I'd like to welcome everybody to our November 5th Fergusine City Council meeting. Please rise for the flag salute. Tigers are executive tonight. >> No executive. >> All right. First up, we have our approval of our October 15, 2025 council
meeting minutes. Have a motion. Second >> questions or comments? Seeing none, can we have roll call? >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. Approval of bill requisition list. Have a motion. Second.
>> Questions or comments? Same none. Can we have >> profile? >> Yes. >> Yes. >> At this time, open it up. This is public comment on agenda items only. Please come up and state your name and address for the record. Seeing no public comment, we're going to close the public
portion. First up, we have ordinance number 2025, which is an introduction. This is amending chapter 210-37 article 2 city code. Motion second.
>> Questions or comments? Seeing none, we have roll call. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. Resolution 2025-241. And this is a resolution by the city of
Briginty, New Jersey, declaring a local state of emergency due to severe beach and due erosion and requesting immediate state and federal assistance for emergency beach replenishment and coastal restoration. We have a motion second. >> Second.
>> Uh for us, this is really important. One of the major issues that's going on, especially down in Washington, DC, is the availability of money for beach replenishments. Uh we've been hit pretty hard between Hurricane Aaron and a number of nor easterns that have hit us.
Uh we've probably lost about three feet of sand on that north end beach. Uh other South Jersey towns have probably lost Ocean City lost like 12. This is definitely an emergency from Brigantine South. A lot of the South Jersey mayors are now working together with
Congressman Van Drew in order to get emergency beach replenishment. And I think this really kind of highlights the importance of what Congressman Brewer is trying to work on. Right now, there is no dedicated funds for beach replenishments. And he's putting together legislation now to make sure
that there is dedicated money, not just for New Jersey, but for all of our coastal communities uh on both coasts and all around to make sure that there is money in the budget in order to handle this. So, it's something that needs to get done. I know Washington there's a shutdown, but just because
their government shut down doesn't mean that our lives need to stop. And I think this is getting to the point of being emergent, especially when you get up to the end of that prominade. If you see on the high tide, especially on these norers, that water is almost at the point of reaching that doom line and starting to come into the streets,
impact that home that's there. So, it's really important to make sure that we get this done. The D has already come out and done um damage studies to see how bad things were after Hurricane Aaron. And I know actually uh a big help from Councilman Neil Kane it's drone
shots that he used out there. We were able to show before and after pictures of Hurricane Aaron which shows the significant erosion that happened. We also have Stockton Coastal Research uh who's been monitoring our beaches. We have the information and data from when they first did the beach replenishment
till now. that we can show, you know, before and after all the way through. So, it's important that we share this. It's good that we were included in that report and we're going to be working with the D and the Army Corps to try to get that funding available uh to get that emergency beach replenishment. When we hear more information, we'll be sure
to make sure that we keep the public informed. Uh there's any questions or comments? >> Yeah, absolutely. the um with the help of Congressman Ben Drew, we were able to meet with the Army Corps and the DP. They're doing a federal study over the
next year to look at whether or not it makes sense to what they call put hard structures out of the water. These are groins, jetties, wave breaks. They want to study this for the next year. It is not just about Brigantine. This is a study they're doing on the entire east coast. Brigantine actually has two areas
in the study. One is the Prominade area. The other one is the south end of the island um where the cove beach is. We get hit with heavy erosion on both ends. They want to study that. One of the issues the Army Corps is concerned with is that they're not sure if jetties
work. They're concerned that if they put the jetty in to use trap sand in one area on the north end and rob it from the south end, all of our sand goes from north to south. They actually put jetties in Right before the last beach
replenishment in Atlantic City, they put tea jetties out there. And talking with the Army Corps, it actually did nothing to hold the sand in place. They said there's no rhyme or reason. Sometimes you put jetties in, it helps. Sometimes you put jetties in and it doesn't help. Uh talking with Stu Ferrell, uh he was
with Stockton Coastal Research, has been studying britine since the 1970s. Is it actually what has been building up the island and the reason why our little they're actually called groins but the little jetties along the island the reason they're all buried in is actually because of the south end jetty that
jetty so long from years of doing beach replenishment it's actually been stacking the beach up all the way back his suggestion if you want to lengthen our beach here lengthen that jetty longer to give it more of an ability to catch sand and make because you see the
south end of the island's getting bigger He said that will eventually continue to hold that sand north and that is his suggestion and this is an idea that we've actually pitched to both the D and so they're going to be looking at all of these options to determine what makes
the most sense. One of the things speaking with one of the representatives from the Army Corps they said they're going to look at hard structures versus continual replenishments. We used to be on a six to eight year cycle. They're now thinking we probably and most shore towns will need to be on
about a three-year cycle, but they want to look at the cost benefit. Is it cheaper to put hard structures in everywhere or is it cheaper for them to continue to do punishments? I said that cost, bless you, that cost is actually going to drive a lot of the decisions
that they make. Uh so we'll keep everybody informed as that goes through. I followed up with Congressman Van Drew's office last week uh to kind of get an idea of where this was. I said the big focus right now is the work permit study that is this emergency beach replenishment. So a lot of focuses
on that because that's the more emergent issue right now. So we'll keep people posted as uh this progresses. I just want to say as far as punishment up and down the coast here down south, you know, I don't know if people realize that tourism is the number one uh number
one business in Kate County and it's in the top two in Atlanta County. generates over eight billion dollars. New Jersey generates over $50 billion in tourism. So good reason. It helps the economy, employment, job creation. So it's something definitely
All right. We have >> yes. Resolution 2025-242 and this is a resolution by the city of Brigantine County of Atlantic State of New Jersey requesting approval of an
item of insertion special revenue authorizing an amendment to the 2025 adopted budget. Uh this is a DOT grant where Brigantine has been awarded $269,995 from the state of New Jersey. Uh this is from a New Jersey DOT grant in 2024. We
use this for phase one, the repaving of Harbor Beach Boulevard. So one of the things that we do with our projects is we put the projects there. We get the money ready. We apply for grant money. If grant money comes in, we're able to take the balance of that money and move
it to the next project in order to keep things going. But Briantine aggressively goes after grant money to try to make sure that we keep our expenses and our taxes under control the best that we can. Uh we have a motion and second >> questions or comments?
Seeing none, we have roll call. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. Resolution 2025-243. This is a resolution by the city of Brigy, New Jersey authorizing the award
of contract South State Inc. for reconstruction of portion of Harbor Beach Boulevard. Uh this is in the amount of $448,842. Motion second. >> Questions or comments? Seeing none, we have roll call.
>> Yes. >> Yes. Yes. >> Yes. Resolution 2025-244. Uh, this is a resolution authorizing the board of contract with 19th hole at the
Lynx LLC for catering at the Brigantine Lynx Golf Course. We have a motion and second questions or comments. Seeing none, we have roll call. >> Yes. >> Yes.
>> Yes. Resolution 2025-245. This is a resolution by the city of Brriatine, New Jersey, authorizing the contract Drilling Co. Inc. for the removal of the well five. This is the amount of $8,175.
Motion second. Sorry. Questions or comments? See none. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. Resolution 2025-246. This is a resolution by the city of
Brigantine, New Jersey, authorizing the contract with Drilling Co. Inc. for the installation of a new motor at well 5. This is the amount of $28,164. Motion second. Second. Questions or comments? Seeing
none, can we have roll call? >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. Resolution 2025-247. This is a resolution authorizing property tax exemption for a permanent
per sorry permanent. It's written on here wrong. Permanent disabled uh veteran block 7701 lot 34. Motion second. feel like I'm stuck in like a questions or comments? Seeing none, can
we have roll call? >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Resolution 2025-248. This is a resolution authorizing the execution of amended development agreement block 846 Associates. We have
a motion and second questions or comments. Seeing none, we have roll call. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. Uh next up we have our consent agenda.
We have our ugly sweater run basket raffle license number 1129. 50/50 raffle license number 1130. Handbag bingo license number 1131. Motion second. >> Second. Questions or comments? Seeing
none. Can we have roll call? >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Next up we have our council manager committee discussions. Tiger, anything good for us? Captain John Flanigan
passed away. That's it. minor stuff that they had there. It's usually here on Thursday like to come out and have some ideas to beaches or just mayor. First of all, I just want to
thank everybody for coming out tonight. We really appreciate taking care of this nice Wednesday night. Big beautiful paper in the sky tonight, I hear. Other than that, the only thing I have is there's a great parade this Sunday, the Veterans Day parade at 10:30 right here.
Starts at City Hall and River Boulevard straight down to Veterans Triangle. A good uh ceremony down there afterwards. First of all, Veterans Day one of our Veterans Day services is probably one of the best in the area.
It's very well attended. I know um we've had days four or 500 people out. I think it says a lot about our Couple quick updates. The Brigantine Boulevard access road, the paving company is scheduled to start paving this Thursday uh to come up and finish
that road off. So that is weather permitting, but they are scheduled to come back up. So hopefully that uh project will be done soon. for the seaw wall and the brrigantine prominade. The county actually reached out to Brigantine. The project was going very
slow. Part of it had to do with I guess material delays. So the county asked Brigantine for permission to close the whole proven down so they can continue to move forward to try to get that project done in a reasonable amount of time. So the whole proven closed down,
they're going to work to get everything done and get it fixed. I know it's an inconvenience for a lot of people who really like to go up there and walk as I walk by it. A lot of people give me a year full about having it closed. Um I know it's an inconvenience, but it's definitely going to be well worth it. We
partnered up with the county. We're able to get over a million dollars in grant money to help take care of that. As I said, one of the things that Briantine is very good at is going after that grant. At over a million dollars, they're replacing the rails, uh changing out lights. There's a lot of good work.
There's concrete work going on there. I know for the one ADA ramp they put into the beach, the county is going to actually replace that with stairs that were there. We have other ADA that area just gets too beat up. We'll keep people posted as we get the timelines, but um
the county wanted to do it now so the project didn't drag out into spring or summer in the nicer months. So, we figured it was better to take the hit in colder months than worry about when it starts to get nice. So, we'll keep people posted. We appreciate everybody's patience. At this time, we're going to open up for public comment. Anybody
wishing to be heard, please come up and state your name and address for the CCO 122 44 Street. Just wanted to ask if there's anything new about the redevelopment on 44 43rd Street of the
Recreation Area. Anything happening or scheduled? Yeah, we just got the initial layout of spacing and now we have to kind of determine that next step of what we're going to do. So, basically the map I looked at is just little lines. I'll
be honest, I want to sit down and talk with the engineer. Just little lines on a piece of paper don't make sense to me. So, once it makes a little bit more sense um and we have something a little bit more concrete, I'd like to hold the public meeting so that people come down
and see it and get some feedback and with that process started. >> Okay. Just wanted to check in to see how >> there's no other public comments. >> Hi, I'm Kathleen Rashiel, 1301 Ocean Avenue. Um, this information was in the
Brigantine Times, but I just wanted to make this announcement. at the Brigantine Democratic Club invites all residents to a Medicare seminar and affordable care act insurance event. We have two experts speaking on the subject of insuranceances. There have been some
changes. Um people have questions about um prior authorization now being required for Medicare. In addition, there are three separate enrollment periods for Medicare, how to change your Medicare coverage if you wish. And um the program is free. It is November the
15th, a Saturday at 10 o'clock at the community center. Um, however, we're also holding a food drive. So, if anybody would like to donate some food, um, that would be welcome. Thank you. >> Sure, Kathleen. Thank you for holding that event. Be very helpful. And I think in the advertisement too, it said the
events nonpartisan, so everybody can show up. Thank you. Thanks. No other public comment. We'll close the public portion. Any final council comments? >> I think we have a motion and second to adjurnn.
>> Make that motion. Second. >> All in favor? Any oppos? Seeing none, motion pass. Thank you for coming out and watching your council team at work. Just a quick reminder, our next council meeting will be in December. There's only one meeting in November because of the league and because of Thanksgiving
holiday. So, everybody have a great Thanksgiving and thank you again to our veterans.