Notice of this meeting was provided and published in the Asbury Park Press and the Ocean Star on January 17, 2025. Copies of the agenda were provided to the newspaper posted on public bulletin boards in the township website. >> Roll call, please. >> Councilman Albanese here. >> Councilwoman Pontterero >> here. >> Councilwoman D. Young
>> here. >> Councilman Feineman >> here. >> Councilwoman Travers >> here. >> Vice President Makino here. >> President Amberino >> here. I'm going to ask everybody to stand for a salute to the flag and a moment of silence. Ice 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. >> Thank you. Madame Clerk, can you accept the reports from the municipal officers? >> Of course.
>> And is there a motion and a second to approve the minutes from the October 7th meeting? >> Motion. >> Second. >> Roll call. >> Councilman Albany, >> yes. >> Councilwoman Ponttoro, >> yes. >> Councilwoman D. Young, >> yes. >> Councilman Feineman, >> abstained.
>> Councilwoman Travers, >> abstain. >> Vice President Makino, >> abstain. >> President Amberino, >> yes. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. All right. We have a number of presentations this evening. The first thing I'd like to do is invite Mayor Crate to the podium so that we could
recognize the 2025 Brick Memorial High School baseball team. >> Yes. >> Good evening everyone. If I could please have the coaches come on up. So, uh, if they're here, Coach Evan, Coach Chris,
uh, Coach Skip, uh, Nick, James, and Kyle, if you guys want to come on down or up, as we say. All right. Since opening in 1980, Brick Memorial High School has been home to student athletes who have represented their
school and community with pride, establishing a remarkable tradition of athletic excellence and achievement. This past season, the Mustangs varsity baseball team had the most successful season in their storied history of Brick
Memorial High School. The Mustangs finished the season with a school record, 22 wins, captured the school's first outright A South championship, won the school's first short conference tournament title, and advanced to the
state sectional championship game. That deserves a round of applause. So we are here to celebrate the this team tonight. Uh the Mustang success was guided by the leadership standing here next to me. Therefore, I Lisa Crate,
mayor of the Township of Brick in the County of Ocean in the state of New Jersey in honor of their outstanding 2025 season, do hereby proclaim Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025 to be Brick Memorial High School Baseball Team
Day. Well, it's been a a few months now since the season ended, but it was a remarkable run. Uh we've got great representation tonight. I'd like to thank everybody for coming out, supporting us. Um and uh you know, everybody behind me for recognizing us.
It's uh greatly appreciated. Thank you. >> So, you're going to So, we're gonna call each player up to be recognized. So, I'm going to leave that up to the coach, though. Chris Dior, Michael Fner, Tyler Garbushian,
Andrew Garcia, Dan Goldenies, Roy Hobbs, Braden Cavis, Trevor Kish, James Martin, Gavin McHugh, Joe McGlin, Matt McGlin,
Evan Meyer, Will Montana, Jack Morardi, Brody Moore, Evan Po, Jimmy Pop >> like to recognize those uh players who were unable to make it. Uh the majority
of them are seniors from last year who are um either working or in college. Dan Papovic Braden Nalduchcci, Jake Meanie, Jackson Figueroa, Justin Fabricator, Luke Douglas,
Zack Pernick, All right, you guys are going to have to come around and sit back. Let me move this >> and then I'll go first.
Congratulations. We get $5,000 each. Congratulations. I'm going There's our crowd. >> Okay. Congratulations again to the 2025 Brick Memorial High School baseball team. Go Mustangs. Mayor Craig is now at
the podium because we've got uh several other presentations this evening regarding our community development block grant awards. >> Thank you. So, we still have some really great people in our audience. Thank you for hanging out. Uh, it is my
honor every year to celebrate uh the individuals who have won our uh community development block grants for the year. Uh each year we are very fortunate that we're able to give funding to these wonderful programs that
take place throughout our town and really work to help the people who live here. uh where they need it most. So, I would like to start by extending my thanks and congratulations to everyone that we'll be honoring this evening. And
uh I am not going to take away from anyone's uh thunder here. So, what I would like to do is I'm going to call each group up and uh when you come up, I would love to present you with with your check and also give you a moment to talk about your organization so that you can
tell the people of Brick Township all of the great work that you do here for the people that live in Brick. So, our first uh person that I would like to call up is Lauren from the Ark of Ocean. We are awarding uh the Ark of Ocean County
$5,000 this year. Hi, it's good to see you. I'm gonna let you chat first. >> Oh, great. Okay. Hi everybody. Um like Mayor Crate said, my name is Lauren. Um thank you again for this funding. Um we really appreciate it. The Ark is celebrating 70 years this year, which is
fantastic. We provide programs and services to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities um obviously in Brook Township and throughout the county. We serve about,00 um adults with disabilities um again in Ocean County and throughout the state. This particular um grant supports our
employment supports program that is um helping adults with disabilities who are interested in competitive employment and we provide them with um the tools and the skills and the confidence to go out there and um work in the community. So it's we serve about a hundred people just in this program alone a year. Um,
so it's really important and special and we really appreciate your support. >> Thank you. >> That's good for you. >> I can do this without my glasses. Nope, I can't. Sorry. So, the next uh person that I would like
to call up uh is someone representing the Brick Morning Rotary who does some fantastic work here in the township. So, Charlie Bacon, if you can come on down and tell us a little bit about your organization. We will be awarding uh $2500 to the Brick Morning Rotary.
As the mayor said, my name is Charlie Bacon. I'm a member of the Brick Morning Rotary and we really appreciate uh getting a grant from you. This is our fourth year in a row. Thank the council administration and uh how do we use this? And the grant that we applied for
was an initiative we started back in 2020 called the shore shore movement. And at that time we got a b a business partner Wingman Planning and we partnered up with them in a in a marketing way and basically it was about
getting bins out to get perpetual food coming in that we could turn back into uh the communities and that's how we kind of started that. It was right in the middle of COVID. So, it was an interesting time. And I just wanted to go over a few things uh since the last
time we were here, which was in June of 24. And some of the things uh that we were able to accomplish about 8,800 pounds of food was actually dispersed in the community and as well as about uh overall we did
443 families for Thanksgiving. And moneywise over $10,600 went back into the community. Uh we also do a toy a toy drive and uh in 24 we collected 6,500 toys. A lot of those organizations
were right in brick and then uh so that's kind of given a high level. Our target goals when food goes out we try to get between 400 and 500 pounds and 500 and $1,000 goes out. So, the $2,500 is going to go right back in the community. And if you use the Fulfill
stats that are on their website, every dollar through an organization like Fulfill, they can actually get three meals. So, if you take the math out of that, that's a lot of food thanks to you folks giving us the $2,500. In closing, I am going to make a little plug for the Rotary. And as the mayor
knows, we're always looking for speakers on Wednesdays. And uh the mayor came in and spoke in in front of our club. And we're also looking for not for uh profits to come in as well. We have a giving list that we go through after our annual event comedy night and we turn
that money back into not for profofits. >> So thank you again. >> Appreciate it. >> Thank you so much. Oh, she's all right. Our next recipient is caregiver volunteers. We have anybody here from
caregiver volunteers? No. So, we are presenting $1,500 to caregiver volunteers. They work to assist the elderly and the homebound throughout Brick Township, and we are grateful for their services. So, congratulations to
Care Caregiver Volunteers of Central New Jersey. I'm going to slide. All right. Our next recipients, if I can have my the ladies from the Church of the Visitation come on down. Yay. We are awarding
the Church of the Visitation $3,100. Yay. Meatloaf. All right. So, this is my story on three little index cards. 17 years ago, Isabelle and Frank Chronics had a dream
of starting a soup kitchen at Visitation Church on Manlo Road. After recruiting interested people and putting together guidelines, the Visitation Community Lunch was born. Although Isabelle and Frank are now gone, we are here to make
positive differences in the lives the of the people we serve. Our volunteers are the backbone and greatest assets to the program. Like Katherine here, each month, our guests are fed a fourcourse meal, so this money is greatly
appreciated. Our group provides for people of all ages, cultures, and conditions. We also aim to build a solid working relationship with local businesses and services in our community. And our motto, we feed the
spirit as well as the body. Thank you all. So greatly appreciated. Thank you. Thank you. >> You're in the middle. >> You're trying. I know. I know. >> I I'd like to tell you that she comes
and helps serve Lisa at our kitchen. >> That's right. I love it. >> It's one of my favorite days of the month. >> Thank you for that. I appreciate you. And you get to keep >> hang that up. >> You hang that up somewhere.
Good job, ladies. Okay. Uh, next I'd like to call up Anna De Jesus of Contact of Ocean County, the recipient of $500 for that organization and we'd love to hear all about it.
>> Thank you everybody. Thank you so much. Um, I'm going to use my little cheat sheet. >> Okay. Um, so I am the board president for contact of uh Ocean and Mammoth counties. Um we are a 247 crisis hotline
program. Um we uh are advancing mental wellness and community care in both um Ocean and Mammoth counties. Um we were established in 1975. So we're coming up on our 50th anniversary. We're having a
gala >> nice >> um in March to celebrate which we hope is also a fundraiser for the agency. Um so um this money and any money that we receive, thank you so much really assists us. Um I am not only the
president of the board, I'm also volunteering my time. I'm an accountant and I am now um doing the finances. So funds get cut and from other areas, but we appreciate this. Thank you all so
much. Thank you. Thanks so much. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> You can just come on up. >> Okay. and look for information about that gala because we're gonna get information and share that with the
public so that we can help you out some more. That would be wonderful. >> That's okay. >> Psychic night tomorrow night. Where is that? Where is that taking place? >> Oh, with the captain's in. Fantastic.
>> Thank you so much. Good luck. Thank you. All right. If I can call up uh members from the family promise, Liz, and come on up. Are you're going to be the official photographer for tonight? We are awarding Family Promise $7,000
for the work that they do here in Brick and Ocean County. >> Thank you. >> Good evening, everyone. I am Elizabeth Gala, the executive director for Family Promise of the Jersey Shore. And I just want to start off by thanking Mayor Crate and the council members for this
generous gift. Um, we are a local nonprofit here in Ocean County that assists families and individuals that are truly struggling. Unfortunately, for one reason or another, they just can't get ahead. So, we provide shelter, we provide the meals for them when they're
in our program. But on top of that, our largest program is our prevention program. So, we pay for back rent, we pay for back mortgage, utilities, anything that we can to be able to assist our neighbors in need. It's not your typical stereotype that you may think of um in terms of the homelessness
population that you may see. The folks that we're serving are those that are not seen. Um and unfortunately, they continue to grow at an astronomical rate. Right here in Ocean County this year so far, we've served since September. um this year 8,100
individuals so far in Ocean County and we're seeing that brick in particular is starting to grow with that need. So this funding specifically will be going right back to our brick residents where we can really try to start making more of a difference right here so that the folks here in our community know that we
really do care about our neighbors. So we just thank you so much for this opportunity. Anthony, come on up. Okay. Is there anyone here from Interfaith Hospitality? I don't believe they're here this evening. Well, we're going to congratulate Interfaith Hospitality
Network. Uh we they will be receiving a grant for $7,000 to work with families and homeless people here in Brook Township. So, congratulations. Uh, is there anyone here for the Jersey Shore uh Boy Scouts? All right. So,
congratulations to the Jersey Shore Boy Scouts. They will be receiving $1,000 that will help provide uh the ability for those kids to go to their summer camp program. So, congratulations All right. Is Deb here from Providence House? Oh, hi Deb. How are you? Come on
down. Congratulations to Providence House. We They will be receiving $6,000. >> And we'd love to hear all about Providence House. >> Thank Thank you so much. This funding means so much to us. Um, I think many people know Providence House provides services to victims of domestic abuse
and their children in Ocean County free of charge. We're a program of Catholic Charities and um the programming includes a 24-hour hotline, um, emergency shelter, non-residential individual and group counseling, and a creative arts therapy program for
children who have experienced domestic abuse. But the brick CDBG funding supports our legal advocacy program which is present here in the brick municipal court several times a month assisting victims as they navigate the legal process. Um and again we greatly
appreciate this funding. It really makes a difference in our program. So thank you. And our final check recipient for the evening. I'm going to call Jim up for Meals on Wheels. They will be receiving $10,024
for the Meals on Wheels program. Thank you, Mayor Crate. Uh members of the township committee, thank you. Thank you. It's an honor to be here again. So, I'm halfway through almost my 26th year and I've been here many, many, many times. And one of the things I like to do is I like to remind the citizens of
Brick that this is a partnership that has been ongoing for the entire almost 20 26 years of my work here at community services. I am the executive director. My name is Jim Sigson, but I have 48 dedicated employees who show up every
single day to make sure that this program works, not just here in Brooktown, but in all of Ocean County. We serve all of Ocean County every single day. I'd also like to thank Amy uh Schmidtleberg who is the director of
the senior outreach and her outreach staff. If you remember from last year when I was here, I think I was here last year and I spoke, I reminded you that the commitment of Brick Township, your mayor, and this township committee and the administration goes far beyond the
check that we receive here, which is sorely needed. Their outreach staff actually does the inhome assessments for your seniors because they believe in community. They believe in caring for the people of their community and they believe in making sure that those people are
connected to vital programs and services just like Meals on Wheels of Ocean County. That service alone saves us anywhere from 60 to $80,000. And with that money, we can invest it back into the township of brick and
feeding and providing for more of your homebound senior residents. No other municipality or township in Ocean County supports us to the level of Bricktown. And the citizens of Brick should be very proud of their mayor and their township
committee for continuing that legacy of support to this program in Brick Township. So, let me razledazzle you with some statistics. Always always fun stuff. In 2024, we served more than 33,000
meals to over 200 homebound food insecure seniors in brick. It's an awful lot of people and an awful lot of food. We also provided a safety and wellness check. So, we're we're more than just meals. We're about making sure that the
person living in their home is safe and they're well. That's very important to our program. We are more than meals. We are about community care and connection. 74% of the brick participants that we
serve fall within the poverty level. 65% of them live alone. 62% are over the age of 80. 100% are frail and 64% of them are at high nutritional risk. And
probably no surprise, 65% of them are female. Okay. We did a recent survey. We love to survey our participants to make sure that everything's fine and see what they need. The survey results indicate that 90% of the individuals that we
provide meals to every single day would not have a hot meal if we did not deliver that meal to them. 98% of them feel more comfortable living at home because of meals on wheels of Ocean County and our safety checks. 97% eat a
more nutritious diet and 50% indicated that they have less doctor visits. Now, if we could just simply figure out a way to tap the government to get a cut of what we're saving them institutionalizing people and having them hospitalized, I tell you what, we
probably we probably wouldn't need support from anybody else. So, there's something you can advocate for us for. So, let me tie this all together real quick for you. In August, we had a brick participant who didn't answer his door. Unusual. Our drivers get to know the participants. We deliver to them five or
six times every single day. So, our drivers begin to see and notice even the most subtle or signs of change. Most of the drivers have a great relationship with their participants. And they'll tell them, "Hey, I'm not going to be home tomorrow or I have a doctor's appointment. Don't worry about delivering to me." Well, in this
instance, this individual didn't notify the driver that he wasn't going to be there. and he always answered his door. So the driver immediately began to follow our protocol. He notified the Meals on Wheels office. The Meals on Wheels office reached out to the emergency contact who did not know where
the client was. So, the Meals on Wheels office called Brick Township Senior Services and we asked for one of their outreach workers who went to the client's home, notified the Brick Township Police Department, and then coordinated with the landlord to let us
into this individual's home. We found this individual on the floor. He had fallen sometime after we delivered the meal the day before and would have still been on there had our driver not have known the subtle differences of his client. knowing that this person is
always there, always telling him when he is not going to be home. As a result of that, we were able to get EMS and this story has a really happy ending because we were actually able to provide services to that individual and save their life. We are more than meals,
right? Just like Brick Township, we are about community. We are about care. And we are about connection. And I want to thank you again for the opportunity and the privilege to be here and receive this grant from you. >> Thank you so much. Thank you.
Congratulations to all of our recipients. Welld deserved. Thank you for making Brick Township the best town in New Jersey. Thank you. >> I think we can now move on to our consent agenda. All matters listed under item consent agenda will be enacted in by one motion in the form listed below.
If discussion is desired on any item, this item will be removed from the consent agenda and will be considered separately. >> Thank you, Madam Clerk. Item 51, >> authorized insertion of chapter 159, US DOT National Highway Traffic Safety Fiscal year 2026 sustained enforcement
grant. >> Councilwoman D. Young. This resolution authorizes the insertion of a grant in the amount of $49,000 from the Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Sustained Enforcement Grant for the Police Department's DWI and distracted driving
programs. >> Thank you. Item 52, >> authorized cancellation of stale checks municipal court bail account. >> Councilwoman Travers. >> Thank you, Council President. This resolution authorizes the cancellation of stale dated checks totaling $150 in
the municipal court bail account. Thank you. >> Thank you. Item 53, >> authorized receipt of bids one 2025 40 foot hydraulic boat trailer. >> Councilman Fineman. >> Thank you, Council President. This resolution authorizes the receipt of
bids for one 2025 40ft hydraulic boat trailer as needed at Trader Cove Marina. Thank you. >> Thank you. Moving on to item 54. >> 54A is an inspection fund release for block 90 and 86.04 lots 1 and 28. B is
an inspection fund release for block 381 lot 3. >> Thank you, Madame Clerk. Item 55. >> 5 A is a veteran deductions for 2025 at block 1427 lot 5 and block 1427.8 lot 4.
5B is a tax overpayment for the year 2025 at block 113 lot 20. >> Thank you. That brings us to the end of our consent agenda. Is there a motion and a second on the consent agenda? >> Motion. >> Second.
>> Open to council for questions. Seeing none, close council. Open to the public for questions on the consent agenda items only. Seeing none, close public. Roll call. Councilman Albanese. >> Yes. >> Councilwoman Ponttoro, >> yes. >> Councilwoman D. Young,
>> yes. >> Councilman Fineman, >> yes. >> Councilwoman Travers, >> yes. >> Vice President Mekino, >> yes. >> President Ambrocino, >> yes. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Item 56, bill resolution. >> Be it resolved by the township council of the township of Brick that the following bills be paid and that the
mayor and clerk be and are hereby authorized to draw orders on the treasurer for the amounts of the same. computer bill resolution in the amount of 28,634,1224. >> Is there a motion and a second on the computer bill resolution? >> Motion. >> Second. >> Open to council for questions and
comments. Seeing none, close council. Open to the public for questions on the computer bill resolution only. Seeing none, close public. Roll call. >> Councilman Albanese. >> Yes. Councilwoman Pontterero, >> yes. >> Councilwoman D. Young, >> yes.
>> Councilman Feman, >> yes. >> Councilwoman Travers, >> yes. >> Vice President Mino, >> yes. >> President Amberino, >> yes. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Item 57, manual bill resolution. >> Be it resolved by the township council of the township of brick that the following bills be paid and that the
mayor and clerk be and are hereby authorized to jort orders on the treasurer for the amounts of the same manual bill resolution in the amount of $2,46,56349. Thank you. Is there a motion and a second on the manual bill resolution? >> Motion. Second.
>> Open to council for questions. >> Seeing none, close counsel. Open to the public for questions on the manual bill resolution. Seeing none, close public. Roll call, please. >> Councilman Albanese, >> yes. >> Councilwoman Pontterero, >> yes. >> Councilwoman D. Young,
>> yes. >> Councilwoman Feman, >> yes. >> Councilwoman Travers, >> yes. Vice President Mikino. >> Yes. >> President Amberino. >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Moving on to agenda item number six, public comments. >> Please note that each person addressing
the council during any section of the meeting during which public comment is permitted shall limit his or her remarks to five minutes pursuant to Brick Township Administrative Code section 2-33B. >> Thank you. Any questions or public comments?
Mr. Finale, please approach the lectern twice tonight for you. It's a lectturn. I give you that boy for that. Everybody, it's a lect turn.
I feel like u Bill Maher coming up here reporting what goes on in the last couple of weeks. I don't know if any of you watch Bill Friday nights at 10 o'clock. if you don't do it. Right. So, so here's my Bill Maher interp impersonation. All right. Whatever you
want to call it. I received a flyer in the mail today. It says, "Your taxes go up and so does the salary of the township's top aid by more than 30%." You've been demoted to
an aid, by the way. All right. Brick Township Business Administrator salary has increased yearover-year. 2014 it was 143,000. 2023 it was 190,000
and we pay for that. Uh if you do the math on that, that comes out to roughly a 3.3% increase in salary. And here I thought you were working for free. Damn.
Anyway, the reason I bring this up, remember last last meeting I was the last time I was here, I said people be nice. Don't go after township employees. They're not elected officials. They're not running for anything. Be nice. Well,
I guess my words fell on deaf ears. All right. The interesting thing is that this comes from this the school board president who personally negotiated and and and voted in a 20% five-year pay
raise for 700 teachers in the brick school district. Oh, by the way, we pay for that. That comes out to about 4% a year for each one of those teachers. At the same time,
after only three years in the position, they uh extended the superintendent's contract by five years and gave him a $30,000 pay raise. And really, nothing significantly happened in the last three years to improve the school district.
So, I think it's time for people to last time I asked nice to clean up their act. Don't go after people. Another instance of that happening after I asked to be nice was they put a picture of a
burning fully burning brick school bus on on Facebook with the word brick on it. I then went after a sitting school board person who's not even up for reelection. Like why are you going after people that aren't even up for
reelection? I don't know. And then they went after people who got their streets repaved. I got my street repaved, too. So, I guess I'm in I'm in that group. All right. So, last time I'm I asked nice.
Let's clean up our act. Stop going after people that don't they're not elected. They're not running. They're doing a job. And uh now I'm saying not so nicely. Don't do it because if you do, this is what's going
to happen. I'm going to respond. Enough is enough. Um, second thing I had is uh I always try to find something nice to say and uh I missed the last meeting, but you put
the drug money and going to buy a new ambulance with it. Nice thing to do, right? Keep keep it where it belongs. That's always a good thing. Um, this time of the year I always talk about election signs, right? And my
understanding is that they're only allowed to be put up on private property. Is that correct? >> Well, private property is not like Antelhibid Park, right? That's not private property.
>> That' be public property. So any signs that were there would really be illegal. Well, there are five of them right now on Angel's property right on the curb. They all belong to the Red Party. Years ago, Mayor Ducey gave me permission to
take them down. All right. Now, I would like to see the township take down all these illegal signs that go up in the roads and everything. I like my neighborhood to look nice. We keep the fences fixed at the park and everything. Why Why doesn't the township take down
these signs that are put in illegal places? >> H >> Are you asking me or >> you? Uh, you know, it's it's that time of year. I don't know what to tell you. Signs go up.
Uh, I don't know what to say. Yeah. Sometimes they're not put appropriately. A lot of times if they're on county property, the county will come and take them down. Uh, and that just happens. >> They hundreds of them go up on the roads on the little triangles and everything.
Nobody takes them down. Some people don't even take them down 10 days after the election. Angel. >> Well, you'll see me out there the day after the election taking all the signs. >> I said some people. >> Okay. >> Some people. >> Yeah. I don't I don't care for them either. So, all of them. It's nice to have them come down.
>> I volunteered to monitor Angela Hibbit Park and take down any illegal signs that are up there. >> Mayor Ducey said I could do it. >> I know. I'm going to plead the fifth on that. I I >> Okay. Okay. Um,
you know what? I'm going to let the let the rest of it go. I just think that with all of with everything that's going on in the country right now, I mean, I know a lot of people who aren't getting paychecks right now because two
political parties can't agree to come up with a budget, right? So, that that's starting at the top and going all the way down. I think it's time that everybody got a little more civilized. You want to talk about the issues, talk about the issues. You want to even I
guess you can talk about the mayor if you want to, but bringing up other people, sitting school board members, business administrators, that's a lot of crap. And it really should stop. Really should. And as long as it continues, I'll have something to say. Now, I I
responded about the fire in the school bus. You want to see all the comments that came out, people going to the school board meeting and bringing up all this baloney and everything else. And oh, by the way, if anybody watches the school board meetings,
yours truly hasn't been there for the last two. I've been going to school board meetings since 2009. Anybody remember what happened in 2009? The school wanted a $172 million referendum to fix up all the schools because they
hadn't put a dime in capital improvements in five years. That's when I started going to the school board meetings and then soon after I came here. Right. The definition of insanity is keep doing the same thing and expect different
results. I've been going for 16 years and I'm not insane, but my children think I am. They keep telling me I am. So, basically, I'm done. Right? If you watched the last school board meeting, not one person got up there and and and
asked a question about anything on the agenda. Nothing. Right. I'm giving up. It's not going to change. So, you'll get all my attention, good or bad, whatever it's worth. Thank you. And oh, by the way, the the meals and
wheels, I think that's the greatest thing that that that we can really do, you know, and all everything that they do. Um, and I'm glad they got I'm glad they got the big bucks. Thank you. >> They serve a lot of people. >> Well, Mr. Finelli, you're always welcome
here. Thank you for your comments and well said. >> Are there any other public comments or questions from the public? >> Mr. Mariano. Close. >> Closer. >> Getting there.
>> Um, I just got a a question. Um, the building they're building over by uh uh Forge Pond over there, the sports building that they're building. So, I'm hearing things that's going to be for the kids in the school to use too
or not, or do they have to pay for that to use it? Part of the pilot agreement was to offer hours to the school district. >> Uh it will be through the recreation department that those hours are decided and that was the plan for that was because uh there are so many coaches at
the schools that they wanted to make sure filtered through one person. >> So but there are hours carved out each week for the schools to use some some of those fields. >> So the school >> they'll have access. Yes. >> Okay. So do everybody everybody has
access like all the younger kids too. >> It depends on how the school district decides to use the hours. We don't we're not going to monitor that or make that decision for them. It's a school it's a school district decision. >> Okay. So the second question is part of that did they get tax exempted for 30
years on that property? >> So not the property just the building itself. The property is still taxed. >> Okay. Uh so that property that is in the back portion is something that we collect tax on and the school also
obviously receives tax from that. I believe for 2024 the property tax on that was somewhere around 60 I don't have the exact numbers but I believe the school tax that was collected off of that property was around $31,000. >> The front end of the property
>> uh is not exempt at all the buildings. Yep. The business areas. So, the Aldi, the soon-to-be Dunkin Donuts, which will not be the second Dunkin Donuts, it will be the only Dunkin Donuts. All right. Uh, and of what I understand, a Subway that's going to open there. Each that
piece of property and those buildings will also pay full tax and that tax will go to the township and to the school district and the fire district and everywhere else it gets separated out to. >> Okay. So, who's the owner of the back part? Who's the actual owner of the >> I don't have the
HFC is the owner. Yeah. So they're um business that's going to collect revenue for >> and so the building itself they have to do a payment in lie of taxes and that payment will go directly to the township for the building only >> and those that payment will go towards
the things that we do here in the township you know uh taking care of uh you know paving roads or all those you know whatever we >> So did the town actually like get okay I'm going to give you certain hours uh a week or whatever like some kind of
negotiation that they're not going to get like just a couple of hours for the schools to use. >> That was negotiated way back then >> prior to me being uh part of that. But it's >> a couple of hours a week a week that they have access to it. >> Right. So I'm just
>> But there are other areas in town, just to be clear, >> that the school district has access to that is township owned at no charge. So, you know, the jump point sports complex that we normally charge people for, the schools have full access of that from 3:30 to 6:00 Monday through Friday at no
indoor stuff cuz winter's coming, you know, so indoors and stuff like that. Yep. >> So, that was a, you know, just a question. >> Yeah. I don't know how, you know, they'll have to work that out. Yeah. >> Right. Um, I think that's pretty much it I got today.
>> Short one. Okay. Thank you, B. >> Thank you. There any other comments from the public? >> Seeing none, close public. >> Miss Bergen, >> I have no further comments. Thank you. >> Madame Mayor,
>> I just want to remind everyone that this Thursday is trunk or treat and we're ready. We're ready. We have lots of candy and uh I believe we have close to 90 cars that will be participating. All of them are going to be fabulous. Can't wait to see all the kids and adults in
their costumes. Weather looks good and uh I just look forward to seeing everybody out there. >> Thank you very much, Mr. Connealy. >> Thank you, Madam Clerk. >> Congratulations, >> Madam Secretary.
Councilman Albanesey's >> uh congratulations all the week award winners for CDBG and uh something close to my heart being a four-year starter for brick moral baseball 86 to 89 I'm really happy for these guys and um >> not bad coach I'm very good friends with
Evatello co-orker too and um these guys are young so you you may see him back I I think you will >> councilwoman Ponttoerrera >> thank Council President, I want to echo the sentiments of uh Councilman Alby's
and I also just want to make a small mention when we speak about the value of an increase in salary. What I think the public needs to understand is that a full and detailed
description of Mrs. Burkens job duties um do not reflect what one would see in a typical advertisement. What I'm saying is that whatever modum of an increase
that is dispensed at this point, the reason is like any employer, if you have an employee who's going not only above and beyond, but around the block and not just doing business administrator
position duties, but selling raffle tickets and setting up the trunk and setting up the ers and all these things at all hours of the day and the night. As an employer, it's incumbent upon
brick to pay a comparable and reasonable salary sufficient to hold this individual with us forever. So I want people to understand that not
only was an influence a welld deserved uh modum of what was deserved um and earned vessively in other words the work has been done for years we have a long
history of observation and seeing the results so I do not want to share Any disparagement of a decision to make an increase simply to
provide a portion of the hard work and effort that is given on it day to day not Monday through Friday seven days a week heart and soul that is given by Mrs. broken through this town. She is worth her weight. She provides brick
with more more than I would say a hund times her salary in terms of benefit because she is the one looking at that budget looking at how to make it work long
term. just saves us thousands and allows brick and it other employees to do what they need to do for what we can pay in Brick. So I applaud any increase in
salary to Mrs. Buren because frankly I don't know what would happen in break without this individual. I don't know any job description that would entice another to come to work with us if there wasn't
an increase. Does that make sense? This is an employer employees decision and we're not losing her and everyone's entitled to have a salary reasonably comparable. If I had my choice, it would
be 100% increase. Her value to this town is immeasurable. Not that it would ever be. She wouldn't allow it to be that type of increase, but we're proud of her. And the residents should understand she is an investment and she
pays us tenfold our town for the work that she does every day. Thank you. >> Thank you, Councilwoman Pontterero. Councilwoman D. Young. >> Thank you. I just want to remind the seniors out there that it is Medicare
open enrollment season and uh you're a senior now. There we go. Uh and uh senior services is accepting um um what is it? What is the word for appointments?
Sorry, brain's not working tonight. but they are accepting appointments for open enrollment to make sure that you are on the right plan that is best for you. So if you would like to set up an appointment, please call 732-920-8686. Thank you.
>> Thank you, Councilman Fineman. >> Thank you, Council President. I just want to thank all the grant recipients uh for all their hard work. It really is uh phenomenal uh what they do and it makes Brick great and uh just want to say thank you. Really appreciate it. and
stay safe and have fun. >> Thank you, Councilwoman Travers. >> I also want to just congratulate all the recipients. Every single one of them is very deserving. Congratulations. >> Thank you, Vice President Manino.
>> Ditto to what Mariana said. And uh thank you for all the recipients, the baseball team. Thank you. It's been a pleasure. >> Thank you. Yes. Congratulations to the Brook Memorial High School baseball team. Uh, thank you to all of the charitable organizations that were
recognized tonight and the work that they do here in our community. I think Mayor Crate undersold what our presence will be at Trunk or Treat this year and I bought a lot of candy that I'm looking to put in some kids' hands. Um, if there's nothing else, I'm going to
announce that the next public meeting will be Monday, November 10th here at 7 p.m. And I'll now entertain a motion and a second to adjurnn. Motion >> second. >> All in favor?