I'm What's up? That was terrible. Ready, John? All right. I would like to call our May 21st Brigantine City Council meeting to order. Please rise for the flag salute.
Standing while our deputy mayor Karen leads us in prayer. Heavenly Father, thank you for the precious gifts of freedom, the freedom to worship, to speak, and to live according to our conscience. On this Memorial Day weekend, we remember the with deep
gratitude the brave men and women who gave their lives so that we might enjoy these liberties, their sacrifice, and uh reflects your love. Help us to use our freedom wisely to serve others, seek justice, and reflect
your light in a world longing for peace. comfort the families who have lost loved ones in service and remind them that their sacrifice was not in vain. May we live each day with thankfulness and courage, honoring both their memory and
your grace. In your name, thank you. Hey, can you read the uh public acting as required? Uh, thank you. And Tiger, I heard you have an extra long executive session tonight. Is that true? About an hour and
a half. About an hour and a half, Dad. I'm sorry. We're just kidding. No executive session. Thank you. We're gonna have to stop coming up here. All right. No executive tonight. Uh we
have our approval of our May 7th, 2025 council meeting minutes. We have a motion second. I'll make that motion. Second. Questions or comments? Seeing none, can we have roll call? Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Mayor, yes. our
approval of our bill requisition list. Motion second. Second. Questions or comments? Seeing none, we have roll call. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.
Mayor, yes. At this time, we'll open it up for public comment. This is public comment on agenda items only. We also have a number of public hearings tonight. So if you're here for a specific issue um then we would ask to speak during that public
hearing. I see no public comment. We're going to close the public portion. Sure. Well, there's a public hearing. Yeah, I would speak during the public hearing. All right, we're going to close the public portion. Uh right now we have
ordinance number 10 of 2025. This is a public hearing and adoption. Uh this is an ordinance to supplement chapter 210 of the code of the city of Brigantine entitled Merkantail businesses to further define ice cream truck operations and food truck operations.
Have a motion second. All right. This time we're going to open it up for a public hearing. Anybody question be heard this ordinance? Please come up. State your name and address for the record. My name is Michael Val Valiente. I live at 103 20th Street in Burgutine. Um,
I've been I've lived here for about seven years now. I am a veteran that sells ice cream on the beach. Um, I'm here with uh two of my other ice cream people that we did are veterans on the beach. and uh the ordinance you're trying to propose where we're allowing the the truck or the driver of the truck
to walk to the beach and ring the bell in obnoxious manner uh definitely will affect us but it also will affect the people that are on the beach. What I mean by that is um I've had several people come to me before and say that ice cream guy, how does he come down to
the beach and ring that bell? And he creates a lot of undue havoc for people. And I think that by allowing him to do that, he will also take away from the veterans because as my other ice cream guy said, um the north end, we have one
guy named Dave and that's where he sells ice cream at. And would hap what would happen if the if that guy was allowed to come out on the beach and ring the bell, he would be able to ring the bell, get the customers, drive his truck down three blocks and get all the customers
and then Dave would not be able to get any customers. So I think it would greatly affect the ice cream guy, the veterans that are currently serving on the beach. And he's been doing it for I don't know how many years he's probably 10 years he's been doing it. So, it's not just the matter of the
obnoxious bell and the obnoxious things. And I know the ordinance used to state that it was a street all the way to the seaw wall, which I understand that because there's no houses in that area. The houses that would be affected or them people that pay all those taxes that live right on the beach, they're
going to have to listen to that bell or clanging of the bell. And I have actually video of that clinging to the bell that uh people sent to me directly and said, "Hey, this is what's going on." So, I know that it would not be a
good a good thing for Briotine or a good thing for the veterans. Um I know there's other things that Jim would have to say, but I'm open for any questions if you would like to ask me any questions. And I know the talk is that the individual we're talking about from last
year was uh his name was Jim Kalista. I don't know if it's the same one, but if it is the same person, then he is not a veteran. So even though he poses to be a veteran, he is not a veteran. So he's taken away from the veterans. So that's what I have to say. But I do want to say
thank you very much to Brigotine because I know that you're very veteran friendly and I love being here as a veteran. um lifetime member of the BFW and I really appreciate all you guys have done for us and continue to do for us and support. So that's all I have to say. I know Jim
has a few things to say. Hi James Roso, 6066 Main Street, Maze Landing, New Jersey. Um, I just want to say I'd started this from the beginning, me and uh, the mayor here, and I just want to
we had a situation in 2004 that we went to court and it was supposed to he was supposed to have a veteran on the truck and um, because he wasn't a veteran. So, I don't know who the city manager was at the time. Was a little shorter guy, but
um so he was allowed on the beach that way and the veteran had to go out and ring the bell back then. Whoever's veteran is, he had the had to get the merkantail license and everything in his own name. Well, the new ordinance today
that came out 2024 is that the merkantail has to be in the Jim Kalista wouldn't be able to get because he's not a veteran. And I'm trying to figure out how to
get someone to listen to me for years that I have gone to the police to understand why he doesn't have a veteran in the truck and he's still out there. So, that's just one of my things I want to know. Uh, number two is like Mike
said, it's true that Dave walks down and the bell is rung and by the time he gets down three more streets, all the people are back again. Then he goes down again. So, he gets nothing on the way down. So, then he has to come back halfway because Melissa goes all the way down the other
way. So, the bell is really kind of screwing the veteran in that situation. And we're trying to stop that. That's all I can say. Unless you have something to say. As I say, uh Jim, I know um when I first got on council, this was a major issue in the city. You actually helped us to
put this ordinance together and kind of work out the parameters of how it was supposed to run. And uh one of the things we talked about in the last council meeting is that I think one of the things we had agreed to is that the veterans walking beach they would have
from 8th Street South even though they could sell the whole front beach they have from Kirby's 8th street south all the way down to the cove and that the truck would be able to have from 8th Street South up to the prominade be able
to drive up to the beaches without breaking the belt And I know I was a light on the beach when there was all the issues with the bell, especially I think it was Jim Barber talked about but a majority issues happened between 14th Street and
3. The kids finally fall asleep. They maybe up because I know as a lifeguard down there they would deal with us first city hall and then Jim Barber called him. So I do remember those issues that existed
there. I think that was kind of the compromise that we had come up with to try to make it fair for so I'm very glad that you guys are here tonight to kind of share and help us. Well, I think in the new ordinance it says that it's a single zone now. It's not just from 8 Street all the way. So
the new ordinance I think it's one single zone all the way from Seaw wall all the way around if I'm not mistaken. Yeah. Yeah. Because we used to have three zones. We got rid of that. I think that working with you guys, we let you
guys kind of work out how you guys sell zone out there. That's why we're saying that's not this will affect us all because of course down
well he does I do seventh street usually on the other way and he goes all if I hope he wouldn't be able to go to 14th street so and like I said, "I would like to talk to the city manager or I don't even know who would be in charge of the Merkantile. I have to find that out. But
I'd like to find out how he's getting his license. I don't know how he's getting his license. It has to be in his name. Has to be a veteran on the truck." That's what they worked out with Jimmy Barber and all that stuff. And it's not he hasn't been following rules whatsoever. So, so if you know anybody I
I could talk to in the Merkill or I don't know who I would have to speak with. I'll come and see you. I I thank you. Thank you. I'd like to say thank you once again and I we really do appreciate all the support team has for the veterans. I mean necessarily uh and I
hate to come here to just uh say what a trivial thing like this but it affects some of the other veterans and that's how they make their livelihood. So I really do appreciate that. Thank you. Other public comment on this this here.
All right. see a n close public portion. Uh any council comments? Yeah, mayor. I'd like to say u first of all, Mr. Kalista uh he's obviously not here this evening. I'm sure he would probably like to uh speak
on this matter. His mother just had some issues, but uh he's been here a long time. uh over not much over 25 years but you know been 25 years and
um I mean he's done a lot for our veterans different field things seniors he's been out long time I don't really uh I wouldn't call
it obnoxious or uh something anybody could label something obnoxious but as far as plowity people doing that. I don't think so. That havoc I as my son once, you know, he got many complaints
on that. He was a lifeguard for seven years. And I do understand the fact that it's a bell. It's an awful device. So, two sides to the story. As far as uh last week when we introduced this, I voted no only
because I'd like the change on the bell. It's pretty loud. That was now that was pretty loud. Some tractor trailers, but I believe the area should be
expanded. If anything else, as you speak about the problem, if the area was moved out to a wider space, more streets, whatever, just more lines as far as streets and areas goes, uh, it wouldn't impact you specifically in the typical
locations as you speak. I think that would be that was that was the reason that I voted no. I just voted kind of strict things. uh back whole statute regarding I don't know with the truck
but I don't that hold on sir um so I I think that you know really I as I spoke to last council meeting I think like 26th Street would be at at is a decent street but at minimum two
streets to 16 street I would say just expanded nothing else just yesterday just so we could get it going and possibly expand a little Yeah, I think so. Right now, unfortunately
the public what we can know is had the manager look at it. I I believe from my memory is to sell specifically on the beach. you needed to be a veteran. I don't know that the truck had to be a veteran, but I think that's something
our manager needs to look into get clarification and that's asking our manager clarification. Yeah, I just like to add that I believe they have copies of documents. I thought maybe he actually I thought he
was a veteran but I've never seen his documentation for that. I'm sorry but just so you know the public part right now is closed. if you want to comment again. There's another comment
at the end, but for the hearing listen, but I'll have our manager make sure he looks into that so we follow be looking at uh And it does state the beaches and the recreational areas, you have to be a veteran. So he's driving his truck
there. You don't have to be a veteran to drive the truck on the island. So I think part of the problem was in the past when he's sitting next to the seaw wall beach and playing that loud music there that was an issue and so I
think we're trying to thousands and thousands of people on the on the street to be a veteran walk to the beach. The regulation does say on the beach. I think that's the crux
that's I think this is true says on the beach. So now the issue is if you're ringing the bell on the beach like selling but you're not doing the transaction on the beach. So
which he's been playing his loud music on on the side of the of the seaw wall and right there at the beach. So George, I have a question for you. If we've removed the section about the belt from that be considered a substantive
change you have the paragraph I'm just it's section B and then paragraph two that they can't ring the bell paragraph two yeah that would be a substantial change and is the truck allowed. Maybe you can
answer this. Is the truck allowed to ride around residential areas like they always used to? Uh, it depends on the ordinance that the city decides upon. I I believe at one point they didn't want it driving around. Unfortunately, they'll complain about it
if it's, you know, some people love the truck driving around in the neighborhoods and then some people don't. Same thing with the bell, you know, uh, the bell was complained about a long time ago, so then he changed to the music. Yeah, the music the music was complained
about. So now, as we talked about, the bell's back, so there's going to be complaints about the bell. Uh, but to answer your question, I think there was a time where he wasn't allowed to drive through the neighborhoods. The city didn't want that. So that that's why he
concentrates on where he concentrates on. And and to Neil's point, there's probably a way to make everybody happy. It's just you got to figure that out. And you get all the vendors together. It's definitely a tricky situation
because you have the the the beach vendors, thousands of people on the beach as we stated, and then the guy in the trucks trying to drum up business as well, but now he's taking it could be appearing as though he's taken customers
from the guys on the beach. You know, historically, the truck should be driving around town in the different areas that the veterans aren't. They're concentrating on the beach, you know, but as we stated, Jim's been around for
a while and and I know he's he's going to say, "Well, there are no customers except on the beach and in the time I was going to say I'm kind of getting the sense that um council might want to table the smoothness for now. Um
I know the issue with the ordinance is if we don't make the change then the truck can't sell at all, but I also think that there's not a clear consensus of what council wants to do right now. Uh, for me personally, um, I think maybe I'd like to have maybe uh, Dennis and
Neil, you guys kind of take the lead on this, kind of work with the veterans, work with vendors to come up with what we think is best for the city. I would tell you my position, and you guys can do whatever you guys think is
appropriate, but the original agreement was 8th Street. I think we should go back to that original agreement of 8th Street selling on street ends. I do remember when the bell was a major issue. I think we start ringing that bell on the beach again. I think go back to the high rate moms. Not something I
think any of us want to deal with. But I also think we have to figure something out too because a couple of the streets just short of the prominade. Um I guess with the loud and unique music that the uh ice cream truck is playing, we're
actually getting complaints from the neighbors there. will sit there on the street end and play for 15 or 20 minutes trying to bring people up. So, if you guys want to vote on this tonight, you can, but my suggestion is that we table it and allow uh Neil and Dennis to try to work on
this sense. So, table what would be what would the ice cream truck vendor sound like you said he would? So right now the it does not allow for any
sale on the beach or any sale on the streets and that's something that council has to think about. Karen asked what our options were. Those are our options. We can pass it as is tonight um or table it to try to come up with
consensus or pass it with the idea of coming back and changing it. That's something that I guess I'd like to hear council's opinion on. So he could still operate, right? I mean he has a merkantile license, right? Just just no bell that he would be able to go on the
beach. Yeah. Really could drop not for the street but to be on the beach. He needs to be any vendor. So that is but that's why I said that council might want to consider tableabling this to
work out the details. You know what I'm saying? But usually we have a pretty good consensus when we go forward but heard every council member very different opinions from everybody and I think should be a consensus
before right my original position is we should move it think about changes but listen to the comments it sounds like we're not in a position so it's up to you guys if you want to table it we need a motion to table and
table. We're gonna have to get rock. Everybody can still work including the truck. So, but the truck should keep to us the original agreement of G Street. that would have obviously it's
at the discretion of our police department how they operate right ordinances but I would say pass it and then amend It sounds like passing it would create a
hardship and that's what I'm hearing and that there's some questions about what can be done tonight and then change it June either pass it go with it for a
year and see how it works for you tonight. I would not feel comfortable leaving this in place for you. That would be my position. Well, a street south down to uh what it prominant. Uh that's that's a pretty short
area. It's a little overboard uh whole thing. I mean, but it's a ice cream truck. It's like uh baseball, mom and pop at the bowl games and ice cream in Americ South all of a sudden within this
ordinance it was going to be 14th and I'm thinking should be wider and all see a street South Memorial Day weekend, which it's supposed to be a nice weekend, too. That doesn't sound very fair at all. I'd like to just suggestions,
George last year, I know he's applied. I don't know if it's been issued yet. I can check on that. He's he's getting his permit to sell the way it is now. But that's if he's getting I don't want
like he's been working he's been working the island for 25 years like Dennis mentioned he just lost the time he's u people complain things on a beach flying
umbrellas different things so If he's if he's getting his market license and and the way I understand what you're saying about the poor guy at the north bank all the way down every
time that gets to that lot they've already purchased from the guy truck. So I get what they're saying and not getting any business whatsoever all the way down. I just think there's got to be something out there.
You think it's the mayor thinks it's Yeah. So, here's here's what I'd say that what I'd really like to see is probably Dennis and Neil try to work with our veterans, work with our ice cream truck to come up with something that works and council beg to I know
deputy mayor made a motion to table. Is there a second? Second. There's a second. Uh, and yes, no. Yes. Yes.
Yes. Can I retract or abstain? I believe abstain or change. I don't think it's final. That's up to him. All right. So, the motion's been tabled. Do you have Mike's
contact? I do. Yes. All right. If you can reach out, you guys Yeah, if you guys Yeah. If not, I have Jim's number two. All right. If you guys could try to work on that now, if we can have something
before the next meeting, obviously, we would probably need it by Friday before the next try. And I I agree with our solicitor here. It makes no sense to pass something. Thank you for your advice. Mayor, I'm still where we at as far as
where the ice cream truck compartment last year he was I don't I looked briefly Mike uh that's why I recall it when you mentioned the statue veteran I don't remember the sales on the beach is better just like you said I'd have to go back there and look and see that part is that on our
E360 on the right with the veterans on beach recreational right that part but I mean regarding like from a street southbound to promin street to the prominant that was something that we were trying to correct but what was
presented was 14th street and then the adding out which I think there's some things that need to be worked out reverts back to LA. So it it should revert back to how we've operated last year
until that's my sense from the city manager up to stumping the paperwork. So is he and I just like to add um hey we all love our vets. I mean we love taking care of our vets here uh in the island. everything we do with the four-wheel drives, uh, you know, free four-wheel,
the things we do with the active vets with the free beach badges and everything else, the veterans down the beaches, uh, selling the issue is a wonderful thing. So, no way, shape, or form would I want anything to be interpreted that uh, you know, the issue revolves around vets
versus nonvets. And I know I I don't know, Jim still might be a vet, maybe he's not. I don't know. But I always thought that he was. I thought maybe he maybe even had something on file like I don't I can't. So in the past you had you had to have a veteran on the truck.
So in the past we would we would have to check the truck and he had a veteran, right? So I'm not sure if the ordinance has changed over the years and maybe he's just solo now, but back when we we used to check the truck and make sure
But that may have changed in the in the changing of the ordinances and and not to complicate things. Um I think it's been stated that they're all beloved guys like people love their the guy that that comes with the cooler
Roosevelt. They all know him. They people love Jim. Jim has watched those kids grow up and and they actually wait for Jim to come. So they're all loved guys. And to Neil's point, you know, it not to complicate things,
but Jim, the truck holds more. So sometimes, and now I'm talking, sometimes the truck has stuff that that the coolers don't have. So that complicates things a little bit more type. And if you're a parent,
that's the only one that's gonna work. You got to have the one that they want. Well, you So, up next, we have ordinance number 11 of 2025. This is a public hearing and adoption. Uh, this is an ordinance to
amend the city code in various places concerning taxi cabs. Anybody wishing uh we have a motion second. Second. Anybody wishing to be heard on this issue, please come up. State your name and address for the record. Seeing no public comment, we're going to close
the public portion. Any council comments? Seeing none, can we have roll call? Yes. Yes. Julia, yes. Yes. Yes. Mayor Sarah, yes.
Ordinance number 12, 2025. This is public hearing and adoption. This is an ordinance to amend various sections of the municipal code to update the rank structure of the fire department uh to further remove the term director of public safety. Motion second. I'll make
that motion. Second. All right. At this time, we'll open it up for uh public comment. Anybody wishing to be heard on this issue, please come up and state your name and address for the record. Seeing no public comment, we're going to close the public portion. Any council comments?
Seeing none, we have roll call. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Mayor Sarah, yes. Job chief. Uh, ordinance number 13 of 2025, which is a public hearing and adoption. This
is an ordinance to amend chapter 260 of the code of the city of Brigantine entitled streets and sidewalks to remove escro fees from the revocable license application process. have a motion. Second motion this time. We're going to open it
up. Oh, sorry. It just reached there. All right. This time we'll open it up for public comment. Anybody wishing to be heard, please come up. State your name and address for the record. Seeing no public comment, we'll close the public portion. Any council comments?
Seeing none, Ro. Yes. Yes. Yes. Julio, yes. Yes. Yes. Mayor Sarah, yes. Ordinance number 14 of 2025. This is public hearing and adoption. This is an ordinance amending uh ordinance 24 sorry
202410 which vacated the 20 foot paper street along Atlantic Brigantine Boulevard Island and block 3401 lots 1 through 14 to provide additional clarity as to the ownership of the vacated
lands. We have a motion second. This time we're open it up for public hearing. Anybody wishing to be heard, please come state your name and address for the record. Seeing no public comment, we're going to close the public portion. Any council comments? Seeing none, can we
have roll call? Yes. Yes. Villio, yes. Kay, yes. Yes. Yes. Ordinance number 15 of 2025. This is a public hearing and adoption.
This is an ordinance to make certain fines and penalties payable offenses. Have a motion. Second. Second. This time we'll open it up for public comment. Anybody wishing to be heard on this ordinance, please come up. State your name and address for the record. Seeing no public
participation, we're going to close the public portion. Any council comments? Yes, mayor. So to achieve so you see all these uh cars driving out on out on the beach and getting stuck. So they would then
this fine would be imposed at that time. No it's a stuck car. Yeah. Get 4x4. Yeah. I mean we've always had it. It just it's changed a little bit. on. Yeah. I mean, we've always had a no 4x4
permit statute. All right. If there's no other comments, can we have roll call? Yes. Yes. Villio, yes. Yes. Yes. Sarah, yes. We have resolution
2025-115. And this is a resolution by the city of Brigatine, New Jersey, authorizing the important of contract tolli Brothers, Inc. for City Hall complex HVA system not to exceed 1,89,000. Bring it jersey. Motion
second. Motion. I tell you this is a very much needed project. Um, and when we first started this, I think Karen and I was heard this like maybe over a year ago. Government moves very, very slow. We have figured out we were spending more
money in repairs on our HV HBA system than if we actually just bought a new system. So, we're moving that finally forward. I really want to thank uh John and Tiger for getting this across the finish line. I appreciate this. Thank you.
All right. Questions or comments? Seeing none, can we have roll call? Yes. Yes. Kane, yes. Yes. Yes. We have resolution
2025-116. And this is a resolution for the approval to submit a grant application for bike 2026 Brigantine-8 and execute grant agreement with New Jersey Department of Transportation. The motion second. I'll
make that motion. Uh the money we're looking at for this grant application is for Harbor Beach Boulevard. Uh we get these DOT grants. We've been very successful with them in the past. We were able to do part of Hartford Beach Boulevard last year under a DOT grant. Uh we're applying for
another one so we can continue our way through. And this has been something that has been requested a lot in that area. So we're going back to that. Just want to add this is also going to be Brigantine Avenue
from Lake Jersey and Beach. This is also questions or comments? Seeing none, can we have roll call? Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Mayor Sarah. Uh, one of the
things I want to add too is I'm really proud of how aggressively the city goes after grant money. Been very successful that it really helps us to get a lot of projects done and uh really keep the cost down for taxpayers bring it. So I vote
this resolution 2025-117 and this is a resolution for the approval to submit a municipal uh aid grant application MA 2026 brington 8 executive grant agreement with New Jersey Department of
Transportation. Um this is for street uh for bike lanes, right? This one is for paving from Manitoba to seaside on beach. Next one. All right, we have a motion. Second.
I'll make that motion. Questions or comments? Seeing none, can we have roll call? Yes. Julio, yes. Yes. Yes. Sarah. Yes.
Resolution 2025-18. This is a resolution uh amending the city of Brrigatine 2025 year municipal budget by the insertion of a special item of revenue and appropriation from the county of Atlantic state of New Jersey for the 2025 click ticket program. This is the
amount of $2,800. We have a motion second. Make that motion. Questions or comments? Seeing none, we have roll call. Yes. Yes. Julio, yes. Yes. Yes. Sarah, yes.
Resolution 2025-119. This is resolution by the city of Briginty, New Jersey, authorizing a refund for overpayment of rental registration fees. We have a motion. Second move. Second. Questions or comments?
Seeing none, can we have a roll call? Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Sarah, yes. Resolution 2025-120. And this is a resolution by
the city of Briginty, New Jersey, authorizing the purchasing of body armor through Lawman Supply Company, New Jersey through state contract 17 uh 754. Have a motion. Second. I'll make that motion. Second.
I like the enthusiasm. I'm not sure what was funny. Or the air conditioning going down there in the air. If there's no questions or comments, can we have roll call? Yes. Yes. Amy, yes.
Kane, yes. Gen. Yes. Sarah. Yes. Resolution 2025-121. This is a resolution authorizing the board of contract with utility services company, Inc. for emergency utility repairs for well 5, which is 2174th Street South. This is
the amount of $7,000. We have a motion. Second. Motion. Questions or comments? Seeing none, we have roll call. Yes. Yes. Mayor Sarah. Yes. Resolution 2025-122. This is a resolution by the
city of Briginty, New Jersey, authorizing purchasing of live scan system cath fingerprinting uh machine via state contract T30. This is the amount of $26,726. We have a motion. Second. Take
that motion. Questions or comments? Seeing none from Ro. Yes. Yes. Julio. Yes. Yes. Mayor Sarah. Yes. Resolution
2025-123. And this is a resolution by the city of Brigy, New Jersey, authorizing refund of Losana Club Resorts for withdrawal of annual pool inspection. We have a motion. Second. Questions or comments? Seeing none, can
we have roll call? Yes. Yes. Yes. Resolution 2025-124. And this is authorizing an amendment of the 2025 city council meeting schedule. Briginty, New Jersey.
Uh we're looking to reschedu our meeting uh from June 18th. Uh rescheduling it to June 25th at 4 pm. The reason we need to reschedule it is because there is a conflict with graduation uh for the Rickine Community
School heads and most of council will be graduation. So we figured we have a motion and second questions or comments? Seeing none, can we have roll call? Yes.
Yes. Yes. Kay, yes. Yes. Sarah, yes. Resolution 2025-125. This is resolution authorizing a contract with CM3 Building Solutions, Inc. for improvements to HVAC system at
city hall complex. This is the amount of $399,400. Uh you'll see the resolution for the HVAC system in two parts. One of it is the full system itself. This resolution here is for the control rose pet system. I will tell you I've been in some public buildings where they've
upgraded the system but not the control unit. Doesn't work well that way. So I'm very glad getting it. We have a motion second. Is there a second? Questions and comments? Seeing none, can we have roll
call? Yes. Yes. Yes. Kane, yes. Yes. Sarah, yes. We have resolution 2025-126. This is a resolution
uh by the city of Brigantine, New Jersey, authorizing a contract CM3 Building Solutions for the replacement coils for the rooftop unit at the community center. This is the amount of $42,775. Motion second. Second. Questions or comments? Seeing
none, we have roll call. Yes. Yes. Julio, yes. Payne, yes. Yes. Mayor Sarah, yes. Resolution 2025-127. This is a resolution by the city of Briginty, New Jersey, authorizing a contract with CM3 building
solutions for replacement coils on the condensing and AC units at city hall. This is the amount of $33,769. We have a motion second. So move questions or comments over the job. until we get the new system.
Yeah, the license real hot like we've had to bring in portable air conditioners try to keep the temperature. It's easier to try to replace and repair. If there's no other uh questions or comments, can we have roll call?
Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Sarah. Oh, just so you know, I asked the same exact question as you did. I vote yes. Resolution 2025-128. And this is a resolution by
the city of Brrigatine, New Jersey, authorizing the contract of 3M building solutions for the replacement of one air conditioning unit at the Britine Library. This is the amount of $14,639. Motion second. Questions, comments to none. Can
we have roll call? Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Resolution 2025-129. This is a resolution by the city of Briginty, New Jersey,
authorizing a contract with Frank Mazit Sun, Inc. with mini golf turf replacement. This is the amount of 72,36759. Have a motion. Second, questions or comments? Johnny on that. They install it.
All right. If there's no other questions, can we have roll call? You. Yes. Lati. Yes. Yes. Julia. Yes. Yes. Mayor Sarah. Yes. Resolution 2025-130. And this is a resolution by
the city of Brigitine, New Jersey, authorizing a contract with Unitech Drilling Co. Inc. for emergency repairs for well five. uh which is located at 214th Street South of 13,200. We have a motion to second.
Questions or comments? Seeing none, can we have roll call? Yes. Yes. Julio, yes. Yes. Sarah, yes. Next up, we have our consent agenda. We have a request
from the Elks to extend the noise ordinance for the May 25th, 2025 clam bake until 11 pm. Uh Community Presbyterian Church 2025 summer service schedule. Brigintine
BFW Post uh 6964 Parade and Memorial Day services. Brigintine Chamber of Commerce Eagles tailgates 1 and two. Motion second. Make that motion second. Questions or comments? Seeing none. Can we have roll call? Hugh? Yes. Yes. Yes.
Yes. Yes. Yes. Mayor Sarah? Yes. Uh next up we have our council manager committee discussions. Start off with our city manager. Thank you, mayor. Um I do have a couple things I want to go over. First thing,
uh like to announce that we're launching our report a concern. Um it's through our website and go to bring teambe.org right on our homepage there's a link it says digital forums you click on that scroll down to the code
enforcement firerventrevention section and then you can click on the uh report of concern. What this is you can fill out an online form. You put in the address of either the complaint or your put in your address and your email and your information. You put where their
complaint is. There's a drop down. There's a whole list of all kinds of complaints whether it's a high grass, a pothole or something like that and then it's routed to the appropriate department. So that way they are alerted through email that there's a concern. This is not taking place if somebody
calls the non-emergency line for the police department. If you need immediate assistance for something, you call the non-emergency line 2667414. This is more uh instead of calling the office and saying my neighbor's grass is three feet tall, you can literally go on our website and just
put it in that way. You can take pictures, upload pictures, and immediately go to our code enforcement office. So, there are other things that we'll be launching online through that same platform. Uh this one leading into Memorial Day weekend, it's going to get busy. I thought it would be uh important
to get it out and get it get it advertised. We will put out some social media posts on account Facebook and Instagram as well. So this is good. This is through the pilot platform switch. Second thing um and and as a
veteran 34 years still serving um really excited about this one. We've been kind of working on this one for a while. Um John, if you could you want to bring that front and center? So this is um our veterans banner
program that we are uh officially launching this evening and the mock one we had made up was uh that's a real one for John's father who served in the US Army and uh and also in
the Navy. Um so we've been thinking about this for a while. Um, again, as a veteran, I thought it'd be great uh to have these around town as as I've traveled around the country. Uh, I've seen these in a lot of other towns and they look amazing attached to land posts and stuff like
that in parks in the business districts. Our plan is to uh, you know, we have a form that is uh on our website. It will be placed on our website tomorrow morning. Um, and we also have uh a one-page document here that gives all
the information on one side and on the other side is an application. Um, the banners are $150. They remain in place for three years. They're going to be displayed from Memorial Day to right after
Veterans Day. Uh, they will stay up for the entire season, barring any severe weather that may come our way. Public works will take them down. Um the plan right now is to place them along the prominade
um in the central business district lighthouse district and uh we're Jersey cow everywhere we've done those streetscapes in our business districts um the lamp posts we will be getting brackets for the pole uh for the banner that will attach to the side of the lamp
posts and then we will display the banners the prominade in the uh the work that's going to be done there. All of those lamp posts are coming down. We did spec new lamp posts that have two things on them. One is an outlet on each one of
them and another is the brackets for these banners to be installed. This if you go around now, there's not a lot of poles that have the brackets, but public works John will be ordering brackets for the poles if we need. Um, we're really excited about this. Um
any another thing is any uh any member of well you have to be a had to have been a resident of Brigantine to uh to get one of these. So if if it's a you know a parent that lives here and that and their child never lived here the
intent of this is for Brigantine residents and people who have been Brigantine residents. That's the intent of this. If that member was uh that person was killed in action, there is no charge. So if somebody fills it out and we find out that they were killed in
action, there's a special uh they do make a banner where it notates that and we will not charge them for that. At the end of three years, the banner will be returned to the family at which time if they would like to reapply, it's kind of like our bench program. They will have
the option to reapply. Um it's $150 and then we purchase a new banner because I'm sure over three years they will fade and stuff like that. Um and space permitting we'll be able to put that back cycle. Um one thing also is uh you
don't get to choose where the banner goes and some people say I want the banner here. I want so uh that could get out of control. So, we will put the banners up as we get them and do it. So, uh again on our website you'll
be able to get the um get the download the banner. There's also uh it's a fillable PDF form on our website. So, you can fill it out online and just email it. The uh the instructions are right on the banner where to email it. Um and then uh they can come in and pay
or if they want to email a picture or drop a picture off and um yeah, we're excited about it and it's uh uh Rachel right outside my door in the administration office will be handling these applications and I will make sure the BFW and get them as well. So yeah,
yeah, absolutely. This will go out on social media as well and also um a press release that I will be sending to the paper as soon as I get back to my office this evening. Questions that is the
size. So that is the exact size that that is what the banner will look like. That banner will be displayed in the city. That will be the first one to go up. Yeah. And it's two-sided. It's two sided. Yeah.
So, Tiger, I know this is a project. I think you want to start the first couple of weeks you got here. I know that uh you and John worked really hard on this and I know our CFO did all the background paperwork to make sure that we could set up the accounts and move this forward. Uh really want to thank
both of you for getting this done. I've seen similar things in other communities. They look beautiful, outstanding. I think it tribute to our veterans. So, thank you both. Actually, if you guys don't mind, Tom's here from the Times. I know you're sending a press release later, but I do think it would
be appropriate for the two of you to take a picture for the newspaper if you don't mind. And Tom, you grab a picture of these guys. Yeah, I think I think all of council should be in the picture because it's up to you. Wasn't my project. So, I don't
want to take credit for anything. I can photoshot shot Mike out. I got a face for radio. I don't It's up to you guys. You guys work really hard on this. If you want us, you can. Yeah. And that's all I have there. Perfect.
Paul really want to thank you. I don't think this would have moved forward without your hard work. I don't know if council or even the members of your department know how long and how hard you worked to get this done. I think um any concerns and any questions that
council had or the community had, you were on top of. I think your presentations were professional. I think at least for me and my lack of knowledge in how the fire department works, I think you did a good job of kind of educating me and I want to thank you for that. And I also want to thank the
police department for working alongside with us because I think that was one of the concerns too with the rank structure there and I know from the chief to the police union um everybody worked together to make sure that this happened because it is the right thing for the city. I think that is one of the good things about what we have here in
Brigantine is that we all work for the veterans. So I want to thank both departments for this please. Awesome. That's good stuff. Couple quick things there. the uh this line item here the click or ticket
I think most people are familiar by now it's nice we get some state funding and officers separate from daily unfortunately that's dwindling every year still have some money from the
state and then what today was our our contribution from our budget is getting bigger and bigger. So now it passes the threshold on it. Still got a little bit
of it. The other thing is fingerprint machine if anyone had questions. That's u obviously a necessary item. Every department has one. ours kind of used up its life life expectancy and this is a
nice state-of-the-art new machine to elaborate on your question. Um the statute was always there. What you wrote it onreased people It's not just cars. It's it's first like to welcome Annie back.
Thank you for being with us tonight. Um, like Johnny said, the the beach cleanup was great and I was at the shredding event and it was a steady stream of cars even though some of them came up and said, "Why are you here?" But it was great there. At one
point there were cars all the way back down. So, and people are very very grateful for us providing that service. So, thank you Johnny and and work on that. uh at the links the irrigation project finished a
little early and it is awesome. I haven't seen it running yet, but I've had reports of a couple people saying, "Wow, there are a lot of heads out there." And the horses started really starting to green up. The company that did a great did a great job. They
cleaned up after themselves and play. There would be like nine or 10 guys on each season. and that between that and the pass, it really looks good. Of course, Saturday is our first farmers
market, 8 am till noon. The this is our 11th season. The weather is looking good, so come on out and join the festivities there. I just want to mention quite a few business owners um have been sprucing up their flower pots and little garden beds in front of their
gardens. Johnny and I talked about this last week. He's got his guys out there weeding some of the the the beds. But uh the last two days I've seen people hired by the different businesses to plant flowers and it really looks
nice. And I just want to wish everybody a happy and safe I think I saw John, any other news? I know uh Atlanta Collection did maybe their best efforts maybe disconnect the wiring and
fixtures, but unfortunately it's the same. We're still waiting on Ling City Electric to come disconnect all the wires and remove the fixtures from their poles. We are at a standstill with our beach parking lots. Unfortunately, we can't do it. The
public works will be removing the poles once the wires and fixtures are down and then we can pave, but there's 100% chance that they will not be open this weekend. So, they're all going to be blocked off.
They are blocked off and it's it's unfortunate, but it is out of our control. And just to kind of put a note, too, that the city has been in contact with Atlantic City Electric since last January. like it is obscene how long it's taking
them to to act on this. I would tell you we're not there, but I'm at the point where I'm ready to file a formal complaint with BPU, right? I know that we're going to try to work this out and get it done. Um they won't make a decision or give us a
date on when they will uh I guess cut the power. To me, that is unacceptable. Uh, mayor, I did see your letter on Pier 44 in the residence by the hockey court. Uh, very nice to see. Thank you for that. Uh, great people. I
did mark about that last council. Uh, Mike, all of us have been down there, kids, grandkids, whatever the case might be, grand being there. Those people are wonderful. They never complain about anything. Mike, uh, Neil, I guess,
never. They're just like, uh, saints. So I guess if they uh you know they if they're a little concerned definitely have our congratulations to uh Summer and Sage.
Uh two of us were tied up uh couldn't make it but uh Neil all myself managed to make their 31st career I guess that is uh where the old turtle fy was. uh real nice uh young lady and got to get some my family and
friends there with her at the best uh the coffee shop and uh good timing. Summer's got Memorial Day kicking things off and uh you know the end of June when all the kids get out of school seems to uh it's really time. So we wish the best
of luck along with all our other businesses obviously we marked to this upcoming uh Sunday and day itself celebratory time but everyone has a good time but uh at least we never
forget really we celebrate the heroism of our brave service members who paid the ultimate price and so uh never forget that it's a celebration Uh, and on that note, uh, May 8th was the 80th anniversary of Victory in
Europe. I just saw that, uh, you know, a little bit ago. Uh, it's amazing. You see all the videos and documentaries that there's less and less of our service members, you know, still around like in their late 90s and hundreds.
World War II was speak for itself. You watch any of the documentaries mention but Victory New York 80 years ago maybe and finally I was chief congrats again on all the work. You really did a great job putting that all
together and amending the rank structure so it was properly in tune with the way it should be and So it begins living. So I'll see the stream again starting this weekend. And then
also the um different communities are starting to have their meetings. Coil Beach I believe this Saturday morning. So we'll be there and then Saturday evening I was invited to a drive party chief. I may need to look
back up on that. I think there were lots happy tiger but we'll smooth it over this weekend. I'm surprised the five box I did the September wasn't great. They've been
much. Like thank everybody for coming out this evening. concerns out to do that. Other than that, uh last week we had an economic development meeting. Uh this particular issue, I'm happy to say the Scalas has stepped up.
They're going to get a more or less a local bus that's going to run a route around the island to move people around, help with parking and all. Chamber of Commerce has been doing a lot working with the Muscalas and mayor also has been involved with
that. So that's a good thing. That'll be should be starting this weekend very soon. Cultural Arts Commission is always getting together setting things up for the summer to their arts festival and all. Chamber of Commerce, they'll be there at the farmers market on Saturday set up with plenty of free stuff. So
with the farmers market, stop by the chamber tent and uh they have giveaways and all uh baseball and softball association with Tom Beach coaching the kids and running the leagues and even Bill Kachinsky who was here earlier uh doing a great job coaching the coaching
boys down there. I'm telling you, if you see the kids playing at 26 Street, stop by because there's some good players in Bridget team this year. A lot of good players, good pitching and hitting. So it's worthwhile to stop below and that net this year is great because uh a lot
of also I want to thank all the department heads you know with all the work that's been going on the island here to see the police all presence right there around the construction workers it's it's great that to see that safety and all uh I can't say enough
about John Dory uh he's just you know anytime there's an issue whether it's whatever it is Uh it has to do with public works. Uh John's John's there and gets gets the job done. A lot of good feedback. And of course the fire department. The historical museum is
going to be opening. The chamber of commerce is actually going to have somebody in there several days a week also. So it's a great place to stop in and see see some of the historical stuff from Brigantine. Uh there's a street uh street signing uh ceremony at the Marine
Mal Stranding Center Saturday at uh 10:00 a.m. You're around. Stop by that. Stop in the historic museum for Bob show. Yeah. Uh farmers. It's going to be great. We got the VFW is having a great
golf outing tomorrow morning. Hopefully play. It doesn't rain too much. So, if you're around, want to stop down by the links at 9:00 am or stop by afterwards, some lunch, make donation, just hang out. It's a good time. And loud explosion around 9:00 a.m. It's
just canning. Oh, that's right. Yeah, they'll have the cannon off at 9:00 a.m. I'm sure you'll be getting calls, G. Yeah. And what else? That's about That's about it I
have for now. Of course, if you need have any questions or concerns, my number's on the front page of brick times. I'm always availing reconstruction that isations and uh we had a meeting yesterday. were trying to put together the funding to do the rest of 40th history, but I know that the code is
really bad. Um, the Brigantine Memorial Day parade and ceremony is going to be held on Sunday, May 25th. lineup is on the 15th Street side of city hall starting at 10:30 a.m. The parade's going to step
off at about 11 a.m. uh and proceed down River Boulevard to Memorial Triangle and then the ceremony will take place immediately following the parade. So I want to make sure that people knew um about the schedule uh for that event and obviously this is a big one for bringing
a teen and one of the things that always makes me proud is that bring a team always has a huge turn for our veteran services events that we do. So we're very very proud of that. Uh give a quick update. Um we've been trying to work for a couple years on dredging uh in the
back bays. We've received multiple complaints from residents um both the south end and north end and basically I want to say from Sunflower Island all the way back around to where the old one is needs to be dredged. Uh we've reached out to the DOT uh probably about two
years ago. The DOT said they came down, they did some surveys of it because that bay is not Brigantines. It's actually the state of New Jersey that's managed by the DOT. They said it was still passable and would not dredge at that time. We had a number of residents um on
the south end uh mostly in the fourth ward uh put together a petition and asked us to forward that petition on their behalf to the state to the DOT. contacted Senator Palestina's office working with our legislative team. Uh
the senator presented that to the acting commissioner of the DOT. The DOT said that um they would work together with the D to come down and take a look at it and that if it is as bad as the residents are claiming then they will consider dredging at that time. So as
soon as we have more information on that um we'll get that out. But um it's one it's good to see the DOT take action and two it's really good that um we have a great legislative team and uh Senator Polyina always delivers for us and his relationship the acting commissioner has
really helped bring the team alive. So we'll keep people posted on that but I want to let you guys know that that is moving forward. Um, as uh Dennis said earlier, we had uh sent an email out to the residents in the condos just behind the pickle ball courts kind of giving
them an update. I think the biggest concern is they didn't know what was going on. We explained I think one of the biggest concerns was lights and being able to play at night. There's we are not putting lights out there. There's not going to be pinball play at night. I know that made a lot of the
residents happy. And also for the most part, if we restrict the overflow ports to just the busy hours morning and not have it be an all day thing, I believe that the residents would be agreeable to that. And I think something we need to
look forward to, especially as we do some redevelopment down there, is uh some sound buffering between those condos and between those courts. And I think that will be something that's very helpful. That's something that's not in the works right now. That's going to take some budgeting, but I think that's something we got to start to look into
and also making sure that we keep them um up todate on the decisions that are being made down there because I think it's important to have impact from the community. So, one, I appreciate everyone reaching out, but two, I also appreciate council's patience as we move forward. You know, we want to make sure
that we do things right, always try to get them done fast. So, uh I'll keep everybody posted on that. And then I know that Tiger has met with our CR staff to kind of discuss those concerns and see what we can put in place to kind of have the extra ports and the high
volume times and also make sure that we're able to shut those down. Um, one of the things I want to commend um obviously our dispatchers, our police and our fire department. I had the opportunity to uh go with their city manager and observe the active
shooter training that they were doing at the school and I would tell you it is very very impressive um how well all three departments work together and I think we always say how much we appreciate how much your departments put their lives on
the line but I think it's another thing to physically be in the room while there's active fire going on and seeing the shots that your guys are taking, you know, and like I would tell you, I have two kids in the school and seeing the training, the professionalism from all
three departments, um, one made me feel a lot safer and definitely gave me a deeper respect, deeper appreciation for the job that you guys do every day. And I want to thank you for including myself, Tiger, in that. And I would
definitely like um there's another opportunity chief you guys do that training again and other council members observe that because I will tell you it is obviously for police law enforcement you guys familiar with the rest of us. I
don't think we fully understand the job that you guys do until you're sitting there the shots fired all so I was truly impressed with with all chief. Thank you very much for we want to thank you guys for showing up. Uh, as you can imagine,
a lot of city managers and managers check it out. So, we appreciate you guys coming. Uh, we really appreciate the fire department. They jumped right in. We're very receptive to the training and very enthusiastic. And I have to give a shout out to uh, Sergeant Odon and Lieutenant Huitt
because they did a lot a lot of work. we decided to do the training and and then they they had to really do the lion share of the work and design the scenarios and incorporate the fire department. So, I want to commend and it's something we'll build off of. As you said, we'll we'll get
more council people involved and uh you know, maybe Mike can be the hostage next time. Whatever. If Mike's the hostage, I wouldn't be there yet. I'd like to thank the city manager also for probably volunteering that
recommended me to go somewhere. Yeah. I would say it's a humbling experience to be able to see it. So, thank you very much. At this time, we'd like to open up for public comment. Anybody wishing to be heard on any issue, please come up. State your name and address for the
record. You see Marzano 122 44th Street Pier 44. Just want to thank you, mayor, for getting back to us and I'm glad that we have your attention and, you know, we we understand that it's a it's a valuable property behind us and the changes will
have to be made. Be sure to keep us informed and, you know, protect our properties. you know, some of us have been there for 10 years, so to me, that's a long time. So, I don't know. But I mean, seriously, I'm glad we have your attention and I appreciate concern.
Thank you very much. Thank you. If there's no other public comments, we're going to close the public portion. Uh, any final council comments? Yeah, mayor. Uh, Mike, thanks for those remarks on Wallfield. John, I haven't say for a while. Great job on
those the batten cages, the two of them. nice and level, pretty as a picture. And like all the activity down there is wonderful, boys and girls, softball, baseball. It's amazing what Tom Beach has done. So on a uh with that said, on
a bit of a sad note, Mike, I don't know if you remember uh Anthony Harvey, coach's dad, young Anthony, he passed away. uh some type of attack I think 28 or 27. So uh just get the family great guy
Anthony and son his son Anthony as well brother kid and God bless his soul but just keep final comment I hope you can take some time this Memorial Day weekend to honor and remember our veterans who gave
their lives in service in this country. Great service here. I know for us it's the unofficial kickoff to summer, but it also commemorates very important day. Should take some time to make sure we pay our
respects. Can we have a motion and second to end the meeting? All right. All in favor? Hi. Hi.