--------- Happy morning. I have every other Monday. So, Goodbye. myself. >> No, I don't know. Great to see you.
So exciting. >> I'll take it. Just so you guys know, and then we take the The only the only pressure is for people to stay No, that's it. >> I figured I would do my classes.
So I figured I would do it when I hear my counsel. Is that okay? >> Yeah. Does it matter? otherwise I know that put it through a
lot of certain point you can do it your way that's something you can And then I did it and then I know I was kind of a couple sentences and I was like I always
Yeah, there's Julie. >> There's Julie. >> How do you say happy new year in Hawaii? >> You know what? But it's beautiful outside. It might be cold, but you just came back from Hawaii. >> I know. I think right
>> podium needs to be there. You never know. We do have public comment at the end. >> Let's want to put it to the snow. >> Hey Nor, happy new year. Thank you very much. >> No, I need to shop with you. >> Oh, yeah. I went there.
>> Yeah. >> I'd walk out of the the dress like >> Yeah. like this. >> Nice to meet you. Since we're making a poor
What's up, Chief? >> You want to sit on my >> lap? officials here. >> Oh yeah. from >> and then she's really nice. I thought she
maybe you're right. I'm not sure. woman. >> Two more minutes. >> I'm trying to make video. I mean, you had the opportunity. No one's paying attention. They'll press your >> great
scratch that >> one second. >> Yes. Okay. It's E A N. Yeah. >> No R. >> Call this meeting to order. Please rise for the pledge of allegiance.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. I wish to announce that a 48 hour notice is required under the open public
meetings act is emailed to the as a park press, the co-star and the new coaster on December the 19th of 2025. 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. Please be advised public attendance for meetings through Zoom is
a courtesy only. If for any reason Zoom fails or is disconnected, the inerson meeting will continue without interruption and action can and will be taken. providing that there is an in-person council quorum. Mr. Noble >> here, Miss Greenblat >> here, Mr. Noiki >> here,
>> Mr. Carb >> here, >> Mayor Guboszi >> here. All right. Well, it's wonderful to see a uh a standing room only room. Thank you all for being here. Happy New Year to all of you. Any I see a few folks in
Zoom. Happy New Year to you guys as well. Um exciting day. We anyone looking at our agenda is going to see it's a it's a long and and uh daunting in appearance, but it's actually uh we're going to move through it very quickly.
What I wanted to say is uh exciting because we're starting a new year, but also exciting because we're swearing in a number of uh well actually our entire council except for me. Uh and we're also swearing in a number of officers from our uh first aid and uh fire department
uh department. So, uh, a lot of that to come shortly. I just want to make everyone aware, uh, anyone who's here specifically for the swearing in friends, family, if you'd like to, you don't have to wait till the end of the meeting. You can leave sooner. And if
you're interested at all, we've set up some coffee and uh, what cookies or whatever >> and coffee cake >> and coffee cake across the parking lot in the Viazi Center. So feel free after after you see your loved ones sworn in uh go over and help yourself to coffee. The rest of us will join you as soon as
we get out of the meeting. So with that said, uh I'm going to move to item five on our agenda. >> Actually number four. Number four, statement. >> Oh, statement of determination. A statement of the determination of the board of county canvasers relative to an
election held in the burrow of Bradley Beach on the 4th day of November in the year 2025 for the election of municipal officers for said burrow of Bradley Beach. The said board to determine that at election
Mitchell J. Karp to my far right, Paul D. Noiki to my far left, Jane Denobyl immediately to my left, and Shauna Greenblat were duly elected to the office of burough counsel for full three-year terms.
Closest bright statement. And now we will proceed with item five on the agenda, which is the administration of the oath of office. I'm going to swear in uh our council members first one by one. Uh each of them are are welcome to make a a brief
uh statement if they'd like uh at you know after they're swearing in and then we will move to the fire and first aid department's uh oaths of office. So I'm going to come down down to you Erica. >> Yes. >> And you have a pen or should >> uh I do have a pen.
>> Yeah. One. Hold on. See, I'm going to invite Mr. Clark to join. >> He's the first one there. >> Yeah. Well, I have >> Very good. You are very good. >> Thank you, Mitch. Before I before I make
you official, I also want to make a quick statement to my immediate left here in red. Erica >> after I I I know we have a handful of elected officials who have joined us today. I will make those announcements
when I get back up there just to recognize you and thank you for coming. Um Mr. C, do you have anyone that's going to join you again? >> Welcome. You now realize what your
normally you would raise your right hand and put that left hand there. And if you'd like to hold it, no hold. Um, please repeat after me. I, Mitchell J. Karp, do solemnly swear I, Mitchell J. Karp, 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 >> And I will bear true faith and allegiance >> to the same
>> to the same and to the governments established >> and to the governments established >> in the United States and in this state >> in the United States and in this state >> under the authority of the people >> under the authority of the people >> that I will faithfully and partially
>> That I will faithfully and partially >> and justly perform all the duties >> and justly perform all all the duties >> of Councilman of the Burrow of Bradley Beach >> of Councilman of the Burrow of Bradley Beach. >> According to the best of my ability >> according to the best of my ability. >> So help me God.
>> So help me God. >> Sworn and subscribed before me on this first day of January, 2026. picture. Both side >> with the one who would like
to see. So being exc friends, thank you so much. I'm honored and grateful for the trust of the residents of Bradley Beach that they placed in me this last November. Like
many people here, Bradley Beach wasn't where I first started, but it's where I chose to build my life with my family, and I have a special to thank them for supporting my dream. This town quickly became home, and that's why serving this community means so much to me. I ran for
council because I care deeply about Bradley Beach, our residents, our small businesses, our traditions, and the character that makes this town special. I believe we can protect what makes Bradley Beach unique while still playing planning responsibly for the future. And
as a council member, I promise to listen and to work collaboratively and to always put the best interests of the community first. I'm proud to serve alongside my fellow council members and our mayor and I look forward to earning your trust every single day. Thank you
for the opportunity to next week Paul Mr. No wiki. You knew Paul was anticipating >> oath of allegiance and public office, state of New Jersey, County Mammoth. Please repeat after me. I, Paul D.
Nawiki, >> I, Paul D. Nikki >> do solemnly swear >> do solemnly swear >> that I will support the Constitution of the United States >> that I will support the Constitution of the United States >> and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey >> and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey
>> that I will bear true faith and allegiance >> that I will bear true faith and allegiance >> to the same >> to the same >> and to the governments established >> and to the governments established >> in the United States >> in the United States >> and in this state >> and in this state >> under the authority of the people
>> under the authority of the people >> that I will faithfully >> that I will faithfully >> impartially >> and partially >> and justly perform >> and justly perform >> all the duties of councilmen of the burrow of Bradley Beach >> all the duties of councilmen of the burrow of Bradley Beach
>> according to the best of my ability >> according to the best of my ability. >> So help me God. >> So help me God. soreness is spared before me uh this first day of January 2026. So, happy new year uh to the residents of Bradley Beach. Thank you for your
trust and support this past year and your confidence in my ability uh to serve on the council this next term. Congratulations to my fellow council members and thank you for the partnership of previous council members and the mayor. Um I look forward to
working with all of you on this next year. When asked to serve as an appointed official last year, I was initially hesitant, unsure of the reaction to my appointment being relatively new to the community. I was quickly embraced with warmth and
support. And I realized I had a wonderful opportunity to engage uh my neighbors, the residents to learn to establish myself by using my experience as an engineer and business leader to give back to the community. It has been a rewarding and very
fulfilling experience. Thank you. I would also like to thank my wonderful wife, Robin, for her support and encouragement to take this office. I look forward to the coming year with great expectations of bringing our community closer together by supporting each other and building on this
beautiful home beach. You want to go? >> Okay. >> Oh, did you want to go change? >> I'll go first. >> Go slow. >> I'll have TJ hold the bottle. The Bible
I need a bottle. is raised. >> Okay. The Burough Bradley Beach, Oath of Allegiance and Public Office, State of New Jersey, County of Mammoth. >> Please repeat after me. >> I, Jane Denoval, >> I, Jane Denovo, >> do solemnly swear >> do solemnly swear
>> that I will support >> that I will support >> the Constitution >> the Constitution >> of the United States >> of the United States >> and the Constitution >> and the Constitution >> of the State of New Jersey >> of the state of New Jersey. Thank you, speaker. that I will bear true faith >> That I'll bear true faith
>> and allegiance >> and allegiance >> to the same >> to the same >> and to the governments >> and to the governments >> established in the United States >> established in the United States >> and in this state >> and in this state >> under the authority of the people >> under the authority of the people
>> that I will faithfully >> that I will faithfully >> impartially >> impartially >> and justly >> and justly >> perform all the duties >> perform all the duties >> of council woman >> a council woman.
>> There was hesitation because there's a little typo in this. >> That's not that. >> Of the burrow of Bradley Beach. >> Of the burrow of Bradley Beach. >> According to the best of my ability. >> According to the best of my ability. >> So help me God. >> So help me God. >> You don't have to repeat this. Sworn and
subscribed before me on this first day of January, 2026. Congratulations. >> So, happy new year. This is uh my second term and I think this is going to be my favorite term. So, I have a lot to look forward to. I'm very very very grateful
to be here. I'm grateful that we all live the rest of it. And I ran for council because I felt people need a voice and sometimes people are afraid to get up and say something and everybody deserves the right to be heard and that's what I'm here. I'm your sounding
board. I help people call me, text me, send phone signals. I'll help. And it's been my greatest honor to serve the residents of Bradley Beach and I really looking forward to the next three years continuing our very positive path. Thank
you so much. You don't want to be in it. >> Sure. Charlotte, thank you. >> Thank you. Thanks, Sarah. >> And now, Sha Greenland, come on down. >> All right.
Okay. Uh, this is the Burough Bradley Beach oath of allegiance and public office, state of New Jersey, County of Val. Please repeat after me. >> I, Shauna Greenblat, >> I, Shauna Greenlat, >> do solemnly swear >> do solemnly swear >> that I will support the Constitution of
the United States >> that I will support the Constitution of the United States >> and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey >> and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey. that I will bear true faith and allegiance >> that I will bear true faith and allegiance >> to the same >> to the same
>> and to the governments >> and to the governments >> established in the United States >> established in the United States >> and in this state >> and in this state >> under the authority of the people >> under the authority of the people >> that I will faithfully >> that I will faithfully
>> impartially >> impartially >> and justly >> and justly >> perform all the duties >> perform all the duties >> of councilwoman >> of council woman >> of the burrow of Bradley Beach. >> of the burrow of Bradley Beach. >> According to the best of my ability
>> according to the best of my ability. >> You don't have to repeat this. Sworn and subscribe before me on this first day of January 2026. So, I just want to thank everyone for being here. Um, especially thank my husband and the community for support on
council. Um, so, uh, I'm honored to serve on the Bradley Beach Council. A year ago, I began my term with a resolution of promise to my community of kindness, respect, understanding, and excellence. I hope I prove worthy in both deed and action and will continue
to serve as your council representative in earnest pursuit of these values. They are the basic character attributes of good and trustworthy governance. Now in 2026, I offer a blessing for the new year. May we know peace and harmony among friends and neighbors. Where there
is difference, may we open our minds to listen. Where there is discomfort, may may we open our hearts. Where there is ranker, may we learn to turn the other cheek. Where there is insinuation and injustice, may we have the strength to speak up and stare down. Thank you for
trusting me and my colleagues. Um with whom I proudly and enthusiastically share space on that day. Uh when you see us in town, on the boardwalk or on social media, please know that we aspire to do our very best
for you, the residents of Bradley Beach. This is our commitment today and all the days of our term. A new year, a promise, a year of promise and light. We are the lucky ones who wake most mornings to the rising sun as it meets our shoreline.
This is a blessing for which I am very grateful. Happy New Year. May be joyful and help me for Yes. >> Yeah. So that concludes council. I'm going to make a quick comment. Um and that is I could not be happier uh than I
am to have this group of people behind you. Uh Mitch has you all know is brand new, but I've known Mitch for a number of years. Mitch currently serves on our landings board and will continue to do so. He's going to move off the current role because he was not a council member. Now that he's a council member,
he's actually going to become, and you'll hear this later in the meeting, my uh delegate. So, he will represent me, the mayor, and continue to serve on my own leg. Um, but could not be prouder of this group here. I've worked with three of them uh to the left of Mitch
for the past year. I think we accomplished a lot as a group. Uh, and I'm particularly honored that they asked me to swear them all in. I did invite them to, you know, have other folks in their lives uh perform that honor. Uh, and they gave me the honor. So, I really
appreciate that. And finally, I want to thank my wife just for her support. >> As we move to more important stuff, our fire and first aid. And I'm going to trust that Erica, you've got these in the same correct order. >> Yes, I do.
>> So, Mr. Ron, Miss You have anyone in the audience? Perfect. >> This is I'm going to read the oath of allegiance and public office burrow of Bradley Beach, state of New Jersey, County. Please repeat after me. I, Ronald B. Minsky,
>> I, Ronald B. Minsky, >> do solemnly swear >> do solemnly swear >> that I will support the Constitution of the United States >> that I will support the Constitution of the United States >> and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey >> and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey that I will bear true faith and
allegiance >> I will bear true faith and allegiance >> to the same >> to the same and to the governments established >> and to the governments established >> in the United States >> in the United States >> and in this state >> and in this state under the authority of
the people. >> under the authority of the people >> that I will faithfully >> That I will faithfully >> impartially >> impartially >> and justly >> and justly >> perform all the duties of fire chief >> perform all the duties of fire chief >> for the Bradley Beach Fire Department >> for the Bradley Beach Fire Department.
>> according to the best of my ability according to the best of my ability. So help me God. So help me God. And this is not to be repeated but sworn and subscribed before me this first day of January 2026. That'll be uh I want to thank the mayor council,
the rest of the burough administration for all the support you gave me and the fire department. Uh thank you to Chief Arnold for always being there by our side with this police department uh when we respond to the call on duty. Uh to my crew who's who's out here supporting me.
I couldn't ask for a a a greater group of people uh uh to to go out and and and work for this bur and also to the residents who uh continue to uh support the fire department in in so many ways. Thank you.
Chief, >> this will be your third year in a row now. Third year in a row, Chief. Yes. Thank you again for that. For those of you that don't my daughter who's All is actually
sir. Thank you, sir. Thank you. >> Okay, Mr. You're just as thankful as you. Um sir, I will read the oath of allegiance and public office burough of Bradley Beach, state of New Jersey, county.
Please repeat after me. I, Joseph San Feliche >> I, Joseph Saniz, >> do solemnly swear >> do solemnly swear >> that I will support the Constitution of the United States >> that I 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 >> I will bear true faith >> and allegiance >> and allegiance >> to the same >> to the same >> and to the governments >> and to the governments >> established in the United States >> established in the United States
>> and in this state >> and in this state >> under the authority of the people >> under the authority of the people >> that I will faithfully >> that I will faithfully >> impartially >> and partially >> and justly >> and justly >> perform all the duties >> perform all the duties
>> of fire captain >> of fire captain >> for the Bradley Beach Fire Department >> for the Bradley Beach Fire Department >> according to the best of my ability >> according to the best of my ability. >> So help me God. >> So help me God. You are done. Sworn and described before
me this first day of January 2026. >> Just want to thank every uh uh firefighters and the residents. We give success to you and we just want to continue it and work with mayor council planning.
Thank you. Apple. Yeah. And now we have rather famous Mr. Zack. or two to hold the time. There we go. All right. I'm going to administer the oath of allegiance and public office for
Bradley Beach, State of New Jersey, County of Mammoth. Please repeat after me. I John W. Zack. I John W. do solemnly swear >> solemnly swear >> that I will support the Constitution of the United States >> that I will support the Constitution of the United States
>> and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey >> and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey >> that I will bear true faith >> that I will bear true faith >> and allegiance >> and allegiance >> to the same >> to the state >> and to the governments >> and to the government
>> established in the United States >> established in the United States >> and in this state >> and in this state under the authority of the people. >> under the authority of the people >> that I will faithfully >> that I will faithfully >> impartially >> impartially >> and justly >> and justly
>> perform all the duties >> perform all the duties >> of captain >> of captain >> for the Bradley Beach First Aid Squad. >> for the Bradley Beach First Aquad. >> According to the best of my ability. >> According to the best of my ability. >> So help me God. >> So help me God. >> You were done, sir. Sworn and subscribed
before me this first day of January 2026. Get the little ones up front. left. >> Want to thank the council on behalf of my membership, the citizens. There are people that the first aid squad can't do without. I hate to
mention the chief of police, but whenever we get to the scene, the scene's completely covered. We're able to park correctly most times. Right, Chief? The fire department members also are
members of the volunteer first squad, which is a great help when you have the summer crowd when we're running double ambulances all day long and people can switch in, in and out. Um,
I think that's it. >> How many years have you been serving? >> Let me see. >> You better get it right. I know. >> Just uh 47 years. >> One more. No pushy
20 years on the first aid squ >> and you served as chief very soon as well. >> Well TJ was willing to roll the video so we didn't have to do this. >> Anyway, thank you for all of your service.
Maybe a sign right there. We'll have books for you. >> I want to read it first in case something will definitely happen. Oh, I thought it was against
the oath of allegiance of public office, Burough, Bradley Beach, state of New Jersey, county of please Repeat after me. >> I, Ronald B. Minsky, >> I, Ronald B. Minsky, >> do solemnly swear >> do solemnly swear >> that I will support the Constitution >> that I will support the Constitution >> of the United States
>> of the United States >> and the Constitution >> and the Constitution >> of the State of New Jersey >> of the state of New Jersey. that I will bear true faith >> I will bear true faith >> and allegiance >> and allegiance >> to the same >> to the same >> and to the governments >> and to the governments >> established in the United States
>> established in the United States >> and in this state >> and in this state >> under the authority of the people >> under the authority of the people >> that I will faithfully >> that I will faithfully >> impartially >> impartially >> and justly >> and justly >> perform all the duties >> perform all the duties >> of first lieutenant
>> of first lieutenant >> for the Bradley Beach first aid squad >> for The Bradley Beach first day is squad. >> According to the best of my ability. >> According to the best of my ability. >> So help me God. >> So help me God. >> This is Swarm and some prayer before me. First day of January 2026.
>> I'm not going to say anything more other than to introduce my son All Corporal Casey. United States. You good? I said it all. Mr. Walsh, you can join us as I sign here. The oath of allegiance and public office, Burough of Bradley Beach, state
of New Jersey, County of Mammoth. Please repeat after me. I, Joseph G. Walsh, >> I, Joseph G. Walsh >> do solemnly swear >> do solemnly swear >> that I will support the Constitution >> that I will support the Constitution >> of the United States >> of the United States >> and the Constitution
>> and the Constitution >> of the State of New Jersey >> of the state of New Jersey >> that I will bear true faith >> that I bear true faith >> and allegiance >> and allegiance >> to the same >> to the same >> and to the governments >> and to the governments >> established in the United States >> established in the United States >> and in this state
>> and in this state >> under the authority of the people >> under the authority of the people that that I will faithfully >> that I will faithfully >> impartially >> impartially >> and justly >> and justly >> perform all the duties >> perform all the duties >> of second lieutenant >> of second lieutenant >> for the Bradley Beach first aid squad
>> for the Bradley Beach first aid squad >> according to the best of my ability >> for the best of my ability. >> So help me God. >> So help me God. >> And this is sub uh subscribe sworn in subscribe before me uh this first day of January 2026. Thank you. Well, thank everybody. Uh,
I've been involved in EMS 52 years. as it follows your indicative now for 25 years. I used to been invar squad. So I enjoy the ENS. I enjoy this town so much. It's been really great. The people are great. The numbers are
great. And again, I'm really proud to be able to serve the community here. >> Oh, I'm sorry. >> Oh, I got sign that. Got to get your John hand. >> You want to do a picture as well? >> Yeah.
Thank you. Thanks again. >> And last, but certainly not least, Mr. Hobasa. This is the oath of allegiance and public office for O'Rether Beach, state of New Jersey, Cavi Obama. Please repeat after me. I veto Masa
>> I veto Masa >> do solemnly swear >> do solemnly swear >> that I will support the Constitution >> that I will support the Constitution >> of the United States >> of the United States >> and the Constitution >> and the Constitution >> of the State of New Jersey >> of the state of New Jersey >> that I will bear true faith
>> that I will bear true faith >> and allegiance >> and allegiance >> to the same >> to the same >> and to the governments >> and to the governments >> established in the United States >> established in the United States >> and in this state >> and in this state >> under under the authority of the people. >> 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 >> all the duties >> of sergeant >> of sergeant >> for the Bradley Beach first A squad >> for the Bradley Beach First Aid Squad >> according to the best of my ability. >> according to the best of my ability.
>> So help me God. >> So help me God. You are done, sir. Sworn and subscribe before me this first day of January 2026. Red glasses made of sunglasses. Uh, I can ask you to get all of the BMS
volunteers to the to the front of the room. Okay. Oh, please do. >> Oh, okay. Um, I'd like to thank the mayor, council, police department, the fire department, all my fellow members for their support for the past 20 years
uh that on the squad. And I'd like to especially thank my wife who the only thing she says to me when my pager goes off is, "Do you have your glasses? Do you have your phone? Do you have your radio?" >> So I thank you everybody. Thank you. >> Yes. members for
>> state members since my daughter embarrassed me. I'm going to say this before. >> He was an ex. If you see me later on at the open house
and I cat Hold on. >> Eric, Eric Hunter. Anyway, >> pictures. Thank you for the kind. >> Absolutely. I probably should have said this before I did all the swearing in
the fire and EMS, but everyone hopefully knows this already, but these two organizations, volunteer organizations have served Bradley Beach roughly a bund. I mean, it's an incredible history that we have of volunteers serving in
Bradley. It obviously saves the taxpayers a lot of money and all these men and women who are participating uh are unpaid volunteers. Uh, and when you hear people that have been doing this 47 years, 52 years, it's a staggering
contribution to our community. So once again, a round of applause for >> your everything. Now we >> as I mentioned we have a couple of visiting dignitaries. You have the
>> Yes. >> Would you like to actually intro? >> Okay. Um yes, there's um we have a group called the Southern Month elected women and we get together and we trade ideas and two of the elected women are here today and I'd like to welcome Caitlyn
Donovan. She has been film and we had the council woman from Spring Lake Heights, Michelle Stan today. Thank you so much. >> Thank you for sharing your ideas and your expertise. It's been invaluable to both Shauna and I. We appreciate you so
very much. Thank you again for being here. So the the room is empty. If anyone wants better seats and wants to come up front, feel free to >> or if you'd like coffee again. Coffee
and some Danish across the parking. >> Okay, Erica, we've already done roll call, right? So, we're going to move to item seven on our agenda, approval of the minutes. December 16, 2025, council business meeting. I will make a motion we approve.
>> Second, >> Mr. Noble. Yes. M. >> Yes. Mr. Nikki. >> Yes. >> Um, Mr. Mayor. >> Yes. >> We have one ordinance for introduction today. It's an ordinance amending and
supplementing the burough code of the of the burough belly beach chapter 450 entitled zoning to establish a new zone entitled affordable housing >> uh hyphen 4 ah zone
>> um any there will not be public comment this is only an introduction speaking as loudly as I can >> it's I mean it's turned on. I'm >> It's on. >> I'm speaking into it. >> I'm also yelling a little, so bear with
us. >> We'll have to work on technology in the new year. >> That sounds good. >> Oh, I mean it does work. I think so. As I started to say, there will not be public comment on this ordinance
introduction uh because it's an introduction other than comments you might want to make at the end of the meeting. Um but are there any questions or comments by the council beyond what we've already been able to discuss? >> Thank you. >> Nothing.
>> Okay. I will make a motion that we uh introduce approve the introduction of ordinance 2026 hyphen one. >> Second. Mr. Mr. Noble, >> yes. >> Mr. Springlat, >> yes. >> Mr. Cart, >> yes. >> Mr. Nikki, >> yes. >> Mayor Guposi,
>> yes. >> Item nine on our agenda. >> Uh, the organization of Mayor Council Burrow and the nomination of a council president. >> I'd like to let everyone know we're going to vote on this separately, but I plan to nominate uh Jane Denov to serve in council president in 2026.
>> Um, >> yeah, you're voting on that resolution. >> We are voting on resolution 2026-1, nomination of our council president. So I do nominate Jane Denovo. >> Second. >> Mr. Denoval. >> Yes. >> Miss Greenblat. >> Yes. >> Mr. Corb. >> Yes.
>> Mr. Noiki. >> Yes. >> Mayor Gubetzi. >> Yes. I'll draw attention to >> Thank you, mayor, for the nomination. Thank you to my colleagues for your vote of confidence as well. And I I look forward to continue to serve the residents of Rally Beach as council of
presidents. Truly my highest honor. Thank you. Jane has served for two and a half years, give or take, right? >> Yes. >> As our council president. So, uh, you must be doing something right, Jane. >> Thank you.
>> Also, just for note that we have a a list of council liaison assignments. A number of these uh have not changed because the council members that already served organizations in the bureau um have done such wonderful work and I think the organizations want them to
return and they want to return. So my challenge was to find new opportunities for our newest council member Mr. Clark. I think we've done that. I'm not going to read all them but Mitch I am going to mention your uh leazison assignments just so everyone's aware. Uh Mr. Karp will now be the council leazison to the
uh community development that includes code uh construction and zoning. He will also replace Mr. Weber who has joined us by the way. Mr. Weber, thank you for joining us today. He will replace John Weber as our leazison to the environmental commission and Mr. Karp
will also assume responsibilities for public safety, fire and first aid. Uh and I mentioned earlier and I I'll make a formal comment on this, but Mr. carp will also continue to serve on our landing board, but I'll get to that in a few moments. >> Okay, we have a new business consent
agenda uh with many, many, many uh different resolutions. I know the council's all familiar with these. You've looked at these in advance. You've asked questions. Uh do you want any do you have any questions or do you want any of these to be called down and voted on separately?
Anyone council? >> Looks good to me. Shauna, you look like you're >> No, no. I'm just looking at my notes, but that's fine. >> Good. In that case, I will make a motion that we approve uh resolutions 220 2026-
2 to 2026- 31. >> Second, >> Mr. Noble, yes. >> Mr. Springlat, yes. >> Mr. Park, >> yes. >> Mr. Nikki, >> yes. >> Mayor Kubzi, >> yes. And I promise to stop saying the word hyphen. Okay, so that quickly moves us to the
last page of our agenda. Uh item 11 are a handful of individual resolutions which we will vote on separately. Uh 2026-32 is authorization to award the 54 Ocean Avenue reutilization of existing
building to MTB LLC in the amount of $624,29. This was the uh result of the council, the burrow rebidding, working with our engineer, CME, who I also see is represented here today. Thank you, Ben.
Um, we had to rebid this because the initial bids came in higher than we had authorized money to spend. We increased our bonding authorization and fortunately uh the low bidder, a different organization, but they came in
at roughly the same low bid amount roughly, you know, well, exactly 624,000. I think the prior bid was 623,000. So, um, any questions or comments on this? No, I just think it's well, it's fantastic that we went back and revisited this and u went through uh the
process as well as um addressing some issues on the spec and and the plan. So, um, so thank you for, um, and see me proposing this together. >> And again, also thank you for the rebid and for the swift rebid because hopefully it'll give us an opportunity
to have it up and running for the 2026 season. Don't know. The goal all and we've you know had a little little minor uh slowdown here or there but the goal has always been to get this bid completed which we are now formalizing
uh and get construction started on rehabilitating the uh the prior sewer pump station at the playground on Ocean Avenue and convert that into men's bathrooms, women's bathrooms, and a small concession area. So we we have every intention of having that up and
running ready for the public by Memorial Day 2026. So I think we are on track to still accomplish that. Next. Oh, >> did we? >> I did not. I need to make a motion. And I am now making a motion to uh approve
2026-32. >> Second. Mr. Noble. >> Yes. >> Miss Greenblat. >> Yes. >> Mr. Carr. >> Yes. >> Mr. Nikki? Yes. >> Mayor Hubosi? >> Yes. 2026-33 is authorizing competitive contracting process for the hiring of a sports recreational vendor. And at the
highest level, I know Miss Greenblot, you were asking detailed questions about this, but at the highest level, uh this is an independent contractor that sponsors different uh training education courses, pickle ball classes or whatever. Uh they do that independently.
They charge members who want to learn pickle ball for example. Uh, and then we they do this under the umbrella of our rec center and then they they fund the burrow a percentage of the fees they collect. Um, but that's my overview. Do you have anything? >> No. So, I'm just I guess the question I
had was is this a new service that we're looking into doing? >> Yeah, that this is new. Yes. >> And and will it be done collaboratively with Neptune City since it's >> that I'm not sure of. I would take that up with Courtney. >> Yeah. Think of this more as >> I mean maybe I >> Yeah, it's it was it's our rec center.
So to the extent it's anything that we collaborate on our rec center with Neptune city. Yes. You know but uh but it would not there's no reciprocity necessarily. There's nothing else that Neptune city is doing. Yeah. >> So any proceeds come to Bradley? >> Yes. Correct. If no other questions I'll
make a motion that we approve 2026-33. >> Second. >> Mr. Noble. >> Yes. >> Mr. Green. >> Yes. >> Mr. Court. >> Yes. >> Mr. Noiki? >> Yes. >> Mayor Guboszi? Yes. 2026-34 adopting the temporary operating budget for the year 2026 inclusive of the
temporary death service budget for 2026. Any comments or questions on that? >> This is standard, right? >> Temporary. Yep. >> And the not to exceed 26.25% is also a standard that um
>> potentially might change. >> Absolutely will change. Yeah. Right. I mean the likelihood of hitting that exact number is remote. Uh the what's happening ladies and gentlemen here is we don't have a budget yet. You you never have a budget. Hopefully you do it by March. Uh sometimes sooner, sometimes
much later. But but our hope would be to have something in place end of February, early March. If we accomplish that in the interim, we have to spend money. And this, as you just mentioned, councilwoman, is a standard. Think of a quarter of a year as 25%. This is, as
you said, 26.25 or something. Yeah. Which is basically 25% with a little inflation built in. So, we're giving us a quarter of this coming year's budget based on last year's budget slightly. I think a 3% increase for inflation. Uh,
and that is very standard. And when we finalize the budget, say in February, March time frame, it'll apply retroactively to this first quarter. >> Right? And as we've done last year, we've actually increased that percentage amount if we see that the spend >> Absolutely. Yep.
>> Any other comments or questions? I'll make a motion seeing no comments that we approve 2026-34 temporary operating budget. >> Second, >> Mr. Noble? Yes. Miss Greenblat? Yes. >> Mr. Carr? Yes. >> Mr. Nikki? Yes. >> Mayor Gubosi?
>> Yes. And now, as I promised, I have a uh if I if I have this right. Oh, no. The lazy sport appointment update is um basically Erica, shall I read these the new names out or >> Yeah, you can if you want to.
>> No, I think >> Oh, okay. We're Okay, I have >> I need to Okay, >> I need to find them. Bear with me one moment in my little pile of things. Okay, as everyone's aware, we have a land use board. uh one of the most
important um volunteer organizations in the burrow and as I mentioned earlier and I'm still going to have a communication officially on this but uh there are a lot of folks uh remain everyone remains that wanted to remain um
Mitch Karp is is officially leaving his position as alternate I think you were alternate one Mitch at the time >> because he's a council member and a council member cannot be an alternate however We are going to roll Mr. Carpent to being my designate and I I do not plan to attend meetings unless it's a
necessary uh event. Uh but you will be my permanent alternate and we'll get more to that later. So you will remain on the on the council. Uh I'm sorry on the ladies board. Also uh Mr. Robert West is being appointed as our alternate
member number four. Uh and Robert West is a new member. We're very excited to have him join uh the Lanny's board. Uh there were there was at least one change, right? Mr. Cohen had a one-year term. He's now being renewed uh for a
four-year term. All all of the class 4s serve a four-year term ultimately, but in the first year, there's a staggering of terms. So, in the first year of this new board, which was last year, we had some folks that had one year, two year, three year term. Mr. Coen had a one-year
term, but all of these people renew into a a four-year term. So, Mr. Coyan, the year of change in that year, new term expires 123129. >> And uh Victoria Ley was also reappointed. >> Oh, yeah. She's reappointed for two
years as an alternate. Miss Ley, she was serving through 25. I'm sorry, she's now serving through 12 and 26, a one-year term. Correct. >> And those terms also alternate. uh because she takes the new alternate twos and I don't think I mentioned this in
our last meeting but um maybe I did but just in case Mr. Daniel Bagley joined the land use board uh last month. He was a new appointment at that time. So otherwise everyone else is unchanged. Uh I wanted to make sure we covered that
in a bit of detail. Is that is there anything I guess? Yes. So I will make a motion that we adopt these that we rather uh approve 2026-35 including the changes I just mentioned. >> Second. >> Second. >> Okay.
>> Um Mr. Noble. Yes, Mr. Greenblat. >> Yes, >> Mr. Clark. >> Yes, >> Sister Nikki. >> Yes, >> Mayor Guboski. >> Yes. Okay. Uh 2026-36 is appointing EB employee solutions LLC, DBA, which is uh
referencing the difference card to provide H services for the Burough Bradley Beach. Without going into intense detail on this, uh there is a mechanism using a an HR, health reimbursement account funding mechanism that should allow what will allow
employees to save money on their contributions for their medical health coverage uh in 2026 and it potentially may save some money for the bureau as well. Um so we've been back and forth on this. We've been working with the unions
to sign uh memorandums of understanding to allow the bureau to offer this HR mechanism called the difference card. Again, it it will save our employees money. It should save the borrow some money. And uh this is off this is the council um approving the use of this
firm uh EB employee solutions. Um but understand that we're approving it making it available. It's going to be totally voluntarily offered to employees. No employee has to sign up. So, we're making it available via this resolution. Uh, but whether or not
employee sign up for that, that'll be up to the unions and up to the individual employees. Any comments or questions about this mechanism? >> I just wanted to ask, was this prompted um by the significant increase in health care costs for 2026?
>> It it it came to us. I don't know what the genesis was. I mean it exists already in other municipalities for a year. So this has been available. Um a consulting from Brown and Brown just brought a tower tension in the past month and it seemed like a viable option
for 2026. Uh it I'll I'll emphasize we're only approving this for one year to be reviewed next year. Any other questions? Okay. I will make a motion that we approve uh 2026-36.
Second, >> Mr. Noble, I just want to say thank you, Al. I know this was a lot of work and I really appreciate all your work on this mayor and I'm voting yes. >> Mr. Gat, um I'll say the same that I think a lot of the expertise that you come with enabled you to to do this, you
know, very efficiently. So, thank you. Um and yes, Mr. Clark. >> Yes, >> Mr. Nikki. I think it's excellent that we're giving our employees options to help mitigate the high cost of healthcare. Yes, >> Mayor Gupzi. >> Yes. >> Okay, that concludes the individual
resolutions. I'll move to communications. I have one communication item which is uh my official statement for the land use board designate appointment Mr. Karp. Mayor's appointment of designate Mitchell Karp in the mayor's absence to serve as class one planning board member on the
burough's combined land use board effective until December 31st, 2026 or at such time at such other time as may be decided at the pleasure of the mayor. So that's how this will work going forward. Mr. Clark, thank you.
>> Thank you. Um I have finally reached item 13 on our agenda. Mayor and council comments. Uh, let me start with Mr. Cart being joined. Sir, >> um, I guess at this point I'm it's a
it's a much different, um, position to be up here than attending and watching everybody, but um, I'm I'm looking forward to contributing up here and serving at the Pleasure. >> It's a pleasure to have you up here with
us. So, thank you, Miss Greblat. So um I'm just going to share very brief information about each of the committees and commissions that I am um for which I'm liaison uh since we have a meeting. Our next council meeting is January
20th. So uh I just wanted to share first of all a shout out to uh Fletcher Lake Commission Chairperson Anthony Deo. A big uh thank you and gratitude to the whole uh commission. The Fletcher Lake Commission will meet on January 15th at
6 PM in this council chamber. Meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month and the public is always welcome. Uh the arts council um again thanks to the new council uh they're working hard to establish an arts council uh reinvigorate an arts council in Bradley
Beach. Uh they will meet on January 12th at 10:30 a.m. at the Bezy Center and the public is always welcome. the recreation committee. I want to uh thank Courtney Papus, the recreation director, who is wonderful to work with, as well as the
recreation committee. Uh they meet on Monday, January 9th at 6:30 p.m. Meetings are held at the Neptune City Community Center while the rec center remains under construction. Um and recur some recurring wreck events include Maan
Open play every Friday from 1 to 3 at the BAZI center. The senior club meets Wednesday, January 25th at noon, also at the Viaza Center. Senior Game Time Tuesdays runs the 1st and third Tuesday of each month at the Viaza Center. And
the Glitter and Blue Crew meets every Tuesday and Thursday morning from 11:30 to 12:15 at the Neptune City Community Center. And it's geared for ages 2 to 5. It's collaborative with Neptune City. And that's my report. Thank you. Thank you,
Councilman Noiki. >> Thank you, Mayor. Um, again, happy new year. Um, it's been a fantastic uh past year and we very very much looking forward to this uh year um 2026. Um, I just want to make a comment about our volunteer first aid and fire department
and how humbling the service and the tenure of those individuals and that we are here to serve those the people of Bradley Beach. what they do, including our police department, is just absolutely tremendous for this community and the other organizations that support them, BBCA, as well as just individual
residents and making their donations to help support um these entities as as well as the people who sign up to become trained and volunteer so critical to our community and it's just such an important and very humbling uh to listen to that. So, I just wanted to really emphasize that. Um secondly uh civil
lake commission is the comment and to thank them for their services uh between Avon and uh Bradley and the amount of work that has been done over this last year plus uh to get projects underway and those are all coming to many of them are coming to fruition this year going
to construction more work to do um and their next meeting here is the third Wednesday of every month so coming up here in January uh so please come out and and listen but there's a lot of work still to do to um basically deliver the work that the hard work that has already begun. So, thank you, mayor. Thank you,
council president. >> Thank you, mayor. I just like to say thank you to the commissions I worked with. Um, tourism commission under the leadership of Amy Hall. The tourism commission attracted 125,000 visitors in 2025 and held over
60 events townwide. They also launched a new cultural event. The tourism commission successfully founded and scaled a major cultural anchor event, the Bradley Beach Jazz Festival. It officially enters into its second year
in 2026. And the events throughout 2025 featured over 75 distinct bands, groups, and musicians. So, thank you to Amy and the volunteers that make up that commission. The Shade Tree Commission, they had a
grant this year for $40,000. So, the burl will be 75 trees richer in 2026. I do have to mention that Larry Bagwell, the chairman, who has served on the commission for 5 years, is stepping down
and um we've seen some amazing things under his leadership. He secured the Tree City USA. He's um done some ordinance and enforcement updates. He's also done a lot of community engagement and education and um it it's very
important to educate the public about the importance of a tree canopy and uh during his tenure we've seen hundreds of trees planted throughout the burrow and so I just want to just give him our our
sincere appreciation to Larry Bagwell and thank him for the impact of the beauty and the environmental health of Bradley Beach thanks to to him. And I'm also pleased to announce that Noel Weineberg will be stepping up to serve as the new chair of the Shade Tree
Commission and will continue this crucial work of managing and expanding our urban forest. And then also the board of ed is a wonderful uh very impressive group of volunteers and in 2025 they've had significant
accomplishments particularly in the areas of sustainability, academic support and facilities improvement. In fact, I see one of the members out here, Felicia Saki, thank you so much for all you do and all your board members. And um these accomplishments reflect the
board's focus on creating a supportive, safe, modern, and academically rigorous learning environment for the Burrow of Bradley Beach and it's all our students. And I appreciate all of you. And then lastly, just a personal note to say what
a difference a year makes. And as I reflect over the past year, I'm overwhelmed with gratitude, the progress that we have a achieved. And this success is a collective effort.
And I want to express my deepest thanks to the people who made it possible. our burrow employees, our police force, our fire department, our OEM and our first aid squad, our commissions and our committees, our
school staff, the PTA, the board of ed, our BBBCA and local businesses. But with every great team comes a great leader. And I would like to offer my special profound thank you to our mayor,
Aleossce. Mayor Katosi's hard work, dedication, and service this year went above and beyond any expectation. And mayor, you consistently demonstrated kindness and respect to our employees and all of our
Bradley Beach residents. And to quote one of our residents from 2025, this was my favorite one of all. Al, you brought the joy back to Bradley Beach and I want to thank you for your incredible leadership. Thank you, Mayor.
>> Thank you. >> Include your comments. >> Oh, yes. Yes. >> All right. Well, that's a a tough act to follow. Thanks, Council President. Um, I actually was going to comment on on the accomplishments of of the burrow. And in
fact, I'm not going to spend too much time reiterating everything you said about what how much teamwork is involved in accomplishing what we as a bureau have done. And don't get me wrong, there's a lot more work to do and we're probably going to stumble here and there
along the way. uh but starting with this council and with every organization uh council president that you mentioned and it's and really heart and soul are our employees. Um none of us are perfect but we've had
we've had I think a a great year in 2025. Uh if if folks haven't seen it, um our uh new communications director uh Amy Baker, you may of you may know her as Amy Hall. She got married this year.
Uh but Amy Baker uh asked us to put together highlights, things we've we the burrow have accomplished. And it was striking to see all the organizations you mentioned, our own employees, fire, first aid, our police, um, but, uh, traffic safety things we've
accomplished, parking things we've accomplished, um, you know, uh, environmental things we've accomplished. It it's it's really been, uh, it was powerful to put together that list because you start out, you're feeling pretty good about the year and by the
end of it, you're like, "Wow, this burrow really accomplished a lot." and it really was a joint effort. So, thank you for uh recognizing my role in it, but could not have done it without this group here and with without all of the support of our employees and all of these volunteer organizations in the
bureau. A wonderful year. I I I hope we um improve upon it as we move forward in 2026. And I noticed on this agenda we didn't have a business administrator report for whatever reason. Matt, you probably had something to do with that. But but uh
but I did want to ask you to mention if you could putting Matt on the spot here, the recent grant notification that we received for the from was it transportation? >> Uh yes. Yes. So with the councilman wiki's help and our friends at CME, we
were able to secure a $1.5 million grant for uh for Main Street. That's on top of the million Ford that's already been. So we continue to try to go out there and get as much uh much dollars and bring it back to Europe to serve the residents
back to the children. That was great news. That was a nice holiday gift for the burrow. Uh and and uh and it was funny. I had a letter sitting in my mailbox. You know, you know, we have internal mailboxes. And I just walked in. I pulled this one letter out. It looked like a form letter of sorts. So,
I just walked around for an hour or so carrying the thing, talking to Matt, talking to others. I had no idea that the letter was telling me we had been awarded this 1.5 million. So, uh that was a wonderful surprise as we neared the end of the year. And I don't even think it made our highlights for the year, but uh but it certainly should
should have been added. So, uh anyway, wonderful year. My thank you, my deep thank you to my colleagues up here, Mitch, my welcome to you and I'm looking forward to working with you as well. U and that really concludes my comments. Um public comments, let me open it up.
Mr. Weber >> John's on the other side. >> I don't know. John Weber, 313 Lorraine Avenue. It is so nice to be down here. Great. So, happy new year, everybody. It is really a new day and a new year. Um,
nice little dusting of snow last night to just make it all seem super fresh and magical and wonderful. Um, the burrow's in good hands. You guys know that. Um, we really are in great shape and it's going to be nice to have a council now
that's firing on all five cylinders, if you know. Uh, it was great to have fire and first aid here. I know they're already enjoying some cookies and whatnot, but I can remember some years when we didn't have all those swearing ins here and it's just nice and it happens all under one roof. It's really great because they're so important to
this town as volunteers. Um, and you just talked about the accomplishments uh and Jamie mentioned them as well. I know that I don't even know the half of them all. I really don't. Okay. But I can honestly say that um so much got achieved last year like
you know so stuff that I don't even know about got achieved and like >> you're still voting for it. >> Yeah, I know. I know. But um but lots of stuff that doesn't you know you know a lot of stuff that you don't vote on that still gets accomplished and it moves the forward and uh and everybody has a role with that. Certainly the five of you,
certainly the mayor has uh put us in a in a new direction, but everybody has a role here. You know, staff and and I think um certainly people out here have a role. They have a role to play and I hope that they still do it. Uh and that's asking questions and holding you accountables and making sure that you're
explaining things and and making sure people understand things. U but despite all that that got accomplished, despite that, this is a high bar. I am sure that Bradley Beach's best days are ahead of us and it's gonna be thanks to all of you. So, thank you. And I might even
come here once in a while and see what's coming up. >> Any other comments or questions from the audience? Mr. Rep. >> Oh, thank you. I'm Alan Raport, 512 Newark Avenue. Um Jordan and I are celebrating our 11th year of living here
in Bradley Beach and it's been wonderful living here. Can't tell you that in the beginning of coming to the council meetings after being a council person in the burrow of Norwood for 12 years, police commissioner. I'm still the uh immediate past president uh past chairman of the Bergman County Open
Space, all 70 towns, the largest um county in in the burrow in the state rather. and uh we do incredible things in in Bergen and I'm always happy to be here and share with all of you some of the knowledge that I have. But I will
tell you as a resident and having a particular affection for emergency services, I can't tell you after talking to particularly the police department, to the officers on the line, the change that has come to the morale, to the
efficiency, to the leadership that Chief Arnold has brought to the burrow and uh under the direction of all of you, Mr. copy on that um to to allow the chief to do his job not under not only under that
the fact that we all know the chief has this thing called the chief's bill of rights 539 but he independently in conjunction with you are able to keep the burrow safe keep his men and women motivated and now you've given them
another opportunity without asking to go to the union and say here's something more in addition to which our I know You walked into a mess last January with labor. That was an amazing accomplishment. And you and I had spoken
when we had lunch with with our wives and talked about this was your first priority. And damn it, you did it right away. And and and that is just Al Gubbertos. He sees what needs to be done. and with his years of experience
as everything that he is CPA lawyer all those great things gets it done and allows each of you which wasn't done in either of the two last administrations allows the council people to be independent liaison and come back and
get things done that is truly the most important thing that needs to be done by each of you to serve the burrow Matt Darity you're just an amazing We had met years ago when we had a little meeting with Governor Christie on your boardwalk
and he told me to sit down and shut up. >> Uh but you when you were mayor, you've learned all these great things and it's amazing what you've imparted to the burrow to allow things to happen. having the experience of being a mayor, being a
public official, used to say your post-graduate degrees allow for so a little extra, but the burrow has moved forward so so amazingly just this year. I mean, as John said, the bar is very high now
and going to be very difficult. However, in my opinion, I think that with a new governor, with new commissioners in there, we will have the opportunity to move forward and gain some support out of Trenton that we didn't have before, whether we do it on our own with the new
commissioners that are there or through our elected state officials who hopefully will help us and pay attention to us now that we are here. We've been reelected. We have a a great group and we are a force to be reckoned with here on the Jersey Shore. So, I want to thank
all of you and you should all thank your spouses because you're about to really spend a lot more time outside your homes. And I want to thank you for your service. >> Thank you. >> And just actually, Mr. report building
on what you said. I probably should have called out the chief for the phenomenal work he's done. So, thank you, chief. Appreciate that. One of them >> and I'm not as sure I'm supportive of that Matt Dhy compens, but Matt, you definitely deserve a a tip
of the hat. You've done a clear job. >> Further comments or questions? Uh, anything? I see nothing on the board. My last comment then before I adjourn is going to be recognizing Paula Gavin sitting in the back as we're handing out accolades for uh 2025 well done. Miss
Gavin, you have continued to impress with your leadership and I know you're stepping down from that role of our BBBCA, but you've been a phenomenal partner to the burrow. Uh, and you've just built a powerful uh, exciting organization. On behalf of Bradley
Beach, I thank you. >> Thank you so much. >> So, with that said, I will close public comment and make a motion to adjourn. Second. All in favor? I >> I can do it for
>> coffee and stuff across the parking lot. Anyone who's interested in joining us, a snippet Part: 2
Hey, happy new year. Thank you very much. [Music] I like around. like [Music] What's up, Chief? [Music]
>> What is it on my lap? I don't know what happened. Amen. [Music] Hallelujah. I want to tell you [Music] Come on.
[Music] Come on. Scratch. over an hour. Okay. to order. Please rise for the pledge of allegiance.
I pledge algiance 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 2025. 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. Please be advised public attendance for meetings through
Zoom is a courtesy only. If for any reason Zoom fails or is disconnected, the inperson meeting will continue without interruption and action can and will be taken provided that there is an in-person council quum. Mr. Noble >> here, >> Miss Greenblat >> here, Mr. Nikki
>> here. >> Mr. Carb >> here. >> Mayor Guposi >> here. All right. Well, it's wonderful to see a uh a standing room only room. Thank you all for being here. Happy New Year to all of you. any I see a few folks in
Zoom. Happy New Year to you guys as well. Um exciting day. We anyone looking at our agenda is going to see it's a it's a long and and uh daunting in appearance, but it's actually uh we're going to move through it very quickly.
What I wanted to say is uh exciting because we're starting a new year, but also exciting because we're swearing in a number of uh well actually our entire council except for me. Uh and we're also swearing in a number of officers from our uh first aid and uh fire uh
department. So uh a lot of that to come shortly. I just want to make everyone aware u anyone who's here specifically for the swearing in friends, family, if you'd like to, you don't have to wait till the end of the meeting. You could leave sooner. And if you're interested
at all, we've set up some coffee and uh what cookies or whatever >> and coffee cake. and coffee cake across the parking lot in the Beyz Center. So feel free after after you see your loved ones sworn in, uh go over and help yourself to coffee. The rest of us will join you as soon as we get out of the
meeting. So with that said, uh I'm going to move to item five on our agenda. >> Actually four. >> Oh, statement of determination. A statement of the determination of the board of county canvasers relative to an election held in the burrow of Bradley
Beach on the 4th day of November in the year 2025 for the election of municipal officers for said burrow of Bradley Beach. The said board to determine that at election Mitchell J. Karp to my far right, Paul
D. Noiki to my far left, Jane Denovo immediately to my left, and Shauna Greenblot were duly elected to the office of burough counsel for full three-year terms. Close by state.
And now we will proceed with item five on the agenda, which is the administration of the oath of office. I'm going to swear in uh our council members first, one by one. uh each of them are are welcome to make a a brief uh statement if they'd like uh
at you know after they're swearing in and then we will move to the fire and first aid department's uh oaths of office. So I'm going to come down to you Erica. >> Yes. >> Uh I do have >> I'm going to invite Mr. Clark to join
He's the first one there. >> Well, I had to put it. >> Maybe Mitch, before I before I make you official, I also want to make a quick statement. The woman to my immediate left here in red, Erica Hostage, our
clerk, after the swearing in. I I I know we have a handful of elected officials who joined us today. I will make those announcements when I get back up there just to recognize you and thank you for coming. >> Um
Mr. Corp, do you have anyone that's going to join you? Welcome. >> You now realize what your husband's getting. >> Uh, do you have a >> Bible? Norally, you would raise your right hand and put that left hand there.
And if you'd like to hold it, no, hold the Bible. >> Uh, please repeat after me. I, Mitchell J. Carr, do solemnly swear. I, Mitchell J. heartfly 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 and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey >> that I will bear true faith and allegiance >> and I will bear true faith and allegiance >> to the same >> to the same
>> and to the governments established >> and to the governments established >> in the United States and in this state >> in the United States and in this under the authority of the people. >> under the authority of the people. >> That I will faithfully impartially >> That I will faithfully and impartially
>> and justly perform all the duties >> and justly perform all the duties >> of councilmen of the burrow of Bradley Beach. >> of councilmen of the burrow of Bradley Beach. >> According to the best of my ability >> according to the best of my ability. >> So help me God. >> So help me God. sworn and subscribed
before me on this first day of January, 2026. >> Get a picture. Just make sure you don't sign yet. He's the one who likes [Music] >> excellent [Applause]
So, thank you for everybody being here, neighbors, my family, my friends. Thank you so much. I'm honored and grateful for the trust of the residents of Bradley Beach that they placed in me this last November. Like many people here, Bradley Beach wasn't where I first
started, but it's where I chose to build my life with my family. and I have especially to thank them for supporting my dream. This town quickly became home and that's why serving this community means so much to me. I ran for council because I care deeply about Bradley
Beach, our residents, our small businesses, our traditions, and the character that makes this town special. I believe we can protect what makes Bradley Beach unique while still playing planning responsibly for the future. And as a council member, I promise to listen
and to work collaboratively and to always put the best interest of the community first. I'm proud to serve alongside my fellow council members and our mayor and I look forward to earning your trust every single day. Thank you
for the opportunity to serve. Next, let me call down Mr. Noiki. Oh, you didn't fall. I was anticipating Ready to go. Okay. Oath of allegiance and public office,
state of New Jersey, County of Mammoth. Please repeat after me. I, Paul D. Noiki, >> I, Paul D. do solemnly swear >> do solemnly swear >> that I will support the Constitution of the United States >> that I will support the Constitution of the United States >> and the Constitution of the State of New
Jersey >> and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey >> that I will bear true faith and allegiance >> I will bear true faith and allegiance >> to the same >> to the same >> and to the governments established >> and to the governments established >> in the United States >> in the United States
>> and in this state >> and in this state >> under the authority of the people >> under the authority ity of the people >> that I will faithfully >> that I will faithfully >> impartially >> and partially >> and justly perform >> and justly perform >> all the duties of councilmen of the
burrow of Bradley Beach >> all the duties of councilmen of the burrow of Bradley Beach >> according to the best of my ability >> according to the best of my ability. >> So help me God. >> So help me God. >> sworn and subscribe before me on this first day of January 2026.
[Applause] the tall person in the middle. I'll stand comments. So, happy new year uh to the residents of Bradley Beach. Thank you for your trust and support this past year and
your confidence in my ability uh to serve on the council this next term. Congratulations to my fellow uh council members and thank you for the partnership of previous council members and the mayor. Um I look forward to working with all of you this next year.
When asked to serve as an appointed official last year, I was initially hesitant, unsure of the reaction to my appointment being relatively new to the community. I was quickly embraced with warmth and support and I realized I had a wonderful opportunity to engage uh my
neighbors and residents to learn to establish myself by using my experience as an engineer and business leader to give back to the community. It has been a rewarding and very fulfilling experience. Thank you. I would also like to thank my wonderful wife Robin for her
support and encouragement to take this office. I look forward to the coming year with great expectations of bringing our community closer together by supporting each other and building on this beautiful home we call beach.
Okay, >> I'll go first. Sure. >> Go slow, though. >> I'll have TJ hold the bottle. Hands raised. Okay. The Burough of Bradley Beach, Oath of Allegiance and Public Office, State
of New Jersey, County of Mammoth. Please repeat after me. >> I, Jane Denobyl >> I, Jane Denov, >> do solemnly swear >> do solemnly swear >> that I will support >> that I will support >> the Constitution >> the Constitution >> of the United States >> of the United States
>> and the Constitution >> and the Constitution >> of the State of New Jersey >> and of the state of New Jersey. that I will bear true faith >> that I'll bear true faith >> and allegiance >> and allegiance >> to the same >> to the same >> and to the governments >> and to the governments >> established in the United States
>> established in the United States >> and in this state >> and in this state >> under the authority of the people >> under the authority of the people >> that I will faithfully >> that I will faithfully >> impartially >> impartially >> and justly >> and justly >> perform all the duties
>> perform all the duties >> of council woman >> a council woman. [Applause] >> There was hesitation because there's a little typo in this does not say >> that.
>> Of the burrow of Bradley Beach. >> of the burrow of Bradley Beach. >> According to the best of my ability. >> According to the best of my ability. >> So help me God. >> So help me God. >> You don't have to repeat this. Sworn and subscribed before me on this first day of January, 2026. Congratulations.
>> So, happy new year. This is uh my second term and I think this is going to be my favorite term. So, I have a lot to look forward to. I'm very very very grateful to be here. I'm grateful that we all live in. And I ran for council because I
felt people need a voice and sometimes people are afraid to get up and say something. And everybody deserves the right to be heard. And that's what I'm here. I'm your sounding board. I tell people, call me, text me, send smoke signals. I'll help. And it's been my
greatest honor to serve the residents of Brady Beach. And I really looking forward to the next three years and continuing our very positive path. Thank you so much. >> You don't want to be in it. You letting me? >> Sure.
>> Thank you. >> Thank you. Thanks, Erica. >> Now, Shauna Greenland, come on down. standing. >> Okay. Uh this is Burough Bradley Beach, Oath of Allegiance and Public Office, State of New Jersey, County of Mammoth.
Please repeat after me. I, Shauna Greenblat, >> I, Shauna Greenblat, >> do solemnly swear >> do solemnly swear >> that I will support the Constitution of the United States >> that I will support the Constitution of the United States >> and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey
>> and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey >> that I will bear true faith and allegiance >> that I will bear true faith and allegiance >> to the same >> to the same >> and to the governments >> and to the government >> established in the United States >> established in the United states
>> and in this state >> and in this state >> under the authority of the people >> under the authority of the people >> that I will faithfully >> that I will faithfully >> impartially >> impartially >> and justly >> and justly >> perform all the duties >> perform all the duties >> of councilwoman
>> of councilwoman >> of the burrow of Bradley Beach >> of the burrow of Bradley Beach >> according to the best of my ability >> according to the best of my ability >> you don't have to repeat has sworn and subscribed before me on this first day of January 2026 picture.
>> Oh yeah, we'll do a picture. >> So I just want to thank everyone for being here. Um especially thank my husband and the community for support on council. Um so uh I'm honored to serve on the Bradley Beach Council. A year ago, I began my term with a resolution of
promise to my community of kindness, respect, understanding, and excellence. I hope I prove worthy in both deed and action and will continue to serve as your council representative in earnest pursuit of these values. They are the basic character attributes of good and
trustworthy governance. Now, in 2026, I offer a blessing for the new year. May we know peace and harmony among friends and neighbors. Where there is difference, may we open our minds to listen. Where there is discomfort, may may we open our hearts. Where there is
ranker, may we learn to turn the other cheek. Where there is insinuation and injustice, may we have the strength to speak up instead. Thank you for trusting me and my colleagues um with whom I proudly and
enthusiastically share space on that day. Uh when you see us in town, on the boardwalk, or on social media, please know that we aspire to do our very best for you, the residents of Bracket Beach. This is our commitment today and all the
days of our term. A new year, a promise, a year of promise and light. We are the lucky ones who wake most mornings to the rising sun as it meets our shoreline. This is a blessing for which I am very grateful. Happy New Year. May it be
joyful and healthy for all. [Applause] Glasses off. So, that concludes council. I'm going to make a quick comment. Um, and that is I could not be happier uh than I am to
have this group of people behind me. Uh, Mitch, as you all know, is brand new, but I've known Mitch for a number of years. Mitch currently serves on our land use board and will continue to do stuff. He's going to move off the current role because he was not a council member. Now that he's a council member, he's actually going to become,
and you'll hear this later in the meeting, my uh delegate. So, he will represent me, the mayor, and continue to serve on our ladies board. Um, but I could not be prouder of this group here. I've worked with three of them uh to the
left of Mitch for the past year. I think we accomplished a lot as a group. Uh, and I'm particularly honored that they asked me to swear them all in. I did invite them to, you know, have other folks in their lives. uh performed that honor uh and they gave me the honor. So,
I really appreciate that. And finally, I want to thank my wife just for her ongoing support. >> Now, we move to more important stuff, our fire and first aid. And I'm going to trust that Erica, you've got these in the same correct order. >> Yes, I do.
>> So, Mr. Ron Minsky, there he is. Chief, >> you have anyone joining us? >> Perfect. This I'm going to read the oath of allegiance of the public office, burrow of Bradley Beach, state of New Jersey, County of Mammoth. Please repeat after
me. I, Ronald B. Minsky, >> I, Ronald B. Minsky >> do solemnly swear >> do solemnly swear >> that I will support the Constitution of the United States >> that I will support the Constitution of the United States >> and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey >> and the Constitution of the State of New
Jersey >> that I will bear true faith and allegiance >> I will bear true faith and allegiance >> to the same >> to the same >> and to the governments established >> and to the governments established >> in the United States >> in the United States >> and in this state
>> and in this state >> under under the authority of the people. >> under the authority of the people >> that I will faithfully >> That I will faithfully >> impartially >> impartially >> and justly >> and justly >> perform all the duties of fire chief >> perform all the duties of fire chief
>> for the Bradley Beach Fire Department >> for the Bradley Beach Fire Department. >> according to the best of my ability. >> according to the best of my ability. >> So help me God. >> So help me God. >> And this is not to be repeated but sworn and subscribed before me this first day of January 2026.
Do you want to make any comments? Um, sure. Uh, I just want to thank the mayor, council, the rest of the burough administration for all the support you give me and the fire department. Uh, thank you to Chief Arnold for always being there by our side with his police
department uh, when we respond to the call of duty. uh to my crew who's who's out here supporting me. I couldn't ask for a a greater group of people uh to go out and and and work for this burough. And also to the residents who uh
continue to uh support the fire department in so many ways. Thank you. Chief, this will be your third year in a row now. Thank you again for that. And for for those of you that don't know, this is my daughter Ella who's
also where is this picture? Thanks sir. Thank you, sir. Thank you. >> Okay, Mr. Joseph Sanich. [Music] Perfect. Um, thank you, sir. I will read
the oath of allegiance and public office burrow of Bradley Beach, state of New Jersey, County of Bit. Please repeat after me. I, Joseph San Feliche >> I, Joseph San Felich, >> do solemnly swear >> do solemnly swear >> that I will support the Constitution of
the United States >> 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 >> I will bear true faith >> and allegiance >> and allegiance >> to the same >> to the same
>> and to the governments >> and to the governments >> established in the United States >> established in the United States >> and in this state >> and in this state >> under the authority of the people >> under the authority of the people >> that I will faithfully >> that I will faithfully >> impartially
>> impartially >> and justly >> and justly >> perform all the duties >> perform all the duties >> of fire captain >> of fire captain >> for the Bradley Beach Fire Department >> for the Bradley Beach Fire Department >> according to the best of my ability
>> according to the best of my ability. >> So help me God. >> So help me God. You are done. Sworn and subscribe before me this first day of January 2026. [Music] Would you like to make a comment? >> Just want to thank every uh my group of
firefighters and the residents. We give the best to you and we just want to continue it and work with the commission and council. Thank you. [Applause] >> Yeah. Come on. >> Thank you. Thank you.
I forgot to give a sign. [Applause] And now we have Bradley BMS, Mr. Zack. >> Front row center. Look who we've got. >> Pocket. All right. Who's going to hold the Bible
>> here? Guys, shift this way so the room can see right. >> There we go. All right. I'm going to administer the oath of allegiance and public office, Burough Bradley Beach, state of New Jersey, County of Mammoth. Please repeat
after me. I, John W. Zack, >> I, John W. do solemnly swear >> do solemnly swear >> that I will support the Constitution of the United States >> that I will support the Constitution of the United States >> and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey >> and the Constitution of the State of New
Jersey >> that I will bear true faith >> that I will bear true faith >> and allegiance >> and allegiance >> to the same >> to the same >> and to the governments >> and to the government >> established in the United States >> established in the United States
>> and in this state >> and in this under the authority of the people. >> under the authority of the people. >> That I will faithfully >> That I will faithfully >> impartially >> impartially >> and justly >> and justly >> perform all the duties >> perform all the duties >> of captain
>> of captain >> for the Bradley Beach First Aid Squad. >> for the Bradley Beach First A Squad. >> According to the best of my ability. >> According to the best of my ability. >> So help me God. >> So help me God. >> You are done, sir. sworn and subscribed before me this first day of January
2026. >> Okay. Thank you. Get the little ones up front. Yeah, I want to thank the council on behalf of my membership, the citizens. There are people that the first days squad can't do without. I hate to mention the chief
of police, but whenever we get to the scene, the scene's completely covered. We're able to part correct me most times, right, Chief? The fire department whose members also are members of the volunteer first aid
squad, which is a great help when you have the summer crowd when we're running double ambulances all day long and people can switch in in and out. I think that's it. >> How many years have you been serving? >> Let me see.
>> You better get it right cuz I know >> since n 47 years >> one more I'm in my 48th year. You know, it was not pushy. I also have 20 years on the first day
squad. >> And you serve as chief of various departments as well. >> Well, TJ was willing to roll the video so we didn't have to do this. [Music] >> Anyway, thank you for all of your
service. And suddenly there's >> I want to read it for Matt. Remember when they take that up? So I wouldn't do that to you. I thought it was a typo. I thought join you again.
>> Yes. Hold that as well. >> The oath of allegiance and public office, Burough, Bradley Beach, State of New Jersey, County of Mammoth. Please repeat after me. I, Ronald B. Minsky, >> I, Ronald B. Minsky, >> do solemnly swear >> do solemnly swear
>> that I will support the Constitution >> that I will support the Constitution >> of the United States >> of the United States >> and the Constitution >> and the Constitution >> of the State of New Jersey >> of the state of New Jersey. that I will bear true faith >> I will bear true faith >> and allegiance >> and allegiance >> to the same
>> to the same >> and to the governments >> and to the governments >> established in the United States >> established in the United States >> and in this state >> and in this state >> under the authority of the people >> under the authority of the people >> that I will faithfully >> that I will faithfully >> impartially >> impartially
>> and justly >> and justly >> perform all the duties >> perform all the duties >> of first lieutenant >> of first lieutenant >> for the Bradley Beach first aid squad >> for Bradley Beach first day is what? >> According to the best of my ability. >> According to the best of my ability. >> So help me God. >> So help me God.
>> And this is Swarm and subscribe before me. First day of January 2026. >> I'm not going to say anything more other than to introduce my son also. Corporal Casey Nitski United States. Any other comments? You good?
>> I I said it all already. >> Thank you. Mr. Walsh, you can join us as I summon here. The oath of allegiance and public office, Burrow of Rally Beach, State of New Jersey, County of Mammoth. Please repeat after me. I, Joseph G. Walsh,
>> I, Joseph G. Walsh >> do solemnly swear >> do solemnly swear >> that I will support the Constitution >> that I will support the Constitution >> of the United States >> of the United States >> and the Constitution >> and the Constitution >> of the State of New Jersey >> of the state of New Jersey >> that I will bear true faith
>> that I will bear true faith >> and allegiance >> and allegiance >> to the same >> to the same >> and to the governments >> and to the governments >> established in the United States >> established in the United States >> and in this state >> and in this state >> under the authority of the people >> under the authority of the people >> that I will faithfully
>> I will faithfully >> impartially >> impartially >> and justly >> and justly >> perform all the duties >> perform all the duties >> of second lieutenant >> of second lieutenant >> for the Bradley Beach first aid squad >> for the Bradley Beach first aid squad >> according to the best of my ability >> to for the best of my ability.
>> So help me God. >> So help me God. >> This is uh subscribe sworn in. Subscribe before me uh this first day of January 2026. >> Thank you. Do a fake react. >> Well, thank everybody. Uh,
I've been involved in EMS for 52 years as a voluntary I've been now for 25 years. I used to belong I did belong to Delmare before the standing but I belong to both squads. So I enjoy the ENS. I enjoy this
town so much. It's really great. The people are great. The members are great. And again I'm really proud to be able to serve the community here. >> I'm sorry Joe. Get your hand. You want to do
>> Yeah. Thanks again. >> And last but certainly not least, Mr. Vito Masa. [Music] >> Perfect. This is the oath of allegiance and public office for Bradley Beach, state
of New Jersey, County of Mammoth. Please repeat after me. I, Vasa, >> I, Vito Massa, >> do solemnly swear >> do solemnly swear >> that I will support the Constitution >> that I will support the Constitution >> of the United States >> of the United States >> and the Constitution
>> and the Constitution >> of the State of New Jersey >> of the State of New Jersey. >> That I will bear true faith >> That I will bear true faith >> and allegiance >> and allegiance >> to the same >> to the same. and to the governments >> and to the governments >> established in the United States >> established in the United States >> and in this state
>> and in this state >> under the authority of the people >> under the authority of the people >> that I will faithfully >> that I will faithfully >> impartially >> impartially >> and justly perform >> and justly perform >> all the duties >> all the duties >> of sergeants >> of sergeant >> for the Bradley Beach First Aid Squad
>> for the Bradley Beach First Aid Squad >> according to the best of my ability >> according to the best of my ability. >> So help me God. >> So help me God. You are done, sir. Sworn and subscribed before me this first day of January, 2026. >> Thank you. Hide the glasses. Sunglasses.
Uh, I've been asked to get all of the EMS volunteers to the to the front of the room. >> Okay. >> Can I say word? >> Oh, please do. >> Okay. Um, I'd like to thank the mayor, council, and police department, the fire department, all my fellow members for
their support for the for the past 20 years uh that I've been on the squad. And I'd like to especially thank my wife who the only thing she says to me when my pager goes off is, "Do you have your glasses? Do you have your phone? Do you have your radio?"
>> So I thank everybody. Thank you. >> Let me secretary members front of the room. We're saying uh members since since my daughter embarrassed me, >> what >> I'm going to say this before we're done. >> I did nothing.
>> She was an expired chief. And if you see me later on at the open house, ask me about Ron and I's cat story. Eric, >> back up. >> This is our president, Eric Hunter.
Can you take a picture, too? >> Yeah. Wait, look at me. >> I got you up here. >> Thank you for the courtesy. >> Absolutely. And I probably should have said this before I did all the swearing
in of the fire and EMS, but everyone hopefully knows this already, but these two organizations, volunteer organizations, have served Bradley Beach roughly a hundred years. I mean, it's an incredible history that we have a volunteer serving Bradley. It obviously
saves the taxpayers a lot of money and all these men and women who are participating uh are unpaid volunteers. Uh, and when you hear people that have been doing this for 47 years, 52 years, it's a staggering contribution to our
community. So, once again, a round of applause for Now we, as I mentioned, we have a couple of visiting dignitaries. >> Oh, okay. Um yes, there's um we have a group called the Southern Mouth elected women and we get together and we trade
ideas and two of the elected women are here today and I'd like to welcome Caitlyn Donovan. She is the film council woman and we have the council woman from Spring Lake Heights, Michelle.
Thank you so much for sharing your ideas and your expertise. It's been invaluable to both Sean and I. We appreciate you so very much. Thank you again for being here. So the room is very empty. If anyone wants better seats and wants to feel
great >> or if you like coffee and some Danish across the park. So, I'm going to move to item seven on our agenda, approval of the minutes. December 16, 2025, council business meeting. I will make a motion we
approve. >> Mr. Noble, >> yes. Mr. Greenwood, >> yes. >> Mr. Nikki, >> yes. >> Mr. >> Yes. >> We have one ordinance for introduction today. It's an ordinance amending and supplementing the burough code of the of
the burrow of Brley Beach chapter 450 entitled zoning to establish a new zone entitled affordable housing uh hyphen 4 AH4 zone. Um any there will not be public comment.
This is only an introduction. Speaking as loudly as I can. >> It's the microphone. I mean, it's turned on. I'm >> It's speaking into it. >> I'm also yelling a little, so bear with us. >> We'll have to work on technology in the
new year. So, as I started saying, there will not be public comment on this ordinance introduction uh because it's an introduction other than comments you might want to make at the end of the meeting. Um, but are there any questions or comments by the council beyond what
we've already been able to discuss? Nothing. Okay. I will make a motion that we uh introduce approve the introduction of ordinance 2026 hyphen one. >> Second. >> Mr. Noble. >> Yes. >> Mr. Green. >> Yes.
>> Mr. Clark. >> Yes. >> Mr. Nikki? >> Yes. >> Mayor Gossi? >> Yes. >> Item nine on our agenda. Uh the organization of Mayor Castle Burrow and the nomination of a council president. I'd like to let everyone know we're going to vote on this separately, but I
plan to nominate uh Jane Denov to serve as council president in 2026. >> Um you're voting on that resolution and we are resolution 2026-1 nomination of our council president. So I do nominate J. >> Second.
>> Mr. Noble, >> yes. >> Miss Greenwood, >> yes. >> Mr. Core, >> yes. >> Mr. Niki, >> yes. >> Mayor Gubosi, >> yes. uh draw attention to >> thank you for the nomination. Thank you to my colleagues for your vote of
confidence as well and I look forward to continue to serve the residents of Rally Beach as council president. It's truly my highest honor. Thank you. >> Jane has served for two and a half years, give or take, right? >> Yes. >> As our council president. So, uh must be
doing something right. Jane, >> thank you. Also just for note that we have a a list of council liaison assignments. A number of these uh have not changed because the council members that already serve organizations in the
burough um have done such wonderful work and I think the organizations want them to return and they want to return. So my challenge was to find new opportunities for our newest council member Mr. Carter. I think we've done that. I'm not going to read all of them, but Mitch, I
am going to mention your uh liaison assignments just so everyone's aware. Uh Mr. Clark will now be the council leazison to the uh community development that includes code construction and zoning. He will also replace Mr. Weber who has joined us by the way. Mr. Weber,
thank you for joining us today. He will replace John Weber as our lesson on to the environmental commission. And Mr. Mr. Carp will also assume responsibilities for public safety, fire, and first aid. Uh, and I mentioned earlier, and I I'll make a formal
comment on this, Mr. Carp will also continue to serve on our landings board, but I'll get to that in a few moments. Okay. We have a new business consent agenda uh with many, many, many, uh, different resolutions. I know the council's all familiar with these.
You've looked at these in advance. You've asked questions. Uh, do you want any do you have any questions or do you want any of these to be called out and voted on Saturday? >> No, no. But I'm fine. >> We're good. >> In that case, I will make a motion that
we approve uh resolutions 220 2026- 2 to 2026 hyphen 31. >> Second. >> Mr. Noble. >> Yes. Mrs. Greenblat. >> Yes. >> Mr. Park. Yes. >> Mr. Noiki. Yes. >> Mayor Kubosi.
>> Yes. And I promise to stop saying the word hype. >> Okay. So, that quickly moves us to the last page of our agenda. Uh item 11 are a handful of individual resolutions which we will vote on separately. Uh 2026-32
is an authorization to award the 54 Ocean Avenue reutilization of existing building to MTB LLC in the amount of $624,29. This was the uh result of the council of the burough rebidding working with our
engineer CME who I also see is represented here today. Thank you Ben. Um we had to rebid this because the initial bids came in higher than we had authorized uh money to spend. We increased our bonding authorization and fortunately uh the low bidder different
organization but they came in at roughly the same low bid amount roughly well exactly 624,000. I think the prior bid was 623,000. So um any questions or comments on this? >> I had to say this. Oh, it's fantastic that we went back and revisited this and
um went through the process as well as um addressing some issues on the spectrum and the plan. So um so thank you for um and see performance together. >> And again also thank you for the rebid and for the swift rebid because hopefully it'll get us an opportunity to
have it up and running through the 2026 season. Don't know >> the goal all and we've you know had a little little minor uh slow down here or there, but the goal has always been to get this bid completed, which we are now formalizing, uh, and get construction
started on rehabilitating the, uh, the prior sewer pump station at the playground on Ocean Avenue and convert that into men's bathrooms, women's bathrooms, and a small concession area. So, we we have every intention of having that up and running, ready for the
public by Memorial Day 2026. So I think we are on track to still accomplish that. Next. >> Oh, >> I did not. I need to make a motion and I am now making a motion >> to uh approve 2026-32.
>> Second. Mr. Noble. >> Yes. >> M. Greenblat. >> Yes. >> Mr. Clark. >> Yes. >> Mr. Nikki? >> Yes. >> Mayor Dubosi? >> Yes. 2026-33 is authorizing competitive contracting process for the hiring of a sports recreational vendor. And at the
highest level, I know Miss Green, you were asking detailed questions about this, but at the highest level, uh this is an independent contractor that sponsors different uh training, education courses, pickle ball classes or whatever. Uh they do that
independently. They charge members who want to learn pickle ball for example. Uh and then we they do this under the umbrella of our rep center and then they they fund the burrow a percentage of the piece they play. Uh but that's my overview. >> Thank you.
>> No, so I'm just I guess the question I had was is this a new service that we're looking into doing? Yeah, that this is new. >> Yes. And and will it be done collaboratively with Neptune City since it's >> that I'm not sure. I would take that up with Courtney. >> Yeah. Think of this more as >> probably. I mean maybe I
>> Yeah, it's it was it's our rec center. So to the extent it's anything that we collaborate on our rec center with city yes you know but u but it would not there's no reciprocity necessarily there's nothing else that cities >> so any proceeds come to rapidly
>> yes correct if no other questions I'll make a motion that we approve 2026-33 second >> Mr. Noble >> yes >> Mr. Green yes >> Mr. Clark >> yes >> Mr. Noiki. >> Yes. >> Mayor Gubosi.
>> Yes. 2026-34. Adopting the temporary operating budget for the year 2026 inclusive of the temporary debt service budget for 2026. Any comments or questions on that? >> This is standard, right? >> Temporary. Yep.
>> And and the not to exceed 26.25% is also a standard that um >> potentially might >> change. Absolutely will change. Yeah, I mean the likelihood of hitting that exact number is remote. The what's happening, ladies
and gentlemen, here is we don't have a budget yet. You never have a budget. Hopefully, you do by March. Uh sometimes sooner, sometimes much later, but but our hope would be to have something in place end of February, early March. If we accomplish that, in the interim, we
have to spend money. And this, as you just mentioned, councilwoman, is a standard. Think of a quarter of a year as 25%. This is as you said 26.25 or something which is basically 25% with a little inflation tax. So we're giving us
a quarter of this coming year's budget based on last year's budget slightly I think a 3% increase for inflation and that is very standard and when we finalize the budget say in February March time frame it'll apply retroactively to this first quarter. And
as we've done last year, we've actually increased that percentage amount if we see that. >> Absolutely. Y >> any other comments or questions? I'll make a motion seeing no comments that we approve 2026-34
temporary operating budget. Second, >> Mr. Noble. Yes. >> Miss Greenlat, yes. >> Mr. Carr, yes. Mr. Nikki, yes. Mayor Guboszi, >> yes. And now, as I promised, I have a I have a Oh, no. The landing board
appointment update is uh basically Erica, shall I read these the new names out or >> Yeah, you can if you want to. >> No, I think we know >> I need to >> I need to find them. Bear with me one moment in my little pile of things.
Okay, as everyone's aware, we have a land use board. uh one of the most important uh volunteer organizations in the burrow and as I mentioned earlier and I'm still going to have a communication officially on this but uh
there are a lot of folks uh remain everyone remains have wanted to remain uh Mitch Karp is officially leaving his position as alternate at the new alter one because he is a council member and a council member cannot be an alternate
however ever we are going to roll Mr. Carpon to being my designate and I I do not plan to attend meetings unless it's a necessary uh event. Uh but you will be my permanent alternate and we'll get more to that later. So you will remain
on the on the council uh I'm sorry on the ladies board. Also uh Mr. Robert West is being appointed as our alternate member number four. Uh, and Robert West is a new member. We're very excited to
have him join uh the Landis board. Uh, there's at least one change, right? Mr. Cohen had a one-year term. He's now being renewed for a four-year term. All all of the class 4s serve a four-year term ultimately, but in the first year,
there's a staggering of terms. So, in the first year of this new board, which was last year, we had some folks that had a one year, two year, three year term. Mr. have a one-year term, but all of these people renew into a a four-year term. So, Mr. Coy, you're a change in
that year. You term expires 123129. >> And Victoria Le is also reappointed. >> Oh, yeah. She's reappointed for two years as an alternate Miss Ley. She was serving through 25, I'm sorry, she's now
serving through 126, a one-year term. And those terms also alternate. uh because she takes the new alternate twos and I don't think I mentioned this in our last meeting but um maybe I did but just in case Mr. Daniel Bagley joined
the Lenus board last month. He was a new appointment at that time. So otherwise, everyone else is unchanged. Uh I wanted to make sure we covered that in a bit of detail. Is that is there anything I guess? Yes. So I will make a
motion that we adopt these that we rather approve 2026-35 including the changes I just mentioned. >> Um Mr. Noble. Yes. >> M green. >> Yes. >> Mr. Clark. >> Yes. >> Mr. Nikki. >> Yes. >> Mayor Gubetzi.
>> Yes. Okay. Uh 2026-36 is appointing EB employee solutions LLC DBA which is uh referencing the difference card to provide H services for the Burough Bradley Beach. Without going into
intense detail on this, uh there is a mechanism using a an HR, a health reimbursement account funding mechanism that should allow well allow employees to save money on their contributions for their medical health coverage uh in 2026
and it potentially may save some money for the burrow as well. Um so we've been back and forth on this. We've been working with the unions to sign memorandums of understanding to allow the bureau to offer this HA mechanism called the difference card. Again, it
will save our employees money. It should save the burough's money. And uh this is this is the council um approving the use of this firm uh EB employee solutions. Um but understand that we're approving
it making it available. It's going to be totally voluntarily offered to employees. No employee has to sign up. So, we're making it available via this resolution. Uh, but whether or not employee sign up for that, that'll be up to the unions and up to the individual employees. Any comments or questions
about this mechanism? >> I just wanted to ask, was this prompted um by the significant increase in healthare costs for 2026? >> It it came to us. I don't know what the genesis was. I mean it exists already in other municipalities for a year. So this
has been available. Um a consulting firm ground just brought a tower attention in the past month and it seemed like a viable option for 2026. Uh it I'll I'll emphasize we're only approving this for one year to be reviewed next year.
Any other questions? Okay. I will make a motion that we approve uh 2026-36. >> Mr. Noble, I just want to say thank you, Al. I know this was a lot of work and I really appreciate all your work on this mayor and I'm voting yes. Mlat, um I'll
say the same that I think a lot of the expertise that you've come with enabled you to do this, you know, very efficiently. So, thank you. And yes, Mr. Park. >> Yes, >> Mr. Nikki. I think it's excellent that we're giving our employees options to help mitigate the high cost of
healthare. Yes, >> Mayor Guboszi. >> Yes. >> Okay. That concludes the individual resolutions to move to communications. I have one communication item which is uh my official statement for the lame board designate appointment. Mr. Cart mayor's
appointment of designate Mitchell Karp in the mayor's absence to serve as class one planning board member on the burough's combined land use board effective until December 31st 2026 or as such time as such other time as may be
decided at the pleasure of the mayor. So that's how this will work for Mr. Thank you. Thank you. Um, I have finally reached item 13 on our agenda, mayor and council comments. Uh,
let me start with Mr. Clark being sir. >> Um, I guess at at this point I'm it's a it's a much different position to be up here than attending and watching everybody. But, um, I'm
looking forward to contributing up here and certainly the pleasure It's a pleasure to have you up here with us. So, thank you, >> Miss Greenland. >> So, um I'm just going to share very brief information about each of the
committees and commissions that I am um for which I'm liaison uh since we have a meeting. Our next council meeting is January 20th. So, uh I just wanted to share first of all a shout out to uh Fletcher Lake Commission Chairperson Anthony Deo. A big uh thank you and
gratitude to the whole uh commission. The Fletcher Lake Commission will meet on January 15th at 6 PM in this council chamber. Meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month and the public is always welcome. Uh the arts council um
again thanks to the new council. Uh they're working hard to establish an arts council uh reinvigorate an arts council in Bradley Beach. Uh they will meet on January 12th at 10:30 a.m. at the Baza Center and the public is always welcome. The recreation committee, I
want to uh thank Courtney Papus, the recreation director who is wonderful to work with, as well as the recreation committee. Uh they meet on Monday, January 9th at 6:30 p.m. Meetings are held at the Neptune City Community Center while the rec center remains
under construction. Um and recur some recurring Events include Maan open play every Friday from 1 to 3 at the Bazi Center. The senior club meets Wednesday, January 25th at noon, also at the BIAZA
Center. Senior Game Time Tuesdays runs the first and third Tuesday of each month at the BAS Center. And the Glitter and Blue Crew meets every Tuesday and Thursday morning from 11:30 to 12:15 at the Neptune City Community Center. And
it's geared for ages 2 to 5. It's collaborative with Neptune City. And that's my report. Thank you. >> Thank you, Councilman Nikki. Thank you, Mayor. Um, again, happy new year. Um, it's been a fantastic uh past year and
we very very much looking forward to this uh year 2026. I just want to make a comment about our volunteer first aid and fire department and how humbling the service and the tenure of those individuals and that we are here to serve the people of Bradley Beach for
what they do including our police department. It is absolutely tremendous for this community and the other organizations that support them, BBCA, as well as just individual residents and making their donations to help support um these entities as as well as the
people who sign up to become trained and volunteer. It's so critical to our community and it's just such an important very humbling uh to listen to that. So, I just want to really emphasize that. Um secondly, uh civil n commission is to comment and to thank them for their services uh between Avon
and uh Bradley and the amount of work that has been done over this last year plus uh to get projects underway and those are all coming to many more are coming to fruition this year going to construction more work to do um and their next meeting here is the third Wednesday of every month. So coming up
here in January um so please come out and and listen but there's a lot of work still to do to um basically deliver the work the hard work that has already begun. So, thank you, Mayor. Thank you, council president. >> Thank you, Mayor. I'd just like to say
thank you to the commissions I worked with. Um, tourism commission under the leadership of Amy Hall. The tourism commission attracted 125,000 visitors in 2025 and held over 60 events townwide. They also launched a
new cultural event. The tourism commission successfully founded and scaled a major cultural anchor event, the Bradley Beach Jazz Festival. It officially enters into its second year in 2026. And the events throughout 2025
featured over 75 distinct bands, groups, and musicians. So, thank you to Amy and the volunteers that make up that commission. The Shade Tree Commission, they had a grant this year for $40,000.
So, the burrow will be 75 trees richer in 2026. I do have to mention that Larry Bagwell, the chairman, who has served on the commission for 5 years, is stepping down. And um we've seen some amazing things under his leadership. He's
secured the Tree City USA. He's um done some ordinance and enforcement updates. He's also done a lot of community engagement and education and um it it's very important to educate the public about the importance of a tree canopy
and uh during his tenure we've seen hundreds of trees planted throughout the burrow and so I just want to just give him our our sincere appreciation to Larry Bagwell and thank him for the impact of the beauty and the
environmental health of Bradley Beach. thanks to him. And I'm also pleased to announce that Noel Weinberg will be stepping up to serve as the new chair of the Shade Tree Commission and will continue this crucial work of managing and expanding our urban forest. And then
also the board of ed is a wonderful uh very impressive group of volunteers and in 2025 they've had significant accomplishments particularly in the areas of sustainability, academic support and facilities improvement. In
fact, I see one of the members out here, Felicia Saki, thank you so much for all you do and all your board members. And um these accomplishments reflect the board's focus on creating a supportive, safe, modern, and academically rigorous
learning environment for the bureau of Bradley Beach and it's all our students and I appreciate all of you. And then lastly, just a personal note to say what a difference a year makes.
And as I reflect over the past year, I'm overwhelmed with gratitude, the progress that we have a achieved, and this success is a collective effort. And I want to express my deepest thanks
to the people who made it possible. our burough employees, our police force, our fire department, our OEM, our first aid squad, our commissions and our committees, our school staff, the PTA, the board of ed,
our BBBCA and local businesses. But with every great team comes a great leader. And I would like to offer my special profound thank you to our mayor, Al Bubosi. Mayor Kosy's hard work, dedication, and
service this year went above and beyond any expectation. And Mayor, you consistently demonstrated kindness and respect to our employees and all of our beach residents. And to quote one of our residents from 2025,
this was my favorite one of all. Al, you brought the joy back to Bradley Beach and I want to thank you for your incredible leadership. Thank you, Mayor. [Applause] That concludes your comments.
>> All right. Well, that's a a tough act to follow. Thanks, Council President. Um, I actually was going to comment on on the accomplishments of of the burrow. And in fact, I'm not going to spend too much time reiterating everything you said
about what how much teamwork is involved in accomplishing what we as a bureau have done. And don't get me wrong, there's a lot more work to do and we're probably going to stumble here and there along the way. Uh, but starting with this council and with
every organization uh council president that you mentioned is really heart and soul are our employees u none of us are perfect but we've had we've had I think a great year in 2025
uh if if folks haven't seen it um our uh new communications director Amy Baker you may of you may know her as Amy Paul she got married this year uh but Amy Baker uh asked us to put together highlights, things we we the burrow have
accomplished. And it was striking to see all the organizations you mentioned, our own employees, fire, first aid, our police, um but uh traffic safety things we've accomplished, parking things we've accomplished, uh you know, uh environmental things we've accomplished.
It's it's really been it was powerful to put together that list because you start out you feeling pretty good about the year and by the end of it you're like wow this burl really accomplished a lot and it really was a joint effort. So thank you for uh recognizing my role in
it but could not have done it without this group here and with without all of the support of our employees and all of these volunteer organizations in the world. A wonderful year. I I I hope we uh improve upon it as we move forward in 2026.
And I notice on this agenda we didn't have a business administrator report for whatever reason. Matt, you probably had something to do with that. But but um but I did want to ask you to mention if you could putting Matt on the spot here, the recent grant notification that we
received from the from was it partner transportation? >> Uh yes. Yes. So with Councilman Wiki's help and our friends at CME, we were able to secure a $1.5 million grant for for main street. That's on top of the
million for that's already. So we continue to try to go out there and get as much uh much dollars and bring it back to >> That was great news. That was a nice holiday gift for the burrow. Uh and and uh and it was funny. I had a letter
sitting in my mailbox. You know, we have internal mailboxes. And I just walked in. I pulled this one letter out. It looked like a form letter of sorts. So, we just walked around for an hour or so carrying the thing, talking to Matt, talking to us. I had no idea that the letter was telling me we had been awarded this 1.5 million. So, uh that
was a wonderful surprise as we neared the end of the year. And I don't even think it made our highlights for the year, but uh but it certainly should should have been added. So, uh, anyway, wonderful year. My thank you, my deep thank you to my colleagues up here, Mitch, my welcome to you and looking
forward to working with you as well. Uh, and that really concludes my comments. Um, public comments. Let me open it up. Mr. Weber's on. I don't know. John Weber, 313 Lorraine Avenue. It is so nice to be
down here. This is great. So, happy new year, everybody. It is truly a new day and new year. Um, nice little dusting of snow last night to just make it all seem super fresh and magical and wonderful. Um, the burrow's in good hands. You guys
know that. Um we we really are in great shape and it's going to be nice to have a council now that's firing on all five cylinders. You know uh it was great to have a firing first aid here. I know they're already enjoying some cookies and whatnot, but I can remember some years when we didn't have all those
squaring ins here and it's just nice when it happens all under one roof. It's really great because they're so important to this town as volunteers. Um and you just talked about the accomplishments uh and Jamie you mentioned them as well. I know that I don't even know the half of them all. I
really don't. Okay. But I can honestly say that um so much got achieved last year. You know, so stuff that I don't even know about got achieved and like >> we still voted for it. >> Yeah, I know. I know. But um but lots of stuff that doesn't, you know, you know, there's a lot of stuff that you don't
vote on that still gets accomplished and it moves the burough forward and uh and everybody has a role with that. Certainly the five of you, certainly the mayor has uh put us in a in a new direction, but everybody has a role here, you know, staff and and I think um certainly people out here have a role.
They have a role to play and I hope that they still do it. Uh and that's asking questions and holding you accountable and making sure that you're explaining things and and making sure people understand things. Uh but despite all that that got accomplished, despite that, it was a high bar. I am sure that
Bradley Beach's best days are ahead of us and it's gonna be thanks to all of you. So, thank you. And I might even come here once in a while and see what's going on. >> Any other comments or questions from the direct? >> Thank you. Alan Rap 512 Newark Avenue.
Um Jordan and I are celebrating our 11th year of living here in Bradford Beach and it's been wonderful living here. Can't tell you that in the beginning of coming to the council meetings after being a council person in the burrow of Northwood for 12 years, police commissioner. I'm still the uh immediate
past president uh past chairman of the Bergen County Open Space. All 70 towns, the largest um county in in the burough in the state rather. and uh we do incredible things in in Bergen and I'm always happy to be here and share with
all of you some of the knowledge that I have. What I will tell you as a resident and having a particular affection for emergency services, I can't tell you after talking to particularly the police department, to the officers on the line,
the change that has come to the morale, to the efficiency, to the leadership that Chief Arnold has brought to the burrow and uh under the direction of all of you, Mr. P, you'll be in there um to
to allow the chief to do his job not under not only under that the fact that we all know the chief has this thing called the chief's bill of rights title 39 but he independently in conjunction with you are able to keep the burrow safe keep his men and women motivated
and now you've given them another opportunity without asking to go to the union and say here's something more in addition to which our I know you walked into a mess last January with labor That was an amazing accomplishment. And
you and I had spoken when we had lunch with with our wives and talked about this was your first priority. And damn it, you did it right away. And and and that is just Al Gubbertosin. He sees what needs to be done and with his years
of experience as everything that he is CPA lawyer all those great things gets it done and allows each of you which wasn't done in either of the two last administrations allows the council people to be independent liaison and come back and
get things done. That is truly the most important thing that needs to be done by each of you to serve the burough. Matt Garrett, you're just an amazing guy. We had met years ago when we had a little meeting with Governor Christie on your
boardwalk and he told me to sit down and shut up. Uh but you when you were mayor, you've learned all these great things and it's amazing what you imparted to the burrow to allow things to happen. Having the experience of being a mayor,
being a public official, as I said, your post-graduate degrees allow for some a little extra, but the burrow has moved forward so amazingly just this year. I mean, as John said, the bar is very high now and going to be
very difficult. However, in my opinion, I think that with a new governor, with new commissioners in there, we will have the opportunity to move forward and gain some support out of Trenton that we didn't have before. whether we do it on our own with the new commissioners that
are there or through our elected state officials who hopefully will help us and pay attention to us now that we are here. We've been reelected. We have a great group and we are a force to be reckoned with here on the Jersey Shore.
So, I want to thank all of you and you should all thank your spouses because you're about to really spend a lot more time outside your homes and I want to thank you for your service and just actually Mr. said I probably
should have called out the chief for the phenomenal work he's done. So, thank you chief. Appreciate that. And I'm not sure I'm supportive of that Matt Dhy comments, but Matt, you definitely deserve a a tip
of the hat. You've done a great job. Further comments or questions? Uh, anything? I see nothing on the board. My last comment then before I adjourn is going to be recognizing Paula Gavin sitting in the back as we're handing out accolades for 2025 well
done. Miss Gavin, you have continued to impress with your leadership and I know you're stepping down from that role of our BBBCA, but you've been a phenomenal partner to the burrow. Uh and you've just built a powerful uh exciting
organization. On behalf of Bradley Beach, I thank you. Thank you so much. >> So that said, I will close public comment and make a motion to adjourn. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I I coffee and stuff across the parking lot.
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