Kyle Elliot Chris SE Harrison [Applause] Turner Sharie Hassan and Mikey K there you too all right let's see if we can
arrange our into a a good photo up yeah coach J [Applause] thank you everyone yeah I know put out doesn't matter no talking to
myself know we went you mhm all right we have one more presentation this evening that I'm uh pretty excited to do all right uh if I could please have Jim cuson come on
up fantastic I'm going to do a quick Proclamation for you so in case you didn't know March is National nutrition month on March 22nd 1972 president Richard Nixon signed into law amend measure that amended the older
Americans Act of 1965 to include a national public private nutrition program for individuals 60 years and older for over five decades this Landmark law has supported our nation seniors and helped to fund community- based organizations
such as Meals on Wheels of Ocean County and it is still the only federally Pro Federal program designed to meet the nutritional and social needs of older adults Meals on Wheels of Ocean County provides nutritious meals to to older residents both through home delivery and
at a commun community cafes throughout Ocean County that help maintain their health and Independence Meals on Wheels of Ocean County served nearly 260,000 meals last year to over 1700 seniors including over 33,000 delivered to Brick
Township residents the senior population is increasing substantially and action is needed now to support local Meals on Wheels programs through federal state and local funding volunteering donations and raising awareness to ensure that these vital
Services can continue to be delivered for years to come Meals on Wheels program from Meals on Wheels programs from across the country are joining together for the end the weight campaign this march to celebrate their Collective success and to generate the support
needed to ensure these critical programs can continue to address food insecurity and malnutrition combat social isolation and loneliness enable inde dependence and improve health outcomes therefore I Lisa crate mayor of the township of brick and the county of ocean in the
state of New Jersey do hereby Proclaim March 2025 to be National nutrition month in Brick Township and I call upon all residents to join me in extending our warmest thanks and most sincere appreciation to the staff and drivers of Meals on Wheels of Ocean County for
their efforts to provide nutritious meals and essential services to Ocean County senior citizens and their heroic efforts to end the wait to combat senior hunger in America thank you so much thank you well I've been doing this for 25
years I've been here many many times and it's always a privilege to come here and to thank the mayor and to thank the township uh uh Council for their continued support and recognition of our program which is very very important and for those uh residents of Brick Township
you may not know but Brick Township actually is has is the second longest partner that we have in feeding the seniors of Ocean County especially here in brickdown when I started 25 years ago funding was already in place to help support this program because we had a
waiting list that waiting list was alleviated and totally um totally Satisfied by the funding that we received from B Brick Township to hire a driver purchase a vehicle purchase additional food and we've pretty much never looked back in addition to the
supports that Brick Township provides us their senior Outreach actually goes into the homes of the senior residents here in Brick and provides the inhome assessments for eligibility for our program that's a service that would cost our program $60,000 or more a year to to
do if Brick Township did not do that service for us so the commitment of Brick Township to support Meals on Wheels of Ocean County extends far beyond just simply proclamations and Community Development block R funding they make a wholehearted commitment through the ENT ire staff of their
senior services through their mayor through their Township committee and they've done that for us for decades okay so you should be very proud of them and you should thank them especially now that you guys are celebrating what I understand to be your 175th birthday happy birthday Bricktown
that's pretty old so I'm 63 I kind of feel pretty old but not as old as 1 175 or if I looked as good as you do at 175 I think I'd be very very Happy Meals on Wheels of ocean County we're celebrating our 50th year okay of providing senior
nutrition services to the older adults of Ocean County in 2024 we delivered 33,000 meals to over 200 food insecure socially isolated adults who live in
Bricktown we serve 260,000 meals to 1700 seniors countywide but we're more than just meals what we do every today as we save lives we have a policy that you have to have eyes on or ears on every single
client that you deliver to every single day and I have 18 drivers who do 18 routes and cover all 500 plus square miles of ocean county every day that safety and Assurance check save saves lives it's also something that is very comforting to the seniors and to
their families who aren't able to be there to check in on them on a regular basis to make sure that their loved ones are not just fed but they're actually safe since June of 2024 we have had to call the police or
EMS 26 times because we found our clients in distress five of those calls were for Brick residents and two of those calls were made just within the last month you did something really great today you you recognize not just some really great
kids but you you recognize two young men who were joining a very important department in Bricktown the police department and you have an outstanding Police Department you have an outstanding EMS Department as well too and take the time to thank them because those officers and those EMS Personnel
they're the ones that respond to the calls that we make when we find seniors in distress we find people passed out on the floor we find them passed out in their bathroom we find them having strokes and heart attacks okay and these are the people that we call who come and who help us rescue and save those
people's lives so I'd like to just extend my heartfelt gratitude to the police department of the EMS in Brick Township for the outstanding work that they do in help keeping your senior residents safe as well because without them we wouldn't be able to do our job effectively if we had no one to call who
to show up to make sure that whatever life-saving measures need to be taken to get those people the help they need it wouldn't work so thank you Brick Township Police and to the EMS just I you know what one thing I usually do when I come up here is I usually say how
long do I get to talk I didn't today because I was just presuming on the on the generousness of the of the mayor and the Town Council but I want to just give you a few other statistics because we're a not for-profit organization and we don't have a deep well of funding that we can just reach into whenever we need see
people with need we rely on Government funding we rely on funding from the participants we rely on Municipal funding we rely on the partnership that we have with the mayor and with this Town Council that we've had for decades in order for us to be able to do our job as effectively as we do throughout Ocean
County I have 46 employees those people work every single day to make sure every single senior gets fed to make sure that they're safe in their own homes that's what our mission is and we live that mission every single day and we live it successfully in Brick because of the
mayor the Town Council your police your EMS and because of our drivers and you know vdal Sasson had a wonderful saying for those of you who have hair or may remember that long ago um if you don't look good we don't look good and those 46 people make me look really good but they also make Ocean County look really
good because they're the ones that are on the front line of our program in those homes checking up on those seniors to make sure that they are safe and that they are fed we recently did a survey 59% of the residents in brick that we serve 59% of those have been on
our program for a year 26% have been on our program for over three years 68 of the participants lack comp companionship they feel isolated because they're Homebound and that two-minute contact with our driver provides a makes a world of difference for those individuals it
provides social contact it makes them feel like they're still part of this community because somebody is there looking in on them caring about them talking to them 97% of our participants would not have a hot fresh daily meal if we didn't
deliver that meal every single day 64% say that they have doctor less doctor visits and hospitalizations because they receive the good nutrition that our meals provide and they're healthier 100% of them say that they're eating a more nutriti nutritious and balanced diet
because of the meals that we provide and 100% feel more confident living as in living independently because they receive our meals because they know that somebody is going to be there every single day to check in on them to make sure that they are safe and that they are wellfed and I would like to extend
my gratitude once again to mayor crate and to the township committee and to the residents of Bricktown for electing and for supporting these people in the work that they have do and will continue to do and I would all also like to say that I wish every municipality in Ocean County treated us as generously as Brick
Township does because if everybody did then you know what we wouldn't have a waiting list we have about 27 people right now that we can't put on the program none of them live in Brick that's a good thing but you know what we wouldn't we wouldn't because if we got the recognition and support that we needed from every municipality if every
municipality followed the lead of this mayor and This Town Council and provided the recognition and the support that we need to do our jobs there would be no waiting list in Ocean County for these seniors so I would like to challenge the other municipalities and people who may be hopefully zooming in on this that you
know what Now's the Time we do a really important job in Ocean County our funding is always at stake we need other municipalities to step up like brick to the plate and to recognize our program and to help help us do our job so that we can feed the seniors in their in
their municipalities as well too so sorry if I took a little bit too long um but thank you very much for your attention and for listening and hope you have a wonderful evening and mayor thank you we can read it okay moving on with our agenda there are a few budget
presentations planned for today first up is the division of inspections we're going to hear from Mike JC our construction official floor is yours thank you mayor crate um council members and our business administrator um I'd like to introduce myself again my name
is Mike josei I'm the new constructional official hired after Dan Newman's retirement and I'll be presenting the division of inspections budget fiscal year for 2025 uh the division of inspections is empowered to enforce the New Jersey adopted uniform construction code which is njac
25 chapter 23 sub chapters 1 through2 um budget number 195 is um dedicated to the cost of administering the uniform construction code um the purpose of the uniform construction code is to protect the health safety and Welfare of the occupants of structures ALS also the
code is designed to encourage innovation in construction including the use of modern tech technical methods and eliminate the obsolete construction regulations that increase the cost of construction um the number of permits issued in 2024 was
3,477 um down only by 130 from 2023 with an additional 830 permit updates um this indicates that the township is relatively consistent in the number of permits issued year a year uh the total number of permits issued
fluctuates based on economics and other conditions outside of our control the number of inspections performed in 2024 was 16,21 inspections um the number of inspection also can fluctuate based on
the economic conditions um revenue from permits is based on the value of construction of the projects the value of construction for 2024 was 113 million $431,000 n um the add um the added value of
improvements made to real estate properties also affects the property taxes paid to the township um our revenue generated by permit fees was 2 million 332,750townhouse public pools and testing of backflow preventers devices
and annual inspections of elevator devices brought our grand total to a revenue of 2,399 345 um our staff consists of um staff is made up of a construction official
subcode officials inspectors and our clerical support staff uh each local enforcement agency has a construction official that individual is the chief administrator responsible for administrating and enforcing the provisions of the New Jersey uniform construction code each technical area of
the sub code has one subcode official the subcode official under the direction of the construction official has administrative responsibilities for enforcing of their specific jurisdictions the um they interpret the requirements for their subcode form plan
review prior to the permit being issued and are the immediate supervisors of the inspectors within their subcode the inspector s under the direction of their subcode official and construction official perform the inspections in the field the staff dedicated to the building subcodes
include a full-time building subcode official and two full-time building inspectors the staff dedicated to the plumbing and mechanical subcode include two um one full-time subcode official and one full-time plumbing and mechanical inspector um staff dedicated
to the electrical subcode include um a full-time electrical subcode official one full-time electrical inspector and in January 2024 we added a part-time inspector available on a perdm basis when needed um for fire subcode inspection services we continue to
utilize the services provided through the shared services agreement with the brick Bureau fire safety um now we have a part-time uh elevator subcode official and we are exploring uh prospects of finding a part-time inspector as well to support
him and or a thirdparty outside agent um clerical staff clericals include um permit application intake data entry inspection scheduling moving the applications through the plan review process processing any violation notices
and once approved by the subcode officials issuing the permit the clerical staff are the Frontline staff that deals with the public and contractors daily and we have a great dedicated crew um in addition to the reception
desk there are permanently eight additional full-time clerical staff members um one clerk is the supervisor of the clerk staff that staff member also processes applications certificate docies responds and processes o requests
and adds all clerical staff members in their duties um the eight other clerical staff have different tasks including three permit intake clerks staffs who are responsible for accepting residential permit applications a per permit intake
clerk who specializ izes in commercial construction applications and manages ongoing inspections and violation clerk responsible for processing preparing notices of violation and tracking the scheduling of appropriate inspections to investigate properties following
complaints from residents one clerk is responsible for scheduling construction inspections and other clerks are cross all no our clerks are also trained um cross trained and um but have primary responsibilities um sorry the large drop
in the operating budget request for the publishing line of line number 243 every three years the state adopts a new code edits um the next code change cycle will begin in 2025 this um this line item
will need to reflect the need to purchase new code books in the 2026 budget year I am looking to get a new codebooks entirely in digital copies that can be um purchased at a one time and the fee a onetime fee all inspectors
and clerks will have access to them um the state of New Jersey has also directed The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs to create regulations for the acceptance of electronic applications presently applications must be submitted by the NG DCA standard
forms with a wet ink signature um njdca has not implemented new regulations on the process and procedures necessary to allow electronic sub mitts including electronic plans um it has been said that the delay has been caused by the need to adjust the licensing laws for
regulating trades that presently require a raised seal on their documents and applications again thank you for the opportunity to present our budget the division of inspections looks forward to another year of supporting and assisting our residents thank you Mike open to council
for any questions I'm now going to open the floor to the public if there are any questions with regard to the presentation for the division of inspections saying none closing the floor thank you very much we're going to move on to the next
presentation from our division of engineering given by our engineer Alisa cumins thank you for your time this evening and allowing me to provide a brief introduction to the division of engineering and address the items requested in our 20125 budget the primary functions of the division of
engineering are to establish and maintain public infastructure and assist with its integration into private property we monitor the site construction and off-site improvements outside of the physical envelope of a building engineer sorry engineering currently employs six full-time
employees and our full-time staff includes one licensed professional engineer we have two net certified inspectors an engineering Aid Road inspector who uh recently became a New Jersey certified storm water inspector uh an engineering permit inspection
Clerk and a secretary as a group we provide professional assistance to the township departments such as the Department of Public Works in-house construction traffic safety and Parks as well as technical support for homeowners business owners realators and developers we also serve as the contact
for various divisions of the D the do and the Army Corps of Engineers we have uh recently partnered with us fish and wildlife to complete phase one of a marsh restoration project and the foresight wildlife refuge and we are dedicated to advancing this process to additional phases as is as it is a
mutually beneficial program to reduce dredge disposal costs and reduce the mar restore the marsh for a better environment our office is also the designated flood plan administrator responsible for compliance with the rules and requirements of the national
flood insurance program a division of FEMA based on how well we comply with the national flood insurance program regulations and guidelines our citizens are provided a discount on their flood insurance program premiums most of our day-to-day operation involves interaction with the public including
homeowners business owners contractors and licensed professionals looking for Guidance with their developments our goals for 2025 include expanding our gas based storm water inspection system maintaining our status in the community rating system which is a part of the national flood insurance
program clearing violations from the NFI nfip flood insurance violations tracker assisting residance realators and develop ERS with private property development and anticipated changes with the upcoming revisions to the njd regulations coordinating with public
works for repairs and improvements to our existing infrastructure and maximizing the capital funds available to the greatest extent practical developing a Township wide dredge material management and habitat restoration master plan and educating the public on flood risk and
preparedness um our operations we have spent a lot of thought and effort over the last few years developing procedures for better organization ation and standardization in the division our permit input is now processed by our clerk decreasing our Review Time inspection reporting has been streamlined so that results are emailed
to homeowners and contractors saving us time as well as postage closed permits are routinely sent to archives to scan for easy retrieval from all departments coordination with zoning and CT enforcement has been organized so that policies are standardized across the Departments citizens get consistent
information and Engineering violations are enforced into consistent manner we are using our GIS based app to complete storm water inspections to reduce time and waste reduce waste associated with the paper forms all these things are very small but when you combine them they enable us
to better assist people with their requirements wants and needs while saving time and saving money engineering salary and wage budget for 2025 is $200,000 where our salaries are fixed the actual costs of the townships are estimated the funds recouped in the
budget from inspect inpections escrow accounts and capital accounts will vary from year to year therefore the actual Staffing costs to the township fluctuate annually we do strive to keep our costs as low as possible overtime is something that is very difficult to estimate as
the time required to complete is completely dependent on the volume of work running through the division and this work is development driven we provide inspections as requested by contractors where the administration outside of the normal operating hours of the township provided the over overtime
hour worked can be charged to an escrow project that can be built for the associated cost our overtime budget request for 2025 is $10,000 which is consistent with our request from last year and the actual cost over the last few years our operating budget request is
96,2 125 These funds are requested to pay for our general supplies tools and equipment that we need to do our jobs such as pens uniforms paint measuring tools levels Etc uh renewal fees to pay for our professional licenses and certifications
as well as the courses that provide the continuing education credits we need to maintain them cost associated with annual permits such as our D storm water permitting for our annual Municipal permit our industrial permit for the marina um and our multitud of permits for Public Works facility and tidelands
licenses for our Waterfront parks and infrastructure the Professional Services of engineer surveyors Architects and environmentalists that need to be contracted with to complete tasks beyond the res sources of our in-house division of engineering our our largest light item
is for expert services this is money that the division reserves to pay Engineers Architects or other Professionals for services that cannot be capitalized such as surveying flood mapping appeals ADA compliance consultation master plan updates sound
studies and general traffic consultations if services are not required these monies are not spent um this year's request represents um an increase from last year as we have been able to accomplish more internally but we are cross training and streamlining processes mentioned
earlier I thank the mayor and councel and our business administrator and the citizens for their patience support and active participation in all of our projects and initiatives thank you very much Miss comets uh floor is open to questions from the
council saying none I'll open the floor to the public for any questions with regard to our presentation on division of engineering in saying none I'll close the floor thank you very much last up this evening we'll hear a presentation from the division of land use it's going to be given by Tyra
Paxton our Township planner and Chris Romano our zoning officer thank you mayor CR council president Amber Ino and the entire governing body um as well as our business business administrator Joanne Bergen for giving uh zoning officer Chris romano and I this opportunity uh
to present our budget for the division of land use um on behalf of our employees we thank you for the support and continued assistance that you give us throughout the year and every year uh the division of land use and planning consists of the zoning office the planning board the zoning board the GIS
mapping Grant Management Community Development and general land use and planning um we like to highlight our accomplishments from uh the previous year um most notable accomplishments in 20124 included uh Green Acres Program
Grant approval for $1.4 million for the purchase of more open space properties as recommended by the brick open space savers committee um due diligence for three properties is currently underway uh 4.22 Acres uh known as the Osborne
property uh off of um uh drump Point Road 1.49 Acres of westerfelt property right next to it which backs up both of these back up to the drump point sports complex um and I mean Huber Avenue um and 5.38 Acres uh we're working through right now that will add to the Sawmill
tract off of Summit Avenue and there's few more behind that that the boss committee uh keeps me very busy um master plan elements that we uh have adopted or are underway are the open space and Recreation plan which was the
uh 10-year plan uh for the next 10 years of properties that we we seek to purchase and programs and parks that we seem uh that we seek to improve uh Community Wildfire management plan which we worked with the uh Bureau of fire safety and the office of emergency management to accomplish uh the
community energy plan which was done through a grant um and the economic development plan is under way which is not costing the municipality any money uh because the local planning services at the department of Community Affairs is uh doing the work for us as a a
memorandum of agreement sort of as our consultant um the housing element and fair share plan uh vacant land analysis and realistic development potential report was submitted to the state um just last month and we're embarking upon the housing element fair share plan
which is due to be adopted in June um Miss cumins uh uh talked about our flood plane Management program we uh reviewed and submitted 98 elevation certificates to FEMA last year and as a result of the
diligent work by her staff and my staff um we received a 99% compliance and this has maintained our 20% insurance premium discount for the residents by way of Staff uh we have seven full-time employees with 11 planning board members
nine zoning board members we serve as staff to the planning board zoning Board of adjustment land use committee master plan plan committee environmental commission Architectural Review Committee sustainable brick committee Green Team brick open space savers flood plan management committee um serve as
the Ada coordinator and assist the tra shade Tre commission with their annual reporting and uh one of our staff sits on the board of homes Now Inc who administers our affordable housing trust fund which we also oversee uh that Consulting service to keep ourselves compliant with affordable housing
program in 2024 our division collected $667,000 in Revenue uh this was an increase of um almost $200,000 from the 2023 year which indicates that the township added a lot more taxable uh
improvements than the year prior because affordable housing fees are B are paid when improvements are done or built new buildings are constructed um we pass along 85% of these funds to homes Now Inc um who um monitor a total of 880
units that are deed restricted for over 1,200 credits that we we maintain for affordable housing program in the township additional Reen Revenue that we collected in the division um which has five main sources that help offset our
cost to taxpayers for our operations we collect permits and application fees which include per uh zoning permit fees affordable housing fees Planning and Zoning Board application fees and escrow fees um as I mentioned earlier we
collected 667,000 zoning permits were 999,000 and planning and zoning board Rider accounts were 65,000 by way of expense for our salary and wages the land use budget for salary and wages um which includes um all the
all the boards and add in addition to the H affordable housing program increased over last year's appropriation um the requested salary for 2025 for land uses 549,000 and the board of adjustment 87,000 and an overtime budget request of 5,000 most
overtime charges if not all are made to the writer accounts that we collect for the boards because they are related to the planning board and Zoning Board functions um so the taxpayers of the township are not charged when applicants require reviews uh review of development
applications um usually help offset our our net salary expense um so keeping that in mind we we um administer chargebacks to our salaries from these funds so we receive Community
Development block grant funds which we administer and we can charge up to 20% of our allocation and that was $54,600 from last year the affordable housing trust fund part of our salaries are charged 7,460 planning board and Zoning Board
Rider accounts charged $23,660 and the planning board and Zoning Board escrow accounts charged $247 um these funds are not taxpayer funded as I said but Grant funded and development fee funded which resulted in
a savings for the municipality of one 9,525 for a net salary expense in 2024 of $464,000 our operating budget proposed for 2025 decreased by 37,1 100 over last year as a result of Green Acres Grant
light item charges rather than land use budget for expert services for the work that we have to do for open space purchases for appraisals surveys preliminary assessments Wetland delineations and other studies that are required when we purchase land for under
the Green Acres funding umbrella we also are utilizing the affordable housing trust fund for expert and legal services uh proposed for fiscal year 2025 is 10 19,250 for our operating budget Which is
less than the prior requ of 146 350 for 2024 and at this point I'm going to hand over the operation and report of the zoning Port um zoning office to Chris Romano thank you Tara and thank you everyone for the opportunity to speak tonight briefly
uh the zoning office is staffed by two employees the zoning officer and a clerk zoning applications can range from a request to build a small shed to the development of a major shopping center the zoning officer looks for consistency with board approvals and the zoning code
just to give a few examples of the day-to-day reviews uh by the zoning office you have your new single family dwellings uh additions to new single uh to single family dwellings in ground pools above ground pools Spas decks sheds fences AC units generators
finish basement solar panels commercial tenant fit-ups and signs just just to name a few our office is involved with all development applications from the initial informal meeting requests with applicants through the permitting process in 2024 we processed
1,75 permit applications and brought in as Tara mentioned earlier 99,1 190 in revenue from the issuance of of permits both uh both numbers slightly up from from last year 2023 and we have two boards that the
township um has the zoning board and the planning board I'm just going to speak uh briefly um about the zoning board as far as um numbers uh which is the board that I attend uh 79 cases which is up from last year there a lot of lot of cases a lot of applications uh that came
in uh this year that the the board and the secretary uh had to deal with three additional special hearings a riter escro I'm sorry a riter account that took in $ 36,525 along with an escrow account that took
in $132,600 took in $28,750 and the escrow account $141,800 12 thank thank you very much I appreciate all your time um and then just to follow um follow Christopher and round out you
know explanation of what we do and um the value that the township gets for what we do in our department uh we have the GIS mapping and document production that happens for all the master plans Grant applications um in in our data data Specialists work closely with the Ocean
County The Brick Township Municipal Utilities Authority Township Consulting surveyors to meain the township computer M computer mapping and tax maps um and manages data to create analyze and convert and maintain terabytes of GIS data he creates uh hundreds of maps
detailing everything from conservation efforts to the snow plow routes he also works with staff on data management plan editing and Grant mapping in 2024 um our our uh GIS analyst completed the open space and Recreation plan the community Wildfire management plan and completed
mapping for all of our open space purchases and projects and the Winward Beach development and Park Rehabilitation grant that we've applied for um the grant work that we do in our division also adds to the value um in 2024 the township received a grant Award
of $285,400 in our community development block grant program which is funded by the Housing and Urban Development agency um we received $14,000 in Grant requests from nonprofit agencies and public services in the
township and we awarded 13 of them to a total of $ 42,800 um you you heard um from uh our Meals on Wheels Grant recipient tonight about how wonderful the program is um we also do housing Rehabilitation with that
grant money so we we we assist residents who are low and monitored income usually seniors who qualify we did 16 housing Rehabilitation projects last year um that we completed through administration of our office and through a contract with Northern Ocean County Habitat for
Humanity which has been a really wonderful partner um we are moving forward with a generator purchase and parking lot project for the senior services me the senior center using Community Development block grant funds um we'll be having a bid bid bid
authorization soon for that project working with Miss cumins um and uh we're going to uh highlight that project um under the cdbg arm because uh it's going to be a res resiliency Hub where since it will have a generator we'll be able
to help folks who need help during power losses when we have storms um other grants that offset Capital costs by providing funding for acquisition Senior Center Renovations vehicle purchases fire grants uh we were awarded a grant to uh do community Wildfire management
planning through controlled Burns and purchase of equipment um and New Jersey Department of transportations Community Affairs Environmental Protection grants throughout the year I man I mentioned the Green Acres $1.4 million Grant and the community energy grant that we had
for $110,000 which helped offset costs to pay for that Grant uh plan uh completion um so the uh analysis of the 2024 land Jou planning revenue and expenditures netted uh you know we're in the Black by what we bring in and what
we put out by $2.3 million for the township so this concludes our report and I thank you for your continued uh support and we look forward to working with you years to come thank you very much M Paxton and Mr Romano I'll first open it up to uh the council for any
questions are there any questions from the public with regard to the presentation from the division of landas s none close the floor I'd like to take a moment to thank all four of our department heads for your presentations this
evening and most importantly for your continued hard work and diligence and controlling costs here in town without sacrif iing forward looking and planning to ensure that our town is adequately prepared to address the challenges that come in the future thank you very much thank
you we will now move on to the consent agenda portion of the meeting all matters listed under item consent agenda will be enacted 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 item 61 recognized patrolman Chris DeMarco officer of the year award recipient cancel vice president minina thank you this resolution recognizes Brick Township police officer Joseph McGrath as a recipient of this year's Christa Marco
officer of the year award officer mcgraph possesses many of the same qualities and attributes as patrolman Chris Marco including professionalism hum humility Integrity selflessness and kindness towards others thank you thank you item 62 recognize lieutenant Thomas
mcnellis award recipient councilman Fineman thank you council president this resolution recognizes detective Benny Alvarado as the recipient of this year's lieutenant Thomas mcnellis award detective Alvarado is known by his colleagues as being very capable and
know knowledgeable police detective and is always working to share that knowledge and make every officer of the department better at what they do for our Township detective alado's finest work has been done with and on behalf of
the young people in our community as a school resource officer as well as the Department's juvenile liazon officer thank you item 43 authorized receipt of bids Brick Township senior center site improvements councilwoman Deion thank
you this resolution authorizes the receipt of bids for parking lot improvements at The Brick Senior Center and as we heard from Miss ta Paxton just a few moments ago this will be funded through the cdbg Munday that we get through the township thank you item four4 excuse me
64 authorized receipt of bids 2025 bulkhead replacement various locations councilman albanes thank you council president this resolution authorizes the receipt of bids for bulkhead replacement at two locations on cogena Drive Clubhouse Drive and shriber drive this
project generally consists of bulkhead replacement including removal and disposal of existing bulkhead securing Corners pipe penetrations back fill and restoration item 65 authorize Award of contract boat parts supplies and repairs
for boats up to 30 fet councilwoman ponera thank you council president this resolution authorizes the award of contract for boat parts supplies and repairs for boats up to 30 ft to All
Points mobile Marine located in Point Pleasant Beach this is a unit price bid not to exceed $75,000 bid notices were provided to six
perspective biders from our biders list and four out of the six requested a bid package we received one bid as a result the contract allows the township to service the police department's Marine
unit Fleet thank you thank you item 66 authorize a word of contract purchase and delivery of Aggregates in Asheville councilwoman Travers thank you council president this resolution authorizes the award of contract for the purchase and delivery of Aggregates and asphalt to
the following vendors in accordance with the schedule of prices Britain industries of Lawrenceville Greenway industries of New Jersey Farmingdale Herman's Trucking rown RMV land and livestock South Jackson stavola Construction Materials Titan Falls the
Walter R Earl Corporation of Farmingdale and Trap Rock Industries of Kingston This is a two-year contract bid notices were provided to 30 prospective biders on our biders list and 15 picked up bid packages nine bids were received thank you thank you item 67 authorize Award of
contract maintenance and support for New World public safety software suite vice president minina thank you this resolution authorizes an award of contract in the amount of $245,500 Rises the award of contract in the amount of $142,900 to Capella construction of
Medford Lakes for Winward Beach Park improvements phase one project which includes the replacement of the fishing pier at the park this project is being funded through the njd Green Acres Program and will upgrade the fishing pier to provide handicap accessibility
bid notices were provided to 61 prospective biders from our biders list and 10 picked up bid packages five bids were received with capella construction being the lowest respons responsive responsible bidder thank you item 69 authorized close out change order number
one 2023 Road program Baywood West councilman finan thank you council president this resolution authorizes a charge order I'm sorry change order decreased in the amount of $10,400 68 in the contract with Earl asphalt
company Farmingdale for the 2023 Road program Baywood West project the change order decrease is a result of as built qualities thank you thank you item 610 authorize agreement for Beach rake Bell
Air Beach Association councilwoman ponera thank you again Mr President this resolution authorizes the execution of the shared services agreement with the B air Beach Association for Beach sweeping maintenance for
2025 season all costs for the Manpower and Equipment including the diesel fuel for the beach breake will be paid by the Association thank you thank you item 611 authorized sale of a new plenary retail
consumption license with theater exception councilwoman Travers thank you council president this resolution authorizes the sale of a new plenary retained consumption license with theater exception State Statute now allows for what is called a plary retail consumption license with the theaters
with a theater exception applicants who meet the criteria under the statute can apply for the council's consideration applicants must describe intended use location traffic impact Aesthetics and Park parking availability thank you thank you moving on on to item 612 Adam
clerk 612a is an inspection fund release for Block 1170 Lots lot 1901 and B is a performance bond release for Block 1222 lot one item 6113 13A or tax over payments for the year 2024 of block
38.0567 at block 38.0567 lot 90 and 13 C is a Township lean Redemption at block 808 lot one thank you Miss Bergen that ends our consent agenda for the evening is there a motion and second on the consent agenda motion six thank you open to
council for questions on the consent agenda seeing none close Council open a public for questions on these resolutions only Mr bacon how are you Charlie good evening mayor council and administrators I have
a couple questions about resolution 6.7 with the new world public safety software I heard it's used for our dispatch operations is this new software or we've been using it for years this is not new software it's not new okay and
the company Tyler are they the parent company to that that software yes got it and uh I assume they've had the the maintenance contract for several years now yes okay gotcha thank you for that the one thing I noticed in the
resolution it says the year commencing on March 1st would this normally have been in a February meeting because March 1st is 11 days ago so we have a gap in the the coverage of it uh yeah I'm not sure why it might have missed the agenda
or if there was just paperwork back and forth but that does happen sometimes okay thank you I had a couple uh uh things uh one back in April 2024 Tyler technology has experienced a data breach involving unauthorized access to their
cloud storage which hous client data for the District of Columbia's Department of Insurance Securities and banking also in 2024 in beer County in Texas uh Tyler implemented Odyssey system to manage its
criminal case records aola and ENC encountered a series of problems leading to lays and case resolutions ex Etc SAR issues have been reported in other jurisdictions including North Carolina where glitches in Tyler software led to
inaccurate speeding tickets and wrongful arrest has the mayor and Council been aware of any of those things that happened with Tyler Industries or not the police department hasn't uh talked to us about any issues with the software and we have not had any breaches okay thank you very much for answering the
questions thank you Mr bacon any other questions from the public seeing none Clos public let's move on to public comments I'm gonna take the oh excuse me roll call please councilman albanes yes
councilwoman ponera yes councilwoman Dion yes councilman fan yes councilwoman Travers yes vice president minino yes president ambino yes thank you item 14 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 beat and are hereby authorized to draw orders on the treasurer for the amounts of the same computer Bill resolution in the amount of 1,596 193 is there a motion and second on the computer Bill resolution motion second
open to councel seeing none open to public for questions on the computer Bill resolution seeing none closed public roll call councilman albanes yes councilwoman pontorero yes yes councilwoman D young yes councilman fan
yes councilwoman Travers yes vice president minikino yes president ambino yes thank you item 15 Bill resolution be it resolved by the township Council 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 treasur for the
amounts of the same manual Bill resolution in the amount of 2,133 38049 is there a motion and second on the manual Bill resolution motion open to council for
questions seeing none open to public for questions on the manual Bill resolution seeing none close public roll call councilman albanes yes councilwoman ptero yes councilwoman D young yes councilman fan yes councilwoman Travers
yes vice president minikino yes president amberino yes moving on to item seven we're going to have an ordinance on first reading and coordinance of the township of brick County of ocean state of New Jersey authorizing the sale of the township land known as of block
6467 lot 7 located at 658 Windsor Drive and block 511 Lot 1 located at 533 Central Avenue and block 382.05 lot 9 located at 226 Hawaii drive thank you Madame mayor thank you the township of
brick proper uh owns property is 658 Windsor Drive 533 Central Avenue and 226 Hawaii drive all Parcels are vacant and buildable Lots under this ordinance the township will convey the properties to Northern ocean Habitat for Humanity for
the purpose of developing the property for affordable for sale housing for low or moderate income individuals these Parcels will remain as single family affordable housing under a 30-year deed restriction thank you thank you madam mayor is there a motion in a second motion second open a council for
questions on this ordinance on first first reading seeing none roll call councilman albanes yes councilwoman ptero yes councilwoman D young abstain councilman Fineman yes councilwoman Travers yes
vice president minino yes president Amber I vote yes thank you uh we now have an ordinance on second reading there is public hearing on this second reading of an ordinance an ordinance of the township of brick County of ocean state of New Jersey authorizing the acceptance of the donation of property
known as block 1225 Lots 565 567 571 and 577 and block 1386 lot one thank you Madame mayor thank you sorry missing sentence got it this ordinance authorizes the
acceptance of donated property at the corner of Herbertsville Road in Maple Avenue this property has been identified by the brick open space savers committee or boss as an appropriate addition to the Township's Recreation and open open space inventory it should be noted that
the township is specifically not accepting the adjoining property owned by the same owner as it has a single family home on uh part of the lot thank you thank you very much is there a motion in a second motion second open a
council for questions seeing none open a public questions on this ordinance seeing none close public roll call please please councilman albanes yes councilwoman ptero yes councilwoman D young yes councilman fan yes
councilwoman Travers yes vice president minino yes president amberino yes thank moving on to agenda item nine 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 5 minutes pursuant to Brick Township Administrative Code section 2-33 B thank you any comments from the public Mr Finelli I know you are big Finelli um this is the time of the year I'd like to
say thank you for some things so I'll be very brief you can spend more time saying thank you is that what you're laughing about first of all everybody that has anything to do with any of the Departments that gave their presentation tonight I know they bring Revenue into
the district I know it all helps and I haven't heard any complaints about getting permits and anything but I'll be back later in the year after I get my bulkhead replaced to see how we did but thank you for all those people to bring in Revenue secondly for all of the
people that have anything to do with grants I know significant amount of money comes in and the grants all help reduce the bills so thank you for that also and the last but not least is the one that touches my heart flood insurance
like when you do something right it's you're G to hear about it too and uh for the people that don't know that we get a flood insurance reduction because of what brick is doing never mind that we might not get flooded but I'm talking about the money and if you look right on your bill there's a line item right
there that says how much you reduced in your flood insurance so everybody can know that it's going to be different for everybody because the course of FL so I just want to say thank you thank you thank you is that long enough thank
you any other comments from the public Mr bacon good evening Charlie bacon 366 ran cookus Drive I'd like to talk about trailers again that's a surprise after talking to people that
use trailers for their businesses and are recreational use some excellent comments were have been made at previous uh Council meetings and the following are my comments and recommend commendations from what I can ascertain the closed trailers issue started many
months ago because a complaint was filed against a resident that used the trailer for motorcycles this escalated into a legal issue between the town and the resident and based on a December Red Line changes outlined in ordinance 288 this in this
individual was targeted in December after a poorly revised trailer ordinance was pulled from the December 10th agenda because of numerous complaints business owners were now getting written up after conducting
business in this town for many years in some cases decades stated in a previous council meeting the administration confirmed there's been an increase in Code Enforcement around trailers do we have a financial issue in town that requires the various departments to generate more
Revenue I don't know how are people that have valuable items that need to be stored in closed trailers because of the type of business or personal items what do they do how many violations were originated by code enforcement individuals driving around
versus how many citizens uh called in and I do respect the have to remain anonymous on citizens calling in how much money has the town spent on legal proceedings against the residents and here's some of my recommendations I'd
like to cite please all business owners and res residents that have trailers on their property specifically cited regarding this trailer issue should have any proceeding suspended and or dropped all legal proceedings by the Township against any citizen should be
dropped and whatever court cost those individuals incured should be reimbursed by the township a special meeting of people should be conducted to determine how this issue can be resolved going forward with people that own trailers on their
properties a Grandfather Clause should be considered so if we're going to make a change going forward I think a grandfather issue is important because many many people have had these trailers for a number of years and finally if changes are going to be revised okay so that's that's kind
of my recommendations on that in closing I I feel kind of strongly about this issue there are many things that need to be addressed in this town that are I believe a higher priority than a closed trailer on some 20's property that's been there for
years crime cars stolen houses broken into gang members that live in this town Etc this these incidents of crime have occurred around my house and actually in my next door neighbors Public Safety on our roads
I've talked to this Council and mayor in October about this with the issues around people going through red lights aggressive driving and things like that high priority taxes I think all Impact every one lack of funding that has been
taken away by the state for our schools empty storefronts and gas stations that have been vacant for years the sanctuary policies of our state and the strain that has placed educating hundreds of immigrants that do not speak English and
in closing and if you want to keep code enforcement busy there are plenty of eyesores in town that we can go after the last thing I'd like to say since I have a little more time is I do appreciate the detail of the budget department heads coming up here and the things that they provide us if it's
possible we have a lot of new screens in here could we put those uh when they're doing those uh presentations up on the screen so we can see it in the audience that might be helpful if that's possible otherwise thank you very much for your time enjoy the rest of your evening
thank you Mr bacon thank you for your comments I actually believe that mayor crate would like to comment on uh some of the issues that you've raised yeah so some of the suggestions that you uh just put out in your comments are things that we're already working on so you
mentioned um you know people who have been cited for trailers on their property at this time what we have done is we've put a moratorium on anyone who has a citation until our land use um committee can meet and start to work out
the details of how we can possibly amend that ordinance uh so that it would kind of rest easy for everyone uh everyone involved when I say everyone I mean people who own trailers and people who do not own them uh and don't particularly care for them right so we have to find a middle ground there
somehow uh so if you've been cited then that citation is just being held right now and there's not any formal action being taken the second thing I just want to note uh you had mentioned uh Revenue this possibly being a revenue issue this is not a revenue issue for the township
we without going into too much detail unless you are going to court uh no one has been fined that has received any of these citations and nor will they be fined and the only person who places fines on people who um have these
citations uh would be the judge so the township is not uh getting a great deal of revenue from any of this if any it's just uh something we were following up on based off of complaints as noted in in previous meetings um so just to note the the land
use committee will be meeting this is something that we're researching in depth it's not something we're just going to switch rules around on we want to see what other townships who were similar to Brick Township are doing and how we can see how that works in those towns and then maybe look to see how we
can make that work for Brick Township as well so we are we are working on it this is your um this is government in action okay so we're elected we're an elected body and when the citizens come out and make note of something that they feel that we're doing incorrectly that's
something that we take note of and we process and then we work together to see if we can make it better for everyone so just wanted to keep give you an update with that thank you thank you madam mayor any other comments from public yes
sir I didn't get addresses Mr matano umce Miana thank you um I just want to get back onto the trailer thing I understand everything's on a hold um another suggestion I had with the commercial properties especially a lot of them use trailers for The for their
business um maybe there's a re uh a way that the uh residentials can store maybe an extra trailer or something on a commercial property that's large enough to handle you know capacity of that um another thing I wanted to talk about was
uh Winward Beach you know we're doing the talking about doing the um fishing pier over making that nicer and stuff I don't know if you can but why don't we have uh badges for Windwood Beach the same as we do for the for the beach in
the ocean it'll be a revenue Source where brick residents can purchase um a badge or a sticker for the car for parking it'll it'll help to town as far as that goes and um you know close it
down at a night you know at a reasonable thing um just a suggestion for that I know everybody uses it but um for some reason it just seems a little smart having a uh brick residents uh able to use it anything else are you done okay
because I wanted to make sure he asked all your question uh if I may uh for the first part of your question so um commercial trailers are on Commercial lots are a completely different animal than people who have trailers on their private property and the commercial lots
are ruled under New Jersey land use law so they have different rules um and while we are holding off on those as well it's because we want to work with those small businesses and businesses around town to make sure that they can get into um compliance with what is
supposed to be okay so I suppose you could store a trailer but that would require the business to put in a new site plan if if they're going to add trailers to their lot and I doubt that any business would really want to do that but I'm just to share that with you uh the second thing about Winward Beach
is we did used to do badges at Winward Beach we used to have a lifeguard at Winward Beach and it was a very small revenue for us uh but technically not because if you got a beach badge that was a season badge you could go to any Beach anyway and you'd still go to the other two beaches but we don't have swimming at Windward uh there's no
swimming and there's no lifeguard at Windward so we really can't charge have any type of badge for that uh you know and it's also Green Acres so we couldn't charge people to just come to that Park as well we're not permitted to do that for specific to that Park yeah or any of
our Parks really Inta right okay so but there was good suggestions good ideas though thank you thank you for your comments any other comments from public seeing none close public Mrs
Bergen have a quick couple things thank you so I wanted to welcome our two new police officers sworn in tonight and I want to congratulate Benny and Joe on their U Awards coming up to PBA dinner on Friday and it just so happens we have
a former Honore officer Schindler who is here taking care of us tonight for the Thomas selis award so it is quite an honor and it's well deserved and we thank you for your service to Brick Township and I kind of regretted since the last meeting not um bringing this up in my portion but there was a comment
made about uh the ocean star and I just want to say I read it every week I find it's very thorough and covers Brick Township in a way unlike any other print media so I didn't think it was a very kind comment but I did want you to know that your hard work is recognized and
appreciated thank you thank you Madame mayor thank you I just have two things uh aside from welcoming our new officers and congratulations to all of our uh wrestlers that we got to honor tonight um two items that I want to bring up the
first is as I noted earlier in the year or I shouldn't say earlier in the year because I'm still a teacher I think earlier in the year is September sorry um when I as I mentioned last year we have been working with the stem students at Brick Township and brick memorial High School we're very proud of the work
that they are doing and I had approached the the stem teacher before the school year started and we wanted to co coordinate with those stem students to create a project that they could work on that could V presented to the township at large uh so it would be something that everyone in the township should
could use so the problems that we've been having in the township with recycling fit perfectly with these stem students and the projects that they they do throughout the year so I just wanted to announce that so far this year we have taken trips and coordinated with them to go on trips to the Ocean County
Recycling Center which was a great trip as I noted we also went to the landfill the Ocean County landfill a great trip uh the kids learned a lot lot I learned a lot I didn't know anything about the landfill so it was really interesting and now they've been working since September and uh the head of DPW and
myself will be going to Brick Township and brick memorial this week to visit with those stem students to see the beginnings of their presentations and where they're going with that and ultimately the goal is to have them present here in town hall and to create a product that we can then present to
the township via either commercials that we show uh Flyers that we hand out stickers perhaps that we can have everyone put on the recycling cans to remind people of what items can be recycled what can't be recycled and also what contamination does to the recycling
if you were to contaminate it because a lot of times uh people think they're doing a good thing and then something gets thrown into the recycling can that is not recyclable and that whole can has to either not be picked up or we when we go to the recycling center we have to take the whole truck back so it's really
about contam ination and then we're also going to hope that they touch on and we're going to talk about this a little bit this week is what is the what is the dollar part of that what does that cost taxpayers to not recycle because anything that's not recycled ends up in the garbage and anything that's end up ends up in the garbage it's to our
tipping fees that we pay every year and it there's an imbalance now of the amount that we pay out to dump our garbage as opposed to the amount we receive from the recycling center from bringing our recycling uh so it's going to be a great project I'm excited to see where they're at with their
presentations uh it's been really fun working with the students and getting to know them this year and it's just one more way that we as a Township uh are cooperating with the school district to try to work together to make everything better for everyone in Brook Township so kudos to them and I can't wait to see what their presentations are and then
secondly if you are looking for uh a way to get out and walk around nature and see some new trails here in Brick Township our pickup brick um the new schedule is out for the year and we will have about 11 different events that you
can attend our first one is Saturday March 22nd it's from 10 to 12 we will be meeting in the Midstream school parking lot and we'll be walking the trails of midstreams uh there's a couple of miles of trails back there we Supply the buckets we Supply the Grabbers the
gloves and the bags whatever you need uh to go out and help us clean up the trails in that area it's a great trail system if you haven't explored it I highly recommend coming out it's just an hour or two you get to meet a lot of new people and it's a great way to get out in nature and also I know that there are
a lot of kids who are under the age of 14 who are looking for community service hours because it's we're getting to the point where people are going for their confirmation and they need those community service hours or if they're in the scouts uh and so it's hard for them
to go into I know like like kids like to do animal shelters and things like that but you need to be 14 you get service hours for for this and it's fun and you can hang out with your friends while you do it so um please reach out we have Flyers that we're trying to make available to the school we have Flyers
here in town hall uh we will also put this up on the website and there's a handy dandy QR code if you want to register it's not required that you register but if you want to register please do so and then we can make sure we have enough um items for everyone to go out and uh help us clean up the
trails so that's all I have for this evening thank you so much and happy St Patrick's Day thank you Madam mayor uh Mr starky thank you Madame clerk nothing thank you Madame
secretary councilman albanes uh just congratulate the officers that were sworn in the wrestlers Jim from Meals on Wheels and everybody involved in the Bud presentations councilwoman ponera I also Echo the words of
councilman albes in terms of congratulating our newest officers I also wanted to thank the extra effort that was given by our department heads this evening uh Mike Tara Chris who am I
missing Alissa doing a great job putting everything into understandable English so that we all can understand exactly how the budgetary requirements of those departments work and I appreciate that
they take the time and effort so that we all can understand it I also had recently a significant medical issue myself I want to thank everyone who reached out for me to send their well wishes and also thank my team of5 do Dr
randala Dr Roman uh Dr Shake Dr Karma Dr Pharma and Dr Allan as well as 21 nurses who have taken care of me and gone above and beyond to make sure that this disabled person is still able to serve
our community and represent others in similar conditions so thank you everyone thank you thank you councilwoman happy St Joseph's day which is right by St Patrick's Day happy St Joseph's Day
thank you Castle woman D young very good I just want to uh congratulate Benny and Joe we'll see them Friday night uh and thank Tara Chris Alyssa and Mike for their uh land
their budget presentations um and I just want to wish everybody a happy National nutrition month as well as happy St Patrick's Day that's all I have thank you I heard you can live on Guinness right councilwoman uh councilmen fan
thank you thank you for that clarification um I I just want to say how awesome is Brick right just in one night we swore in two police officers presented Awards to uh the wrestling
club uh Meals on Wheels gave an awesome presentation all all of the uh department heads gave a phenomenal presentation uh and really is just awesome I love it I just want to share my sentiment hopefully you all feel the same stay safe and have fun thank you
thank you councilwoman Travers basically everything that you just said I just again wanted to congratulate the officers that were sworn in the on the wrestling club um for coming out as well as Jim from um to talk about National nutrition month and Meals on Wheels and
again thank you to the department heads for discussing um the budget and everything for us and making it very clear thank you thank you vice president minina thank you I want to mirror all the sediments and next time I want to sit over there so I'll go first we will swich thank you and have a good night
everybody thank you uh obviously a lot was said I'd like to congratulate our officers our newly inducted officers uh the wrestling team and I again thank the department heads for the hard work that they do um
I guess that's and a happy St Patrick's Day I have a feeling the Italians outnumber the other nationalities here on This Town Council but I will now ask for a motion to adjourn motion all in favor meeting AJ there are
pickup I'm sorry there pickup brick forms on the back