Yes. Mr. Noiki. Yes. Mr. Weber. Yes, Mayor
Guboszi. Yes. Item 2025-238 is the bill list for July 1st, 2025. Any comments, questions? Maybe. Um, no, I actually had a question. Um, well, when I was reviewing the bill list, I was, you know, again, I'm looking at all the C CME uh charges
because they're so busy right now. whenever there is um and and I guess um um CFO Larrison is not here, but whenever there is um a bill that gets paid now for services that were rendered
and approved in a previous year, was the money if the money was encumbered in that previous year, does that is that the money that's drawn from to pay for those services or is it of this current budget? If it was uncovered, it is is drawn from the prior year's budget. The
way municipal government accounting works is the any under expenditures and that would be an under expenditure as of that year, but it was uncovered expected to be spent in a future year. You wait one year and those under expenditures
either roll into your into your surplus through uh margin or you know they get used up as as you just said as additional expenditures. Thank you. Okay. Um, so there's no other questions. I'll make a motion that we approve
2025-238, the July 1st bill list. Second. Mr. Noble, yes. Miss Greenblat, yes. Mr. Nikki, yes. Mr. Weber, yes. Mayor
Gubetz, yes. Item 12 on the agenda, announcements. There are none. Item 13A, the the point we all anxiously await. Administrator report, Mr. Matt Dor. Uh, Mayor Paynees may write you down. Uh, I
have no report. Just want to wish the public and governing body a very happy and safe 4th of July. See everyone on Monday with all five fingers on each hand. Thank you, sir.
Um, item 13B, Mayor and Council reports. May I start with Mr. Councilman Weber? Sure thing, Mr. Mayor. And, uh, thanks everybody for letting me zoom in. Isn't it great? Greetings from Long Beach Island. I was going to say it's it was
sunny and beautiful today because it was I heard you had a little bit of rain up there, but none here, but as luck would have it, about an hour into this meeting, it started raining here. So, what do you know? Still Still beautiful. It's just wet. Um just really quick
couple of items. Um the environmental commission their July meeting is next week. It's on Monday. So we will have that meeting and we will likely uh talk about and maybe even put a date on a knotweed removal for July. I know everybody had so much fun in June. It's
backed by popular demand and we're going to do it again. And that is to keep this invasive Japanese knotweed at bay. They what our instructions are are what we learned is if you cut it three times during the summer, it's really a shadow of its former self and it's much easier
to possibly fully eradicate. So, we're looking to do that. And that's of course the maritime forest. I do mi I'm sorry I missed the uh celebration in the maritime forest. I saw the pictures. I'm sure it was great. So, thank you everybody. I'm sure there will be an update on that. And uh besides that, I
would just like to say congratulations to our new police officer, Giana uh probationary officer. So, welcome to the force. And that's it, Mr. Mayor. Thank you, Councilman. Uh Council President Denobyl, if you are able to
mutter a word or two, please. I actually I gave my uh report to Shauna, right? Not listen to my voice. I was trying to in case you had any thoughts. Uh, no. But again, congratulations to Giana, too. It's lovely.
Okay. Uh, Bradley uh Beach Police Department. Um, we do have several um cases to report. Um, Israel Martinez, 18 from Bradley Beach, was arrested charged with being an unlicensed driver um and several motor vehicle offenses as a
result of a hitand-run motor vehicle accident. Sergeant Michael Tardio and Patrolman Sean Johnson investigated members of the Bradley Police uh also responded to a water rescue calls in Ocean Grove and Avon to assist the
answer water rescue team after after lifeguard hours. All beachgoers are reminded to swim only when lifeguards are on duty. 5:00 our guards come off so do not swim or you're swimming at risk.
Uh the police department also investigated seven motor vehicle accidents, conducted several motor vehicle stops for various motor vehicle violations during this period. Uh R Beach residents are reminded that Saturday, July 5th at at 900 p.m. will be our annual Fourth of July fireworks
display. Residents should expect traffic delays and possible traffic detours in and around Bradley Beach for this event. Um it's not our intention to disrupt traffic, but don't let it load. Um there will be police directors out there moving the traffic around making sure
we're getting people out of town after the fireworks. Um the fire department um uh for the month ending June 30th, uh the fire department responded to 12 day calls, four night calls for a total of 16 calls. Eight were fire alarm
activations. One was a smoke condition. Uh, two were carbon monoxide alarms, two were EMS lift assists, one was an animal residue, one was an odor of natural gas, and one was a sparking overhead wire. The department conducted training on engine pump operations, hydrant
operations, and air pack use. The department participated in one community event, the BBC BCA food drive. There were no requests for mutual aid from other fire departments. The department fulfilled 100% of our assignments for this operational period and happy to
report that the department received one application for a membership as a firefighter. Uh we're still looking for more volunteers for the fire department and offer free training for qualified individuals. Anyone wishing to volunteer, uh you can fire through the Burles website.
First aid for the operational period ending July 1st. Uh the squad responded to 14 day calls, nine night calls for a total of 23 calls, 15 was medical, eight for fire calls. Seven calls were also water rescues and total calls for June
were 51 as opposed to 39 for May. Beach calls were also up from May, which were zero in June 13. The squad conducted one drill for the safety and education of the membership. Uh the squad requested no mutual aid for uh this operational
period. It fulfilled 100% of the assignments for this period. Uh we're still looking for volunteers for first aid. Um we offer free training for qualified individuals. Anyone wishing to volunteer for the first aid squad applications are also on the website.
And then on the Civil Nate Commission, I just want to report that the um you may see some painting out on Bradley Avenue of some markouts. Um that's the project that is uh associated with the bulkhead uh the wall replacement uh from that's
going to occur um sometime um uh this uh spring um 2026 spring. Uh but those markouts are for utilities so that they can map those and there will be some equipment um in the near future that they will be doing some uh borings where
the wall is going to go along the grass median of the along the lake uh to do sampling of the soil behind the existing wall uh to get um spruful design criteria for the new wall that will be designed. So you may see some activity
out there um here over the next month. So that's my report. Thank you, Council Councilwoman Green. Great. So I'll share my report first and then I'll move on to uh President Ford. Um the arts council met this past Sunday
evening for a brainstorming session. This was the first in-person meeting and an opportunity to plan ahead for both 2025 and 2026 with many exciting ideas to entertain and educate on the arts in Bradley Beach. In partnership with the Bradley Beach Library, the Arts Council
is hosting a children's art workshop entitled Color My World Tuesday, July 29th at 4 p.m. for students in grades 2 through 6. Registration is required. Please go to the libraryies events calendar. Mark your calendar for a porch
popup arts exhibit August 23rd 10:00 a.m. to 400 p.m. at the James Bradley all a call for artists will follow as the council prepares for a celebration of local artists in Bradley Beach. Please check the arts council web page and burrow announcements. The next arts
council meeting is scheduled for Monday, July 7th at 7 p.m. Recreation has not met since our last council meeting. Uh, summer camp began this week, yesterday. The first day of camp was a huge success. Camp will not
run on Friday, July 4th, the 4th of July. Um, but they are ending the week on Thursday on a high note with laser tag and rolling video game trucks. Maang open play runs every Friday 1 to 3 at the BAZI center. The summer botchi
league runs from July 8th to August 14th. The program has three sessions, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings at 6:30 p.m. Space is still available for Tuesday evening. Registrants can come as a team of two. Registr must come as a team of two. Go
to the recreation website to sign up. Radio bingo will once again be held on August 2nd, 6 p.m. at the fire hall. The wreck event, this wreck event is co-hosted by the ladies auxil auxiliary of the Bradley Beach Fire Department.
The last radio bingo was a packed house with music of the 70s through the '9s and lots of fun. So, be sure to register. Also, be sure to check July's Salted Soul Yoga program, which can be found on the WCK page under beach yoga with
Salted Soul. The recreation board's next meeting is Monday, July 14th, 6:30 p.m. at the rec center. The I'm sorry. Um, I was just advised that the recreation board will not be meeting on Monday, July 14th. They are
cancelling that meeting because of summer camp. So, my correction, um, the Flesher Lake Commission has not met since our last council meeting. The commission will be looking to determine the best way forward to evaluate any effects of the lights on the air raators with one set. Initially, they'll be
engaging with our environmental commission and clonet, Monmouth University's coastal lakes observing networks, including outreach for guidance uh with other area lake commissions. Further, the commission will be working more proactively with
CLET to participate in water sampling as part of an area assessment of the health of our coastal lakes. Commission member Bill Grafton will be the liazison for this effort. The next commission meeting is scheduled for Thursday, July 10th at 6 PM.
And now for uh for council president um Denobyl's report. Um there was only a board of ed meeting uh since the last council meeting. There there was not a tourism or a shade tree meeting. Um and so there are no reports. But uh Jane
will bring her board of ed report at the next council meeting. But she did want to share something very special and without her voice I'm going to take on the voice of Jane Denobyl and I'm going to speak in the first person because I I really want to articulate what Jane
wanted to say. You listening? I am all ears. Okay. A big congratulations to Mayor Gubossi on reaching his sixmonth mark in office. It's truly impressive to see how much has been accomplished in such short time. We've seen the union
contract settled for our burough employees. The demolition and sale of 319 Lraine officially begun. Wheelchair accessibility brought to our beaches with wider MOI mats, accessible showers, and designated drop off areas and new
cashless beach parking meters with the park mobile app. In addition, our budget has been approved. A financial analysis and plan was completed and implemented and the 2024 audit is underway. We've begun collecting development fees for
our affordable housing trust and successfully submitted round four for affordable housing requirements. We are also moving forward upgrading our sewer system with grant funding. Many new sources of revenue and initiatives have been implemented including shared
services and updated traffic fees and fines. A financial task force has been formed and is already in motion. The focus on efficiency is clearly evident. Thank you, Mayor Gubossi, for the creation of our fallen heroes monument
in Riley Park. A very meaningful tribute to honor our Bradley Beach heroes. Again, I'm speaking for Jane, but I think this is probably the sentiment of the entire council. Um, I was particularly touched to hear of a resident who personally thanked Mayor
Gubossi for bringing joy back to Brad back to Bradley Beach. I couldn't agree more. The joy you've brought to our community is greatly appreciated and felt by many. Your everyday efforts and collaborative spirit have made serving on the Bradley Beach Council truly an
honor and a pleasure. Thank you, Mayor Gubossi, for continuing to make Bradley Beach a truly caring community. Oh, here. That concludes Jane Denov's report. Wow. Thank you, Council President and
Councilwoman Greenbla for reading it. Um, and I think we have accomplished a lot. Thank you for putting it in writing, but uh I I would only say that we've done it as a team and I could not have done it without the rest of the group here. So, thank you all council
members. Um, going on to second half of the year and my report. Um, we did I guess first and foremost I do also want to congratulate probationary officer Giana Trainy for uh becoming an official
member of the force. Uh, that was exciting to have her family and friends here and it's just great to see new blood coming into into the police department. Um, also want to let people know with the crazy torrential downpour that we've been experiencing most of the
day and certainly late in the day, I got a call from Bajio Kafone at 5:30 from one of the lakes. I I think he was at Fletcher Lake at that moment, but he's hit both Fletcher and Silvin trying to lower the lakes as tons and tons of rain
hit us. And he's having some challenges. I think specifically he mentioned uh Southern Lake was the gate which we are trying to repair and that repair probably won't take place until the fall fall. Yeah, the earliest. The earliest. Uh so we are DPW is really working with
a broken gate. Uh and he was windswept and dripping wet and called me to say just know mayor we're doing everything we can. Um, I sub subsequently got a text from uh someone down at Silven Lake
telling us that the lakes uh rising. So, G uh G Bagio is doing everything he can and his team's doing everything they can to uh to manage the lakes, but we're, you know, we're struggling with that and hopefully hopefully we get a little break in the weather and hopefully they'll get these gates functioning
sufficiently. Um on June 27th, last Saturday, last Friday, we had uh a maritime forest celebration. Julie Shrek, uh the maritime forest is named in in her name in her honor. Um her
family members, six or seven of them actually joined us. her her sister Rachel and her daughter Molly uh both spoke at the event and it was very uh we we recognized part of the celebration we added new signage that included Mayor
Shrek's uh a picture of her actually holding Molly an infant Molly couldn't have been more than a few months old probably in front of the uh on the beach in front of the ocean so a great picture for posterity we've added that to two signs at the maritime forest and Captain
Al Majest who's been here from from the beginning. He's a resident in town. Many of you may know him, but he works for American lator uh a non forprofit that does all kinds of environmental work. Uh and Captain L along with Mayor Shrek was instrumental
in helping us convert a parking lot into what's now a habitat for u migrating birds and for all sorts of wildlife. a just a great resiliency story for Bradley Beach. We're one of the only uh
maritime forests like this of its kind along the Jersey Shore. We believe and the environmentalists, we've gotten national awards for this. Environmentalists believe that it will serve as a model for others to follow as we go forward. Um, and then my final uh
comment to all is uh I'm I'm told that by Senator Gopal I can't officially announce this, but the senator along with Assemblywoman uh Donlin and Peter Paul have secured $100,000 of grant funding for the burrow. So, we will be using that very judiciously, but but
that was a wonderful surprise. Uh we did not expect that. So just want to let that be known and more to come uh in a following meeting in terms of how we will deploy those spots. But that concludes my report. Um now I will open it to public comments or questions on
anything you care to speak about. Any comments or questions? Rain, please. I wasn't planning on saying anything at night, but um and I know I'm late. I didn't know what a ribbon driveway was. Um I don't know. I know. And I know you
voted for it. Um I think the my yes vote is not really getting you what you want. I'm going to tell you why. I see a ribbon driveway as a loophole for imperous surface surfaces. And I really don't believe that you
could ever keep the grass growing between concrete because during the summer that concrete radiant heat will get to 125 and above and so the grass will always die and you're going to end up getting the dust that you
don't want. So know it's a they short but um you know I'm not really sure that that was a the decision if I could do or I don't care. I don't have a version driveway yet. I would Thank you. Thank you.
Yes, sir. Mr. Co. Mayor, if I Oh, Mr. Mayor, if I could respond you mind. Go ahead. C. So, I mentioned like I've had a ribbon driveway of my property for close to 30 years, maybe more. I don't know. It's fine.
There are many examples of ribbon driveways with grass in the middle throughout the burrow, but but we we are well aware of that as a potential concern. And you probably heard Councilman Noiki reference earlier that we expect it to be uh watered as well. But it it's a valid concern. No
question. Um who was I just acknowledging? Mr. Co. Uh Council J. Co. Um yes. It's designed for flexibility of the out and we've seen so many new houses. It's not really a loophole if it's done
right. If they if they don't irrigate it and remove the grass, it's a code violation. uh it'll be included in their site plan as to what they proposed and I'd be happy to ride around uh other shore towns as well as part of the pitch
and show people the wonderful design flexibility and visual aesthetic that does those creating none we'll close public comment and we will move to I'll make a motion that we that we journ temporarily to go to
executive session. Um, and there will be no decisions made. Any Is there a second? Second, Mr. Noble? Yes. Miss Greenblat? Yes. Mr. Noiki? Yes. Mr. Weber? Is somebody gonna call me or
something? How are we doing this? We'll call you, John. Okay. Yes. Mayor Kosi. Yes. Uh we expect to be retired for 20 minutes or so, 25 minutes. There will be
no business conducted afterwards. That's very nice. 30 minutes. Thank you.